Jim Cantore in Tuscaloosa, AL - Tornado Aftermath

[XxXxXfangXxXxX]

nice hat

[MuscleDaddyCMH]

weather stud

[reymatt76]

I'll show you what multiple suction vortices feels like Jim.

[GuardinAngelSarah]

Gawd, just looking back at this just makes me sad. I actually live a few counties down from Tuscaloosa. The scars that this tornado left, may never heal for those who have been hit the hardest. Hopefully, in the years to come, everything will be better.

[palapescada]

@reymatt76 before your post gets blocked, I share your admiration for Jim Cantore. He was fine 20 years ago and he's still fine today. His wife is one lucky lady...

[themancdogg]

This guy looks jaked up

[MillylikesCHICKEN]

:(

[chainsawmniac]

I have no idea where racism and tornadoes relate.

[MrGSWAGG92]

@chainsawmniac Alot ppl keep thinkin that since this tornado hit the South, its God's way of punishing alot of innocent ppl b/c of the slavery that took place hundreds of years ago. Its a ridiculous excuse to make...

[Toyeboy89]

it's just crazy the power this thing had...i mean look at that truck, i hope they survived..

[MrGSWAGG92]

@jamie9609 No they aint signs od 2012 or god's judgement coming. If im not mistaken...there have been several deadly natural disastes for many years now & the world aint came 2 a end: the tornado SUPER OUTBREAK in 1974, hurricane andrew n Katrina, the Haitian earthquake and so on..the point is...there have always been natrural disasters and many have been worse than this. This is not a sign of the world coming 2 an end...however it may be a sign of global warming...

[winstonwildlife1]

I'm referring to your racist comments, quit putting everyone in a damn box. 

[whatupduck21]

I was there, I saw THIS STREET. That line of garbled metal-that was a cover on the bridge. For those wondering why we weren't in basements - the tornado was supposed to go 20 miles north of us - that was the info right until it hit. And, it only hit stores/apartments. Only the mall had a basement. People were caught unaware, and took cover as best they could. Please don't make this harder on those of us who were actually there by making light of it or trying to say we're all backwards idiots.

[SPS148669]

XBOX! We must pray to the almighty XBOX because that is USA's religion. We must mourn the Xboxes that died in this tornado.

[hawkfan2300]

This is closest to May 3 1999 by far

[tlfettled]

Very sad for the people who survived this , hope the "FEMA" does something for them !

[tomanyasses]

whats with people there can they get out of the way

[SPS148669]

XBOX! lol, We must pray to the almighty xbox because that is America's religion. That should help.

[tomanyasses]

@SPS148669 yes we must keep sending money to other countrys to help them and ignore the ones here now if they all had shelters nobody woould of died but hey lets help other countrys first

[UrAChode87]

Just "wrangled"? I don't think that was the word you were looking for.

[Water4Jeremiah]

Jim Cantore = Bruce Almighty

[MrTimmayProductions]

Out of all the comments for this video, I just see arguing and fighting.

That's pathetic. :i

We're human beings.....we should all get along.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@TheGreenCheekConure Alabama is not part of Tornado Ally dip shit.

[TheGreenCheekConure]

@MinmatarThrasher Screw you, I didn't know that. So sorry.

[nicpetnic]

@MinmatarThrasher

At certain points of the year Alabama is in it.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@nicpetnic Incorrect.

No part of the United States is immune to Tornados. They can and do occur everywhere. But Tornado ally is a geographical center point of the united states where Tornados occur the most, and alabama is not one of them.

You can look it up if you don't believe me.

[urmom5024]

@MinmatarThrasher incorrect last year at my school and he worked form the real storm chasers im not lying and said ill come back in a few years if it still here we said wat he said yeh u know the tornado ally thing out there he said that wrong tornado all moves and it is in it start in minnisota and in in start of florida it goes through middle tennessee and i live in east so yeh tornado ally moves

[MinmatarThrasher]

@urmom5024 I think you're confused with Dixie Ally and Tornado Ally.

There are three major Tornado Allys in the U.S.; They are;

Tornado Ally which makes up 7 states in the central U.S.

Dixie Ally which makes up the south eastern U.S.

