Wolfman, do you have the rest of this documentary? I remember seeing it on TV several times a few years ago and would love it if you could post the other segments. What was the name of the show? Thanks for this. I lived in the OKC area for about 10 years and was always scared during tornado season. Only saw one funnel during the time I lived there, a small one over Lake Hefner that never actually touched down.
You geeks need to quit bickering about the F & EF scale.
This storm produced the highest windspeed ever recorded on the face of the Earth (318mph) & killed alot of innocent people in the process.
For those who might not know, this tornado pulled PAVED sections of road up & out of the ground. Im not talking about asphalt, im talking about paved, curbed street sections made of concrete. Can you imagine what kind of force that would take? I guess 318 mph wind will do the trick.
I'm from Moore where the Tornado hit. The comments about the wind speeds and fugita scales, before this tornado hit the f5 scale only went to 300MPH. At the time, everyone was calling this the first F6 to ever hit the earth because its winds exceeded 300 (318MPH). Months later, they just adjusted the f5 windspeeds on the scale to go up to 318.
I live in Tulsa and I was 16 when this hit and BEGGED my dad to drive me down to the area. If I was a boy he probably would have... but I digress. Local meteorologists were telling people in OKC to get underground - everything would be swept away, and that if they were in a mobile home to simply get out and lay in a ditch if they had to. The public schools even opened up their basements to accomodate everyone, which is something I'd never heard of anyone around here doing before.
I live in Bridge Creek and I was 7 when this monster came. My house was the only house in my neighborhood still standing and they found my neighbors body in my back yard
Where the heck do these ppl come up with ef6 tornadoes?? The highest it could go is ef5. It's like they're saying that there could be. 1000.0 earthquake. Just had to put it out there
@killamoss81 EF means Enhanced Fujita scale. When wind speeds can't be predicted, then use the estimated damage the tornado caused to predict the size of the twister. The highest a twister has reached is F5, if a twister was ever recorded to get over 318, it would reach F6 status. EF and F scales are two different things.
@bradmatesfan Not trying to start fight here, but I tell the truth. The no longer use the ''F'' scale, EF is the same thing, but (E)nhanced(F is for Fujita btw). They did this b cuz they thought that tornado when speeds were being over estimated and they added a bunch of additional processes to makes sure they get it right like also surveying vegetation EF-5 five is the last rating, so even if a tornado has when speeds to say, 600MPH it is still an EF-5.
@gt3corn I work with meteorologists and studied to become one but changed my studies. That doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about. The EF and F scale aren't the same things. And Really? I TOTALLY didn't know F was for Fujita BTW
There are essentially the same and the EF scale has in fact completely replaced the F scale for use in the U.S. Both use damage to estimate wind speed. Consider that the original Fujita scale was developed before mobile Doppler and before anybody had tried to but instruments in a tornado's path.
@yeaokay123 I was 5 at the time and I remember Gary England and the rest of the news people saying that. The tornado only hit a block away from my house. I lived right by Westmoore High School. My family was in a closet. If it would of hit us we would have been gone for sure. Do you remember the lady with the 2x4 piece of wood through her head? She was sitting in a wheel chair going in to the hospital.
my son was in moore oklahoma still is 2 this day he was livin in the neighborhhod wich it destroyed but recently moved across moore just weeks b4 this f-5 came...
its scary that a second tornado formed beside it at one point which eventually combined to create the 318 m.p.h f6 monster sad day for a lot of people there wasnt much time to prepare like a hurricane
It was an F5. There is no such thing as an F6 tornado. (Not to diminish how bad this was, probably the worst tornado of the past 20 years if not more). The tornado you see "merging" with it is a satellite tornado circling it and going behind it.
@dragonridley Actually the Fujita scale went all the way up to F10, the thing was that nothing over a 5 was meant to be able to happen here on Earth. I find it interesting that 318 is the max for the F5 rating, you can't tell me that the wind speeds never went over 318, nor do they have a 100% accurate method of measuring it. Cool part is that's my dad doing the interview, as well as Aerintwin's, she's my sis. hrm actually the original Fujita scales goes all the way to F12, not just F10
The Fujita Scale actually based its ratings on damage rather than wind speed. F5 damage leaves nothing more to destroy. One reason for this is that when the scale was created we had no means of measuring the winds inside a tornado. Even today accurate measurements are rare.
@dragonridley 50 years, this hadn't happened in 50 years. There was no such thing as an F6, but the wind speed (people are saying now, especially) wasn't far off from it being an EF6. They measure them by wind speeds, now.
Nor they do not use wind measurements. They estimate wind speed from damage don. Direct measurements are still not used. Also, there is most certainly no such thing as an EF6 because there is no upper limit to EF5 wind estimates.
I watched this very documentary at least 100 times when I was 7/8. I'm a tornado chaser at heart, but it's too bad that people have to lose so much because of these amazing storms.
I lived in Moore, OK, when this tornado came through. It passed near the okc airport and came within about 1/2 mile of my house. And to think, only minutes before, I was outside doing yard work..
I had never seen clouds like the ones I saw that day. I looked up in the sky and it looked like the bottom of an egg crate.
My house had damage to the roof from a piece of ice 11 inches in diameter.
I now own a tornado shelter, so I never have to feel as helpless as I did that day in the tub.
@kong450 Seeing the monster tornado on tv, it looked like a hudge black wall of cloud. Did you hear the tornado from a 1/2 mile away? What size hail stones (if any) fell prior to the tornado?
I live in Pennsylvania and we had an EF-2 tornado a couple of years ago. THAT was scary enough! Did damage to a high school. Luckily no injuries because it was during summer vacation. I can't even imagine what an EF-5 would feel like!
i live in Rio Grande do Sul, extreme south of brazil, and this year we have many tornadoes in the 3 states of south (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina e Paraná), not with this structure of course, but F1 and F2. This is comming normal here :(, i see one this month, it was scary. I post the video (tornado in brazil, tornado em bento goncalves), if you want see, in the movie i can't show the structure, just his action.
Breath-taking and brutal. So much for hiding in bath tubs and closets when faced with an F-5. I remember watching live coverage that evening, and the television meteorologist, aghast at the "from another world" radar echos, stated that people in the path of the giant tornado must be underground on order to survive the approaching monsterous f-5. Imagine hearing that THEN seeing the tornado right at your back door! Terribly horrifying and sad.
