Whats the worst Natural Disaster you guys have been through and how did you cope.

[margypops]

We had an earthquake yesterday and there has been a flurry of small ones ,reminds me of that one several years ago,we had a flurry then a biggy...When I lived in Florida I hated the hurricanes/warnings of them  the fires here, .How do the folks in Kansas cope with the Tornado's . whats the worst you have been through?  

[margypops]

OMG they must have been ones that went over Florida ? that was the year we left Florida to come back to CA and heard that the eye had been over PT St Lucie and Jenson Beach.I never knew the names of the huirricanes.alikat I am so sorry , we saw it all on TV and were horrified, hope you lost no one  ,I see you say you still havent got over it,  can you tell us more ..

[flmagi]

Charlie was Aug.13, 2004. We then got "brushed" (outside winds& rain) from those other 3. The roofers had stacks of shingles on the roof when Francis came by and it was dangerous to try to leave the house because the shingles were sliding off the roof and flying. The noise was awful.
lol   I had taken videos of Charlie up to the point of the doors moving in and out, but then I also took pictures on disk for insurance purposes after charlie, and throughout the other 3 hurricanes. my photo disks were marked....
ACBF....After Charlie Before Francis
ACFBJ...After Charlie & Francis Before Jean
so on and so forth.
2004 was a very bad year.

Alikat1205:   My heart goes out to you and all those that went thru Katrina. I can't even imagine the heII you all went thru and probably still are.  There was an inexcusable failure in the system that should have been there immediately to help.

[Barb135]

Charley was in 2004, same as Francis, Jeanne and Ivan.  All were horrible and I can certainly imagine people having PTSD.  We went through Francis and Jeanne - they weren't as bad as Charley, but bad enough for me..........

[alikat1205]

I am a Katrina survivor and we lost everything.

[margypops]

OMG flmagi, what a story ..forgive my ignorance but what year was Charley? I bet you did have PTSD ,so many stories out there ,any Katrina survivors on MH who lost their homes? We moved from Florida and a few months later 2 Hurricanes hit, went over Port St Lucie/Jenson Beach, we had lived in both areas I didnt want to know if the houses were still there.

[flmagi]

Like Teko, I went thru Hurricane Charley. I live in Pt.Charlotte where is was a dead on hit at about a Cat.4/5. I stayed in my house, since in changed course only about 1 hour before hitting us. It was me, my hubby and my 2 dogs. I was in the master bedroom closet with the 2 dogs, as the house came down around me.  My hubby was in the living room holding on to the french doors, until they tore apart in his hands. I thought I had lost him. I was severely traumatized and could write a book on everything we went thru, during and after the Hurricane. I went thru PTSD for about 4-6 months after.
When Katrina hit New Orleans, it really shook me up, even though I wasn't in it, knowing it was even worse than what I went thru and what those poor people where in for afterwards, really upset me.
One of my dogs gets all freaked out when we have even a little storm. My other dog was just a puppy , but nothing gets him upset anyway.
I don't know what I would do if we were to have another direct hit.