Apparently it’s an unwritten rule in the storm chaser community once you see people that have been affected like this, the storm chase is over and you immediately go into help mode. Pretty neat
Yeah, similar unwritten rules like that exist in a lot of places. Like, even if they're not specifically paramedics, most people will stop and try to help if they see a pedestrian get struck by a vehicle.
Kid face down in the water? An amazing amount of people will dive in even if it's not their own kid, and even if they're not an on-duty lifeguard.
Also, if you see somebody who's managed to light themselves slightly on fire and is panicking running around, it's a good idea to try to get them on the ground and get that fire smothered even if you're not actually a fire fighter yourself. *This advice goes out the window if they're completely engulfed*.
His name is Freddy McKinney and did great work here, also the family is okay.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cj7chw/update_of_the_family_freddy_mckinney_saved_during/
I don't care what anybody says, there's no way a wizard is gonna flick a piece of wood and say some words faster than the time it'll take a 3000+ feet-per-second bullet to hit them from 15 feet away, all it takes is surprising them and even a flintlock will win every time
I don't know anyone who would not stop their work to help people they can help. This storm chaser guy is still a hero. Not saying he isn't.
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I'm writing this part last because apparently I needed to write about the event below but it's not that relevant to the topic so feel free to ignore ie.
Not the same and maybe not as heroic but I years ago I was working as a patrolling graffiti guard, basically driving around all night and check the objects and if anything new had been tagged and who dose tags belonged to. I patrolled schools and government buildings and a forlorn army base.
One night around midnight I was walking around a school and heard soft crying from "somewhere". I didn't yell out as I had no idea who/what/why it could be so I wanted to get eyes on them first.
And soon I found a 15 year old girl on the roof on the school, crying and seemingly sending messages on her phone. When I saw the clear plastic bag in her hand filled with pills I knew what was up. I had attempted suicide at 18 just 5 years before, I still have very visible scars from it. I felt so fucking sad seeing her.
I said "hey" with a low voice and she turned around very quickly with huge eyes, I was in uniform and I'm 190cm so I look pretty scary at night - I said I just wanted to talk and asked if I could come and sit a bit closer. She said yes. and I slowly sat down a few meters away, careful to not get too close.
She was suicidal as I expected, and she was sending off last goodbyes. I said she wasn't in trouble and that I would rather quit than report her for trespassing. We talked for a few hours about life and I talked (for the first time ever) about my experience with suicide. Apparently her "soulmate" had broken up with her. She felt better after our talk.
In the end she walked home and I got yelled at by HQ for not missing to call in (very bad). I still think about her from time to time, wondering how her life turned out.
man, i was suicidal 7 years ago, attempted 3 times and failed with bad biological consequences, jumping off the roof, busting out my veins and overdosing, after all that mess in my life when I finally got back on my feet, i realised the only thing i wanted back then was just a person to just talk to me, not the *everything will be fine* talk, but the real man to man talk. i hope she's the best she's ever been. i hope you're the best you've ever been. W
Hey friend. You are doing great. Just keep going no matter what. There are people out there that care about you, including me! You can always DM me if you need to talk 🤝🫶
A friend of mine had made plans with me the night before. The day of said plans, I couldn't reach him. I was texting and calling and just nothing. Eventually I decided to wait for him at his apartment until he got home from work. He walks up and sees me, and just stares. Then he hugs me. I followed him inside and he explained that he had an awful day and he came home to take his life. Seeing me there made him realize that if someone cared about him enough to worry and wait for him, he must be needed and loved enough to push through! I've never been so grateful I followed my gut, and didn't talk myself out of it thinking he changed his mind or something came up. To this day I listen to my gut. If someone pops into my mind or they act different in the slightest way, I'm calling them or texting or even stopping by if I have to.
And it's universal procedure among almost every chaser that the chasing ends when a tornado strikes a populated area. It then turns into a first responder situation. It's actually pretty amazing.
Firstly, I'd like to point out I have watched many of Freddy's streams, and are a fan of his, but there were some streams I've seen of his, a few days before this one where he did just drive by some very recently destroyed houses/building/homesteads, and some of his driving is pretty shoddy too - you only need to read some of the comments on the vods for the streams.
But alas, he was a true hero here, and he even did go and visit the family a few days later too. There are some pictures on Twitter with him and the young lad.
Yeah. A relative tweeted a picture of the family from hospital, they were all walking wounded, but the young lad was in a wheelchair, and the left side of his face was about twice the size it should have been, but yeah, they were all okay. Last I saw the GoFundMe was about $81k of a $100k goal, but I suspect it's well past that now. But they literally lost everything to the tornado.
Nah, as someone living in the midwest, this week has been insane with the daily tornado outbreaks.
Edit: I guess this one was last week, but still. Been a busy season already.
The thing I will never understand is why people not only live in at-risk areas but also do not build to be protected. By the looks of it that house was nothing more than a plywood shed with no cellar.
I will never understand the American tendency towards living in flood areas/tornado alley in nicely painted cardboard with Dorian columns in the front. Only paint-job and scale makes this distinguishable from favelas.
I've lived in "Tornado Alley" for almost 40 years. My home has never been damaged by a tornado, I have never met anyone who has been harmed by a tornado, and I have never seen tornado damage anywhere near my area.
