Having lived in NE Oklahoma my entire life, I have experienced many tornados. Even had one land in the field across the street, when I was a child. I'm 61 years old & have never gotten over my terror. I never will. Here, in Oklahoma, we watch the skies. We watch the color of the sky, if it's green, dig a hole, crawl in & pull it in after you. The stillness & humidity are other clues. Lack of bird sounds, horses & cattle calling frantically/running. You learn all these clues & go hyper alert when you notice any of them. I live in Tulsa & tornados like to travel up the Turner Turnpike. Those who live along the turnpike, are more alert once one starts along it. You & your companions are either very brave or very foolish. Seeing your prospective was frightening for me. Don't dare Mother Nature too often. She bites.
Tresa Lamb Wise woman. I think that they were fools, if you see that everyone is looking for a safe place and police told you. It is a complete ignorance, but his pride and have an unusual video risked their lives, and it seems that was the man who wanted to continue filming. Arriving in France hope she gave him a bill of divorce to that fool who risked his life. But was a good film, but dont to do it again
+Tresa Lamb actually green sky's usually happen during sunset water droplets absorb the red light making it appear green but doesn't predict a tornado .I have family in Tulsa my second home.
I have seen green skies sat all times during the day depending on the HP Supercell I was chasing, however the worst kind is the ones that happen after taking a shit.
Here in Northwest Georgia I react to the same signs. My grandma is from Kansas and I found she was right about storm signs. If it gets still or quiet, we usually get severe storms with at least straight-line winds.
My worst fear when I moved to Alabama in 1986, was tornadoes. And especially because we lived in a mobile home. On December 16, 2000. My worst nightmare came true. I was by myself in our mobile home when an F3 tornado hit me head on. Destroyed the home, pretty much shredded it, and I landed about 100 feet away. I remember the trailer picking up as I was under a mattress on the floor. I was tossing and turning and things slamming into my body. I think I was knocked out for a moment when I realized I was on the ground. I looked over and trees were snapped in half, both our boats were destroyed, and where the trailer once stood, nothing was there except the power pole and the propane gas tank. Long story short--No one was killed but there were injuries. I broke my arm and was covered in cuts and bruises. I hurt my back and eventually had a spinal fusion surgery. We found a few things, some pictures and even a few videos. But we lived and that’s all that matters.
Joselito no I got divorced four year ago and moved back to my home state of WV. However, my sons and grandchildren still live there and I hope to move back in the next few years. I just don’t plant to live in a trailer. 😂
@S0lar eclipse ok there is 3 main warning the first one is a (Tornado watch) is to be watching the tv or watching the sky, the 2nd one is a (tornado warning) is be ready to get to your Shelter with in a minute, also dose not mean there is a tornado. But there is rotation and the last one which I have a couple of times the (emergency warning) you are in high danger be in your Shelter if you already not in on and basically means you are going to get hit also there are ratings of a tornado like ef1 all the way to 5
@S0lar eclipse not necessarily, tornado emergencies are declared if there is a tornado heading towards a population center like a town or city. Tornado watches are if the conditions are right to form large storms that could produce tornados. Tornado warnings are for an active storm that is either currently producing a tornado or showing signs that tornados are about to form.
I have to give credit to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for their part in trying to protect everyone from the tornado, including closing the interstates and rerouting the truckers to safer havens. With how busy the various Oklahoma City metro area police departments and county sheriffs were with protecting their jurisdictions, the OHP state troopers were doing everything they could to help with getting those the local and county law enforcement couldn't reach to take cover from the storm. That one OHP state trooper did the right thing doubling back to warn your team to take cover before heading back out into the danger zone to try and save as many more lives as he could before taking cover himself. Kudos to him, the entire OKC law enforcement community, fire departments, EMS services, and various other public services for their part with saving lives and helping those that had suffered from the tornado damage.
You ain’t lying, this tornado on this video, I was 100 yards from that damn thing and wasn’t really paying attention until a Oklahoma highway patrol officer cut me off and told me I was driving right into a tornado and turn the fuck around and follow him. I was so close that you couldn’t see the tornado, it just looked super dark. As soon as I started turning around I was getting hit with insulation and rfd he was going 80-90 miles an hour to get me out of harms way but still stopped at 2 stores on the way to get everybody to evacuate. F5 320+ MPH winds, he by himself saved as many lives in them last few moments before it hit then the entire town’s lost. It completely cleared everything 1 - 1.5 miles wide and 30+ miles across Moore. Crazy thing is the tornado went through the part of town where they were 500k - $1m houses then it was. Coming to an area where houses was a lot less right when it made a hard left turn through the biggest commercial area around, crossing the highway into another super high class neighborhood. That tornado refused to hit them broke mf’s houses. I believe it caused like $3.2 trillion in damage and took like 40 lives, 20 of them being elementary kids. If it wasn’t for law enforcement waiting until the very last minute to make their escape that number would’ve doubled possibly tripled. I think if I remember correctly when the tornado unexpectedly turned left 2 police officer got trapped in traffic and lost their lives. Salute to all first responders!!
When they knew even professional storm chasers were killed (RIP twistex) they realized it was indeed a bad situation. They didnt want another 3/20/2013 Moore tornado situation again.
@@20PINKluvr Yeah, and a lot of people were having flashbacks to the May 20th tornado and were trying to flee town as they had not recovered from that tornado less than two weeks ago, and now they were going through it again.
You know, those electrical construction workers really don't get enough love. They are out the door to work the minute the storm let's up enough for them to drive.
Linemen in general. My dad & brother were both lineman. They rebuilt telephone, cable, & fiber lines after many storms. It killed my brother a few years ago. My dad was in Puerto Rico after Maria & almost died. He finally retired.
Yea, because so many strong tornados hit us. Some Oklahomans say they sit outside, I don’t think they really do. I don’t, I gather my belongings and me and my family head to the shelter. No way I’m sitting out there. And the sky is that blue color? Heck no, not about to sit out there with a hail core neither. Y’all stay safe, and let’s hope this heat wave will move out soon. We haven’t had any rain for about 4 weeks now, the grass it turning to a yellow color. Those lucky enough got rain, like Guymon. ☹️
Addy White Absolutely agree. It's so refreshing to be able to just listen to the organic nature of a storm. The windscreen wipers, car horns, rain on the windshield, cars driving through puddles without the incessant screaming voices from over zealous storm chasers.
It's an animal instinct thing. It's dark and rainy outside so it's time to snooze in your nice cozy den until it's over. The sound of rain has always been an incredible sleep aid for me.
Addy White this is why I have a fully welded bull bars on the front of my F450. If there’s a tornado and your blocking my path to my loved ones I’m gonna thru you.
Thank you SO MUCH for subtitling instead of all that stupid talking and screaming you get in other videos. I can already see it’s raining and really windy because of the giant spinning black cloud.
I don’t begrudge screaming when someone is actually scared for their safety, I can’t imagine what being in a tornado would be like, but TH-camrs who get loud and shout OMG the whole time so they have a dramatic video to get viral on the internet, those people are truly awful. 🙄 I either mute or skip such videos entirely.
Yea, why or who was he exactly yelling at? Did he not want people in their cars or not want people out of their cars? I don’t speak the language of the people in this video so I don’t know what they are saying.
@@Sarahlynn1304 He was yelling at their idiotic camera man standing out in the storm. You see him pass the car camera with the stand just before stuff starts rolling down the road.
@@Sarahlynn1304 it’s French. She said “oh s-t!” at one point. I don’t speak it fluently but am Canadian enough to understand some of it. And urban Canadian enough to know that a gas station is near the dumbest of places to take “shelter”. It’s no match for straight line winds let alone tornadic.
Well then it's also sponsored by TA, Love's, Flying J, Circle K, At Home, Walmart, KFC, RadioShack, Jack In The Box, AT&T, Shell, Hobby Lobby, Panda Express,etc.
Not going to lie, the panic and urgency in that officer's voice chilled me to the core. Tornadoes are common out there, and when they sound like that... Yeah.
Keep in mind that the Moore EF-5 tornado had just hit nearby Moore 11 days before and this tornado was well over 2 miles wide also those officers at the time thought a tornado of similar destruction to Moore was going to impact their location in Bethany within a couple minutes. I sympathize with them, these people could have been killed but got very lucky.
@@sirisaac6125 The El Reno tornado measured 2.6 miles. The Moore tornadojust missed my home by mere blocks. You could look for miles & not see anything standing. It is frustrating to see people out in about like nothing's wrong. When they should be taking cover. There's a video on a family taking shelter under a bridge. Thankfully they all lived. They were VERY stupid for being out in the area!
I enjoyed this video a lot, especially the content commentary in the subtitles rather than the screaming found in most chasing videos. Thanks for posting!
+nibzbreazy THE ONLY REASON YOU THOUGHT IT WAS PEACEFUL IS BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT UNDERSTAND ONE FUCKING WORD COMING OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS. NOT TRUE STORM CHASERS
I wish most Tornado video's were filmed like this without a lot of talking. It's so relaxing to hear just the storm and the Tornado warning on the radio.
Other places never lost power. (Like the KFC, GAS STATION, ETC.) Certain things (Like the McDonalds sign, Starbucks Sign in the backround (Behind the Taco Cobana sign), and Streetlights) had lost power for a bit. And Taco Cabana is now a Eye Doctor even thought there is a Eyemart Express down the road.
