Tornado destroys Parkersburg, Iowa home

[HaleighS777]

too think i was outside playing when that happened. :(

[SuperHaryboy]

That's my cousins house.

[N00dleChan]

The homeowner was home at the time, he was in the basement. And it was interesting because the newer homes sort of looked like they'd been peeled apart like an orange but the really old houses (like 80+ years) exploded into matchsticks. I watched it pass from Stout, about 6 mi. SE of Parkersburg :)

[watertakken]

you can never beat nature. Nature always beats you.

[TheJeffman1985]

Tornadoes really suck! (no pun intended)

[ilovetogofast88]

Now your nightmare comes to life....

[hola1234553]

dang did it hit ur house

[logan26111]

People in house: What a wonderful rainy day

*10 minutes later*

People in house: Zzzzzz

People in house: Really windy outside*looks out window* HOLY CRAP ITS A EF5 TORNADO! *dies*

[jscot720]

That is sad.

[rockpunkqueen201]

damn...as long as that family was ok,i dont really care

[yetibiker08]

Anything above ground is doomed since an F4 or F5 can pick up a locomotive that weighs around 60 tons and crush your reinforced bunker no matter how thick the walls are. However drop the building into the ground it is out of harms way, very simple and you can make your house out of light materials since it will have no conflict with wind.

[armyboy1207]

Thinking I was only about 20 miles away, it is quite frightning.

[fabunbutaps]

holly shit......frozen my back!!!

[maidensk8ter1]

hahahaha!

[jade616]

That's why I wonder why they don't make brick houses.

[spiritbug04]

@jade616 even brick won't stand a chance aganist a f5 tornado

[thesportsdude90]

@jade616 it would make no difference. An F4 and F5 tornado can shatter debris right through brick. You'd need reinforced steel and an F5 can damage that.

[sonbuhitsunei]

@thesportsdude90 Indeed- I've seen brick buildings torn apart by a tornado as if they were made of cardboard- it offers virtually no resistance to an F4 or F5. It doesn't really matter what the structure is made out of- if it has a large surface area above the ground, it can be destroyed by high enough winds and debris strikes. That's why shelters are built underground- you don't want any surface area to catch the wind.

[Dovenpeis]

@sonbuhitsunei

Since brick buildings are not particularly strong it is no wonder you have seen them torn apart by a tornado. If you want a strong house you would have to build with steel reinforced concrete. Properly built and secured a steel reinforced concrete house would withstand most if not all tornadoes.

[LivingMindfully1975]

Do they know if the people living in the home were at home when this happened? Did they survive this tornado?

[dragonridley]

@LivingMindfully1975

I think there was one many in the basement. He was ok.

[Mephilesthedark1360]

@LivingMindfully1975 The people living in this home lost their lives

[GypsyBug16]

Again at NTBushPilot: Have a little more respect for human life. 7 people died, many were injured, an entire community was destroyed, everything gone in an instant. I hope to God nothing happens where your from, maybe then you'd be singing a different tune. Grow up!

[TruthDeprivation]

@GypsyBug16 Hes got a point.

[GypsyBug16]

Dear NTBushPilot: I have no idea who you are, or where your from but frankly I could give a rats-ass. I am not from Parkersburg or anywhere close but your comment is a disgrace to all mankind. Its people like you that give the internet or any form of public forum a bad name. Your not from the United States? Awesome! We wouldn't want anybody as arrogant or stupid or immature living anywhere close to our borders. Thanks for proving your a fucking asshole and an idiot.

[stewielove101]

Fake!! Tornados don't exist.

[420hih]

@stewielove101 LMAO!

[NTBushPilot]

You have drive through ATMs in the US? No wonder your all fat cunts.

[2000VR]

@NTBushPilot Fucking weirdo.

[MissSlipknotJordison]

I'd shit a brick

[TheBehattedOne]

Chuck Norris sneezed.

[jessebelle1983]

@TheBehattedOne  ROFL, man

[westernpleasure90]

I remember when this was on the news! I live nearby Parkersburg.

[The4urockerchick]

@westernpleasure90 well i live in parkersburg and it was so scary when this happend it sound like a teryifing train

[fatfrank22]

0:19

[elr456]

As much as I like watching tornadoes, I cannot enjoy this. Someone's home was destroyed.

[beatle11]

Watch the trees. They are blowing towards the right of the screen and as the tornado comes closer you can see them getting sucked toward the funnel. Unreal.