And Hoosier Ally which is located in the north eastern U.S.

Tornado Ally is only more notoriously because that's where Tornados in the U.S. occur the most.

Really, look it up if you don't believe me. The information is there if you type in a google search.

[nicpetnic]

@MinmatarThrasher

There is no defined area considered tornado alley. In some maps Alabama is included in others it is not. I would show you but YouTube does not allow links to be posted.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@nicpetnic Yes there is. Though the scientific community doesn't recognize the three tornado hot spots. There is a defined area for it.

I'll send you a private message with links that outlines these areas, they are:

Tornado Alley

Dixie Alley

Hoosier Alley

[mzeatmon]

@MinmatarThrasher You don't know what you are talking about. I have lived in Alabama all my life,inTuscaloosa,particularly­. And in school and by our Meteorologist, we have always been taught, we are apart of tornado alley.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@mzeatmon Oh yeah? Well I'll send you a personal message in youtube to educate you on the Major Tornado Alleys.

But in case you don't bother to read it; Alabama is not in Tornado Alley. In fact, Alabama is in DIXIE ALLEY. Which makes up the south eastern united states.

[mzeatmon]

@MinmatarThrasher Ok, I stand corrected. We have been taught that we are apart of Tornado alley. I have lived in the Heart of Dixe all my life and never heard of Dixie Alley. Thanks for correcting me.

[BAMABELLA71]

@mzeatmon Either is accepted! Tornado Alley is what we call our area as well... NEVER heard it called Dixie Alley until I read this and looked it up on Wiki.

[mzeatmon]

@BAMABELLA71 I have never heard of Dixie Alley, either and I have lived here all my life. I asked some of my family and they all say Tornado Alley. Maybe outsiders call it Dixie Alley....idk(shrugs shoulders)!

[MJFCN93]

I live in Alabama and I can tell you the storm that morning, the sounds was extremely violent then this storm happened later on that day, I slept through the whole thing. The city was in a blackout some cities still are and power will not be restore until Wednesday . The death toll has risen to 219 and they beleive it will rise more because of all the people missing. A member of my church lost his daughter in the storm, her brother found her body in some bushes far from their home.

[008iloveit]

y do people post such asshole comments on vids like this? i cant wait till one day it happens to them maybe then itl shut there fuckin mouth

[CrunchyApps]

@008iloveit because when all the stuff happened in Japan, Americans were laughing about it on youtube and being racist about it. So now other people do the same to Americans

[george2648]

FAKE AND GAY ....na j/p

[jimfrankmartin47]

@jamie9609 What might you be wrong about?

[jimfrankmartin47]

@jamie9609

What might you be wrong about?

[stompySharpNpointy]

@jamie9609 if it is a sigh of 2012 what can anyone do about it? Nothing ..we cant just packup the planet and find a new one

[alsh86atry]

I thing the God is very irritated on u because ur sins ,return to God's obedience

[larrydav1d]

This guy is intense I wonder what he eats for breakfast.

[SuperDupper100]

We all can help by going to redcross.com.

[awz121]

its amazing how many people still parished for the modern warning systems in place today....i am glad that the worst of this was not at night i could not imagine that.

[nnasser007]

usa pig

[FLOOD504]

roll tide.

[dearprudence2012]

Pictures and videos just don't do it justice...My poor city is heartbroken, completely devastated, and in a daze... The buildings can be replaced, but the lives cannot... The death toll keeps rising, and now the crime has begun... 4 innocent college girls were held at gunpoint, robbed, and then murdered in their apartment complex just a couple of hours ago in Tuscaloosa... Please please pray for UA. Roll Tide <3

[greendayfanman01]

cant we all just make a joke about this?! come on... this is youtube!

[iriewaregl]

@greendayfanman01 This is not a joking matter -- well over 200 people in Alabama are dead (including 2 people I know) and the death count is rising!!!!!

[chevytruckman34]

Nice comment, mikedav90! I love it!!!!! Now, move your dumbass to Westboro where you and the rest of the invalids belong.

[jujumediazone]

@mikedav9O What is wrong with you man, are you insane?

[mikedav9O]

@jujumediazone

About as insane as you flying your confederate flag.

