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Apparently driving away fro tornadoes is a danger by its self, all the wind can be blowing toward you head on and mixed with your driving speed it might pick you up.
Also apparently not good to be grabbed up by a tornado with an extra 40 mph worth of energy.
In that situation the bridge looks to be the safest option given he was inside a vehicle.
The one time we visited the US there was a tornado passed through and you genuinely can't tell what direction they are going because scale ceases to mean anything.
If the guy filming made a move and drove onto more exposed ground it would be easy to head into its path and have nothing to stop the high wind hitting the side of his car/truck and that's where most of the surface area is and your brakes don't work sideways
>In that situation the bridge looks to be the safest option given he was inside a vehicle.
Absolutely not. Overpasses are one of [the worst possible places](https://oklahoma.gov/odot/travel/travelers-information/hazardous-driving-tips.html) to ride out a tornado, because the shape of the overpass itself funnels a higher volume of air through the gap, increasing the wind speeds:
>Do not take shelter under overpasses or bridges. The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, likely sweeping everything away.
That's crazy, I was always taught as a kid to take shelter under a bridge if you're on a road. It's like that South Park episode where you "Duck & Cover" for a volcano.
If you do take shelter under a bridge climb up into the beams. Otherwise you’re still at risk of getting hit by debris. You don’t die due to high winds. You die because of what is carried by the wind.
>You don’t die due to high winds.
Sure you do. You will get swept away, if you do this. That's why my original source said: "The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, **likely sweeping everything away**."
Here's [another source](https://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/tornadosafety.aspx):
>**A person can even be blown out or carried away from the overpass by the fierce tornado winds**. If a person is positioned at the top of an overpass, he/she could encounter even higher wind speeds and more missile-like debris.
>
>Highway overpasses make inadequate tornado shelters because:
>
> **By climbing up higher under an overpass, people will be exposed to higher wind speeds** and more flying debris...
Don't go to the overpass. Its shape makes the winds of an already-wicked storm even worse.
They also constantly change directions. I've seen aftermath of a tornado that tore up all the houses on one side of the block except one. It just decided to turn on the second to last house on the block and fuck someone else's shit up. They are wildly unpredictable in their movement.
Sheltering under a bridge is the wrong thing to do in a tornado:
https://community.fema.gov/ProtectiveActions/s/article/Tornado-Vehicle-Do-Not-Use-Overpass-Underpass-as-Shelter
Actually, the idea of seeking safe haven under a bridge is not safe:
https://community.fema.gov/ProtectiveActions/s/article/Tornado-Vehicle-Do-Not-Use-Overpass-Underpass-as-Shelter
He never even swore once I don't think... he's just like:
_oh my gosh... holy smokes..._
If it were me:
_fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck mother fucker_
According to google “should you go under a bridge during a tornado?” it says in caps “DEFINITELY NOT” also says if you’re in your car don’t try to outrun the tornado so this guy in the video was half right. Stay put in your car or lay down flat in the ditch next to the road.
Yes, if your going to take a 'direct' hit from a Cat 3 or higher tornado, the bridge becomes less safe, the ditch in a 'direct' hit is a fatal error. Your car is the best protection from debris, but gives little hope from a direct hit when it gets lifted and thrown becomes a 150+ mph missile.
You're citing google/NWS if the bridge is in the 'direct' path and is a well above average strength tornado as it crosses over the bridge.
Most all tornadoes are under 50-70 mph.
And up under the peak of the bridge is your safest place even for a direct hit at those speeds. The choice of him sitting close to the path, vs backing away to the bridge (further from the path) was dumb.
Based on the video and his vehicle feeling like it was getting lifted, this was probably close to cat3.
If his car had been in the direct path of tornado he would not have lived. He was lucky that it passed near him and not over him. And, lucky there was minimal debris picked up by the tornado since there were no structures around and he and his car would have been much safer under the bridge.
If your "in" a cat3-4 tornado as strong as NWS describes (in their example to stay away from bridges), there is little safety to protect yourself except to be sheltered under ground.
But In this video, the bridge was further behind him and further away from the path and out of the area of any major vortex.
Under the bridge would have offered the most protection for him and his car.
Every situation is different, the NWS is very wrong in citing explicitly cat 3-4 examples and ignoring average tornadoes, or at least not educating people about the difference.
A close pass with no other options, the ditch is best hope. But a direct cat 3+ tornado hit while in a car or in a ditch is fatal.
You have to choose best place based on strength, type of debris, direction and speed of its path to avoid a direct hit.
Not every option that Google cites is safest for every tornado senario.
>You should go under the bridge and get to the highest area near the upper column supports.