Seeing this as a German it brings back dark memories from the war when the sirens get on. I am 56 but my grandfather told me about the bomber nights in 1944. This here is the most terrible thing that can happen to a modern society. A Category 5 tornado ramming down everything that comes in its way. Destroying houses. Killing everyone. Destroying power lines. This is definitely the end. If you survive this day you see the rest of your life from a different angle. Until your very last breath. I feel sorry for my American friends. Deeply sorry.
I'm an Okie, this storm changed the way I view tornados. As soon as a warning comes out for me I head to the cellar now, before I would wait and see. Inexperienced storm chasers drive me mad, they clog up the back roads. I live in the country, and have had difficulty getting home due to them.
@@glutton8055 I'm positive it was less than that. But, Jack was close. Here's the official report from the National Weather Service: www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/Joplin_tornado.pdf Don't guess; get the facts. I performed a search on the web and found this report in less than two minutes.
Hey Karen, I got some friends in OK and TX, and a few of them had told me that there are times when severe weather is at high risk, there would be a fairly large number of chasers and spotters, but that it's mostly the amateur/inexperienced spotters and chasers that would do stupid stuff, particularly stopping their car on the country road to jump out and take video or photos, but without pulling their car over to the side of the road. To me, common sense and courtesy for the general public's safety should always be top priority for all spotters/chasers and for the large majority of them it is, but there will always be a small handful of the amateur chasers/spotters that wind up forgetting about the basics and become a pain in the ass. Have a great day and I hope you and everyone there are staying safe. God Bless
One of the best storm videos ever made. Straight forward editing, steady camera, subtitled commentary, no moron screaming memies, and the almost cinema verite atmosphere of the whole thing. Photography is excellent. Kudos to this French team.
This is so incredible to see even in 2022 because I've driven this route from California to Arkansas and back 4 times in the past 10 years and have luckily never experienced storms like this.
Kerry Sanders what u mean by keep the community safe??????? Does this look like a safe place to u ?????? Does any place hit by tornados look safe ?????? Hell the animals know more than we do and they have no where to go when all this crap goes down (REALLY) did u just say safe ?????.
These aren't storm chasers, they're people just out filming. Real chasers serve a purpose out there that isnt just taking video. No need to thank them.
@@marknowakowski6590keeping people safe and warning them of impending doom is what they mean… you on the other hand is the reason why Gen z makes fun of boomers
Not certain what you mean by evacuation. I see people trying to get home. I've lived in Oklahoma twice, and people don't evacuate during tornadoes. They seek shelter.
I suspect they mean that people "evacuated" the roads and parking lots in the path of the tornado, by going home or to safer spots. The roads and businesses by the gas station where they filmed became noticeably less crowded. But no, there is not time to evacuate a town for a tornado (maybe only minutes of warning) the way people can potentially evacuate for a hurricane (days of warning).
I used to chase I chased for off and on 10 yrs after I heard tim and his crew gott killed I was like no more as cautious as tim is if that tornado can come after him I know I would not have a chance in hell. God bless you brother may you chase in heaven.
Unfortunately he made a bad decision to use a light car. Granted, his normal interceptor was down due to a previous chase but it was a big reason they had no chance to survive. He still is someone that any storm spotter or scientist would want to emulate. He was a brilliant man
Tim was not a cautious chaser, he was a calm guy compared to some but he was a very aggressive chaser. He had very nearly been hit by several other powerful tornadoes before El Reno, because Twistex’s whole mission was to deploy pods directly into the tornado’s path
I was in a tornado from a supercell near Lubbock years ago. I came out of the grocery store and the sky in and around the storm was this glowing blue green ........very eery looking and the hair stood up on my neck. Sure enough, we had a tornado nearby. It blew out the windows on 2 sides of my house, uprooted a huge tree across the road. We were lucky, no one was killed. Always have a plan and some emergency stuff stashed. Always.
I wonder if there will ever be an ef6 tornado...... this came close to that category..... i wouldnt be surprised if it happened and if it did.... many will die
@@paleofolk On the old scale (F - Fujita Scale), they had an F6 rating which was assigned to the 1974 Xenia Tornado for a short time. It was later reverted back to F5 status and the F6 rating was never used again.
We lived in Oklahoma City, right next to Moore, for a couple of years. There were several times that we had to take cover because a tornado was near us but thankfully we never got hit. I grew up in North Texas and was around nasty weather a lot so I was aware of what we needed to do if a tornado were to ever come close to us or hit us. I knew exactly where y’all were at through out this video. Glad y’all were safe. Definitely don’t ever find cover at a gas station. If on the roads, when a tornado could be near by, and you have no where safe to go, drive safely but fast, away from the storm! I absolutely love how Oklahoma police are super on top of it when it comes to this kind of weather. RIP to all those who didn’t survive this storm.
I don't think they really knew how much danger they could have been in. It was all about, " Woo, look as us in America, doing stupid stuff so we get our 15 min. of fame!
not to rain on this parade with logic, but I'm pretty sure they were using the gas station as cover from the hail and wind so they could film the storm.
Fuel is switched off so it can't reach the pump, but if a tornado rips the station apart its going bang its only got a lid on top of the fuel tank underground
I wonder why in area's that suffer damage & blackouts each year,they don't bury the power lines... Tornado's always bring them down ! Here in New Zealand they have been putting them underground since the late 1950's. We don't have large Tornado's over here and are hit by tropical cyclones very seldom. Streets just look nicer without them...,
So true It would be a better world witout the visual pollution & yes the transformers on top of the poles in USA. are very ugly . They place little signs on fences where the lines are underground . If not the local councils have the information.
+Deane Lydiard Burying power lines cost 6x more than get them on poles and you want to bury all the power network ? aha stay realistic money rules the world, nobody cares about landscape/once-a-year cut off everybody want a little electric bill sorry for my english i'm french
burying millions of kilometers of power lines across the country would be muuuuuuch expensive, let say 15x more expensive than putting lines on polls repairing polls are only local intervention, not expensive at all USA is a simplifist country, they don't care about landscapes, they do things in a simple way, it's better if you stay alarmed In france and in EU, every project cost too much because there is too many rules to respect, and it's a pain in the ass for the local economy
As an editorial side note, if this video is for educational purposes, this is NOT how you chase storms. These people put themselves in harms way when it could have easily been avoided. I understand that they were trying to witness down and up drafts with minimal risk but I want "would be storm chasers" to know that this is not how you do it. I'll give them kudos for at least pulling off of the main highway as to not interfere with emergency services. Also, not asking people if they need help in a situation where human lives are at risk is not how you do it.
I hope you had an escape plan. The canopies of gas stations are of light construction and are the first things to get blown away or collapse in high winds. The store wouldn't give you much cover either, as they are not heavily constructed.
This is truly one of my favorite youtube videos of all time, at least the first 35 minutes of it. I come back to watch thus once a year. I wish a youtuber that made videos like this still existed.
Lol...that's the point! Before making this the specific siren noise, they actually spent a lot of time working without and tone to find what would spurn people's fear the most!
@Pythagoras Theorem yup anywhere right by or in tornado alley during storm season when ever you here severe thunder storm warning you see everybody staring out the windows keeping an eye on the storms and when the sky get really dark everybody is already on edge
Oof, at least they went off. When 3 tornadoes hit our city in September, the sirens didn't go off. Thankfully everyone in South Dakota is as paranoid as Oklahoma and have redundant storm warning devices.
I was actually super surprised that the McDonald's sign didn't get blown out as well. I was also surprised that the power didn't go out even though it flickered a couple times.
Storm Motion Production I'm not trying to be misunderstanding or mean or pointless but you guys should have got out of the area a long time ago.All of you people think you should just ride out the storm all the time.No it gets you nowhere you just sit at the gas stations for hours not realizing that your putting your lives at risk at a gas station.And hey you never know if that tornado hits gas from pumps can be released or even explode or catch on fire.But gladly you weren't injured or it didn't happen...In my opinion next time if it ever happens you should always head people's word...You could have been seriously injured.And if someone says evacuate,evacuate and if it was a false alarm."Think...If it were to really happen"Trying to ride it out is a bad idea,but if the people come out like emt's or police to tell you to get out of the area because the tornado is really bad.Just do it,and if your house is about to get leveled even without emt's or police show up,You need to go like right at the second.Who cares if the tornado is chasing you,get somewhere safe.And you were not in complete aware of this storm,and next time if you think you can so called "Ride it out"Be a storm chaser who is brave enough,this is a real situation you can't take it for a joke.
Woo! I am way too chicken to ever do anything like this lol! My heart was pounding just watching this video! Great footage! I'm happy I live in a boring city in Canada where we've never had to worry about 🌪️!
Incredible stupid, deciding to drive in to the posdible core of the damage. I'm glad they ended up safe, but very irresponsible of them, deciding to rubbernecking. Especially after having already used their spare tire. It's next to worst thing to looting. But if I am being honest, it's a hard urge to deny. I of course watched all the way through.
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I have watched this video so many times, thank you for just letting us hear the sounds of the weather and occasionally your very beautiful language. Be careful out there. I feel like you might not know how you can get in a bad place.
@@ethanramirez770 they aren't storm chasers, they're just people out trying to film. Real storm chasers serve a purpose to call in reports of the storm, try to warn people, etc. The rest are just wannabes, period.
@@jayasmrmore3687 because I AM an actual chaser and have been for years. I could give two damns about filming and running around trying to get good shots. When I go out my number one purpose is to be aiding in the warning process, THAT is how I know
Not to mention many traffic accidents occur after these storms and when they do that it takes time and resources from first responders and blocks roadways.
