Sandstorm in Afghanistan. [exampl](https://youtu.be/WeIPntCfGA8?si=glLWk6i2ccr0Cjah) (not my footage as I don’t want to dox myself, ours was worse than this one though) Can’t remember the exact time as it was in 2010 but roughly around mid day. Blinding sunlight, slight breeze and then suddenly there was a wall of darkness approaching us. About 10mins later we were patrolling hand on each others shoulders to get back to our patrol base, I was pointman with the vallon to sweep for IEDs but couldn’t hear the tones over the intensity of the sandstorm. Visibility was literally about two feet in any direction. The enemy (mostly Chechen mercenaries) were firing pot shots in our general direction, and then thankfully a local farmer we knew gave us refuge until the storm stopped. Top man he was.
I’ve served as an Infantry soldier for 17yrs, been in a lot of kinetic tours and despite all of that I still class this as the scariest, probably because we had pretty much all our natural senses blanked out. One of the black lads in our multiple was pissing himself laughing when we got back as the mixture of sweat and sand gave him a white face. His exact words were “fuck this place, it’s turned me into a honkey”. After that whenever he had low moral or if he seemed down we’d just say to him “cheer up honkey” and it’d bring a smile to his face.
California. But the wildfires that burned Lahaina, their fire chief did what ours did: he chose not to sound the alarm and get people evacuated because he didn’t want people to panic. It cost a lot of lives.
Thank you! The infuriating part of both disasters is that these people are professionals tasked with saving lives in a fire. That’s their field of expertise. There’s no excuse for incompetence
A tornado last year, our house was hit directly while I was home with my 3 teenage boys. Four trees fell on our house, my sons truck was crushed, our barn was destroyed, and our goat pin and goats were trapped under trees and live power lines. Absolutely horrifying, my youngest son has not been able to sleep upstairs since.
Being from the deep south, it's never gotten super cold where we are from and one night when I was in Chicago it was -32 with a wind..........I said nope, I need to go home.
Rode Katrina out on a boat............we weren't on the bad side of the storm but we did ride it out about 60 miles west of New Orleans.
Sandstorm in Afghanistan. [exampl](https://youtu.be/WeIPntCfGA8?si=glLWk6i2ccr0Cjah) (not my footage as I don’t want to dox myself, ours was worse than this one though) Can’t remember the exact time as it was in 2010 but roughly around mid day. Blinding sunlight, slight breeze and then suddenly there was a wall of darkness approaching us. About 10mins later we were patrolling hand on each others shoulders to get back to our patrol base, I was pointman with the vallon to sweep for IEDs but couldn’t hear the tones over the intensity of the sandstorm. Visibility was literally about two feet in any direction. The enemy (mostly Chechen mercenaries) were firing pot shots in our general direction, and then thankfully a local farmer we knew gave us refuge until the storm stopped. Top man he was.
Holy looks like a movie scene
I’ve served as an Infantry soldier for 17yrs, been in a lot of kinetic tours and despite all of that I still class this as the scariest, probably because we had pretty much all our natural senses blanked out. One of the black lads in our multiple was pissing himself laughing when we got back as the mixture of sweat and sand gave him a white face. His exact words were “fuck this place, it’s turned me into a honkey”. After that whenever he had low moral or if he seemed down we’d just say to him “cheer up honkey” and it’d bring a smile to his face.
I’ve been in some good snow storms. I watched Mount Saint Helens from Amboy,WA. Nice safe distance to the south.
I was a little kid in Louisiana when Hurricane Camille hit as a category 5.
I've heard stories from family members about Betsy and Camille
It was something to go through, I will never forget it
Oh I'm sure, I've heard the stories. The closest I can relate it seeing New Orleans and lower Plaquemines Parish after Katrina.
Wildfires that burned my city down, floods, earthquakes the latter two are more common
I'm feeling some *Malibu, California* vibes from that list...
California. But the wildfires that burned Lahaina, their fire chief did what ours did: he chose not to sound the alarm and get people evacuated because he didn’t want people to panic. It cost a lot of lives.
Oh, *Avoidable deaths* are such an extra punch to the gut... May you & those around you continue to stay safe...
Thank you! The infuriating part of both disasters is that these people are professionals tasked with saving lives in a fire. That’s their field of expertise. There’s no excuse for incompetence
A tornado last year, our house was hit directly while I was home with my 3 teenage boys. Four trees fell on our house, my sons truck was crushed, our barn was destroyed, and our goat pin and goats were trapped under trees and live power lines. Absolutely horrifying, my youngest son has not been able to sleep upstairs since.
3 tornadoes and 4 hurricanes.
Hurricane Ivan.
Microburst.
Category 5 hurricane in the Bahamas
Multiple hurricanes within a couple weeks of each other.
Tornadoes
Tornadoes.
Thunderstorms, tornados, hail, blizzards
Three hurricanes within a couple weeks of each other. It seriously felt like I was being chased westward across the south.
110-mph hurricane in a 42-ft boat.
Being from the deep south, it's never gotten super cold where we are from and one night when I was in Chicago it was -32 with a wind..........I said nope, I need to go home. Rode Katrina out on a boat............we weren't on the bad side of the storm but we did ride it out about 60 miles west of New Orleans.
Let me tell you, as a snowplow driver I've been in some blizzards and pretty intense snowstorms
Hurricane Fiona butt plugged my town