This poor soul... he thinks the sound of a tornado should have sounded, literally, like a passing train with a "woo-woo" and the clacking of the tracks.
okay i live in oklahoma and yes this tornado was horrid and unbelievable and there were more than 2 tornadoes that day there were over 100 sooo yea and then more tornadoes the following day
OMFG i google this beast.... on the old "FS" you knpw f1 -5 shit.. it was ONE mph off of being the worlds first F6!!! don don, donn....the reason i went though the trouble... I LIVE IN MOORE OK... if you know ANYTHING about May 3, 1999... then you know why im freaking tfo right now...
I've read in the document that defines the scale that direct wind speed measurements are still not incorporated. This is confirmed in that the Aurora, Nebraska tornado had measure winds in the EF3 range but was rated EF2 due to the damage it inflicted on structures.
i wish i want to see one too...but like you said i don't want to live where they are...and god bless the ones that lost their homes...even though i don't beleive in god...they might have believed in him and i support that...RIP
against what everyone says. If you have some time, i think getting in your car and making a break for it would be safer in the end, so long as you could "drive" and can tell what way its moving.
I know it sounds good, but just consider a couple of things, meaning I'm not saying you're wrong ar all. The suction of the vortex extends far beyond just the periphery of the funnel, and if you're in that radius, you have a good chance of being affected by it. Debris can also be thrown at you, even if you are not in the direct path of the funnel. A milk crate (example) trown at your car at that velocity would be awful. You're not wrong, but it is taking fate in your own hands.
infectrus... I was a block away from the F-5 that touched down that night. I grew up in tornado alley. Please understand, for your own safety if one forms near you.
You can drive if you are far enough away and it is going perpendicular to and away from you. However, it is safer to park on the right side of the road, and lie down flat in the ditch. The wind will not harm you.
Whatever you do. DO NOT SEEK AN OVERPASS!!! Contrary to popular myth, it is a death trap. I have seen the results.
I have ran from one in my life. About a year and half ago in south florida. Im a frequent autox, and track day (hpde) racer. I have an 04 Subaru Wrx STI with nearly 400awhp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, and 100 comes up in 11. Top speed is 161. If i ever see a tornado, and have ebnough time to gauge its path, i will be going in the opposite direction very very quickly. Maybe its my being stubborn, but i cant wait for something like this to blow me away when i have the ability to do something about it.
Yeah, I get what you're saying. I think it would take me all of a couple of seconds to gauge it's speed and direction and decide whether to seek immediate shelter or haul balls and get the hell outta there. I know people who've done both and it all just depends on how close and powerful it is.
Actually, it's not a very good idea to run from a tornado, because they are so unpredictable. It can change it's path at any second. They don't just travel in a straight line and die. There have been tornadoes that went in circles for about 10 minutes, and just went away. You can't possibly predict what a tornado will do, unless you can gauge the updrafts, downdrafts, and straight line winds.
Not to mention that, if escaping from a tornado in a car, the strong inflow of air will pull the car back towards the storm if you are too close, which is why they say you cannot outrun a tornado in any kind of vehicle and to shelter by the roadside in a ditch.
Depends on the strength of the tornado, its forward speed, and the shape of the car i guess.
With a strong and fast-moving tornado the inflow would be stronger, and if the car wasnt very aerodynamic (something like a Volvo estate or minivan) then the car would be affected much more than a smooth sports car and a weak and slow tornado.
Someone said it was fake lol looks like what I saw on the news. We got hit by the F4 that killed one person under the I-35 underpass. I saw a roof and 1/4 mile down the road I saw a house without a roof.
I'm not sure this tornado was quite as violent as the tri-state one, but that's like saying that it would be worse to have your leg bit off by a tiger shark instead of a great white. :)
Checking the map, a 219 mile path would have endangered some more small towns. Worse would have been if the tornado had swung further north, cutting right through the middle of Oklahoma City.
i lived in moore oklahoma, my neighboorhood was mostly destroyed, but me and my family were lucky to survive because it went right over my house but didnt damage anythin but the house two streets behind us was destroyed. im glad people share these memories with the people who were in them.
The next day I was working in Moore,& my goodness it was an unbelieveable site! Moore was devestated! I headed on to Wichita,Ks,because I had work there,& everything east & west of I-35 was flatened! You should have seen Wichita! It followed 35 all the way there! I never seen a tornado do so much damage as this one. Glad you made it!
i was on my way home to Norman, OK when it hit. i could not believe the destruction on the east side of OKC. i drove through it on I-40. seeing videos of tornadoes is one thing actually seeing the destruction first hand is unbelievable!
iwas there when this torbado happened i acuctually saw it ihad to go to a underground shelter they said if we didint go underground we wuldnt surrvive
Thats incredible... That was not an "tornadic supercell", that "supercell" IS the tornado... That's just one huge udraft tower, the whole mesocyclone seems to be on the ground!
i remember this day well. i live between chickasha and okc on the west side of I-44 and the tornado devasted our lives. changed us forever. god bless all of you who share this memory. i lived in ok all my life and never was so scared. it felt like the world was coming to an end. their was a feeling of evil in the air.
Wow i love it. I love seeing satellite tornado coming out of the super cell, so beautiful. Would be my dream to be a tornado chaser. More real than i can imagine though.
The satellite tornado was cool to see & I think kind of rare . I like what that guy said about no hearing a train because every body doesnt have the same experience with tornados . Thats why I too wouldnt mind being apart of a tornado chaseing team . Just to see it for my self :)
dude i remember this now lol i was 9 we lived right there in moore we left before it hit i can only rember this big dozer we had in our back yard it took it and turned it over and it weighd like 15 ton my dad said lol this nado bad thing was our neighbors house was ok although ours was gone i never got this :{ but i geuss it has to do with nature and god ................god bless and rip to those who stayed in moore
This fucker destroyed one of my freinds homes. It turned Moore Oklahoma into a pile of broken trees, houses and flipped cars. I saw the damage myself.
tornados are terrifying in person but are so beautiful (when they aren't eating everything in sight, that is) i live in tornado alley and we haven't had a year yet without a tornado
I live in Lawton Ok., and I love the storm season. I am in the middle of tornado alley and although I don't want anyone to die or lose property, seeing a tornado in person is amazing. I have seen 4 and each storm season I am anxious to see more. This is one of the reasons I love Oklahoma. God bless the ones that were affected by the storms in 1999 though. If you see one, you will know what I am talking about. We have tornado warnings just about every day here during storm season. I <3 it.
i live here in edmond and i gotta say i'm with you on this one. these things are scary as hell, but they are so fascinating to watch in person. these phenomena are definitely something to experience. there's nothing else like it.
