As a retired Firefighter/Paramedic and trained storm spotter I have to commend this young man for his bravery and demeanor during that time. He took control of a bad situation and made it as good as he could for those he was with and those he ran into. Emergency services would benefit greatly from a guy as calm and collect as he was. I cannot imagine what that was like. Good on you young man. Superb video too.
This storm has stuck in my mind since it happened even though I don't live anywhere near Joplin. The videos online of this storm is amazing and sad. I talked to a couple of customers that went through this storm and their experiences broke my heart.
Random, but I listen to audiobooks often so this was my first thought- Dustin should do audiobook readings, or really any talking based youtube stuff like reviews. He's very articulate, intelligent and has a clear smooth voice. Thanks for sharing, glad you made it out of this horrible situation. You're the kind of person I'd want to be stuck with in an emergency!
I’m curious about what has happened in your life since this. You’re very intelligent and demonstrate a natural leadership ability. I hope things have gone well for you.
Don't be so modest, bro! You've done a great job getting yourself back on your feet. You've taken on a new job, moved up into management, and are demonstrating the very things that Susanne Raynard mentioned, intelligence and leadership ability! Love you, bro!
I'm very proud of your initiative and demeanor during such a time. Someone MUST be the calming "rock" for everyone else ! You did fabulously! I couldn't stop watching because you remind me so much of my eldest son. We lost home almost a year ago and are still healing from the loss. Seeing you was comforting to me because you reminded me so much of him. I thank God you're safe as well as your girlfriend, friends, and others too. 🤗🤗🤗
Glad you guys were okay! I cannot even begin to imagine what that must have been like for you guys to have to go through that. God was certainly watching over all of you, and I'm glad you guys were okay!
The photo looks like the clinic clubhouse was the only building in the complex to be completely demolished. It's amazing that they made it out with relatively minor injuries. The ground floor apartments look like they were pretty intact.
When I went to look there to look for Dustin, I was shocked at the overall level of damage. The clubhouse was the only one completely demolished, but it was also the only one that was a single level structure. The rest of the buildings were three stories, with the top story being mostly destroyed. The tornado had started to take a right turn (to the south) at that point, otherwise I think the damage would have been greater for the complex.
I'm glad you and your friends made it out alive. I can't imagine what you went through. I have been in earthquake when I lived in California and that was a frightening experience.
Wow glad this person made it out..We were in a tornado in April 2011 when there was a tornado outbreak but it wasn't as bad as what this guy went through, Ues some people had died a whole family perished a mom and dad a son and a daughter I had went to the viewing the caskets were closed ,the caskets of the family was lined up that was a sad day ..So God bless this person..
That tornado basically looks like a battery of 155mm artillery striking a rolling barrage continuously through the town. I am glad you are okay. Holy shit.
From what he said about never being able to be see the hospital before, sounded like he was in the same area as one of the other people's neighborhood's.. 🤔🌪️🤗
Charlotte Hayward,if you think this tornado was bad,it sure was i dont live there,i live in wisconsin,but i saw the videos of the 1 there,and it sure was a huge wedge is what they call the big 1's,joplin was half mile wide atleast,and lots of people think it did the most damage for having the highest winds speeds,if i remember what i saw online the winds were 305MPH atleast,but then again some say that the may 3rd 1999 moore oklahoma may have beat it cuz may 3rd was 318MPH but both were the same for size,both EF-5 not sure how long in miles that the joplin 1 was on the ground,but may 3rd 1999 was on the ground for 38 miles,may 20th 2013 that hit the same area,(same damage path) started as a small rope,but quickly became 1.3 miles wide and at times 2 miles wide,on the ground for 17 miles atleast,210MPH winds,the el reno oklahoma 1 on may 31st 2013 was the biggest for size 2.6 miles wide,had 296MPH winds,and 16 miles it was on the ground,however where i live in wisconsin we were hit in april of 1981,it hit after midnight,it had an odd damage path cuz it only took out the north part of the city out,it killed and injured people,it wasnt seen on radar,all they saw were severe thunderstorms,very few even seen it,no sirens until after it went through,they said it was big,was anticyclonic,was moving very fast,had winds over 200MPH,so the next day after they looked at the damage path,they rated it only an EF-4
Not to be a prick, but hearing tornado sirens shouldn't be usual. If it is, then the guys controlling the sirens aren't doing their jobs correctly. Also, I hope you learned to take warnings much more seriously. Time is way too valuable in those kind of situations. But ya know what, I can't blame this guy for taking the situation so casually before it hit because I think a new warning system needs to be created for tornadoes. It's like this guy and a lot of others say, "We always hear the sirens when a storm rolls in..", so they don't take it seriously because 95% of the time, they don't see/get hit by a tornado. There should be levels to the warning system. For days like that, the sirens should sound the highest level alert signal (hypothetically), so when it's like it was that day, people know that this is not just another storm.. It's a mega storm.
