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1. Have you ever experienced a hurricane firsthand?
No, a hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast (Gulf of Mexico) was just a good sign of the end of summer in St. Louis. A hurricane in the Gulf of California may or may not mean rain in Phoenix. One set of my cousins and their father and mother ran into a hurricane on vacation. I don't remember which one it was. But it was a bad one for that year. They were somewhere on the fringe, but got some impressive home movie film of wind and water in the streets.
2. Have you ever experienced outside heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius)?
Almost every day in summer in Phoenix. It's supposed to be 108 (over 42 C) today. The highest temperature I've experienced was 119 (over 48 C), which was the second highest temperature ever recorded here. High humidity and high heat together feel much worse than just heat. We'd get 90 degrees (32 C) and 90 percent humidity some days in St. Louis, those were worse to get through mentally than anything I've experienced here. Of course without drinking water here it's not just uncomfortable, the heat can kill you.
3. When and where was the coldest temperature you have ever experienced?
-18 degrees (-28 C) at 11:00 a.m. in Columbus, Ohio. It was -19 earlier that day, but I hadn't been outside. It was no more than a dozen steps from my dorm to the door of the cafeteria where I ate. My suede coat froze solid in those few steps. In Missouri I don't remember anything below -12. Here in Phoenix it's never been below 24 degrees (-4 C), that I've experienced, and it's always been well above freezing by the middle of the morning even on the coldest days.
4. Is your household prepared for a possible power outage of two to seven days?
Not really, but I've never experienced a power outage of more than 36 hours, anywhere.
5. Do you have a go bag?
No, but like most Arizonans I do not leave the city without emergency drinking water in the car.
6. Have you ever experienced a Tornado?
Yes, but I can't say I've seen much. Lots of tornadoes in Missouri, but the terrain was such that they all passed us by to the north. I probably saw several forming, but not the classic funnel clouds stretching to the ground. In Columbus one year there was a huge one that smashed the town of Xenia, Ohio to west (you can read about it on Wikipedia) that made it into town. Being an experienced Midwesterner I sought shelter when the warning sirens blew. A friend of mine from Massachusetts saw it go by from her room and it scared her pretty good.
7. Have you ever experienced an Earthquake?
Both in Missouri and here in AZ. Mostly there was moderate shaking where I was that rattled glass and you could feel the floor vibrating. Very much like a big truck driving by, but with the shaking going on for quite a while. The one I felt here was a serious earthquake over 7 on the Richter scale, but the center was far away. One Saturday I was watching a game in the football stadium in Columbia, when there was a quake of about 5 on the Richter scale, between Columbia and St. Louis. I didn't feel a thing, but others not at the game did. At one point on the highway to St. Louis the pavement buckled up about a foot (1/3 meter). There was minor damage at my father's business in St. Louis.
shadowkat1. Have you ever experienced a hurricane firsthand?
No, a hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast (Gulf of Mexico) was just a good sign of the end of summer in St. Louis. A hurricane in the Gulf of California may or may not mean rain in Phoenix. One set of my cousins and their father and mother ran into a hurricane on vacation. I don't remember which one it was. But it was a bad one for that year. They were somewhere on the fringe, but got some impressive home movie film of wind and water in the streets.
2. Have you ever experienced outside heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius)?
Almost every day in summer in Phoenix. It's supposed to be 108 (over 42 C) today. The highest temperature I've experienced was 119 (over 48 C), which was the second highest temperature ever recorded here. High humidity and high heat together feel much worse than just heat. We'd get 90 degrees (32 C) and 90 percent humidity some days in St. Louis, those were worse to get through mentally than anything I've experienced here. Of course without drinking water here it's not just uncomfortable, the heat can kill you.
3. When and where was the coldest temperature you have ever experienced?
-18 degrees (-28 C) at 11:00 a.m. in Columbus, Ohio. It was -19 earlier that day, but I hadn't been outside. It was no more than a dozen steps from my dorm to the door of the cafeteria where I ate. My suede coat froze solid in those few steps. In Missouri I don't remember anything below -12. Here in Phoenix it's never been below 24 degrees (-4 C), that I've experienced, and it's always been well above freezing by the middle of the morning even on the coldest days.
4. Is your household prepared for a possible power outage of two to seven days?
Not really, but I've never experienced a power outage of more than 36 hours, anywhere.
5. Do you have a go bag?
No, but like most Arizonans I do not leave the city without emergency drinking water in the car.
6. Have you ever experienced a Tornado?
Yes, but I can't say I've seen much. Lots of tornadoes in Missouri, but the terrain was such that they all passed us by to the north. I probably saw several forming, but not the classic funnel clouds stretching to the ground. In Columbus one year there was a huge one that smashed the town of Xenia, Ohio to west (you can read about it on Wikipedia) that made it into town. Being an experienced Midwesterner I sought shelter when the warning sirens blew. A friend of mine from Massachusetts saw it go by from her room and it scared her pretty good.
7. Have you ever experienced an Earthquake?
Both in Missouri and here in AZ. Mostly there was moderate shaking where I was that rattled glass and you could feel the floor vibrating. Very much like a big truck driving by, but with the shaking going on for quite a while. The one I felt here was a serious earthquake over 7 on the Richter scale, but the center was far away. One Saturday I was watching a game in the football stadium in Columbia, when there was a quake of about 5 on the Richter scale, between Columbia and St. Louis. I didn't feel a thing, but others not at the game did. At one point on the highway to St. Louis the pavement buckled up about a foot (1/3 meter). There was minor damage at my father's business in St. Louis.
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