Ohhh yeahh i remember this im pretty sure i was at my friends house and when the storm was over we saw a broken house and there was a huge tree pulled out of the ground like you can see the roots it was that day or 2 years ago cuz i was at my cousins house over last summer
I loved it. I work as a lifeguard for the city, and when the storm hit, we lost power for about 2 1/2 weeks. I got to run around working for parks dept, electric, building maintenance doing clean up and assisting. They even gave me my own city truck to use to get around in. I put in so many hours that summer... We had to take part of a HUGE tree out of some girls car, it was destroyed. Beautiful destruction, think it'd be fun to do again.
the whole south of town was fucked up..it was bad..but hel it was pretty neat looking..if u didnt know what was goin on lol.. bible beaters..ha ya know most of this town may say there a bible beater but there all hypocrites here..no offense to neone that isnt..but yea.. we may be a small ass tow but boy do we know how to have a good time. :)
Can someone tell me which part of Altus was filmed I read that the southeast part of town was hit. I lived there 79-83 and all I could remember in that part of town was the Red Roof Inn, VFW building w/ the tank outside, and the Altus drive-in theater or was someone talking about the area near Missile Park.
we figure it was a wind wall...years ago I was out west near the tracks and a 'wall' hit and it threw the box cars off of the tracks...box cars don't weigh very much but still...it is what it is
We were in an airstream on ridgecrest when the wall hit, you could feel the air depressing right then-ears shutting...but it was all really something....
I remember driving around afterwards and just crying. Crying b/c I was so thankful that no one was hurt and 2 b/c it was hard to see the town so torn up.
One of the rotations was over my house and we prayed and it went back up so don't tell me that the Lord doesn't hear our prayers!!!
oo dude i live in altus oklahoma and i was there when it happend dude it was fucked up like by united and the highschool there was this tree on a car it was fucked up man lol
my husband was in the air force and we were there for 9 long ass years!!!!! what hell!!! now i'm back in the pacific nothwest where i belong. my advice, MOVE
Fuck you tonylong1970! We may be a boring ass town but what the fuck do you know? Oh, and your a dumb ass for thinking that bible beaters could stop the "down burst". It was not a god damn ice storm, it was in the damn summer...so dude, get help.
its a shame the storm didnt wipe altus off the map. i spent six months there (against my will) and it was six months way too freakin long. i can only hope that my dream will one day be realized. altus just plain sucks.
my dog got lost during this storm
skulchaser24 1 month ago
i was there on base and i remember not having power its was very bad my tree got riped up roof parts off but i still remember it all it was terifying
saphire132 1 year ago
you wented too Blair shool two di'dn't you!
johnlingjunior 1 year ago
i remember this. the power line behind my house was broken
12436R 1 year ago
i remember this. the power line behind my house was broken
12436R 1 year ago
Ohhh yeahh i remember this im pretty sure i was at my friends house and when the storm was over we saw a broken house and there was a huge tree pulled out of the ground like you can see the roots it was that day or 2 years ago cuz i was at my cousins house over last summer
l3galkilmurd3r 2 years ago
I loved it. I work as a lifeguard for the city, and when the storm hit, we lost power for about 2 1/2 weeks. I got to run around working for parks dept, electric, building maintenance doing clean up and assisting. They even gave me my own city truck to use to get around in. I put in so many hours that summer... We had to take part of a HUGE tree out of some girls car, it was destroyed. Beautiful destruction, think it'd be fun to do again.
therougegod09 2 years ago
the whole south of town was fucked up..it was bad..but hel it was pretty neat looking..if u didnt know what was goin on lol.. bible beaters..ha ya know most of this town may say there a bible beater but there all hypocrites here..no offense to neone that isnt..but yea.. we may be a small ass tow but boy do we know how to have a good time. :)
rebariel25 2 years ago
dude i wouldove died our power coame off and our fish died :(
rockbandrulls 2 years ago
yah, dude bad damage here the hospital got hit pretty hard
tallmanmoon 2 years ago
Can someone tell me which part of Altus was filmed I read that the southeast part of town was hit. I lived there 79-83 and all I could remember in that part of town was the Red Roof Inn, VFW building w/ the tank outside, and the Altus drive-in theater or was someone talking about the area near Missile Park.
jfriedmann69 2 years ago
we figure it was a wind wall...years ago I was out west near the tracks and a 'wall' hit and it threw the box cars off of the tracks...box cars don't weigh very much but still...it is what it is
headacherack 2 years ago
We were in an airstream on ridgecrest when the wall hit, you could feel the air depressing right then-ears shutting...but it was all really something....
headacherack 2 years ago
ya thats what i said too
right when it hit like the pressure in the house changed and my ears popped ike being on an airplaine
it wuz epic
bigtallrulethemall 2 years ago
I remember driving around afterwards and just crying. Crying b/c I was so thankful that no one was hurt and 2 b/c it was hard to see the town so torn up.
One of the rotations was over my house and we prayed and it went back up so don't tell me that the Lord doesn't hear our prayers!!!
JellicleKat 3 years ago
Wow
thats really bad
it did a lot of damage in our area too
bigtallrulethemall 3 years ago
dude i live here and it was pretty bad
deeniereenie 3 years ago
What was the name of that motel? I used to know it, when I lived there back in '82.
brucevbracken 3 years ago
my front yard had a tree and i saw the tornado it was horrable
ihatesomeppls15 3 years ago
doesn't is spelled like this
picplayer1 3 years ago
oo dude i live in altus oklahoma and i was there when it happend dude it was fucked up like by united and the highschool there was this tree on a car it was fucked up man lol
kodak619 3 years ago
yeah i know seriously dude. lol
bigtallrulethemall 3 years ago
my husband was in the air force and we were there for 9 long ass years!!!!! what hell!!! now i'm back in the pacific nothwest where i belong. my advice, MOVE
serialmom63 3 years ago
I am supised that all the bible beaters couldn't stop the ice storm......
tonylong1970 3 years ago
Fuck you tonylong1970! We may be a boring ass town but what the fuck do you know? Oh, and your a dumb ass for thinking that bible beaters could stop the "down burst". It was not a god damn ice storm, it was in the damn summer...so dude, get help.
ZombieZapper94 3 years ago
Hmmm, i live on Altus AFB in new base housing, What street do you live on? Do you live on Chickasaw?
ApostolicGodsChild 3 years ago
@ApostolicGodsChild i did what number
saphire132 1 year ago
@saphire132
I lived in 1027 but moved around the corner to Legacy Ln
ApostolicGodsChild 1 year ago
mydads restaruant was total too the china buffet its me cody
ranger2l 3 years ago
dude i live here and go to school and i was almost got hit with a branch
ranger2l 3 years ago
its a shame the storm didnt wipe altus off the map. i spent six months there (against my will) and it was six months way too freakin long. i can only hope that my dream will one day be realized. altus just plain sucks.
santa1563 3 years ago 2
well hmmmm..... DONT GIVE A CRAP! I looooove it! lol So SHUT UP!
bigtallrulethemall 3 years ago
dude i know, i hate it here too
InspiredByARock 3 years ago
oh my goodness..i remember this day..i was scared!!! lol..seriously tho it was scary.
sky3413 3 years ago
lol! I KNOW! IT WAS! It was so bad that altus had to import powerline poles all the way from like kansas or something!
bigtallrulethemall 3 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing your video. I have been waiting for someone to put one on YouTube so I could share it with my family out of state.
Excellent!
shirtleturtle 3 years ago
Lol! NO!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!! LOL!
bigtallrulethemall 3 years ago
lol thanx
bigtallrulethemall 2 years ago