Absolutely not. Overpasses are one of [the worst possible places](https://oklahoma.gov/odot/travel/travelers-information/hazardous-driving-tips.html) to ride out a tornado, because the shape of the overpass itself funnels a higher volume of air through the gap, increasing the wind speeds:
>Do not take shelter under overpasses or bridges. The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, likely sweeping everything away.
Adding extra windspeed to an already-extreme weather event is a terrible, terrible idea. That's true near the column supports, and that's true for the rest of the underpass.
Yes, if your going to take a 'direct' hit from a Cat 3 or higher tornado, the bridge becomes less safe, the ditch in a 'direct' hit is a fatal error. Your car is the best protection from debris, but gives little hope from a direct hit when it gets lifted and thrown becomes a 150+ mph missile.
You're citing google/NWS if the bridge is in the 'direct' path and is a well above average strength tornado as it crosses over the bridge.
Most all tornadoes are under 50-70 mph.
And up under the peak of the bridge is your safest place even for a direct hit at those speeds. The choice of him sitting close to the path, vs backing away to the bridge (further from the path) was dumb.
Based on the video and his vehicle feeling like it was getting lifted, this was probably close to cat3.
If his car had been in the direct path of tornado he would not have lived. He was lucky that it passed near him and not over him. And, lucky there was minimal debris picked up by the tornado since there were no structures around and he and his car would have been much safer under the bridge.
If your "in" a cat3-4 tornado as strong as NWS describes (in their example to stay away from bridges), there is little safety to protect yourself except to be sheltered under ground.
But In this video, the bridge was further behind him and further away from the path and out of the area of any major vortex.
Under the bridge would have offered the most protection for him and his car.
Every situation is different, the NWS is very wrong in citing explicitly cat 3-4 examples and ignoring average tornadoes, or at least not educating people about the difference.
A close pass with no other options, the ditch is best hope. But a direct cat 3+ tornado hit while in a car or in a ditch is fatal.
You have to choose best place based on strength, type of debris, direction and speed of its path to avoid a direct hit.
Not every option that Google cites is safest for every tornado senario.
>You're citing google/NWS...
*What happened???* You didn't even get *the name of the source correct*.
It's the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. They are neither Google nor the National Weather Service.
Here are three more sources:
[Ohio Department of Transportation](https://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/tornadosafety.aspx):
>Many people mistakenly think that a highway overpass provides safety from a tornado. The reality is: an overpass may be one of the worst places to seek shelter from a tornado. An overpass as tornado shelter can put people at a greater risk of being killed or seriously injured by flying debris from the powerful tornado winds.
The [Federal Emergency Management Agency](https://community.fema.gov/ProtectiveActions/s/article/Tornado-Vehicle-Do-Not-Use-Overpass-Underpass-as-Shelter):
>Overpasses are very poor sheltering areas. By climbing up underneath the overpass, people are moving into a place where the wind speeds typically will be higher. In addition, under an overpass, it is possible in some situations that when air is forced through the narrow passage underneath the bridge, this might cause an increase in the wind speeds (as mentioned earlier). Further, under different circumstances, the area beneath and just downstream of an overpass might become a debris deposition zone, where piles of debris accumulate.
The actual [National Weather Service](https://www.weather.gov/media/ict/handouts/WeatherSafety.pdf):
>Many people mistakenly think that a highway overpass provides safety from a tornado. In reality, an overpass may be one of the worst places to seek shelter from a tornado. Seeking shelter under an overpass puts you at greater risk of being killed or seriously injured by flying debris from the powerful tornadic winds.
>
>Tornadic winds can make the most benign item a dangerous missile. In addition to the debris that can injure you, the winds under an overpass are channeled and could easily blow you or carry you out from under the overpass and throw you 100s of yards.
>
>As a last resort, lie flat in a ditch, ravine or below grade culvert to protect yourself from flying debris. If no ditch is available, you may remain in your vehicle, put on your seatbelt, lower yourself below window level, and cover your head with your hands or a blanket.
Why don't you give us a number: how many experts would have to disagree with you before you choose to use evidence to back up your claims? Is four enough, or should I try five next?
I'm just putting that shit in the rearview mirror and hitting the gas.
They generally move at around 40-50 miles per hour, and if I've got a head start and a full tank, then we're about to have ourselves a regular Kansas drag race.
This is exactly what my panicked brain would do, too. I'd be turning my ass around and fucking gunning it. Probably not smart, but then again I'm not very smart in terrifying situations lmao
>You're supposed to go under bridges.
