Going from a Desert Storm to an Incredible Sunset

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In this episode, we face a rare and wild weather event at the Dustups Ranch-a light rain that quickly escalates into a potential tornado!
While I was excited for the much-needed rain to help with our desert forest project, I never expected a tornado. Rotating clouds, intense winds, and the unpredictability of nature in one of the most isolated spots in Texas made me question if I actually had a plan in place should a tornado hit Dustups.
From preparing the land for rain to facing the reality of a potential tornado, this episode blends tension, gratitude, and perseverance. Despite the storm, we stay focused on our mission to transform this barren land into a thriving desert ecosystem, one rainstorm at a time.
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[@dustupstexas]

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[@ShaneSaxson]

Hang in there buddy, it’ll come

[@DanielTorres-vi9qp]

I have a terrain similar to your here in the state of chihuahua at the municipal community of coyame del sotol I would like to show you pictures it is very beautiful it’s the same environment it’s just that is between and above mountains do it acomulates water it really is a forest in the desert

[@Nightowl_IT]

Build an underground storm shelter. You will have sponsors that can do that for free and even pay you. Just ask in a video. You can even make them build a prepper shelter or a nuke shelter. Get sponsors for a 50 or a 500kW PV system for an electrical dozer. Like a really big one. Make them include maintenance.

[@S3v3rd]

You establishing the plants in a drought year is actually the best thing you can do to grow extremely resilient plants. So, instead of spending energy growing tall, they reserve energy and grow down. Super counterintuitive, but it's actually really good for the overall health of the plants that do germinate. When it does finally rain, you'll have an explosion of growth. The roots will be Well established and strong enough to absorb every possible drop of rain

[@ChrisWijtmans]

it might never rain where he is at. If i look at the map he is in a high pressure area and the rain focused on the low pressure area. not an expert though, that is just what i am seeing from the map.

[@TG22222]

​@@ChrisWijtmans they had a big rain about 11 months ago (I watched the video yesterday not realising it was an old one until I clicked on it)

[@ChrisWijtmans]

@@TG22222 i am not new here.

[@PKV-wl3ec]

Maybe help that process by looking into adding a phosphorus (root growth) heavy source of fertility more so than a nitrogen or potassium heavy one

[@JennSarracenia]

That is so cool!

[@theserkiller3730]

You seemed down in this video. Remember this is a LONG marathon and not a sprint. Every tree or bush will provide the shade needed for future growth. Keep up the great work!

[@dustupstexas]

There was a strong element of unmet expectations. Anyway, onward ho!

[@boxicknowsbest9100]

@@dustupstexaswe love the project and your dedication to it, bright future ahead!

[@PatrickPoet]

@@boxicknowsbest9100 won't it be cool in thirty years when he's changed the climate there?

[@10tenman10]

Reminds me when I went on long trips with the kids and they said "are we there yet" and I would tell them "it's the journey not the destination". Somehow they never liked that answer.

[@sage8573]

It's such a cool project. There are plenty of people on KZbin that I've followed for 5-10 years, I sure am hoping to follow this for a long time. I've not seen anything really similar to this.

[@tsjuno]

Man I felt your pain as you guys realized the rain was going to miss you guys. Keep your head up. It’s going to take time. You are trying to repair 200 years of damage. Blessings

[@Judep4237]

Was there a time when Texas land wasn’t like a desert? Is this damage man made

[@colvinvandommelen2156]

⁠@@Judep4237the early settlers of America wrote about “grass as tall as the horses” throughout the “desert” areas in America

[@arobidy]

Yeah, pre 1600. 300+ Years of bad land management led to this.

[@tsjuno]

Yes, native Americans hunted and fished. They traveled with the migrating game. I’m sure they grew some food. Then we immigrated here and put fences up. Started raising livestock. The more livestock you had the richer you were. The eat every blade of grass with not land management. I’m not saying it was a rainforest. But I imagine it teaming with wildlife with trees, shrubs, and grasses.

[@dougbourdo2589]

Info from the Rangers and experts at New Mexico's White Sands Monument/National Park reports that much of what is the White Sands today was lush grasslands a couple to a few hundred years ago. cattle were raised there in the area of the Lake Lucero. It is roughly a hundred miles north from the Dustups ranch.

