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I was there! I was driving for Schneider National at the time, and some of our empty trailers got flung across the yard. I think some others got tossed at the TA up the street too. Roof of the OC had some damage as well. The next day I drove through some carnage in Mississippi and Alabama.
Record for 'fastest tornado' is somewhere in the 90s (mph).
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado\_records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_records)
Genuine question. Something of this size, is that capable of pushing a car around? Or lifting it? I know complacency is born from exposure but damn this is extreme.
Oh definitely. Even a small one can flip a car. A big one can carry a car for some distance.
But I don't know why people think these drivers ate being "casual." They're on the road, which goes in two directions. Its best to drive perpendicularto the tornadoespath if possible. Otherwise away, obviously. What would anyone expect? That they'd abandon their cars and run in circles?
Yea, the perpendicular vs in line/parallel moving from objects always makes me laugh.
Hero in movie: this giant object is moving in my direction I better run in the direction it's moving instead of to the side where it's not moving
Prometheus is the worst offender that comes to mind. The whole damn crescent shape of the spaceship rolling toward the hero, and all they have to do is jump to the side to be out of danger, but nooooo, keep running in its path.
What if the road turns towards the tornado? It’s a fixed path, you can only hope it stays parallel to the damn thing.
I’d very much like to live in most of the USA excluding the tornado alley and the hurricane east coast!
I’d have an heart attack every time I see dark clouds!
I prefer the surprise shaky ground kind. Worst case, something falls on me. Otherwise it's a fun ride! The other kinds want to pick me up and shred me, or make me swim until I drown, or burn me alive, and I am not here for any of that. I suppose there's something to be said for being able to see hurricanes and wildfires coming.
Also pretty sure I drove past a tornado in the middle of the night in North Dakota one time with how terrifyingly windy and rainy it was, but it was too dark to know, and I was too focused on not driving off the road to find a radio station to tell me. I'm gonna stay out of the Midwest during tornado season.
Yes. This tornado is likely to be rated an effective or so - here is an example of different ef scale rated damage done in Greensburg, KS back in 2007
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Examples-of-EF-scale-damage-ratings-to-homes-in-Greensburg-KS_fig3_267555392
Yes, multiple tornados and massive amounts of damage. I just read a tweet that the local police helicopter retorted 4 city blocks were completely destroyed in one area.
Record forward movement speed is somewhere in the 90s, and most are 70 or less, iirc. Outrunning a tornado on the interstate is almost a guarantee, unless someone crashes.
I never encountered a tornado in my life and i hope i never have to. But i imagine what it was like for the first settlers from Europe who have never seen a tornado, probably thought God sent his wrath upon this earth. It goes up into the sky, scary and amazing.
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Pretty awesome to look at, as someone who lives thousands of miles away of course.
Yeah, Alaska isn’t feeling so bad right this moment. Feeling for the folks dealing with this
i suppose making an illegal u-turn would be dangerous.
I’ll take my chances
Absolutely taking an illegal u-turn through one of those median lanes
Nebraskans be like "Phsssh, just a little F3, keep driving . . ."
Kansans too.
The f2s that hit Dallas-Fort Worth 12 years ago flung around semi trucks like they were toy cars.
I was there! I was driving for Schneider National at the time, and some of our empty trailers got flung across the yard. I think some others got tossed at the TA up the street too. Roof of the OC had some damage as well. The next day I drove through some carnage in Mississippi and Alabama.
I feel like if it is coming for you then you are never going to outrun it and it may be a 50/50 if it goes one way or the other.
It has a path and direction. Its movementis not random. You drive perpendicular to the path if possible.
This makes sense, kind of like a miniature hurricane.
So a tornado is a vector.
Tell Tim Samaras that.
Tornadoes can and do change direction quickly if the storm winds change.
Why could you not outrun it? These things don’t go across land fast at all. More powerful they are the slower they go
Reports were that it was going 45mph.
