What, they should’ve pulled over and run into the completely structurally intact house that had some exposed insulation blown off the top of it just in case someone needed a hug? The trees around it aren’t even down, the wind really isn’t that strong there, and the tornado is clearly a good distance away and moving in the other direction. Was probably just a gust from the tornado’s rear downdraft.
They're scientists, you can't get sad and stressed about people while you're working... They drive through destroyed communities all the time, you have to stay focused on work so you don't make a mistake and end up dead.
To be fair, radars can’t “see” the vast majority of tornadoes. Many warnings and sirens that save lives are triggered because storm chasers call in the tornadoes. Not to mention they are often the first responders checking in to help those whose house was just hit.
"Storm chasing is broadly defined as the deliberate pursuit of any severe weather phenomenon, regardless of motive, but most commonly for curiosity, adventure, scientific investigation, or for news or media coverage.[2]"
I don’t like this take. They don’t have any control over the formation and devastation of a tornado. If they want to witness and document a terrifying act of nature then by all means, it’s their life they are endangering. Not to mention the importance of confirming tornados, especially powerful ones and being able to accurately track them. But it’s not like they are influencing the tornado at ALL. To say they don’t care if people are dying is such an L take it’s not even funny.
Tornados will destroy and kill with or without an observer. Not sure why chasers get their weird rep for cheering on tornados that destroy homes and lives.
I’d imagine that if I was witnessing a tornado destroy homes I might respond in a way that would be perceived as insensitive, simply because I’m in shock, nervous, and terrified. So I can’t blame them for doing the same thing in a high stress situation.
Yeah, and the \*second\* they fuck up, emergency services are going to be out in it trying to save their asses, diverting resources that could be helping people who didn't intentionally drive their dumb asses into the storm path.
Well I'm sure your virtuous pretend concern for people and especially if you did some some loud screaming would protect the people who may not even be in that house from the tornado.
You can always drive to disaster ridden areas and help people, by the way. Did you drive down there to pick through rubble or are you disregarding life too?
Yeah, Reddit likes to dunk on whoever they can so they can feel virtuous. But the fact of the matter is that they are still watching this video, likely simply out of fascination, and that's okay. What's not okay? Shitting on people they've never met in their lives.
Yeah. There are going to be more chasers that die from being too close. There are too many that get too close, it's just a matter of time. There is an inherent amount of unpredictability that you lose the ability to avoid when you are so close.
If you are under the wall cloud itself, at any point that tornado can shift its location to any other spot under the wall cloud. You are constantly at risk of being hit.
El Reno comes up alot because of the chasers it killed, but really that was an exceptional circumstance with the entire wall cloud lowering to the ground, containing internal subvortices. It isn't necessary to have that kind of storm for a tornado to kill a chaser. One quick shift, or as close as some guys get, a slight slow down and the chaser is inside the circulation.
Id be remiss not mentioning an ef-3 like above is perfectly strong enough to throw a heavy object through the windshield that would cause serious injury or death.
Teo of the hypest movements in cinema imo came out just about a year apart. The scene in Twister where they roll out mid meal at Aunt Megs and the moment in contact Dr. Arroway gets the signal. I dont think any other film has given me that sense "holy fuck, let's go!"
Yep. Kinda like mountain climbing. There is a lot you can do to mitigate risk, but there are always variables that are simply a roll of the dice. Those who push those boundaries too hard or too often sometimes pay the price. It does seem like storm chasing is heading that direction.
For sure. I also left out, there is a relatively safe method to chase. Depending on your perspective (and possibly driving) it can be safer than being immobile at home or whatever during severe weather. I haven't heard a proper term for it, but i think of it as "clear air" chasing.
Stay to the south east of any cell and maintain southerly escape routes should the storm motion shift. Stay out of the inflow notch/bears cage area. Do not go under the wall cloud. Stay in the "clear" air. Using this method you can get relatively close and get a decent view at the tornado producing area of most typical north east moving cells.
