5 Ways my bright cousins deal with bad weather

Comedian Josh Pray tells you the difference between how we deal with bad weather and how y’all deal with bad weather

[@JamesSmith-ho7kg]

As a white guy I continued with my BBQ during an EF5 tornado ripping through Oklahoma City. Just moved the grill under the covered porch and kept cooking. I’ll be damned if I die hungry and let them good steaks go to waste.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

James Smith As a fellow Okie i can tell you if you have seen one F5 you seen em all. By this point we just know a tornado is gonna happen and it ain’t nothing to get worked up over until until you start seeing trailer parks getting eaten on the news

[@JamesSmith-ho7kg]

Dimes On His Eyes haha too true.

[@mk45gunnr25]

A true professional!

[@hovanti]

Worse yet, that tornado picks up those steaks and drops them on someone else's plate 3 miles away..

[@JamesSmith-ho7kg]

hovanti that would be a heavenly steak.

[@lonewanderer3603]

When that hurricane hit Houston, my aunt's neighborhood had a block party because all the food was going to spoil anyway from no electricity.

[@jessicamerrell3667]

LoneWanderer360 I was born and raised in Florida but now I am Corpus Christi Texas and when Harvey hit here... 🙄 I almost got myself put in prison for wanting to kill too many people who were acting like a damn fool! Lol 😂 I know that I am not in my hometown or home state for that matter anymore but DAMN! I never knew that there was a difference in the quality of the broadcasting of the weather on this planet just because I moved over a few states!! I thought we all had access to the same doppler systems and that all the weather guys had been forced to get at least a basic level education for how to read the stupid thing! Between the people who have no clue how to really get ready for a hurricane, the news guys who apparently have never really learned how to use their doppler systems, the stores in Texas deciding to stock up on the dumbest merchandise that no one could ever expect to use during the hurricane season, and the city and state government systems that are constantly unreliable and always horrible with communication issues, I am just trying to understand how on earth I even managed to stay alive and not just go on an insane killing spree because of how much of a huge unorganized mess everything was!

[@Shadowdragon132]

That's no lie, I grew up in Florida and now live in Corpus Christi. I lived in Rockport when Harvey came through and I can tell you I was predicting that storm better than the weatherman even though I had none of the equipment they did. They did not know what to do. I remember in Florida schools they used to make it our school work to track that shit. When it was a Tropical storm in the Gulf and they said there was low wind shear in the golf I turned and looked at my brother and said "That water is like 86 degrees that storm is going to be a Cat 4 at least". I also agree that people were acting like a damned fool, I mean I always thought that anyone who live next to a big body of water had a hurricane kit but apparently that ain't so.

[@Megramia288]

I've lived on corpus my whole life and we don't have hurricane kits and shit bevaise we don't actually get a lot of hurricanes or major storms. We get tropical storms and that's about it. The coast we have is a natural barrier. Out near the rocks. The storms are something we just shrug off. Normally we get the warning then it curves and hits someone nearby instead of us. Idk what stupid shit they stocked up on but our stores need to stock better on water. The water is not safe here too often for them to always run out.

[@lisalentile177]

+Shadowdragon132 im from Fl were used to storms

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

Leftovers can be put in coolers and get ice from stores with generators. I bbqd a lot when the power went out in most of the East side of the country for days. Actually quite peaceful with the quiet and neighbors socialized. Always have a few coolers, keep stocked up dry and canned food and keep propane tanks full for cooking. Plenty of flashlight and candles too. Solar phone charger in case of long term outages. Still haven't got that generator I say I'm gonna get in case of a power outage.

[@goattiemcgoat4268]

Hell yeah a tornado siren means go out on you porch and look for it!

[@lifeisknit9502]

Tornado weather is great

[@cluckeryduckery261]

We're the type of idiots that if a beach is closed due to shark sightings, we wanna sneak in and see if we can find the shark... How the fuck did we make it through evolution???

[@jjudy5869]

I personally think that is why we have subjugated most of the world.