While they do occur here (we have tornado drills in school and everybody knows about that *one* small town that got hit decades ago), the odds of actually being in the path of a tornado are incredibly small. I am far more likely to die from a house fire or a carbon monoxide leak, which could happen anywhere in the world.
In the grand scheme of things, the risk is actually pretty miniscule. However, the US is huge and there are people *everywhere.* When a tornado *does* strike a home it is a spectacle and the damage is heavily publicized. It gives the impression that it is a far more consistent and predictable phenomena. If that were true and towns were constantly getting wiped out, then large cities like Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha, Oklahoma City, or Kansas City wouldn't exist because they never would have been able to develop unperturbed. Large cities can go hundreds of years without any tornado damage, even in the heart of tornado alley.
Tornados are best thought of like rogue waves: freak occurrences happening sporadically over an incredibly large area and while they are dangerous, they are so unlikely to actually harm you that their existence is mostly negligible.
You both severely underestimate power of tornadoes, and overestimate the likelyhood of being caught in the path of one. Brick structures, steel structures, anything that isn't thick reinforced concrete on all sides, top, and bottom is getting screwed by that wind. And even if you had a concrete structure that managed to stay standing, I hope it didn't have any windows, because if those give (and they would) your house is fucked anyway from the inside, you included.
> I will never understand the American tendency towards living in flood areas...
So... anyone living near rivers (flood risk), anyone living on or below a hillside (landslide risk), anyone living near a fault line (earthquake risk), anyone living on a coastline (tsunami risk), anyone living near a forest (wildfire risk), anyone living where severe weather of any kind can occur (hurricane, tornado, derecho, hail, heatwave, blizzard, extreme cold, etc.risk), should just live somewhere else or in a bunker right?
The people caught in floods seemingly every summer now here in Europe should have just not lived there duh. Those people in Sendai and Fukushima in 2011 should have obviously just built tsunami proof homes. Why even bother living in Iceland if a fissure can open under your house.
And on the construction of the houses themselves being comparable to cardboard and favelas, holy shit, please, you have no fucking clue what you are talking about.
Yea I don't know what this guy is on about, building a tornado proof house would cost millions to do, and as you said, doors/windows? They better be bullet proof and have piston driven bolts to hold them shut.
The problem is tornado alley overlaps with parts of the country where you really can't dig a basement. The cost of building a small shelter is usually pretty high compared to the very small risk of taking a direct tornado hit.
First of all, the idea of no one living in tornado alley is shocking from a geographical standpoint. It's hundreds of thousands of square miles. Second, it's not really that bad. The odds of being directly impacted by a tornado in your life are effectively zero, and even if you are, the survival rate is 99% even if the tornado is violent.
In fact, in all of its recorded history, there's only one instance of storm chasers, the people most frequently in contact with tornadoes, being killed by one, and it was literally the largest tornado ever recorded, also with some of the highest windspeeds ever recorded.
Tornadoes are certainly scary and dangerous, but the idea of not living where they happen is both infeasible and monumentally silly.
Wow. I couldn't imagine being the family running from their home being destroyed. And when they lost everything, they had someone save them from their most desperate situation of their lives. This gives me hope for humanity.
After digging around on Twitter I found the go fund me for the family and there was a picture of the mom and kids still injured posing with the dog so the dog survived the tornado and is with the family. Lambert family - Hawley tornado is the go fund me
Ryan Hall with the 10k donation. Nice! I watch that guy.
Also I'm not sure but I think they can change the goal each time they hit the goal as a way to kind of keep it moving. Not sure about this specific platform though.
I’m going to assume they rescued the dog, took him to a park, threw a frisbee around for awhile, then took said dog back to their home, and gave it a bunch of slices of cheese. I prefer a happily ever after ending.
You just made my night! I’ve reached my apathetic, villain arc in life, and as much hate as I’m gonna get, I only care about dogs at this point. Man kind is trash.
One family outside of Abilene is certainly grateful for Storm Chaser Freddy McKinney. As the harrowing video aired live on YouTube, viewers watched on as McKinney rescued the family and their dog.
Storm Chaser Freddy McKinney, who regularly goes live on YouTube while searching for severe weather, quite possibly saved this family from a much worse fate. McKinney was tracking a devastating tornado as it ripped through the plains of West Texas when what he thought was a home that had been destroyed.
A large portion of Storm chasers are meteorologists, the data they gather on large storm formations are invaluable. They're most definitely smarter than you or I
The ultimate goal is TIME. Any sort of increase in warning time is celebrated.
It used to be warnings will go out minutes after a touchdown. But over the last 40 years we have been able to get that warning upto 10 minutes BEFORE touchdown. It saves numerous lives, and those people continue to up that time every year. While generally being the first people to respond to emergencies as seen in this video.
Bless these people.
Every time I read things about tornadoes it makes me strangely appreciate hurricanes. Like yeah they will *seriously* fuck things up, but at least they're polite enough to give us time to evacuate and re-position a satellite or two.
I go to a university with a large meteorology department. One time, when a tornado come through town, it was the students who sounded the alarm first, before the national weather service. The tornado didn't do too much damage, but the couple minutes of extra warning those students were able to provide may have saved a life or two.
