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Have you experienced a rainstorm with winds so bad that NO umbrella is of any use?

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Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
That is the kind of Florida rain we are having this morning. Regular umbrellas rip apart. Windproof ones (vented), simply pull out of your hands and fly away. I saw a dozen umbrellas flying down one main street...no kidding. Rain is moving SIDEWAYS anyway...umbrella is useless.

SO....anyone else ever felt that kind of rain and wind event? It is pretty wild stuff.
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YES I have.
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No I have not and don't want to.
No I have not, but think it sounds fun (trust me, it's not).
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Contributor: Rossie Rossie
I've experienced that kind of wind speed while I lived in Hong Kong - the severe tropical systems are called Typhoons instead of Hurricanes over there.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Woman China Woman China
Yuppers!

I've also experienced flash flooding rain where the rain is so heavy and comes staight down so fast it is like having a waterfall come down which crushes the umbrella.

More often than not, when the rain is bad, we just do not go out as the city is flooded.

OH! When I lived in Nunavut, umbrella's flew out of your hands and took a fly out onto the land in the Autumn.
08/27/2012
Contributor: pixylove101 pixylove101
Yes I have
08/27/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Chicago in the spring...on every corner, every trash bin was piled high with broken umbrellas. It was amusing to say the least. Hubby always told me it was windy - didn't believe just how windy until we got up there. It's one of my more precious memories ('cause I'm sappy and stupidly sentimental like that).
08/27/2012
Contributor: Gone (LD29) Gone (LD29)
I have, and it wasn't fun.
08/27/2012
Contributor: (k)InkyIvy (k)InkyIvy
We live right on the water, so we get some crazy storms blowing-in off the bay. In July, we got a storm so bad that it blew our front door open (you have to slam it with your shoulder to shut it) and branches were coming down all over the place. We actually ended up having to go out in the storm because our dog got scared and ran outside, and we were desperately trying to find her.
By the time it was all over, we were without power (for a week), there was a giant tree across the road, powerlines down all over the place, and our yard looked like a battlefield because of all the debris.
08/27/2012
Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
I have, I don't even bother with umbrella's I like getting wet.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Willowe Willowe
I have at school, quite often actually. Not sure why because we're not on the coast or anything, but it just tends to be really rainy and windy a lot.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Gdom Gdom
I live in Manhattan, so yes, a large portion of the rainstorms here are accompanied by umbrella-destroying winds.
08/27/2012
Contributor: MissCandyland MissCandyland
Yes I have, it was no fun! Lol!
08/27/2012
Contributor: freud13 freud13
I have. I don't even carry an umbrella anymore when it's windy.
08/27/2012
Contributor: anonkitty anonkitty
Yup. Umbrellas are more of a hindrance than help in that case.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
Umbrellas are 95% hindrance. Even if you're not wrestling with it in high winds, they drip all over the place once you get inside, and people on crowded streets / in crowded subway cars seem to have no idea how to handle them without wetting / hitting everyone around them. I think they should be banned in large cities.
08/27/2012
Contributor: sexxxkitten sexxxkitten
I hate the wind! In the case of a storm like that, I wouldn't use one.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
I was in SF for a weekend and the rain/wind came. I was soaked and going all over the place.
08/27/2012
Contributor: BlooJay BlooJay
Yep, I just gave up carrying around an umbrella
08/27/2012
Contributor: ellieprobable ellieprobable
Recently I was in a terrible storm while camping. I watched a huge tree limb land on a nearby tent!
08/27/2012
Contributor: SMichelle SMichelle
Yep...whenever I'm in Scotland. The wind there makes umbrellas pretty much useless.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Taylor Taylor
Yeah I remember when I first started college in D.C. that like my 2nd week there it was raining harder than I'd ever seen anywhere and it was REALLY windy. It didn't even matter if I had an umbrella with me. It was pretty miserable.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Ganconagh Ganconagh
Yes. It isnt all that unusual for us to have storms here with 60+ mph wind gusts.
08/27/2012
Contributor: MrWishyWashy MrWishyWashy
Yes and it totally sucks!
08/27/2012
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
Quote:
Originally posted by Petite Valentine
Umbrellas are 95% hindrance. Even if you're not wrestling with it in high winds, they drip all over the place once you get inside, and people on crowded streets / in crowded subway cars seem to have no idea how to handle them without wetting / ... more
That's why our family don't even use umbrellas anymore, we just rely on our trusty wind/waterproof jackets.
08/27/2012
Contributor: G&L G&L
Yep! I lost a few umbrellas til I finally learned to recognize when they're not going to be useful.
08/27/2012
Contributor: tortilla tortilla
I've destroyed many umbrellas trying
08/27/2012
Contributor: Lavendar Lavendar
I've lost a couple of umbrellas.
08/27/2012
Contributor: michael scofield michael scofield
yeah once an umbrella just flew away i had to let it go or it was taking me with it. and once it just fell apart so i left it in streetlol
08/27/2012
Contributor: brevado brevado
In S. Carolina I did.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Mrs.Intensity Mrs.Intensity
Having the wind turn my umbrella inside out isn't half as fun with two kids tagging along under it :/

That kind of weather is terrible to travel in.
08/27/2012
Contributor: Ex-prude Ex-prude
tornado weather, yeah
08/27/2012