[@asphodelale]

Cluckery Duckery Look up the 'Humanity, F*ck yeah!' posts on Tumblr/Pinterest. There are a lot of interesting riffs on this theme there. I mean, really, we domesticated WOLVES. (And turned them into Chihuahuas. *shudders*)

[@cluckeryduckery261]

asphodelale haha sounds interesting ill give it a look

[@noahp4261]

The funniest part of this channel is its accuracy. This is amazing.

[@thefunnymonkey360]

I don't know about y'all but sitting under a covered porch while its raining and thundering is so relaxing. And don't get me started on how peaceful it is to sleep or take a nap while it's thundering outside.

[@williampowell2104]

Agreed. Nothing like it.

[@darkiee69]

Better than any sleeping pill yet invented.

[@MelB868]

Josh a shower maybe but rain and lightning that’s a storm you should be inside the house.

[@MelB868]

I meant rain and thunder

[@TheHTAA]

amen and guilty. nothing like the thunderous lullaby and the melody of rain on the window and roof.

[@lysanamcmillan7972]

When I was a girl, we'd sit out on our porch and watch the thunderstorms. We weren't the highest point in the neighborhood so we were safe from the lightning. The smell and the sights and the sounds... oh, man, heavenly. And that special silence when it's snowing and nobody's outside doing anything...

[@blackwaterblades2098]

Lysana McMillan lighting doesn't exactly look for the highest point it usually hits the place of least resistance. there is plenty of videos of lighting hitting the ground even with a tree within 10 feet or so

[@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686]

My dad and I would sit outside with his guitar. We would sing some funny songs or hymns and pretend the thunder was the God and the angels bowling. I've loved storms ever since.

[@hughsmith7504]

To be fair, the smell right before a good lightning storm hits is an amazing thing.

[@moneywalker55]

Dude I bought I shot of jager for white guy in the flats in Cleveland.(When I lived in OH) Mind you, just one shot. And after he bought me my third or fourth i don't know. There's no more memory. My sisters told me two white guys dropped me off at 3:30a.m. Dude said he got the address from my drivers license. Don't know these dudes if I needed too to save my life. They sure do drink better than I do. Health and strength.

[@mrnobody9193]

Bush Man lots of Irish and Scots from there like my family, whiskey is water to them lol.

[@moneywalker55]

Mr Nobody Nobody told me. Lol.

[@kidcitylynnwood6324]

Bush Man great story, that's what America is all about!

[@moneywalker55]

KidCity Lynnwood Bless...So much easier and healthier to be kind. More health and strength.

[@AlasdairGR]

White people have alcohol tolerance woven into our DNA. It’s from all that whisky and beer we drank for hundreds of years before we discovered this thing called clean water.

[@kathrynblodgett1969]

Old white lady here again...LOLOLOLOLOOL. I have stood out on our porch for EVERY storm IN MY LIFE!!! I LOVE bad weather. My mother says I was born just as the thunder and lightening flash through the window. It's my jam man...My family watches the weather channel, not the shopping channel. And your story about the power...just watch ANY news cast After a storm. People are complaining it's been 3 whole hours...why hasn't the power company cleared away all these tree branches and knocked down poles, and got my power back on? I almost forgot..the first time we took our five year old camping...started raining (not hard....yet) just s we got the bbq up and cooking. Cooked dinner in the rain, sleep on a mountain top, in the rain all night. I'm NOt going home. I spent to much money getting here, and on this camping gear.

[@marenkuether-ulberg3311]

Damn right. I'm an extreme weather lover too. Nothing finer than a huge thunder and lightning storm; and this is from a US Coast Guard Veteran that worked right through hurricanes and ship sinking squalls on helos, planes and small boats.

[@georgiapeach7291]

​@@marenkuether-ulberg3311Thank you for your service! ❤❤

[@mephInc]

Haha! Love it. I grew up playing in the storms, and now I sit in my pole barn and watch. And yeah, when you can smell that ozone coming through, you know it's going to be a good storm.

[@Pariahmary]

Bearistopheles this is the kinda crazy that ladies and men cream for

[@Xero1of1]

Oh HELL yeah. :D

[@ColoradoLady36]

I love that smell.

