In a year just before the new century, we were on a night-stop in the Caribbean, when all known alarms started going off.
Quickly all crew were rounded up with their belongings and escorted by hotel management to the basement, to be followed by all other (found) hotel guests. In the 19 hours that followed a tropical storm passed within a few miles of our location devastating everything around it. The surrounding are looked like a minefield when we emerged.
And although we were all badly shaken by the experience, we elected to not fly back as passengers, rather to operate a few flights between Caribbean Islands to collect other crew and passengers from various locations prior to our return.