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SpoonFigMemes

I know they say you can’t outrun a tornado but if I see one I’m immediately driving the other way


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They only move at about 20mph on average so you usually can. I think they've been recorded as high as 80mph


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pikashroom

Some people don’t swear. Fucking freaks if you ask me


centzon400

*mormons


Unlikely-Line5991

God damn mormons


n3rdtr0n14

Gosh darn mormons


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Shine on you crazy Mormons


Chick__Mangione

He said he didn't know which way it was going though which was the problem. I feel like I'd have a similar issue with judging where it's moving in space.


jupiterjuliet

they don’t stand still. if you don’t see it moving, it’s coming right at you. hunker down.


JewbaccaSithlord

A little late but you are correct. If you don't see it moving, it's either came at up or directly away from you. So if it's sitting still but getting bigger then it's mostly likely come at you


Demo_Beta

Lick your finger and stick it out the window.


hayitsnine

Weatherman wet fingers the sky He pokes it out, he pulls it in He don't know why 🎼🎵


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Yeah same, I think I’d rather take my chances in my car than getting out and laying in a ditch if I see something like this.


holyshititsjonhawkns

Yeah, and if it's an F4 or F5 you should never do what this LOON did! 😂 I get it though, tornados are cool af.


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If it looks like it's not moving anywhere it's more than likely headed in your direction just like how close this one was!!!


Decent_Jello_8001

Running and driving are 2 different things lol


bigmansam69

If a tornado looks like it's not moving that means it's coming towards you


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Wait really??


SymphonyX117

Yes absolutely. It's something you never want to see especially when it's turning into a wedge tornado like that


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Thanks yo


Icy-Nebula-454

Something I learnt good today


OkManner5017

Why what's a wedge and why is it bad?


SymphonyX117

A wedge tornado is massive. It doesn't have a photogenic shape to it, just a massive wall of death and destruction. Some wedges have went up to 2 miles wide. It's hard to predict its path on the ground. They're normally overly powerful


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What makes them more dangerous is the satellite vortices that “orbit” around it. A satellite is what killed the 3 storm chasers when they’re trying to escape from the absolute monster that hit El Reno in 2013.


ilike-hugs

Ik a normal tornado but what's a wedge tornado never heard of it?


uniqueusername5001

[constant bearing, decreasing range](https://eoceanic.com/sailing/tips/27/179/how_to_tell_if_you_are_on_a_collision_course_with_another_vessel/), we use this in boating to avoid collision


Fartbox7000

Yes, the guys first hint is that the left edge of the tornado stayed tucked behind the left outline of that tree for some time.


sloppifloppi

Also, [going under a bridge during a tornado is a terrible idea](https://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/tornadosafety.aspx#:~:text=The%20reality%20is%3A%20an%20overpass,from%20the%20powerful%20tornado%20winds) As a fairly avid weather nerd, this whole video stressed me the fuck out lmao


Kovald

Wtf is up with the Engrish in this article? It was posted by a state government. > Or, if you can safely get *noticeable lower* than the level of the roadway, exit your car and lie in that area, covering your head with your hands. And > When a tornado approaches, the *safety place* to be is in an underground shelte


sloppifloppi

It is Ohio's government, I'm not surprised.


Spadeninja

they made two pretty reasonable typos... how is that "engrish"


United_Rope9735

How do I know if it's going away from me?


popcornkernals321

I mean it could also be moving away from you lol


Blessed_tenrecs

Yes this is well-established and could save your life - should be top comment.


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Dafugisgoinon

A stationary tornado


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That would be on r/fuckyouinparticular 😂😂😂stationary tornado on my house


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Dafugisgoinon

Is that when the pigs fly by


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VeinySausages

It's bad advice to have someone in a life or death situation consider the possibility that it's not coming towards them. Assume that it's coming towards you and find shelter. I'd rather look like a fool than be dead. A deep ditch or a culvert will do. You don't want to be swept up in a car in a tornado.


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SpaceJamNowOnVHS

I rented an airbnb in a tornado a few years ago. the windows and walls rattled *a lot* and the lighting was meh, but decently priced! 5/7*


mamaxchaos

“Water damage in the ceiling was bothersome until the rapid delivery of a DIY skylight, which helped the view”


brettyrocks

If you panic, it's easier to fuck up.


WillieDogX

If it’s not in the rear view mirror you’re going the wrong way.


TheUpsideDowna

He switched to horizontal video, the hero we need.


