tornadoesEdmonton1987 07 31

[chahet100]

i am happy that i was not born then i was born in Edmonton in 2001

[Drdangles41]

My parents house was destroyed by that but they still survived

[mephiston001]

I used to live in Mill Woods when this happened, but I was en route to pigeon lake when this all went down. Something I'll never forget really, even tho I was 4 or 5 or something..weird how I still remember this O-o

[lilvin69]

@mephiston001 they say u can remmebr things after u turn 3 so im not suprised u remember this day it would be hard to forget i wasnt alive yet but i know about it

[YAreAllTheUsersTAKEN]

Is that Loid Robertson?!

[xXxGu3n3tt3xXx]

Black Friday

[heyflanders24]

24 years later, and you can still see damage on baseline road, just passed 17st.

[sandirandy]

we survived that day.. and will never forget it... almost july 31 again now..every year.. we will never forget the terror of that day

[dtbturner]

I survived that tornado!

[JustAnotherPandaBear]

My dad was flying the stars helicopter that day; he was above the tornado. And it went down my moms street, but did no harm to her house.

[deathboy126]

that guy creeps me out...

[BlackGwarDeath666]

i was born just a month before this happened lived in edmonton all my life and never has anything like this happened sense luckly

[YamixShizuko]

OMG, I have cousins who live in sherwood park

[Leanneace]

Strange to see that street we lived on and the damage done to our house after all these years. It really changed our lives.

[KACHANNEL101]

Thats soo sad. I feel bad for all the people and the animals!!

[mzawizzorld]

hey every body that is so sad for the people in alamba is now dead and i am worried about the little kids to be safe and i am scared about a new born baby and what u think willl happen a parent had a baby in her stumic and then there was a tornado and the baby was dead thats the baby's whole life the baby doesnt get to see the world or the days that looked beautiful and i hope the people who dided i hope thet are in heaven and i put dislike cause thats sad and i hate tornado's i never like them

[Marley1673]

oh my godness i feel bad for the people who lost there house and my great grandma was in this disaster :(

[BSabres87]

I was born in this, St Albert July 30th 87, my Bday

[mmanna82]

@BSabres87 that would have been the day before

[Sosnowieca]

Thanks for uploading this. we were hiding in our basement when it hit down by Blue Quill. I was 6

[kazimmforever]

i live in edmonton this happened like 6 or 7 years b4 i was born when it hit my parents wedding was going on they had video and everything when they went outside for the pictures with there family & friends everyone saw and ran inside from this day on im so great full that no one i knew was hurt

[MorbidReligion]

Nothing like this happened in Edmonton since then, though I wasn't there. There was this really fucked up storm that came through last summer though. Wasn't there for that either.

[Omgb33s]

I wasn't very old when this happened, but I do have a memory of driving away from the city and just seeing blackness. We were in Edmonton visiting some family and my Dad decided we should leave sooner than we had planned because he didn't want to drive in the oncoming bad weather back to Calgary. The tornado hit as we were on our way to Calgary. Terrifying reminder of what nature is capable of.

[edmonton67]

My dad flew for PWA at the time.He was to land at the Municipal Airport from Calgary. The ATC told him to fly around the storm which extended from Leduc to the south to Gibbons to the north. West to Stoney Plain and East to Sherwood Park. Approx 35 miles squared. En route, he saw the saw the storm. The tops of which he was told reached a staggering 51,000 feet. 27,000 feet higher than he was at. I was fortunate not to have been at that end of the city on that day. I'll always remember.........

[Susiehm]

Very cool info *s* thanks for posting.

[garycalgary]

even in Grande Prairie Alberta the sky was eerie dark so there was weird weather everywhere that day

[Whit451]

This happened on my parents anniversary, I don't remember anything though because I was only a year old.

[Funnaybunnyz]

My God I was there took me years to get over it..

[cameronf1024]

I was there. Oil tanks with millions of litres were thrown hundreds of yards. Houses flattened, rain flooding Fox Drive, Edmonton Country Club had 100 year old trees thrown accross multiple fairways. Nature deserves our respect.

[Susiehm]

Boy you said it Cameron. And if you dont respect her she will blow you away . *s*

[SeaCadet263]

3:41 the guy asks "what happened?" What a dumb question!

[darklegionca]

you dont know how the news works do you its normal to ask the person there interviewing what happend

[garycalgary]

judgemental bitch or ass hole you are

[Funnaybunnyz]

I was there...Happened so fast... Took  me years to get over it..

[SeaCadet263]

3:42 The guy asks "what happened?" What a dumb question!

[SuperPosiedon]

my teacher she was moving that day to grand prarie she passed by edmonton and saw the tornado

[GothicCity13]

My parents met after the tornado hit edmonton and they say it was a disaster right from the start.

[NiceGuyAC]

Thanks for posting.

I was 10 years old living in Millwoods when this happened and remember it like yesterday. I watched as the tornado touched down in Millwoods and remember seeing thigs flying through the air.

To this day I still live in Millwoods right near where it touched down and everytime I drive past it I think of what I saw and what happened, some 22 years later.

I have some original news footage recorded the day after on Aug. 1 that I will be posting up sometime.

[knytebyte]

The Finger of God

[mileyisawsome56]

I wasn't born but my sister was and she said it was awful! My dad also said it was and that the sky was a green color and the whole time that it was happening the windows on his resturant were blowing non stop.

[Sk8ergirl126]

i wasnt born but every night on the eve of it i get a tornadoe nightmare i think even if you werent there or alive you were still affected now even a thuderstorm warning sends me to the basement i wont forget the 27 live lost

[stupidfurball]

I remember it too! I had a 3yr old and 7mo. old. We had no idea what was happening. I took them into the basement!

[JohnnyDart76]

@stupidfurball: It's a good thing you did. =)

[Susiehm]

By golly anything is possible... I think we still have one trailer park here *s*

[NiceGuyAC]

Maple Ridge trailer park is closest to Millwoods, just along 17st.

And Evergreen Mobile Home Park that was hit by the tornado is still around.

[5centsproductions]

my god do you think this could happen in calgary because theirs only funnel clouds and there out of calgary in like vulcan and langdon and airdrie and there was a funnel hole growing yesterday

[Afacelessdeath]

How was this not rated an F5? You can plainly see where F5 damage was done.

[Susiehm]

HI,

I had it in the info by the title.*S*

"Missing an F5 classification by 3 KM an hour."

S

[MeanGene79]

F5 implies houses being entirely removed from their foundations and complete devastation. While the damage was bad, it's officially F4.

[Susiehm]

As stated in the description ABOVE "Missing an F5 classification by 3 KM an hour. " It did take houses, and roofs, and vehicles and semi trucks and even flew a BABY something like 250 feet.( The baby survived by miracle of nature)and trees, and of course.. trailors *s*

[dragonridley]

Technically they are rated by damage, not windspeed. This was officially a high F4 but there was some possible F5 damage. This wouldn't be the first time a tornado's rating was debated.

[sexyshit88]

I remember this day well even though I was only 3 at the time. It was hot and humid. The residents did not even have enough time to take shelter. Warnings back in 1987 were 3 minutes at best. 3 minutes is no where good enough. 27 people lost their lives that day. 27 is 27 too many. I really hope that Tornado warnings are much better today 15 minutes is acceptable.

K.