[MountainMomma]

Have you ever been through any natural disaster? (floods, tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, etc.) If yes, tell us about it/them.

[MamaAnna]

Yes. When I was younger two tornados went down the street and tore down trees and power lines. Thankfully no houses were hit and nobody was hurt, but if the tornados had shifted just a tiny bit they would've leveled the whole neighborhood.

Early last year was the worst we've been through. We were sitting in the house. It was a normal, sunny, clear day in spring. All of a sudden the sky went dark and the wind started to come up. We ran around and shut things up as quickly as possible and I grabbed the kids and held them in the tub with a comforter over us since we had no basement. It only lasted one or two minutes at best, though it felt like more. It tore part of the roof off of the house, ripped limbs out of the trees, split one tree completely in half, etc. That was just our property. One of the neighboring farms lost a hay barn. Everybody in the area was dealing with damage. We thought it was some sort of freak tornado, but it turned out to be a wind shear. I'd never seen anything like it and hope I never see anything like it again. To this day my daughter is terrified of any signs of wind stronger than a breeze.

[boysmama]

about 4 years ago, we had FOUR strong hurricanes in a 3 months period. One of them hit our area hard enough to cause damage. We stayed without power for a week, so many trees went down and roads were blocked. Thankfully, our house had no damage. The other 3 hurricanes caused considerable damage in nearby towns, all we had was the scare and some heavy rains and winds. Schools and work places closed, people stocked up on supplies, and gas prices sky-rocketed.

[MountainMomma]

two earth quakes...neither major. One in VA in 1999 and one that was in Indiana or Illinois earlier this spring. I felt it. it made me sick, but that was about it.

A tornado in VA and a few here in Iowa.

A few blizzards in WV. Most recently was October of 2005. We were out of power for a flipping week and our furnace had an electric fan, so it was useless!

A flood in WV in 1985. I don't remember the flood, but I remember driving around after seeing fridges, couches and dead livestock in the trees and stuff like that.

and now the floods here this year. I think I've had my fair share thank you very much. The next ones can all SKIP ME!

[MamaAnna]

You need a house in a bland weather area that's up on metal stilts just in case.

[MarieJ]

No, nothing.