i dont mean to be rude to storm chasers but really who would be that dumb to stand there and film tornados rip towards you if i were them i would be gone in a heartbeat.
I lived through this tornado, and probably should have been killed by it. I was 16 at the time, me and a friend were in his garage playing pool, waiting for the rain to stop so we could go play baseball. About 30-45 seconds before it hit, the man who lived next door came over to warn us. We looked up in the sky and there it was, about a block or two away. We ran into his house and took cover in the kitchen. It passed over the house, hit the garage, sounding like a freight train at 90 MPH.
@mjt1704 one of my friend's uncle lived though the Belvidere tornado that occurred just south of the Oak Lawn tornado. he said that his uncle was one of the students that were stuck in the buses when the tornado struck.
@AJTwister97 The Belvidere tornado was not "just south" of the Oak Lawn tornado. Belvidere is 70 miles NW of Chicago while Oak Lawn borders Chicago on the SW Side.
That dark brown tornado it keeps on showing every now and then in the video is not the oak lawn tonado of 1967, that was the Ash Valley Kansas tornado of 8/30/1974
Hi Xbox, I have the video of it! I will post it again today. Taken from Hometown on S.W.Hwy. (I kinda sound goofy, a tornado! A real live tornado!lol) I was a little excited..lol
I lived in Hometown and watched the tornado from near 87th and Cicero. My brother and I walked down Cicero Avenue afterward to see the destruction. Roller Rink flattened. Dairy Basket, gone. Trailer park, splintered. What a horrible experience.
wow i cant beleave it, you think that chicago would never get hit with a twister being that oak lawn is like 1 min away from the city, its crazy to think i live in oak lawn and a tornado hit once before
@chicagoprincess89 I lived through this experience (see my post), and it was truly unbelievable....like a surreal experience....getting up after it had passed, and seeing all the wreckage all around you, cars flipped over in the street, houses with an entire wall missing, you could look straight into peoples homes from the street, see details like salt and pepper shakers on the table, unmade beds in the bedrooms, hats and coats on the hat rack. And just a minute earlier all was fine...strange!
I that it was a big tornado, with two smaller tornadoes, one on each side of it. I remeber the blue-green skies, and rain so deep, people needed boats to get in or out of thier houses.
I was there with a friend and his dad 2 days later. I was 10 years old at the time and the memories of the damage still haunt me. My friend's home was destroyed and yet the cookies his mom was getting ready to put in the oven were still on the counter!
i dont mean to be rude to storm chasers but really who would be that dumb to stand there and film tornados rip towards you if i were them i would be gone in a heartbeat.
sirdevlin321 8 months ago
A rare recording made of the Oak Lawn tornado as it was passing through is available to listen to online. Google "Voice of a tornado"
GINGERALER 10 months ago
I lived through this tornado, and probably should have been killed by it. I was 16 at the time, me and a friend were in his garage playing pool, waiting for the rain to stop so we could go play baseball. About 30-45 seconds before it hit, the man who lived next door came over to warn us. We looked up in the sky and there it was, about a block or two away. We ran into his house and took cover in the kitchen. It passed over the house, hit the garage, sounding like a freight train at 90 MPH.
mjt1704 1 year ago
@mjt1704 one of my friend's uncle lived though the Belvidere tornado that occurred just south of the Oak Lawn tornado. he said that his uncle was one of the students that were stuck in the buses when the tornado struck.
AJTwister97 6 months ago
@AJTwister97 The Belvidere tornado was not "just south" of the Oak Lawn tornado. Belvidere is 70 miles NW of Chicago while Oak Lawn borders Chicago on the SW Side.
TBirdSCIL 6 months ago
@TBirdSCIL oh, sry for the minor directional mistake
AJTwister97 6 months ago
That dark brown tornado it keeps on showing every now and then in the video is not the oak lawn tonado of 1967, that was the Ash Valley Kansas tornado of 8/30/1974
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maccKaron 2 years ago
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opniao10 3 years ago
there was almost a tornado today in oaklawn IL, I took a snap shot but its little blurry
it was a funnle cloud forming, 7-10-08
xxbox619 3 years ago
Hi Xbox, I have the video of it! I will post it again today. Taken from Hometown on S.W.Hwy. (I kinda sound goofy, a tornado! A real live tornado!lol) I was a little excited..lol
americanrides 1 year ago
I herd there were tornados spotted for 40 miles, from the south side of Chicago all the way up to Wilmette.
royalfuzziness 4 years ago
No Video cameras, no cell phones or lap tops. There are still photos,but film footage of the actual twister itself is rare.
royalfuzziness 4 years ago
I lived in Hometown and watched the tornado from near 87th and Cicero. My brother and I walked down Cicero Avenue afterward to see the destruction. Roller Rink flattened. Dairy Basket, gone. Trailer park, splintered. What a horrible experience.
oldbunny 4 years ago
wow i cant beleave it, you think that chicago would never get hit with a twister being that oak lawn is like 1 min away from the city, its crazy to think i live in oak lawn and a tornado hit once before
chicagoprincess89 4 years ago
@chicagoprincess89 I lived through this experience (see my post), and it was truly unbelievable....like a surreal experience....getting up after it had passed, and seeing all the wreckage all around you, cars flipped over in the street, houses with an entire wall missing, you could look straight into peoples homes from the street, see details like salt and pepper shakers on the table, unmade beds in the bedrooms, hats and coats on the hat rack. And just a minute earlier all was fine...strange!
mjt1704 1 year ago
thats sad
lululemon2007 4 years ago
ok youll only realize this if you live in oak lawn
it seems impossible for a tornado to form here but we catch every storm it seems like that comes through illinois
chihockey030 4 years ago
I that it was a big tornado, with two smaller tornadoes, one on each side of it. I remeber the blue-green skies, and rain so deep, people needed boats to get in or out of thier houses.
wallsmarts 4 years ago
my dad was in it
nascarrap2007 4 years ago
this hit 3 blocks from my house
packer12Js 4 years ago
I live 20 minutes from Oak Lawn...
Cooterrob 5 years ago
I was there with a friend and his dad 2 days later. I was 10 years old at the time and the memories of the damage still haunt me. My friend's home was destroyed and yet the cookies his mom was getting ready to put in the oven were still on the counter!
krzy18 5 years ago
This.. Is from the History Channel. XD Still great footage, even if it is a bit dizzying to watch all the home footage people tried to catch.
CataclysmicStar 5 years ago