06-02-2015, 07:38 AM
Not being near most of you all, I didn't experience that. We had a derecho a few years ago, though, that was ridiculous. I remember siding laying in the parking lot from nearby buildings.
I've been in some pretty interesting storms. In the Valley here, though, we stay pretty protected. Unless a storm enters through one of the ends it usually gets a lot of the punch taken out by the mountains. Sometimes when it makes its way in through an end it bounces around a bit and loses momentum. But every once in a while we get one that just barrels down the valley wreaking havoc.
My most memorable one was a tornado that hit while I was camping. And not just like backpacking camping, I mean tent city camping with the Boy Scouts in a big open field. Scary stuff.
I've been in some pretty interesting storms. In the Valley here, though, we stay pretty protected. Unless a storm enters through one of the ends it usually gets a lot of the punch taken out by the mountains. Sometimes when it makes its way in through an end it bounces around a bit and loses momentum. But every once in a while we get one that just barrels down the valley wreaking havoc.
My most memorable one was a tornado that hit while I was camping. And not just like backpacking camping, I mean tent city camping with the Boy Scouts in a big open field. Scary stuff.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
