School surveillance video from April 2022 tornado in Andover, KS

Surveillance cameras at Prairie Creek Elementary School in Andover, Kansas, captured an EF-3 tornado as it struck the school and a nearby YMCA on April 29, 2022. No students were in the building when the tornado struck, and no one lost their life in the Andover community. The Prairie Creek building sustained substantial damage in the storm.

[@mikescarborough9196]

Hands down the best tornado footage I've ever seen in terms of up close destruction, the variety of angles, and video resolution. My desire to see one of these in person has been quenched. I don't want to get anywhere near this force. It would be like standing in a food processor and getting cut to shreds by debris.

[@juliaweber212]

I agree

[@truepatriots3860]

Great Words.

[@entertainme7523]

There's better ones

[@ralphjames1211]

@@steveseger5642 Didn't you see the vehicle, a large pickup truck to be exact, get blown around by the wind as though it were a feather?

[@ZepyhrLight]

@@ralphjames1211 HE Must be high this is some of the craziest footage ive seen too

[@blkeclipsel2400]

Whoever installed the surveillance system should be commended for their equipment and workmanship. We literally witnessed entire vehicles being blown away and yet the cameras remained both in place and operational.

[@sundaynightdrunk]

The manufacturers of the cameras as well. I'd start advertising my stuff as "the cameras that survived an EF-3 hurricane!"

[@queen_jaylo222]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@DR_GAMERZ2004]

@@queen_jaylo222 ok

[@DR_GAMERZ2004]

Bro, if car was also stuck with wall or path like cctv, it would not blown away

[@leozendo3500]

Also kept recording when power was down

[@Norogoth]

HUGE shoutout to andover public schools for putting this together, for posting it and for enabling comments on their video. Definitely appreciate it. Most public school districts wouldn't do all that, especially allowing comments. Glad no one was hurt.

[@all_is_one]

The recommended section is thankful and will come back soon

[@noeraldinkabam]

@@all_is_one I had to check if you had a hanged man as your avatar.

[@all_is_one]

@@noeraldinkabam just me standing around with a bough

[@all_is_one]

@@noeraldinkabam you got a thick boi as picture? I appreciate that

[@noeraldinkabam]

@@all_is_one She has long since left this world. In this pic 19 years from the day she was born and we spend them all together.

[@gracemon2oe]

This footage is incredible, I cannot believe how clear it is. I’ve never seen the “inside” of a tornado like that. Seen a lot of car get pushed by strong wind but never ones that have gotten sucked into something that is bananas

[@michaelof2000]

They don’t mention Kansas as apart of “Tornado Alley” for nothing

[@seriouscat2231]

I did not see any bananas.

[@theguillaume73]

Hi from France It is an English idiom Banana mean crazy 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷👋 🍌

[@quinnkerry-rockov4]

B a n a n a S

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

@@seriouscat2231 I think Grace meant to put a period After the word "something", and start a new sentence.

[@KingKP96]

I think the most terrifying display here is the fact that the storm was able to physically drag a car away like it was nothing. I was expecting to move maybe 5-10 feet, but it got dragged clear off frame and even further beyond that. That's actually crazy.

[@Zmann86]

that was also just a small passenger car. I've seen tornado's derail trains and pick up 18 wheelers. Their force is truly humbling.

[@therandomrobert1842]

It actually turned the car over if you look close it’s wild how strong it was

[@StarlightCelestine]

Mother Earth is stronger than any life or object.

[@HonkYeahArson]

Can I get a timestamp for it? I can't see it :)

[@Willowy13]

It got dragged away while the tree that waited nothing stayed put.

[@1.4142]

It's not the wind that gets you, it's the debris. The sparks flying everywhere shows how forceful the collisions are.

[@vinizuh]

Agreed BUT, Even without debris. That wind will f you up too.

[@MirrorBusta2nd]

@@vinizuh yeah, just look at how the car got flipped over effortlessly

[@RennieAsh]

2:33 those debris for across that yard in less than a second, demonstrating the wind speed as well as how far debris moves

[@rodrudinger9902]

What you call, sparks flying, is probably flashes from power lines being cut, transformers blowing out, and lighting strikes. There may be some metal, on metal; sparks, but these would be tiny, in comparison. In past decades, the debris flying around the funnel, was considered to be birds; as photography, and film footage; improved, this was found to be building debris. As far as wind is concerned, it is difficult, almost impossible; to stand up in a Category 1 Hurricane. These winds have four times that amount of force; it turns fence posts, and metal fence posts, into spears, and battering rams, and signs, and sheet metal, into guillotines, that can cut a person, in half. Also, don't take shelter, in a freeway underpass; the wind turns these, into wind tunnels (see incident, on I-35); and even people, who wedged themselves, between the underside of the bridge, and the underpass sidewall, were sucked out, and badly injured, or killed.

[@Jay-ft3xh]

Those are transformers exploding big timer lolol

[@delta5263]

Just like a lot of people here, I've never seen such close-up footage of a tornado. I didn't realize how destructive the flying debris could be.

[@scrapykat3028]

What was the F rating? Looks small.

[@that6thgen_2ss35]

@@scrapykat3028 The F rating doesn't necessarily have to do with size but destruction. This was an F3 even though it was relatively small. A 1 mile wide Wedge Tornado that hits a desolate area and does no damage can techincally be given an F0 rating even though its size and wind speed would warrant an F5 in a highly populated area.

[@kewakl8891]

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[@thes7754]

@@telciris alse cause when u light gun powder on like a spoon the force is spread out in all directions but when it is lit in a gun all the expanding gases are forced throught a tiny hole

[@scrapykat3028]

@@that6thgen_2ss35 I’ve seen damage done by both the F3 and F5. In comparison I knew it wasn’t very big. F3’s can still cause a lot of damage. We get F0’s in CA, but the damage is very localized.

[@talyar04]

1:40 was both breathtakingly beautiful and terrifying. I’ve never seen that angle of a tornado before. It was like a spinning ocean charging through the neighborhood or a giant monster in a long skirt, sweeping through with no more concern than if they were walking in their garden. I’ve never seen a shot of a tornado sweeping along the ground like that. 🤯 I hope everyone was okay.

[@tnpcook]

All the sparks from those metal sheets colliding in-air and blasting over the ground is wild too.

[@Nova-vk5qb]

My 110 pound ass feeling like a leaf watching that car get swept up

[@maxcr5937]

i totally see it too it really does look like a baggy dress dragging down the street. 2:49 where that door gets cut in half by 'something' moving very fast is like when those fishermen pull up a huge shark with a even bigger bite out of it like 'what did that?'

[@sleep-deprivedalien]

as someone who lives in europe, this feels like a scene from a movie to me. it’s truly a haunting sight. hope everyone’s okay out there 👍

[@kristinesharp6286]

Notice the cafeteria empty. If there were students they would be inside not in a room with a window on the floor in the appropriate position protecting their heads. If younger. If at a Walmart larger grocery store people would go to the tornado shelter in the building which is usually the bathroom. They are thicker walls, not windows and there is a marking outside designating them as tornado shelters. If at home they would go to the basement if they have or interior room. It’s the debris more than it taking a house. Although that can happen. On the road when the siren goes off is a bit scarier. Communities not only rely on tv and radio and phones to alert people but areas have a siren like an air raid siren that go off when one was spotted within 4 miles. They come and go relatively quickly.

[@aegufm4531]

@O.G Autistler heh?

