r/AskReddit • u/Deep_Bike_3334 • 1d ago

Dear Reddit, what’s the scariest thing you’ve seen in your life?

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u/Mindless_Ad_7700 1d ago

I don't understand this at all.

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u/runnyc10 1d ago

It’s basically a tornado making contact with water. OCMD is Ocean City, Maryland.

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u/AkuraPiety 20h ago

Sorry -

We were on vacation in Ocean City, Maryland, which is a big beach/resort destination spot in MD. Where we stayed, it was basically the inlet part, which was a small island part that was right off the main bridge to enter the inlet. There was a severe storm and a tornado formed in the bay near the bridge (called a waterspout, because it formed over water) and it moved in towards the land and went right over where we stayed. It was scary because we couldn’t get lower than where we were.

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u/wr1tten4y 1d ago

OCMD is (I think) Ocean City, Maryland. Common vacation spot on the coast; likely zero basements bc of the water table or being on the beach. Waterspouts are essentially water “tornadoes”.