[@alexhuxley3355]

Tornado: Dig a little tornado shelter, some are just a door in the ground with some conc steps down to a bench, you could keep kit in there so it don't get stolen.

[@jukkapekkaylitalo]

I Hope Fed's won't think it as drug tunnel. So make sure to get permit if y need one.

[@derick-smith]

I don't think that soil would lend itself to that sort of thing. Even driving fence posts was a struggle there. The sandy soil just oozes into any hole you dig. That said, I'm no expert and I could be talking out my backside!

[@alexhuxley3355]

@@derick-smith Well look them up can can get metal 'shells' with a door you just dig a hole and bury, bit like an oil tank. Worth putting on his Wishlist.

[@rjstewart]

@@derick-smithyou can buy corrugated galvanized sheet metal or logs and build walls to stop the hole from collapsing in. I’d built it as a cold storage first and foremost with the shelter side being a bonus.

[@pc7801]

How about piling soil up against three sides of one of those dog houses? Maybe even place it half way down a terrace and if you could park the bulldozer near the entrance that might provide additional protection on the unprotected side?

[@johannavanklaveren66]

Thank you for showing us the landscape, sky and sunset. All beautiful.

[@vswaze]

Rain is not just water. It dissolves gases out of the atmosphere and knocks dust and other solids out of the sky. Rain water can contain varying amounts of major and minor ions. Sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride, bicarbonate, and sulfate ions are major constituents, together with ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, and other nitrogenous compounds. It is fertilizer.

[@MB-wi2wo]

Love how you love what Mother Nature brings. The rain will come, just like the seasons and the new day. Easy for me to say, thanks for bringing us your experience.

[@Post-i5t]

This is one of the best videos I have seen in a long time, and you showcase what can be or could be, love the channel, why? you have content.

[@HydroMaester]

Dude, you have a bulldozer and several nice slopes. Get another container and inset it into the side of the wash (near the top), you don't have to bury it, just get it down below ground level. Not only will it provide shelter from bad weather, but it will create a cooler storage space for either living in or storing perishables,

[@orangeswell1469]

Is there any joy purer than sitting down in the woods with my favorite drink and watching Shaun scrabble around in the dust in the hope of making trees? No. No there's is not.

[@dustupstexas]

😁

[@Vezmerize]

I would watch a half hour of rain footage out there with a nice view

[@aasdddddddde]

1 hour desert rain to study/ relax to

[@ChumStun]

I’ll never forget the scene in twister when they grab the piping, that would be my tactic. Anchor down one of your shelters. An EF4 took most of my house while I hid and prayed in a closet in 2016, the wall nearest me had the shower plumbing, I was fully prepared to grab it if needed, but God is so good. I’m surprised y’all aren’t more concerned with lightning strikes being so wide open like that. Stay safe!

[@tid418]

They would have been killed if it was a real tornado. Debris is the threat, not being carried off. Hollywood magic isn't a good guide!

[@dustupstexas]

It's the bigger threat, but there's also nowhere to hide. I'm hoping my grounding rods for the electric fence double as lightning rods

[@itschilled]

@@dustupstexas Lightning safety zones are usually pretty small, at least in the literature for safety standards. They work in a sphere that’s tangent to the ground and the peak of your mast, so you get like the corner of a square right next to the tower that’s safe. If your grounding rods are 20 feet tall I think you’re good. You might be able to make the fence double as conductor dead end, so tying a lightning rod in to the fence for dissipating energy, but normally you want those buried and close to the rods themselves. Worth looking at standards for freestanding lightning rods. If all your hair stands on end, GET DOWN. Might also be worth learning the lightning safety pose (a deep squat covering your ears). Good work learning out there, stay safe.

[@brickcity9mm896]

No one can’t hate you for all your efforts. Keep the progress coming 🎉😊

[@gordonzug9418]

Und dann auch noch ein Regenbogen....greetings from Germany.

[@rojblake-fk3cu]

For a storm shelter, I'd go a shipping container. You can also use it for storage. If you wanted you could bury most if it with that bulldozer to keep it cool, like a cellar. Cheap and portable.

[@notsuspicious1113]

always happy to see a new dustups vid

[@georgeholder5076]

A south Texas 1 inch rain , is when each rain drop is 1 inch apart 😎

[@TheWorldOfLC]

Hiding in a ditch is your best bet for a tornado. Protects you from debris and the wind you just have to make sure you’re down in the ditch and not let any air under you. But that is actually what is suggested as opposed to vehicles.