I went up to Ok.City after that storm from Ft.Worth to work on rodent control for the clean-up teams. It was real sad. But those okies got things cleaned up and working fast. I cant understand why in the hell anyone would want to get near one. Maybe they just need to...once.
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too bad the tornado didn't snag the preacher's pony tail. we all could have been spared a pointless moment of midwest mediocrity :-)
but seriously. this show changed my life. from now on, when I travel through "Tornado Alley" i always carry a rolled up piece of carpet, just in case I see a wedge and have to duck into a drainage pipe with my kids and my dogs. ;-)
Simon63, it takes a pretty special person to make fun of such a tragedy, I personally am from the Midwest and would just like to say "kiss my ass" ;-)
I don't make fun of the tragedy, just the preacher with the pony tail. And the guy who thought he was gonna hear a train whistle. lmfao. Maybe you're from the midwest, but if you don't have a stupid pony tail, or worse yet, a mullet, you're off the hook. To be honest, Mike at the end is my hero, taking a beating to protect his kids. That must have been a hell of a ride.
Guess what douchebag? You think you're so hip and edgy attacking Christianity....That doesn't raise any eyebrows anymore, stupid...sorry!
Wanna really be edgy and defiant? Attack Islam! Most atheists think they're so hip by attacking christianity, but when someone asks them about Islam they have nothing to say! LOL
well thats because radical muslims cant take critisism..they threaten to and they actually will or try to blow people away if someone points out hypocracys in Islam...look every religion has its share of hypocrites and negative aspects but why people make a career and waste so much time attacking it is beyond me..all of our morals,ethics and most of our laws are derived from some religious text. If its not harming you then leave it alone is my philosophy
Agreed. Mine as well. Even though I, myself, am Agnostic, I have no problem with "under God", nor do I have a problem with the Ten Commandments being placed anywhere...
...I mean, since when are things like 'Honor Thy Father and Mother' and 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' offensive to say?
Well in my case my father was an absent deadbeat and my mother is clinically insane, so the first commandment you mentioned is moot. And I'm not the only one in this day and age whose parents aren't exactly honor worthy. This is why I question all religious dogma before blindly following. If it's relevant, great! I'll find a place for it in my little guidebook of life. Otherwise, I'd rather do my own thinking, 'stead of letting others do it for me. No offense to any one's "way of life" :-]
AS YOU SHOULD. I didn't disagree with anything that you just said...I was merely saying that I couldn't understand anyone apart from a terrorist who would get offended by what the Ten Commandments suggests...
...Hell, even TERRORISTS sometimes love their momma! (Even if they don't stand up for her when her husband beats her senseless, since Allah says it's okay).
It's what the 10 commandments leaves out that baffles me. Like, OK, so no graven images ( i.e. no art ), but why not "Thou shalt not beat the crap out of thy spouse and children"?
graven images...That means don't make false idols. God (in Christianity) has no problem, even encourages, making art; Both art about him and art about anything else (just not other gods).
No, christianity doesn't encourage people to beat their spouses (that's Islam) or kids...But you must remember, things were much different back then, regarding relationships.
Well, the graven image issue is rather complicated and widely open to interpretation. The artist Marc Chagall was lambasted in his orthodox community for painting pictures of nature, not of god, or any idol. Some communities accept, even embrace art, but some won't allow anything that isn't straight-up, 2-D, medaeval figures from the days of the illuminated manuscripts for cheez whiz. Fortunately, times have, as you say, changed. Some bibles actually have some pretty cool art in them. :-)
Ii'm probably so far off the spectrum into the infrared (i.e. left) that even "lefty kooks" are scared of me. But they say if you go far enough in any direction, you come full circle. Teabaggers probably think of themselves as radicals of some sort. yeah right. I believe in thinking for yourself. I'd rather have a good dustup with some hillbilly that has his own mind about something than "chat" with some ditto-head or pablum-parrot who can't form an opinion the TV didn't feed him, L or R.
Lol simon u forgot that people have free will, christian-god already knows people are gonna not all be all do-gooders. Honestly i think any child can be raised to believe anything, religion included.......(and im agnostic im just saying what i think)
People will attack islam as much as Christianity when Islam is invading their constitutional rights and trying to retard the educational system with ancient judean-desert myths. As for having nothing to say about Islam? You are living in your own fantasy world if you can't see the criticism of Islam here on Youtube - Patcondell alone has 75k subscribers.
Woo woo or click clack????? WTF?? That's not the train sound they talk about. If you've ever heard the sound of a train in the distance....the pounding shaking sound it makes as the entire train moves over the track....THAT'S where the train sound comes in. Did this schmuck expect the tornado to sound it's 'whistle' for the woo woo sound??? I've heard the sound, it DOES sound like a freight train. (with out the woo woo, clickety-clack sound of course)
@WIStarcraft For the record, he was making light of what everyone had told us they hear when tornadoes go by. He didn't mean he was actually expecting to hear a woo-woo. When you've just had your home taken from you, you cling to your sense of humor so that you don't fall into depression. And I would just like to inform you that it doesn't sound anything like a freight train - whether far off in the distance or near by. You wouldn't understand unless you had been hit by this tornado.
My town doesn't get many tornados, but Lord the people around us do. We had a lot of close calls last year though. Tornado Alley is anything but boring...
They say we get lucky because of living so close to the MO river.
i live in moore oklahoma the day this tornado came and hit my town and hit my house and when it was over every house was gone i like in more the same place were it hit but look i love tornado but damn that was scary to lose your house
The problem is most of the time there isn't a D.O.W. (Doppler On Wheels) available to measure windspeed. Even if there is a D.O.W. it can only really measure windspeeds a few hundred feet above the ground where windspeed can be much faster than on ther ground where most damage occurs.
that's not what i heard. i was looking up the newly remodled fujita scale, and there was a comment about the moore oklahoma being bumped up to an EF6. maybe they were wrong, but i remember it being on an official website. can't remember which one it was though.