Thank you. I also love this sound. Some people dislike it but the sound of the rain/hail hitting your car, your camera and your clothes are part of storm chasing. And it's the real purpose of this video : feel it like you were there! ;-)
Please. If you are going to come to America to chase tornados like its going to Disney World do us all a favor and stay BEHIND the storm and not in front of it. 101 class.
You couldn’t pay me enough to own a home and live in that area. I feel for the people who do though. I just wouldn’t want to face threats like this year after year.
Oklahoma is a large state. Just because you live here doesn’t mean you’d ever be hit by one. Other places have hurricanes, blizzards, and wild fires. Pick your poison.
@@oinchadoomandwolfboy I'll take a blizzard any day. I have sense enough to stay home and can weather the storm. Snow will melt, you can dig out and move it. Hurricanes, tornadoes and wild/forest fires are basically a matter of "like it or not, we're coming through, if you're in the path, too bad for you!"
@@darrylhaynes you should look up the National Geographic documentary on the El Reno tornado. It's quite well done, explains quite well what went wrong, and even shows the positions of various chasers, including Tim's team. The tornado was nothing like the usual tornados in more than one way, so even the most experienced chasers were in trouble.
15:53 When the updraft passes by. Whether or not a tornado appears, this is always the "calm before the storm" where you wonder how intense the thunderstorm will be.
You say the purpose was not to intercept a tornado, but how in the world do you not PREPARE for one under the same circumstances? No one knows whether or not a tornado could occur under the same conditions!!! There is no good excuse to NOT prepare for one, irregardless!!! Your comment regarding "The rules" shows that people think they know MORE than they actually do about these dangerous storms!!! Over-confidence can be deadly, indeed!!! There are no steadfast "rules" as of what we know about these storms currently, that's why unfortunately we lost some of our best chasers due to "following the rules"!!!
Dayoung1s5933 Right on! I was thinking the same thing. Tornadoes change direction on a dime and no matter how much “one claims to know” all it takes is that one time and you’re done! Sad that ppl think that ppl’s egos are more important than their lives.
Y'all have no idea what it's like to live in Tornado Alley your entire life and just how dangerous these conditions can get, regardless of how close you got to this one. This is just a little taste for you. You're lucky you didn't get seriously injured or killed trying to go out and see what it would be like to see a tornado. You are not trained. You had no business being out there.
If you read his description he wasn’t there for the tornado per say. It was for storms but for the powerful downdraft he was looking for. Unfortunately he got stuck and decided to document it . I do think people who aren’t trained or experienced are reliable on injuring themselves and others. I read another comment saying how they always had to fight inexperienced storm chasers cause they blocked the road . Now I don’t think he was blocking this road . In fact to me it looked like he was stationed in one spot majority of the time . And why assume he doesn’t know the dangers of living in a tornado invested area ? Come on now . Appreciate the videography he was able to provided for those who don’t know what it is like and to inform us how serious these conditions can get , traffic, wind speeds, debris , ect.
Kassy L. It doesn’t matter why he was actually there. Documenting Mother Nature in any form to show those who don’t know what it’s like is hard to continue doing if you’re DEAD because you didn’t know WHAT you were doing. Three HIGHLY EXPERIENCED storm chasers were killed by the El Reno tornado that changed directions last second because they were in the path and it was too late to leave. You don’t mess with Mother Nature.
April Townsend those storm chasers were killed yes sadly . Unfortunately in the name of science they had a device to launch in the path of the tornado to get more information how they’re form to save lives in the future . I personally imo is really helpful and educational to see storms like this in case someone like my self is visiting an area like this . To what to expect and what to do and what not to do.
@@apriltownsend8463 people have messed with mother nature and put themselves in danger to learn the science of weather and storms since the beginning of mankind, and thank goodness for them! They have and will save lives.
NohaxJustStqvez Actually, I won’t. I don’t have to. 🤷🏻♀️ Getting involved in ANY situation where you have NO IDEA what you’re doing or up against is VERY STUPID AND DANGEROUS. He could have been killed.. just for wanting to get a little video.. that wouldn’t have ever been posted HAD he been killed. 3 TRAINED storm spotters WERE killed by a tornado they were chasing because it changed directions on them in a split second. You don’t just grab your cell phone or a camera take off after a major tornado. An EF3 came within 1/4 mile from my house in the middle of the night a few years ago and tore our town apart. You don’t screw with them.
I know me too. In fact I study while I was in school. My class and I ALL went to the library. I picked up a book called Tornadoes. I was reading about them. On this guy vlog I'm just watching the tall sign of the McDonalds to see if it will stay up or not. But it's amazing how the Chucky Fried Chicken lights still on.
This is one of my favorite videos of the El Reno Tornado. I think because he was not chasing the tornado per se he brought a different perspective of the day's events. Plus the captions helped me as the viewer know what is going on.
It's crazy how I've been on every road these videos were taken. That tornado was something else. My cousin's house was torn to shreds. He wasn't home though. Luckily.
This video is great, no storm chasers screaming there head off, no commentary just subtitles that are actually informative. No music playing in the back ground and for the most part, good stable footage. Also the fact that most of it is dash cam instead of the driver holding a camera in his hand while driving. Very good job.
The subtitle at 10:07 (about where the audible tornado sirens were - OKC and Moore) gave me chills. Moore got EXTREMELY lucky that day. They were only just starting to rebuild after the EF5 that ravaged their town less than 2 weeks earlier. I can only imagine how horrified the citizens must have felt on May 31. They had just survived one monster tornado and then another one was bearing down on them. Had the El Reno storm kept going towards OKC, the earlier destruction in Moore would have been blown even further to smithereens.
they say if the tornado hadnt of ropped out on the freeway and kept going, hundreds of more people would have died. thankfully God said that was enough.
When did it become a good idea to take shelter right next to a fuel pump? I understand if you get caught off guard by a storm and have no options but parking there and waiting 30 min for a tornado to come ripping through town seems utterly stupid.
Oklahoma if tornado alarms gas stations are required to shut pumps off witch cause the pumps to fully drain in to the under ground tanks and seals the tanks off
@@ljcoffey99 however, that big roof perched on two legs is a definite worry. Having barely escaped on ripping off and flying past me, I can attest to their danger.
some great advice and comments from people who know those who lived through it. # professionals lost their lives on this day. People need to heed the warnings and not add to the chaos and confusion.
Sundaydish1 When have you ever heard of a gas station exploding due to lightning? These sophisticated pumps operate on a vacuum system which measures small fractions and the storage of the gas is protected underground. Unless a pump is activated to pump gas (so that it is flowing from the nozzle) it is not welled up in any of the equipment above ground where it could explode due to lightening. The canopy may create a Faraday cage too.
Sundaydish1 I don't think that a lot of pumps explodes every year around the world because of lightnings and/or high winds. Of course the canopy is the weak point concerning high winds, I agree. We've done with what we had...
Omg I just couldn't stop watching this! The fury of mother nature. We don't get tornadoes here in Australia this was just plain scary. Thank you for sharing this. To all the Animals and people who lived this my thoughts are with you. Scary stuff.
Seriously, I've seen those canopies ripped off multiple times. Then there's the potential for it to plummet back down on top of you. I get the rationale, but it's a terrible idea in tornadic activity.
Probably thinking more about the Hail and strong rain than the winds. It's why you still see the truckers underneath the overpasses. They're worried about golf ball or larger hailstones damaging the trucks. Not wholly unreasonable, the hail falls over a much larger area than even the tornado.
Ive never seen anything like this. I watched this with my daughter and she asked so many good questions about safety and how to find it in case of something like this. Thank you for making this video.
My Grandson and I were on I 40 west bound from Shawnee to El Reno it was he'll. We survived. People need to be reminded stay out from packing under over passes.
Thank you for risking your life so i can stay entertained while i lay in bed eating chips
🤣🤣🤣
Cuz thats why they do it
I'm dead rn I read this aloud to my mom and she died laughing.
lol
Lmao
Having lived in NE Oklahoma my entire life, I have experienced many tornados. Even had one land in the field across the street, when I was a child. I'm 61 years old & have never gotten over my terror. I never will. Here, in Oklahoma, we watch the skies. We watch the color of the sky, if it's green, dig a hole, crawl in & pull it in after you. The stillness & humidity are other clues. Lack of bird sounds, horses & cattle calling frantically/running. You learn all these clues & go hyper alert when you notice any of them. I live in Tulsa & tornados like to travel up the Turner Turnpike. Those who live along the turnpike, are more alert once one starts along it. You & your companions are either very brave or very foolish. Seeing your prospective was frightening for me. Don't dare Mother Nature too often. She bites.
Tresa Lamb Wise woman. I think that they were fools, if you see that everyone is looking for a safe place and police told you. It is a complete ignorance, but his pride and have an unusual video risked their lives, and it seems that was the man who wanted to continue filming. Arriving in France hope she gave him a bill of divorce to that fool who risked his life. But was a good film, but dont to do it again
+Tresa Lamb actually green sky's usually happen during sunset water droplets absorb the red light making it appear green but doesn't predict a tornado .I have family in Tulsa my second home.
I have seen green skies sat all times during the day depending on the HP Supercell I was chasing, however the worst kind is the ones that happen after taking a shit.
