Shocked British Guy Reacts to "Rainsville - The Strongest Tornado You've Never Heard Of"

[@MoreAdamCouser]

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[@adamdonker420]

Why 32? Just curious, are you 32 years old?

[@glowingtrashpanda]

You should watch a video about the Moore, Oklahoma EF5 tornado. There’s a documentary of it but I forget the name. There’s testimony of the teachers & students that were inside of a school while it took a direct hit from the tornadoe in the documentary. It’s crazy

[@mistique77]

An EF5 is the biggest known tornado 🌪 on scale! The bottom is appx 1 mile wide sometimes! And we have a lot of ppl who intentionally go chasing them hun!! You could take a ride with one of the crews, I'm sure they wouldn't mind 😏 😉 😜 They're talking about the mountains bc tornadoes usually don't work like that...they usually go across flatlands, like farmland type places. That's also why you see the 'tentacles' and then it kinda stops bc they can't get what they thrive off of lands like mountains. There's a major section of the USA called tornado alley...that's usually the worst parts affected. @22:56, sadly the govt is the reason for the storms being worse than ever, really... go watch @GeoEngineeringWatch he's the expert and explains how they are doing it.😢

[@ethanthomas365]

Living in Rainsville while this was happening was insanely scary, especially since I was decently young at the time. The school being destroyed was such a terrible time, because our annex was in the parking lot beside it, and destroyed over 90 percent of the whole school grounds. Took a year and a half to rebuild and it's doing better than ever now.

[@RatsAss67]

Hey by the way you had asked us to comment whether or not we would be interested in seeing the local shopping in your area such as Goods, services and especially grocery. You mentioned you don't have doordash or take out much at all. But do you have a walmart close by or something close to it? I would love to see your community Civil Service type buildings too such as courthouses, public works, parks/playgrounds/skate parks (recreational areas) police etc.. No I don't want to see where you keep prisoners, although an idea of what a prison looks like in the average neighborhoods outside of Major/Metropolitan would be interesting for comparison. But most of all, what I would like to see is for you to go to the next big town, city, whatever you call it - go to the tallest building (and if you can) to show us a 360° View from the rooftop or highest floor if at all possible . That is something that most tourists do while visiting the Empire State Building in NY. What is the tallest building you have ever been to in Ireland and abroad? And what is the most densest City you have ever visited in Ireland or abroad? What is the tallest skyscraper you yourself have ever seen in person and or the tallest you have ever been to the top of? Does Ireland have skyscrapers that would fit right in New York or Los Angeles, Dallas etc. ? I'd love to see the view from your closest city and I'd like to see the view of the highest point in your town or city. That about covers it thanks. R Stauffer. I live in the Sedona area in Arizona.

[@joshpavlik3343]

Adam when you said about getting in your car and leaving, that one of the worst things that can be done with a tornado. Especially during this out break where these tornadoes were moving along at 55-60 miles per hour and they don’t have to stop at traffic signals. Plus being in a car is one of the most dangerous places you can be caught in a tornado. On average tornadoes forwards speeds are roughly around 25-30 mph so yes they can be out run but it’s highly not advised to do so.

[@sharonlevijoki607]

I know of one time a pregnant (with twins) woman and her husband went into the basement. A friend came by and told them to come with them. They did and lived to give birth to the twins. When they came back home, it was hit hard and destroyed. Someone lost a very large oil tank, it was in there basement where they were going to hide out. I'm not saying to leave or stay. This is just something that happened to someone I knew.

[@brandonbouldin9170]

Me and my family drove around dodging the Tornados watching the radar the path it would take but in a situation when it's close by i agree you don't need to do that you need to take shelter now.

[@joshpavlik3343]

@@brandonbouldin9170 yes it can be done but like I said it’s highly inadvisable to do so. Now if it’s clear you can and know what you’re doing based off the movement of the tornado then yeah more power to you but if you can’t tell which way it’s moving and it’s ripping through chances are you won’t be able to out run them. I mean to each there own I was stating more is general rule of thumb.