[@OkiePeg411]

@@kristinesharp6286 my local school. The kids are all evacuated to the cafeteria. It's a concrete block building with no windows. But with how those cafeteria tables were almost sucked out of the windows was crazy!

[@tobiandobito3736]

@@kristinesharp6286 Don't worry the elementary schools here end at 3-4 p.m it was way after that when the tornado struck.

[@kristinesharp6286]

@@OkiePeg411 some classrooms no longer have outside windows. When I was a kid we went to the hallway, and got down on the floor kneeling face down bent over with our hands protecting our heads. Kind of making ourselves into a ball. Mostly away from windows.

[@jnb756]

As someone that installs security cameras I have to say "Great Job" to whoever put those cameras up. Only one loss after going through a pretty powerful tornado like that is a sign of a great install tech!

[@MichaelKean]

They also had power for lights a lot longer than I expected.

[@chriswright8074]

Why does one camera turns pink

[@starlightkynthos]

@@chriswright8074 that's what I would like to know! I'm assuming what gives it the ability to gather data for the colors (as in the RGB) it captures was hit, hence the corruption and only showing reddish hues. Once took a camera to a cave opening, very humid, camera somehow someway stopped working properly after that.

[@Chroptus]

Was going to say the same. Also the quality looks like axis with WDR 😅

[@paulaufschneider2108]

@@starlightkynthos I think that the matrix in the camera was damaged

[@leokimvideo]

Amazing, so powerful it sucked the green colour out of the video as well

[@Og-Judy]

Most Security cams switch to infrared when power is lost

[@otamatone846]

OMG LEOKINVIDIO

[@TGOPoma]

@@MadScientist267 No… It most certainly is not.

[@MadScientist267]

@@TGOPoma Lol whatever. I know what I'm looking at.

[@TGOPoma]

@@MadScientist267 You definitely don’t, and that’s from someone who routinely works with and around security cameras for a living.

[@TisNovaa]

For some reason it's so satisfying how to board just cleanly slides into place at 0:08 and then doesn't move for like 20 seconds amidst the chaos around it.

[@RyTI158]

Kinda reminds me of cartoons sliding into frame if another character told to them to get over where they are Reference: Spongebob

[@walter_248]

"Phew, quick break. Alright, where were we"

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

Those little trees really stood up well. Great job to the grounds people who planted them.

[@steveeddy6876]

Yes I find that amazing God loves trees even mother nature couldn't uproot them!!!

[@paulfeagans9904]

Not to mention the playground equipment and the bike racks.

[@eclipse369.]

Not only that but the leaves are still on them while buildings get shredded.

[@WildernessForever]

Pushed the cars over, but the little trees hung on!

[@13_cmi]

@@paulfeagans9904 That stuff is bolted into concrete. It's hard to knock them over

[@miscottw]

I never really thought about the wind direction of a tornado before, but seeing this footage made me realize that the motion is towards the tornado instead of away from it. Probably was obvious to a lot of people, but I had never seen footage this close and clear before to see things being sucked in to the vortex. Scary stuff to see that car in the parking lot moved like it was nothing.

[@jupitercyclops6521]

Sucks you in then up, then out a lot of times it seems. Lived most my life in kansass. Been lucky never to have seen one. Knck on wood. Been in the path many times with them touching down around, but never seem one. Relatives in Joplin Missouri got a close look at one!

[@brandyhunter932]

I just realized the same thing..

[@XploreAz]

Most damage from a tornado is caused by the force of throwing debris away from the tornado, not as it is sucked in.

[@x--.]

@@XploreAz Makes sense but I watched the beginning of the video and kept expecting the tornado to come from the right side of the screen because everything was "blowing" that way but I was shocked when it came from the left side. It had been sucking everything toward it... that's the direction I would have been running if I couldn't see the actual tornado. This was enlightening.

[@XploreAz]

@@x--. well technically the debris will be moving in all directions since the tornado is spinning. Debris is getting sucked in from all directions and then thrown out in all directions. Not sure you'd be safe in any direction really with all the debris flying around.

[@rapidrotation]

What's insane to me is that the vortex is so clearly defined even at ground level, this thing was insanely tight-wrapped compared to a lot of tornadoes. I don't think I've ever seen footage like this before, where you can physically see it sweep across the camera's field of view.

[@ohmaplaymaker]

I wa thinkinh the same, it's impressing yet terrifying

[@TheStevenWhiting]

And amazing see how it sucks/pulls everything towards it.

[@munibavloger8345]

😱

[@user12345___]

Yeah you could literally see the outline of it moving along the ground. Incredible vid

[@Lightningstrike1220]

the might of wind and air is not to be trifled with. tornadoes are always a reminder of how powerful and destructive the force of what is always around us is, air.

[@TSBJunkie]

There are very few videos that can make my jaw drop anymore, but witnessing this up close is amazing. Whatever caused the image to change to red at 1:15 was a horrific moment.

[@StarBoyBooya526]

My guess is that the cameras internal systems got messed up by the wind

[@kahlyn3864]

The poor benches and bike racks 💀

[@thwingerpodthvet4302]

@@kahlyn3864 the benches and bike racks were like only things that survived

[@Gardengap]

@@thwingerpodthvet4302 😂

[@ClassicRannoDal]

Looks like it's cold changed to Barbie movies color 💀

[@nicostarrs4674]

I hope everything and everyone is ok, but shout out to the tree for literally going through it and still standing strong.

[@п_р_о_в_о_д_н_и_к]

Особо впечатлили летающие автомобили.

[@AntenorMoriniJunior]

There is a parable that tells about the lessons of bamboo, but trees in general teach us this "- the bamboo remains standing because it had the wisdom to bend in the time of the storm... and that we try to be flexible in the face of the solutions that life presents us."

[@whoatemahdonut]

everything does not look ok

[@lwhitted6635]

The description said no one died, so that's good :)

[@whoatemahdonut]

@@lwhitted6635 bugs exist

[@ClubbHouseAirsoft]

Incredible. Kudos to the structural engineer and contractors who designed and built that structure. It basically took a direct hit and was still standing. It just goes to show that the best place to seek shelter is in an interior area with no windows at all.

[@nicolemaneth5147]

It didn't take a direct hit, the YMCA you can see across the parking lot in the first shot did though.

[@TamsmitSam]

Most schools are designed to be weather shelters to be fair. Other than an underground bunker, a school is probably the safest building in town during severe weather

[@TheOne74613]

You mean kudos that one Out of 100 buildings in the US is built with Stone instead with cardboard? 😂

[@unbekannt1956]

Was it a F3 ?

[@nicolemaneth5147]

@@unbekannt1956 yeah, an ef3

[@Ambeezyyx3]

It is amazing how much 5-15 seconds of intense wind can destruct, without issue. Seeing the cars just glide/roll really was a great aspect in this video to show the sheer force.

[@samuellhot616]

why the cars more powerful than the building like damnnnnn

[@5446isnotmynumber]

@@samuellhot616 im sure someone can give you a lengthy explanation

[@slanderco.]

@@5446isnotmynumber aha! I've found you dislike button!

[@annafranzetti3944]

And yet some cars in the distance didn't move at all.

[@locoman535]

@@beautyforashes2022 its the camera... Don't u ever forget that cameras or cameraman never never die

[@LE64SAM-IAM]

I love how you showed us the window flying away from the building, from the outside cam, and then showed it leaving its wall, from the inside cam.