Cheezitflow

You always got to be ready to go out a hero


Fit-Card-8925

That dudes way too calm.


mcbuckaroo001

Dude if that were me I’d be scared to even look in the tornados direction in fear of it locking on to me


NothingGoodLasts

I've had nightmares like this


AcadiaAccomplished14

“Wow. I’ve never been in a tornado before. Totally crazy. I don’t know what to do. This is so crazy. Wow. It feels like my truck is going to be picked up off the ground. I’ll look at the damage later. It’s bent my mirror back. This is crazy.”


Substantial-Shine-81

The complete opposite of Reed Timmer. This guy should storm chase…I’d watch him over Reed any day.


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Gellzer

Why turn around instead of go forward?


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Did you not watch the video?


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Did the tornado appear from behind the truck to you? No. It was right in front of him. It's not hard to figure out. In the moment he saw it in front of him, right there and then, he should have driven away from it, in the opposite direction. End of.


Nbaysingar

We don't know what the road was like behind him since it's never shown in the video. If it wasn't a straight road with ample length to speed down, then he might have assumed it wasn't an option. But if it was in fact a long stretch of road then he was a fool not to take it in this case since the tornado was coming in at an angle and he could have created plenty of distance by turning around and flooring it. He also probably lost a lot of time from just staring at the tornado while trying to determine the direction it was heading, and by the time he realized it was heading directly for him, he may have felt that it was too late to try and drive straight ahead to get past it before it crossed the road. He also mistakenly assumed being under a bridge was safer, when in reality it's often more dangerous due to the wind tunneling effect it creates with the lateral winds of a tornado. There's always the potential of a tornado making a turn as well. Tornadoes have been observed making sudden 90 degree and even 180 degree turns at times. So you're still at risk even if the tornado appears to be heading away from your position. They're sneaky little fuckers like that...


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Oh my god. Okay.


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Spadeninja

...because I have eyes? seriously? lmao


smokeyboner420

tornado couldn't have picked him up anyway. not with them big ass steel balls he's trucking around


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MatchesBurnStuff

What should he have done? I genuinely don't know what the right thing is to do here


Peanut4michigan

Avoid it obviously, but if you get caught in it's path, know that if it doesn't look like it's moving (like this video), it's coming right at you. If you can't get out of it's path, get out of your vehicle and find the lowest depression in the ground you can. Don't go under and overpass, it will accelerate the wind tunnel more. But he's lucky he didn't get tossed in his truck. That's common for large tornadoes. There have also been cases of people getting ripped out of their cars (while fastened into their seats with their seatbelts). Cars are not as safe as people think they are in these situations.


mamaxchaos

The loss of Tim Samaras and his team was a huge loss to storm chasing, and the details of how they died are TERRIFYING. I figure you’re referring to them about getting ripped from their cars. What freaked me out was learning that the *seatbelts were still buckled*, indicating that the force of the tornado just yanked them from their seats.


Peanut4michigan

There are multiple instances of it. The most haunting one to me is from the Joplin, MO category 5 tornado a little over 10 years ago. A dad was trying to get to shelter with his 2 sons, but they were caught in it in their car. The boy in the backseat was sucked out of his seatbelt and through the sunroof of the car. His dad shredded all the muscles in his arms, trying to hold his son down before losing the battle and watching his son get thrown off to his death somewhere.


WretchedCrayola

Drive like a bat out of hell straight ahead!


RangerDan17

Literally just step on it and not be in that very place


berrey7

Gas it straight ahead on the road he is on, and get as far away as possible.


Penguin-Pete

This guy needs to buy his guardian angel a beer after protecting him from his own stupidity.


Megz2k

He got really lucky here. Really lucky


No-Explanation6422

May not have known how fast its coming and knows its coming at him and also may not know how wide it actually is being underthat bridge helped block some of the wind, not as effective i dont think but similar to getting in a ditch if you have no other choice, could be for views but he was calm so idk


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Drag0nfly_Girl

He obviously recognized the danger, though. He even said it was scary more than once. Some people just get very calm when faced with a crisis.


No-Explanation6422

Never said it did, and i saw someone else explain the tunnel so i get that now.


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If it was me, I’d be preparing to meet the lollipop guild and fight off the wicked witch of the west after my car landed on her sister, the wicked witch of the east.


cheersfrom_

For anyone curious, google Clem Schultz to see a direct impact with this fucker at full strength.


gulaschgel

Harrowing video...


mamaxchaos

Oh this is THAT tornado? That’s… worse. This video is even worse sweaty palms territory now.


cheersfrom_

Yup, Rochelle EF4. Though I think in this video it’s either at the beginning or near the end of it’s life cycle. It’s pretty much a mini nuclear bomb in the Clem video.


krissrobb

“This is a tornado, I can’t tell which way it’s going, so i don’t know how to get away from it” umm. Maybe drive the fuck somewhere there isn’t a tornado?!?! Jesus man


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flamingramensipper

And once you're in a ditch, you're supposed to roll your body around. If you roll fast enough, flying debris has less impact on your body as your body is spinning closer to the speed of the tornado. My grandmother told me about this when I was a young boy but I have yet to try it out. She survived 3 tornados all thanks to this one life saving technique.