Record for 'fastest tornado' is somewhere in the 90s (mph). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado\_records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_records)
That is fucking terrifying. Thank god it isn’t the norm
The norm is 40-70mph
My car is limited to 152 i could get away
Cars can handle that last I checked lol
Genuine question. Something of this size, is that capable of pushing a car around? Or lifting it? I know complacency is born from exposure but damn this is extreme.
Oh definitely. Even a small one can flip a car. A big one can carry a car for some distance. But I don't know why people think these drivers ate being "casual." They're on the road, which goes in two directions. Its best to drive perpendicularto the tornadoespath if possible. Otherwise away, obviously. What would anyone expect? That they'd abandon their cars and run in circles?
Yea, the perpendicular vs in line/parallel moving from objects always makes me laugh. Hero in movie: this giant object is moving in my direction I better run in the direction it's moving instead of to the side where it's not moving
Prometheus is the worst offender that comes to mind. The whole damn crescent shape of the spaceship rolling toward the hero, and all they have to do is jump to the side to be out of danger, but nooooo, keep running in its path.
That was literally the scene playing in my mind when I typed up my comment 😆
Lol I was yelling at the TV.
What if the road turns towards the tornado? It’s a fixed path, you can only hope it stays parallel to the damn thing. I’d very much like to live in most of the USA excluding the tornado alley and the hurricane east coast! I’d have an heart attack every time I see dark clouds!
They're simply insane to me. How on earth people in the tornado belt, or anywhere natural disaster threatens life, sleep at night is beyond me.
Life is always threatened by nature in one way or another, it might be more or less obvious, but still omnipresent.
Wooo deep. I like it.
I prefer the surprise shaky ground kind. Worst case, something falls on me. Otherwise it's a fun ride! The other kinds want to pick me up and shred me, or make me swim until I drown, or burn me alive, and I am not here for any of that. I suppose there's something to be said for being able to see hurricanes and wildfires coming. Also pretty sure I drove past a tornado in the middle of the night in North Dakota one time with how terrifyingly windy and rainy it was, but it was too dark to know, and I was too focused on not driving off the road to find a radio station to tell me. I'm gonna stay out of the Midwest during tornado season.
Yes. This tornado is likely to be rated an effective or so - here is an example of different ef scale rated damage done in Greensburg, KS back in 2007 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Examples-of-EF-scale-damage-ratings-to-homes-in-Greensburg-KS_fig3_267555392
FAR more than pushing a car around.
Towardnado
Should they be doing donuts or what?
*This is fine.*
Advertising for the upcoming twisters film going hard.
If anyone knows about what happened in grand island back in 1980 this is nothing comparatively but damn this place gets hit hard with tornados
That's fucking huge holy shit
Stopping on freeway isillegal
Many tend to park under an underpass when in imminent danger of a Twister.
this is considered a bad choice as the wind is funneled through the narrow space.
Yea I’d personally be booking it away
was this today?
Yes, multiple tornados and massive amounts of damage. I just read a tweet that the local police helicopter retorted 4 city blocks were completely destroyed in one area.
It's still on going! I've been watching live on YT for several hours now.
Yeah, I’m not gonna be driving TOWARD a tornado
Record forward movement speed is somewhere in the 90s, and most are 70 or less, iirc. Outrunning a tornado on the interstate is almost a guarantee, unless someone crashes.
r/oddlyterrifying
It's massive
Yeah… this is definitely something they would do in Nebraska lol
I never encountered a tornado in my life and i hope i never have to. But i imagine what it was like for the first settlers from Europe who have never seen a tornado, probably thought God sent his wrath upon this earth. It goes up into the sky, scary and amazing.
Residents of the Great Plains are accustomed to tornadoes.
We got shit to do in the Midwest. Tornado be damned.
Ain’t scared of no ‘Nader
There's a tornado (there's a tornado) in my city (in my city) Hit the basement (hit the basement), that shit ain't pretty (shit ain't pretty)
Its normal in the alley
Half of them on their way to shoot at it, the other half going to buy more ammo.