[@Teresa-L.2024]

I was so focused on watching that poor little tree hanging on for dear life that I almost missed the building across the field just explode. How anyone could survive that kind of hit is a miracle.

[@debbiehenri345]

I was so focused on the trees, I had to go back to see what everyone was talking about. Horrifying to see what can be done in just a couple of minutes to years of hard work. And these events are only going to get worse. With regard to the trees (gardener here, so that's why my focus was on the trees), I think it's time that authorities planted bands and blocks of lower growing shrubs and bushes that would better tolerate getting whipped about like that. Many shrub species would have excellent survivability in the eye of such an event. In addition, hedgerows can provide a shelterbelt against 'normal' windy weather to a height of 30 times the height of the hedge. Of course, a hedgerow would do nothing to save the school here, but at least they would have stayed in the ground fairly intact.

[@StukHere2]

Wow! I’m going to have to go back and rewatch, did not see building explode, busy watching tree. Lol

[@ab9840]

How could anyone survive. If the tornado sirens sounds then people have time to seek adequate cover. Andover tornado sirens did work on April 29, 2022. They say on April 26, 1991 they even had a more powerful tornado but the sirens failed to work so many people had no warning.

[@meeshgardner83]

I also was watching the tree, and thus missed what happened to the little SUV in the parking lot. I had to go back to see when it disappeared.

[@bradentheman1373]

SAME

[@david060383]

It's crazy how quickly it calms down after the damage is done.

[@papercranes718]

Its me irl 😭

[@tsbrownie]

I grew up in tornado alley. Have seen them way too close. This is truly great video because you rarely see one so clearly without all the rain/dust/debris obscuring the actual funnel. The way, at times, it become completely transparent is scary, like some ghost that only reveals itself when wrapped in the act of destruction.

[@dan13ljks0n]

Made me think of some kind of monster shuffling thru a town.

[@OvGraphics]

I live in tornado alley in NE Alabama. Rarely do you get to see them for where I live they mostly come at night, large wedge shaped monsters. The unlucky only feel them. They visit Tuscaloosa, then Bham, and then they come here after dark. Just depends on which exit they take off I-20 as to whether you live or not.

[@mimosa27]

@@OvGraphics *shudder* "They mostly come at night. Mostly." - Rebecca Newt, Aliens

[@kendallbedford2523]

I've been in 3 living in Missouri and this video footage just about sums it up

[@deathisonlythebeginning5098]

Yeah the drone footage from Reed Timmer, it looks more like smoke than a tornado. Crazy!

[@LAHockeyMaxx]

The power of nature and natural disasters never cease to amaze me. Truly incredible footage

[@SousChefSanji]

I live around the area and I would like to say that this particular tornado was the most photographed one to date. There was just an insane amount of videos taken from this, the amount of people uploading their videos live whilst it was happening, and the MULTIPLE angles as well! Everybody and their momma had pictures of this tornado! Seriously, it’s the most Midwest thing ever that everyone was practically out and recording. Luckily no one was killed as well!

[@Yurz.z]

@@djkreigline2760 wtf

[@SkiFromTheSkee]

I've heard that people will stand outside and watch the tornados go by when you live in areas that get them all the time, but my question is.......HOW!!?? Did you see that WIND? How do you not get blown into the clouds?? I'm not from an area that gets tornados so I would have been TERRIFIED..I would have been in the bath tub with a mattress over me, while you guys are out taking selfies in it..haha

[@R4GiNGPSYCHO--]

@@orisart7048 touch grass

[@prachetamitra8574]

@@djkreigline2760 creep

[@TheRealPynkPanther]

@@orisart7048 not "the female"! how about woman or lady...but FEMALE? dude...

[@krystallvinter7438]

I've always been very impressed with how resilient nature is. Like, this tornado can shred a building to pieces in seconds, but trees (especially small ones) are often left still standing strong, almost as if nothing happened. At 0:24 (upper left corner), you can even see a car being toppled over and sucked into the tornado, while the tornado also passes over the trees; the trees are unyielding. Nature is beautifully terrifying.

[@thes7754]

i guess those trees just evolved to be resistant to tornadoes, but trees in my place fall even for cyclones lol

[@firekiller2141]

1:16 :)

[@graciegj63]

God certainly made everything the way it's supposed to be. Trees withstanding F5 tornadoes and wildlife leaving the area. Unfortunately the cars and houses aren't so sturdy because of being made from cheap materials.

[@Horible4]

@@graciegj63 I'd rather be in a wooden house than a stone house when it collapses. The trade off of price vs. actual cost effectiveness isn't worth the unnecessary upgrade in material. If you want to see really cheap building material, go look at any apartment structures support beam in China and quickly find out it's basically chalk. Also you're pretty special if you don't know why trees are so sturdy vs. cars and houses and belong in a zoo.

[@thes7754]

@@graciegj63 nah, not cause there made of cheap materials, its cause they are not anchored to the ground and it's also cause cars are only designed to face high speed winds from the front and not from the side, so when it gets hit by high speed wind from the front they are fine , but when the wind is from the side they tend start flying. Houses though, yeah they are made of cheap wood, concrete houses are totally fine, stupid thing is concrete is cheaper than wood lol. like why don't u guys in the us build ur houses to resist tornadoes, japan builds their houses to resist the strongest earthquakes.

[@OfficiallySnek]

There were only 3 reported injuries and zero deaths, but around 966 buildings sustained damage

[@belle3055]

Amen

[@MrExalon]

Uf, nice

[@ANIMAL.LOVERS.DONT.EAT.ANIMALS]

It always annoyed me that people only report the deaths and injuries but not the number of people whos lives and futures have been completely upended

[@aaaaaa-nr5mo]

@@ANIMAL.LOVERS.DONT.EAT.ANIMALS that’s a way harder statistic to measure

[@rats335]

@@ANIMAL.LOVERS.DONT.EAT.ANIMALS your username is all i need to know about you.

[@briansimcoe9119]

Love the progression of this video through all the different cameras, especially after seeing a different one of the same event tearing off roofs, and knowing that was what was strewn all over the school.

[@kompst_tu]

Those are really good security cameras. Not only because of durability, but because of quality! Edit: I posted this half asleep last night and woke up to 600+ likes. Jeeze, you all are awesome

[@IanKincaidPhoto]

I was thinking the same thing! Highest quality security footage I've ever seen! And how did they stay connected to the wall 🤯

[@Mika-ph6ku]

@Yippee Skippy The building held out pretty well what you mean?

[@johnabbottphotography]

Somewhere, a guy/gal who installed the cameras is patting themselves on the back, saying: "Everyone else told me that I didn't need to use 2 inch screws. Well... who was right?"

[@DeKrampus]

Cameras? I want to know the manufacturer of the cafeteria windows! When the glass just comes out of place, but doesn't even crack? Give me some of that!

[@FB-gm6el]

TP Link makes great cameras that are inexpensive and reliable

[@ItsJohnBomb]

2:00 That poor tree was getting chilly, so the nice tornado gave him a scarf. How sweet! 😊

[@unknown81814]

So sweet🥺

[@sunflower_sunray]

Yeah but then the tornado took it back🥺

[@ronthomas7068]

Tornado: u cold tree? Tree: yes Tornado: gives tree a scarf Tree: thats better Tornado: HAHA TREE I TRICKSD U GIVE ME IT BACK Tree: No! Tornado: snatches scarf

[@thequickprince]

The torn said: NOPE NOT TODAY SUCJER AHAHHAHA

[@tmp5]

Tree: Thanks :) 2:11 Tree: Noooooo my scarf :( Tornado: oops! My fault! I’ll go get it for you Tree: thanks

[@willsell456]

These are the most stable security cameras I have ever seen.

