Watch EF5 tornado crash into bank

The bank was closed, but surveillance cameras were rolling when an EF5 tornado hit Parkersburg, Iowa, on May 25, 2008. Here are multiple views of the inside of the First State Bank as the twister shredded the building.

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[Snoep76239]

You know the economy's bad when even Mother Nature has to rob banks...

[sim624]

well that's one way to rob a bank

[gtafan2006]

@sim624 except all the money was safely inside the bank vault im sure well at least i hope they dont leave any in the drawers after closing time cause then anybody could just break in bust them drawers open and steal that cash. them bank vaults are like tornado shelters thick as hell and can take a beating and hopefully when they build the new bank they bolt it into the floor a good 4 ft with like 20 bolts i mean its iowa you gotta expect things like this to happen sooner or later.

[MBBWS]

BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­A!!!!!!!!

[supercell1995]

@MrLehnerd

If there are more tornadoes like the one that hit Oklahoma City on May 3rd 1999 there may as well be an EF6 rating. Official wind speeds of that tornado did exceed F5 on the old rating scale.

[supercell1995]

(Before tornado...) Average bank in Parkersburg. Very calm.

(After tornado...) Average bank in Manhatten. Robbed, destroyed, decimated. Completely. No cops, no security, no nothin :)

[parallelpinkparakeet]

@sim624 Now if only one could summon tornadoes at will.

[mariaverina]

so what happened to the money?

[MrLehnerd]

there no EF5 yet but i heard they may redo the scale n now go a EF6 next year!

[THEgrandPOOPbah]

@MrLehnerd Re-write:

Looks like the tornado wanted to *puts on sunglasses* make a withdrawal.

YYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!­!!!!

[vivaladan009]

atleast if you knew it was coming you could go in the safe if you worked here

[SCE2AUX]

@awsome6423 That's what the FDIC's for.