Okay, better yet, the scale does measure winds up to mach II, and in that sense there is an F-6 (and as high as F-12), but it isn't used in practice because it's gauged by a damage scale and not by wind speed measurements. Also, no tornadoes on the old Fujita scale were re-evaluated on the new (and different) Enhanced Fujita scale, which factors in engineering assessments of destroyed structures which obviously couldn't be obtained retroactively.
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kdolo100 2 months ago
Wolfman, do you have the rest of this documentary? I remember seeing it on TV several times a few years ago and would love it if you could post the other segments. What was the name of the show? Thanks for this. I lived in the OKC area for about 10 years and was always scared during tornado season. Only saw one funnel during the time I lived there, a small one over Lake Hefner that never actually touched down.
pjkaek 3 months ago
i was born after that
alejandra40100 7 months ago
Tornado Alley till death
HowTheF1 8 months ago
You geeks need to quit bickering about the F & EF scale.
This storm produced the highest windspeed ever recorded on the face of the Earth (318mph) & killed alot of innocent people in the process.
For those who might not know, this tornado pulled PAVED sections of road up & out of the ground. Im not talking about asphalt, im talking about paved, curbed street sections made of concrete. Can you imagine what kind of force that would take? I guess 318 mph wind will do the trick.
papabugs71 8 months ago
I'm from Moore where the Tornado hit. The comments about the wind speeds and fugita scales, before this tornado hit the f5 scale only went to 300MPH. At the time, everyone was calling this the first F6 to ever hit the earth because its winds exceeded 300 (318MPH). Months later, they just adjusted the f5 windspeeds on the scale to go up to 318.
w0lfe 8 months ago
I live in Tulsa and I was 16 when this hit and BEGGED my dad to drive me down to the area. If I was a boy he probably would have... but I digress. Local meteorologists were telling people in OKC to get underground - everything would be swept away, and that if they were in a mobile home to simply get out and lay in a ditch if they had to. The public schools even opened up their basements to accomodate everyone, which is something I'd never heard of anyone around here doing before.
tearpixy 9 months ago
I live in Bridge Creek and I was 7 when this monster came. My house was the only house in my neighborhood still standing and they found my neighbors body in my back yard
shnozberries92 9 months ago
I remember
shnozberries92 9 months ago
3:09 - 3:24 - oh dear, redneck moment.
ShaiHuludisCool 9 months ago
Anyone miss when TLC actually used to play quality program that taught?
TeenRacer666 10 months ago 2
ITS HUGE !!!!!!!!!!!!! (;
kookalkafefa 10 months ago
real?
theYoda09 1 year ago
I remember watching this show when it first aired when I was bout 5
stlchevy95 1 year ago
thats a beautiful tornado!!! :))
peacedude09 1 year ago
I chase, and live in tornado alley, let me tell ya, try it once and you will never be able to stop.. I can no longer imagine my life without chasing.
tornadowitch 1 year ago
Actually mega crazy dude there were around 60-65 tornadoes in Oklahoma that day
killamoss81 1 year ago
Where the heck do these ppl come up with ef6 tornadoes?? The highest it could go is ef5. It's like they're saying that there could be. 1000.0 earthquake. Just had to put it out there
killamoss81 1 year ago
@killamoss81 EF means Enhanced Fujita scale. When wind speeds can't be predicted, then use the estimated damage the tornado caused to predict the size of the twister. The highest a twister has reached is F5, if a twister was ever recorded to get over 318, it would reach F6 status. EF and F scales are two different things.
bradmatesfan 1 year ago
@bradmatesfan Are you joking? Wow dude o read up on weather, everything you said is false, unless ur joking.
gt3corn 1 year ago
@gt3corn Oh really? And you know this how? Look it up before you start jumping down someone's throat.
bradmatesfan 1 year ago
@bradmatesfan Not trying to start fight here, but I tell the truth. The no longer use the ''F'' scale, EF is the same thing, but (E)nhanced(F is for Fujita btw). They did this b cuz they thought that tornado when speeds were being over estimated and they added a bunch of additional processes to makes sure they get it right like also surveying vegetation EF-5 five is the last rating, so even if a tornado has when speeds to say, 600MPH it is still an EF-5.
gt3corn 1 year ago
@gt3corn I work with meteorologists and studied to become one but changed my studies. That doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about. The EF and F scale aren't the same things. And Really? I TOTALLY didn't know F was for Fujita BTW
bradmatesfan 1 year ago
@bradmatesfan
There are essentially the same and the EF scale has in fact completely replaced the F scale for use in the U.S. Both use damage to estimate wind speed. Consider that the original Fujita scale was developed before mobile Doppler and before anybody had tried to but instruments in a tornado's path.
dragonridley 1 year ago
the song at 0:26-0:40 sounds like it should be in mario
thedorkfilms 1 year ago
I live in Oklahoma City, I was 9 when this happened and the weathermen were telling us to tell our families good bye.
yeaokay123 1 year ago
@yeaokay123 I was 5 at the time and I remember Gary England and the rest of the news people saying that. The tornado only hit a block away from my house. I lived right by Westmoore High School. My family was in a closet. If it would of hit us we would have been gone for sure. Do you remember the lady with the 2x4 piece of wood through her head? She was sitting in a wheel chair going in to the hospital.
31794ty 1 year ago
@ 48 seconds in the video that's my background on my cellphone
masterland52 1 year ago
my son was in moore oklahoma still is 2 this day he was livin in the neighborhhod wich it destroyed but recently moved across moore just weeks b4 this f-5 came...
griffitt816 1 year ago
Guy at the end did what any parent would do but he's still a hero.
bluevidcam 1 year ago
its scary that a second tornado formed beside it at one point which eventually combined to create the 318 m.p.h f6 monster sad day for a lot of people there wasnt much time to prepare like a hurricane
CROUELLETTE 2 years ago
@CROUELLETTE
It was an F5. There is no such thing as an F6 tornado. (Not to diminish how bad this was, probably the worst tornado of the past 20 years if not more). The tornado you see "merging" with it is a satellite tornado circling it and going behind it.
dragonridley 1 year ago
@dragonridley Actually the Fujita scale went all the way up to F10, the thing was that nothing over a 5 was meant to be able to happen here on Earth. I find it interesting that 318 is the max for the F5 rating, you can't tell me that the wind speeds never went over 318, nor do they have a 100% accurate method of measuring it. Cool part is that's my dad doing the interview, as well as Aerintwin's, she's my sis. hrm actually the original Fujita scales goes all the way to F12, not just F10
Lockecole81 1 year ago
@Lockecole81
The Fujita Scale actually based its ratings on damage rather than wind speed. F5 damage leaves nothing more to destroy. One reason for this is that when the scale was created we had no means of measuring the winds inside a tornado. Even today accurate measurements are rare.
dragonridley 1 year ago
@dragonridley 50 years, this hadn't happened in 50 years. There was no such thing as an F6, but the wind speed (people are saying now, especially) wasn't far off from it being an EF6. They measure them by wind speeds, now.