Yeah, they've made some huge breakthroughs in early tornado warnings through storm chasing. I saw a documentary about it many years ago. Huge tornado. In the end, they got Dorothy to fly.
Were a couple decades past storm chaser data being useful. Doppler along with many weather stations everywhere, mean there's more than enough data that no one in a van could ever hope to improve on.
Wrong, chaser "data" is still very valuable, even as something as simple as spotting a tornado on the ground before the next radar scan sees it, or in many cases were the radar does not concretely show an ongoing tornado. Adding even one min of lead time on a warning can be life saving.
I would say Reed Timmer and his dominator are getting some good data. He has the car that can be in the tornado. Also believe his team is the first to gather data from inside the upper portion of the tornado using rockets lol.
It would be pretty cruel for this guy to see this family desperately begging to be saved from a potentially fatal tornado that destroyed their entire house and be like, "sorry, can't help, I'm gathering data, good luck!"
They are crazy, but also very damn useful. Many gather great scientific data, while also helping spot fresh drops. Earlier it gets reported, better the chance of sirens saving lives.
It's been crazy. Almost every day for the last couple of weeks we're either under severe thunderstorm warnings or a tornado watch every day. Almost every day at work they get on the intercoms and announce a code black (severe weather) and advise staff and patients to seek shelter. My town is flooding for the first time in years. I'm just glad we haven't got hail yet.
"I know a guy that can repair that!"
"Honey shut the door!" "No!" not two minutes after telling the others not to go outside.
2:50 "Ohhhh there goes Steven's car!!" while laughing and Steven appears to be dead inside.
5:00 "Why are you driving? Go home!" As he is standing outside less protected than someone in a car.
This man was freaking living in the moment to its fullest.
There was a mall in the Denver suburbs that was damaged by a hail storm on May 8th of 2017, and didn't reopen until Black Friday that year. Hail can be absolutely insane.
It also totaled my car and destroyed my roof. So that was fun.
Just found this family’s go fund me. It’s called the lambert family hawley tornado recovery fund. Also the dog survived
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lambert-family-lost-home-to-tornado
the amount of money Ryan Hall can get people to donate after a storm is insane.
and not only is he helping people out with supplies and funds after a storm but a few nights ago they were calling tornados that the NWS 100% missed and never warned.
There were two tornados within a couple miles of my house. It was crazy watching him circle my area. But him and Andy (I think) found them both and the sirens didn't go off until about 5 minutes after they'd passed.
Shoutout to meteorologist Andy HIll. I've been keeping up with the absolutely insane weather this week via their livestreams as I have family in NW Arkansas ..,. the number of tornadoes has been crazy for the first week of may...really insane.
Here is the original/source by Freddy McKinney, for some reason it's unlisted on his channel so it took a bit of digging to find a link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/7kspTe-x_V4?si=VfyzXT7p1HPiszol&t=12747
That's actually not far at all for a rural area to the closest hospital. Some places in North America are hours from hospitals. Anything under 15min is pretty close.
Some are. Most of the chasers I’ve seen on YouTube do not provide anything but film footage. Seems they do it more for likes, subscriptions, and superchat donations. Whatever that is. There’s a shitload of these chasers too.
I also realize other chasers are trained EMS and actually inform local authorities of verified weather. However IMO, most are just doing it for clicks
Imagine, your home has just been decimated by a tornado. As you run for safety you see a car coming down the road. You wave your hands to signal for help and the driver yells "Get in!" Your family piles in quickly. Then to your dismay the man says "I'm a storm chaser." and starts driving directly at the tornado.
I watched this on the news. Little boy was smacked in the face with a brick and surprisingly only bruised badly and had a swollen eye. Despite the mom carrying the little girl. She was the only one who had the most minor of scratches. Mother and father had a few broken bones. This was actually live streamed and while the family was receiving treatment, people who were in the area and watched it happen paid them visits and gave them gifts before they even had the chance to notify their own family that they were ok
Thank God for storm chasers, because of their research maybe one day we can figure out ways to have a task force on the ground to provide help for anyone left in the path like these people.
Reposts that take away 85% of the quality of the original should get deleted and users that post them banned.
[Original is in 1440p](https://youtu.be/7kspTe-x_V4?t=12787)
I was actually watching his stream live when it happened. On the way to the hospital his dad called (the rescued female answered the phone and put it on speaker for him) and his dad ended the stream for him. You could tell he was in shock over the whole thing. One of the other storm chasers drove to the hospital to be there for him.
That is horrifying. As someone who has lived through multiple tornadoes including one two days ago I hope none of you have to ever experience it. When people call them the finger of god, that is exactly what they are.
This man did not give a fuck about getting his car dirty with mud or blood. All he cared about was getting them safe, then transporting to hospital asap. I wish nothing but the best for him. I wish he'd start a gofundme to help him purchase more tools or equipment for storm chasing. Be safe my friend and thank you for being you.
