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Hurricane stuff.
I've been on the edges of 2 hurricanes/super storms in America, in Florida and Michigan.
In Florida , it was about a week before it landed and there was already so much rain, I saw tornados on the horizon.
In Michigan the day the superstorm came the wind was so strong, the wind wasn't fast, but it was strong and pushed me. I got home from the pub just in time before it got worse. The streets were empty. That strength really surprised me.
We were hit by a typhoon in the Western Pacific area. Very loud, very scary. Sleeping was nearly impossible. Winds were 230 km/h. I watched someoneβs roof blowing down the street. Luckily we were living in a structure rated for those types of things. Power and water was out for weeks after.
I've been through a couple of cyclones up north. Worst was a cat 3 and that was pretty full on. You can't explain how eerie the eye is when it goes over and the RAIN. We are lucky we have the building standards we do in Aus and the lower population density. I don't remember tornadoes though. I wonder if that's a gulf of Mexico thing.