Sintheify 1 year ago
@Sintheify
Nor they do not use wind measurements. They estimate wind speed from damage don. Direct measurements are still not used. Also, there is most certainly no such thing as an EF6 because there is no upper limit to EF5 wind estimates.
dragonridley 1 year ago
I watched this very documentary at least 100 times when I was 7/8. I'm a tornado chaser at heart, but it's too bad that people have to lose so much because of these amazing storms.
kingofdufferin 2 years ago
i feel ya i vist my sister in moore she lived on popular dr and after we went to the shelter there was nothing left after that
halchrallen 2 years ago
there were two tornados
MegaCrazydude101 2 years ago
I lived in Moore, OK, when this tornado came through. It passed near the okc airport and came within about 1/2 mile of my house. And to think, only minutes before, I was outside doing yard work..
I had never seen clouds like the ones I saw that day. I looked up in the sky and it looked like the bottom of an egg crate.
My house had damage to the roof from a piece of ice 11 inches in diameter.
I now own a tornado shelter, so I never have to feel as helpless as I did that day in the tub.
kong450 2 years ago 4
@kong450 Seeing the monster tornado on tv, it looked like a hudge black wall of cloud. Did you hear the tornado from a 1/2 mile away? What size hail stones (if any) fell prior to the tornado?
beatleman69 2 months ago
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kdolo100 2 months ago
@beatleman69 Baseballs.
kdolo100 2 months ago
I live in Pennsylvania and we had an EF-2 tornado a couple of years ago. THAT was scary enough! Did damage to a high school. Luckily no injuries because it was during summer vacation. I can't even imagine what an EF-5 would feel like!
nenblom 2 years ago
We actually did once have an F5 in PA in the '80s
dragonridley 2 years ago
@dragonridley isn't joking. On May 31, 1985, an F-5 tornado hit somewhere in Pennsylvania.
DudeDie222 1 year ago
i live in Rio Grande do Sul, extreme south of brazil, and this year we have many tornadoes in the 3 states of south (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina e Paraná), not with this structure of course, but F1 and F2. This is comming normal here :(, i see one this month, it was scary. I post the video (tornado in brazil, tornado em bento goncalves), if you want see, in the movie i can't show the structure, just his action.
Manof1lth 2 years ago
Breath-taking and brutal. So much for hiding in bath tubs and closets when faced with an F-5. I remember watching live coverage that evening, and the television meteorologist, aghast at the "from another world" radar echos, stated that people in the path of the giant tornado must be underground on order to survive the approaching monsterous f-5. Imagine hearing that THEN seeing the tornado right at your back door! Terribly horrifying and sad.
TommyJoebowers1tycoo 2 years ago 4
This poor soul... he thinks the sound of a tornado should have sounded, literally, like a passing train with a "woo-woo" and the clacking of the tracks.
JET997u 2 years ago
Maybe earthquakes are not as scary because you can't see them coming.
windyrotorblast 2 years ago
okay i live in oklahoma and yes this tornado was horrid and unbelievable and there were more than 2 tornadoes that day there were over 100 sooo yea and then more tornadoes the following day
luminn1 2 years ago
there were two tornados XD
jareth312 2 years ago
It appears again at 1:00
Mismagius1997 2 years ago
@jbmusicfails: I agree! It's funny! Mother and child xD It dissapeard in a couple seconds. It appears at.. *thinks* 0:36?
Mismagius1997 2 years ago
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safer than california, where they get earthquakes like every day.
CHIdbales14 2 years ago
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Sorry, but anyone who chooses to live in a place called Tornado Alley is handicapped.
WightSpider 2 years ago
But it doesnt matter where you live a tornado can still form
metalheadcyclone12 2 years ago 4
OMFG i google this beast.... on the old "FS" you knpw f1 -5 shit.. it was ONE mph off of being the worlds first F6!!! don don, donn....the reason i went though the trouble... I LIVE IN MOORE OK... if you know ANYTHING about May 3, 1999... then you know why im freaking tfo right now...
j07181985 2 years ago
There is no F6 category. Tornadoes are rated on damage not windspeed. Even then. It was not a ground level measurment
dragonridley 2 years ago
Wrong! Under the new EF scale tornadoes are now measured by both wind speed and damage, and not damage alone.
Phoenixbird27 2 years ago
I've read in the document that defines the scale that direct wind speed measurements are still not incorporated. This is confirmed in that the Aurora, Nebraska tornado had measure winds in the EF3 range but was rated EF2 due to the damage it inflicted on structures.
dragonridley 2 years ago
Also, The Scale starts with F0
dragonridley 2 years ago
cool.
gtaxlmanager 2 years ago
i wish i want to see one too...but like you said i don't want to live where they are...and god bless the ones that lost their homes...even though i don't beleive in god...they might have believed in him and i support that...RIP
AMShowOfficial 2 years ago
eeee i really shouldnt watch this when i live in oklahoma with no cellar and severe weather is a couple counties over headed this way
numununahvokne 2 years ago
I was in the may3rd.
the wind density was outrageous.
and the wind was about 318mph. that's the highest windspeed in world history.
this tornado passed right by my house. and didnt tear up anything.
we wre lucky.
awesomegirl100 2 years ago
5:22. its a missle!! Terrorist lol
Debbie321lopez 2 years ago
its a weopen of mass destruction!
HappyMornings 2 years ago
tornados just want love...hug them
ther0ckerguy 2 years ago 11
Aww...