Since the Joplin tornado, changes have been made regarding when a siren is sounded. Additionally, for years the sirens would sound at the beginning of an event but not throughout the event. When the event had passed, sirens would sound again. During the Joplin tornado, sirens sounded twice. The second time, folks who were used to that method thought that meant the all clear had sounded. Bottom line, while changes were being made, and had been made, the public was not as educated as it should have been. Frankly, the fault lies in both directions, to the emergency coordinators for not using all methods to get the word out about changes to siren patterns and to the populace in general for not doing what they could to stay up-to-date on recent changes. I have also seen a general change in how severe weather is perceived around here (of course that change is directly due to the tornado), so warnings are taken a lot more seriously than they ever were before. Thanks for your comments!
The National Weather Service is just a guilty. For years they would issue watches and warnings and nothing would happen. It was a "just in case" to protect themselves, but it made people immune to the warnings. It's much better now than it was 20 years ago, but there are still a lot of false warnings and bad storms with no warnings issued.
Tornado warnings should really only be issued for discrete supercell thunderstorms. For small, weak spin ups in squall lines, there should be PDS severe thunderstorm warnings with language stating there could be tornadoes in the warning.
Where I live,we are right next to a siren, they test it once a month for a few seconds just to make sure it'll cut on. We don't even blink when the siren first cuts on, but if it rings more than just a few times, we know something serious is going on.
The apartments were very cheaply made, no wonder they fell apart. Also, it is pretty cold in Missouri, so I cannot believe there was no insulation in those apartments. It was just plywood and siding… the heating bills must have been ridiculous.
While I was not there for actual construction, I suspect that there was insulation installed but the tornado sucked it out once the exterior coverings were compromised.
That's what made it an ef5, it was capable of destroying extremely well built structures... just because they're damaged doesn't mean they were poorly constructed.
Glad you’re ok! You sound an awful lot like me....the one that is the voice of reason even when the disaster you’re facing is just as foreign to you as the people who insist on the “TV Learned Panic Response”. People believe that’s how to react because they’ve been trained innately thru television...in lieu of utilizing the brains God gave them...the Hollywood version of Society! I was in a Wildfire ...2015, The Valley Fire. We had no warning until it was overtaking our small community...yet, I knew the neighbors and up the road were in their 80s and yet still took 100% care of their paraplegic, brain damaged son in his 50s. I ran up to their home and had to manually drag the son up a flight of stairs and into an old wheelchair, then into the open area between the house and garage...then get their 3 dogs crated and the elderly themselves into their car to get goi;g as we were already in danger of having our one way out exit onto the highway, completely surrounded by flames and 75 mph winds the fire created. We had Sugar Pine .cones that weigh about 8 lbs, flying thru the air and exploding which shot boiling pitch all over. That burns like hell! We got to our “safe little town 6 miles east of us only to be overcome once again. I had told the family I rescued to hurry and head over the big mountain before they close it...as it’s the only way assistance from the north Bay Area and Valley regions could send reinforcements! There was of course.caltrans work on the mountain; as there had been all summer....,with the lovely concrete barriers that turned a winding 2 lane mountain into a winding 1 lane mountain part of the way....with oncoming Emergency Vehicles coming from out of County...never having driven that 14 mile switchback “highway” ! They finally left, and I was in a large parking;g lot with my dog awaiting our departure...when my battery suddenly decided to not cooperate. I finally found someone to jump the car (Lincoln Mark VIII) and I was heading up the mountain...until I wasn’t. The mountain usually takes about 25 minute to cross into the Napa .valley....it took 3.5 hours because of the thousands evacuating to God only knew where .,..and then the hundreds of firefighters and Law Enforcement heading into the danger zone. Well lo;g story short ..li had no idea where to go and not one of my kids answered their phone .l.even my ex husband didn’t answer, I decided I would go up north and head west and go to a friends house on the north side of the County I had just left ...I had to travel 200 miles to do that, and just then realized I had forgotten cash ! I had 1/3 of a tank but my car was great on gas mileage. I finally got a phone call from my eldest son who lived in the Bay Area...he was just coming back from down further south, and to,d me to meet at his house in the Hills above Oakland. I had never been there, and told him I had limited gas, and had at that point already been driving for almost 5 hours and was heading northbound instead of southbound toward his house, his wife’s mother lived about 70 miles from where I was...and guided me through another maze to their home. I slept for almost two days ...realizing I had nothing. Just the clothes I was wearing. But I saved a couple lives, even though thei paraplegic son passed away the day following our evacuation....it had to have been the stress that did his heart in. Now 5 almost 6 years later, I can’t say my situation is improved .., but I’m very adept at evacuation and wildfires..,as I’ve had to evacuate 7 times from wildfires since..,and a few times when we were supposed to be evacuated yet didn’t get any notice until there was no route available.,,,wish the world was ready to tilt itself back to normal! Praying 🙏🏽‼️
Not sure if you are from our area but even after an EF-5 Tornado, people still respond in the same way to a storm warning and go outside to watch instead of seeking shelter. Even the individual being interviewed used to go watch. It is a very reasonable question to ask to see if their experience produces a change in their behavior. Also, this video was produced primarily for close family/friends so that the interviewee didn't have to tell the story over and over. I chose to share it with the general public due to the historic nature of the subject matter What would you have asked differently?
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As a retired Firefighter/Paramedic and trained storm spotter I have to commend this young man for his bravery and demeanor during that time. He took control of a bad situation and made it as good as he could for those he was with and those he ran into. Emergency services would benefit greatly from a guy as calm and collect as he was. I cannot imagine what that was like. Good on you young man. Superb video too.
That peanut shirt that the young man is wearing is very fitting for him. He is very articulate and detailed in this interview.
I agree
This storm has stuck in my mind since it happened even though I don't live anywhere near Joplin. The videos online of this storm is amazing and sad. I talked to a couple of customers that went through this storm and their experiences broke my heart.
Random, but I listen to audiobooks often so this was my first thought- Dustin should do audiobook readings, or really any talking based youtube stuff like reviews. He's very articulate, intelligent and has a clear smooth voice.
Thanks for sharing, glad you made it out of this horrible situation.
You're the kind of person I'd want to be stuck with in an emergency!
He is quite intelligent and easy to listen to. He really has a lot of common sense and able to read a situation
What an articulate young man! Great storyteller.
I couldn’t imagine what that was like. I’m glad he and his group made it out safe.
I’m curious about what has happened in your life since this. You’re very intelligent and demonstrate a natural leadership ability. I hope things have gone well for you.
Susanne Raynard I've been fine since then.
Don't be so modest, bro! You've done a great job getting yourself back on your feet. You've taken on a new job, moved up into management, and are demonstrating the very things that Susanne Raynard mentioned, intelligence and leadership ability! Love you, bro!
@@HamuuGaming you seem like a really cool dude mate, good on you. Stay safe.
Dude. U should become a supervisor or manager. U definitely have excellent leadership skills
Very interesting what he said about the water in the swimming pool. Almost like an anti gravity effect. That's really creepy imo.
