I Have Survived a Hurricane

My family and I experienced Hurricane Fran and it's horrible aftermath in 1996. It made landfall in North Carolina as a category 3. The storm caused more than 3 billion in damage along the Eastern coast of the U.S. I was 13 at the...

When I lived in NC. Hugo went inland near my house (we didn't live on the coast, but near enough) very scary, knocked over trees and such. I remember the eye of the storm passing over us. I went outside and looked at the...

Hurricane Hugo was a terrible storm that came through here three weeks before I was born.  A tree fell through our house and destroyed part of the roof with my pregnant mother and great-grandmother inside.  My mom...

When we were ordered to evacuate, my heart dropped into the pit of my stomach. Milo went into emergency mode, quickly packing things up, boarding up the windows and doors, placing sandbags. We drove up to Jackson to stay with my cousin...

I have lived in New Orleans my whole life so I survived every hurricane that has came here since I was born. Currently just went through Isaac here. Its not for the faint of heart bc of the winds and rain that are incredibly strong that...

Hurricane Sandy could prove to be a fairly devestating storm for the East US coast it is expected to make landfall between Washington DC and New York, take care of your families and pets!

Just to add more information it is likely to...

Before I go into detail about my experience with Rita. I had better explain about my frequent moving habits. Before Rita back in 2003 I lived in Southeast Texas, well in 2004 I moved to Mesa, Arizona, but at the time I was unable to...

I lives in West Kendall, south of 88 in the disaster area. I passed armed national guardsmen to buy groceries. A decent number of homes in my development were destroyed. Ours survived, I think because of the window tint. What would...

I lived on Galveston Island in 1983. I was  6 months pregnant with my youngest son.  Hurricane Alicia was only a catagory 2 storm. But keep in mind that we were on an island.  We didn't have a car at the time , so ...

This time last week I was suppose to be packing clothes to attend my niece's wedding in Oklahoma, instead I was beginning to prepare my home for the arrival of Hurricane Ike.  I can't begin to tell you what...

My brother and his wife decided they were going to get married in Cancun. I made my reservations to go. I was excited because I had never been to Cancun.The day I left for Cancun I was told that a hurricane was going to hit there. I...

When I was 11 Hurricane hit here in Louisiana. My dad was sick in the hospital and we couldn't leave him behind so we rode the storm out in the hospital. The wind and the rain was nothing like I had ever seen before. Some of the windows...

Oct. 24, 2005   When I lived in Naples, FL.  Hurricane Wilma came ashore with 125 mph winds!  They had told us it would just be a Tropical Storm, so we all stayed.  Then they moved it up to a "mild" Category 1...

Yep, growing up in the keys I've seen a couple Cleo and Brenda come to mind recently and anther couple. I was 8 for Cleo and 12 for Brenda . There was great excitement  mom was terrified Cleo was our first hurricane experience...

I was in Louisiana visiting family when the hurricane hit. I suffer from a bone disease which makes my bones break incredibly easily and i cant run. I was very young at the time. We got caught out in the open and I was hit by debris...

i cant remember heck dont want to really ... maybe 10-12

Once again I have survived a hurricane. But my hatred of Ike is much greater than what I ever felt for Rita. Everywhere I look now, I see the devastation it has brought to southeast Texas. My home was not damaged, which I am grateful...