[@WhittaII]

yeah probably dome cameras

[@claymonsterpottery]

I was thinking the same thing. Wow, what brand are they?

[@nimrodquimbus912]

The real good cams are in the rest rooms

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Yeah whoever installed them should be installing them at every school in the country. Give them a big contract. Not only are they stable but they are VISIBLE. No 1985 blurry footage like you see in most crimes.

[@osamabinladen824]

@@nimrodquimbus912 What

[@aramahsann6862]

I have to give kudos to the makers of the playground equipment! The school as well. I know the damage was bad and people lost loved ones and their homes. Im so sorry for your loss.

[@babalonkie]

Just going to point out something that may of already been pointed out. This footage is in fact some of the best footage of this tornado and of tornados in general. This can be used as educational and scientific material. You have a clear example of Sucking power, Vortex power, Wind power, damage power and even fine examples of the dangers of Debris. I mean you can even see objects sparking on the ground like bullets.

[@trevorjameson3213]

It was great footage, I've never seen such great footage, angles, and clarity. Some say it looked pretty bad, being an EF-3, which it was. But compared to watching footage of hurricane Charlie (165mph winds) as it completely shredded a gas station/convenience store, and everything else, this was nothing. And unlike a tornado, Charlie didn't just blow past in a minute or so. It just kept on churning until absolutely nothing was left standing, for miles and miles. Never seen anything like it.

[@alaskancabin7506]

You can even see from different angles the varying wind speed on the left and right hand side of the tornado

[@jeremysmith9694]

Seriously? It looked like regular ol footage to me

[@matrixghfilms6492]

@@jeremysmith9694 lol some of these people only hop on the internet for trendy footage. I think the Tuscaloosa footage and reed timmers recent drone footage plus reed in the dominator as he tornado goes over them is the best footage I've seen.

[@generfeld]

yeah, nice. great- then you move the fuck out of places like this

[@zbaby82]

This is an example of why we need to take every tornado warning seriously.

[@ossoduro7794]

Getting sucked out of my lawn chair by a tornado while having that perfect buzz and taken for a scenic ride is near the top of my list with preferable ways to perish if it must be a natural disaster or weather event that does me in; making the event any better would require strobe-light like lightning strikes to intensify my horny hallucination. If I can take one of those seriously, I'll take two.

[@duffledor]

As an Oklahoman I’m immune to tornadoes. And even if there is one it’s more of a show than a scary disaster. We have insurance and basements so we good

[@travelteam89]

Shiiit...i bwt there was ATLEAST 4 dads on their porch watch that in those houses.....#MidwestDadLife

[@juliaweber212]

I agree

[@ralphjames1211]

@@steveseger5642 I heard the Moore Tornado took down entire freeways!!!!

[@JohnScargall1]

I've always heard that one of the most dangerous things about a tornado is that it turns debris into projectiles, but I'd never seen it shown in a video before this clearly.

[@TDI_CharlieBrown]

To quote Ron White - It's not THAT the wind is blowing. It's WHAT the wind is blowing

[@7ens3nButt0n]

Thinking the same thing. You could probably survive being tied to a pole or tree but the glas and wood splinters would peel you away like a power washer. Horrific thought.

[@Krondelo]

I always assumed it was just pieces of wood that occasionaly hit something, or someone if they were unlucky. Clearly its much more, at one point I even saw something fly across the sidewalk so fast it made sparks, same around 2:09 You got pieces of metal, bars, wood.. just everything flying all over the place.

[@kishascape]

I never realized it sucks the windows out like that. Crazy stuff.

[@KOSMICxKLASHER2]

@@7ens3nButt0n It might be hard to breath, idk though. If I go put my face right in front of my AC it is very noticeably harder to breath for a few seconds. I think you get cold very quickly too. Like imagine a fan blowing over you're whole body...except at 100+ mph. And you might be completely wet if it's raining. Also, the temperature might be colder.

[@halcyon940]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate the durability of these cameras. Light poles and trees are being ripped from the ground, and those cameras just kept recording.

[@Saturnus_Sand]

I’m so glad I live in an area where the likely hood of tornadoes is very rare. This is horrifying.

[@jimmybiscuit]

Same here, feel so bad for people that experience this

[@Zanecronium]

well uh. Thats going to change soon O-o take this as you will

[@Zanecronium]

@E K shhhhhh. I live in the shadows

[@shootingstxr4844]

Yeah :(

[@johnsalamii]

i also live in a area where it doesn't tornado, but it earthquakes alot

[@crimsongamer2337]

We rarely experience tornados in the UK, so to see this up close is terrifying.

[@Stayler]

Well said. I'm in the UK and that was crazy.

[@person4579]

The united kingdom actually has more tornadoes than any other country in the world. (Per square mile) however they very very very very very rarely reach EF3 and have never in recorded history gone above EF3

[@roadto2sub850]

@@person4579 FACTS

[@person4579]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Dont worry, I wont.

[@kelly4187]

It makes me wonder why anyone chooses to live there, or in any place at risk of a hurricane. Eff that. I'd be moving.

[@LITTLE1994]

That is INSANE footage. You can even see the tornado itself as it passed by directly! Those two cars that were caught, so damn terrifying seeing them get literally blown over!

[@lesliereece2801]

Where did those cars go?! Never saw them again. Crazy.

[@MrJScottyRice55]

I'm pretty sure that it was the same vehicle, at least I hope so, but I agree. Crazy to watch.

[@maurinethelizard6085]

excuse to get new cars lol

[@maurinethelizard6085]

@@MrJScottyRice55 there was a rav4 and an avalon that got caught

[@MrJScottyRice55]

@@maurinethelizard6085 I missed the second vehicle, good eye

[@tristmist717]

I don't know why I'm just now seeing this as I watched this thing go across my hometown from my back porch and helped clean up behind our Dillon's in view of this school and our Y. It's insane the damage that this caused and the fact no lives were lost.

[@enoktheewok4821]

It’s insane that the air pressure difference sucked the windows and their frames off the building. This video has amazing potential as a learning tool. Massive props to the install techs who’s cameras caught this and Andover public schools for posting this. I am really glad everyone is still alive after an EF-3 like that!

[@-OfficialAstro-]

The fucking w h a t? This was an EF3!?

[@rogeliocano9536]

@@-OfficialAstro- yes this was weak compared to an EF5. The school would be gone and the foundation would be at ground level.

[@filonin2]

It sucked open the refrigerator and freezer doors too.

[@phoenix1453]

this is not EF-3. It was EF-4 for sure!!!

[@bumslightrail2382]

@@phoenix1453 no way. Definitely a Ef-3. That car barley even moves when the tornado hits it. An ef-4 would have thrown it yards away

[@INKOSK4114]

I have seen so many videos of this tornado that each have a special angle to where it’s an amazing scene. The closeup video of it actually rotating on the parking lot asphalt was sublime! Never seen it that close before. Great outdoor surveillance cameras!

[@amymbeauty8765]

Have you seen Reeds drone footage of it? It's insanely good quality too!

[@jaredf6205]

I guess because most bad tornadoes are out in rural fields rather than suburbs so we don’t usually get this much footage.

[@PITviper217]

That and they have the tendency to prefer hitting at dusk, even at night. The monsters at least.