[jujumediazone]

@mikedav9O lol. you really don't know who I am...  lol...

[mikedav9O]

@3Authoress

Dude, don't tell me you don't fly confederate flags in the south. It's all over YouTube what you country bunkins do down there in Bama

[Klove1016]

@mikedav9O ..thats a really ignorant thing to say. There are actually more BLACK ppl in the south then anywhere else in the US!!! Are u aware of that??! Look it up and if u would watch the news u would see how many black ppl lost EVERYTHING!! Not EVERY white person is racist either. Im from Texas, I would know these things! U need to grow up!

[mikedav9O]

@3Authoress

The civil war is over? Really? Well, why are you rednecks still flying the confederate flag if the civil war is over?

[mikedav9O]

@3Authoress

There's no such thing as "southern pride". Even if there were such a thing where would Blacks and Mexicans exist in this model called "southern pride": at the bottom or as your equal? Therefore, you are considered domestic terrorists by the majority. When you raise that flag, it represents that you are still against the US Constitution and the LAW which kicked your RACIST WHITE ASSES and FREED THE SLAVES! So take that bullshit you trying pass off as "culture" on somewhere

[mikedav9O]

@3Authoress

White Southern boy, today, you are speaking to an educated black man. Thus, let me rectify your white (learned) southern tactics:

1. I never once claimed everyone in the world were racist. I stated that you (a) were racist, and this racism is (b) attributed to what you call "southern culture" which promotes hate and intolerance for others.

2. Let it be known that you and I have not supported our statements with sources. Therefore, don't place the blame entirely on me

[noname412]

@mikedav9O

I don't know what 3Authoress said. I can tell you, good sir, that I'm a white Southern boy. Like you, I'm educated.I have no hatred toward any race and don't support the opinions of those with racist views. I can tell you that many of us in the South are more integrated than what I've seen in other parts of the country. This is besides the point as both black Southerners and white Southerners (mainly the population makeup) were affected by the tornadoes this week. It's time to heal.

[Klove1016]

@mikedav9O And another thing..Tuscaloosa is a very high populated black area!!!! Feel stupid yet?!

[XxinthezonexX]

@mikedav9O rot in hell piece of shit! Your judgment is near and you will pay!

[mikedav9O]

@XxinthezonexX

Yah, you're going racist bastard. Wave your confederate flag before the Devil

[dangermous1968]

@mikedav9O you are the only racist pos here moron. Get a personality , get an education, and learn to accept others if you expect them to accept you.You've been ranting racist crap the whole time while talking about whites being racist...its people like you in all races that keep them in perpetual hate for one another...grow up douchbag.

[Flowerclaw]

@mikedav9O You call us racist, yet you haven't even been to our state to know how we are? Not to mention that since you're so against racism, maybe you should stop being racist toward white people? LOOK: Slavery happened a LONG TIME AGO. It's NOT HAPPENING HERE. But, if everyone here acted like you, then we WOULD be racist. So shut up because we're maybe trying to recover from losing family members from this tragic event, and we don't need your trash here.

[ZackHodgson]

@mikedav9O What would have you said if none of the people who died were racist white trash? I'm not disagreeing with you, though. I also thank God whenever racist white trash get killed.

[mikedav9O]

@ZackHodgson

The 13th Amendment, which prohibits slavery, was proposed on January 31, 1865. Mississippi, a neighbor of Alabama and one of Alabama's close allies (especially in the civil war), would not approve the 13th Amendment until March 1995. Which is only16 years ago. Racism is still alive and well in the South. The Confederate flag that the rebels continue to fly is a symbol of domestic terrorism (just like Al Qaeda), a symbol of intolerance for other races and the US constitution

[709gustavo]

was there guts on the ground???

[arialgurl97]

i just have one question..where are the people who own these cars?

[toocoolforu]

Imagine the passengers in those cars, flying around knowing they will die

[MrGSWAGG92]

Cantore is soooo hot

[BarbieGirlsRox113]

@MrGSWAGG92 Lolz, wtf?

[MrGSWAGG92]

@BarbieGirlsRox113 yaa ive always had a crush on him...

[alxwm]

Damn, please hide his face!!! I cant see anything there... fuk

[1myamerica]

who are all of you so pissed at ?