[@jbbuzzable]

I think the added protection provided by the dozer is also a good idea.

[@TheWorldOfLC]

@@jbbuzzable the dozer has no windows. It’s just basically a sand and pebble blaster cage for whoever “takes shelter” in it. Much better to be in a ditch where any passing high speed debris will miss you. Cheers! :)

[@jbbuzzable]

@@TheWorldOfLC I assumed he would take shelter either next to or under the dozer. Not sit in the driver's seat.

[@NickCombs]

A sturdy hatch over a dugout shelter would be best. It doesn't need to be more than a few feet deep and wide enough for two people. There are also small dwelling units designed to be covered by earth, like a hobbit home. That would also provide good shelter, and could save on a/c power too.

[@jbbuzzable]

@@NickCombs I'm sure he would not stop you from building one there.

[@drummersagainstitk]

I love your work. The overall vibe of this channel makes me watch.

[@MyLifeExperiencesVol.1]

Don’t give up hope on these plants. Once spring comes around I think you’ll notice a lot of things changing. Those seeds are not dead. I live in Arizona, I don’t have irrigation yet and I once threw some seeds in the ground wet the floor and I just forgot about it. 4 months later a heavy rain came and sprouted everything.

[@trippinoutdoors]

What you express is likely a combo of dew point differences (higher elevations hit the dew point quicker, leading to far more overall moisture), rain shadows and microsystems. Micro systems are tiny little isolated ecosystems that exist all over. Often you can walk into one, and most don't realize it. If you ever noticed times when you're walking, and for some reason a spot feels noticably more hot, and/more more humid, and you coming back the same path walk through it again, that is a microsystem. A place where the temps, humidity and overall conditions often are noticably different than the surrounding areas. We have a lot of them up here in Oregon, in the suburbs I grew up in and still live in, I've identified so many tiny little microsystems, down to the exact points their boundaries are. It's super nifty. And obviously rain shadows are formed by higher elevations, typically mountains that block incoming fronts from travelling further across the ridges. You describing the nature of the topography of the region, you likely experience a isolated rain shadow effect over the ranch. That's what I gather from what you've shown and shared with us.

[@GehirnGold_de]

Great feelings at the end of this episode! 🙂

[@michaelmeacham8266]

Like the farmers in Kansas, you need a storm shelter. Use the bulldozer to dig a hole blade wide and 8' long. Go down 4' or more. Cover with railroad ties solid and pile the dirt on top. A board door on the open end will complete the shelter. It needs to close securely and bar from inside.

[@davk]

This episode was awesome. Please more videos like this one !

[@dustupstexas]

We worked extra hard this week

[@Ghost-Mama]

Help yourself to build your soil quicker. Collect bags of shredded paper, cardboard boxes, restaurants or grocery stores food scraps, loads of manure, recycled Starbucks coffee grounds, dried fall leaves and free neighborhood grass clippings, wood chips and feathers from chicken farms, etc. Utilize free organic materials and layer them in order to hold moisture, decompose and make good organic soil for your plants.

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

Extraordinary footage at the end

[@Dayjob351]

I've lived in El Paso most of my life. This is what our rain looks like.

[@rca-in-glasgow6781]

Very impressed with your determination. ❤️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mountaingardening]

Bummed the storm didn’t bring more rain but loved seeing the progress you have made this past year. Little by little.

[@jjosborne1982]

I am so glad you had such a refreshing day. It was encouraging to see you so full of joy and hope. We are always praying for your safety and your success.

[@jenniferpolk962]

The advantage you would have out there in case of tornado is that there's not a lot of debris for a tornado to pick and throw at you. If you're really concerned about it, a below-grade storm shelter is your best bet.

[@macmcleod1188]

His area is literally filled with fist sized and smaller rocks. FYI.

[@chucklindenberg1093]

@@macmcleod1188 Which isn't going to become a missile capable of ending a life in even the strongest tornados on record. If Shaun were in an area with fist sized chunks of pumice lying around then I would agree there is definitely reason to be concerned. Limestome and most sedimentary rock however isn't going far enough or fast enough to be a real threat even in EF5 tornado which I am also reasonably certain isn't likely to happen in Shaun's area. Cactus, plant material and other shubbery on the other hand is going to be a far bigger threat than fist sized or even smaller rocks in Shaun's area. I agree with the OP below grade storm shelter's are the best option.