[@Nathan-sh1zg]

it doesnt help that it's been commented on these reacts a TON. idk if he doesnt read em but lots of ppl have mentioned this exact issue before

[@Klinkly07]

The thing about that is that weather is dependent on geography. I live in NE Alabama, and Sand Mountain is a particularly treacherous place for wind storms. A similar storm that missed you last time will hit you dead on this time depending on the wind speed, atmospheric height of the storm, relative humidity, etc. Getting in your car and moving away from a safe spot, especially given how many community storm shelters we have, is just not a good choice. *edited to correct a couple words

[@graydoncarruth5044]

That radar actually went down because it was hit by ANOTHER ef-5 that passed just to the north of this one’s track a short time before. Check out the video on the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell tornado for the one. April 27, 2011 was an absolutely incredible and devastating day.

[@DansBuddhaBodega]

An f5 destroyed my town in 90. It was an event that completely changed the early warning system. Our most iconic weather man would cry every time it was brought up, because we had ZERO warning. The scar the path left behind can still be seen.

[@reaIixx]

Plainfield?

[@DansBuddhaBodega]

@reaIixx , that's the one.

[@melodygrim471]

​@DansBuddhaBodega Yeah, I was gonna ask, too. My husband was in his truck, on his way through, and saw it coming. The apartment I used to live in was destroyed. The people killed. And it didn't touch my sister's house, but destroyed 2 of her neighbors. Now I live in Florida, and Milton just planted a tree in my daughter's home. The road in front of my house is still 2 feet under water. My daughter's house has a moat around it. She had about 3 feet of water back there. My lot is higher, so I didn't get any water. Now my daughter, her husband and their 6 kids are living in a camper outside my house. And, her Daddy was trying to help with clean-up. We had his funeral Saturday. This is the hurricane Adam just lived through while he was here!

[@marywinn8953]

I was in those tornadoes. My pastor lost family members. I was hiding in the closet with my dog. A giant tree fell and missed our house. It was so destructive.So many places destroyed.

[@apples1879]

Wrecked

[@FishingAddictNE]

EF-0: Shingles removed and very minor tree damage. Cars possible moved. EF-1: Portions of roof removed and small tree limbs snapping. Cars moved and possibly toppled. EF-2: Significant portions of roof destroyed and large tree limbs snapped. Cars toppled and destroyed. EF-3: Only the most interior rooms of houses remaining and trees are uprooted with most limbs gone. Cars are picked up and destroyed. EF-4: Houses leveled with only debris remaining on foundation. Trees mangled and partially debarked. Cars thrown like toys and stripped of insides. EF-5: Houses destroyed with slabs swept clean of debris. Trees are mangled and all bark is ripped off. Cars are mangled and torn to pieces.

[@mynewlifebegins]

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale is used to rate the strength of tornadoes, with EF5 being the most violent: EF0: Winds are 65-85 miles per hour EF1: Winds are 86-110 miles per hour EF2: Winds are 111-135 miles per hour EF3: Winds are 136-165 miles per hour EF4: Winds are between 166 and 200 miles per hour EF5: Winds are over 200 miles per hour

[@TheSkyGuy77]

And EFU is "unknown", only given when a tornado doesn't cause enough damage to get a rating, but still has a ton of wind spotted on radar

[@cherylflam3250]

When I was 7yo ( 1957 ) a horrible tornado hit my hometown. This was the first tornado to ever be studied. The Fujita scale was formed after the study.

[@jameswinchester5932]

Ah so nebraska is constantly in a ef4 state thanks for the wind information 🙄

[@theamazingguzzardo]

@@cherylflam3250 Udall?

[@cherylflam3250]

@@theamazingguzzardo ??

[@arkansasstorm]

Hey adam, we cant get into cars and run. They are some of the worst places to be during a tornado. Look at what it did to the school bus.

[@Megan-ir3ze]

Especially in Dixie alley! Our tornadoes can travel so fast

[@ThatA-LineRailfanProductions]

The slower the tornado the higher of a chance of escaping (staying put will allow the tornado to literally tear your house piece by piece)

[@jimbograves1576]

Yes you can get away if ur aware it's coming. It's all about timing & egress.

