What kind of Weather scares you?

Reading the weather is one of my strong suits, so I don't really worry about it, per se. I also live in a part of the country where the worst that can happen is a nasty thunderstorm or a windstorm.

I've been caught in some bad shit by being overly optimistic about the situation improving, namely one of the worst electrical storms to sweep across Oregon. We had set out that morning, intending to camp on the other side of this lake at a boat-in site, but I saw the thunderheads rolling in from the south and nixed that idea. My husband later expressed his gratitude that I'd said no to that idea. Instead, we found a more ideal camp near the road out, and spent the afternoon in the car while the storm moved over us. There was a brief lull in the evening and so we thought we'd be all right, only for the storm to come back with a vengeance. We ended up staying the night at a friend's house. Having the hair on my neck constantly standing up because of the electricity in the air was not a pleasant sensation.

Once, I got off of class at 2pm, an hour ahead of my husband, and I drove over to the local Fred Meyer to buy some groceries for the evening. As I was toting my purchases out to the car, I looked up and noticed a huge black cloud coming our direction. It was amazing to look at, as it appeared to be a giant mountain range floating in the sky, dark with bizarre shades of purple and green to its coloring. I rushed home, turned on the television to see what was going on, and brought up the radar on the Weather Channel's website. They broke into regular TV with an emergency warning for people to take cover. I called my husband and roommate--both still at school--and told them to stay at school. My brother-in-law and I sat in our living room and watched as this black cloud rolled over, unleashing the heaviest rainstorm I'd ever seen--have ever seen to this day. There was a torrent of water rushing down the street, not just in the gutters, but in the middle of the street. The intersection by my house turned into a small pond in a matter of minutes. There was thunder, lightning, and reports of funnel clouds--but in this particular storm, none touched down, thankfully.

Here's what the radar looked like:


It was crazy. I never want to see a cloud like that again.