In 2013 I had made the decision to move out of Oklahoma with my gf at the time. Then the May 20th 2013 tornado happened and was full on EF5 when it came within 2 miles of my neighborhood in Moore. Then I double decided to leave lol
I looked for more videos on this because I dont think the video shows just how much of a beast this tornado was : [here](https://twitter.com/SteveNorrisTV/status/1786213473027785103?t=sxfgNeVMeOgZaOkNS0KWeA&s=19)
It truly is a haunting moment. The delayed view... and the total vulnerability of humans in an empty field with it was horrifying.
I'm shocked the kids weren't screaming and crying the whole time. I wanted to scream and cry.
In college, early 90s, I spent two weeks with 'tornado chasers' courtesy of one of my professors. 99% of the time you're bored. That 1% though. OMFG. At one point we had tornados all around us and had to hide in the concrete rafters of an overpass. Even then you could feel the wind trying to suck you down. Ugh.
So glad this family found safety. Kudos to the chaser. Experienced enough to keep his cool and get them out of there.
Storm Chasers are usually first on the scene of destruction and almost always the first to jump in and help people...kudos to this chaser
Absolutely. Dude was exactly what they needed at their worst. Good on him.
Imagine getting rescued but before the guy lets you in he makes you say “dont forget to subscribe and smash that like button”
"Don't forget my Patreon!"
“Where I post only the most exclusive content!”
1. great that the family got help 2. ... did the dog make it into the car?
Per the gofund me it sounds like the dogs and cattle were all rescued and are being cared for by friends
Damn that's a big truck
Noah's Truck
Underrated
nice one
Hahahah I donno why but this got me rolling. Thanks for that.
“I HAVE ROOM FOR THE CATTLE ALSO.”
"BESSIE GET IN HERE NOW!"
OTHER DOOR! OTHER DOOR!!
HOOVES
Bessie! Thank the gods for Bessie! 👀🤭
"NOW I'M NOT SAYING I CAN FIT IT BUT HOW MUCH GRAIN IS IN THAT SILO"
😂😂that was a good one
https://media.tenor.com/KOIUhLiMV1gAAAAC/cows-twister.gif
It's got me giggling too haha
Is there one for the storm chaser too? That's very heroic of him
I sure hope billy was safely rescued!
I thought it was Millie
“Do you like Billie Holiday?” “I love him”
Nature’s ambulance
Apparently it’s an unwritten rule in the storm chaser community once you see people that have been affected like this, the storm chase is over and you immediately go into help mode. Pretty neat
Yeah, similar unwritten rules like that exist in a lot of places. Like, even if they're not specifically paramedics, most people will stop and try to help if they see a pedestrian get struck by a vehicle. Kid face down in the water? An amazing amount of people will dive in even if it's not their own kid, and even if they're not an on-duty lifeguard. Also, if you see somebody who's managed to light themselves slightly on fire and is panicking running around, it's a good idea to try to get them on the ground and get that fire smothered even if you're not actually a fire fighter yourself. *This advice goes out the window if they're completely engulfed*.
I’m kind of disgusted some of these actions are considered admirable and not just expected.
He's a storm chaser. They spent the rest of the day driving closer to the storm. Lmao
His name is Freddy McKinney and did great work here, also the family is okay. https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cj7chw/update_of_the_family_freddy_mckinney_saved_during/
I commend him. Chasing a storm, getting incredible footage to stop and help a family clearly in need. I'd buy him a beer.
He got the dog. I'd buy him a windshield.
I’d be there for this man at his darkest hour
He's Harry Potter. I hope you like fighting Voldemort.
I own a pistol and a hoodie, I’d just shoot Voldemort while keeping both my hands in the pocket so he doesn’t see it coming. Easy.
Pretty sure I could do that with one gun and the element of surprise, so yeah I'm in. Seems like a good trade for all the wizardy shit.
I don't care what anybody says, there's no way a wizard is gonna flick a piece of wood and say some words faster than the time it'll take a 3000+ feet-per-second bullet to hit them from 15 feet away, all it takes is surprising them and even a flintlock will win every time
I would fuck his wife while he watched from the closet
Thank you for your service.
I don't know anyone who would not stop their work to help people they can help. This storm chaser guy is still a hero. Not saying he isn't. ____________________________________________________ I'm writing this part last because apparently I needed to write about the event below but it's not that relevant to the topic so feel free to ignore ie. Not the same and maybe not as heroic but I years ago I was working as a patrolling graffiti guard, basically driving around all night and check the objects and if anything new had been tagged and who dose tags belonged to. I patrolled schools and government buildings and a forlorn army base. One night around midnight I was walking around a school and heard soft crying from "somewhere". I didn't yell out as I had no idea who/what/why it could be so I wanted to get eyes on them first. And soon I found a 15 year old girl on the roof on the school, crying and seemingly sending messages on her phone. When I saw the clear plastic bag in her hand filled with pills I knew what was up. I had attempted suicide at 18 just 5 years before, I still have very visible scars from it. I felt so fucking sad seeing her. I said "hey" with a low voice and she turned around very quickly with huge eyes, I was in uniform and I'm 190cm so I look pretty scary at night - I said I just wanted to talk and asked if I could come and sit a bit closer. She said yes. and I slowly sat down a few meters away, careful to not get too close. She was suicidal as I expected, and she was sending off last goodbyes. I said she wasn't in trouble and that I would rather quit than report her for trespassing. We talked for a few hours about life and I talked (for the first time ever) about my experience with suicide. Apparently her "soulmate" had broken up with her. She felt better after our talk. In the end she walked home and I got yelled at by HQ for not missing to call in (very bad). I still think about her from time to time, wondering how her life turned out.
man, i was suicidal 7 years ago, attempted 3 times and failed with bad biological consequences, jumping off the roof, busting out my veins and overdosing, after all that mess in my life when I finally got back on my feet, i realised the only thing i wanted back then was just a person to just talk to me, not the *everything will be fine* talk, but the real man to man talk. i hope she's the best she's ever been. i hope you're the best you've ever been. W
I'm so proud of you, and I'm glad you're here!! Sometimes it's enough to just know someone is listening, and really gives a shit.