Here in Northwest Georgia I react to the same signs. My grandma is from Kansas and I found she was right about storm signs. If it gets still or quiet, we usually get severe storms with at least straight-line winds.
Tresa Lamb . . . I look for UFOs that say "Made in Taiwan" that's when you know the shit is going to hit the fan.
My worst fear when I moved to Alabama in 1986, was tornadoes. And especially because we lived in a mobile home. On December 16, 2000. My worst nightmare came true. I was by myself in our mobile home when an F3 tornado hit me head on. Destroyed the home, pretty much shredded it, and I landed about 100 feet away. I remember the trailer picking up as I was under a mattress on the floor. I was tossing and turning and things slamming into my body. I think I was knocked out for a moment when I realized I was on the ground. I looked over and trees were snapped in half, both our boats were destroyed, and where the trailer once stood, nothing was there except the power pole and the propane gas tank. Long story short--No one was killed but there were injuries. I broke my arm and was covered in cuts and bruises. I hurt my back and eventually had a spinal fusion surgery. We found a few things, some pictures and even a few videos. But we lived and that’s all that matters.
Are still in Alabama, or did you move away?
Wow... Tornados are a force to be reckoned with.
How old are you?
Joselito no I got divorced four year ago and moved back to my home state of WV. However, my sons and grandchildren still live there and I hope to move back in the next few years. I just don’t plant to live in a trailer. 😂
Nicholas Roberts Just turned 55 last month.
14:00 That wasn’t a tornado warning, that was actually a Tornado Emergency. And those type of alerts are rare
Very rare , people didn’t know what to do cus it happen really quick
@@JamesMuceHecz666 when there is a tornado emergency quickly get your go bag and rush to your tornado shelter.
@S0lar eclipse ok there is 3 main warning the first one is a (Tornado watch) is to be watching the tv or watching the sky, the 2nd one is a (tornado warning) is be ready to get to your Shelter with in a minute, also dose not mean there is a tornado. But there is rotation and the last one which I have a couple of times the (emergency warning) you are in high danger be in your Shelter if you already not in on and basically means you are going to get hit also there are ratings of a tornado like ef1 all the way to 5
@S0lar eclipse not necessarily, tornado emergencies are declared if there is a tornado heading towards a population center like a town or city.
Tornado watches are if the conditions are right to form large storms that could produce tornados.
Tornado warnings are for an active storm that is either currently producing a tornado or showing signs that tornados are about to form.
@mrbillybobable That Is correct!
I have to give credit to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for their part in trying to protect everyone from the tornado, including closing the interstates and rerouting the truckers to safer havens. With how busy the various Oklahoma City metro area police departments and county sheriffs were with protecting their jurisdictions, the OHP state troopers were doing everything they could to help with getting those the local and county law enforcement couldn't reach to take cover from the storm.
That one OHP state trooper did the right thing doubling back to warn your team to take cover before heading back out into the danger zone to try and save as many more lives as he could before taking cover himself. Kudos to him, the entire OKC law enforcement community, fire departments, EMS services, and various other public services for their part with saving lives and helping those that had suffered from the tornado damage.
I was thinking the same thing. God bless those police officers for warning and 'saving' people from their curiosity to go down the dangerous roads.
FOR REAL. people focus so much on the bad ones and over look the good ones that actually risk their lives for others.
You ain’t lying, this tornado on this video, I was 100 yards from that damn thing and wasn’t really paying attention until a Oklahoma highway patrol officer cut me off and told me I was driving right into a tornado and turn the fuck around and follow him. I was so close that you couldn’t see the tornado, it just looked super dark. As soon as I started turning around I was getting hit with insulation and rfd he was going 80-90 miles an hour to get me out of harms way but still stopped at 2 stores on the way to get everybody to evacuate. F5 320+ MPH winds, he by himself saved as many lives in them last few moments before it hit then the entire town’s lost. It completely cleared everything 1 - 1.5 miles wide and 30+ miles across Moore. Crazy thing is the tornado went through the part of town where they were 500k - $1m houses then it was. Coming to an area where houses was a lot less right when it made a hard left turn through the biggest commercial area around, crossing the highway into another super high class neighborhood. That tornado refused to hit them broke mf’s houses. I believe it caused like $3.2 trillion in damage and took like 40 lives, 20 of them being elementary kids. If it wasn’t for law enforcement waiting until the very last minute to make their escape that number would’ve doubled possibly tripled. I think if I remember correctly when the tornado unexpectedly turned left 2 police officer got trapped in traffic and lost their lives. Salute to all first responders!!
When they knew even professional storm chasers were killed (RIP twistex) they realized it was indeed a bad situation. They didnt want another 3/20/2013 Moore tornado situation again.
@@20PINKluvr Yeah, and a lot of people were having flashbacks to the May 20th tornado and were trying to flee town as they had not recovered from that tornado less than two weeks ago, and now they were going through it again.
You know, those electrical construction workers really don't get enough love. They are out the door to work the minute the storm let's up enough for them to drive.
Linemen in general. My dad & brother were both lineman. They rebuilt telephone, cable, & fiber lines after many storms. It killed my brother a few years ago. My dad was in Puerto Rico after Maria & almost died. He finally retired.
Thank You Storm Motion Production for "Not" Adding Music to this Video. It's Perfect the way it is.
why did you put not in ""
He was listening to music on the road
Yes it is
@Albeit Einschtien alright, well im off the internet
@Albeit Einschtien 💀
RIP Tim, Paul, and Carl. Gone but never forgotten. 😞🙏🏻😞
Enigma92283 gone but never forgotten. I like that. Just like the victims of September 11. Gone but never forgotten!
Niklas Enblom Amen.
Niklas Enblom in Kentucky we say gone but not from out hearts
Thats really sweet
OlgaPinsky who are they?
I live in Moore, OK and got chills when I heard them call a "tornado emergency". That is no joke.
@Tunis VanPeenenMeaning a killer tornado is on the way and not to mess around.
@Tunis VanPeenen Why did you take my bro's comment literally? Have you never heard of an "expression"?
i lived in norman, right next to moore XD, never had a cellar ;-;
@@OkieMikester they deleted the comment lol
Yea, because so many strong tornados hit us. Some Oklahomans say they sit outside, I don’t think they really do. I don’t, I gather my belongings and me and my family head to the shelter. No way I’m sitting out there. And the sky is that blue color? Heck no, not about to sit out there with a hail core neither.
Y’all stay safe, and let’s hope this heat wave will move out soon. We haven’t had any rain for about 4 weeks now, the grass it turning to a yellow color. Those lucky enough got rain, like Guymon. ☹️
Is it strange that I find the sounds in tornado videos to be ridiculously soothing?
The rain on his windshield is literally making me doze off...
Addy White
Absolutely agree. It's so refreshing to be able to just listen to the organic nature of a storm. The windscreen wipers, car horns, rain on the windshield, cars driving through puddles without the incessant screaming voices from over zealous storm chasers.
I watch a few chasers on Twitch and it always calms me and makes me relaxed and tired.
It's an animal instinct thing. It's dark and rainy outside so it's time to snooze in your nice cozy den until it's over. The sound of rain has always been an incredible sleep aid for me.
You are so correct
Addy White this is why I have a fully welded bull bars on the front of my F450. If there’s a tornado and your blocking my path to my loved ones I’m gonna thru you.
Thank you SO MUCH for subtitling instead of all that stupid talking and screaming you get in other videos. I can already see it’s raining and really windy because of the giant spinning black cloud.
THIS.
Facts like it’s 2.6 miles wide, there should be no explanation
I don’t begrudge screaming when someone is actually scared for their safety, I can’t imagine what being in a tornado would be like, but TH-camrs who get loud and shout OMG the whole time so they have a dramatic video to get viral on the internet, those people are truly awful. 🙄 I either mute or skip such videos entirely.
Subtitling was nice, but all the chit chat in French was annoying AF
@@candysmith8724 shut up
18:45 the panic in that officers voice really had an effect
By then the big tornado had lifted but obviously satalite tornadoes could drop.
Yea, why or who was he exactly yelling at? Did he not want people in their cars or not want people out of their cars? I don’t speak the language of the people in this video so I don’t know what they are saying.
@@Sarahlynn1304 He was yelling at their idiotic camera man standing out in the storm. You see him pass the car camera with the stand just before stuff starts rolling down the road.
So much she mocked him in french immediately after. These people had no clue what they were doing.
@@Sarahlynn1304 it’s French. She said “oh s-t!” at one point. I don’t speak it fluently but am Canadian enough to understand some of it. And urban Canadian enough to know that a gas station is near the dumbest of places to take “shelter”. It’s no match for straight line winds let alone tornadic.
"This tornado was brought to by McDonalds"
Is this called product placement?
ba da ba ba-
*power goes out*
The tornado wanted McDonald’s but god won’t let it but the wind and rain is after it
windowsnerd 😂😂
Well then it's also sponsored by TA, Love's, Flying J, Circle K, At Home, Walmart, KFC, RadioShack, Jack In The Box, AT&T, Shell, Hobby Lobby, Panda Express,etc.
Not going to lie, the panic and urgency in that officer's voice chilled me to the core. Tornadoes are common out there, and when they sound like that... Yeah.
Yes, The Nordic Stag, me too! And you saw what happened within 30 secs of his alarm! All hell broke loose! Crazy!