[DigiGrafittiMom]

@scrotesmcgee - Seriously? You need to spend a day in a basement in Alabama during an EF5 tornado. I think it will quickly become clear to you how "wind" kills people. I had a co-worker and her entire family sucked out of their basement during the EF5 Tornado on April 8, 1998. You are and insensative, ignorant moron.

[DigiGrafittiMom]

@golf1886 PEOPLE are dead you moron, not trees, PEOPLE. I'm pretty sure that Karma doesn't kill innocent people because one misguided idiot poisoned trees. We can, however, hope that Karma takes care of you...

[DigiGrafittiMom]

@DesigsByJenny Houses in the South most certainly DO have basements. Not all of them, but many of them do. I lived in the Birmingham area for most of my life. However, with an EF4 or EF5, it doesn't matter. The EF5 that hit on April 8, 1998 took my co-worker and her family from their basement....along with the entire house. An entire family was lost. I don't think people understand unless they've lived through it.

[balletmompj]

How small some of you are and in a word pitiful. Insensitivity and taking about government is like a crying child demanding to be heard only to find out they are hiding a diaper full of shit. My son lives within a half mile of what is now NOTHING, just found out a friend is dead and a fraternity brother hid in a bathroom only to come out to nothing, the house gone. It is easier to lift up conversation and criticism to a national level: one has nothing personally invested. I think it's sad.

[wbadgerjr]

good job on coverage

[stormchickx78]

Unbelievable... What an incredible and devastating severe weather season it has already been... We're barely into Spring and already seeing violent storms. Hope everyone stays safe out there and my heart goes out to the victim's families...

[DesigsByJenny]

@scrotesmcgee houses in the south do NOT have basements...its just not something they do and I'm from the north. People get killed by debri and your comment is uncalled for.

[merej125]

witnessed* sorry iphone autocorrector...

[merej125]

@rolltiderollguy: I hope your friend is okay, my prayers go out to any1 who knows ppl who witnesses, or were hurt. For those who r insensitive &calling Americans "stupid": Get the fuck out of our country! We don't need ur ugly, hairy, smelly, gross asses so go back to where u came from & quit terrorizing our country. I work for the media & learned ppl who post sick words r too pathetic to say them outloud bc theyre anti-social, or bc they r sociopaths who should b locked up in an institution

[bigkev1115]

@gigatronicdeth I can t wait until something catastrophic happens in Canada you insinsitive asshole

[mbatl0907]

@gigatronicdeth Fuck you you ignorant fuck. My best friend lives in one of the neighborhoods near 'Bama that was ravaged by this tornado, and he was lucky to escape unharmed. I could not get him on the phone for a few hours afterward, however, so I did not know if he was ok. Now imagine for a second that you had a friend in that city, then tell me whether you'd be making ignorant comments. That's what I thought. Stupid fuck.

[benglassman]

@mbatl0907

the foul language is not necessary ... kids look at this stuff. Read a book and learn some new words.

[MrGSWAGG92]

@gigatronicdeth Fuck U asshole...america is where all the action takes place u just jealous b/c ur country stays BORING 24/7

[winstonwildlife1]

@3Authoress You need to crawl back under your rock, you uneducated idiot.

[the4thavenger]

@scrotesmcgee. Most people in the south do not have basements. And it's not the wind that kills , its whats flying in it. and if idiots did not own computers, these questions would not have to be answered.

[scrotesmcgee]

Who get killed by wind. Seriously? If those idiots were in there basements like they were supposed to be they wouldn't have died.

[mbatl0907]

@scrotesmcgee But if the wind is carrying a Volvo, several roofs, and a shit ton of bricks through the air, anyone in its path is screwed. And basements don't do much good in an EF4-EF5. You just have to have luck on your side.

[HaikuAutomation]

@scrotesmcgee As stated by many others, you are so very wrong. You know nothing of tornados, wind or debris fields and it flying in the air. Get a clue, shut your mouth and study up on the subject. First off, not all have basements, second off many didn't have warning or were not able to move fast enough to shelter. Many don't have shelter, many were not watching TV, listening to radio. Many were simply unlucky, as the randomness of debris in the air flying at 180-220 mph is a roll of dice.