ErosaScuderia 10 months ago
Someone please tell mike that the S in debris is silent.
dharper26 2 years ago
0:34 is so cool
ginapink301 2 years ago
against what everyone says. If you have some time, i think getting in your car and making a break for it would be safer in the end, so long as you could "drive" and can tell what way its moving.
infectrus 2 years ago
I know it sounds good, but just consider a couple of things, meaning I'm not saying you're wrong ar all. The suction of the vortex extends far beyond just the periphery of the funnel, and if you're in that radius, you have a good chance of being affected by it. Debris can also be thrown at you, even if you are not in the direct path of the funnel. A milk crate (example) trown at your car at that velocity would be awful. You're not wrong, but it is taking fate in your own hands.
chimayai 2 years ago
infectrus... I was a block away from the F-5 that touched down that night. I grew up in tornado alley. Please understand, for your own safety if one forms near you.
You can drive if you are far enough away and it is going perpendicular to and away from you. However, it is safer to park on the right side of the road, and lie down flat in the ditch. The wind will not harm you.
Whatever you do. DO NOT SEEK AN OVERPASS!!! Contrary to popular myth, it is a death trap. I have seen the results.
Light2Earth 2 years ago
I have ran from one in my life. About a year and half ago in south florida. Im a frequent autox, and track day (hpde) racer. I have an 04 Subaru Wrx STI with nearly 400awhp. 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, and 100 comes up in 11. Top speed is 161. If i ever see a tornado, and have ebnough time to gauge its path, i will be going in the opposite direction very very quickly. Maybe its my being stubborn, but i cant wait for something like this to blow me away when i have the ability to do something about it.
infectrus 2 years ago
Yeah, I get what you're saying. I think it would take me all of a couple of seconds to gauge it's speed and direction and decide whether to seek immediate shelter or haul balls and get the hell outta there. I know people who've done both and it all just depends on how close and powerful it is.
GeetarAdam 2 years ago
Actually, it's not a very good idea to run from a tornado, because they are so unpredictable. It can change it's path at any second. They don't just travel in a straight line and die. There have been tornadoes that went in circles for about 10 minutes, and just went away. You can't possibly predict what a tornado will do, unless you can gauge the updrafts, downdrafts, and straight line winds.
FrostmourneFK 2 years ago 2
Not to mention that, if escaping from a tornado in a car, the strong inflow of air will pull the car back towards the storm if you are too close, which is why they say you cannot outrun a tornado in any kind of vehicle and to shelter by the roadside in a ditch.
bigmuffexpress 2 years ago
You'd have to be extremely close to a tornado to have your car pulled in my the inflow.
dragonridley 2 years ago
Well, not so much pulled in as held back or slowed from the greater wind resistance.
bigmuffexpress 2 years ago
But how significant would that be?
dragonridley 2 years ago
Depends on the strength of the tornado, its forward speed, and the shape of the car i guess.
With a strong and fast-moving tornado the inflow would be stronger, and if the car wasnt very aerodynamic (something like a Volvo estate or minivan) then the car would be affected much more than a smooth sports car and a weak and slow tornado.
bigmuffexpress 2 years ago
3 Variables to make things nice and complicated. Makes me thing of on instance where where a slow moving F4 narrowly missed storm chasers in an SUV.
dragonridley 2 years ago
Someone said it was fake lol looks like what I saw on the news. We got hit by the F4 that killed one person under the I-35 underpass. I saw a roof and 1/4 mile down the road I saw a house without a roof.
weezie4787 2 years ago
trust me, this is not fake and we got hit, Haysville, kansas (wichita) and lost 6 people plus half our town.
bpwriter47 2 years ago
What was this show called
romerofan123 2 years ago
0:55 OMG!!! 2 Tornados!
Videomakera 2 years ago
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fake
djfaraoo 2 years ago
thats not fucking fake!
man i was in that!
tell that to my blown away house :P
jenaeisbetterthan 2 years ago 9
@jenaeisbetterthan
Thank god for homeowners insurance
SomeGuyWithABucket 1 year ago
as bad as this tornado was could you imagine if the path length of this monster was 219 miles long just like the tri-state tornado did back in1925
usgitmo38 2 years ago
that would be scary!
theitalian556 2 years ago
I'm not sure this tornado was quite as violent as the tri-state one, but that's like saying that it would be worse to have your leg bit off by a tiger shark instead of a great white. :)
Checking the map, a 219 mile path would have endangered some more small towns. Worse would have been if the tornado had swung further north, cutting right through the middle of Oklahoma City.
Josh3B 2 years ago
i lived in moore oklahoma, my neighboorhood was mostly destroyed, but me and my family were lucky to survive because it went right over my house but didnt damage anythin but the house two streets behind us was destroyed. im glad people share these memories with the people who were in them.
Wolf999900 2 years ago
The next day I was working in Moore,& my goodness it was an unbelieveable site! Moore was devestated! I headed on to Wichita,Ks,because I had work there,& everything east & west of I-35 was flatened! You should have seen Wichita! It followed 35 all the way there! I never seen a tornado do so much damage as this one. Glad you made it!
Peacekeeper7 2 years ago
thx that tornado was masive and distructive. its amazin the power one tornado has!!!
Wolf999900 2 years ago
i was on my way home to Norman, OK when it hit. i could not believe the destruction on the east side of OKC. i drove through it on I-40. seeing videos of tornadoes is one thing actually seeing the destruction first hand is unbelievable!
14OU4ever 2 years ago
its was five miles from my house all my furninture was outside when i got back from the shelter
ropeskipper97 2 years ago
iwas there when this torbado happened i acuctually saw it ihad to go to a underground shelter they said if we didint go underground we wuldnt surrvive
ropeskipper97 2 years ago
1:30
Thats incredible... That was not an "tornadic supercell", that "supercell" IS the tornado... That's just one huge udraft tower, the whole mesocyclone seems to be on the ground!
irgendwasauchimma 2 years ago
lol i was bout 8 when it happened and stood at my back padio and watched it. it was bout 3 miles from me
gitter217 2 years ago
ill never forget that day i was a student of westmoore highschool
JLaStal 2 years ago
i remember this day well. i live between chickasha and okc on the west side of I-44 and the tornado devasted our lives. changed us forever. god bless all of you who share this memory. i lived in ok all my life and never was so scared. it felt like the world was coming to an end. their was a feeling of evil in the air.