[@corinnekinzinger5494]

Ozone and a green sky I'm outside watching

[@lukewarmwater6412]

those storms pt on the best light show... and its gonna snow just enough to go for a drive today ......

[@janetberry1042]

#5- Hell Yes! In Kansas, tornado sirens mean go stand on the porch!

[@colbyingrum6041]

Oklahoma the same way 😂

[@pamiam7511]

To us cajuns a little bit of blowing is a good excuse for a hurricane party! Lassez les bon temps roulez!

[@5josullivan]

Yep, exactly why South Texans and Lousianians can get along.

[@dhollongstreet4725]

Let the good times roll!

[@karmarose6332]

My mom would say when it thundered "The angels are bowling and that one sounded like a strike" and yes we were sitting on the porch.

[@williampowell2104]

That is pretty cool - never heard that one before.

[@StarboyXL9]

And the lightning is the camera flashes going off from other angels taking pictures.

[@njessica851]

Yeah my grandma always said that to

[@LadyGreenEyes964]

Sounds like my family!

[@williamroche3539]

My gramps told me that too.

[@andrewgooch5276]

Hurricane parties ya boy!!!!! That's fun yup power go off we got lanturns and batteries for music hahahahaha

[@jameswoodrum1405]

Man living next to you must be an experience.

[@bikerbobcat]

It's true. I'm gonna need my drill back.

[@Sunset553]

I’m biracial and moved to Florida recently where I’m experiencing storms and hurricanes for the first time. My black cousins have been very helpful, but I’ve seen some fear when I asked if hurricane parties are during the storm and when I told them how nice it was to be on the patio to watch the storm. Enjoying your videos a lot. Party on

[@uvweyweydiogenes2424]

“Yo that’s the middle of the earth. You might not be coming back.” “WE GOIN!”

[@MelB868]

That’s stupid

[@Sliferslacker21]

Lmfao 😂😂 so true there's nothing I love more than watching tornadoes and dancing in the storms

[@mike_was_here]

Sliferslacker21 omg yesss

[@ZzCanonBull]

The instant I see lightning I'm on my balcony

[@robertwoodcock8618]

I live in south Mississippi and we checked on people all over while the storm was going on!! I drove 45 miles during Hurricane George to make sure my parents were ok!! I-10 was like riding a roller coaster during George!! BAHAHA the wind would push my pickup from neutral ground to the shoulder!! BAHAHA I really don't think we are any different in the way we handle storms and danger!! The truth is most southern people believe that when your number is pulled no matter where we are or what we are doing your going to take a dirt nap!! So why not go on your own terms?? By the way great videos!!

[@jameshill2450]

Yeah, but like, if you're driving out during a hurricane and whatnot, that's buying a couple hundred extra numbers that could be the one that gets pulled ...

[@robertwoodcock8618]

James Hill if your in an Airplane and it's not your time you should be ok right!! What if the people sitting on either side of you it's their time and their number is called?? I would be willing to bet your going to be collateral damage!! BAHAHA

[@johnwayne9000]

Love your beard mate

[@LadyGreenEyes964]

True about Southern folks!!

[@margaretmikell9952]

My aunt does that.

[@rolphflorestan4793]

Mother nature being on her period 😂😂😂

[@genetodd1643]

If the power company was to prorate my bill for when the power goes out I wouldn't have a problem with it.

[@alleycatalog]

I love to watch the snow, the rain, lightning, all of it. I only go play in warm rain though. And the snow. Walking in a snow storm is the best!

[@kellyalves756]

alleycatalog Guilty as well. ✋🏽

[@frankw7266]

Hell, if you live in Ohio, you can catch all of those in one day!!

[@edwardmoon5221]

I love watching a storm...I'm never surprised that the power goes out I'm pissed...

[@yoshiteko]

I grew up in Florida, we just hang out for hurricanes and tornados.

[@alleycatalog]

Ben Lesley :D

[@kimberlyh.5023]

Unless you're a transplant, then we Florida natives look at you like "This is natural Florida weather. Wtf did you expect? Quit your bitching."