[@INKOSK4114]

@@amymbeauty8765 yeah and it’s the best footage of all! The swirling corkscrew was fantastic!

[@jwalster9412]

Did you see the car achieve its dreams of being an aeroplane (0:25 upper left hand corner)

[@matchstickfox4873]

I love how the playground was intact the whole time. Shows how strong they are

[@willboudreau1187]

Playgrounds are designed to withstand alot more energy output than a tornado can dish out. They withstand young kids with PTSD, sugar highs with no naps! I'd like to see mother nature top that!!

[@fertileplanet7756]

Who would win? The Moore, OK F5 tornado or some average playground?

[@MarkShockley]

I think they have to be safety-tested far, far above their actual capacity, which is also true of ziplines and ropes courses and such.

[@TheMr.tornado]

@@fertileplanet7756 average pl- I mean Moore tornado

[@tylorevans]

When playgrounds ares built they are cemented to the ground to insure they won't collapse with kids on it just like the benches , bike rack and the trash can out front where bolted to the ground and why they remaind put except for the trash can top bag and bin but the shell stayed but the planter was lose and was gone with the wind

[@bikotheanimator6169]

What lesson was learned here today, kids? The spirit of the cameraman ALWAYS survives. Always have your cameras recording during moments of disaster.

[@SvendleBerries]

Its rare that tornado footage is fairly clean, in that the camera doesnt get destroyed or covered in debris. Neat. Thanks for sharing.

[@jamesdukes1869]

That's not rare

[@demo2823]

​@Maks P. I think it's UV due to a power cut.

[@portlandval55]

I can’t fathom that THIS was an EF-3 tornado. Imagine what a 4 or 5 would be. My brain can’t comprehend. Thank you Kansas for showing what this storm looks like. Really informative to those of us outside tornado alley. We tend to think of tornadoes like Wizard of Oz fun ride to magical lands instead of blowing debris of death. Glad you were all safe.

[@cadencordell9717]

I live on the west side of Wichita (Andover is on the east side) and have never seen anything like this personally in my 20+ years living here so it's just as crazy and interesting for a lot of us living here too

[@sarahcampbell4240]

In my knowledge the difference between an F3 and an F4 tornado is that an F4 can flatten brick buildings. As someone who's lived through an F4 that school would not have a roof and certainly would not have cameras. I sincerely hope everyone is ok and that no one was seriously injured.

[@andershere4547]

If you wanna see photos of a huge ass tornado, look up terrible tuesday (Wichita Falls tornado)

[@joytempestas3201]

people think of wizard of oz when they imagine tornadoes?

[@enricofermi3471]

Modern EF scale measures categories not only by sheer wind power, but also by damage done. Meaning that even if there was a mega-giga funnel touching somewhere in the fields of Alabama, demolishing a farm or two, it would still be an EF2 or 3; on the other hand, if a wimpy noodle goes down in the middle of a densely populated area and causes huge property damages and casualties, it may become EF4 or 5.

[@EllyWinfield]

I went to school here. It’s astounding how many memories I have just looking at the lunch room. I hope recovery is quick and everything goes smoothly Edit: one nice memory I have was the principal at the time, Mrs. Jonas, hanging out with us in line in the lunch room and memorizing everyone’s names. She was such a kind, fantastic person and made us all feel like we had a friend in her. If you see this Mrs. Jonas, I hope you are well!!

[@303downhill8]

Sure you did

[@HipsterDoofus100]

Didn’t you lose your virginity in the bathroom stall here too?

[@Yz7rvly]

@@303downhill8 believe it for once, it’s not like you’ll get hurt if it’s a lie

[@truegs88]

@@303downhill8 i banged your mom, believe that bud

[@FGV_Gravity]

Yep, I don't always believe you but okay

[@WanderingRoe]

The strength of a tornado never ceases to amaze and terrify me

[@a454nova]

Give a round of applause to the engineers, the installer of the camera system, and the grounds keepers... All your stuff just made it through an F5 Tornado. I would like to see the school, but if what I've seen so far, I would be happier knowing my kids where there.

[@ckimsey77]

By all means i totally agree, but this was hardly an F5...no tornado is weak per se, but compared to the El Reno or Moore tornado this transparent funnel is a childs toy vs a nearly 3 MILE wide black wall of complete utter destruction. Thank God the 2.6 MI diameter monster mostly traversed empty pastures and not through a dense neighborhood, nothing makes it out from such a force

[@eins2001]

Probably f3

[@crazyrobots6565]

This was an ef-3.

[@DialogDontArgue]

Ef-3 (per vid description)

[@RNG-999]

Why do you say EF5 when literally every news outlet for the past 3 weeks has been reporting this accurately as EF3? It was only EF3. That is why an EF5 is even more frightening. I can't imagine.

[@AniiketPatil]

It's just amazing how trees with such thin branches were still intact after the fact. Nature is destructive and powerful!

[@chasehim3761]

The majesty of God is seen in positive and negative of the World. It really leaves u in awe.

[@BiologicalClock]

Younger trees tend to fare decently well in tornados because there isn't as much surface area for the wind to push against as there would be on a larger tree trunk, and the young trunks are super flexible so instead of breaking apart like a mature tree would, the trunk is able to bend without snapping.

[@EternalOctober]

@@chasehim3761 Indeed

[@hermanprice5375]

Those trees had strong roots!

[@peppermeat8059]

@@BiologicalClock yeah when the cafeteria got wiped, saw that young tree still holdin! im guessing it just got a very bad shock so it either would die or take years to recover or whatever

[@emrackuo]

It’s actually pretty incredible the amount of sparks were created just by debris being ground against the cement

[@alterI4]

im pretty sure those were sparks from the street lights being ripped up from the ground

[@ralse22]

Either way, it shows nature's true power

[@6u6u7o]

@@alterI4 I'm pretty sure there's lots of sparks from the metal hitting the cement.

[@alterI4]

@@6u6u7o Oh wow you are right. at the 1:40 mark you can see some random debris scraping and lighting up. Crazy

[@Hereforfunsies]

Can u imagine how many atoms were all in one place in that tornado, and how powerful it would be to just keep a small tornado in a jar and like experiment on it, that's be so cool-

[@talasattila6401]

I really like the interesting part at 2:45 The window actually explodes from inside. It's well known actually, since the air pressure outside becomes very low while the contained air pressure inside the building compared to the outside pressure is very high, making the building literally explode from inside. Or at least burst out it's windows. I read somewhere long ago that it's safer for the structure if windows, doors are open during tornadoes, sure the wind will break everything inside but it's safer for the structure of the building itself.

[@cmerton]

BS. Unsupported myth. Windows bust out very early from flying debris, thus instantly equalizing indoor/outdoor pressure. Roofs lift off the structure - ditto. Why people continue to spout such inane crapola about tornadoes is beyond me. Probably because they at some point saw "Twister" and believed it.

[@Stellra52]

I don't think I've seen a single video of the Andover tornado that hasn't been jaw-dropping. One really unique and well documented storm!

[@snickle1980]

The original was decent for its time as well. Very memorable. Like the overpass footage of the 90s with that screaming girl, or the closeup footage McConnell Airforce base getting hit, with all the sirens going off. This is going to be _equally iconic_ footage. 21' and 22' have been amazing years for storm footage. More chasers with Drones and other methods of obtaining unique footage. One day, i'll be out there too.

