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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts) Wed Oct 10, 2018, 11:36 AM Oct 2018

Weird sensation for any who has been through a tropical storm or hurricane:

The sound of "waves" of rain, like curtains, blown by wind, passing over your roof.

You can literally hear it rolling from one end of the house to another. And if you close your eyes, you can almost feel the rain passing over even if you are completely dry inside.

I experienced this last year when we got a glancing blow from Hurricane Irma. Our entire house was shuttered up so I couldn't see anything that was going on, but I could still feel the rain. It was the damndest thing.

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Weird sensation for any who has been through a tropical storm or hurricane: (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 OP

The pre-storm is also weird MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #1

I was working in downtown Houston during the late 80's - 90's... Raster Oct 2018 #2

MaryMagdaline

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1. The pre-storm is also weird

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 11:53 AM

Oct 2018

Weird atmospheric pressure and the air is like cotton candy.

Our cat was the one who knew when it was all over. She was never fooled by the eye. We would not see her come out from under the bed until everything was over. (Dogs always wanted to go outside during eye).

Raster

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2. I was working in downtown Houston during the late 80's - 90's...

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 01:04 PM

Oct 2018

...and caught the tail end of a hurricane. I remember being in a hotel downtown, floor 30-something and watching the plate glass floor-to-ceiling windows vibrate, flex and contort with the force of the wind and the rain. Those of us that were ultimately not able to leave ended up huddling together downstairs in the lobby bar, watching the wind blow a lake of water into the lobby. We did not sleep that night.

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