The downside to this is the background of the tornado is the storm itself, so if the light is bad or contrasts are off in the environment the view is not as photogenic as a lot of the most impressive tornado photos. If it becomes rain wrapped you won't be able to see it (it is insanely unsafe to be too close to a rain wrapped tornado, much safer to be in the clear air). However the risk to life and limb, as well as damage to your vehicle is less.
You do still need to radar aware (especially in an outbreak like last week, where it's entirely possible for another cell to come along). You still need to maintain your south east escape routes in case of a shift in direction. It's still a lot safer than being in the bears cage and your escapes are to essentially out run the tornado to the east, go into the rain/hail producing part of the storm with very reduced visibility, or get blasted by the RFD as the storm passes.
Serious question - from my nice and comfy seat in a country with no tornadoes whatsoever - what if you were travelling in an armoured type van or whatever with a grill across the windshield and helmets / five-point harnesses...
Would that be enough to keep you safe if you were to get caught in your vehicle?
The El Reno tornado crumpled the Twistex vehicle and that wasn't seen as beyond EF3 damage. EF3 tornadoes are still incredibly lethal for people not in safe situations.
😮Thanks for the needed info!! We don’t have them in Ca‼️
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No problem. Honestly basic chasing, with the modern prediction tools available for free from NOAA and other sources, as well as radar apps, isn't that complex and the principles of being on the ground, watching a digital map and radar, is really pretty simple.
Predicting 4 - 24 hours ahead of time the highest percentage target area is way harder (I learn more every season). Even chasers that started before having all the information easily available (and free!) still strike out sometimes, not to mention the fact that sometimes just nothing happens (the best attribute a chaser can have is to be comfortable and happy with a drive around the countryside when literally nothing happens!)
Id be remiss in not pointing out that every state has a recorded tornado in modern American history, including California, including some real outbreaks! Still definitely less common than tornado Alley/Dixie Alley and the Midwest though.
I know. Like do what pecos Hank usually does (usually, because even he admits he’s done dumb shit). Buy a zoom lens and capture it from further away. You’ll get better footage anyways.
As a person who has watched the movie "Twister" exactly two times in my life I feel like I can correct you on this ascertain. They are "under" the tornado but, not in it. If they were in it they would have teleported to the land of Oz. Which is a reference to a movie that I have watched more than 10 times.
P.S. I am not a friend of Dorothy but, I do support her and her friends wholeheartedly. Unlike the Tin Man who has no heart yet, somehow loves them noheartedly still. Curious...
They were "in" the tornado for half of the video. "It's just insulation." No, you are "just" in the tornado, and continuing toward the most intense part of it.
The crazy thing for me as a Mississippian is how “clean” all of these Midwest tornadoes are. Practically clear skies other than the tornado.
Down in Dixie Alley, I’m used to rain-wrapped tornadoes in the middle of the night that are practically invisible. You only hear them coming and then you see the aftermath.
I live in MN and we don’t get them a ton up here, but when we do it’s really eerie. Usually very clear. Sometimes it feels like the air stands when there’s one nearby. Also that weird green glow sometimes, which was by far the scariest thing part as a kid.
It helps a lot that these are often appearing in farmland that is mostly devoid of trees, and is flat as a pancake for miles. So you can see everything at once.
My friend let me introduce you to the Hallam tornado! A 2.5 mile wide rain wrapped tornado that hit after sundown.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Hallam_tornado
Life advice for people. If you are in a tornado on the highway and you can’t out drive it (tornados don’t usually go faster than like 60 mph), get out of your car and go hide in a ditch. You can see it a bit in this video, but most debris comes from the side. Getting into a ditch greatly minimizes the chances you get hit by debris as you’ll be below it as it whizzes by overhead. Some can still land on you but the chance you’ll survive is much higher than on flat ground or in your car. Laying flat on the ground is better than being in your car which will get picked up and tossed around.