[@MyLife-lg6tg]

Sandblasted, and perhaps shot peened simultaneously! Dan S.from Michigan and Texas

[@arobidy]

Fist sized rocks flying at 80+ mph is deadly. Wtf do you think a tornado is gonna do to em?

[@chucklindenberg1093]

@@arobidy Wind tunnel testing for "fist sized" flying rocks is completely nonexistent I wonder why that would be if as you posted- *Fist sized rocks flying at 80+ mph is deadly.* is a serious concern in a tornado. It is almost as if you don't actually understand how much energy is required to make a fist sized rock even begin to start "flying" must less move at 80+ mph while flying in the first place.

[@franzlubeck9669]

DustUps post? today is a good day

[@Romans57]

Shaun, perhaps as I have done for a storm shelter. Buy a three thousand gallon potable water tank which can be brought in on a trailer. Bury it and keep the top closed but vented until used. We put three thousand pounds of sand in ours to stop it from floating up. Ours is buried halfway with loads of earth pushed up around the upper portion as a small mound. Our water tank is the same because we can't dig more than 3-4 feet down.

[@Barskor1]

You can do ferocrete around those to reinforce them as well. Edit ferocret is taking wire mesh, chickenwire, cattel fencing as framing and coating it with cement people even made boats with it.

[@dustupstexas]

I like that

[@Romans57]

@@dustupstexas you'll need a ladder.✌️

[@PatrickPoet]

@@Romans57 or learn levitation

[@BondWarrior]

Living your best life

[@1944chevytruck]

congrats! rain!!!

[@kimnguyen-lw7oj]

the boiling hot water probably killed your seeds. try soak, then start them in mulch or soil with mulch to start/retain moisture

[@blackduckfarmcanada]

It wasnt boiling hot, it was high temp, as needed for scarification of some seeds

[@dustupstexas]

Near boiling water is a common scarification technique

[@sdtok527]

Maybe next time you try something you can also try a bit (say 10%) without the method to see if the extra effort was worth it in the long term. This way you can run even more experiments ​@@dustupstexas

[@tobiastho9639]

@@dustupstexas How was the timing? There is a line between scarification and killing by cooking it. What does the scarification recepe/instruction say?

[@isnoo1]

I have to tell you I LOVE the bonus episodes........ wish I could comment on them............ Thank you for taking the time as I really enjoy seeing the extra videos.

[@rachelbraaten5285]

I daydream about showing up there with a pick ax and a shovel and just manually digging earth works. It's the earth works that will make all the difference in the long run. The seeds are all over in the soil already. They just need the earth works to help retain some water to get going...and then you don't worry about how much water falls from the sky, because some day it will be enough and you'll have set yourself up for success.

[@owbeer]

lmao, the binoculars

[@dustupstexas]

😂

[@Barskor1]

CSI has nothing on that guy!

[@magooracing]

I think he was looking inside the clouds

[@andreagatti4830]

It is nice that you are not alone overthere. Your companion (Brandon?) makes a huge difference. Without him every emotion and every idea would be different, most likely worse. Your entire videostory would not be so positive. Good on him!

[@john98136]

Probably someone has already mentioned it but when rooting plants, willow stems contain a large amount of rooting hormones, you can chop up some willow stems and soak them overnight to use the water fot rooting other plants or just add a few willow stems into the container with the stems you are trying to grow. Many years ago, we were removing invasive salt cedars from a stream in AZ and we wood cut stems of Arizona willow and just hammer them into the stream bed and they would take root.

[@russell7489]

The US Forest Service has plans for a DIY Tornado Shelter I think made w just 2x6s Maybe park a tote on top use it for water storage. Get a little solar pump to transfer it while you're doing other work it'd help w pressure & supply too.

[@johnbuyers8095]

10000% says you need to sit back and wait for a rain event. You have both worked so hard for the progress, you should enjoy it. It will come.😊

[@MrTKSmall]

About two weeks ago, Google put the Dustups channel into my feed and it has been fascinating! When I was a kid, I started to wonder about restoring the Sahara or Saudi Arabia. Good luck and I look forward to following your progress!

[@aliciadupuy9228]

What beautiful views. I’m sure the lack of rain is frustrating, but God knows best. Keep persevering, and keep learning!

