What kind of Weather scares you?

I just walked out my door. It's hot, humid, muggy, wind is picking up, and I saw lightning in the distance. This doesn't care me per se, it's what it carries behind it. I live in the DFW area of Texas, and, tornadoes can happen (have several times this season/year already).

I'm from CA, and I'm used to all sorts of weather. I've voluntarily hiked out an exposed ledge / rock face and had lightning and thunder close in so fast I couldn't get away (scared shitless). That's my own damn fault. But, I didn't think about my fear of tornadoes (and hurricanes) before moving here... can't avoid them, really.

This weather scares the shit out of me.

What kind of weather scares you?

 

I'm in the same boat, so to speak. I live a bit further SE of you in East Texas, and the tornadoes, while not as numerous as in your area, are definitely worrisome.

 

Weather events don't scare me, but I do get some trepidation with the winter storms. A good old fashioned Nor'easter with a lot of really wet snow can take the power out for several days. If I get caught out on the road when the storm hits, can make for an anxiety filled ride home, especially if the towns are holding the plows till after the worst hits. (That doesn't happen often, but every now and again, a storm will get here quicker than anyone thinks it will.)

 

Wish I had that experience w/ this weather under my belt... I'd probably be more like you.

 

Not much weather wise ruffles my feathers. I live in the upper midwest, we get snow, rain, tornadoes, flooding in some spots. If anything I find bad weather exciting, can't say I have ever been truly scared of it. I may certainly react differently if I lived elsewhere or had different experiences.

 

I just looked @ the weather, and, there's a big-ol red line from Austin, TX to Mobile, AL, north of which severe weather is expected tonight. I'm a little less freaked-out, but, wary.

 

Sand storms.

The flat terrain of the desert means there is nowhere to hide.

I've seen a sandstorm pick up a double-cover'd, staked GP medium tent and throw it a hundred yards.

 

Sunny, warm weather. Because we only get nice weather 2 months out of the year (July, August) when the sunny weather arrives that means WINTER IS COMING !!!

 

Ice storms

 

Ah, so it's like Vermont's four seasons: winter, spring, mud and winter.

 

Yeah this past week I was still wearing jeans, a fleece jacket, and a rain jacket over it. We call in June-uary.

 

That's actually gonna end-up happening! Well... I dunno about 300K, but I love driving.

 

I love hurricanes and thunderstorms, but the thought of tornadoes scares the crap out of me. You can see hurricanes coming for days. Not so much those crazy funnel clouds.

 

Scariest thing for me is being out on the water when a thunderstorm comes up.
We love to canoe and kayak and we get out on some large bodies of water.
We've done several trips in northern Ontario where there is no appreciable land within sight distance; just some scrubby little spits of sand 1-2 feet above the water line.
We've had big thunderstorms blow up around us with little warning and not enough time to get to solid land.
Scares the crap out of me.
Makes you feel very powerless in your little boat, trying to paddle as fast as you can, and barely seeming to move relative to the giant water surface that you are on.

 

I have seen some photos of a sand storm with camels and villagers, someone had a small video camera taped to the out side of his vehicle. Pretty wild with the sound on.

I don't like hurricanes at all.

 

Was in a sandstorm at Monument Valley - like a red fog. That was about 15 years ago and I am still finding sand on myself.

 

Tsunami is the only one I'm really scared of. Tornadoes are kinda scary too, but mostly just tsunamis.