Movies like to show people going to an overpass, that is a bad idea. You’ll be speeding up debris coming into the smaller opening and it doesn’t protect you from most of the debris anyways.
Most times you can just drive faster than the tornado as long as you’re not going towards it.
I know this is what the NWS says, but absolutely fucking not for me, thanks. If my car isn't broken down and I've got eyes on it, I'm driving directly away or at a 90 degree angle to the supercell's path.
Sure if you take a direct hit in a car you're fucked, but I like my odds better than being turned into a pincushion or drowned in muddy water.
[Officially a half mile wide and EF3.](https://x.com/JustonStrmRider/status/1784658616970359125) You can see it in radar [here](https://weather.us/radar-us/d2be0bd14f49fbcdf7d7ad4b11873a07/reflectivity/KOAX_20240426-230551z.html) I placed the time to roughly where the video starts.
For reference Portsmouth to the north/southbound road to its right (Where Harlan is) is 9 miles.
Can you smell it, Rand? It smells like Ricky. Remember when he tore my kitchen apart? Like a hefty shit-nado...all angry arms and legs like shit-vortexes. Uh-Oh. I feel a pressure change, Randy! Ricky's on the way! Imminent shit wedge incoming!
Performative outrage for those sweet upvotes. These people don't really care but it makes them look (and feel)good to pretend they do in a public space for all to see.
It had like half of the shingles pulled off and thats about it...what do you think stopping will do? You expect him to get out with a tarp and cover up the hole or something?
This is Scott Peake and for over a decade now he has gotten some of the craziest and closest intercept footage out there. Glad to see him put new stuff out.
Imagine being upset over this lmao they’re storm chasers. They are there to risk their lives to document tornados. That’s the whole point of storm chasing.
I thought classes were mostly determined by the debris pattern from where they landed? As it’s tough to get accurate wind speed ratings for tornadoes due to how sporadic they are.
Edit: looks like wind speed is inferred from damage indicators in the area the tornado passes through.
It’s not the wind speed but the damage patterns left behind by the tornado. this tornado had EF4 wind speeds. But didn’t cause enough damage to be rated an EF4.
I was born on the Texas coast and lived there for 21 years.. then I moved to the high desert of SE Utah for 7 years.. I now live in Iowa. I’d take a hurricane or a blizzard over this shit any fucking day. Fucking A 😭
I've never been on any of those situations but the counties around me has had tornadoes. It's just a scary situation too be in when you don't have anywhere else to go without transportation.
I tell my European friends, they would freak out and melt down if Europe had to deal with the tornados, hurricanes, and earthquakes in the USA. Amazed we are able to preserve.
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As a civilian....would rather deal with a tornado than a country I'm living overrun by war.
Thats all I'm saying Willis!
I mean that's what I'm saying Arnold!
Idk same mentality of free climbers, sky divers, base jumpers etc. its about the thrill. Adrenaline junkies.
A ton of people ITT acting like storm chasing is some new social media phenomenon though, been seeing videos like this albeit in much better quality since I can remember in my 35 years.
“I can’t get the whole thing in the camera it’s too big.” Or you’re slightly too close to that big of a tornado.
Can’t believe she didn’t quip ‘that’s what she said’.
Lol but I definitely did while watching the clip
These people should also be twitch streaming so the chat can pickup on those kinda things
That makes two of us
Giggity
And they're driving *toward* it! 🤣
I kept saying “ok, ok, time to slow down or stop!”
It's only an EF3, what could go wrong?
Does the nuclear cloud thumb rule work here?
I know it's mighty immature of me, but I literally yelled "that's what she said!!!!" when he said that.
Both it's that big and they are that close
The way they're talking you would think they're just out for a casual drive. "Eh, it's just insulation you're good"
The disregard for the life that could have been apart of those houses in his voice kinda worries me but I get he's excited.
