Are you crazy terrified of bad weather?

[Shell Beau]

I wonder this because my co-worker's daughter goes ballistic when a bad thunderstorm rolls through. She freaks. I have other friends who do too. I kinda get excited when bad weather is around. I live in a tornado alley, so I guess that is better than being scared.

[greenbriar]

1. YESSSSSSSSSSs I hate tornado season

and get really antsy when the weather turns

[Shell Beau]

3. Did you have a bad experience before or have you always been

scared?

[greenbriar]

19. I think a little of both

I hate storms as did my grandmother

but when we were little, my father used to take us out and "storm chase" only he didn't know how or what to do, he just liked storms. We almost got caught once and I never went again




In 91 my good friend lost her home and almost died because of a tornado


I hate storms

[Shell Beau]

24. Yikes! Sounds like you have good reason to.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. I LOVE Wild Weather!

OK homegrown gal here! :hi:

[Shell Beau]

5. Ha! You sound like me.

I will be glued to the window just to watch which is the last place you need to be (besides the bath tub with water in it)!

[Inchworm]

21. Me Tooooo!

The scarier the better :P

:hi:

[schmuls]

53. One of the most exciting things I can think of is when a tornado

warning is in effect, the skys turn black, we are glued to the tv to monitor all of this and start thinking about going into the basement. Totally selfish, I know, because people could be in danger, but there it is. Blizzards, however, are a total bitch. They make life hell in Wisconsin. I used to like them, but I'm getting old.

[Haole Girl]

4. Yes, I really am

But when I'm at work I keep it together... about the weather anyway! lol

[Shell Beau]

12. Some people just feel better being around other people when

weather gets bad.

[Haole Girl]

14. Don't get me wrong...

I'd much rather be home, under the covers, with my cat "Bear" during a storm. :-)

[Shell Beau]

15. There is no place better to be in a storm than curled up on the

couch or in the bed with a good movie or book and your sweet pets.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. No; I like storms.

I do dumb things like go outside to watch them approach. Sometimes I get to see really cool cloud formations, like roll clouds and wall clouds. Once I saw clouds that looked like they were about to start a rotation (tornado) while I was driving on the freeway, and that was a little scary, but it was also cool.

[Shell Beau]

I probably wouldn't want to be in the car and see a tornado, although

I am quite sure I have. But I am with you on the going outside and watching.

[Xithras]

7. Oh no, I love it. Drives my wife nuts.

I have a telescope platform on the roof of my house, and I like to climb up there in thunderstorms and watch the light show. She insists that I'm going to get struck by lightning, but I'm pretty sure that it would go for one of the 60 foot redwoods or 50 foot oak trees surrounding my home long before it would zap me.

[Shell Beau]

10. You are braver than I! I do go to the window and wander outside, but

NEVER would I go on the roof!! It is cool though.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

8. I *LOVE* thunderstorms

The bigger, the badder, the better.

Of course, Mick is scared to death of them so it puts a damper on things.

[Shell Beau]

11. I am thankful that none of my dogs have anxiety about storms.

They won't go outside, but they seem content on the couch or bed.

I know many dogs that almost need medication to get through a bad storm.

[Left Is Write]

9. No, but my 9-year-old is.

I grew up in Minnesota. We had wild weather all the time. There's so much less of it here, and Jane's never lived in a place that has lots of upsetting weather. When it's too windy or a thunderstorm rolls through, she gets scared.

[Shell Beau]

13. I bet it is hard to comfort a child too. I mean, you can't stop the storms.

I guess you just remain calm and ensure them they will be ok.

[TZ]

16. Thunderstorms are a MAJOR phobia of mine

My mother thinks it's cause I got scared by a loud clap of thunder as she carried me home from a neighbors when I was little...:shrug:

[Shell Beau]

17. Hey it could be. I always wonder if we are scared instinctively or

if we had a bad experience.

I did have a bad experience as a child. A tornado hit the house right across the street from me. My oldest brother was babysitting my other brother and me. We got in the tub with a mattress over our heads. It was freaky. I remember the song "Jump" from Van Halen was playing on TV. That song will always be the tornado song to me. I somehow am not scared though. I am very happy about that too because we get tornadoes a lot around these parts.

[Midlodemocrat]

18. I love thunderstorms, just not severe ones.

Those do scare me.

[Shell Beau]

20. I get excited about the bad ones. I don't want it to tear up my house

or hurt anyone, but they are awesome.

[Lyric]

22. I love storms.

I don't care for the truly severe ones when I'm stuck at home in this mobile home, but if I'm somewhere a bit more solid, I absolutely love watching nature go wild. As for "normal" thunderstorms--I never sleep better than I do when it's booming and flashing outside, pouring rain on the roof.

:)

[Shell Beau]

26. That is some awesome ass sleep.

It sucks though when time to get up rolls around, and it is still storming. I just want to stay in bed all day.

[justabob]

23. as a child I didn't like storms

I hated the noise of the thunder, but I can't say the weather itself frightened me. It was big fun when storms would blow through. The sky would turn green and the sirens would wail and Mom would send us, my sister and I, to the closet under the stairs (which was very roomy) and we had a good time. Funny though, I live in the same area I was raised in and the storms don't seem to be nearly as bad as they used to.... The sirens don't do their thing in my neighborhood at all any more (except for testing). I can only think of one time in the last several years, and it was a few weeks ago. Sorry for rambling ot a bit. :)

[Shell Beau]

27. I hear the sirens on a regular basis come summer around these parts.

[femmocrat]

25. No, I love wild weather... blizzards, thunder storms...

except for heat waves. I hate those.