[@10n0]

What this doesn't capture is how horrifying a tornado sounds. My parents lived through one. They said it sounded like a blaring train horn mixed with extreme winds.

[@xx-bu1hx]

I experienced one hitting my house as a child. My family and I hid in a bathroom and it indeed sounded like a train hitting us. You could hear & feel the house bending & glass shattering, like the worst earthquake you can experience.

[@user12345___]

There's a vid on YT with one that sounded like a blaring electric saw. Bizarre.

[@iKnowaNoah]

I watched this tornado pass my house by a few miles, it sounded like a freight train passing through. Cool thing to watch, definitely don't wanna be caught in one

[@KayInMaine]

@@user12345___ I've seen that video and I think it was the sound of the roof being pulled off. The nails were bending.

[@mrockkpuih8332]

Somehow there were scattered tornadoes in North Carolina (where I live) near Greensboro and I didn’t hear a thing

[@beatriz545]

0:25 what’s interesting about this is how strong nature can be. A car was dragged away but the trees resisted. Ps: Guys of course trees have roots and cars don’t, it is still incredible cause trees grow to have a strong structure we don’t see even though they look so fragile, while cars are big and heavy but get dragged away so easily. Nature is extremely strong, a lot of fragile leaves have a stronger structure then a car and yes, it’s impressive.

[@joebidenshusband2836]

Well it’s also got roots holding it in place unlike the car

[@ecytb7042]

the trees grow underground no the car ..

[@uncertifiedchair6444]

Yeah but as you can see in later footage some trees were pulled out of the roots

[@d2heffz231]

Hi welcome to earth, hope you enjoy your stay.

[@chrisdlp2287]

@@joebidenshusband2836 A tree!? Roots!?!? Never heard of it! (Of course he knows the trees have roots)

[@commenter3698]

the terrifying part is 0:30 you can literally see the tornado moving in the city and destroying buildings from far away and the scary part is , even when we're like miles away from it its winds can literally still pull objects that are super far

[@CreativeStudios97]

2:45 the perfect example of why you never stand near a window to try and observe a tornado. All the other footage shows the visible portion of the tornado as decently far away, but the winds created were able to shatter that window without a second thought.

[@geezersmanpon402]

You can also see a trashcan get sucked out from deep inside the building. Scary!

[@paulv5260]

Brilliant footage, the quality and resolution, combined with various angles makes for a great learning/study video. Glad everyone made it through this storm.

[@ВсадникАпокалипсиса-я9е]

this video proves that you will overcome a tornado only if you're a surveillance cam

[@vglycorpse]

Seeing this sheer destruction up close is horrifying. That car at one point just vanished. I'm really relieved to know nobody died, although my heart still goes out to those who were injured and lost all their homes, workplaces destroyed, etc.

[@dis5422]

Да они аутисты их не жалко, сами виноваты

[@fuadkattan6622]

Several people died...

[@vglycorpse]

@@fuadkattan6622 oh, I read that nobody had died, I guess I was wrong :(

[@iKnowaNoah]

@@fuadkattan6622 no lol ? 4 people were injured but that's it

[@Xiaomi-bl9zc]

@@fuadkattan6622 ура 🍻

[@mrmustangman]

Whoever installed the surveillance system should be commended for their equipment and workmanship..... We literally witnessed entire vehicles being blown away and yet the cameras remained both in place and operational.....

[@ShortyJordyB]

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[@outpacer_ca]

The first video i've seen that really shows the absolute power of a Tornado.. The way the wind was able to create a negative pressure that actually sucked the windows straight off the building and then everything in the room flew toward the opening like a giant vaccuum. terrifying

[@bluesord114]

Reminded me of a black hole. Scary sight

[@Sailorbyday]

mother nature can be terrifying

[@Царь-е8и]

Ничего сверхсекретнного, просто закон Бернулли!

[@pagorami5253]

this tornado produced some of the most insightful videos about tornados ever... thank you for sharing

[@BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein]

2:56 it's insane how when the windows broke, everything was being sucked outside, like it's a breach in the space station or something

[@MikeySkywalker]

1:36 I’ve never seen wind collide like that. That was insane.

[@Tanean63]

The speed of the objects in the air after that is fucking terrifying. You would have almost no chance of survival if you were out there. Might as well have a minigun aimed at you.

[@musthavemetalradio]

Thank you for posting this. My 6 year old daughter is always asking me about tornadoes and now I can show her this video so she can see what a tornado is and what kind of damage it can do.

[@NorthstriderGaming]

*in America. Not sure if the damage would be that severe in a different corner of the world where houses are made of bricks instead of wood and cardboard so there is less possible debris to be sucked into the tornado. After all, it's the debris and not the wind that causes most of the destruction. We will probably find out soon enough if climate keeps changing as quickly as it does atm so Europe is gonna have some nasty shit going down as well some day.

[@LocketShoru]

Pecos Hank, Skip Talbot, and Reed Timmer all have very good stormchasing channels if you want to see more tornadoes! Chasing season is well underway, so that's where you'd want to look for more videos. (Hank has some terrifying footage of an EF4 straight up eating an entire roof as it passes by. It's cool stuff!)

[@morganalabeille5004]

Tornadoes are one of the biggest dangers in a six year old’s life alongside quicksand and the Bermuda Triangle

[@Sonnenmann8]

im sure it would be a great experience if you took her to see a tornado up close the next time it happens. she would probably enjoy it a lot.

[@usafman8864]

There's a change in wind force immediately when the footage turns pink. Something happened that damaged the camera and changed it's color, but it also lifted the trash can lid and snapped a sapling. You can see it in the other footage. I thought it skipped, but it instantly hits like a wall of wind.

[@Finsirith]

Maybe the dust got so thick that it was dark enough for the camera to switch to infrared??

[@kamitorrorga4568]

@@Finsirith Color cameras work by having three sensors that detect three primary colors. In this case, it could be RGB. Red, Green, and Blue. Either the sheer amount of force jolted the mounting the camera was on and physically unsettled the Green sensor, depriving the footage of the green value, or something hit the camera and did that. Honestly, the former is helluva lot more terrifying, because the mounts you see for most cameras, the glass ball kind we see everywhere now, are pretty solid. If it went into infrared, I've no doubt it would've turned black and white like most of these cameras do. Never before have I seen night footage in red and offred, but it is an interesting idea.

[@Finsirith]

@@kamitorrorga4568 very interesting--thanks for the information. Now that you mention it, the infrared footage I've seen does usually tend to be black and white.

[@yananewton4560]

A car also got tossed when the camera footage turned pink, absolutely insane

[@pinkpluto1711]

@@yananewton4560 yeah I had my eyes on that poor car

[@DajiaStar]

It’s incredible how the nature of this planet takes over.

[@angelaluntraru8931]

Incredible how you put ur name and photo on yt now i will find your ip and...

[@kingdojo]

@@angelaluntraru8931 creep

[@piwonbetter]

@@angelaluntraru8931 whitelisting: 🫥🫥🫥🫥

[@Keepsmilingpeople.]

@@angelaluntraru8931 what you gonna do-

[@Connection-Lost]

It's literally always been there.

[@poni-taleshairfilmllc1307]

There’s a really protective spirit that walks in right before and then flys around the class pause and rewind 🙌🏼💜💜💜

[@kennygismo6315]

What an amazing video of just how powerful a tornado can be. This was only an EF-3 and it literally picked up those cars like they were little pieces of wood. Glad to hear that no one lost their live.

