Friday Five: August 14, 2020
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lizzybuffy20081. Have you ever been in a hurricane or typhoon? Which one, when and where?
Not exactly. When I was a child, the week after we left Panama City, FL a hurricane destroyed the motel we stayed in. In 2006, we drove 200 miles through heavy rain from the remnants of a hurricane to get to the airport in Atlanta for a flight to Spain. In 2010 we were on a temporary assignment in Wilmington, NC and a hurricane was coming up the coast, we had already told people that we would not stay and ride out a hurricane, so when it seemed imminent, we drove to our permanent home.
2. Have you ever been near an erupting volcano? Which one, when and where?
We were in Hawaii on the big island in 2008 and drove down to see Kilauea, but it was erupting on forest service land, so the closest we could get was about a mile away.
3. Are there tornadoes where you live? Has a tornado come near you?
We occasionally have tornadoes, but are in the mountains, so that kind of keeps them out for some reason. I did grow up outside Atlanta and dealt with having to go into the basement of school a few times.
4. Have you experienced severe flooding? When and where?
We have been lucky and always lived on pretty high ground, so not personally. We did have to drive around it (and turn around multiple times) a couple of years ago when visiting my mother-in-law.
5. What is the most extreme weather you have ever experienced?
I have been in two blizzards, the first in 1992 in Boston. We saw all of the blizzard conditions and could not fly home for a couple of days. The second was within 3 months in Knoxville, TN. We went to bed and woke up with two feet of snow on the ground. Everything was shut down for a week.
Not exactly. When I was a child, the week after we left Panama City, FL a hurricane destroyed the motel we stayed in. In 2006, we drove 200 miles through heavy rain from the remnants of a hurricane to get to the airport in Atlanta for a flight to Spain. In 2010 we were on a temporary assignment in Wilmington, NC and a hurricane was coming up the coast, we had already told people that we would not stay and ride out a hurricane, so when it seemed imminent, we drove to our permanent home.
2. Have you ever been near an erupting volcano? Which one, when and where?
We were in Hawaii on the big island in 2008 and drove down to see Kilauea, but it was erupting on forest service land, so the closest we could get was about a mile away.
3. Are there tornadoes where you live? Has a tornado come near you?
We occasionally have tornadoes, but are in the mountains, so that kind of keeps them out for some reason. I did grow up outside Atlanta and dealt with having to go into the basement of school a few times.
4. Have you experienced severe flooding? When and where?
We have been lucky and always lived on pretty high ground, so not personally. We did have to drive around it (and turn around multiple times) a couple of years ago when visiting my mother-in-law.
5. What is the most extreme weather you have ever experienced?
I have been in two blizzards, the first in 1992 in Boston. We saw all of the blizzard conditions and could not fly home for a couple of days. The second was within 3 months in Knoxville, TN. We went to bed and woke up with two feet of snow on the ground. Everything was shut down for a week.