[@ronaldowens5025]

Hell yeah that shit my church. Alway go for a swim in the ocean before they close down the bridges so I can still get home. The bridges will be closed at 9 pm I'm out there at 4 swimming leaving at 730.

[@sethisawsom]

"WE'RE GOIN'". I want that on my tombstone.

[@miniprepper8284]

Storm watching on the covered porch. Better than most sports games. Puts things in perspective.

[@letitsnow4822]

Amen. Particularly with all the propaganda being pushed

[@georgiapeach7291]

I agree! It's so peaceful to me. I don't know why. I fall asleep on the porch. ❤

[@deecotton5435]

I used to love a huge storm jump in truck and listen to any Ac DC song at max volume. And be like Damm that tree just blew across the road rite in front of us

[@chrisbryant9618]

Good to see some good old fashion black n white humor it's nice to be able to take a break from all the serious shit and laugh at ourselves

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Number 5 is so true. I remember the May 4th tornado here in oklahoma. My whole family on my mother and father's side were in town for a graduation and we all grabbed some beer, set up lawn chairs, and watched the wall cloud/twister as it went past.

[@mike_was_here]

Nickoli Lion your family is awesome.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

In NZ, there is truly nothing like watching a Tropical storm roll in from the Ocean, especially if you are on a cliff top, looking out over the Water.

[@PostalPatriot556]

my favourites are hurricanes and snowstorms. I love to be able to go out when its dumping snow and theres hardly a noise.. extreame weather can be a blast if youre prepared.

[@MegumiZero]

I don’t know about all that but if the power is out you have to entertain yourself with something.

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

MegumiZero Books, games, actually talk to your neighbors maybe. Bet a lot of babies are born 9 months later too.🤣

[@mathogre]

It's called an "End of the World Party". They're the best! Love your work, Josh. You're great!

[@61britchie]

Love going outside and watching the storms.

[@JasonGleaner]

LMAO!! You're right. While those tornadoes where headed straight for me yesterday. I was sighting right here at my desk watching KZbin, just waiting on the power to go out. Laughing at how many people where at the storm shelter at the firehouse 200yds from my house.

[@Shirker12]

As a white guy who's lived through multiple Hurricanes, including Charley, I have to agree with this. Hell, I was outside during it. Heck, I was sitting around playing videogames while Irma was hitting us.

[@bdoglance]

lol i'll never forget Ivan that year. the sucker live long enough to go all the way up though Virginia and back down, scrap the bottom of Florida, just to hit Texas/Louisiana . man, he just wouldn't quit XD

[@Nathan-og3br]

Ya hit the nail on the head with number 5. Everyone I know loves to watch a good storm.

[@ThatDamnedAmericanUSA]

Damn, he got me good. Can't even lie. Watching the hurricane roll in is one of my favorite parts

[@bobszurek3247]

Us Midwest White Folk love watching storms. Sitting on the porch and watching the storm. Spot on!

[@maddmusician4492]

I'm white only say this because my family is mixed and you freaking crack us up because it's truth.. your fives are really on point 99%. my family now watch your videos together just cause we all love laughing and laughing at each other. we also love your other content to.. great videos!!!!

[@angelgr76]

#5 is the TRUTH! I love watching storms & being outside in that wind. Also, not surprised when the power goes out, more irritated than anything! lol

[@tammybarfield9112]

Lmbo!!!! So true cause I love to sit on the porch and watch the storm. It has a calming effect for me. I'm always in awe of Gods greatness to creations.

[@courtneyyork9095]

This is so true. The worse the storm, the higher the probability that I'll be on my porch watching it.

[@walrusjax]

This cracked me up and reminded me of 2004 when we were hit with Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. I used to sit on the back porch, drinking a beer and watching the trees sway back and forth. Very relaxing!!