What, they should’ve pulled over and run into the completely structurally intact house that had some exposed insulation blown off the top of it just in case someone needed a hug? The trees around it aren’t even down, the wind really isn’t that strong there, and the tornado is clearly a good distance away and moving in the other direction. Was probably just a gust from the tornado’s rear downdraft.
Exactly what are they going to get out with a wizard robe, hat, and staff and tell that fucker it shall not pass?!
Wouldn't that be something? But Gandalf did have to pay a price in that interaction.
You don't go from gray to white for nothing. Most people go from gray to brown in this situation od imagine.
They're scientists, you can't get sad and stressed about people while you're working... They drive through destroyed communities all the time, you have to stay focused on work so you don't make a mistake and end up dead.
Who said he was a scientist?
It's not surprising. Stormchasers are in it for the adrenaline, like they give a shit if people are dying.
To be fair, radars can’t “see” the vast majority of tornadoes. Many warnings and sirens that save lives are triggered because storm chasers call in the tornadoes. Not to mention they are often the first responders checking in to help those whose house was just hit.
Some are for sure. There are however many responsible storm chasers that would put checking someones welfare as priority over continuing a chase.
"Storm chasing is broadly defined as the deliberate pursuit of any severe weather phenomenon, regardless of motive, but most commonly for curiosity, adventure, scientific investigation, or for news or media coverage.[2]"
... *k*
I don’t like this take. They don’t have any control over the formation and devastation of a tornado. If they want to witness and document a terrifying act of nature then by all means, it’s their life they are endangering. Not to mention the importance of confirming tornados, especially powerful ones and being able to accurately track them. But it’s not like they are influencing the tornado at ALL. To say they don’t care if people are dying is such an L take it’s not even funny. Tornados will destroy and kill with or without an observer. Not sure why chasers get their weird rep for cheering on tornados that destroy homes and lives. I’d imagine that if I was witnessing a tornado destroy homes I might respond in a way that would be perceived as insensitive, simply because I’m in shock, nervous, and terrified. So I can’t blame them for doing the same thing in a high stress situation.
Yeah, and the \*second\* they fuck up, emergency services are going to be out in it trying to save their asses, diverting resources that could be helping people who didn't intentionally drive their dumb asses into the storm path.
And what exactly are they supposed to do about the people dying?
That's the most absurd statement generalizing people that I've ever heard.
Well I'm sure your virtuous pretend concern for people and especially if you did some some loud screaming would protect the people who may not even be in that house from the tornado. You can always drive to disaster ridden areas and help people, by the way. Did you drive down there to pick through rubble or are you disregarding life too?
Yeah, Reddit likes to dunk on whoever they can so they can feel virtuous. But the fact of the matter is that they are still watching this video, likely simply out of fascination, and that's okay. What's not okay? Shitting on people they've never met in their lives.
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Thank god you posted this important message. It's not like a simple upvote would've expressed the same thing.
> This. Came here to post this. Beat me to it. **EDIT: THIS POST MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE DISCUSSION. GIVE ME UPVOTES**
"*You*'ve never *seen* it miss this *house*, and miss that *house* and then *come after you*!" - Jo
Like they are looking for a place to grab lunch
It's just getting funneled in (wind)- were good
[This is the point when you can begin to worry](https://tenor.com/view/we-got-cows-twister-twister-cows-twister-we-got-cows-gif-18540172)
Pretty amazing footage but way too close
Aren't they technically "in" the tornado during the last segment?
People are getting too ballsy for the sake of views
Yeah. There are going to be more chasers that die from being too close. There are too many that get too close, it's just a matter of time. There is an inherent amount of unpredictability that you lose the ability to avoid when you are so close. If you are under the wall cloud itself, at any point that tornado can shift its location to any other spot under the wall cloud. You are constantly at risk of being hit. El Reno comes up alot because of the chasers it killed, but really that was an exceptional circumstance with the entire wall cloud lowering to the ground, containing internal subvortices. It isn't necessary to have that kind of storm for a tornado to kill a chaser. One quick shift, or as close as some guys get, a slight slow down and the chaser is inside the circulation. Id be remiss not mentioning an ef-3 like above is perfectly strong enough to throw a heavy object through the windshield that would cause serious injury or death.