deb20020 2 years ago
I can imagine what that guy in the church/tent was saying:
Right, does anybody love that motherfucker god anymore??????? Right, what were those seven sins again????
vrednie 2 years ago
Wow i love it. I love seeing satellite tornado coming out of the super cell, so beautiful. Would be my dream to be a tornado chaser. More real than i can imagine though.
doomsy 2 years ago
The satellite tornado was cool to see & I think kind of rare . I like what that guy said about no hearing a train because every body doesnt have the same experience with tornados . Thats why I too wouldnt mind being apart of a tornado chaseing team . Just to see it for my self :)
itsniknak1 2 years ago
I agree with you wolf
HobbesGeico 2 years ago
holly $h!t
guitarheroworldtor30 2 years ago
holly $h!t
guitarheroworldtor30 2 years ago
dude i remember this now lol i was 9 we lived right there in moore we left before it hit i can only rember this big dozer we had in our back yard it took it and turned it over and it weighd like 15 ton my dad said lol this nado bad thing was our neighbors house was ok although ours was gone i never got this :{ but i geuss it has to do with nature and god ................god bless and rip to those who stayed in moore
fordboy111591 2 years ago
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this is fake
mryjn420090 2 years ago
This fucker destroyed one of my freinds homes. It turned Moore Oklahoma into a pile of broken trees, houses and flipped cars. I saw the damage myself.
Thrasher9996 2 years ago
tornados are terrifying in person but are so beautiful (when they aren't eating everything in sight, that is) i live in tornado alley and we haven't had a year yet without a tornado
SuprntrlWytch13 2 years ago
me too i live in frisco tx. havent seen one yet but that can change
rotorypowered74 2 years ago
I live in Lawton Ok., and I love the storm season. I am in the middle of tornado alley and although I don't want anyone to die or lose property, seeing a tornado in person is amazing. I have seen 4 and each storm season I am anxious to see more. This is one of the reasons I love Oklahoma. God bless the ones that were affected by the storms in 1999 though. If you see one, you will know what I am talking about. We have tornado warnings just about every day here during storm season. I <3 it.
walnuthead777 2 years ago
i live here in edmond and i gotta say i'm with you on this one. these things are scary as hell, but they are so fascinating to watch in person. these phenomena are definitely something to experience. there's nothing else like it.
serpentisma 2 years ago
I went up to Ok.City after that storm from Ft.Worth to work on rodent control for the clean-up teams. It was real sad. But those okies got things cleaned up and working fast. I cant understand why in the hell anyone would want to get near one. Maybe they just need to...once.
22reTOYOTA 2 years ago
I agree Suprn. I've never seen a tornado up close before, but I'm so interesting in them. Mother Nature's art in my opinion.
archibaldmainsfield 2 years ago
I lived in Bridge Creek when that happened. I was lucky.
Saint2814 2 years ago
these ppl living in tornado alley live in these fucking double wide trailers! FUCK THAT SHIT!
everettfrazier 2 years ago
they are gorgeous and horrifying as hell all at the same time
falkjfdlkajfdkla 2 years ago
f5!!!
grgriii 2 years ago
Incredible real life story!
kindbluey 2 years ago
1:07 there is clearly one big tornado and one small
NBlunierProductions 2 years ago
That vid waz amazin!I luv twisters!That was so an F5/F4 twister.STRONG AND VOILENT.
AkitaInu23 2 years ago
that was the scariest moment in my life :{
sanokitty 2 years ago
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too bad the tornado didn't snag the preacher's pony tail. we all could have been spared a pointless moment of midwest mediocrity :-)
but seriously. this show changed my life. from now on, when I travel through "Tornado Alley" i always carry a rolled up piece of carpet, just in case I see a wedge and have to duck into a drainage pipe with my kids and my dogs. ;-)
simon63 2 years ago
Simon63, it takes a pretty special person to make fun of such a tragedy, I personally am from the Midwest and would just like to say "kiss my ass" ;-)
EF5Chaser 2 years ago
I don't make fun of the tragedy, just the preacher with the pony tail. And the guy who thought he was gonna hear a train whistle. lmfao. Maybe you're from the midwest, but if you don't have a stupid pony tail, or worse yet, a mullet, you're off the hook. To be honest, Mike at the end is my hero, taking a beating to protect his kids. That must have been a hell of a ride.
simon63 2 years ago
"Woo woo" "click clack" ROFL
LouiesPlace 2 years ago 2
lol
NBlunierProductions 2 years ago
LOL LOL WOO WOO CLICK CLACK.
ballaboy89 2 years ago
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thats one less church in the world lol
winkles1 2 years ago
Guess what douchebag? You think you're so hip and edgy attacking Christianity....That doesn't raise any eyebrows anymore, stupid...sorry!
Wanna really be edgy and defiant? Attack Islam! Most atheists think they're so hip by attacking christianity, but when someone asks them about Islam they have nothing to say! LOL
dachrisman2004 2 years ago
well thats because radical muslims cant take critisism..they threaten to and they actually will or try to blow people away if someone points out hypocracys in Islam...look every religion has its share of hypocrites and negative aspects but why people make a career and waste so much time attacking it is beyond me..all of our morals,ethics and most of our laws are derived from some religious text. If its not harming you then leave it alone is my philosophy
Everly1388 2 years ago
Agreed. Mine as well. Even though I, myself, am Agnostic, I have no problem with "under God", nor do I have a problem with the Ten Commandments being placed anywhere...
...I mean, since when are things like 'Honor Thy Father and Mother' and 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' offensive to say?
dachrisman2004 2 years ago
THANK YOU! cheers for reasonable and intelectual human beings....we need way more in this world
Everly1388 2 years ago
Right you are.
dachrisman2004 2 years ago
Well in my case my father was an absent deadbeat and my mother is clinically insane, so the first commandment you mentioned is moot. And I'm not the only one in this day and age whose parents aren't exactly honor worthy. This is why I question all religious dogma before blindly following. If it's relevant, great! I'll find a place for it in my little guidebook of life. Otherwise, I'd rather do my own thinking, 'stead of letting others do it for me. No offense to any one's "way of life" :-]
simon63 2 years ago
AS YOU SHOULD. I didn't disagree with anything that you just said...I was merely saying that I couldn't understand anyone apart from a terrorist who would get offended by what the Ten Commandments suggests...