[@PatrickPoet]

beautiful double rainbow:) I still remember when someone told me that when you look at the center of a rainbow the sun is directly at your back. I was in my forties I think, and I was astonished that I'd never noticed that and also that no one had ever mentioned it. Now almost thirty years later it's still just as cool to look at a rainbow and know the sun has to be behind me. Popular science for the win:)

[@Nphen]

This was a perfect opportunity to build a "rain fire" and if you'd done that, a big storm would have come and put it out! lol. I'm also thinking a lightning rod connected to a grounding rod that goes 20 or more feet deep. It would connect the ions underground and lead them up a voltage gradient towards the sky, hopefully attracting rain clouds. And stop your trailers from getting struck. If you can dig a root cellar, you will have a cool place to store things and cool down on hot days. Just a bonus that it's a tornado shelter, like a home with a basement.

[@keeto123456]

I watched the steps for many reasons. I love the experimentation you’re doing, you’re open mind, the exploration and the learning, I don’t have to be entertained but I have to admit the storm episode was a winner. Keep your content just like it is and throwing a surprise for us now and then

[@dustupstexas]

Thank you

[@jaymondy]

Hiding in the back between the tracks of the dozer would be your best bet, the grate up top would still be dangerous considering people have found straw through posts of stop signs.

[@dustupstexas]

Solid advice

[@OakKnobFarm]

Great idea. and also if you park the dozer in the gully for less wind, don't go down against the dam, stay higher up. If you get 3" of rain in the tornado you might get flooded out

[@jbbuzzable]

@@OakKnobFarm Tornados normally pass pretty quickly. I would think about any potential flash floods after the immediate danger has passed.

[@JosephGodwin137]

The dozer is the last place you want to be. The dozer tracks are bonded to the earth, whereas the truck ubber tires are not.

[@jbbuzzable]

@@JosephGodwin137 Is there an issue with the dozer being grounded?

[@omonkkonen6676]

Would recommend to dig storm cellar in your property. Should not be too hard as water table is really low anyway.

[@Alan_CFA]

I’m in Austin. This has been a wet year for us, mushrooms constantly growing in the lawn and the raised beds! Despite this, we need rain in the hill country to replenish lakes, which are at low capacity. Best of luck with the project!

[@scrappyquilter8741]

The desert is incredibly beautiful even with a tease of rain. Praying God sends you two inches of slow steady rain.

[@TenSeventeen]

Not a meteorologist, but a weather nerd the same. You would do well to have some sort of storm shelter, not because there is a great risk from the weather, but because the danger lies in the radar hole where your ability to be forewarned of inclement weather is reduced.

[@tracemegenbier2573]

Mesquite trees grow in low moisture areas. You can trim them to grow up instead of bushy If you can score a decent wind turbine you can plug in a bunch of dehumidifiers and you can generate drinking water and water for irrigation

[@OnkyoGrady]

I want to suggest something. In addition to the swales and dams, partially buried rocks near plantings. The rocks temperature buffer the soil on cold nights, provide a minor dam, keep the soil underneath them cool during the day, and prevent compaction and erosion from big storm etc

[@OnkyoGrady]

Smooth surfaced rows are an artifact of harvesting and quickly planting at scale. Adding back in sub surface disruptions will likely help your actual goal.

[@shephusted2714]

you probably should build a root cellar/bunker or a small concrete expansion to buildings - use icf forms, they have built in insulation. you should get more rain as we head into fall

[@CHMichael]

I'm still lobbying for an in ground house .... completely understand that that's a whole new adventure.

[@dolaski]

Man I'd like to share that we've been through some tough times here in São Paulo, Brazil. Weather was so hot and dry that it made our city the most polluted in the world. Couple that with all the burning forests around here, with the huge CO2 emissions from our vehicle fleet and man, it was TOUGH to breathe in here. Today tho weather got more chill, rain almost fell but, still, we could already feel the difference in our nostrils. That's how I could relate how happy you were at the end of the video with how happy we were down here with the temperature going down. Thanks again man!

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

It takes time with less organic matter and bugs they are in the same hot dry place a couple's of seasons and things will multiply but time is required considering the bugs /bird's are at the water more tanks with a couple of dripers to water the bugs can't hurt the system 🤔👍👏

[@jimcalver-oj4xf]

Wow, it is looking a whole lot greener, with different plants than when you started. Keep it up!