We rarely see tornadoes here, however.

[kentauros]

28. Just hurricanes.

I love a good thunderstorm and lightning display, but not on the order of what's in a hurricane.

[mentalsolstice]

29. Good Gawd No!

I was raised in Ft. Lauderdale, and as a college student/young adult lived in Pensacola for 7 years (major hurricanes). Since then I've lived in hurricane/tornado alley in Birmingham, AL. I learned how to hunker down at the age of 5, as did my SO who grew up in NOLA.

[MrSlayer]

30. No, I prefer inclement weather.

I particularly enjoy lightning. Nothing like a good summer electrical storm.

[BarenakedLady]

31. No, but my dog is.

She really hates wind. She chewed up a door trying to hide once when no one was home.

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[peekaloo]

54. Is that like a basement to hide in?

[RiffRandell]

33. We always watch from our front porch.

My husband is the radar king, and in the last 3 weeks our neighbors trees ended up in our yard, due to windy thunderstorms. As long as there are no tornados, we love an intense storm. I love rainy days, too......it relaxes me.

[Blue Diadem]

34. We're weather watchers.

We watch the storms roll in across the farm field and are usually on our porch while the tornado sirens are blaring. We keep a scanner nearby so we know exactly where things are happening.

My parents used to freak out at storms and it drove me nuts.

[lizziegrace]

35. More now

I just found out that a house I lived in during my brief stay in Missouri (Lelapin and I left and moved back to Ohio) was blown apart by a tornado today. My ex told me there's nothing left.

[edbermac]

36. Summertime thunderstorms are the worst.

A couple over the past few years have been bad. Some thunder strikes sound like atomic bombs going off.

[hibbing]

37. the wrath of nature rocks

Hi,
I need to get some of those heart shapes for my Great Niece! Can you pm me where you got them?

I love storms of all kinds and get excellent ones here. It does get a bit disconcerting when the sirens go off though.

Peace

[Shell Beau]

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[hibbing]

47. gratzi

Hi,
Thanks, I love the pictures! I sent grandma a link to buy them for the sweet princess.

Peace

[Pacifist Patriot]

38. I adore thunderstorms, but having been through several hurricanes and a couple of tornados...

I have serious respect for Mother Nature.

I tend to face them pragmatically, prepare my storm closet and take precautions. But I don't flip out or freak out my kids. As a consequence, my kids know what to do but don't go ballistic. They tend to get dramatic, but not unduly frightened. Frankly, I think they secretly harbor a desire to ride out a tornado. So don't recommend it.

[XemaSab]

39. I live in California

We don't worry too much about storms here. :shrug:

[InvisibleTouch]

41. I love thunderstorms...

...and a dash of hail every now and then livens things up. I don't even mind a blizzard. I do pay attention when there are tornado watches going on, but it doesn't scare me the way it used to. My being worried about it won't affect the weather.

[applegrove]

42. I used to hate thunder and lightening when I was a kid. I went through a bad

storm when I was about 4. But I got over it. Probably because as a teen my mother used to open the front door every time there was a storm. She loved it.

[mix]

43. no, bring it on n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. My mother-in-law used to hide on the basement staircase whenever

a thunderstorm came through.

My younger son tends to get pretty worked up about it too.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. dupe

Hiccup.

[Oldtimeralso]

46. Yes, Especially Thunderstorms

50+ years ago My parents house was stroke by lightning. The charge traveled down an electrical conduit and jumped across a 20 foot gap in the kitchen. It did major damage to the electrical system and melted the spout on the kitchen sink. I was watching it as it happened a blinding white flash more intense then a welding arc. As a 10 years old this had made an impact on my life as it seemed the nowhere was safe in a storm if the bolt of lightning can go across your kitchen.

[sarge43]

48. Ice storms are about the only bad weather I'll clinch over.

The rest? Well, hunker down and wait it out.

Yeah, I've known people who lose it during thunderstorms. Don't see it myself.

I love a good T-boomer. Hale, not so much. That tears up the gardens.

[datasuspect]

49. only if i am at sea

[carlyhippy]

50. blizzards and ice storms, yes.....thunderstorms I love

especially if they are far enough away where I can take pics of the lightning and clouds. One of my kids gets a little scared during possible tornadic weather.

[hobbit709]

51. Weather doesn't bother me.

It's the shaking ground and smoking mountains that do.

[schmuls]

52. I'm crazy excited by bad weather!

[LibertyLover]

55. I love thunderstorms and will go out to watch the lightening

flashing in the sky. Sometimes I use the energy they generate to do a spellworking. Othertimes I use the energy to cast a circle of protection around the house. Our male greyhound who died this past November hated storms and would whine and cry and cuddle. Then a friend suggested melatonin. I would give him some and it helped tremendously. Our Siberian Husky does not like storms either, so he gets melatonin too. My 6 year old daughter is very frightened of thunder and if there is a storm in the middle of the night she will wake up and scream for me to come and get her and bring her back to bed with me. But the minute she cuddles up, she is fine. If there is a storm during the daytime, she is not as upset, but still likes to cuddle on the couch. If her daddy or I can't because we are busy, she will cuddle up to one of the dogs.