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Excluding natural disasters (tornados, hurricanes, etc) what is the worst weather you have ever witn

texdawg

About 1:30 yesterday my son and I drove through, then pulled over and sat through, the worst weather I have ever seen that wasn't caused by a tornado or hurricane.

80 plus mph straight line winds. Trees down everywhere. The most debris I have ever seen. Very scary situation.

10 minutes before the storm hit we were in a baseball game. The umpires kept the game going as they contemplated what to do. I called time out and told the ump that I didn't care what the other team was going to do but I was taking my team off the field.

I'm 52 years old and I have never seen weather like that before.

What was the worst you have been through?

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RxDawg

About the same. I've been through some storms where you just couldn't keep driving. Pull over under a bridge if possible and wait it out. I mean it seriously felt like driving through a friggin waterfall!

One time when we were kids, me and a buddy were driving around on a dirt bike motorcycle. Old XR 125 type of bike. Anyway, it start sleeting on us. Riding on a motorcycle without a helmet with freezing sleet stinging your face is not fun.

MODawg

I drive semis. Was in Chicago when that polar vortex hit the midwest. Got down to -20 and the wind chill made it feel -35. I walked to the back of the trailer and back into the truck and my hands were frozen even with gloves on. It was hard to breathe bc the snot was freezing in my nose.

CTDawg

When I was in Bali, Indonesia last year it only rained once in two weeks. When it did rain, it was the worst I have ever seen. There were practically rivers going down the streets and water was high enough that it was going into people’s shops and homes; people were trying to sweep the water away from their doors.

We were in a van with a tour guide, but almost everybody there walks or rides little scooters around and they were just getting pummeled by rain. The drainage systems in Bali aren’t very good, so they were getting overwhelmed with the amount of water. It took us around two hours to go about two miles.

WCDawg

I took the long way back after rafting on The Gauley River in WV in 1993. I decided to camp on Hatteras Point on The Outer Banks and failed to check the weather. A really nasty Nor'easter blew in that night and swamped the camp site which was feet from the south and Atlantic side on the beach. There was maybe 10 people there and it looked like we'd have to break into The Famous lighthouse nearby or get swept out to sea.

Bankwalker

I was camped out during a hunt when a major atmospheric event occurred, during which time a hundred or more shooting stars were flying overhead every hour during the night for two days. Thankfully, none of them hit our campsite. 😂

RxDawg

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/253261#Comment_253261

You rafted the Gauley? You just earned 1 man point.

CTDawg

The Gauley? Pssh, that’s nothing. I rafted the Nantahala in Boy Scouts when I was 14, so. Those Level 1 stretches can break a man

RxDawg

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/253269#Comment_253269

We did that last year. My kids first trip :)

SquillDawg

We went to Iceland this winter and got hit by a blizzard while driving. They were pulling cars out of the snow banks. We somehow made it to where we were going, but my hand prints will forever be embedded in that steering wheel.

deutcshland_dawg

My wife when she's hangry is never a good day

Keithsaxon

I feel your pain MODawg. Driving in upper Saskatchewan in the worst blizzard I have ever seen,-28 degrees and no shoulder to pull off onto!

DawgBones

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/253267#Comment_253267

& running it in a Kayak will earn you 2 man points. Have to add if after a good rain, you've ever run the Green in a Yak you earn 3 Man points.

WCDawg

RXDawg. I rafted The Gauley every Sep. from 1991 thru 1997 when we moved to Colorado. After that The headwaters of The Arkansas was my annual float. I also took up kayaking and got pretty good at it.

texdawg

This good stuff

WCDawg

Dawgbones. Rain isn't much of a factor on The Gauley. It's volume comes from releasing water in September and October from Lake Summerville.

CTDawg. My first rafting was on The Nantahala as a Boy Scout as well. I must have been around 12 years old. Back then there wasn't a professional operation, we brought our own equipment. I think The Nantahala whitewater operators were the first pros, that happened in the 1970s.

A shout out to Scout Troop 16 Cedartown, Ga. though it's not still around.