[@useazebra]

A 1 mile wide radar signature is actually a small cell, which could only power a small tornado. Mile-wide tornadoes typically come from supercells which are 30+ miles wide. So don't sweat the risk of tornadoes. Flooding is probably your biggest hazard out there.

[@SaultheKing7]

Really loved the episode! It had all the ups and downs of life. Even if the rain is disappointing, your videos are definitely not and our support even less I hope! Keep up the great work, love the videos from Austria (where we had 2 months worth of rainfall over a weekend and now floods)!

[@totallybonkers]

I live in the Edwards Aquifer (EA) area in San Antonio and was reading an article recently about Cloud Seeding. The EA authority spends millions seeding clouds (flying planes that are dumping chemicals into the atmosphere) to make potential rain turn into actual rain in the area. Basically filling rain clouds with more moisture until they dump what they are holding. It's crazy to think about, but it is happening. It makes me wonder where that rain would actually fall if left to nature.

[@jalesmello6868]

Dang man. I was really rooting for you that you’d get rain. But stay positive. It’ll come and you just need to be ready for it when it does. Keep working on getting that well so you can get consistent water to grow that mulch. It’s what’s going to help keep the water in the ground.

[@benlong5784]

I check this channel every week if has rained. I got excited when I saw the cloud. I’ve been watching since shaun started the channel - love your work!

[@adelinafira]

I love your videos!! 🥰 I know that when you finally do get a big rain storm there, it is going to look incredible. I am glad to be here and see all your progress. Keep it up, you are doing wonders! 🫶

[@coolfool182]

Excellent video showing perspective! The zoomed out mapping, weather patterns, and drone footage really helped to show the scale and local micro climate. Keep up the great work!

[@halporter9]

Storm shelter. I grew up partly near Southeast Kansas. Also cooler space to store canned vegetables from your garden! Seriously, you have a dozer to start with.

[@kylecb]

Beautiful end to the video. Your dedication is inspiring!

[@klgriff619]

If you feel tornadoes could be an issue, digging a storm shelter would definitely be worthwhile. Having said that, I don't have one and I live in a tornado prone area. Every tornado that misses me be 5 miles or less makes me think more about a shelter.

[@AndrewHorsford]

Man, with everyone who follows you rooting for the rain, I know for sure that if sheer WILLPOWER could have dragged those rain-clouds to you, it would definitely have happened

[@zombi3907]

My wife works in clinate and i have lived arpund climate scientists in faculty housing at a couple universities. The climate projection for Texas is not good as far as precipitation, stability, or temperature. Texas seems to be in for extreme weather events and temp increases, which is particularly upsetting given the state of the utilities and governments unwillingness to address those issues.

[@ChrisWijtmans]

so? There are literal greening projects in the middle of sand desserts with 0 vegetation happening.

[@brianmb]

It’s cool seeing you want to see rain so bad. I’m the same way now. I use to hate the rain and when I started growing food in the yard it was always nice to see. Alternative to too much rain is not enough rain after all lol

[@debratakagawa4764]

I am sorry you didn’t get much rain but I could hear the rain drops hitting the ground and the memory of the smell of rain came back to me. The rain is waiting for the bda’s to be finished.

[@counterfloyd]

Some plants won´t germinate unless it´s rain water. That´s been my experience. I bet you get new germination with a little rain.

[@michaldurana4227]

Thanks Shaun for sharing this video❤❤.. unbelievable beautiful, wish you get a lot of rain soon!! 🙏🙏. Greetings from Slovakia ❤️

[@RalphRutherford-l3e]

Can’t wait for spring

[@zacharywiedner327]

The most dangerous element of a close encounter with a tornado is flying debris. The power of big tornados to lift and throw stuff and damage structures is what gets the headlines, but most tornados are on the smaller end; almost 90% of all tornados are EF0s and EF1s. The real threat is lose debris getting shot at you at 100+ mph. The cage on your dozer is better than just standing in the open, but its pretty open and high up. You'd be better off getting into a wadi or a ditch or something, as LOW and protected as possible. If you're high and exposed and out of time, I'd imagine under the dozer is a better option than in it.

[@esmith1771]

Another really interesting desert forest video - thanks Shaun! Bummer on not getting a nice down-pour from that storm though. Loved the vibe at the end when the sun came out and rainbows appeared!!

