• Tornado passes over mans house
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[video=youtube;w8U3KzqWr3M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8U3KzqWr3M[/video]
[quote]In an instant the tornado passed right through -- literally -- his house. Schultz rode the debris from the collapsing chimney down, losing his grip on the phone, getting entangled in a bedsheet, and becoming buried. Moments later a neighbor was digging him out of the rubble. Schultz was out and standing within four minutes. The neighbor sat him down on one of the house's beams, but told him, "Don't look down." "Why?" Schultz asked. [b]"Because your wife is right under you. She's dead."[/b][/quote] This really got me.
Man. That's why they tell you to get to safety. Super sad. But what a crazy video. I'm terrified of tornadoes having been in a building where one passed over (albeit a smaller one, but still scary!) when I was little but I [I]love[/I] watching shit like this to really sort of gauge just how crazy they can be. Some wacky shit.
[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51962082]This really got me.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE] Geri, 67, became fast friends with a next-door neighbor, Jacqueline Klosa, 69. The first week of every month, the two would take off on a girls-only day of shopping for groceries and more. Geri Schultz would drive Klosa on errands, including doctor appointments. Klosa, too, died in the tornado. [B]At Geri's memorial celebration in June -- when Clem and Geri would have been married 25 years -- a friend asked Schultz if he thought Geri was in heaven. Yes, Schultz said. " ... Because those two, the devil could not put up with them at the same time," he continued.[/B][/QUOTE] :frown:
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[QUOTE=Raidyr;51962116]:frown:[/QUOTE] [quote]Klosa's last words, according to her daughter, were made to her sister as the tornado was bearing down. “She said 'You'll find me dead in the shower, clutching my purse,' " said Peek, laughing and crying at the same time. “And damned if that's not where they found her!” [b]Peek, 50, of McLeansboro in southern Illinois, said her mother's decision was representative of her strong and stubborn personality. Klosa refused to take refuge in the basement because she was scared of spiders, the daughter said.[/b][/quote]
That moment when you see everything infront of the house get demolished before it goes to black is surreal
how the fuck do you film something like this and not move
[QUOTE=13illay;51962455]how the fuck do you film something like this and not move[/QUOTE] Maybe a deer in the headlights kinda response? I was really surprised with how still she kept the camera as it was literally devouring the house in front of her, but I could imagine some type of "paralyzed in fear" kinda scenario there.
That was haunting. Jesus.
[QUOTE=Pinhead!;51962488]Maybe a deer in the headlights kinda response? I was really surprised with how still she kept the camera as it was literally devouring the house in front of her, but I could imagine some type of "paralyzed in fear" kinda scenario there.[/QUOTE] There's also a weird fascination if you live in a place where tornadoes are common, people in my area will stand outside and watch them.
Fucking the neighbors shed flips, the pole gets pulled into the yard and before you know it the house across the street simply vanishes.
The sounds alone are some seriously scary stuff.
tornados are scary. proof of how brutal the forces of nature can be
I'm just watching right before it's on top and thinking to myself "This is how the weather on Earth sometimes looks, holy shit."
That's one of the bigger ones I've seen. I can't imagine what that must be like... I have a strange fascination with videos like this, though. It's a perspective you never really get to see, and never hope you will have to see. Another one like this, less tragic, but shows the aftermath as well: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTikNBYA0tg[/media] [editline]15th March 2017[/editline] Another classic, feat: the calmest Dad on earth: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpeONUZZVY[/media]
[QUOTE=nox;51962751]I'm just watching right before it's on top and thinking to myself "This is how the weather on Earth sometimes acts?"[/QUOTE] welcome to the god fearin' parts of the US
Tornado gives birth to a human here. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEN7MTy4fkA[/media]
That guy is extremely lucky.
As fascinating and as sad as this is, honestly its a stupid mistake. [URL="http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/safety.html"]They were on the second floor of the house and near the window, you don't video that shit, you get to the rock solid center and first floor of the house immediately and fortress yourself with mattresses/etc or use a basement/storm shelter.[/URL] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v075d9Vfqcg"]Even when professional storm chasers attempt to get into the center of the funnel they're at major risk.[/URL] [editline]15th March 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;51962637]There's also a weird fascination if you live in a place where tornadoes are common, people in my area will stand outside and watch them.[/QUOTE] Yeah if the funnel is miles away, I remember people in my old neighborhood doing that back in Dallas, but you still don't risk that shit.
So a question, What happens to you if you lose your home from stuff like this? Do you litterally become homeless or does the US goverment has something for those who got hit?
[QUOTE=Bucketboy;51965217]So a question, What happens to you if you lose your home from stuff like this? Do you litterally become homeless or does the US goverment has something for those who got hit?[/QUOTE] Most likely this would depend on your insurances.
Chances are if you're living anywhere in or near tornado alley you should probably buy home insurance. Because if this happens and you don't have any then you're pretty much SOL.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;51964933]As fascinating and as sad as this is, honestly its a stupid mistake. [URL="http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/safety.html"]They were on the second floor of the house and near the window, you don't video that shit, you get to the rock solid center and first floor of the house immediately and fortress yourself with mattresses/etc or use a basement/storm shelter.[/URL] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v075d9Vfqcg"]Even when professional storm chasers attempt to get into the center of the funnel they're at major risk.[/URL] [editline]15th March 2017[/editline] Yeah if the funnel is miles away, I remember people in my old neighborhood doing that back in Dallas, but you still don't risk that shit.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure the person on the second floor recording the video survived, while their wife on the first floor was killed.
Props to the guy for filming it, that was incredible. No doubt he knew the risk he put himself in.
What is it that makes tornadoes appear in certain areas?
[QUOTE=The bird Man;51966323]What is it that makes tornadoes appear in certain areas?[/QUOTE] Generally, the convergence of cool and warm winds happens sort of in the middle of the US (i.e. Tornado Alley) and a rotating updraft comes along which leads to supercell (or rotating) storms. The rotation doesn't always create a tornado but they're sure capable of it. That's like the super super basic explanation for it tho.
[QUOTE=The bird Man;51966323]What is it that makes tornadoes appear in certain areas?[/QUOTE] The cold fronts from Canada, the warm humid air from the Gulf of Mexico and large flat land.
As a child Hurricane andrew passed over my town causing a Tornado to touch down. I remember we had this huge wooden front door at least like 2 inches thick and we heard this sound that was like a train horn almost and the front door just flew wide open and all our windows blew out and my mother and I had to take shelter in a tub. Once it passed which felt like hours we exited the bathroom and much of our house was destroyed. Our dogs however were fine somehow other than some scratches from debris. But most of our neighborhood was flattened. The noise really is something I will never forget but such is life in Florida.
[QUOTE=The bird Man;51966323]What is it that makes tornadoes appear in certain areas?[/QUOTE] Tornadoes appear most frequently in the United States because the land and climate is the perfect combination to spin them off. They're a seasonal occurrence and a fact of life for some places in the mid west. Though we can get them anywhere in the states, really. [url]http://www.tornadofacts.net/images/tornado-alley.png[/url]
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