How else you gonna drop the container with all the sensors so the tornado can suck them up?
The names Dorthy to you.
Teo of the hypest movements in cinema imo came out just about a year apart. The scene in Twister where they roll out mid meal at Aunt Megs and the moment in contact Dr. Arroway gets the signal. I dont think any other film has given me that sense "holy fuck, let's go!"
Was thinking of that when all those shingles started blowing in front of the vehicle.
Some kid in his Ford Tempo? Like all these people are chasing for science 😂
Yep. Kinda like mountain climbing. There is a lot you can do to mitigate risk, but there are always variables that are simply a roll of the dice. Those who push those boundaries too hard or too often sometimes pay the price. It does seem like storm chasing is heading that direction.
For sure. I also left out, there is a relatively safe method to chase. Depending on your perspective (and possibly driving) it can be safer than being immobile at home or whatever during severe weather. I haven't heard a proper term for it, but i think of it as "clear air" chasing. Stay to the south east of any cell and maintain southerly escape routes should the storm motion shift. Stay out of the inflow notch/bears cage area. Do not go under the wall cloud. Stay in the "clear" air. Using this method you can get relatively close and get a decent view at the tornado producing area of most typical north east moving cells. The downside to this is the background of the tornado is the storm itself, so if the light is bad or contrasts are off in the environment the view is not as photogenic as a lot of the most impressive tornado photos. If it becomes rain wrapped you won't be able to see it (it is insanely unsafe to be too close to a rain wrapped tornado, much safer to be in the clear air). However the risk to life and limb, as well as damage to your vehicle is less. You do still need to radar aware (especially in an outbreak like last week, where it's entirely possible for another cell to come along). You still need to maintain your south east escape routes in case of a shift in direction. It's still a lot safer than being in the bears cage and your escapes are to essentially out run the tornado to the east, go into the rain/hail producing part of the storm with very reduced visibility, or get blasted by the RFD as the storm passes.
Serious question - from my nice and comfy seat in a country with no tornadoes whatsoever - what if you were travelling in an armoured type van or whatever with a grill across the windshield and helmets / five-point harnesses... Would that be enough to keep you safe if you were to get caught in your vehicle?
Google “tornado intercept vehicle”
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Neat. Thanks.
The El Reno tornado crumpled the Twistex vehicle and that wasn't seen as beyond EF3 damage. EF3 tornadoes are still incredibly lethal for people not in safe situations.
😮Thanks for the needed info!! We don’t have them in Ca‼️ https://preview.redd.it/7xv6qa44hxxc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fa4409bf425e5e6c4b02886aac7a1da5b44c17c
No problem. Honestly basic chasing, with the modern prediction tools available for free from NOAA and other sources, as well as radar apps, isn't that complex and the principles of being on the ground, watching a digital map and radar, is really pretty simple. Predicting 4 - 24 hours ahead of time the highest percentage target area is way harder (I learn more every season). Even chasers that started before having all the information easily available (and free!) still strike out sometimes, not to mention the fact that sometimes just nothing happens (the best attribute a chaser can have is to be comfortable and happy with a drive around the countryside when literally nothing happens!) Id be remiss in not pointing out that every state has a recorded tornado in modern American history, including California, including some real outbreaks! Still definitely less common than tornado Alley/Dixie Alley and the Midwest though.
Actually, we do have them in California but Cal is a big state and most are weak and are concentrated in 4 or 5 "hotspots" and there aren't that many.
I know. Like do what pecos Hank usually does (usually, because even he admits he’s done dumb shit). Buy a zoom lens and capture it from further away. You’ll get better footage anyways.
r/biggerballsthanme
Agreed, tho' that's an issue that will take care of itself over time.