[@claysoggyfries]

I love watching storms, it's beautiful man 🏞⛼

[@johnwayne9000]

Can confirm #1 my 102 yr old great-grandma on my mom's side would cuss at thunderstorm's if it interrupted her TV XD

[@bzeak1121]

I love these so much. The best part is I'm in FL too it's even more relate able.

[@ashleydixon5050]

Lmao. Yup. I was born during a hurricane up in Raleigh and moved to the beach just for a more intense hurricane experience but none yet since I moved. Don’t want no people hurt but weather is awesome

[@forestnymphconfessions3596]

Ashley Dixon I'm an NC gal too, I LOVE the storms! People think I'm crazy when I open the windows and stuff.

[@flamingpieherman9822]

Yep we love our hurricane parties! Cat 4 no problem...we have enough food for the whole block.

[@thebob6385]

Where I grew up in New Hampshire NOBODY was surprised when the power went out. Where I live in Virginia now, it's DEFINITELY like you described.

[@angstandvexed]

I can't argue with that last one, I love to watch the storms.

[@queenSummerKeli]

I'm a Texan and love a good storm!💜 You are great Josh!

[@jayh9635]

I always go "wtf?" When the power goes out, then Im just like... might as well watch the storm. Your videos crack me up! Keep em coming brother.

[@natashadavis2959]

Here in Oklahoma, I love the smell and the energy. You can literally feel the energy from the storm coming. I love that feeling. I make sure we have shelter. I get the kids and myself dressed, and then I go on my porch the enjoy the rush.

[@vesselfit2use]

That's true. We don't stop working because of the storm if that's what we're doing (need that drill). And LOVE to sit on the porch during a nice rain and thunder storm. It's beautiful and relaxing!

[@dragex6582]

I wouldn't say I get surprised by power outages, but it does aggravate me. That bring said, storms ARE soothing to watch.

[@weshuber8055]

Love watching storms. Even went outside when the eye of a tornado was over my house.

[@robbtaylor8]

Bad weather is great! Love seeing mother nature force everyone to slow down.

[@cristinitacorazon3377]

Came back to visit this post. It's April 2nd! And I'm in OKLAHOMA! And you are right Josh. THE RAIN SMELLS AWESOME!

[@kimberlygabaldon3260]

When I was a kid growing up in Des Moines, my father had a tradition of making popcorn whenever there was a thunderstorm. That made it fun. I have always loved thunderstorms. And yes, I love sitting on the porch watching a good storm.

[@richjohnson7362]

Love it when the sea gets angry during a storm and throwing rocks across the road, if you sit on the benches you can watch cars gunning it through the breaking waves across the road and get pelted by the boulders - it kind of gives me a happy

[@nathanielharter1643]

So very true. In college we had a tornado warning. So I grabbed my camera and ran outside, jumped into my car and went looking. About 15 minutes later I realized that it was night and I couldn't see anything... I am not the brightest some times. Lol.

[@AlasdairGR]

I can confirm we love going out on the porch and watching the worst rainstorms and blizzards. And we do it in our shorts and t shirts too😂😂

[@earldeanpowell]

Absolutely! Played 4 yrs D1 ball and weather was one of the great separators of races. We would definitely party during storms (have a friend who rode out Katrina in a bar in French Quarter). While we were out chasing tornadoes, brothers had the closets open, cleared out, sitting on folding chairs away from windows, waiting to dive into closet for safety. 40 yrs later, good rain storm comes up, I pull an Adirondack chair into the yard and sit IN the storm. Good times!

[@feralfan786]

You are soooo correct!! When a Hurricane is coming, i call my husband " Bert and Ernie" cuz hes always sitting at our front window watching the Hurricane!! LOL

[@lindacaldwell6251]

Love you Josh! You are welcome here ANY DAY SWEETHEART!!!!

[@kellydorsey2329]

You are awesome & love your sense of humor.

[@johoney5458]

thank you Josh, I needed those chuckles.

[@rhondahall3341]

My favorite weather is snow lightning, Scary but awesomely beautiful, majestic at the same time !👀⚡❄

[@Sojourner24_7]

I sit in awe of a good storm...literally on the porch. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 19:1

[@margaretmikell9952]

Number 5 is so true. When we had 3 hurricanes in Florida back to back that is what we did. Hook up the generator, open the doors and watch the storms.