...Hell, even TERRORISTS sometimes love their momma! (Even if they don't stand up for her when her husband beats her senseless, since Allah says it's okay).
dachrisman2004 2 years ago
It's what the 10 commandments leaves out that baffles me. Like, OK, so no graven images ( i.e. no art ), but why not "Thou shalt not beat the crap out of thy spouse and children"?
Even Christianity implies that it's OK.
simon63 2 years ago
graven images...That means don't make false idols. God (in Christianity) has no problem, even encourages, making art; Both art about him and art about anything else (just not other gods).
No, christianity doesn't encourage people to beat their spouses (that's Islam) or kids...But you must remember, things were much different back then, regarding relationships.
dachrisman2004 2 years ago
Well, the graven image issue is rather complicated and widely open to interpretation. The artist Marc Chagall was lambasted in his orthodox community for painting pictures of nature, not of god, or any idol. Some communities accept, even embrace art, but some won't allow anything that isn't straight-up, 2-D, medaeval figures from the days of the illuminated manuscripts for cheez whiz. Fortunately, times have, as you say, changed. Some bibles actually have some pretty cool art in them. :-)
simon63 2 years ago
Very intelligent discussion, simon. What do you consider yourself, on the political spectrum?
dachrisman2004 2 years ago
Ii'm probably so far off the spectrum into the infrared (i.e. left) that even "lefty kooks" are scared of me. But they say if you go far enough in any direction, you come full circle. Teabaggers probably think of themselves as radicals of some sort. yeah right. I believe in thinking for yourself. I'd rather have a good dustup with some hillbilly that has his own mind about something than "chat" with some ditto-head or pablum-parrot who can't form an opinion the TV didn't feed him, L or R.
simon63 2 years ago
Hmm...I couldn't have said it better myself.
dachrisman2004 2 years ago
Lol simon u forgot that people have free will, christian-god already knows people are gonna not all be all do-gooders. Honestly i think any child can be raised to believe anything, religion included.......(and im agnostic im just saying what i think)
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winkles1 2 years ago
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People will attack islam as much as Christianity when Islam is invading their constitutional rights and trying to retard the educational system with ancient judean-desert myths. As for having nothing to say about Islam? You are living in your own fantasy world if you can't see the criticism of Islam here on Youtube - Patcondell alone has 75k subscribers.
winkles1 2 years ago
I've got this video. The one at 0:30 is unbelievable.
yusukimawini 2 years ago
the music is more scary then the tornados lol
DjHardaFasta 2 years ago 2
this si why i sleep with all my things in a pillow case
1lol10 2 years ago
Woo woo or click clack????? WTF?? That's not the train sound they talk about. If you've ever heard the sound of a train in the distance....the pounding shaking sound it makes as the entire train moves over the track....THAT'S where the train sound comes in. Did this schmuck expect the tornado to sound it's 'whistle' for the woo woo sound??? I've heard the sound, it DOES sound like a freight train. (with out the woo woo, clickety-clack sound of course)
WIStarcraft 2 years ago
@WIStarcraft For the record, he was making light of what everyone had told us they hear when tornadoes go by. He didn't mean he was actually expecting to hear a woo-woo. When you've just had your home taken from you, you cling to your sense of humor so that you don't fall into depression. And I would just like to inform you that it doesn't sound anything like a freight train - whether far off in the distance or near by. You wouldn't understand unless you had been hit by this tornado.
aerintwin 1 year ago
My town doesn't get many tornados, but Lord the people around us do. We had a lot of close calls last year though. Tornado Alley is anything but boring...
They say we get lucky because of living so close to the MO river.
FullElvenAlchemist 2 years ago
Missouri River won't save you.
Jfweather 2 years ago 2
Can you imagine being sucked up by one of those things? Holy moly.
YardDawg143 2 years ago
I forgot how long it lasted.
405rubio 3 years ago
i live in moore oklahoma the day this tornado came and hit my town and hit my house and when it was over every house was gone i like in more the same place were it hit but look i love tornado but damn that was scary to lose your house
askmeguy 3 years ago
That's why I couldn't live where you are. That's too much anxiety to be going through that every late winter, spring and summer.
Doesn't today's forecast call for possible severe weather, including tornadoes!
ncatina 3 years ago
i love tornados<3333 ROFL.. they are so freakinnn, awesomeE:!
GNLproductions 3 years ago
Mother nature on the rag
poopsicle65 3 years ago
Bit daft not having a scale that mesures the tornado beyond total damage though we do get radar reports of wind speed.
NeilsShoe 3 years ago
The problem is most of the time there isn't a D.O.W. (Doppler On Wheels) available to measure windspeed. Even if there is a D.O.W. it can only really measure windspeeds a few hundred feet above the ground where windspeed can be much faster than on ther ground where most damage occurs.
dragonridley 3 years ago
omg, i was born on may 3rd...
hifi68 3 years ago
that's not what i heard. i was looking up the newly remodled fujita scale, and there was a comment about the moore oklahoma being bumped up to an EF6. maybe they were wrong, but i remember it being on an official website. can't remember which one it was though.
0takuN64 3 years ago
wasn't the moore, oklahoma tornado renamed as an E-F6 when they remade the fujita scale?
0takuN64 3 years ago
No. There's never been a classification above F5 or EF5. F5 damage is essentially complete destruction, so there's no way to go any higher.
LetsDoIt4Johnny1 3 years ago
Okay, better yet, the scale does measure winds up to mach II, and in that sense there is an F-6 (and as high as F-12), but it isn't used in practice because it's gauged by a damage scale and not by wind speed measurements. Also, no tornadoes on the old Fujita scale were re-evaluated on the new (and different) Enhanced Fujita scale, which factors in engineering assessments of destroyed structures which obviously couldn't be obtained retroactively.
LetsDoIt4Johnny1 3 years ago
No tornadoes prior to 2007 were re-rated on the Enhanced scale.
dragonridley 3 years ago
hell naw i wouldin't be in that lil tunnel thing ... ill be like err body else leaving town...
0hxparis 3 years ago
actually people leaveing town is the number 1 cause of death in towns that dont recive many tornados
theflea39 3 years ago
man i remember this before i live in san antonio i lived right near where the worst damage was half of my house was gone but i was in my basement.
jackassguy111 3 years ago
"Oh Auntie Em, there's no place like HOME!"
Beamshipcaptain 3 years ago