That's just a pool. Imagine the ocean dealing with this shot.
seems like that distinctive unnatural swirling wind as a hurricane approaches
I'm very proud of your initiative and demeanor during such a time. Someone MUST be the calming "rock" for everyone else ! You did fabulously! I couldn't stop watching because you remind me so much of my eldest son. We lost home almost a year ago and are still healing from the loss. Seeing you was comforting to me because you reminded me so much of him. I thank God you're safe as well as your girlfriend, friends, and others too. 🤗🤗🤗
I met an EF4 up close and I'll never forget it. Joplin was just unbelievable. Moore was too. Both of them. God bless you bro!! Tornadoes don't play.
What was its name?
What a hero, victims of a disaster like that need someone who can maintain their composure and help injured people like he did.
God bless you man
Glad you guys were okay! I cannot even begin to imagine what that must have been like for you guys to have to go through that. God was certainly watching over all of you, and I'm glad you guys were okay!
Very interesting interview. Really love hearing personal stories. Make things much more real.
Wow, it sounds like you really kept your head about you. I'd be really happy to have a friend like you!
Thanks for making this video of your experience glad yall were okay
Exactly! Don't just watch the daily weather on your phone. LOOK AT THE RADAR and understand how everything works. Never a waste of time...
Your brother is very intellectual. Thanks for the interview! Very entertaining.
This was a great clip. Thank you so much for sharing!
Great shirt dude 👍 thanks for sharing your very very scary experience. Glad you’re OK. Thanks for helping others. ❤️😳👏
The photo looks like the clinic clubhouse was the only building in the complex to be completely demolished. It's amazing that they made it out with relatively minor injuries. The ground floor apartments look like they were pretty intact.
When I went to look there to look for Dustin, I was shocked at the overall level of damage. The clubhouse was the only one completely demolished, but it was also the only one that was a single level structure. The rest of the buildings were three stories, with the top story being mostly destroyed. The tornado had started to take a right turn (to the south) at that point, otherwise I think the damage would have been greater for the complex.
thank you
Very interesting and Dustin is such an intelligent young man. I love how he took control of the situation and helped others🥰❤️
This was really well done. Very good speaker
I'm glad you and your friends made it out alive. I can't imagine what you went through. I have been in earthquake when I lived in California and that was a frightening experience.
Wow glad this person made it out..We were in a tornado in April 2011 when there was a tornado outbreak but it wasn't as bad as what this guy went through, Ues some people had died a whole family perished a mom and dad a son and a daughter I had went to the viewing the caskets were closed ,the caskets of the family was lined up that was a sad day ..So God bless this person..
You and your friends are blessed. 💜
God bless you glad you’re ok!
Great interview very important
Glad that you survived this and were able move on with your life. Stay safe. ❤
Thanks for telling your story.
That tornado basically looks like a battery of 155mm artillery striking a rolling barrage continuously through the town. I am glad you are okay. Holy shit.
21:30 I just want to know if that Master Chief helmet survived the storm.
I like Dustin's shirt
You are blessed
From what he said about never being able to be see the hospital before, sounded like he was in the same area as one of the other people's neighborhood's.. 🤔🌪️🤗
This guy seems cool.
That wall probably saved everyone.
Excellent video.
Thanks for sharing
I heard that dead man walking multi vortex funnel ,this guy should be giving a civil defense job,he's good for it,thank God he's alive
Comprehend is a good word
I'm listening to this and shaking all over. It was horrible.
