Talo Segura Posted October 15 Posted October 15 What was the worst climate disaster you or your family lived through? Britain froze solid in the winter of 1962 - 63 and sixty years on, it's still the worst winter ever... 1
Zombie Posted October 15 Posted October 15 4 minutes ago, Talo Segura said: What was the worst climate disaster you or your family lived through? Britain froze solid in the winter of 1962 - 63 and sixty years on, it's still the worst winter ever... family members always said 1947 was the worst - but then Britain was bankrupt and had little food+fuel to keep people fed+warm (by 62/63 rationing had ended and “resilience” was much better) 2
JamesSavik Posted October 16 Posted October 16 My parents' house got run over by Hurricane Katrina. There was no electricity for over a week. As their freezer thawed out, we had epic barbecues. It was miserable as it was still hot as blazes in early September. Sure - we're a good 90 miles inland, but Katrina was so nasty because it was moving so slow. From start to finish, it was over us for 36 hours of noisy, exciting weather that turned telephone poles into splinters. Some of our trees were so damaged, they died over the next few years and had to be removed. We had a blue FEMA roof until we could get a crew to re-roof the house. You don't appreciate refrigeration and air conditioning until they're gone for a while. 2 1
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