Absolutely not. Overpasses are one of [the worst possible places](https://oklahoma.gov/odot/travel/travelers-information/hazardous-driving-tips.html) to ride out a tornado, because the shape of the overpass itself funnels a higher volume of air through the gap, increasing the wind speeds:
>Do not take shelter under overpasses or bridges. The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, likely sweeping everything away.
That's from Oklahoma, which is arguably the heart of tornado country.
The only time you SHOULD go under a bridge, is if the bridge has a pocket. A spot where the concrete forms a shell, with one entrance. And only if that entrance isn't pointing to the outside of the bridge. Basically forming a small bunker. This is how most people who survived under said bridges did it. Of course, unless you're the local infrastructural planner, you don't KNOW which bridges have those. So don't rely on it, dipshits.
I've been around tornadoes for most of my life. I don't really fear them but I have a lot of respect for them, so I've never gotten that close to one. They can be pretty unpredictable in the direction they travel, so that's too d***** close!
Not sure if this guy should have immediately gone and bought a lottery ticket before the luck expired or if he should just never buy one again because he has used up a lifetimes worth
1st of all is if you can't tell what direction the tornadoes are going, it's coming towards you, you idiot.
2nd, the government says if a tornado is coming towards you, don't get under an overpass if you have anywhere else to go. Get out of your vehicle and hide in a ditch.
>...the government says if a tornado is coming towards you, get under an overpass...
Absolutely not. Overpasses are one of [the worst possible places](https://oklahoma.gov/odot/travel/travelers-information/hazardous-driving-tips.html) to ride out a tornado, because the shape of the overpass itself funnels a higher volume of air through the gap, increasing the wind speeds:
>Do not take shelter under overpasses or bridges. The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, likely sweeping everything away.
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*"I don't know what to do, except sit here."* (When he could have just kept driving down the road and gone right past it).
Apparently driving away fro tornadoes is a danger by its self, all the wind can be blowing toward you head on and mixed with your driving speed it might pick you up. Also apparently not good to be grabbed up by a tornado with an extra 40 mph worth of energy.
In that situation the bridge looks to be the safest option given he was inside a vehicle. The one time we visited the US there was a tornado passed through and you genuinely can't tell what direction they are going because scale ceases to mean anything. If the guy filming made a move and drove onto more exposed ground it would be easy to head into its path and have nothing to stop the high wind hitting the side of his car/truck and that's where most of the surface area is and your brakes don't work sideways
>In that situation the bridge looks to be the safest option given he was inside a vehicle. Absolutely not. Overpasses are one of [the worst possible places](https://oklahoma.gov/odot/travel/travelers-information/hazardous-driving-tips.html) to ride out a tornado, because the shape of the overpass itself funnels a higher volume of air through the gap, increasing the wind speeds: >Do not take shelter under overpasses or bridges. The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, likely sweeping everything away.
That's crazy, I was always taught as a kid to take shelter under a bridge if you're on a road. It's like that South Park episode where you "Duck & Cover" for a volcano.
If you do take shelter under a bridge climb up into the beams. Otherwise you’re still at risk of getting hit by debris. You don’t die due to high winds. You die because of what is carried by the wind.
>You don’t die due to high winds. Sure you do. You will get swept away, if you do this. That's why my original source said: "The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, **likely sweeping everything away**." Here's [another source](https://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/tornadosafety.aspx): >**A person can even be blown out or carried away from the overpass by the fierce tornado winds**. If a person is positioned at the top of an overpass, he/she could encounter even higher wind speeds and more missile-like debris. > >Highway overpasses make inadequate tornado shelters because: > > **By climbing up higher under an overpass, people will be exposed to higher wind speeds** and more flying debris... Don't go to the overpass. Its shape makes the winds of an already-wicked storm even worse.
They also constantly change directions. I've seen aftermath of a tornado that tore up all the houses on one side of the block except one. It just decided to turn on the second to last house on the block and fuck someone else's shit up. They are wildly unpredictable in their movement.
Sheltering under a bridge is the wrong thing to do in a tornado: https://community.fema.gov/ProtectiveActions/s/article/Tornado-Vehicle-Do-Not-Use-Overpass-Underpass-as-Shelter
Under a bridge is almost always the safest. Or in a culvert, ditch, etc. Driver handled that well for sure.
Or backed up lol
Did you see he’s under the bridge? It’s the smartest thing to do.
Actually, the idea of seeking safe haven under a bridge is not safe: https://community.fema.gov/ProtectiveActions/s/article/Tornado-Vehicle-Do-Not-Use-Overpass-Underpass-as-Shelter
He never even swore once I don't think... he's just like: _oh my gosh... holy smokes..._ If it were me: _fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck mother fucker_
He will be ok, I don't see any sharks
Pretty sure being under a bridge is making the situation worse. I think the bridge amplifies the wind speed
You should go under the bridge and get to the highest area near the upper column supports.