Charlotte Hayward,if you think this tornado was bad,it sure was i dont live there,i live in wisconsin,but i saw the videos of the 1 there,and it sure was a huge wedge is what they call the big 1's,joplin was half mile wide atleast,and lots of people think it did the most damage for having the highest winds speeds,if i remember what i saw online the winds were 305MPH atleast,but then again some say that the may 3rd 1999 moore oklahoma may have beat it cuz may 3rd was 318MPH but both were the same for size,both EF-5 not sure how long in miles that the joplin 1 was on the ground,but may 3rd 1999 was on the ground for 38 miles,may 20th 2013 that hit the same area,(same damage path) started as a small rope,but quickly became 1.3 miles wide and at times 2 miles wide,on the ground for 17 miles atleast,210MPH winds,the el reno oklahoma 1 on may 31st 2013 was the biggest for size 2.6 miles wide,had 296MPH winds,and 16 miles it was on the ground,however where i live in wisconsin we were hit in april of 1981,it hit after midnight,it had an odd damage path cuz it only took out the north part of the city out,it killed and injured people,it wasnt seen on radar,all they saw were severe thunderstorms,very few even seen it,no sirens until after it went through,they said it was big,was anticyclonic,was moving very fast,had winds over 200MPH,so the next day after they looked at the damage path,they rated it only an EF-4
God bless you all!
Damn!
Look on TH-cam of the guy first name is Doug he was inside his truck inside the tornado . It sounds so evil to ms.
Heh heh ... his friend's name was Wooly.
Not to be a prick, but hearing tornado sirens shouldn't be usual. If it is, then the guys controlling the sirens aren't doing their jobs correctly. Also, I hope you learned to take warnings much more seriously. Time is way too valuable in those kind of situations.
But ya know what, I can't blame this guy for taking the situation so casually before it hit because I think a new warning system needs to be created for tornadoes. It's like this guy and a lot of others say, "We always hear the sirens when a storm rolls in..", so they don't take it seriously because 95% of the time, they don't see/get hit by a tornado. There should be levels to the warning system. For days like that, the sirens should sound the highest level alert signal (hypothetically), so when it's like it was that day, people know that this is not just another storm.. It's a mega storm.
Since the Joplin tornado, changes have been made regarding when a siren is sounded. Additionally, for years the sirens would sound at the beginning of an event but not throughout the event. When the event had passed, sirens would sound again. During the Joplin tornado, sirens sounded twice. The second time, folks who were used to that method thought that meant the all clear had sounded.
Bottom line, while changes were being made, and had been made, the public was not as educated as it should have been. Frankly, the fault lies in both directions, to the emergency coordinators for not using all methods to get the word out about changes to siren patterns and to the populace in general for not doing what they could to stay up-to-date on recent changes. I have also seen a general change in how severe weather is perceived around here (of course that change is directly due to the tornado), so warnings are taken a lot more seriously than they ever were before.
Thanks for your comments!
The National Weather Service is just a guilty. For years they would issue watches and warnings and nothing would happen. It was a "just in case" to protect themselves, but it made people immune to the warnings. It's much better now than it was 20 years ago, but there are still a lot of false warnings and bad storms with no warnings issued.
Tornado warnings should really only be issued for discrete supercell thunderstorms. For small, weak spin ups in squall lines, there should be PDS severe thunderstorm warnings with language stating there could be tornadoes in the warning.
Mike NA where I live at, the county central dispatch tests all the county sirens every Friday unless there is hazardous weather in the forecast
Where I live,we are right next to a siren, they test it once a month for a few seconds just to make sure it'll cut on. We don't even blink when the siren first cuts on, but if it rings more than just a few times, we know something serious is going on.
SPC's convective outlook is more useful than TORCON
Tomoe Yukishiro the average person don't know how to read the spc products the torcon simplifies it for them
Torcon is just something to get viewers. It doesn't really explain a lot, either. Just says, here's how much of a chance. That's it.
Isaac Netero's Middle Finger my wet thumb in the wind is more useful than TORCON
God saved you all. I pray you realize that.
If you give credit for people surviving deadly situations, do you also credit him for when people die in deadly situations?
Damn.. this dude is so bad azzzz!!!!!!!!
It looks like part of a car engine was on your futon.
dude
I helped the rebuilding/clean up after the fact. I've been in war torn areas, this scene was much worse!
Grateful for your help during the recovery!
wow!
The apartments were very cheaply made, no wonder they fell apart. Also, it is pretty cold in Missouri, so I cannot believe there was no insulation in those apartments. It was just plywood and siding… the heating bills must have been ridiculous.