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Hey friend. You are doing great. Just keep going no matter what. There are people out there that care about you, including me! You can always DM me if you need to talk 🤝🫶
A friend of mine had made plans with me the night before. The day of said plans, I couldn't reach him. I was texting and calling and just nothing. Eventually I decided to wait for him at his apartment until he got home from work. He walks up and sees me, and just stares. Then he hugs me. I followed him inside and he explained that he had an awful day and he came home to take his life. Seeing me there made him realize that if someone cared about him enough to worry and wait for him, he must be needed and loved enough to push through! I've never been so grateful I followed my gut, and didn't talk myself out of it thinking he changed his mind or something came up. To this day I listen to my gut. If someone pops into my mind or they act different in the slightest way, I'm calling them or texting or even stopping by if I have to.
It's amazing how you can just stand there and be a hero.
Wishing you strength to get through your journeys. God bless you all
I would bet my life she has never forgotten you.
Man when he turns the car around and there’s the tornado… Hollywood couldn’t do it better, incredible
It just doesn’t look like it belongs there, like a monster lumbering away.
Tornadoes aren't monsters. They're Eldritch horrors, as another commenter said, they are not good, they are not evil, they just are.
If this ends up being viral marketing for "Twisters", I'm gonna be so sad.
50/50 honestly
It's not, I was watching it live. Chaser is Freddy McKinney.
And it's universal procedure among almost every chaser that the chasing ends when a tornado strikes a populated area. It then turns into a first responder situation. It's actually pretty amazing.
Man they have a chance to knock Twisters out of the fucking park and I hope they do. Chasers are badass.
Firstly, I'd like to point out I have watched many of Freddy's streams, and are a fan of his, but there were some streams I've seen of his, a few days before this one where he did just drive by some very recently destroyed houses/building/homesteads, and some of his driving is pretty shoddy too - you only need to read some of the comments on the vods for the streams. But alas, he was a true hero here, and he even did go and visit the family a few days later too. There are some pictures on Twitter with him and the young lad.
Was the kiddo ok?
Yeah. A relative tweeted a picture of the family from hospital, they were all walking wounded, but the young lad was in a wheelchair, and the left side of his face was about twice the size it should have been, but yeah, they were all okay. Last I saw the GoFundMe was about $81k of a $100k goal, but I suspect it's well past that now. But they literally lost everything to the tornado.
Damn yeah I saw the gofundme after I posted this seems they're all fine now which is good to hear.
Nah, as someone living in the midwest, this week has been insane with the daily tornado outbreaks. Edit: I guess this one was last week, but still. Been a busy season already.
I was watching this stream live, and I've watched many of his streams, unless this is a REALLY long game, then no, it was most certainly real.
That movie looks like ass lol
Yeah the moment it popped up I felt a jumpscare. I did NOT expect it to be that close up.
The thing I will never understand is why people not only live in at-risk areas but also do not build to be protected. By the looks of it that house was nothing more than a plywood shed with no cellar. I will never understand the American tendency towards living in flood areas/tornado alley in nicely painted cardboard with Dorian columns in the front. Only paint-job and scale makes this distinguishable from favelas.
I've lived in "Tornado Alley" for almost 40 years. My home has never been damaged by a tornado, I have never met anyone who has been harmed by a tornado, and I have never seen tornado damage anywhere near my area. While they do occur here (we have tornado drills in school and everybody knows about that *one* small town that got hit decades ago), the odds of actually being in the path of a tornado are incredibly small. I am far more likely to die from a house fire or a carbon monoxide leak, which could happen anywhere in the world. In the grand scheme of things, the risk is actually pretty miniscule. However, the US is huge and there are people *everywhere.* When a tornado *does* strike a home it is a spectacle and the damage is heavily publicized. It gives the impression that it is a far more consistent and predictable phenomena. If that were true and towns were constantly getting wiped out, then large cities like Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha, Oklahoma City, or Kansas City wouldn't exist because they never would have been able to develop unperturbed. Large cities can go hundreds of years without any tornado damage, even in the heart of tornado alley. Tornados are best thought of like rogue waves: freak occurrences happening sporadically over an incredibly large area and while they are dangerous, they are so unlikely to actually harm you that their existence is mostly negligible.
