Last Night Was Scary
@Kouponkaren (5503)
United States
December 30, 2021 9:32am CST
Last night my husband got an alert on his phone about a tornado warning and bad thunderstorms. I don't like thunder and lightning when it is loud and close to the house. It scares me, especially because we live in a forest community and there are plenty of trees that could fall on our house in a storm.
But the scariest thing was the tornado warning. I was concerned that if there was a tornado during the middle of the night we wouldn't know about it and be dead by morning. He tried to reassure me, but it was still scary for me.
I grew up in New England where we had blizzards and hurricanes. I would rather have a blizzard any day than a tornado.
It is morning, and we survived without a tornado! What type of natural disasters do you have in your part of the world?
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@snowy22315 (179734)
• United States
31 Dec 21
Same thing tornadoes and hurricanes, and even an earthquake. Sometimes we do get severe straight line winds here as well. We aren't that close to the coast, so the hurricanes aren't usually too severe in these parts, but they can cause massive flooding. My particular area never floods though.
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@snowy22315 (179734)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@Kouponkaren Similar thing here but no baby just a dog and cat.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@snowy22315 Well that's good that your area doesn't flood but I wouldn't like the tornadoes or hurricanes. I had to ride out a hurricane once alone with my dog and once with my dog and my 3 month old son. Now that was scary!
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@snowy22315 Hopefully your dog was a comfort to you? I know mine was.
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@wolfgirl569 (105254)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Dec 21
I grew up with tornados and have stood outside watching for them.
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@wolfgirl569 (105254)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren I have watched it a few times. Dont know about an F5 if they have that good. But looks to me like it is from the damage I have seen on tv. Yes it looked fairly accurate
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@wolfgirl569 You are brave. After watching the movie Twister, I would never want to be anywhere near a tornado. Did you see that movie? Was it realistic?
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
1 Jan 22
@wolfgirl569 Wow, that is WAY too scary for me then. I would be out of there and not be able to watch a tornado. But I am not one that likes to watch any storms, including thunder and lightning. Too scary for me!
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@LeaPea2417 (37334)
• Toccoa, Georgia
30 Dec 21
We were under a tornado warning last night too. Thank goodness the thunderstorm didn't last a long time.
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@LeaPea2417 (37334)
• Toccoa, Georgia
31 Dec 21
@Kouponkaren We had two trees near our bedroom that we had professionally cut down because we were afraid they would fall on the house during storms. That was about ten years ago.
@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@LeaPea2417 I know. I was awake until the rain slowed down and the thunder and lightning stopped. I have trouble falling asleep with loud thunder and lightning. I am always worried that the tree on the side of our bedroom will fall on our house and kill us. Last year I read that it happened to a man, and ever since then, I can't fall asleep easily during rain and windstorms.
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@Ronrybs (19003)
• London, England
31 Dec 21
@Kouponkaren Noit yet, but with the climate change it is certainly a lot more damp!
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@Ronrybs I guess that wherever one lives there is always a chance of natural disasters. We live on a ridge that is about 1,800 feet up so we don't have to worry about floods damaging our home. But at the bottom of our street, there is a creek that sometimes overflows and blocks the road so we are not able to get out of our neighborhood for 24 hours or so. Is your house in a direct flood zone?
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@Ronrybs I hope you don't have any weather-related issues for the rest of the winter.
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@Spontaneo (14700)
• United States
31 Dec 21
I get scared when the power goes out. I have 2 battery-operated lamps and a flashlight to be prepared.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@Spontaneo I don't mind when the power goes out. It feels like an adventure to me. The only thing that bothers me is no coffee. But last year I went and bought a coffee filter and a small camping stove so I can be prepared when it happens again.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
30 Dec 21
That's good! We get hurricane watch yearly from June to end of Nov. Rain & flooding unfortunately. Very rare hailstorm in some areas.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@Kouponkaren
Indeed! Luckily, we can pray for safety & safe weather.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@oahuwriter I prefer the term "Blessed." I don't believe in luck. What actually is luck anyway?
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@oahuwriter I don't know what is scarier, a hurricane watch or a tornado watch. Both of them are not fun.
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@GardenGerty (160491)
• United States
31 Dec 21
I grew up in Oklahoma, live in Kansas now. Tornado alley, as well as straight line winds. I will take a tornado over a hurricane any day, as a tornado almost always is brief and then gone and it is fairly predictable. We do not get as much snow now as we used to and I favor snow over ice.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@GardenGerty Oh yes me too for sure on the snow over ice. I actually prefer snow over a bad rainstorm with thunder and lightning! I can drive in snow easier than blinding rain.
@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@dodo19 I love snowstorms. Rain and ice or freezing rain, no thanks. Hope you have a good winter.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
30 Dec 21
I live in Florida. So yes hurricanes are my main concern and frankly Iam sick of all these thunder storms. That scares me. Glad you are okay. You are so lucky to have your hubby with you. I have to be in fear alone with my 2 roomies in the other room together. Yes, I am jealous 
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@bunnybon7 I guess you are right. I am blessed to have my hubby with me.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
31 Dec 21
We have wild fires. This summer we had to evacuate as one got too close. It was very disturbing. We took a dog and a cat with us and the rest of the animals were let free from their enclosure, so they could run if they had to. The wind changed direction in the night so at 5.30 we returned home and were very relieved to see it was intact and the animals had all stayed close to home.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@41CombedaleRoad Wow, that has to be scary also. I wouldn't like that either. I am glad you and your animals were all safe. What types of animals do you have besides the dog and the cat?
@RasmaSandra (79362)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Dec 21
Glad you are safe and sound, Here in Florida the most terrifying are hurricanes but I have been lucky, In the four years I have lived here we have had hurricane warnings but nothing bad has happened in the area we are at,
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@RasmaSandra Yes, you are fortunate. Glad you are safe!
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@1creekgirl (41330)
• United States
30 Dec 21
I'm sure thankful you didn't have a tornado. My heart breaks for all those who suffered those devastating tornados recently. We've always had hurricanes here on the east coast, but over the years we've had tornados, too.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
30 Dec 21
I feel so bad for them too, but I am glad we were not victims of a tornado last night!
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
30 Dec 21
I mainly have tornado's and severe thunderstorms around where I live. Every now and then; I would have a snow storm or a freezing rain storm.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@Kouponkaren Tornado's scare a lot of people. You are not the only one.
@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@Scrapper88 Tornados scare me a lot. So much damage can be done by them.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
31 Dec 21
@prasuns Thank you and to you as well.
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@FourWalls (67380)
• United States
30 Dec 21
I live on the northern fringe of “Dixie Alley,” so we have our share of tornado warnings. You probably heard about what happened in the western part of Kentucky earlier this month with 77 fatalities in a tornado. 
And we get snow, ice, heat, drought, and the annual flood. A “nice” hodgepodge.
And we get snow, ice, heat, drought, and the annual flood. A “nice” hodgepodge.1 person likes this
@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@FourWalls Yikes, that is a lot of natural disasters for you. I don't think I would enjoy living there. I did hear about the tornado in Kentucky. So sad.
Someday I want to move to Vermont...just blizzards there and I would probably become a Snowbird and leave for warmer climates during the winter. Stay safe.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@Janet357 Yes, but they are helpful in hurricanes also.
@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@CCarolyn I grew up in CT near the coast so am familiar with hurricanes. Both hurricanes and tornadoes scare me.
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