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I hate wind, it really scares me. Watching the pictures of the storm hitting the Eastern sea board of the US reminded me of some really bad weather we once suffered in Germany.
We owned a lovely 18ft caravan which we took all over the continent on holiday. We were coming back over the Brenner Pass from Italy when the winds got up and it started to rain. We should have pulled over but my husband new best and we carried on. There was a huge gust and the caravan blew over, luckily the car didn't. We blocked the autobahn and the kids hoped we'd be on TV. We weren't. The caravan was pulled up by some recovery people and the Police moved us on. It was a mess. Scary.

Hopefully the storm over the US will blow itself out soon and everyone will get back to normal without too much death and destruction!

Have you ever been in adverse weather conditions?

Goodmorning BM. Glad you made it out ok.

I was watching Sandy at CNN in the comfort of a pub, which gave me a bit of a strange feeling. I have experienced some heavy duty snowstroms, but the worst was during winter sport. It was very foggy, but we had to go straight to the black piste. After 100 meters I fell down a cliff. This worried me, because I couldnot see how deep and steep it was. My mate didnot notice and went on. I was rolling a little while, but eventually could stop myself. I was lying in the snow. Ten seconds later I heard from far: FD, FD, FD! I shouted "Shaggy I am down here, I am allright". I climbed out of the cliff and went on. Down the hill I took a picture.

Geez FD! That's extreme sports. I'm a proper chicken where skiing comes in. I have a fear of breaking my leg. I've never broken anything in my life. The thought of my leg facing the wrong way makes me feel ill.

Snow and fog can be very disorientating. We often see the rescue helicopter flying over head where I live. We just say 'someone fell off' and carry on.