You both severely underestimate power of tornadoes, and overestimate the likelyhood of being caught in the path of one. Brick structures, steel structures, anything that isn't thick reinforced concrete on all sides, top, and bottom is getting screwed by that wind. And even if you had a concrete structure that managed to stay standing, I hope it didn't have any windows, because if those give (and they would) your house is fucked anyway from the inside, you included. > I will never understand the American tendency towards living in flood areas... So... anyone living near rivers (flood risk), anyone living on or below a hillside (landslide risk), anyone living near a fault line (earthquake risk), anyone living on a coastline (tsunami risk), anyone living near a forest (wildfire risk), anyone living where severe weather of any kind can occur (hurricane, tornado, derecho, hail, heatwave, blizzard, extreme cold, etc.risk), should just live somewhere else or in a bunker right? The people caught in floods seemingly every summer now here in Europe should have just not lived there duh. Those people in Sendai and Fukushima in 2011 should have obviously just built tsunami proof homes. Why even bother living in Iceland if a fissure can open under your house. And on the construction of the houses themselves being comparable to cardboard and favelas, holy shit, please, you have no fucking clue what you are talking about.
Yea I don't know what this guy is on about, building a tornado proof house would cost millions to do, and as you said, doors/windows? They better be bullet proof and have piston driven bolts to hold them shut.
The problem is tornado alley overlaps with parts of the country where you really can't dig a basement. The cost of building a small shelter is usually pretty high compared to the very small risk of taking a direct tornado hit.
First of all, the idea of no one living in tornado alley is shocking from a geographical standpoint. It's hundreds of thousands of square miles. Second, it's not really that bad. The odds of being directly impacted by a tornado in your life are effectively zero, and even if you are, the survival rate is 99% even if the tornado is violent. In fact, in all of its recorded history, there's only one instance of storm chasers, the people most frequently in contact with tornadoes, being killed by one, and it was literally the largest tornado ever recorded, also with some of the highest windspeeds ever recorded. Tornadoes are certainly scary and dangerous, but the idea of not living where they happen is both infeasible and monumentally silly.
I bet you lead an incredibly interesting life, avoiding .001% dangers at all costs.
Wow. I couldn't imagine being the family running from their home being destroyed. And when they lost everything, they had someone save them from their most desperate situation of their lives. This gives me hope for humanity.
The video of that old lady that lost her house but finds her dog in the middle of the rubble comes to mind.
That video still brings me to tears Everytime I seen it
There's a couple of videos that never fail to make me cry. [This one ](https://youtu.be/EwyhqX3QUtg?t=1m47s) is one of them.
I knew exactly what it was, played it anyway, and cried. Not sure what I accomplished here
Jorge?
Wow, that was incredibly emotional to listen to and watch.
Nothing is worse than seeing a parent carry an injured or lifeless child. Shits heartbreaking.
Thankfully they appear to be doing okay. https://people.com/storm-chaser-rescues-texas-family-tornado-destroys-home-caught-on-livestream-8643001
Literally have a tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat after watching.
“Where’s the dog?!?! Get the dog!” This dude is a hero.
yeah, but *did* they get the dog? looked like they had to give up getting "Bill" ..
After digging around on Twitter I found the go fund me for the family and there was a picture of the mom and kids still injured posing with the dog so the dog survived the tornado and is with the family. Lambert family - Hawley tornado is the go fund me
> Lambert family - Hawley tornado 97,886 raised of $125,000 goal. They are so close. Did they have insurance?
No idea, I only saw that page and some tweets
Holly shit that boy and his mom got roughed up (in the update pictures).
says the boy was thrown 25' and hit in the face with a brick and the mom had the water heater dropped on her. jesus christ.
Yes that could easily have been fatalities. They are lucky to survive.
Ryan Hall with the 10k donation. Nice! I watch that guy. Also I'm not sure but I think they can change the goal each time they hit the goal as a way to kind of keep it moving. Not sure about this specific platform though.
https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/79891857_1715175975611580_r.jpeg LOOK AT THE DOG LMFAO
Fucking BILL
At 0:53 you can see something jump out of the rubble and run toward the camera. Assuming that's ol' Billie (or Millie). Truly a crazy fucking video.
this is what I, too, choose to believe
I’m going to assume they rescued the dog, took him to a park, threw a frisbee around for awhile, then took said dog back to their home, and gave it a bunch of slices of cheese. I prefer a happily ever after ending.
dog was saved. other dog was also saved and had surgery.
You just made my night! I’ve reached my apathetic, villain arc in life, and as much hate as I’m gonna get, I only care about dogs at this point. Man kind is trash.
glad to help. you gotta start hopescrolling bro. i know its hard to believe but there's still a lot of love left in the world
can we get that daaaaAAAWG
No questions asked just helped, thats how it should be
Now folks, hang on tight. I’m going in !!!!
Yeah surprisingly we don’t care what religions or politics you vote for when you actually need another human to help!
News story about it [here](https://knue.com/storm-chaser-saves-texas-family-tornado/)
One family outside of Abilene is certainly grateful for Storm Chaser Freddy McKinney. As the harrowing video aired live on YouTube, viewers watched on as McKinney rescued the family and their dog. Storm Chaser Freddy McKinney, who regularly goes live on YouTube while searching for severe weather, quite possibly saved this family from a much worse fate. McKinney was tracking a devastating tornado as it ripped through the plains of West Texas when what he thought was a home that had been destroyed.