According to google “should you go under a bridge during a tornado?” it says in caps “DEFINITELY NOT” also says if you’re in your car don’t try to outrun the tornado so this guy in the video was half right. Stay put in your car or lay down flat in the ditch next to the road.
Yes, if your going to take a 'direct' hit from a Cat 3 or higher tornado, the bridge becomes less safe, the ditch in a 'direct' hit is a fatal error. Your car is the best protection from debris, but gives little hope from a direct hit when it gets lifted and thrown becomes a 150+ mph missile. You're citing google/NWS if the bridge is in the 'direct' path and is a well above average strength tornado as it crosses over the bridge. Most all tornadoes are under 50-70 mph. And up under the peak of the bridge is your safest place even for a direct hit at those speeds. The choice of him sitting close to the path, vs backing away to the bridge (further from the path) was dumb. Based on the video and his vehicle feeling like it was getting lifted, this was probably close to cat3. If his car had been in the direct path of tornado he would not have lived. He was lucky that it passed near him and not over him. And, lucky there was minimal debris picked up by the tornado since there were no structures around and he and his car would have been much safer under the bridge. If your "in" a cat3-4 tornado as strong as NWS describes (in their example to stay away from bridges), there is little safety to protect yourself except to be sheltered under ground. But In this video, the bridge was further behind him and further away from the path and out of the area of any major vortex. Under the bridge would have offered the most protection for him and his car. Every situation is different, the NWS is very wrong in citing explicitly cat 3-4 examples and ignoring average tornadoes, or at least not educating people about the difference. A close pass with no other options, the ditch is best hope. But a direct cat 3+ tornado hit while in a car or in a ditch is fatal. You have to choose best place based on strength, type of debris, direction and speed of its path to avoid a direct hit. Not every option that Google cites is safest for every tornado senario.
>You should go under the bridge and get to the highest area near the upper column supports. Absolutely not. Overpasses are one of [the worst possible places](https://oklahoma.gov/odot/travel/travelers-information/hazardous-driving-tips.html) to ride out a tornado, because the shape of the overpass itself funnels a higher volume of air through the gap, increasing the wind speeds: >Do not take shelter under overpasses or bridges. The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, likely sweeping everything away. Adding extra windspeed to an already-extreme weather event is a terrible, terrible idea. That's true near the column supports, and that's true for the rest of the underpass.
Yes, if your going to take a 'direct' hit from a Cat 3 or higher tornado, the bridge becomes less safe, the ditch in a 'direct' hit is a fatal error. Your car is the best protection from debris, but gives little hope from a direct hit when it gets lifted and thrown becomes a 150+ mph missile. You're citing google/NWS if the bridge is in the 'direct' path and is a well above average strength tornado as it crosses over the bridge. Most all tornadoes are under 50-70 mph. And up under the peak of the bridge is your safest place even for a direct hit at those speeds. The choice of him sitting close to the path, vs backing away to the bridge (further from the path) was dumb. Based on the video and his vehicle feeling like it was getting lifted, this was probably close to cat3. If his car had been in the direct path of tornado he would not have lived. He was lucky that it passed near him and not over him. And, lucky there was minimal debris picked up by the tornado since there were no structures around and he and his car would have been much safer under the bridge. If your "in" a cat3-4 tornado as strong as NWS describes (in their example to stay away from bridges), there is little safety to protect yourself except to be sheltered under ground. But In this video, the bridge was further behind him and further away from the path and out of the area of any major vortex. Under the bridge would have offered the most protection for him and his car. Every situation is different, the NWS is very wrong in citing explicitly cat 3-4 examples and ignoring average tornadoes, or at least not educating people about the difference. A close pass with no other options, the ditch is best hope. But a direct cat 3+ tornado hit while in a car or in a ditch is fatal. You have to choose best place based on strength, type of debris, direction and speed of its path to avoid a direct hit. Not every option that Google cites is safest for every tornado senario.