[AlSwearengen15]

A terrible, terrible day. Colorado is with you.

[gramofonka]

U killing with bombs nature killing u with Gods power

[golf1886]

WAR EAGLE!!! Karma is a bitch udykers.

[the4thavenger]

@golf1886 you're a moron.

[weaping11reaper]

@golf1886 I know what you're doing, and I think you should run.

[musa78692]

its pay back time from God for your illegal wars in the Middle East

[Charlesrocks]

WOW! This is incredible footage! Great reporting by the Weather Channel! This was truly a MONSTER Tornado!

[callofduty1234567guy]

that's terrible damage im located in Leeds if im correct it is about 45 minuets from Tuscaloosa where we did not get any bad weather just a couple trees down in my friends yard.

[tylertn10]

So theyre going to build a tornado shelter every 2 blocks of the city, which a tornado hits once every 10 years? I live in Tennessee, where we get just as many tornados if not more, and you have fun paying those taxes. Just watch the weather and be smart.

[MultiTaketwo]

@tylertn10 $550 Million Spent in first 10 days of Libyan War im sure they can afford it.

[tylertn10]

@MultiTaketwo I'm shocked at the lack of rational thought that just had. So the federal government is going to place reinforced concrete tornado shelters on every block on every street in an area thats prone to tornados, which is 40% of the country? Talking billions of dollars. More people were probably killed in car wrecks the day before in Tuscaloosa alone. I'm sure you support wearing helmets in automobiles too.

[Heart4Steelers]

I went to school in Tuscaloosa (UoA) in the late 70's early 80's. I am grieving at all the tragedies that are occruing around our country and the world. It has become a daily event. Southerners are good people. I lost my home in the wildfires out here in California so I know the losses you may be experiencing. Know that you are in my prayers

[cdltpx]

This was a very powerful storm I was hit by a tornado in 99 but it only affected high profile vhicles these cars were low to the ground and were tossed.

[carmelo1966]

I just can't believe what we are going thru. here in KY we have had the roughest week in a long time but nothing compare to what our fellow countrymens are going thru right now. my heart and prayers be with them.

[rolltiderollguy]

My best friend lives in Tuscaloosa and I can;t get a hold of him.  At least 10 people are dead in this state and you have the nerve to post this comment. When a natural disaster hits your state, I hope people show more care to you and your loved ones than you've shown to mine.

[MultiTaketwo]

@rolltiderollguy Who exactly were your referring to? as my comment was strictly related to the prevention of catastrophes such as this one in a non negative manner. hope you find your friend and my heart goes out to all those effected.

[MWeeks9]

@rolltiderollguy Hang in there man. I am in ttown too and it took me literally all day to get a hold of my friends. Some had their house blown away on 15th but they are ok. Hope everything is ok with your friends.

[thebigDallas]

@rolltiderollguy I hope your friend made it, reports are now at 125 dead in alabama alone

[22bookkeeper]

@rolltiderollguy

you don't have a friend in Tuscaloosa, and you don't live in that state.

[MultiTaketwo]

BTW I noticed how the concrete bridges and such are unscathed.. wonder when the government is going to start making concrete underground tornado Safe Houses for the community..I mean since the government wants to keep us safe and all, Maybe they can use the money they are taking from cigarette tax and build these shelters????

[anormalesdeverdad]

OMG..MY PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY OUT THERE...

[MultiTaketwo]

Sad just sad...This is why I am not having kids human existence is pain and misery.

[rustypfa]

Weather Channel, please suspend your commercials and give these folks uninterrupted coverage. Please.

[sarasgonegreen]

Where are the people that were in those vehicles?

[GoHard1102]

@sarasgonegreen Hospitals?

[GoHard1102]

Hospitals?

[caroleinfla]

terrible. Terrible. 

[esegraves]

This is a terrible situation. Our thoughts go out to those affected. This same storm has a tornado on the ground in northern Georgia now.

[TheColorPaul]

F: feel bad about the homeless residents.

I: I can't imagine all these horrific things.

R: Remember those who are lost.

S: Say your prayers.

T: Time to get back up on our feet and start over.