I have been through major earthquakes, etc, but the worse experience I ever had was a major wind event here on the island.
You feel so helpless and scared, as you just don't know, the sound, the effect, its very over powering.
Watching the BIG trees sway and topple, 100 plus foot evergreens, smashing to bits anything where it lands.
My house has pretty much been left unscathed, my boats and cars, just minimal damage from tree limbs, etc.
But its the uncertainty that gets into your brain.
A few hours of just wishing it would end, can quickly put you into a state of paranoia.....
Worse than seeing a cop pull up behind you when you are loaded
Only to pass