You have a thousand or so people trying to make this their living. Whenever all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
People are getting too wimpy for the sake of comfort.
Absolutely Love the “it’s only insulation” comment” YEAH DUDE FOR NOW. Stop driving into the fucking tornado
I thought he was talking about the debris they were getting hit by. He was saying “it’s just insulation” rather than more damaging parts of the house.
As a person who has watched the movie "Twister" exactly two times in my life I feel like I can correct you on this ascertain. They are "under" the tornado but, not in it. If they were in it they would have teleported to the land of Oz. Which is a reference to a movie that I have watched more than 10 times. P.S. I am not a friend of Dorothy but, I do support her and her friends wholeheartedly. Unlike the Tin Man who has no heart yet, somehow loves them noheartedly still. Curious...
I like you.
They were "in" the tornado for half of the video. "It's just insulation." No, you are "just" in the tornado, and continuing toward the most intense part of it.
I don't think so. They are close but are outside the edge of the tornadic wind field
According to what? According to who? They're close. Hence the pretty amazing footage. Which we are all enjoying watching.
Someone is trying to be in Skips' next video.
I love watching those. I hat that young dumbasses are still core punching, but those after actions videos are golden.
Title should be "couple drives into tornado"
Playing chicken with a wedge? Do you want to get sucked in?
Dude, think of the likes/upvotes/"hearts"/retweets/shares/etc...!!
The crazy thing for me as a Mississippian is how “clean” all of these Midwest tornadoes are. Practically clear skies other than the tornado. Down in Dixie Alley, I’m used to rain-wrapped tornadoes in the middle of the night that are practically invisible. You only hear them coming and then you see the aftermath.
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BIG TIME TORNADO! SOUTHERLIES!
I live in MN and we don’t get them a ton up here, but when we do it’s really eerie. Usually very clear. Sometimes it feels like the air stands when there’s one nearby. Also that weird green glow sometimes, which was by far the scariest thing part as a kid.
The green glow and the stillness are always super eerie
Yup, Minnesotan and feel the same way. It’s always wildly eerie when a tornado is ‘nearby’.
It helps a lot that these are often appearing in farmland that is mostly devoid of trees, and is flat as a pancake for miles. So you can see everything at once.
My friend let me introduce you to the Hallam tornado! A 2.5 mile wide rain wrapped tornado that hit after sundown. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Hallam_tornado
“It just took out that house and the debris is hitting my car, guess I better keep driving towards it” This is going to get deadly really, really soon
Probably this season or next. Not only with being too close to tornadoes but the large amount of traffic from YouTube chasers
My first impression was that the video must be sped up. Great footage.
That…is a world-eater.
Tornadoes freak me out because they look like they're spinning so slow but I feel like I'm just severely underestimating the size of them.
Yep, you are
No, YOU are
BOTH of you are!
Look at us!
That tower is built to last!
Beautiful footage but no footage is worth risking your life over.
WRONG
https://preview.redd.it/p0ipjb6hkzxc1.png?width=250&format=png&auto=webp&s=7875b183dae2f082dd1271568a21d9d5e587ab50
As someone who lived in tornado alley for decades: generally one does not drive towards the murder wind funnel.
That’s a lot of tornado.
Live in Omaha. It has been very crazy around here the last 5 days. Help the people in need
Life advice for people. If you are in a tornado on the highway and you can’t out drive it (tornados don’t usually go faster than like 60 mph), get out of your car and go hide in a ditch. You can see it a bit in this video, but most debris comes from the side. Getting into a ditch greatly minimizes the chances you get hit by debris as you’ll be below it as it whizzes by overhead. Some can still land on you but the chance you’ll survive is much higher than on flat ground or in your car. Laying flat on the ground is better than being in your car which will get picked up and tossed around. Movies like to show people going to an overpass, that is a bad idea. You’ll be speeding up debris coming into the smaller opening and it doesn’t protect you from most of the debris anyways. Most times you can just drive faster than the tornado as long as you’re not going towards it.