[@LouCheezeYouSleaze]

Lightning can also be an issue when a storm like that rolls in, and it doesn't have to be right above you to cause problems

[@KaiJames44]

I've been hit by lightning. I'd recommend being scared of it and being prepared.

[@NickGreyden]

Have some experience with making shelters in rocky terrain. Best bet is to find a low lying area (in your case, a natural divot in the land, not a ridge that funnels water elsewhere. Build or place a ridged structure there. Given your work, you'll probably want to make it big enough for 5 people to sit comfortably in there with a "large cooler" space for supplies (water, batteries, flashlights, first aid stuff, etc). Cover the structure with dirt (the very top should be the shallowest and have around12 inches on top) preferably making a natural ramp with the dirt up the sides and back for any tornado to ramp up and over the top without doing damage.

[@orangeswell1469]

Really glad you two took the time to sit back and enjoy the rain. You should go talk to a local tribe if you haven't already. Tell them what you're doing.

[@Jasonoid]

Maybe a little tornado shelter underground might be a good future project?

[@thelukesternater]

With storage for days

[@DaddyLoGang]

Going through a rough patch lately, but watchig your vids makes me remember there are decent people around thankyou! keep up the good work dude!!

[@bartholomewkempis3929]

Loved the drone shots after the rain, BEAUTIFUL!

[@susiejohnson7506]

Thanks for sharing your joy!

[@William_Borgeson]

Beautiful, so glad you don't loose sight of the beauty, thanks and good luck!

[@MauiBoyTrav]

Have you thought about burying your dog houses in the side of the ravine? You wouldn't have to bury them completely. But if they are covered, not only could that help protect from tornados, but they would be way cooler than sitting out in the sun.

[@martinhuhn7813]

Well, there is a time for everything and during a severe drought that is for the most the improvement and expansion of water harvesting structures and - in my mind - also the care for existing native plants in the area you already work in. Seeds need plenty of mulch plus irrigation plus some rain in the future and it takes a lot of time, until they produce a lot of biomass and it needs continuous work and fencing (as important as that is, to establish more biodiversity and to create kind of an oasis). Existing vegetation will make use of all that you offer it immediately, no matter how little it is or how irregularely you care for it in the future and it will add to the effect of the physical water retention structures, once the rain comes.

[@markrenfrow9873]

I made a shelter out of a 42" x 10' long driveway plastic culvert. Made the door open inward in case debris blows against it. But if you put the dozer against a dam and crawled under it you'd probably be okay.

[@williampatrickfurey]

9:09 I just considered what true electro culture might have been, thinking about the Carrington event and those trees

[@catfrexfrecat1800]

The better for you for protection of tornado is to have an simple underground shelter. For that you must dig at the base of a little hill an hole and put in a section of a metal spillway (big piping). Put a door to protection. Is suffisant to protect one or two peoples. The hill protect the shelter of the wind and of some debris. Of course, don't do your shelter next to a river bed.

[@will.ledwidge]

At the end of the day Shaun. No rain is a let down but you are getting the hours of work done to get the ranch to where it needs to be. May be held back more and more by less rain but when that rain hits, have mercy cause it will flourish

[@saorlandini0]

Double rainbow all the way across the sky! Your resilience is admirable.

[@kbye5323]

I’m going to ask again, sorry. What about using an excavator to dig a trench across one of the small ditches/gulleys down to the limestone and then putting some concrete down to make a little dam. Then back fill the whole thing to make an under ground “pond”. Just a theory.

[@dustupstexas]

That's part of making a sand dam

[@orioguy9]

Build an underground tornado shelter. You could put it under a potential pond location, to have a natural aquarium roof.

[@tracelee7332]

Or build with Hemp Crete or stone or cob..

[@SeverusFelix]

Halfway across Texas, I got ten inches in 24 hours. I figured you'd get SOME On the plus side, you can keep building more and more water retention structures, so that when that 100 year storm.does inevitably come, you can retain as much as physically possible.

[@petermonro5643]

What a contrast. An Idylic place in a harsh environment

[@jimsubtle886]

I live in the mid west and we have tornadoes tracking north of us and the south of us every season. Those storms are super scary every time. I hope you figure out your risk mitigation.

[@prdeacon974]

You need a dog to follow you around. Just seems like the perfect companion out there.