Shit gets real when you encounter an officer delivering you the ill-fated message... 😳
Keep in mind that the Moore EF-5 tornado had just hit nearby Moore 11 days before and this tornado was well over 2 miles wide also those officers at the time thought a tornado of similar destruction to Moore was going to impact their location in Bethany within a couple minutes. I sympathize with them, these people could have been killed but got very lucky.
I agree. If they’re scared, everybody should be scared.
@@sirisaac6125 The El Reno tornado measured 2.6 miles. The Moore tornadojust missed my home by mere blocks. You could look for miles & not see anything standing. It is frustrating to see people out in about like nothing's wrong. When they should be taking cover. There's a video on a family taking shelter under a bridge. Thankfully they all lived. They were VERY stupid for being out in the area!
It's confirmed that Oklahoma is officially the scariest place to live...
Probably syria i would say
Driving through Oklahoma on I40 isn’t very pleasant either
Australia would like to speak with you
@@OrdinaryKy good morning! Ukraine calling!
I live here, and I'm more scared of California's earthquakes....oh wait, we have quakenadoes. Nevermind
I enjoyed this video a lot, especially the content commentary in the subtitles rather than the screaming found in most chasing videos. Thanks for posting!
+nibzbreazy THE ONLY REASON YOU THOUGHT IT WAS PEACEFUL IS BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT UNDERSTAND ONE FUCKING WORD COMING OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS. NOT TRUE STORM CHASERS
+firemonkey nexusop SO MUCH YELLING
+firemonkey nexusop shut up idiot.
firemonkey nexusop STOP YELLING MAN
What is a "true storm chaser" pls? definition?
At 9:22 that is me in the video looking out the window I wasn't the store manager I was the assistant manager
thats badass
you are an og
How was it like to watch all those downdrafts and downbursts?
Kinda of a ass to not let people in the store
Can I have your autograph, your famous now.
I wish most Tornado video's were filmed like this without a lot of talking. It's so relaxing to hear just the storm and the Tornado warning on the radio.
Me: *hears sirens*
Also me:Cool video
*pauses video to stop hearing them*
*hears real sirens*
Me:👁👄👁
That actually happened 🥺 to me tonight only i heard them a few minutes before the sirens started on the video 🥺😟
Connie Elliott false alarm
😟
Lol
Isn't Oklahoma in the U.S?
Why are we hearing French or German?
Taco Cabana is a beast. Never lost power 💪
Other places never lost power. (Like the KFC, GAS STATION, ETC.) Certain things (Like the McDonalds sign, Starbucks Sign in the backround (Behind the Taco Cobana sign), and Streetlights) had lost power for a bit.
And Taco Cabana is now a Eye Doctor even thought there is a Eyemart Express down the road.
Seeing this as a German it brings back dark memories from the war when the sirens get on. I am 56 but my grandfather told me about the bomber nights in 1944. This here is the most terrible thing that can happen to a modern society. A Category 5 tornado ramming down everything that comes in its way. Destroying houses. Killing everyone. Destroying power lines. This is definitely the end. If you survive this day you see the rest of your life from a different angle. Until your very last breath. I feel sorry for my American friends. Deeply sorry.
I'm an Okie, this storm changed the way I view tornados. As soon as a warning comes out for me I head to the cellar now, before I would wait and see. Inexperienced storm chasers drive me mad, they clog up the back roads. I live in the country, and have had difficulty getting home due to them.
I'm a joplin tornado ef5 survior may 22 2011. 161 people died
Pretty sure it was more than that
@@glutton8055 I'm positive it was less than that. But, Jack was close. Here's the official report from the National Weather Service: www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/Joplin_tornado.pdf
Don't guess; get the facts. I performed a search on the web and found this report in less than two minutes.
Hay up
Hey Karen, I got some friends in OK and TX, and a few of them had told me that there are times when severe weather is at high risk, there would be a fairly large number of chasers and spotters, but that it's mostly the amateur/inexperienced spotters and chasers that would do stupid stuff, particularly stopping their car on the country road to jump out and take video or photos, but without pulling their car over to the side of the road.
To me, common sense and courtesy for the general public's safety should always be top priority for all spotters/chasers and for the large majority of them it is, but there will always be a small handful of the amateur chasers/spotters that wind up forgetting about the basics and become a pain in the ass.
Have a great day and I hope you and everyone there are staying safe.
God Bless
*Yelling into the drive thru speaker:* "Can i get two quarter pounders please!"
"I said TWO..QUARTER...POUNDERS....PLEASE??"
Ummm sir, this is Wendy’s?
LMAO
@@llla_german_ewoklll6413 can I get two baconaters and 4 extra large cokes no ice?
@@xanethedarkwerehog Yes sir, ummm... coming right up!
lll•A_German_Ewok•lll hhdayshsjsjsusj can i hVenanshsjdhs give me forty halal bacon eaters byessedg
Its crazy to think two of the craziest tornadoes happened just days and miles apart
Agreed, only 11 days apart
I was so shocked when I heard of Tim, Paul, and Carl. So sad.
Oklahoma’s finest
One of the best storm videos ever made. Straight forward editing, steady camera, subtitled commentary, no moron screaming memies, and the almost cinema verite atmosphere of the whole thing. Photography is excellent. Kudos to this French team.
David Mayhew Ditto
David Mayhew I swear I have ptsd from twister movie
That's because they're not American. Americans are children. Dramatic and loud.
Kathleen P. Great stereotyping 👌
Frenchie's covering tornado news is *fine in FRANCE. You wanna cover tornado news in the USA you NEED TO SPEAKA DA ENGLISH. Get da picture??*
That would suck being homeless during one of these...☹️
@NEPA Buses i agree with you 💯% it does suck big time 😔
I know right I would feel bad for the homeless people not knowing there is a storm approaching and doesn't know where to go 😢😢😢😢
Why
it dose
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DaveSpecter1065, well maybe some people will let them in during these kind of storms
Tim and Paul Samaras and Carl Young rest in peace
Hanley Gillano I loved that show
Rip the 3 of them a good team on storm chasers
Amen.
Hanley Gillano I second that my friend.
Mario Soinc225 The Twistex team.
This is so incredible to see even in 2022 because I've driven this route from California to Arkansas and back 4 times in the past 10 years and have luckily never experienced storms like this.
News : The largest tornado ever seen.
Me : THE THICK ONE
Storm chasers put their lives on the line to study storms like this and keep the communities safe. Thank you for what you do.
Kerry Sanders what u mean by keep the community safe??????? Does this look like a safe place to u ?????? Does any place hit by tornados look safe ?????? Hell the animals know more than we do and they have no where to go when all this crap goes down (REALLY) did u just say safe ?????.
These aren't storm chasers, they're people just out filming. Real chasers serve a purpose out there that isnt just taking video. No need to thank them.
@@marknowakowski6590 no land on earth is safe from Mother Nature
@@marknowakowski6590I’ve never seen a pasture after a tornado. Dead cows, horses ect everywhere.
@@marknowakowski6590keeping people safe and warning them of impending doom is what they mean… you on the other hand is the reason why Gen z makes fun of boomers
Impressed by the Taco Cabana sign still holding strong! 🙌🏻
Right? They should have jammed over there for tacos and maybe some guac.
*Tornado has been banned from the server for: “exploiting, and breaking rules”*
nice one buster XD
several strong tornadoes formed on that day 😂 😂 I smell a ban evasion
Not certain what you mean by evacuation. I see people trying to get home. I've lived in Oklahoma twice, and people don't evacuate during tornadoes. They seek shelter.
Jim Porter Right... The last place you want to be, is in your car.,
They are French and English is their second language, so maybe cut them some slack? Either way, great video.
Sounded like a technical term used to describe the tornado activity.
@@andrewgulliver1138, I've dealt with a lot of stormy activity in tornado warning conditions--have never heard the term evacuation used for anything.
I suspect they mean that people "evacuated" the roads and parking lots in the path of the tornado, by going home or to safer spots. The roads and businesses by the gas station where they filmed became noticeably less crowded. But no, there is not time to evacuate a town for a tornado (maybe only minutes of warning) the way people can potentially evacuate for a hurricane (days of warning).
I used to chase I chased for off and on 10 yrs after I heard tim and his crew gott killed I was like no more as cautious as tim is if that tornado can come after him I know I would not have a chance in hell. God bless you brother may you chase in heaven.
Go to the Yukon. Oh wait, there's no snowball chance of hell it happening over there. 😄😄
Unfortunately he made a bad decision to use a light car. Granted, his normal interceptor was down due to a previous chase but it was a big reason they had no chance to survive. He still is someone that any storm spotter or scientist would want to emulate. He was a brilliant man
Tim was not a cautious chaser, he was a calm guy compared to some but he was a very aggressive chaser. He had very nearly been hit by several other powerful tornadoes before El Reno, because Twistex’s whole mission was to deploy pods directly into the tornado’s path
1. Make banger storm video
2. Refuse to elaborate
3. Disappear completely
I know right 😂
12:50 When you have the sky aqua blue, theres something wrong… Lol
I was in a tornado from a supercell near Lubbock years ago. I came out of the grocery store and the sky in and around the storm was this glowing blue green ........very eery looking and the hair stood up on my neck. Sure enough, we had a tornado nearby. It blew out the windows on 2 sides of my house, uprooted a huge tree across the road. We were lucky, no one was killed. Always have a plan and some emergency stuff stashed. Always.
Lisa P. Yep.
Lisa P. blue green is the hail core; when light is reflected off or through hail it gives off a greenish color.