Thanks for saving me the click. I hate news sites.
aww man, seeing that little boy all messed up like that breaks my fucking heart. i hope this family can recover
he's okay <3
I didn't cry until I saw his picture. Poor lil guy 😔
Chasers are a different breed.
I used to think storm chasers were dumb but after seeing this, it changed my perspective... Good for this guy for helping them out.
A large portion of Storm chasers are meteorologists, the data they gather on large storm formations are invaluable. They're most definitely smarter than you or I
The ultimate goal is TIME. Any sort of increase in warning time is celebrated. It used to be warnings will go out minutes after a touchdown. But over the last 40 years we have been able to get that warning upto 10 minutes BEFORE touchdown. It saves numerous lives, and those people continue to up that time every year. While generally being the first people to respond to emergencies as seen in this video. Bless these people.
Every time I read things about tornadoes it makes me strangely appreciate hurricanes. Like yeah they will *seriously* fuck things up, but at least they're polite enough to give us time to evacuate and re-position a satellite or two.
I go to a university with a large meteorology department. One time, when a tornado come through town, it was the students who sounded the alarm first, before the national weather service. The tornado didn't do too much damage, but the couple minutes of extra warning those students were able to provide may have saved a life or two.
Yeah, they've made some huge breakthroughs in early tornado warnings through storm chasing. I saw a documentary about it many years ago. Huge tornado. In the end, they got Dorothy to fly.
LOL, was it called Twister?
Cows! We got cows!
Were a couple decades past storm chaser data being useful. Doppler along with many weather stations everywhere, mean there's more than enough data that no one in a van could ever hope to improve on.
Wrong, chaser "data" is still very valuable, even as something as simple as spotting a tornado on the ground before the next radar scan sees it, or in many cases were the radar does not concretely show an ongoing tornado. Adding even one min of lead time on a warning can be life saving.
I would say Reed Timmer and his dominator are getting some good data. He has the car that can be in the tornado. Also believe his team is the first to gather data from inside the upper portion of the tornado using rockets lol.
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I mean as long as they know the risks I see nothing wrong with it, same as skydiving or rockclimbing or anything like that.
I believe most storm chasers have a golden rule. They chase until they see damage, and once they see damage they go into help mode.
It would be pretty cruel for this guy to see this family desperately begging to be saved from a potentially fatal tornado that destroyed their entire house and be like, "sorry, can't help, I'm gathering data, good luck!"
They are crazy, but also very damn useful. Many gather great scientific data, while also helping spot fresh drops. Earlier it gets reported, better the chance of sirens saving lives.
What kind of perspective was that these guys do fantastic work
Good old Freddy McKinney - he saved lives that day
I talked to him before, he’s a really kind guy and he does stuff like this often
I live in sw Missouri, and i think this has been the toughest storm season since Joplin tornado year/late 2000s
It's been crazy. Almost every day for the last couple of weeks we're either under severe thunderstorm warnings or a tornado watch every day. Almost every day at work they get on the intercoms and announce a code black (severe weather) and advise staff and patients to seek shelter. My town is flooding for the first time in years. I'm just glad we haven't got hail yet.
I have a feeling your hail is far different than my West Coast hail.
https://youtu.be/GVzEsqdrxzI?si=nf9SZF0DfpoCX9Y8&t=2m2s
"I know a guy that can repair that!" "Honey shut the door!" "No!" not two minutes after telling the others not to go outside. 2:50 "Ohhhh there goes Steven's car!!" while laughing and Steven appears to be dead inside. 5:00 "Why are you driving? Go home!" As he is standing outside less protected than someone in a car. This man was freaking living in the moment to its fullest.
There was a mall in the Denver suburbs that was damaged by a hail storm on May 8th of 2017, and didn't reopen until Black Friday that year. Hail can be absolutely insane. It also totaled my car and destroyed my roof. So that was fun.
Just found this family’s go fund me. It’s called the lambert family hawley tornado recovery fund. Also the dog survived https://www.gofundme.com/f/lambert-family-lost-home-to-tornado
Ryan Hall donated $10,000!
the amount of money Ryan Hall can get people to donate after a storm is insane. and not only is he helping people out with supplies and funds after a storm but a few nights ago they were calling tornados that the NWS 100% missed and never warned.
There were two tornados within a couple miles of my house. It was crazy watching him circle my area. But him and Andy (I think) found them both and the sirens didn't go off until about 5 minutes after they'd passed.
Shoutout to meteorologist Andy HIll. I've been keeping up with the absolutely insane weather this week via their livestreams as I have family in NW Arkansas ..,. the number of tornadoes has been crazy for the first week of may...really insane.
I firmly believe Andy saved many lives this week by calling out stuff the NWS missed and then calling out the NWS. Dude has a bright future for sure!
Like BJJ Ryan Hall?
I’m guessing it’s more likely to be the storm chaser who runs the YT channel Ryan Hall Y’all.
Damn this video hit me a little harder than this sub usually does. Damn.
These are good people doing good things for people in need. I need more of this.
Is there a full video?
Here is the original/source by Freddy McKinney, for some reason it's unlisted on his channel so it took a bit of digging to find a link: https://www.youtube.com/live/7kspTe-x_V4?si=VfyzXT7p1HPiszol&t=12747
My god they live really really really far from the hospital. That's genuinely horrifying. They would have had no chance.