[@kriscook2423]

Especially the roads in the south. So many twists and turns and you can't maintain any speed. Also trees and hills obstructing the view. Aren't a lot of Dixie Alley's tornadoes late evening and nocturnal?

[@kriscook2423]

​@@ThatA-LineRailfanProductionsWouldn't recommend it but they say that more people would've survived the Jarrell TX tornado if they had run instead of sheltered in their homes. Only like one family had a storm shelter.

[@partfish6290]

Fun fact about the woods changing color- the satellites take pictures at different times, so the brown woods pic was taken in winter and the green in summer! Its always funny when youre on a border lol

[@Terriball25]

My back yard still has damage from the 2011 Tornadoes. There are trees still leaning over. There is a gap between about 7 houses where can see the path it took. Also it was an EF5 1.25 miles wide at one point. Measured it myself afterwards. Trained Weather spotter that day reporting the tornadoes. The Tornadoes were deadly silent. Very unusual as you could not hear them until on top of you. We have trees here that also hide the view of approaching tornadoes. Some tornadoes were on the ground for miles. Lost power for over a week. Still had to go to work. On generator power there. It was one of the scariest storm days ever. People still talk about it to this day.

[@falloutthewindowcrazy7608]

Sheesh over ten years ago and still heavy damage That's a cataclysm for certain

[@daveeyde9622]

Like my man below said... we expect heavy storms with possible activity. I'm 55 and lived in the Midwest most of my life. You learn to calm your fear bc you understand there's only so much you can do. If an EF5 hits.. forget it. My house got hit by an EF0 and took out my above ground pool. We never did find it. Love your reactions too these. They hit home. Respect mother nature or she will remind you who is in charge

[@TianaLve]

Midwestern here! Absolutely correct. I still fear tornados, but you know deep down that you’ll accept it at one point. Especially if it’s too late.

[@curtis7599]

Why respect anything that can destroy your life?

[@Bellastrega1960]

I think she’s saying it missed her

[@DansBuddhaBodega]

This summer, the chicagoland area was hit by 30 tornadoes in one night.. they were smaller, but made it all the way to the metropolitan area of chicago.

[@kalebbort9246]

Adam where about to have a tornado outbreak in Kansas in Missouri. Starting tomorrow strong tornados are possible in the states Kansas and Missouri. an outbreak isn't expected in other states like Illinois, but tornadoes are still possible in those areas tomorrow.

[@daveeyde9622]

I'm in Kansas city. Time to buckle up.

[@kalebbort9246]

@daveeyde9622 Mainly Eastern Kansas tho

[@blitz0590]

Best of luck and stay safe out there

[@Atherosdel]

It looks like the situation became worse, good luck out there.

[@reaIixx]

Outbreak is a strong word, storm mode is expected to be relatively linear which would inhibit tornado risk. The ingredients are very much present for a decent sized tornadic event but it all depends on whether storms are actually linear

[@willcool713]

Tornadoes are a whirling drain, just like in the sink, except upside down, and from lower atmospheric high pressure to upper low pressure. So if a high pressure front gets squeezed, say, by going over higher elevations or bumping up against mountains, then the high pressure gets even higher. The greater the pressure differential between the upper and lower air masses, the more energy is stored in the imbalance, and the greater potential for violence in the correction. Similar effects can come from increased lower warming, too, like a night time storm cell taking on energy from the morning sun.

[@Naskid24]

You should 100% react to the 1999 Bridge Creek tornado by TornadoTRX. Likely the strongest tornado ever recorded. I think you would enjoy it.

[@Aido9103]

I emailed him that video

[@natalie17heredia]

El Reno one too.

[@briantalley8415]

Government (local and/or Federal) usually steps in with immediate relief if it's required - medical care, water, food, shelter, etc. But insurance companies pay to rebuild your home in the following weeks (that's agree to pay, not whip up a new home. That can take years.)

[@curlyque2717]

FEMA showed up a week late in NC for the floods there. Those people wouldn't have had a chance if I wasn't for Samaritans purse. Their feet hit the ground immediately. Government offered $750, big woo

[@TheSkyGuy77]

​@@curlyque2717 That is just the preliminary assistance, bud. They will help them more, but they have to file for that dude.