[@lightshine6851]

So darn true! Weather siren means head to the front porch to watch the storm roll in. And playing in the rain was a must growing up. Also dodging hail to go after the biggest one you see...yup and still do that.

[@kradxx1926]

Lol true. Power goes out so do I. I remember during a hurricane 25 years ago was in a lawn chair out side in it yelling at the neighbors on there porch. 😂

[@hollydavis8326]

I'm crying laughing! The on the porch watching deadly acts of mother nature is 100% accurate haha Grew up in North Carolina, been through many hurricanes, including Floyd which brought a 500 year flood. I was outside during the first few hours just walking around the yard. My feet sank a few inches into the ground it was so saturated. I loved it! Haha

[@corrollaS2010]

Man you speaking the truth it's called a hurricane party we love that stuff bro

[@mindofmadness5593]

Bout 1995 IIRC I rode out a small Hurricane in Central Florida in a 34' 5th wheel. Best television reception I ever had there with an Antenna.

[@haleynaaliyah]

You are so right!!! A storm is like 🎇🎆fireworks 🎆🎇 You gotta go out and watch!

[@maureenlarge5056]

This is right on point.

[@davidmeeks2405]

The best parties ever, I was bartending in Central Florida and everyone would roll in from the coast and we would have the best hurricane parties

[@bettystufflebeam3941]

Love this guy!!!

[@sapphire13579]

I love these videos.

[@candicefree6986]

Still soo funny!!! I love these!!! Most of my friends are black and we always laugh about things that I'll do it's funny how accurate you are

[@OperatorWartortle2986]

Love it, thank you sir.

[@splintercelloo7]

I lived in Lake City for about 20 yr and been through at least 1 hurrican per yr in avg including Andrew in 90 or 91. You tell the truth about white folk man. You got me laugin at all your vids bro. Thx for sharing.

[@bdoglance]

born and raised Lake City native here, and i'd agree with you all the way lol. it can be an interesting place to be during Hurricane season.

[@zuhalter0071]

Watching a good storm might be one of my favorite things to do!

[@briancampbell5673]

I love it when you get into you're rhythm, mate!

[@b.c.d.9543]

Yup....I sit on the patio when storms come...did it when that "Hurricane/Tropical Storm" hit Austin a couple years ago...

[@washablejunk281]

Hurricane parties in Florida

[@Danny-vk3xb]

As we are dealing with now bro. Nothing beats a hurricane party in Florida, we flood as one! Bring on the good times.

[@mikebell1801]

I've had times my granny and my family we left our block home to sleep in a 5th wheel camper for the fun of the rocking lol I've never thought of it this way your freaking hilarious

[@donnaharris4319]

OMG. U could not be more right... LOVE IT

[@brianvickery6471]

I have had some of my best fishing trips during a thunderstorm!!!

[@danielbast352]

There was a hiking shelter where I lived on hilltop and you could see for what seemed endless miles. We would pack coolers full and hike about five miles dragging that mess down the trails just to get high drunk and watch the destruction. Storms are so beautiful. I’m amazed how the dangerous things seem the most beautiful

[@jackwhite376]

OMG I will have to say you hit the nail on the head every time about us white folks and for the people that don't know about us southern people we are really like this we don't run from the face of fear two fists up and two feet planted let's go.

[@thatguyjayce4467]

Watching rain and wind do it's work with a cold drink in your hand is relaxing. Especially if the power is out and there isn't anything else to do

[@LDBoone]

Living in the VA mountains means flooding. When the water starts rising we gas up the 4x4, fill the coolers, get generators ready and figure tomorrow will be a day off. Turns into a party in the middle of the road somewhere. Same thing with snowstorms. But we got snow blades. New Subscriber here!!

[@whereverigothereiam3078]

Can somewhat relate to all but #5 is fact. I love me a good storm! Never seen a better show then what Mother Nature can produce!

[@imagomonkei]

This is so true!