While I was not there for actual construction, I suspect that there was insulation installed but the tornado sucked it out once the exterior coverings were compromised.
@@darrinreed8570Maybe…
Hard for any building to stand up again that big a hit
That's what made it an ef5, it was capable of destroying extremely well built structures... just because they're damaged doesn't mean they were poorly constructed.
Glad you’re ok! You sound an awful lot like me....the one that is the voice of reason even when the disaster you’re facing is just as foreign to you as the people who insist on the “TV Learned Panic Response”. People believe that’s how to react because they’ve been trained innately thru television...in lieu of utilizing the brains God gave them...the Hollywood version of Society! I was in a Wildfire ...2015, The Valley Fire. We had no warning until it was overtaking our small community...yet, I knew the neighbors and up the road were in their 80s and yet still took 100% care of their paraplegic, brain damaged son in his 50s. I ran up to their home and had to manually drag the son up a flight of stairs and into an old wheelchair, then into the open area between the house and garage...then get their 3 dogs crated and the elderly themselves into their car to get goi;g as we were already in danger of having our one way out exit onto the highway, completely surrounded by flames and 75 mph winds the fire created. We had Sugar Pine .cones that weigh about 8 lbs, flying thru the air and exploding which shot boiling pitch all over. That burns like hell! We got to our “safe little town 6 miles east of us only to be overcome once again. I had told the family I rescued to hurry and head over the big mountain before they close it...as it’s the only way assistance from the north Bay Area and Valley regions could send reinforcements! There was of course.caltrans work on the mountain; as there had been all summer....,with the lovely concrete barriers that turned a winding 2 lane mountain into a winding 1 lane mountain part of the way....with oncoming Emergency Vehicles coming from out of County...never having driven that 14 mile switchback “highway” ! They finally left, and I was in a large parking;g lot with my dog awaiting our departure...when my battery suddenly decided to not cooperate. I finally found someone to jump the car (Lincoln Mark VIII) and I was heading up the mountain...until I wasn’t. The mountain usually takes about 25 minute to cross into the Napa .valley....it took 3.5 hours because of the thousands evacuating to God only knew where .,..and then the hundreds of firefighters and Law Enforcement heading into the danger zone. Well lo;g story short ..li had no idea where to go and not one of my kids answered their phone .l.even my ex husband didn’t answer, I decided I would go up north and head west and go to a friends house on the north side of the
County I had just left ...I had to travel 200 miles to do that, and just then realized I had forgotten cash ! I had 1/3 of a tank but my car was great on gas mileage. I finally got a phone call from my eldest son who lived in the Bay Area...he was just coming back from down further south, and to,d me to meet at his house in the Hills above Oakland. I had never been there, and told him I had limited gas, and had at that point already been driving for almost 5 hours and was heading northbound instead of southbound toward his house, his wife’s mother lived about 70 miles from where I was...and guided me through another maze to their home. I slept for almost two days ...realizing I had nothing. Just the clothes I was wearing. But I saved a couple lives, even though thei paraplegic son passed away the day following our evacuation....it had to have been the stress that did his heart in. Now 5 almost 6 years later, I can’t say my situation is improved .., but I’m very adept at evacuation and wildfires..,as I’ve had to evacuate 7 times from wildfires since..,and a few times when we were supposed to be evacuated yet didn’t get any notice until there was no route available.,,,wish the world was ready to tilt itself back to normal! Praying 🙏🏽‼️
Some of this guys questions are really dumb. Like what will you do if you get another tornado warning?🤔
Not sure if you are from our area but even after an EF-5 Tornado, people still respond in the same way to a storm warning and go outside to watch instead of seeking shelter. Even the individual being interviewed used to go watch. It is a very reasonable question to ask to see if their experience produces a change in their behavior.
Also, this video was produced primarily for close family/friends so that the interviewee didn't have to tell the story over and over. I chose to share it with the general public due to the historic nature of the subject matter
What would you have asked differently?
Your questions were fine that person doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Good documentation of history.