[ipods36]

@beatle11 YOU IDIOT!!!!!! THE TREES WERE GETTING SUCKED INTO IT BECAUSE THE TORNADOES WIND IS PULLING THEM!

[beatle11]

@ipods36 Umm, that's pretty much exactly what I said, just in different words. Please re-read my comment before making such stupid comments yourself.

[Airlineguy427]

@beatle11 That's was some serious in-flow dominance. Which is a major tell-tale sign of a tornado.

[LaughingVeryQuietly]

Damn nature..you scary

[3parc0]

My grandma lives in Iowa, thank god not in parkersburg.

[nick10255667]

0:01 Not so bad...

0:09 a little worse...

0:16 Oh my gosh!

0:23 HOLY...

0:26 HOLY SWEET MOTHER OF-

[mario927265]

it was en f5

[parkourfreerunner1]

holy shit! looks like an f4

[odom602]

@parkourfreerunner1 f5 actually

[pdutube]

WOW! That took no time at all! It went from daylight to BLACK in less than a minute!

[Parkersburg2008]

please subscribe here

[fender720]

lol

[eddieisfiction]

the general rule with tornadoes is, the lower you are, and less surrounded by objects and windows, the safer you are... a bare room the basement is best.

When a tornado has the strength of an F5, theres a suction power issue, and then being anywhere near the tornado, no matter where you are, is just not safe period. Even in the basement. It will suck the pavement off the housing foundation and everything in the basement. During an F5 the best place to be is no where near the tornado

[hwiqol]

Shit!!

[99legokiller]

;::(::

[TheOne42]

its like god himself came down from heaven! :O

[bubss353]

Whoaa!! **Shocked**

[ilovetogofast88]

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD

[ARZCARDINALS]

dude did you see how fast everything got sucked in? Thank GOD for Tornado sirens and warnings! Imagine if they didn't have warnings, hundreds of lives would of been lost.. you can rebuild a town but you can't replace lives.. but still I feel sorry for the people in Parkersburg.. =(

[click420nick]

@ARZCARDINALS you can still die from a tornado in a basement

[ARZCARDINALS]

@click420nick I know but your less likely to die in a basement than anywhere else in a house.. Id rather take my chances in a basement than some closet upstairs or in a bathroom tub any day..

[click420nick]

@ARZCARDINALS true, but i wasnt saying in a second floor house cause if a tornado does level your house you will die

[ARZCARDINALS]

@click420nick lol yeah that is also true as well.. scary thing either way.. i can't imagine what people who live in tornado alley every year go through every summer.. unbelievable to say the least!

[click420nick]

@ARZCARDINALS yeah i use to live in rockwell iowa then we moved to california and i was back in iowa for the summer visiting family and when tornado watches come up i get nervous

[ARZCARDINALS]

@click420nick ahh damn.. i bet man... I live in Phoenix, Arizona all my life but I always found tornadoes hurricanes fascinating.. Ive always wanted to be a storm chaser and I still do...

[tehmattbookpro]

I hope they survived.

[erinseth]

i am not in a place where tornadoes are cuz i live in california!!!!!

[gta469]

Do you have a video of the house inside

[amberwolfgirl]

hhhhhhhhheeeeeeeaaaaaaarrrrrrr­rrrrrrrrrtttttttttttt ffffffffffffffffrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrroooooooooozzzzzzzzzeeeeee­eeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[robertgift]

Why not show the rest including the aftermath?

[geridg]

@robertgift ya it ready annoys me that it ends early. WTF?

[dragonridley]

@robertgift

The camera lens was almost completely fogged up by condensation in the funnel so there isn't much to see.

[robertgift]

@dragonridley Thanks. I thought there may be sufficient image later.

Would be nice to see before and after.

[denapickney031764]

That is scarier than any horror movie...

[nonnyj81]

@denapickney031764 Totally agree, this gives me chills just thinking about it. 

[tall32guy]

I hope that whoever owned that house wasn't in it and was somewhere safe and at the very least, only had minor injuries. :|

[auntstacey123]

@tall32guy I read somewhere recently that they show this video alot in spotter training classes. They said ithat there were 2 people in the house and that sadly, they did die.

[tall32guy]

@auntstacey123 Awwww. :( Poor things. RIP.

[StephanyinIowa]

Humans think we're so powerful. Perspective.