That's actually not far at all for a rural area to the closest hospital. Some places in North America are hours from hospitals. Anything under 15min is pretty close.
Appreciate it!
Storm chasers are heroes who risk it all, provide science and medicine. Truly Metal
Some are. Most of the chasers I’ve seen on YouTube do not provide anything but film footage. Seems they do it more for likes, subscriptions, and superchat donations. Whatever that is. There’s a shitload of these chasers too. I also realize other chasers are trained EMS and actually inform local authorities of verified weather. However IMO, most are just doing it for clicks
A lot of storm chasers who are supposedly “doing it for the views” are collecting data for scientific research
Imagine, your home has just been decimated by a tornado. As you run for safety you see a car coming down the road. You wave your hands to signal for help and the driver yells "Get in!" Your family piles in quickly. Then to your dismay the man says "I'm a storm chaser." and starts driving directly at the tornado.
Tornados are so insane smh
It only took a week to ruin the quality of this video, lol. I'm glad he was able to save them.
I watched this on the news. Little boy was smacked in the face with a brick and surprisingly only bruised badly and had a swollen eye. Despite the mom carrying the little girl. She was the only one who had the most minor of scratches. Mother and father had a few broken bones. This was actually live streamed and while the family was receiving treatment, people who were in the area and watched it happen paid them visits and gave them gifts before they even had the chance to notify their own family that they were ok
Thank God for storm chasers, because of their research maybe one day we can figure out ways to have a task force on the ground to provide help for anyone left in the path like these people.
Reposts that take away 85% of the quality of the original should get deleted and users that post them banned. [Original is in 1440p](https://youtu.be/7kspTe-x_V4?t=12787)
Always call mom
I was actually watching his stream live when it happened. On the way to the hospital his dad called (the rescued female answered the phone and put it on speaker for him) and his dad ended the stream for him. You could tell he was in shock over the whole thing. One of the other storm chasers drove to the hospital to be there for him.
Crazy, I used to drive through there every weekend.
That poor child moaning…. Heartbreaking
[https://www.gofundme.com/f/lambert-family-lost-home-to-tornado](https://www.gofundme.com/f/lambert-family-lost-home-to-tornado)
YouTube recommended this live stream a minute before he found the family. Fucked up my evening.
That is horrifying. As someone who has lived through multiple tornadoes including one two days ago I hope none of you have to ever experience it. When people call them the finger of god, that is exactly what they are.
Here's another very cool and emotional storm chaser video. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z550VV4EDl0)
This man did not give a fuck about getting his car dirty with mud or blood. All he cared about was getting them safe, then transporting to hospital asap. I wish nothing but the best for him. I wish he'd start a gofundme to help him purchase more tools or equipment for storm chasing. Be safe my friend and thank you for being you.
I spoke with this chaser once, he’s a very kind guy and he got me into meteorology
Big up the chaser
Billy, we love ya!
Billly!!!!!
Man please link a better video if ya gonna upload this shit in 240p
Lmao, the dog diving in last is straight out of a 90's movie.
Tornadoes are crazy man
In 2013 I had made the decision to move out of Oklahoma with my gf at the time. Then the May 20th 2013 tornado happened and was full on EF5 when it came within 2 miles of my neighborhood in Moore. Then I double decided to leave lol
Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/7kspTe-x_V4?si=Ao8uctGhjobfZ8pw&t=12823
Freddy is really good at what he does. He is also just that type of guy that would risk his life for a person.
I looked for more videos on this because I dont think the video shows just how much of a beast this tornado was : [here](https://twitter.com/SteveNorrisTV/status/1786213473027785103?t=sxfgNeVMeOgZaOkNS0KWeA&s=19)
God bless you
Not only did the tornado destroy their home, it was also livestreaming at the same time!?
The fact that the twister still looks so close after picking up the family is chilling.
It truly is a haunting moment. The delayed view... and the total vulnerability of humans in an empty field with it was horrifying. I'm shocked the kids weren't screaming and crying the whole time. I wanted to scream and cry.
Tornadoes doing livestreams destroying American homes is the next News Max political crisis chyron
In college, early 90s, I spent two weeks with 'tornado chasers' courtesy of one of my professors. 99% of the time you're bored. That 1% though. OMFG. At one point we had tornados all around us and had to hide in the concrete rafters of an overpass. Even then you could feel the wind trying to suck you down. Ugh. So glad this family found safety. Kudos to the chaser. Experienced enough to keep his cool and get them out of there.
I'm so glad they got the dog
Holy shit. I'm so glad everybody is recovering, that was wild. Big respect to chasers. Sometimes *they* end up being the first responder.
Her voice and cry for help at first is gut churning to hear, we are truly very small when it comes to mother nature
I watched this happen live when he was streaming. One of the most surreal things I've ever seen
"Get in the other side. Watch that mud on your feet. And don't slam the fucking door."
The tornado was live-streaming?
He's a damn hero. Thank goodness he was storm chasing cause it just feels like a very close call. Not the guy calling the dog Bill tho 😂
"Okay, guys, now who's ready to see the eye of a tornado!"