Natural Disasters

Manafii101

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So at the moment, a massive flood is devestating tens of thousands of houses in Brisbane, Australia. My house is one of those likely affected. Over 100000 houses are currently without power and will be for at least another week, possibly much longer. At the moment I'm on holidays and I have no clue what state my house will be in once I get home. I'm due to go back within the next couple of days but it's looking more and unlikely. Many of my friends have commented on Facebook about their need to evacuate and the destruction of their possessions. No one is going to work, and food trucks can't get through the flooded roads. It's entirely possible that the muddy flood water could contaminate the main water grid, resulting in a lack of fresh water in the city.

So post your experiences with natural disasters and/or calamitous events in your life. I'm kinda glad that I'm on holidays while this is happening; I can only imagine the discomfort in cramped evacuation centres without electricity.
 
I was in Maryland during the Katrina hurricane time. The hurricane never actually hit Maryland, at least not in the Baltimore area where I was, but there was still massive rain and some hail, which my family and I ran around in! It was good fun, I fucking love running around outside in storms.
 
That 7.1 earthquake we had a few months back was pretty fun. No serious damage or anything but the power went out for a while and it hit at 4am so it was pretty annoying. I think I was just lucky about which part of town I'm in though since we didn't have anything major happen like liquefaction or anything remotely serious. There are still earthquakes going that are consistent 3-4s, probably because of it.
 
I've been in hurricanes Katrina, Opal, Ivan and many others. I don't really get bothered by them. I actually kind of enjoy them. No major damage to our house or anything, but a bridge near where I lived (I-10, Pensacola, Florida) got completely destroyed and had to be rebuilt, during Ivan.
 
There's barely any natural disasters in Sydney. The closest thing to a natural disaster that I have experienced was this hailstorm that happened when I was 6 that did $2 billion in damage. It didn't damage any of my family's property though and I found it pretty awesome to see ice falling from the sky.
 
I was in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina (or at least a few days before it hit). I was actually scheduled to go to Tulane for undergrad. Of course, as it got closer the president told us to evacuate, so I evacuated the dorm room I just just finished furnishing. With the massive hurricane warnings days in advance, there was no way I or any of the other students was about to stay in the city.

As we watched it unfold from the outside, it became apparent that, while the school, its property (and ours) would be ok, there was no way it would be in any shape to start that semester. The students of the New Orleans schools were graciously picked up by other schools around the country.

My Dad's Alma Mater (who I will refrain from mentioning) picked me up, but I ended up liking it so much I ended up applying and staying for all 4 years. :O
 
if you think any storm that hits more than 300 miles into a coastline compares to a hurricane you have a profound misunderstanding of meteorology
 
Chris is me said:
if you think any storm that hits more than 300 miles into a coastline compares to a hurricane you have a profound misunderstanding of meteorology
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EmuMan said:
It wasn't much compared to what coastal cities get from hurricanes, but for me, I've never seen anything else like it.
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Not at all; that's what I was trying to say. But it came as a result of a hurricane/tropical depression, and for me, I'd never seen winds like it, and it really amazed me at how much worse it must have been at initial contact on the coast.
 
My house is fine, but those down the street got some water all through them. I live like 400m from the river but luckily I am on a hill.
 
I find natural disasters another way to appreciate nature, just like the more common/cheesy ones like looking at a sunset or going to a forest preserve.

Not to say that I don't feel terrible for the people who's lives are flipped 'cause of them. Unfortunately me feeling terrible doesn't really help 'em much.
 
Yeah the floods are pretty bad in Queensland an area about the size of texas has been flooded within the last 2 weeks. Shocking about the "inland tsunami" that hit the Lockyear Valley and the lives lost there. Brisbane looks like a completely different town but at least it wasn't as high as we thought. We'll rebound though. Manafii hopefully your house is ok.
 
well there was a massive Earthquake in NZ a few months ago. I had a friend who was there when it happened and she said it was the most terrifying experience of her entire life.
 
KnightoftheWind said:
There's barely any natural disasters in Sydney. The closest thing to a natural disaster that I have experienced was this hailstorm that happened when I was 6 that did $2 billion in damage. It didn't damage any of my family's property though and I found it pretty awesome to see ice falling from the sky.
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dust storm last year was pretty intense lol

i'm worried for my friends up north, hope they're all doing okay. this includes the smogonites living in the constant rain too. thankfully one of my houses is on the gold coast rather than brisbane or inland. although it seems kind of insensitive to worry about property value at a time like this.
 
I was in spain when the dust storm hit. I was soo pissed when I came back and my family had all these awesome pictures.

/my surprise at how many qlders are on smogon.
 
I live down in victoria, which, fortunately for me, seems to be a safe zone from natural disasters. I've seen the floods on the news though and I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO FUCKING IMAGINE.

It's hell up there. footage taken from choppers show parts of the residential areas flooded so badly that the roofs barely break the waters surface. You can drive a fucking boat through the damn shopping mall. Houses have been blown apart. There are cars floating around everywhere, embedded in houses, riverbeds etc. Emergency accommodation venues are filled to the brim with broken people with no homes. My heart goes out to all of you. It's good to see plenty of support and volunteering/help from everyone nearby.

Just recently I saw a report about a group of horses that were rescued. They were caught and swept away, found days later clinging desperately to a roof with their teeth. They had to be roped to a speedboat and towed to safety. They had to be given tetanus shots and sedatives, and they had been injured by debris floating around in the water. they had deep gashes all over them, and one had a huge bloody chunk torn out of it's side.

So some people think that it's funny to spread overblown fucking rumors and cause panic.
 
A few years back there was a flood where my grandparents lived, but I don't think it was from a hurricane or anything like that (mostly because we're on the West coast >_>), and the school closed down for about a year. Most the houses were wrecked. They were in Arizona at the time so none of their stuff was damaged. All the houses were built like three feet higher after that.
 
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