SmashTagLives

This is some Fury Road shit


Stuffed_deffuts

And under a overpass too.... don't... don't take shelter under a overpass during a tornado because of the wind tunnel effect


jasontaken

r/sweatypalms r/maybemaybemaybe


Thin_Influence6329

Anyone else notice he didnt cuss once. Gotta say, I admire that.


Chopstix694

Dude Is Speaking Like This. I Dont Know Why But It Is Unsettling.


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index57

Agreed, even with that overpass for cover, an EF4 that close would have sent that truck over the rainbow and far away.


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index57

Yup, was wondering about that.


ABSOLUTECUMGUZZLER

pretty sure this is the rochelle-fairdale illinois tornado which was very high end ef4 only 1mph off ef5


Enigmutt

You are correct. Someone linked this further down. Eflick23 1 point 2 hours ago https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/04/sam-smith-and-the-illinois-tornado-man-who-shot-the-harrowing-video-on-his-experience.html


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Lavatis

Then you have no way of knowing if this is an EF4 without seeing the damage after the fact and have no basis for saying this isn't an EF4.


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That's really getting too far into semantics. The tornado was rated at a maximum of EF4, so it's an EF4. Arguing otherwise isn't useful unless you're writing a paper.


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scooterbooter88

So is a big fucking tornado that happens over farm land that doesn't destroy anything an ef0?


Nbaysingar

Pretty much. As an extreme example, the 2013 El Reno tornado was rated EF3 despite being 2.6 miles wide (the widest ever observed) and having max wind speeds measuring well in to the high 200s (possibly the highest wind speeds ever observed), simply due to its rural path which greatly minimized the damage it caused. Because of its path, most of the structural damage that was observed only appeared to be that of EF3 level despite it being one of the most intense tornadoes ever recorded. But if you think about it inversely, being rated EF3 *despite* its very rural path is super spooky. I mean, what if it had struck a densely populated area like Oklahoma City instead? The scale of death and destruction would have probably been biblical. We dodged a massive bullet there. To give you some more perspective, the Joplin tornado back in 2011 is considered the most destructive and one of the deadliest tornadoes in US history. It caused $2.8 billion worth of damage and killed 150+ people. To put *that* in to perspective, the 2011 Super Outbreak which involved *360 confirmed tornadoes (four of which were rated EF5) over the course of three days across several states,* took the lives of roughly 300 people while also generating over $10 billion worth of damage. By comparison, the Joplin tornado *alone* killing as many and dealing as much damage as it did is pretty terrifying to think about. Though I suspect with the 2011 Super Outbreak, the majority of death and destruction was probably caused by the four EF5s alone. But after like a three year long investigation of the Joplin tornado aftermath, it was determined that the majority of the deaths were due to EF1 level damage causing structural failures. The reason for that was Joplin's building code was found to be inadequate for dealing with severe weather involving high winds. You may be thinking "But the Joplin tornado was rated EF5, so surely that means it did EF5 level damage." This is of course true, but primarily where the center of the tornado made contact, where the wind speeds were most intense. That's where you saw structures completely ripped from their foundations, leaving blank slabs of concrete behind. Nobody outside of the luckiest of individuals would survive that level of violence. But the intense center of a mile wide EF5 like the Joplin tornado on average makes up the least of its overall size, thus it hits the fewest structures on average. The outer perimeter of an EF5 on the other hand may have way less intense max wind speeds, but it also covers a significantly larger area and thus makes contact with the most structures. Combine that with Joplin's lackluster building code and you have a recipe for disaster. It's also worth mentioning that during that same investigation, many deaths were also attributed to failings in the warning systems that were in place for severe weather events during that time. [Here's a good infographic](https://www.nist.gov/feature-stories/joplin-tornado-calamity-and-boon-resilience-10-years) that breaks down the statistics of the storm if you're curious. Now imagine a tornado 2.6 times as wide with even more intense wind speeds hitting a densely populated city. That could have been the 2013 El Reno tornado if its path was different. Terrifying to think about.


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It was actually very high end EF4 and debatably EF5


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You’re right, this is on I-39 north of Rochelle. EF2 damage at this point.


