Oak Lawn Funnels 7/10/2008

[loryr405]

yeah, I'd be running from that thing.

[dfinin0727]

I remember that!

[ogomez5053]

I was driving to flordia

[BubbleStinkBoy]

I was at Moraine Valley when this thing started coming down, it was right on top of the campus. I never ran and drove so fast in my life. 

[poopalloveru]

DAM NATURE U SCAREY!

[angelica143chicago]

omg why didnt i see or hear this that day

[dtmbcorp]

wow...

[hbkhhhhbbbbkkkk]

I love this i use to be afraid of tornados i still am a bit but i love to seee them i hope you get another one torndado  SEASONS BACK!

[BackOff414]

oh shit lol

[KTHrocks]

OMG I REMEBER THAT I WAS SOO SCARED

[wickedclown1233]

i was 15 and on my bike going after the storm lol 17 and still love em =) storm chasing is my passion

[sing4lifeandbeyond]

we have the creepiest sirens don't we. i remeber that funnel and i though for sure it was gonna tuoch down

[sadsack101]

i waz on vacation when this happened, im mean holy ccrap, id be freaking out!

[monkeymikey83]

i remember watching this from my house... gets ur heart racing, huh? I enjoy watching storms.

[dascumbag]

isnt that when the had touchdowns further south

[AbbyRoxz08]

omg i remimber this it was right over my house!!

[KTHrocks]

OMG I WAS SO SCAREDWHEN I SAW IT

[trickster009lol]

i do some storm chasing out west

[mikeyk365]

ya i won't really run from something like this.. i've always been into the weather and i would love to learn more about tornadoes. i will have my skywarn cert soon, since tornado season is over. but next year. i will catch my tornado.

[trickster009lol]

lol omfg no heres a lesson we have learned by what the man is doing now what u should of done is just ran but thats just me talking

[mikeyk365]

i am lookin for someone to do some storm chasing with. Must have a minmum of skywarn training. SEROIUS INQUIRIES ONLY PLEASE. please message me if you like to meet and arrange something.

[alexcub25]

welcom to chicago

[mikeyk365]

how bout it lol..

[kerazymooze]

those clouds were crazy that day. i took some pictures in my backyard. as much as i'm scared to sh*t of tornadoes. those clouds were actually really beautiful

[fomocopower]

I remember that day like it was yesterday, It was beautiful out...then it got realllly drak,then reallllly windy. Windy enough to knock you over. Just as I decided to inside,a tree came down and hit a house 3 doors down from us.

[XtremeStormX]

BAD ASS! AWESOME ASS VIDEO FOOTAGE!  great job bro!

[ugslamma]

You sho is brave I would be in a basement by now

[HurricaneFreak30336]

that was from a derecho

[FenderBaum23]

Actually Oak Lawn has changed allot, not for the better. It now has a surplus of Mexicans and Towel Heads.

[railfan95]

Uh, no. Oak Lawn is a great town, never had any complaints about it.

[fishmeats]

thanks for posting this video man! I was in valparaiso at home that day looking at it on the radar wishing I was there with my camera.

[piewackete]

damn nice video i was in oak lawn today i used to live there but now i live in portage indiana we get alot of funnel clouds here too

[crowamonghens]

nature won't rest easy until it wipes oak lawn off the map.

[RandomGrlProductions]

omg i remember this. I almost shit my pants!

[parkman35]

More than likely this is what the developement of the April 21, 1967 tornado that hit Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, and Hometown looked like as that one started in Palos Hills, jumped the tollway, came through what is now teh Chicago Ridge Mall, and raced up 95th St killing most of it's victims at 95th and SW Highway...this particular storm was part of the derecho that came out of Iowa and NW Illinois racing SE through the entire Chicago area and into Indiana.there were over 8,000 lightning strikes.

[mikeyk365]

wow!! i've done a lot of research on that tornado and i know there's only one known video of that tornado, and i've been looking for it for a long time.. but to no avail.. i didn't know though there were that many strikes.. that storm that day was insane and thats one i know i'll never forget

[waynebrasler]

That long-sought video of the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado is on youtube and it is one of the menacing tornadoes I've seen. The camera wasn't close enough to show the strange structure of the tornado--three large suction vortices inside and one kept wandering away, which accounts for the strange isolated patches of serious damage away from the tornado path.

[metalixmillenium15]

@mikeyk365

Yes, actually, I've found it. It's called the Belvidere Tornado, but I think it's the same one. Look up "Terror in Oak Lawn". There is also a live video cast of it. Google "Voice of the Tornado". Very, very creepy.

[kavina656]

whats a funnel?

[JONTHEKILL]

its like the tornado before it hits ground.. its not a tornado but funnel clouds are what turn into tornados

[cubbiesrule17]

i rembber this my friends were at westside playin baseball so was i it was da bomb like tick tick boom1

[iAMtheWALRUS6]

i sat through this with my friends.

we played poker all night XD

[chaos34560]

we were at football practice all the kids got scared by the sirens but us juniors did not. right next to the sirens. loud as frick.

[cooldawg0904]

nice video man... i left oak lawn for vacation in europe on july 8th... damn, i just missed it!

[zenb173]

fuck me dude umm MOVE??? hahahaaa

[mikeyk365]

ya im right by central too.. saw the wall of black comin and grabbed the camera

[ambercombie123]

hey i got the same funnel pic on myspace were was that cuz it look rite by me on 96th place

[SgtMajFaulkner]

we got a funnel baby

[americanrides]

Hey Mikey,

I got the same thing from Hometown. I was on SouthWest Hwy. Man, that was a cool storm. I decided to get my camera when that big wall cloud came through. I too was filming a funnel right above me, then the siren went off and I looked down there and there she was, so cool to see live, huh? See my video, search oak lawn tornado july 10th 2008 from americanrides See ya, Dave

[mikeyk365]

ya i saw it, u got a lil better footage than i did i think, but i know for sure i was directly underneath it

[stevezur]

Good vid. Where did you film this from and what direction are you facing?

[babygirl663]

holy fuck when was this/!?!

[mikeyk365]

July 10, about 8pm