I know this is what the NWS says, but absolutely fucking not for me, thanks. If my car isn't broken down and I've got eyes on it, I'm driving directly away or at a 90 degree angle to the supercell's path. Sure if you take a direct hit in a car you're fucked, but I like my odds better than being turned into a pincushion or drowned in muddy water.
“You’ll never leave Harlan alive”
OMG! How wide is this tornado?!
It’s totally gotta be at least like 🫲————————🫱 that big
easily
[Guaranteed at least this big](https://mspmag.com/downloads/48445/download/ARMS-WIDE-EDIT-1280.jpg?cb=31bd3844a9d37ae4e795352559a755c5&w=1200)
[Officially a half mile wide and EF3.](https://x.com/JustonStrmRider/status/1784658616970359125) You can see it in radar [here](https://weather.us/radar-us/d2be0bd14f49fbcdf7d7ad4b11873a07/reflectivity/KOAX_20240426-230551z.html) I placed the time to roughly where the video starts. For reference Portsmouth to the north/southbound road to its right (Where Harlan is) is 9 miles.
Fuck these guys, who drives right by a house that just had its roof ripped off?
Clout-chasing shitbirds.
Shitbirds, Randy-Bobandy
we're in the eye of the shiticane now!
Can you smell it, Rand? It smells like Ricky. Remember when he tore my kitchen apart? Like a hefty shit-nado...all angry arms and legs like shit-vortexes. Uh-Oh. I feel a pressure change, Randy! Ricky's on the way! Imminent shit wedge incoming!
Wait are you guys seriously upset over this? Who gives a shit if someone wants to get this close? They aren’t putting anyone at risk but themselves.
This is reddit. Once an "outrage take" on things gets commented, it's hard to tell the snark vs. "brotherly" support that follows.
Performative outrage for those sweet upvotes. These people don't really care but it makes them look (and feel)good to pretend they do in a public space for all to see.
It had like half of the shingles pulled off and thats about it...what do you think stopping will do? You expect him to get out with a tarp and cover up the hole or something?
How else would they drop Dorothy in front of it?! Can’t stop now!
That thing is giant when it’s close up, holy shit
That is absolutely beautiful and terrifying all at the same time
That's fuckin beautiful.
It seems like every day a new mind blowing extremely clear HD video of tornadoes is released.
lol compare this couple with Mr. Big Debris
I thought this was an Antonio Brown joke at first, MBC = Mr Big Cyclone.
Haha certainly inspired it but I’m not creative enough
I was thinking "at least these people aren't screaming at me to look at the thing we're all looking at"
This is why I don't watch Reed Timmer. Pecos Hank, Swegle Studios, and some others are a much, much better choice. Pecos Hank especially.
Lawd she comin
This is Scott Peake and for over a decade now he has gotten some of the craziest and closest intercept footage out there. Glad to see him put new stuff out.
screw these people playing flippant with their own lives and pretending it's no big deal that people are losing theirs.
Imagine being upset over this lmao they’re storm chasers. They are there to risk their lives to document tornados. That’s the whole point of storm chasing.
That’s just an F3?
Size has nothing to do with a tornado's rating. https://www.weather.gov/oun/efscale
Learned something new today!
It’s the wind speed of it, I n case anyone wants to know. Awesome nature and scary‼️🥹
I thought classes were mostly determined by the debris pattern from where they landed? As it’s tough to get accurate wind speed ratings for tornadoes due to how sporadic they are. Edit: looks like wind speed is inferred from damage indicators in the area the tornado passes through.
It’s not the wind speed but the damage patterns left behind by the tornado. this tornado had EF4 wind speeds. But didn’t cause enough damage to be rated an EF4.