TheBudgetGunCollector sky aqua blue brings tons of Rain
To paraphrase Hank Hill "Those clouds ain't right."
Rest In Peace for those storm chasers who risk there lives to chase these storms
My condolences to the families of the ones lost. 😢
I wonder if there will ever be an ef6 tornado...... this came close to that category..... i wouldnt be surprised if it happened and if it did.... many will die
@@paleofolk there would be a trench digged 15 feet deep into the ground
@@paleofolk On the old scale (F - Fujita Scale), they had an F6 rating which was assigned to the 1974 Xenia Tornado for a short time. It was later reverted back to F5 status and the F6 rating was never used again.
We lived in Oklahoma City, right next to Moore, for a couple of years. There were several times that we had to take cover because a tornado was near us but thankfully we never got hit. I grew up in North Texas and was around nasty weather a lot so I was aware of what we needed to do if a tornado were to ever come close to us or hit us.
I knew exactly where y’all were at through out this video. Glad y’all were safe. Definitely don’t ever find cover at a gas station. If on the roads, when a tornado could be near by, and you have no where safe to go, drive safely but fast, away from the storm! I absolutely love how Oklahoma police are super on top of it when it comes to this kind of weather.
RIP to all those who didn’t survive this storm.
welp at least the cars got a wash
PumpkinPie Rose Yeah and it was free courtesy of mother nature lol.
@Jacob Wilkening r/woosh
Chase r/wooosh
*HOW TO GET A FREE WASH: STEP ONE WAIT FOR IT TO RAIN*
But maybe dents included with from either flying debris or hail!
I like how his idea of shelter is hiding under a gas station 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Natural selection 👍
Gas station is best cover in France
I don't think they really knew how much danger they could have been in. It was all about, " Woo, look as us in America, doing stupid stuff so we get our 15 min. of fame!
Lmfao he might as well just be out in the open 🤣
not to rain on this parade with logic, but I'm pretty sure they were using the gas station as cover from the hail and wind so they could film the storm.
Of all places, you take shelter at a GAS STATION????????
(facepalm)
Taylor Bowman it closed at 5
Taylor Bowman Right!!! 😂😂😂
Fuel pumps are switched off after closing time so would be fine lol
Fuel is switched off so it can't reach the pump, but if a tornado rips the station apart its going bang its only got a lid on top of the fuel tank underground
I wonder why in area's that suffer damage & blackouts each year,they don't bury the power lines... Tornado's always bring them down ! Here in New Zealand they have been putting them underground since the late 1950's. We don't have large Tornado's over here and are hit by tropical cyclones very seldom. Streets just look nicer without them...,
So true It would be a better world witout the visual pollution & yes the transformers on top of the poles in USA. are very ugly . They place little signs on fences where the lines are underground . If not the local councils have the information.
Silly design ,ours are placed on the ground same in Australia.
If they had buryied them 10 years ago they would have saved at least 5 times the cost already, think about it !!
+Deane Lydiard Burying power lines cost 6x more than get them on poles and you want to bury all the power network ? aha stay realistic
money rules the world, nobody cares about landscape/once-a-year cut off
everybody want a little electric bill
sorry for my english i'm french
burying millions of kilometers of power lines across the country would be muuuuuuch expensive, let say 15x more expensive than putting lines on polls
repairing polls are only local intervention, not expensive at all
USA is a simplifist country, they don't care about landscapes, they do things in a simple way, it's better if you stay alarmed
In france and in EU, every project cost too much because there is too many rules to respect, and it's a pain in the ass for the local economy
As an editorial side note, if this video is for educational purposes, this is NOT how you chase storms. These people put themselves in harms way when it could have easily been avoided. I understand that they were trying to witness down and up drafts with minimal risk but I want "would be storm chasers" to know that this is not how you do it. I'll give them kudos for at least pulling off of the main highway as to not interfere with emergency services. Also, not asking people if they need help in a situation where human lives are at risk is not how you do it.
Right about 19:20 is where my passengers would be smelling fresh shit.
PJ Cady.
santza
I agree with that
PJ Cady lol but ew
You dont know how much this made me laugh
I hope you had an escape plan. The canopies of gas stations are of light construction and are the first things to get blown away or collapse in high winds. The store wouldn't give you much cover either, as they are not heavily constructed.
46:24 they know buddy, they know. Trained chasers some times decide to take risks. But it is fun to lecture them in the video comments, I guess.
That McDonald's has tons of piping and walk in fridges.
@@sk8razer Problem, buddy?
They know, but there was a group in Joplin that survived in the beer cooler. So it’s not always failing.
This is truly one of my favorite youtube videos of all time, at least the first 35 minutes of it. I come back to watch thus once a year. I wish a youtuber that made videos like this still existed.
Those sirens have chilled me to the bone all my life.
Lol...that's the point! Before making this the specific siren noise, they actually spent a lot of time working without and tone to find what would spurn people's fear the most!
kayper54 I know! I’ve never heard of this in my entire life, but seeing these in a video is terrifying! I thank god I live in a semi desert 🌵 lmao
@Pythagoras Theorem yup anywhere right by or in tornado alley during storm season when ever you here severe thunder storm warning you see everybody staring out the windows keeping an eye on the storms and when the sky get really dark everybody is already on edge
The eas does
Oof, at least they went off. When 3 tornadoes hit our city in September, the sirens didn't go off. Thankfully everyone in South Dakota is as paranoid as Oklahoma and have redundant storm warning devices.
Was I the only person who was praying to the lord that the McDonalds sign didn't blow over
nope 😂😂
I was actually super surprised that the McDonald's sign didn't get blown out as well. I was also surprised that the power didn't go out even though it flickered a couple times.
I was hoping it would :P
Hahaha
I bet Burger King would have loved that!!
I always miss a big portion of the video due to me reading these damn comments!😬
For those who are asking me which camera I used during low light & night : Canon 5D with f2.8 focus lens & manual settings
Storm Motion Production I'm not trying to be misunderstanding or mean or pointless but you guys should have got out of the area a long time ago.All of you people think you should just ride out the storm all the time.No it gets you nowhere you just sit at the gas stations for hours not realizing that your putting your lives at risk at a gas station.And hey you never know if that tornado hits gas from pumps can be released or even explode or catch on fire.But gladly you weren't injured or it didn't happen...In my opinion next time if it ever happens you should always head people's word...You could have been seriously injured.And if someone says evacuate,evacuate and if it was a false alarm."Think...If it were to really happen"Trying to ride it out is a bad idea,but if the people come out like emt's or police to tell you to get out of the area because the tornado is really bad.Just do it,and if your house is about to get leveled even without emt's or police show up,You need to go like right at the second.Who cares if the tornado is chasing you,get somewhere safe.And you were not in complete aware of this storm,and next time if you think you can so called "Ride it out"Be a storm chaser who is brave enough,this is a real situation you can't take it for a joke.
Storm Motion Production Did you have to pay the toll still?? Even in a Tornado Warning?
Okay. I was just wondering. Because in the video the words were that the tolls were open. So didn't know if he meant "open for business" or what. Lol
Yes I was hoping that you don't have to stop and pay when there's a tornado warning. Thus the confusion. Lol
Why do you speak itillan in the Car?
Woo! I am way too chicken to ever do anything like this lol! My heart was pounding just watching this video! Great footage! I'm happy I live in a boring city in Canada where we've never had to worry about 🌪️!
Incredible stupid, deciding to drive in to the posdible core of the damage. I'm glad they ended up safe, but very irresponsible of them, deciding to rubbernecking. Especially after having already used their spare tire. It's next to worst thing to looting. But if I am being honest, it's a hard urge to deny. I of course watched all the way through.
Shows how powerful this tornado was from miles away you could feel the power.
Tornadoes often develop from a class of thunderstorms known as supercells. Supercells contain mesocyclones, an area of organized rotation a few miles up in the atmosphere, usually 1-6 miles (1.6-9.7 kilometres) across. Most intense tornadoes (EF3 to EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale) develop from supercells. In addition to tornadoes, very heavy rain, frequent lightning, strong wind gusts, and hail are common in such storms.