The sudden, dramatic shift in wind direction seen here in the trees as the vortex hits is amazing.

[SMELL147]

one word: FREAKY!

[susielhauser]

There's nothing "cool" about this tornado. It was a tragedy that took the lives of 7 innocent people. I helped clean up in Parkersburg and in New Hartford. I even helped clean up the house's of 2 of the deceased people. It was incredibly sad.

[izzymeester11]

I lost my sandbox to this tornado! and a lot of other things that were in this house! The sandbox had a board thru it!!!! AN I'M NOT LYING!!

[DAReich1231]

holy shit........

[hawkdlb06]

poor football team, they didnt know if they were going to have a field to play on and then they get it all done before the season, then a few years after that some nut jobs walks into the school and MURDERS the football coach

[mrjohngarland28]

wow that is one strong tree...

[DAReich1231]

damn freaky

[CreativeCritisizm]

I wonder if anyone was in there having sex & came when it hit ?, that wood be cool !

[chansen053]

notes how the wind changes

[louzdemisojos]

faaaaaaaaaaaa

[DBR96A]

Notice how the wind changes direction at 0:15.

[shthd84]

GAY

[antew14]

why didnt the camera get destroyed? EXACTLY ITS A FAKE!

[Stormchaser2be]

You're an idiot, if you EVER watch the news this was every fucking where when this happened. And to answer your question, that camera is probably more protected than a damn Spec Ops unit seeing as how it's a bank security camera.

[dragonridley]

I think bank security camera are fairly tough. And I don't thing the bank was hit with the full force of the tornado.

[ilovetogofast88]

"Why didn't the camera get destroyed?" GOOD LORD, WHO CARES, IT AIN'T A FAKE!

[SuprGT]

The camera was inside the banks ATM..wich is incased in reinforced steel...thats why the camera wasnt destroyed

[beranek57]

@antew14 fake?? yeah right, why dont you take a trip to parkersburg, iowa and look at the trees, and how everything is plain.. trust me, this isnt fake

[antew14]

im good id rather stay here in perfect california where there is only good weather!

[Glopdemon]

@antew14 hahaha, "perfect " California: where anything left standing after the spring mudslides burns to the ground in the fall, if an earthquake hasn't already gotten it first. Good one.

[UltimateHorrorChanne]

Omy god that was amazing!

[XXTHE12THMANXX]

...HOLY SH*T!...

[bgurl96]

omg! how sad :(

[MichaelJacksonsWfe87]

my heart stopd :( poor family lost their home.

[KTHrocks]

@MichaelJacksonsWfe87 :'( prayers for them

[Mephilesthedark1360]

@MichaelJacksonsWfe87 and their life's

[jesseadkins187]

this isnt the parkersburg tornado u dumbfucks

[dragonridley]

What makes you say that? This home was in Parkersburg.

[jesseadkins187]

nevermind i thought this was somewhere else sorry...

[ProfessorIgor]

it most certainly is....

[Urgemann]

I'm happy for living in norway... in winter it's snow and in summer it's sun,... best contry, no tornadoes no orkanes, just a beoutyful contry

[dragonridley]

I think there are occasional tornadoes in Norway, a couple a year maybe. Tornadoes like this are rare even in the U.S.

[geniofrustrado]

thats huge tornado pulls roof and trees

[Xylen]

Absolutely. Fucking. Terrifying.

[cobralover88]

@Xylen i. just. crapped. myself.

[SCGod]

Damn. That was so devastating.

[aprild99]

that is scary as hell... one of my worst fears right there.

[gurnaim25]

what's that light flash on 0:17 its cool light flash before tornado?its kinda cool but sad

[dragonridley]

It's called a power flash. It happens when power line break.

[p3ace0ut642]

Thats amazing

[MarblesStudios]

good bye!

[Shadowmere65]

who else saw the tree fly and break that bloody teapot

[assadd1]

Thanks both for your replies! I was wondering about this one for awhile. Still, it seems somehow anyone who can should try to build some kind of underground tornado shelter. Do they have companies there that do that?

[assadd1]

You just hope they build basements in houses. What I don't understand is, I was told by a Texas realtor that they don't build houses in Texas with basements, but Texas has a lot more tornadoes than MN or IA. Anyone know why they don't build basements?

[kellilelea]

Well if you lived in Texas you would know that the ground is too hard to dig through.....Being A resident of Texas I should know.... lol scraped knees as a kid... stuff like that.

[ccdcat68]

yea its like that in florida too

[crohnsappleadams]

In parts of the state it's the white rock right below the soil, which requires dynamite to remove. Mostly though it's the high water table. You can build a basement, but you'll have to strip the sheetrock and reseal the concrete every five or six years.

[strikingtigers]

how is dis possible?  wouldnt u be dead shooting this ??? wow! amazing!

[are92fan2]

read the desc moron

[Crezz33]

LOL

[PugPetals]

thats so mean, that was someones HOUSE! I'm sure someone like you would not have laughed if that was THEIR house!

[Master784]

It would be cool if it was just a simulation of a house instead of a real one that might of killed the people inside

[tedFrost]

Nah that's not appealing. What would have been cool though is if you were the one inside the house.

[Master784]

It would be cool if you were the one that got killed, then everyone would be happy. Next time, think about what you are going to say

[donnajos]

that was sarcasm right?

[mryjn420090]

no one was killed sorry it was our house and we were in the basement

[dragonridley]

I have trouble believing you.

[NielsShoe]

Didnt know there was earthquakes in the mid USA thaught it was only the west coast but underground houses would cost more to build and then they get flooded or the air quality is awfull.

[likesugar15]

aww poor family!!!!

:''''(

:O

[ExtremeRuLeS256]

actually at the time it was house that was sold and no one lived. the day after the tornado the family was supposed to move in(btw i used to live in that house before it was sold!!)

[Heyde1979]

thats crazy footage I have never seen that up close

[ectoband]

Poor family.. :S

[piemanof07]

i lived in cedar falls when this happened and the worst part is the floods came once everyone was trying to rebuild for this

[mryjn420090]

fuckin a dude, I would have gone outside

[WebkinzCollieluvr101]

this is real! my cousins were like super close to bein killed by it! it was like 5 blocks away from their house. i actually had pictures on my phone that showed really messed up houses

[CreativeCritisizm]

,,it was cool wasn't it ?

[reisinger02]

1 thing

GO A-P FALCONS

[totichan65]

This is real I saw it on tv

[ilovetogofast88]

HOOOOOLY SHIT!!!!!!!

[satern96]

ah man, id hate to be in a basement when that sucker strikes...scary!

[GomerDose]

You'd think by now the tornado people would start building round houses. doy!

[ProfessorIgor]

wind is wind, just because the wall is curved, it's not going to deflect enough energy to remain in tact. F5's destroy anything.

[GomerDose]

Underground houses?

[ProfessorIgor]

good idea, who's buyin ? LOL

[PRESTON58CENT]

um the camra wasnt maned by a person ok

[carlichan21]

that is very sad:(

[bgdve123]

Yes it is real. I was there just after the storm left as a first responder with the Grundy County Emergency Response Team

[Antweezywchs08]

is this real??

[DaMoose06]

You better believe it man, F-5 tornadoes bow to nothing. If you are in its way, you are unlikely to survive unless you gtfo fast

[truckerman60]

shit scary

[gdjuniform]

its a bad thing that the id ends on the most important part.

[Communitychoud]

how comes nothing happend to you or ur house???

[bermudawx]

thats pretty intense... is it rotating clockwise???

[jrinn11]

I think the most scary part is, is how a house or any building can be completely destroyed in 30 seconds. Kind of eerie knowing it could happen to my house or yours!

[bnsf7747]

DAMM,THAT`S SCARRY,the part where everything turns dark as the base of the torando approaches.SCARRY

[Myskatevids]

Lol The tree is a trooper it was standing longer than the house.

[cleowillismc]

are you sure that was a tornado? did the horns go off?

[iMuzikTV]

Yes,

this was broadcasted on KCCI like 2 days later,

that tornado was fucking insane.

[cleowillismc]

god. im so glad that not many people got hurt from this!

[jenntegt]

lol. Yeah, this tornado was a big deal. EF-5.

I stood on my back porch and couldn't see it because of trees in my yard, but you could hear it. It's eery.

[cleowillismc]

and it didnt blow u away?

[jenntegt]

lol. no. It's only a problem if it literally hits you. You have to be basically on top of the tornado. Well, it on top of you, to be blown about. The winds are very self contained.

[GuitarJunkie2232]

I listened to it too. Sounded like a freight train.