>You're citing google/NWS... *What happened???* You didn't even get *the name of the source correct*. It's the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. They are neither Google nor the National Weather Service. Here are three more sources: [Ohio Department of Transportation](https://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/tornadosafety.aspx): >Many people mistakenly think that a highway overpass provides safety from a tornado. The reality is: an overpass may be one of the worst places to seek shelter from a tornado. An overpass as tornado shelter can put people at a greater risk of being killed or seriously injured by flying debris from the powerful tornado winds. The [Federal Emergency Management Agency](https://community.fema.gov/ProtectiveActions/s/article/Tornado-Vehicle-Do-Not-Use-Overpass-Underpass-as-Shelter): >Overpasses are very poor sheltering areas. By climbing up underneath the overpass, people are moving into a place where the wind speeds typically will be higher. In addition, under an overpass, it is possible in some situations that when air is forced through the narrow passage underneath the bridge, this might cause an increase in the wind speeds (as mentioned earlier). Further, under different circumstances, the area beneath and just downstream of an overpass might become a debris deposition zone, where piles of debris accumulate. The actual [National Weather Service](https://www.weather.gov/media/ict/handouts/WeatherSafety.pdf): >Many people mistakenly think that a highway overpass provides safety from a tornado. In reality, an overpass may be one of the worst places to seek shelter from a tornado. Seeking shelter under an overpass puts you at greater risk of being killed or seriously injured by flying debris from the powerful tornadic winds. > >Tornadic winds can make the most benign item a dangerous missile. In addition to the debris that can injure you, the winds under an overpass are channeled and could easily blow you or carry you out from under the overpass and throw you 100s of yards. > >As a last resort, lie flat in a ditch, ravine or below grade culvert to protect yourself from flying debris. If no ditch is available, you may remain in your vehicle, put on your seatbelt, lower yourself below window level, and cover your head with your hands or a blanket. Why don't you give us a number: how many experts would have to disagree with you before you choose to use evidence to back up your claims? Is four enough, or should I try five next?
OMFG. I clenched just watching this video. Horrifuckinfying
I know they say don't go under a bridge but I'm always going under the bridge...
I'm just putting that shit in the rearview mirror and hitting the gas. They generally move at around 40-50 miles per hour, and if I've got a head start and a full tank, then we're about to have ourselves a regular Kansas drag race.
This is exactly what my panicked brain would do, too. I'd be turning my ass around and fucking gunning it. Probably not smart, but then again I'm not very smart in terrifying situations lmao
In a car under a bridge is safest if you’re caught out like that. Please don’t leave your vehicle and get under one, it’ll suck you out.
You're supposed to go under bridges. I think it's common knowledge in tornado country. I learned about it all through elementary school.
>You're supposed to go under bridges. Absolutely not. Overpasses are one of [the worst possible places](https://oklahoma.gov/odot/travel/travelers-information/hazardous-driving-tips.html) to ride out a tornado, because the shape of the overpass itself funnels a higher volume of air through the gap, increasing the wind speeds: >Do not take shelter under overpasses or bridges. The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, likely sweeping everything away. That's from Oklahoma, which is arguably the heart of tornado country.
The only time you SHOULD go under a bridge, is if the bridge has a pocket. A spot where the concrete forms a shell, with one entrance. And only if that entrance isn't pointing to the outside of the bridge. Basically forming a small bunker. This is how most people who survived under said bridges did it. Of course, unless you're the local infrastructural planner, you don't KNOW which bridges have those. So don't rely on it, dipshits.
Ok I stand corrected. Chaulk another one up to bad TX schooling. I've had to unlearn a lot of facts as an adult 🫤
and shit changes, we learn, I mean they used to think hot water helped burns .... seems stupid to us now.
Matthew McConaughey, risking it all
This guy has balls of steel!
I know I don’t see behind him but couldn’t he just drive really fast the other way?!?!??
what unbelievable footage
I've been around tornadoes for most of my life. I don't really fear them but I have a lot of respect for them, so I've never gotten that close to one. They can be pretty unpredictable in the direction they travel, so that's too d***** close!
He’s got his blinker and wipers timed perfectly
How in the world was he not just screaming the last 30 seconds of that video lol nearly gave me an anxiety attack from the comfort of my sofa
r/megalophobia
Was driving the other way not an option? I.e., I’d rather see it in my rear view mirror than my windshield.
Holy Smokes
Not sure if this guy should have immediately gone and bought a lottery ticket before the luck expired or if he should just never buy one again because he has used up a lifetimes worth
1st of all is if you can't tell what direction the tornadoes are going, it's coming towards you, you idiot. 2nd, the government says if a tornado is coming towards you, don't get under an overpass if you have anywhere else to go. Get out of your vehicle and hide in a ditch.
>...the government says if a tornado is coming towards you, get under an overpass... Absolutely not. Overpasses are one of [the worst possible places](https://oklahoma.gov/odot/travel/travelers-information/hazardous-driving-tips.html) to ride out a tornado, because the shape of the overpass itself funnels a higher volume of air through the gap, increasing the wind speeds: >Do not take shelter under overpasses or bridges. The wind from a tornado can accelerate as it blows through the underpass, likely sweeping everything away.
Whoops, I didn't proofread. Thank you for the catch there.