What Natural Disasters have you experienced?

Natural Disasters.... Hurricanes, Floods, Earthquakes, etc.... they strike when you least expect and cause a lot of damage and fear.




*What natural disaster have you experienced? Tells us your story here.

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In 1987 I experienced the Whittier Narrows earthquake. It had a magnitude of 5.9. It struck at 7:42 AM while I was getting ready for school.
After it was over, a lot of people ran outside to check with neighbors and friends. After about an hour, we still had to go to school. While at school around 10AM we got another aftershock and everyone got under the desks. We were getting several so the principal canceled school and by 12PM the school was empty.

We were getting so many aftershocks that everyone started panicking and I remember going to the store to buy food, water and emergency stuff and boy was it crowded! Kind of like Black Friday

We bought a lot of water bottles, bread, canned food and 2 first aid kits. It was a scary time because of the aftershocks... you just never knew which aftershock would trigger a big earthquake. Those were the days I took the fastest showers possible LOL We also all slept in sleeping bags in the living room and it was very scary listening to the earth rumble in the middle of the night. In total, there were about 500 aftershocks! The biggest aftershock occurred 4 days later, sure was a scary time.

Here is a video I found on youtube that talked about it: