Tornado passes over high-rise building I'm in

[espopgo2]

fail. must have clear shot of tornado or significant debris movement in order for this to count. Basic Rules of posting. Please delete the word tornado from caption line.

[backupcoolm3n]

@espopgo2 bless you? I'm not listening to you!

[xaadim1]

it might have been a hurricane too

[backupcoolm3n]

@xaadim1 ummmm I'll just ignore that comment haha

this happened yesterday, while it's still cold out, hurricanes happen during or after summer

[lewtsun]

@backupcoolm3n A tornado is a moving twister.. this looks more like a storm or hurricane

[backupcoolm3n]

@lewtsun wow what a coincidence, a hurricane the SAME DAY a tornado was spotted in downtown raleigh, which is just 2 miles away, and within 5 minutes of that tornado hitting downtown raleigh it hit us.

This WAS a tornado, maybe an F0, but it was still a tornado. Believe me, I'm in weather and climate at my college right now.

[HERPTOLOGY44]

@backupcoolm3n you would have known if it were a hurricane, they dont come without such warning, and it wouldnt of gone by that quick

[backupcoolm3n]

@HERPTOLOGY44 Obviously, I know that, that's why I said it wasn't a hurricane. I live in North Carolina and have lived through my share of hurricanes, I know they take hours if not days to pass.

[HERPTOLOGY44]

@backupcoolm3n i know i was trying to add to your comment.

[HERPTOLOGY44]

@backupcoolm3n again, just adding to your comment for the person who commented on that.

[backupcoolm3n]

@HERPTOLOGY44 ohhhhh ok ok ok I understand now

[HERPTOLOGY44]

@backupcoolm3n yeah

[xaadim1]

wow whats goin on ?

yesterday theres whas a horrible storm were the streets were flooded in new york.

mabey 2012 IS gonna happen

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[backupcoolm3n]

@xaadim1 my mom was talking about that. I think rather than 2012 happening, a cold front was just coming through haha

[Toribooluvsu]

Try being surrounded by a family who won't stop screaming and freaking out. My old school is completely destroyed now. :(

Glad yall safe thought.

[backupcoolm3n]

@Toribooluvsu oh geeze! I'm sorry bro. What school was it? Are you all safe? I hope so!

[Toribooluvsu]

@backupcoolm3n in Snow Hill. and yes we're safe. There were 2 tornadoes that were heading straight towards where I live but they turned. D:

Btw I'm a girl. Not a Bro xD

[backupcoolm3n]

@Toribooluvsu sorry, you're still a bro haha, I posted that when I was worn out, I don't usually say "bro." That was weird of me. But I'm from California so I guess it's mandatory.

But I'm glad you guys are safe! A lot of people died yesterday.

[Toribooluvsu]

@backupcoolm3n Thanks and yeah my cousin said they found a person dead in the street. o.e

[backupcoolm3n]

@Toribooluvsu :O oh my gosh, that's horrible

[Toribooluvsu]

@backupcoolm3n i know. i started freaking out when i heard there was a tornado heading our way. nothing like it i would've ever expected to happen. worst. spring break. ever.

[erinshaw53]

I drove through this (well, drove-then parked @ a gas st.) coming home from work. Scary as all get-out!!! I was IN it from around 3:45 until sometime around 4:00. I had to drive around some flooding on the way home too. Once I was done shaking, that is....

[backupcoolm3n]

@erinshaw53 GEEZE! that sounds intense. How were you in it so long? I was in the library at NCSU in this video, and I was looking at downtown, all of a sudden downtown disappeared behind the rain, and the rain was going sideways (into the tornado on the opposite side) so I went over there and it was loud as hell! that's where I filmed this, but it only lasted maybe 2 or 3 minutes.

[erinshaw53]

@backupcoolm3n I was on 440 heading south. It was like hitting a wall. Kind of like driving through a lightening-filled cotton ball. I pulled off an exit and waited it out. It took forever it seemed.

[erinshaw53]

@backupcoolm3n p.s. the library at NCSU was designed poorly, lol. 

[backupcoolm3n]

@erinshaw53 Hahaha so true! as was the whole campus. I couldn't believe water was coming through the windows though, that was crazy. I wouldn't have been surprised had the buildings collapsed with me in it.

[erinshaw53]

@erinshaw53 I was going south on 440 into it. The rain started, then got torrential. Couldn't see beyond 10 feet in front of me, which sucked because I was tailgating so I (hopefully) stayed on the road to get off the exit.  It was like driving through a cotton ball with LOADS of lightening. It was like 4 waves worth of hail too. I heard that a tornado was verified and decided I'd stay put until I saw sunlight. :-)

[erinshaw53]

@erinshaw53 It was pretty flooded and I got some pics of that, but during the *hell* I couldn't even get a pic, it was just gray windshield. Check out someone's post of WRAL's coverage of it coming into town. It's an excellent video!

[flushingcorn]

Oh wow! I live right down the road in Cary... We were very lucky today. I like how you stayed and took video.. lol You're brave.. I hid in a closet!

[backupcoolm3n]

@flushingcorn haha awesome that you're in Cary! We did get very lucky though, I wanted that bastard to hit me full force! I was scared though, I thought the window I was standing next to might break. It was a lot louder than the video portrays. You could hear wind in the building. After this passed I went downstairs and it smelled like fresh cut grass, because so much wind from outside was pushed in.

[speedomike747]

go outside! lol

But btw: is it like scary? cuz i live in holland and we have never had a tornado or huricane...

[backupcoolm3n]

@speedomike747 Really? COOL! We have hurricanes a lot, tornadoes don't happen very often, they are more west in the US. But it is very scary, the power goes out often. I would say a hurricane is scarier though, because it lasts a long time, and it's just constant blowing and lots of rain. But to answer your question, yes it is very scary, especially when you are in a tall building.

And I know how you feel, I lived in Wiesbaden, Germany for 6 years, and we never had bad weather, just blizzards.

[GDINSKY]

what state you in?

[backupcoolm3n]

@GDINSKY Raleigh, North Carolina. This is in my library at NC State, I'm on the 9th floor.