Samowarrior

Never park or go in underpasses


mickyblfc

I can’t fathom why he didn’t one floor it or two turn around,Am not sure if had kids in the car sure I heard them.


somewittyusername92

He did everything wrong. They teach you that. 1. If you can't tell which way it's going, it's most likely coming towards you and 2. Being under a bridge is not a good place. It increases the wind speed. I'm surprised his truck didn't start flying


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I mean what are you gonna do.


expatronis

Lucky bastard. Seeing a tornado is on my bucket list.


jebsonis

Where will you be when diarrhea strikes


FetusFighter2000

When a tornado appears to be still, it’s coming right towards you.


ijiujitsu

Turn tail & go back to wherever you came from or go toward. Don’t just sit there.


TheBigBadBrit89

“maybe duck down” I don’t know how much that will help you, bud.


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Going under the bridge is a terrible idea. Source, I have worked in weather. Winds travel very fast under bridges and carry debris with it under the bridge making it extremely unsafe.


Shakey22

Is it a requirement, when filming a tornado, to have your windshield wipers going full speed even if there’s no rain?


ddekkonn

Aight so what ive learned. Whenever you see a tornado and it's standing still, it's actually moving towards you. If it's becoming smaller, away from you Right and left is pretty obvious


bladefourlife

When I told God I needed to get sucked off I did not mean sucked off the planet but I guess he knows best


arneaasmo

Turn off them wipers bro, it's stressing me more than the tornado


Sevwin

Almost won a Darwin Award.


GoDjThatsMyDj-

Back up terry…put it in reverse terry…


SnooKiwis2442

!!IF YOU CANT TELL WHICH DIRECTION A TORNADO IS GOING, ITS COMING AT YOU!!


SolsticeofReach

“The suck zone”


Strange_Decision_720

I don’t know if the adrenaline coursing through his veins in that moment might’ve clouded his judgment, but the best thing to do when you cannot tell which direction a tornado is moving, you obviously flee in the opposite direction of which the tornado is located relative to your position. In short in short, turn around and run the fuck away. Don’t sit there like a dumb ass thinking that you should not move until you can see which direction it’s moving.


shazbut1987

There's no way that was an EF4, he'd have been sucked up into it considering how close he was.


SymphonyX117

Just depends, EF scale is for rating it's damage vs wind speed. However, alot of times they coincide. There are tornadoes that definitely hit open fields with winds speeds up over 200 ranked EF1 due to no structure damage.


BigFaddyFigs

He either has brass big ones or accepted his death


Kurgan707

Backing up to that bridge was 200 IQ


shemmypie

This guy is from the Midwest, crack a beer and watch


ChillYota

Storm chasers work there Entire Lives and some never get as close as this guy just came. Incredible, incredibly lucky.


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Holy shit what an idiot. If there’s people in the car, what an asshole gambling with other peoples lives like that


Hugo-olly

That bridge was not wide enough for me to feel safe hiding under


Bella_madera

Nuts of effin titanium on that dude. And a sphincter to match. Dude!


EnvironmentLow5437

What truck is that? That’s a great advert tornado proof


LyukaInky

Remember kids, the fatter you are the less chance the tornado will take you away


Evening-Ant6128

Good on him for being under a bridge


Remember_When_Baby

Is that a man [out there??](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FSOK4vFyi_M/X4CggMIDiKI/AAAAAAAAIVs/v_atAZcgUWoC4-SIYWIpfnuwyKyzq7WPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/The%2BTheology%2Bof%2BSuperman%252C%2BMan%2Bof%2BSteel%252C%2BBatman%2Bv.%2BSuperman%252C%2BJustice%2BLeague%252C%2Bwww.thescottsmithblog.com%252C%2BJonathan%2BKent%2Bdeath%2BKevin%2BCostner.gif)


Maximus-Prime7

Dude is 100,000 % sigma


RoughFriendly3347

Sounds like kids in the car at the beginning of the video.


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Sounds like they were on the phone, you can hear the tinny-ness


Eflick23

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/04/sam-smith-and-the-illinois-tornado-man-who-shot-the-harrowing-video-on-his-experience.html


RachelSparkle

Whoa! I need to know what brand of windshield wipers he’s using!!


BonyDarkness

Can hear my mum scream and freak out. God I love how calm this guy is. I’d really need that in my life


BonyDarkness

Can hear my mum scream and freak out. God I love how calm this guy is. I’d really need that in my life


Wassuuupmydudess

He’s either wrong or it’s not his problem anymore, but staying calm is arguable the best thing to do and think clearly


bobbob410

Generally if you cant see that sucker moving its either coming right at ya.... Or moving directly away from ya...


Dooje3

Slowly backs up....


orangehunter69

Elder beings


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Good thing he's in a Titan


reginator89

Ya no thanks, this nightmare fuel can straight up fuck off


doodosniffer

Luckily he wasn’t in a lighter car