Most tornadoes from supercells follow a recognizable life cycle. That begins when increasing rainfall drags with it an area of quickly descending air known as the rear flank downdraft (RFD). This downdraft accelerates as it approaches the ground, and drags the supercell's rotating mesocyclone towards the ground with it.[17]
Composite of eight images shot in sequence as a tornado formed in Kansas in 2016
Formation
ones, an area of organized rotation a few miles As the mesocyclone lowers below the cloud base, it begins to take in cool, moist air from the downdraft region of the storm. The convergence of warm air in the updraft and cool air causes a rotating wall cloud to form. The RFD also focuses the mesocyclone's base, causing it to draw air from a smaller and smaller area on the ground. As the updraft intensifies, it creates an area of low pressure at the surface. This pulls the focused mesocyclone down, in the form of a visible condensation funnel. As the funnel descends, the RFD also reaches the ground, fanning outward and creating a gust front that can cause severe damage a considerable distance from the tornado. Usually, the funnel cloud begins causing damage on the ground (becoming a tornado) within a few minutes of the RFD reaching the ground.[17][51]
Maturity
Initially, the tornado has a good source of warm, moist air flowing inward to power it, and it grows until it reaches the "mature stage". This can last from a few minutes to more than an hour, and during that time a tornado often causes the most damage, and in rare cases can be more than one mile (1.6 km) across. The low pressured atmosphere at the base of the tornado is essential to the endurance of the system.[52] Meanwhile, the RFD, now an area of cool surface winds, begins to wrap around the tornado, cutting off the inflow of warm air which previously fed the tornado.[17]
ainfall drags with it an area of quickly descending air known as the rear flank downdraft (RFD). This downdraft accelerates as it approaches the ground, and drags the supercell's rotating mesocyclone to
Dissipation
As the RFD completely wraps around and chokes off the tornado's air supply, the vortex begins to weaken, becoming thin and rope-like. This is the "dissipating stage", often lasting no more than a few minutes, after which the tornado ends. During this stage the shape of the tornado becomes highly influenced by the winds of the parent storm, and can be blown into fantastic patterns.[ones, an area of organized rotation a few miles 22][30][31] Even though the tornado is dissipating, it is still capable of causing damage. The storm is contracting into a rope-like tube and, due to conservation of angular momentum, winds can increase at this point.[26]
As the tornado enters the dissipating stage, its associated mesocyclone often weakens as well, as the rear flank downdraft cuts off the inflow powering it. Sometimes, in intense supercells, tornadoes can develop cyainfall drags with it an area of quickly descending air known as the rear flank downdraft (RFD). This downdraft accelerates as it approaches the ground, and drags the supercell's rotating mesocyclone toclically. As the first mesocyclone and associated tornado dissipate, the storm's inflow may be concentrated into a new area closer to the center of the storm and possibly feed a new mesocyclone. If a new mesocyclone develops, the cycle may start again, producing one or more new tornadoes. Occasionally, the old (occluded) mesocyclone and the new mesocyclone produce a tornado at the same time.
Although this is a widely accepted theory for how most tornadoes form, live, and die, it does not explain the formation of smaller tornadoes, such as landspouts, long-lived tornadoes, or tornadoes with multiple vortices. These each have different mechanisms which influence their development-however, most tornadoes follow a pattern similar to this one.[53]
Types
Multiple vortex
Main article: Multiple-vortex tornado
A multiple-vortex tornado outside Dallas, Texas on April 2, 1957.
A multiple-vortex tornado is a type of tornado in which two or more columns of spinning air rotate about their own axes and at the same time revolve around a common center. A multi-vortex structure can occur in almost any circulation, but is very often obsery affect land, though some European weather agencies count waterspouts and tornadoes together.[5][58]
Landspout
Main article: Landspout
A landspout, or dust-tube tornado, is a tornado not associated with a mesocyclone. The name stems from their characterization as a "fair weather waterspout on land". Waterspouts and landspouts share many defining characteristics, including relative weakness, short lifespan, and a small, smooth condensation funnel which often does not reach the surface. Landspouts also create a distinctively laminar cloud
Dust devil
Main article: Dust devil
Most intense tornadoes (EF3 to EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale) develop from supercells. In addition to tornadoes, very heavy rain, frequent lightning, strong wind gusts, and hail are common in such storms.
Most tornadoes from supercells follow a recognizable life cycle. That begins when increasing rainfall drags with it an area of quickly descending air known as the rear flank downdraft (RFD). This downdraft accelerates as it approaches the ground, and drags the supercell's rotating mesocyclone towards the ground with it.[17]
Composite of eight images shot in sequence as a tornado formed in Kansas in 2016
Formation
As the mesocyclone lowers below the cloud base, it begins to take in cool, moist air from the downdraft region of the storm. The convergence of warm air in the updraft and cool air causes a rotating wall cloud to form. The RFD also focuses the mesocyclone's base, causing it to draw air fromA dust devil in Arizona
A dust devil (also known as a whirlwind) resembles a tornado in that it is a vertical swirling column of air. However, they form under clear skies and are no stronger than the weakest tornadoes. They form when a strong convective updraft is formed near the ground on a hot day. If there is enough low level wind shear, the column of hot, rising air can develop a small cyclonic motion that can be seen near the ground. They are not considered tornadoes because they form during fair weather and are not associated with any clouds. However, they can, on occasion, result in major damage.[24][60]
Fire whirls
Main article: Fire whirl
Small-scale, tornado-like circulations can occur near any intense surface heat source. Those that occur near intense wildfires are called fire whirls. They are not considered tornadoes, except in the rare case where they connect to a pyrocumulus or other cumuliform cloud above. Fire whirls usually are not as strong as tornadoes associated with thunderstorms. They can, however, produce significant damage.[22]
Steam devils
Main article: Steam devil
A steam devil is a rotating updraft between 50 and 200 meters wide that involves steam or smoke. These formations do not involve high wind speeds, only completing a few rotations per minute. Steam devils are very rare. They most often form from smoke issuing from a power plant's smokestack. Hot springs and deserts may also be suitable locations for a tighter, faster-rotatinO scale
Tornado rating classifications[22][61]
F0
EF0 F1
EF1 F2
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EF3 F4
EF4 F5
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Weak Strong Violent
Significant
Intense
The Fujita scale and the Enhanced Fujita Scale rate tornadoes by damage caused. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale was an update to the older Fujita scale, by expert elicitation, using engineered wind estimates and better damage descriptions. The EF Scacycloidal marks) may also be analyzed to determine intensity and award a rating.[5][62][63]
A house displaying EF1 damage. The roof and garage door have been damaged, but walls and supporting structures are still intact.
Tornadoes vary in intensity regardless of shape, size, and location, though strong tornadoes are typically larger than weak tornadoes. The association with track length and duration also varies, although longer track tornadoes tend to be stronger.[64] In the case of violent tornadoes, only a small portion of the path is of violent intensity, most of the higher intensity from subvortices.[22]
In the United States, 80% of tornadoes are EF0 and EF1 (T0 through T3) tornadoes. The rate of occurrence drops off quickly with increasing strength-less than 1% are violent tornadoes (EF4, T8 or stronger).[65] Outside Tornado Alley, and North America in general, violent tornadoes are extremely rare. This is apparently mostly due to the lesser number of tornadoes overones, an area of organized rotation a few miles all, as research shows that tornado intensity distributions are fairly similar worldwide. A few significant tornadoes occur annually in Europe, Asia, southern Africa, and southeastern South America.[6ow pressure area downwind to the east of the mountains. Increased westerly flow off the Rockies force the formation of a dry line when the flow aloft is strong,[68] while the Gulf of Mexico fuels abundant low-level moisture in the southerly flow to its east. Thi
i got u
This is one of my favorite weather clips.
I have watched this video so many times, thank you for just letting us hear the sounds of the weather and occasionally your very beautiful language. Be careful out there. I feel like you might not know how you can get in a bad place.
Cindy
When police tell you to take shelter, DO IT!
They are storm chasers, it's there job to do this
@@ethanramirez770 they aren't storm chasers, they're just people out trying to film. Real storm chasers serve a purpose to call in reports of the storm, try to warn people, etc. The rest are just wannabes, period.
@@trentonboston8994 how would you know
@@jayasmrmore3687 because I AM an actual chaser and have been for years. I could give two damns about filming and running around trying to get good shots. When I go out my number one purpose is to be aiding in the warning process, THAT is how I know
@@trentonboston8994 but how do you know these people were not warning people
It never ceases to confuse me why people are out driving in a tornado. The car is the worse place to be!
Not to mention many traffic accidents occur after these storms and when they do that it takes time and resources from first responders and blocks roadways.
i loved hearing the sound of the rain on the camera… it made me feel like i was there!! awesome job!!
Thank you. I also love this sound. Some people dislike it but the sound of the rain/hail hitting your car, your camera and your clothes are part of storm chasing. And it's the real purpose of this video : feel it like you were there! ;-)
Jennifer Green Personally, I don't like it when it hits a car, but rather when I'm outside, listening to the rain fall onto the ground.
Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras and Carl Young, may you rest in peace. I do have to say that those tornadic supercells are MAJESTIC!!
Please. If you are going to come to America to chase tornados like its going to Disney World do us all a favor and stay BEHIND the storm and not in front of it. 101 class.
"The day the rules have changed" in correct English would be "The day the rules changed".
You couldn’t pay me enough to own a home and live in that area. I feel for the people who do though. I just wouldn’t want to face threats like this year after year.
Oklahoma is a large state. Just because you live here doesn’t mean you’d ever be hit by one. Other places have hurricanes, blizzards, and wild fires. Pick your poison.
I wouldn’t live in Moore but I’d never leave Ok
@@oinchadoomandwolfboy I'll take a blizzard any day. I have sense enough to stay home and can weather the storm. Snow will melt, you can dig out and move it. Hurricanes, tornadoes and wild/forest fires are basically a matter of "like it or not, we're coming through, if you're in the path, too bad for you!"
@@oinchadoomandwolfboy Cali is prone for Wildfires and earthquakes
@@oinchadoomandwolfboy i live in Canada haha I’ll stick to snow and weak tornadoes in the summer, if any😂
the sky changing from dark gray to neon turquoise starting at 12:15 is beautiful (albeit a sign that shit's about to hit the fan).
RIP Tim Sameras' Team
💖💖💖💖
From 2019 rip
What happened to them
darrylhaynes they died by the tornado
@@darrylhaynes you should look up the National Geographic documentary on the El Reno tornado. It's quite well done, explains quite well what went wrong, and even shows the positions of various chasers, including Tim's team. The tornado was nothing like the usual tornados in more than one way, so even the most experienced chasers were in trouble.
15:53 When the updraft passes by. Whether or not a tornado appears, this is always the "calm before the storm" where you wonder how intense the thunderstorm will be.