[@juliaweber212]

I know I didn't know it was just has powerful it's amazing and those cameras were so brilliant

[@LITTLE1994]

"Only"? EF-3s count as intense-level tornadoes. That's a strong one.

[@snickle1980]

@@LITTLE1994 😁Nothing to sneeze at for sure. For such a ... _THIN and ropey_ funnel, it was a strong one @EF3. In an earlier air footage video, it pauses over one, singular unfortunate house for 3 seconds... and simply wipes it off the map. That's when you realize it's _much stronger_ than it appears.

[@steveguzman6141]

Good metaphor 4 the American high school life tho thank God a tornado cannot use a gun and be a school shooter tho.

[@rogermurrell3771]

A n EF 3 can blow cars around and take apart most homes.Tornadoes are not to be underestimated because of their size.This tornado was fairly average in size but was multi-vortex and displayed violent motion.

[@greenpea9412]

This is absolutely incredible footage. This is insaine what people are able to see up close these days due to all the surviellance cameras everywhere.

[@jhask64]

Yes it is insane. With Big Brother zooming in closer and closer into our lives every day I guess one could call these weather clips a positive thing.

[@UraTrowelie]

I did appreciate how that first 2x4 slid in.

[@easternadventures9978]

He was a trooper too, thought he was gonna survive the onslaught

[@amberbydreamsart5467]

This has honestly made me extremely impressed with how well trees are anchored in the ground. whole cars tossed like nothing and most of these titchy trees are just fine

[@henryyaboy]

This is awesome footage, I've always wondered. It honestly justifies all the tornado drills we did as a kid in school. Now it makes sense to me why we do want to stay inside and crouch away from windows. The tornado is not powerful enough to knock the building down but will shred anything in sight with debris!

[@Emu19]

Well, an EF3 tornado can't knock many buildings down, but some people were saying EF4 and higher legit flatten and rip buildings right from the ground. Those are more rare though, but it was crazy to me how much power these things have so now you must know as well haha.

[@peterjszerszen]

@@Emu19 I've seen the roof ripped off of gymnasiums on schools that were less than 10 years old, they can definitely destroy modern construction if it's a direct hit.

[@Itsindy_]

You didn’t understand before this?! 🙄😳

[@semidecent4395]

@@Itsindy_ It’s one thing to be told that tornados are destructive, and it’s another to actually witness that destruction

[@TNS17]

I feel bad for laughing at this, but the way that board slid into frame at 0:09

[@Spekeasies]

Cha cha real smooth

[@Geck_Gxng]

Lmao that’s funny as shit it’s ok to laugh at it as someone who was just 2 miles from the tornado

[@abandonedaccount123]

0:24 i love how that car just... left

[@lucastraman706]

When it hit 5 o'clock

[@inactiveuserI]

Aight imma head pit

[@SiimplyMilo]

It really Alright imma log off

[@just_a_random_person_Lol]

Bro said: 😐✌️

[@Heritage367]

At 3:40, you can still see the distant funnel cloud in the upper right-hand corner. Chilling.

[@BluJay_Rx]

I've never seen up close footage like this. It's always common to see tons of footage of the aftermath but hardly any during the event. Truly terrifying just how fast the damage escalates

[@vincentgallagher_]

Can I love you?

[@JustinCopacetic]

The indoor view at 2:45 could possibly contribute to some kind of scientific findings. I watched that entire view at .25 speed and all that is happening there is simply amazing. You can see it approaching through a tree outside the door. Then much of the room is sucked OUTward when the tornado hits. But there are objects on wheels that didn't even move, and by the end of the video, there are pieces of debris just floating lightly through the air while everything else is eerily still. We see a lot of outdoor footage of tornados, but not as much from inside a structure like this one.

[@YuNo232]

I was thinking about that camera shot too and I would like to know if the cafeteria has another opening below the camera. It looks like those items are being sucked out of the cafeteria but my second thought was wind blowing them from the other side of the room towards the window that bursted in the front. It is hard to believe that you would just have sucked out the window right into the tornade if you were trying to seek shelter in that room. Frightening.

[@captfrostii3675]

It all was dependent on the motion of the wind. It’s crazy to think that someone literally could’ve sat in one of the trash cans and would’ve been just fine. Or literally sit at one of the tables. But other large objects were flat out obliterated

[@BarryFigrim]

@@captfrostii3675 Props to whoever hung up the banners on the cafeteria walls.

[@JamesWilliams-fm1jl]

One of the trashcans on wheels did roll towards the broken window and got sucked right out. Amazing force.

[@schmourt]

first saw the clip on the local news and I gasped at how the tables were sucked towards the open window. amazing force and absolutely terrifying

[@brufoxx]

This is without a doubt one of the most or even THE MOST crazy and extreme, perhaps even downright unbelievable, tornadoes ever. I have never seen a single tornado be so "visible", it looks like a scene out of a movie, the force of nature is truly very powerful.

[@IIISentorIII]

go easy on the drugs my friend!

[@wspencerwatkins]

@@IIISentorIII why do you think he’s on drugs? The comment made perfect sense, things like high speed winds are counter intuitive so hard to understand until you see it

[@WendysJBC]

Facts

[@jarettgros5821]

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[@mryellow9655]

Dont care nerd

[@F15_eagle1]

it's actually crazy how cars were being tossed by the tornado, that's really how strong it was, and how the cameras were still recording after the impact by the tornado

[@Abyssal2808]

I remember being in a tornado. It was late, maybe seven pm, and I was about six and I was playing with my four year old sister. My mom turned to me, her face white, and told us to follow her. We had no basement, so we grabbed coats and umbrellas and left to go to the neighbor's. It was pitch black, I could barely see, and I heard loud unexplainable sounds and sirens and the drumming of rain on the umbrellas, the only thing not letting me be lost in the darkness being my mom guiding me, holding my hand. We waited out the tornado at the neighbor's. I still remember that years later. Terrifying.

[@gudduentertains]

Rich childhood experience.

[@londonsbed5869]

Is Your Stomach Flutter When You Scared

[@jaxontheboss2319]

@@gudduentertains ???

[@peppermeat8059]

@@gudduentertains i never get or heard any tornadoes form in south africa

[@adveshdarvekar7733]

When I was a little kid in 2014, our entire city experience a huge storm, every single tree and electric pole was destroyed. The amount of damage was almost inconceivable. Now our city is much greener and beautiful.

[@seriouslyproductions6903]

Must be some short trees

[@thomasdaily4363]

3:10 The custodians are like "yeah, I quit".

[@catinbeanie]

From a scientific perspective this is freaking amazing. It's a shame there weren't cameras at the direct center of the vortex for Scientists to observe but nonetheless even this near miss I would imagine provides some good material for meteorologists to look over to try and understand tornados and in what exact way they wreak destruction.

[@mikabellstarfall7584]

Tornadoes are terrifying. I live in MA and we had an EF-3 one once. The sound it made was terrifying. The way the power was out and we were all sitting in the basement while the emergency broadcast on the battery operated radio said 'Seek shelter immediately, a Tornado is confirmed to be on the ground.' Then we were finding airplane parts from the small airport that was 15 minutes from us in our backyard. We got extremely lucky that we lived on a big hill and the tornado couldn't make it up the hill or we would have gotten hit with it dead on.

[@notmarissa4673]

same here! i have been through two in MA one on the cape and the one going through springfield. I was young at the time so i couldnt process what happened but it was very scary. Where i live since i live in a town that also has a airport found many parts of airplane.

