[zonerboy]

The Sylmar earthquake in 1971 in Los Angeles.....collapsed several freeway overpasses, severely damaged a couple of hoispitals, shook us out of bed at 6 am.
Also lived 1/2 mile from the edge of a huge wildfire in Santa Barbara, Calif. which burned hundreds of homes to the ground in 1990's.

[tucson]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I was living in downtown Boston during the blizzard of '78. Two days after the storm I had to walk about three miles to a bank to withdraw money to buy food.
I know three miles doesn't sound like much but try doing it over three feet of snow.

My sister had to driven to her job at a hospital by the National Guard during that storm!!

[salpal]

Former long time volunteer for Red Cross....been to multiple disasters.

[2BNTV]

Hurricane Sandy and another stormthat dropped three feet of snow, that shut the state down for two days. A lot of destruction from Sandy. It broke my heart to see the roller coaster in the ocean, as we always visited the Jersey Shore on vacations.

My son was a few blocks away for The World Trade Center when the first plane hit. He saw the plane sticking out of the building, and then the other plane hit. The day America changed. IMHO

Nuff said.........

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

TET Offensive Vietnam February 1968.

Thank you for your service and the same for Perrjojo's husband. It beats us all.

I lived 5 miles from the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake. Actually I lived in Sylmar, CA which previously was the earthquake capital of the US... but this one really shook me up. I thought the world was coming to an end. My bed was a bucking bronco, and all I could hear was everything in my house falling on the floor, everythingggg... Luckily, we all made it safe, including all the dogs and my newly rescued kitten, my dad, my hubs and me. The rest was all material stuff, but I truly was scared. There was one aftershock that almost had the same number on the richter scale as the original quake,,, that was terrifying.

[Sable99]

I was in the US Capitol on 911 and drove by the Pentagon many hours later on my way home.

I was sitting in my car on the approach to the 14th Street Bridge in DC when the plane hit the bridge in the 80s. I will never forget seeing the helicopters taking the people out of the Potomac River and all of the rescue vehicles trying to get through the traffic. It's the only day I remember my boss letting us go home because of bad weather.

[anarick]

Standing on 28th street and Fifth Ave watching the Twin Towers collapse before my eyes knowing that my son was working in Tower One. My son made it home OK, thank God.

[anarick]

Went to my company's disaster recovery site during Hurricane Sandy. At the end of the day at the height of the storm went to a hotel in Rutherford NJ that got completely surrounded by salt water, no power, no food, no water. Pretty scary.

[tommy steam]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

TET Offensive Vietnam February 1968.

Welcome home.

[Parker]

1975, our finances. We survived.

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by anarick

Standing on 28th street and Fifth Ave watching the Twin Towers collapse before my eyes knowing that my son was working in Tower One. My son made it home OK, thank God.

Thank God. You must have been terrified until you hugged him.

I had a few family and friends working in the towers and I was living in CA at the time. I was a wreck until I got to speak to each one and knew they were safe but their stories were incredible and thinking about them, still gives me goose bumps.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by KathieI

Thank God. You must have been terrified until you hugged him.

I had a few family and friends working in the towers and I was living in CA at the time. I was a wreck until I got to speak to each one and knew they were safe but their stories were incredible and thinking about them, still gives me goose bumps.

That was a terrible time for many in the US. I volunteered at East Lake Community Library in Palm Harbor that Tuesday for three hours or so and remember how much the staff and library users were in shock from the news. September 11 attacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ron122049]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

TET Offensive Vietnam February 1968.

Thanks for your service!

[2BNTV]

Fortunately, I was at work and was totally unaware of what had happened at the WTC, until my son called me to say he was Ok. I replied, why wouldn't you be OK? He then informed me of the tradgedy.

When the second plane hit, he took off running uptown, to be with his wife at her workplace. I am so grateful, he survived and thought of calling me ASAP to let me know that everything was OK with him. Wife, was at her hotel in mid-town Manhattan.

[BobnBev]

Mianus River bridge collapse---I-95 in Connecticut.