Not to mention people will go outside to look thinking it is all over. Uneducated public costs lives😮
I saw it at 15:53
I was there in El Reno. All I could do was just watch it coming for us.
Hey Golden Corral had 5 types of wings!
Thought it said 8....
It said 8 :-)
8 man even better
I don't know why, but this video is oddly calming and aesthetically pleasing.
The tornado just wanted some McDonald's
It came for the 10 peace nuggets heard they was back lol
@@ryanwright5418 XD
@@ryanwright5418 dem nuggets be bangin
So good they bring everything to the drive through haha it must been pissed they forgot the sauce 😂
@@ryanwright5418 XD i agree
Man when that wind picked up at 19:15 that was some intimidating stuff
You can say that again
that was the tornado
You say the purpose was not to intercept a tornado, but how in the world do you not PREPARE for one under the same circumstances? No one knows whether or not a tornado could occur under the same conditions!!! There is no good excuse to NOT prepare for one, irregardless!!! Your comment regarding "The rules" shows that people think they know MORE than they actually do about these dangerous storms!!! Over-confidence can be deadly, indeed!!! There are no steadfast "rules" as of what we know about these storms currently, that's why unfortunately we lost some of our best chasers due to "following the rules"!!!
Dayoung1s5933 Right on! I was thinking the same thing. Tornadoes change direction on a dime and no matter how much “one claims to know” all it takes is that one time and you’re done! Sad that ppl think that ppl’s egos are more important than their lives.
"Irregardless" = fail. "Regardless" is what you wanted.
@@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988 They usually mean either "regardless" or "irrespective."
@@awesomesauce6779 exactly.
"Irregardless". Dang
Imagine if this beast touched down 15 miles to the east. It would have killed more people than Joplin and wrecked OKC with EF5 damage
Y'all have no idea what it's like to live in Tornado Alley your entire life and just how dangerous these conditions can get, regardless of how close you got to this one. This is just a little taste for you. You're lucky you didn't get seriously injured or killed trying to go out and see what it would be like to see a tornado. You are not trained. You had no business being out there.
If you read his description he wasn’t there for the tornado per say. It was for storms but for the powerful downdraft he was looking for. Unfortunately he got stuck and decided to document it . I do think people who aren’t trained or experienced are reliable on injuring themselves and others. I read another comment saying how they always had to fight inexperienced storm chasers cause they blocked the road . Now I don’t think he was blocking this road . In fact to me it looked like he was stationed in one spot majority of the time . And why assume he doesn’t know the dangers of living in a tornado invested area ? Come on now . Appreciate the videography he was able to provided for those who don’t know what it is like and to inform us how serious these conditions can get , traffic, wind speeds, debris , ect.
Kassy L. It doesn’t matter why he was actually there. Documenting Mother Nature in any form to show those who don’t know what it’s like is hard to continue doing if you’re DEAD because you didn’t know WHAT you were doing. Three HIGHLY EXPERIENCED storm chasers were killed by the El Reno tornado that changed directions last second because they were in the path and it was too late to leave. You don’t mess with Mother Nature.
April Townsend those storm chasers were killed yes sadly . Unfortunately in the name of science they had a device to launch in the path of the tornado to get more information how they’re form to save lives in the future . I personally imo is really helpful and educational to see storms like this in case someone like my self is visiting an area like this . To what to expect and what to do and what not to do.
@@apriltownsend8463 people have messed with mother nature and put themselves in danger to learn the science of weather and storms since the beginning of mankind, and thank goodness for them! They have and will save lives.
NohaxJustStqvez Actually, I won’t. I don’t have to. 🤷🏻♀️ Getting involved in ANY situation where you have NO IDEA what you’re doing or up against is VERY STUPID AND DANGEROUS. He could have been killed.. just for wanting to get a little video.. that wouldn’t have ever been posted HAD he been killed. 3 TRAINED storm spotters WERE killed by a tornado they were chasing because it changed directions on them in a split second. You don’t just grab your cell phone or a camera take off after a major tornado. An EF3 came within 1/4 mile from my house in the middle of the night a few years ago and tore our town apart. You don’t screw with them.
Fun Fact: Ever since I was 9 years old, I loved to study tornadoes and severe thunderstorms!🌪️⛈️
Gaming Storm sammmneeeee
Same tho
I know me too. In fact I study while I was in school. My class and I ALL went to the library. I picked up a book called Tornadoes. I was reading about them. On this guy vlog I'm just watching the tall sign of the McDonalds to see if it will stay up or not. But it's amazing how the Chucky Fried Chicken lights still on.
So ?? ... whats "fun" about that ?
Gaming Island same
This is one of my favorite videos of the El Reno Tornado. I think because he was not chasing the tornado per se he brought a different perspective of the day's events. Plus the captions helped me as the viewer know what is going on.
Excellent filming of the storm. The way you did this video, I could've watched for 3 hours.
It's crazy how I've been on every road these videos were taken. That tornado was something else. My cousin's house was torn to shreds. He wasn't home though. Luckily.
The French are so good at running away from danger
The storm chased you :D
A James.S in America, you don’t chase storms. The storms chase you.
@@pancakes8382 nice one 😂
tornado: *notices storm chaser* owo what's this
Only in Soviet Russia.
In Canada, you survive a tornado. In America, the tornado survives YOU
Helpful advice: NEVER stand outside during a tornado. Porta johns and flying feces.
Ha ha-very true!
This video is great, no storm chasers screaming there head off, no commentary just subtitles that are actually informative. No music playing in the back ground and for the most part, good stable footage. Also the fact that most of it is dash cam instead of the driver holding a camera in his hand while driving. Very good job.
The subtitle at 10:07 (about where the audible tornado sirens were - OKC and Moore) gave me chills. Moore got EXTREMELY lucky that day. They were only just starting to rebuild after the EF5 that ravaged their town less than 2 weeks earlier. I can only imagine how horrified the citizens must have felt on May 31. They had just survived one monster tornado and then another one was bearing down on them. Had the El Reno storm kept going towards OKC, the earlier destruction in Moore would have been blown even further to smithereens.
I was in Yukon chasing these storms that day let me tell you we were in the path of this storm and we fled West as fast as we could
they say if the tornado hadnt of ropped out on the freeway and kept going, hundreds of more people would have died. thankfully God said that was enough.
And people stayed in their car so the canopy could fall on top of you. Real smart.
"At 7:05, the tornado was located 1 mile south of the fairgrounds, moving east southeast..."
So was I.
When did it become a good idea to take shelter right next to a fuel pump? I understand if you get caught off guard by a storm and have no options but parking there and waiting 30 min for a tornado to come ripping through town seems utterly stupid.
Oklahoma if tornado alarms gas stations are required to shut pumps off witch cause the pumps to fully drain in to the under ground tanks and seals the tanks off
@@ljcoffey99 however, that big roof perched on two legs is a definite worry. Having barely escaped on ripping off and flying past me, I can attest to their danger.
*u have infinite gas*
Everyone at the beginning of the video the song that was playing is Called "Chicken Fried" By The Zac Bown Band
some great advice and comments from people who know those who lived through it. # professionals lost their lives on this day. People need to heed the warnings and not add to the chaos and confusion.
Really dude? You parked next to a petrol pump? Are you insane?
Hatty Hattington I was thinking - high wind, petrol pump bye bye, random spark KAPOOOOYA!
Sundaydish1 When have you ever heard of a gas station exploding due to lightning? These sophisticated pumps operate on a vacuum system which measures small fractions and the storage of the gas is protected underground. Unless a pump is activated to pump gas (so that it is flowing from the nozzle) it is not welled up in any of the equipment above ground where it could explode due to lightening. The canopy may create a Faraday cage too.
HappyQuailsFarm Can you read?
Sundaydish1 I don't think that a lot of pumps explodes every year around the world because of lightnings and/or high winds. Of course the canopy is the weak point concerning high winds, I agree. We've done with what we had...
Storm Motion Production Given the choice of petrol station and McDonalds I would have taken McDonalds to wait out a tornado.
The McDonald’s sign is indestructible
Omg I just couldn't stop watching this! The fury of mother nature. We don't get tornadoes here in Australia this was just plain scary. Thank you for sharing this. To all the Animals and people who lived this my thoughts are with you. Scary stuff.
I wonder if the guy filming this ever figured out that IN A CAR , PARKED IN A GAS STATION OF ALL PLACES was NOT the place to be during a tornado.
I was thinking the same thing. Thats the last place for any major disaster
Seriously, I've seen those canopies ripped off multiple times. Then there's the potential for it to plummet back down on top of you. I get the rationale, but it's a terrible idea in tornadic activity.
Probably thinking more about the Hail and strong rain than the winds. It's why you still see the truckers underneath the overpasses. They're worried about golf ball or larger hailstones damaging the trucks. Not wholly unreasonable, the hail falls over a much larger area than even the tornado.
Yer great idea parking in a petrol station during a severe tornado.
Ive never seen anything like this. I watched this with my daughter and she asked so many good questions about safety and how to find it in case of something like this. Thank you for making this video.
Why do you keep saying the city was evacuated? The sirens were telling people to take cover... not leave the city. You should have sought shelter..
My Grandson and I were on I 40 west bound from Shawnee to El Reno it was he'll. We survived. People need to be reminded stay out from packing under over passes.
The little pita pata of the rain on the wind shield was satisfying
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A nedd for tornado you oklahoman