[@mikabellstarfall7584]

@@notmarissa4673 I was young but I knew what was happening. The June 2011 tornado outbreak. The EF-3 that went through Springfield is the one I was talking about. A terrifying experience.

[@notmarissa4673]

@@mikabellstarfall7584 yeah I know it was very terrifying but I was about 2-3 years old so I had no subconscious of what was happening all I remember is I was scared and saw airplane parts everywhere.

[@mikabellstarfall7584]

@@notmarissa4673 Yeah. I was 10 when it happened. Definitely was a scary experience. The tornado literally dissipated in the woods somewhere while it was on the path to hit our house dead on. We still were very lucky it didn't. It's not something I ever want to go through again.

[@DashzRight]

You americans just need to stop using cardboard for your houses like people from developed countries do… then tornados and fires won’t be as terrifying nor leave you homeless.

[@Cautionary_Tale_Harris]

Find out who installed those cameras and give them a raise.

[@theelectricunicyclist9069]

They will be easy to find. They'll all be at work early Monday morning beginning the cleanup process.

[@wwaynemcg]

You should see the ones from Andover City Hall. The U.S. flag was tattered, but hung on by a thread. It sucked small trees out of the ground and into the tornado.

[@ericnyamu9981]

I think you mean " find out who installed those particular cameras and give them a raise."

[@wwaynemcg]

@@ericnyamu9981 "those" implies "those particular" cameras. I think you meant to capitalize "find".

[@offscreen4250]

Insane that we live in an age when we can just go online and find out what it's like to be inside of a tornado

[@chainbreaker2362]

@M Y T H I C A L N O V A what

[@freegedankenzurbaukunst5613]

No sound

[@cmerton]

Please explain how that is insanity?

[@Peter421]

My heart breaks for those kiddos. Looks like a great elementary.

[@luminescence8605]

heart breaks for the janitor

[@kaleycooper9111]

Let your heart break for The staff, not the kids. They’re the ones who most likely lost their jobs because well… the school cant be a school anymore. The kids probably had class cancelled because of the weather and, mostly, stayed carefree in their houses locked in their room with their family safely. Probably celebrated about having no class after the tornado passed

[@werder161]

It didn't look that bad nothing you can't clean up and repair.

[@luminescence8605]

@@werder161 feel free to do

[@Potatinized]

kiddos couldnt care less about it.. parents and schools staff will handle the clean up.

[@scotty6124]

I think this tornado produced some of the most up close footage Ive ever seen. Imagine if it was more than an EF-3

[@flipnap2112]

I don't think wed be able to see this clear.

[@TheAnimale]

have a look at the YT channel @Pecos Hank amazing tornado chaser with lots of upclose HD footage

[@angrydragon4574]

This thing could be easily been rated a low end EF-4.

[@pyro.augh23]

@@TheAnimale YOO another Pecos Hank fan

[@dynasty4125]

Thing likely had EF4 winds, just didnt do the damage

[@nfareview]

I've never understood why in FL we build with concrete block and rate everything for Hurricanes but in Tornado Alley they are like "hey lets use wood frame structures and non storm rated windows!"

[@vladtheemailer3223]

Cost, it's not practical to build a school that would stand up to an EF 3 tornado so, they build safe rooms and even that costs billions. A car 5 hurricane will have winds over 157 mph. An EF 5 tornado can surpass 300mph.

[@jwalster9412]

@@vladtheemailer3223 and a Bugatti Chiron can go 300+!

[@RAMSLF]

@@vladtheemailer3223 I don’t think most folks realize how very different the two storms are.

[@vladtheemailer3223]

@@jwalster9412 I would prefer that over a tornado.

[@vladtheemailer3223]

@@RAMSLF I had forgotten how big the difference was until I looked it up. An EF 5 is getting into reinforced concrete territory.

[@fastcar492]

proof that the camera man never dies..

[@Beaver-be8vk]

Now I know why they say stay away from windows and doors. Not because of glass. But of being sucked outside into oblivion. 😳

[@flipnap2112]

that building just popped

[@grumbles]

Yeah I never realized a tornado can cause the effect of being sucked out of an airplane like in the movies

[@josephgriesenauer7895]

I think this is the most incredible tornado video ever. The high resolution and the different angles and shots give you an idea of just how powerful tornadoes are. This video is awe inspiring.

[@annafranzetti3944]

Or how much time and effort someone put into the video fx.

[@gingechicken7394]

@@annafranzetti3944 this tornado was highly documented, look it up, don't be that person

[@gingechicken7394]

Right, I didn't realize how strong they were until two whole cars got whipped out of view

[@john-7457]

Very powerful tornado so much destruction

[@annafranzetti3944]

@@gingechicken7394 I've watched multiple videos, and all of them have movie-like effects. Don't be that person who denies what's obvious.

[@alanhelton]

What impressed me the most about this video was when the soccer goal started to move well over 300 feet from the tornado vortex. A soccer goal isn’t exactly an item with a lot of surface area to catch wind so the fact that it was so violently moved that far away says a great deal about the ferocity of this funnel

[@chrome1018]

i got goddamn chills by just reading this comment

[@ItzCocozx_]

My teacher showed me this today. I rewatched it at home.

[@karimamin2]

Can we give props to the camera man for remaining so still throughout the ordeal

[@dustydew]

underrated comment

[@dennraeh]

yess, he deserves a raise! amazing, outstanding!

[@damonhart8595]

Copycat joke that doesnt even work in this situation

[@semidecent4395]

@@damonhart8595 That’s the point, we know it isn’t a camera man but the idea of a dude just casually standing out in a tornado and filming is funny

[@tyson9419]

Put on a shirt, lame joker.

[@circlesevendivination4928]

I grew up in a school about an hour away from here, and we were often instructed on what to do In case of tornado. Now I can see that if all the kids were in proper position under the tables there would be much protection from most of the chaos.

[@CatBuchanan]

If there were kids in school, they were in hallways without windows, on their elbows and knees with their heads tucked and arms covering their heads and shoulders as close to the walls of the hallway as they could get. In the cafeteria scene, a huge window shattered and blew INWARDS. Kids can get sliced to ribbons by flying glass so you should get far away from windows and hopefully below grade.

[@thatweirdanimalcrossingchick]

We were never instructed to get under tables unless it was an earthquake or possible shooter. Tornados everyone goes in the hallways and sits along the walls. Lived in the Midwest my whole life lol

[@ericamcqueen5607]

2:47 yeah, under the table is the best way to hide for sure

[@pcmasterracetechgod5660]

@@ericamcqueen5607 Yeah idk if they are being sarcastic or not lol, if they were under those tables they would've been ragdolled by the tables. To me the safest place looked like the playground lol, that stuff seemed sturdy

[@silktruck7933]

@@thatweirdanimalcrossingchick Grew up in Northern Illinois and fondly remember all those tornado drills and warnings.

[@rebelbelle62]

Thank you putting this video together and allowing us to see this up close and personal. Such a destructive force, so much damage so quickly! It just chews up everything in its way, then goes on its way. Amazing!

[@Communist_gixer]

Cameramen never dies

[@73Alex11]

It moved those vehicles like nothing as the tornado passed. Yet those little trees stood their ground. Simply amazing.

[@Harufloof]

Trees have less surface area the wind can push against so they're pretty safe

[@meglupo18]

I loved that! I was waiting to see if those tress broke but nope.