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In December of 1983 I was staying in a 100 year old mansion in Pacific Heights and experienced one of the most severe storms ever to hit the Bay Area closing the Golden Gate Bridge for several hours because of 95 mph wind gusts. I believe the barometer recorded its lowest level ever.
It toppled 1000s of trees in the city and the huge mansion was creaking and felt like it might collapse several times. We stayed well back from the turret of windows looking out over the city and bay marveled at the site of the bridge being closed and with the gusts of wind causing debris to be flying through the air.
First hand Witness as a kid to the May 3rd 1999 tornado aka strongest on record in the US. Spent most of the afternoon/evening in an underground shelter including peeking outside when we thought it was safe only to see the twister take off the roof of my uncle's house before quickly jumping back down into the shelter and closing the door. I assisted in the Mulhall cleanup that destroyed my other uncle's house. Him and his wife were trapped for over twenty hours until rescuers moved a tree that had fallen on their shelter door. Never have I seen such destruction from a storm (full disclosure didn't see Katrina damage up close as it wasn't where I lived).
Hottest weather where I lived was probably 112 F in July of 2011 in Oklahoma. Also seen floods, blizzards, you name it in that crazy state.
The storm in January 2005. Big one. The nearby forest looked like it'd been hit my a meteorite afterwards. Trees were flung absolutely everywhere. Quite high death toll for being in Sweden. I still can't understand how people want to hang around near trees during a storm, but Swedes are mad people In a few areas that storm even made it to a hurricane in intensity.
108 in Texas walking back from class in the blazing sun.
Blizzard that gave us 28 inches in PA January 2016.
Plenty of thunderstorms in GA.
Flooding nearby in September 2009 (we got almost 8 inches of rain in about as many hours).
Dodged tornadoes in western Nebraska in 2005.
None really stand out as the clear winner.
-70f growing up in the middle of nowhere Alaska. It was the worst cold spell that lasted a week or more in early 1989. Caused the vents on the roof of our home to freeze over and had to send someone up to break the ice inside the vent.
A June 2015 straight-line wind storm that was terrifying. Very sudden onset, sky got black. Strong winds blowing debris against the building I was in. We huddled in a hallway, away from the windows. Everyone's phone was screaming tornado WARNING; thank goodness it wasn't an actual tornado. When it was over, the town I was working in (and many towns in Southern NJ) looked like a bomb had gone off. Gigantic trees were down everywhere. Driving home was challenging with all the trees and poles down and debris everywhere. We had no electricity for 5 days. Hence, the Generac generator in my back yard these days.
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In a few areas that storm even made it to a hurricane in intensity.