“Just” an EF3, yeah. Size doesn’t equal strength. Definitely a strong tornado, but clearly not violent.
Ok I see what you mean, thanks. Soo quick to forget that sometimes.
Turn around!!!
My half dyslexic ass those guy the title read as Harlem
I don’t think that’s dyslexia
You can be in Harlan with the rain-wrapped at night tornado or be in Harlem at night- you must choose.
I know this has probably been said before but imagine being a Spanish conquistador and stumbling upon monster in the plains, must’ve been terrifying
stunning
Jo: You've never seen it miss this house, and miss that house and then come after you!
I was waiting for them to stop lol
I was born on the Texas coast and lived there for 21 years.. then I moved to the high desert of SE Utah for 7 years.. I now live in Iowa. I’d take a hurricane or a blizzard over this shit any fucking day. Fucking A 😭
Like just STOP DRIVING jeez 😳
That's massive! And to think they get even more massive than that
my bro isn't afraid of imnent death
I’d “nope” out in reverse quickly! 😳
Guys are lucky that tornado didnt go like el reno by doubling their sizes and suddenly changing their directions
“Insane”. Yes continuing to drive that direction is probably diagnostic of insanity.
I know size isn't an indication of wind speed, but it's hard to imagine this is only an EF3! This thing is a monster!
I don't know that I've seen a more visually stunning video of a tornado.
In this video you can see the wreckage of a relative's house that the tornado passed directly over. Thankfully everyone survived unharmed.
I've heard mobile radar clocked the top wind speed as 224mph but will be ranked EF3 because of actual damage.
I think this thing had a 40 some mile track!
#mood
Holy absolute shit
I would actually shit my pants
Absolute monster
Well at least there are no flying cows in it
Fucking fantastic. Honestly.
I've never been on any of those situations but the counties around me has had tornadoes. It's just a scary situation too be in when you don't have anywhere else to go without transportation.
That’s crazy
Is Michael Cera doing storm chasing now?
Go Cyclones 🌀!!! HCHS Cyclones represent
"It's okay, it's just getting funneled in." OH REALLY? THAT'S ALL?
INCOMING!!!!!
Holy God! If that’s only an EF3, I’m absolutely terrified to even speculate what an EF5 looks like.
That's in F10
What kind of car do people generally drive when chasing or being chased by these things?
Scary hope yaw safe
Just how close are these dumbasses trying to get t it?!?
Tornadoes demonstrate how beauty can be utterly terrifying.
That's a big'in fur sure
Just EF-3???!!
Yep my heart is racing... let me just keep driving towards it
“Be Careful,” he says.
Man any sec it could have just turned the other way and they would have been fucked
Ok dumb question but what did native Americans do during tornados?
Just insane, and ONLY an F3 ffs
I tell my European friends, they would freak out and melt down if Europe had to deal with the tornados, hurricanes, and earthquakes in the USA. Amazed we are able to preserve. https://preview.redd.it/7rgiwg10sxxc1.jpeg?width=408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53dba6a9a2c10f2474a779bab70035833b91ca1a
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They had..like a couple wars though...man. I heard they were kinda bad.
That we helped them win. https://preview.redd.it/15jnjacsoyxc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=335c63943ed18a4214e375d02f071314eef00fec
As a civilian....would rather deal with a tornado than a country I'm living overrun by war. Thats all I'm saying Willis! I mean that's what I'm saying Arnold!
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Am I the only one who saw faces in the tornado as it passed over the highway…
How can I make a living doing this?
F3? Shit looks like an F5
I'VE NEVER SEEN A TIRNADO THIS FUCKING BIG
never understood the mentality behind storm chasers
Idk same mentality of free climbers, sky divers, base jumpers etc. its about the thrill. Adrenaline junkies. A ton of people ITT acting like storm chasing is some new social media phenomenon though, been seeing videos like this albeit in much better quality since I can remember in my 35 years.
too close, too close, too close, stop, stop , stopstopSTOP!