[@jaffie]

@@curlyque2717 750 is the initial money, to pay for a place to stay at first. More resources come later

[@jameswinchester5932]

​@TheSkyGuy77 how come 90 percent of the ones that tried to get the 750 was denied and also had to apply for it online with limited to none internet or phones?

[@TheSkyGuy77]

@@jameswinchester5932 Do you have a source other than social media rumors?

[@Bleepbloop1132]

She said God is amazing because it passed her house and didn’t kill her entire family not because of the tornado itself

[@TJackson736]

Amazing can also mean awe-inspiring.

[@susanhunter9196]

No one living in the south at that time, will ever forget that day. Over 200 people lost their lives in Alabama in that tornado outbreak. It was an incredibly scary day.

[@jishani1]

"Can it go EF6?" I'm pretty sure after EF5 it's all just EFU

[@markusstevensakabiginfinit9523]

EF5 is already complete & utter destruction... IIIIF there can be a possible EF6, it would probably have to be able to crumble an entire mountain side. Picking up entire strips of roads... Which might be a possibility in 100 years or so.

[@puppypoet]

Wow... I... This is absolutely SO accurate!

[@argothapro1295]

There was an F6 at some time

[@aidanchessher8076]

​@@argothapro1295 It was quickly undone after it was considered redundant since EF5's already meant absolute destruction

[@argothapro1295]

@@aidanchessher8076 We all need EF6

[@CrazyWeatherDude]

You never EVER want to drive away from an approaching tornado if you can see it already. It’s going to likely be faster than you and debris will be raining out of the sky, basically being like an air strike. At that point you should get underground or in a low lying area like a ditch and hope for the best.

[@jkuzem96]

No, there is no EF-6. The EF scale is based on damage indicators, they look at the damage caused by the tornado and calculate the wind speed based on the damage. EF-5 (200+ mph) is the strongest and is basically complete devastation, well built homes completely swept away down to just the foundation. EF-4 (166-200 mph) can do this to more poorly built structures. EF-3(136-165 mph) can also destroy poorly built homes but will often leave the debris there, where EF-2(111-135mph) and EF-1(86-110mph) rarely destroy homes unless they're mobile homes. And as far as structural damage, EF-0 (65-85mph) is hardly worth mentioning. It's a flawed scale, mostly because it's easy for tornadoes to be underrated if they don't hit anything well built, but it's the best we have right now.

[@puppypoet]

Xenia, Ohio, in April 1974 ALMOST got called an F6 because Dr. Ted Fugita totally got his mind blown by how insane that stupid tornado was!

[@anonymoususer855]

All they need to do is abandon the damage criterion and use the wind speed criterion (which can easily and accurately be measured by radar, with the meteorological technology we have today) instead. This way, we eliminate the underrating problem and we can rate tornadoes from a distance and in real time, instead of sending experts to assess material damage after the tornado has passed to classify it retroactively. I honestly don't understand why this simple adaptation in tornado classification hasn't been done yet.

[@janfitzgerald3615]

When you’re very close to a tornado you don’t necessarily see the funnel the same way you see it from a distance. It can look more like wispy clouds, and the “tentacles” are actually satellite funnels circling around the main vortices. There’s no EF6, EF5 is the highest rating. You never want to leave your structure, in a car etc, when there’s a tornado coming. Taking shelter in a basement, shelter or interior room or closet without windows on the lowest floor of the house. There are two speeds to consider, forward speed, the speed the tornado is moving forward, and the wind speed of the rotation of actual tornado. Weak tornadoes have wind speeds of up to 115, violent tornadoes have wind speeds over 200 mph. The fastest measured tornado wind speed was 318 mph in a tornado that hit Oklahoma City in 1999. The maximum possible tangential wind speeds generated by tornadoes are estimated to be between 280 and 360 mph. The Fujita Scale is used to classify the intensity of tornadoes based on their wind speeds: F1: Moderate tornado with wind speeds of 73-112 mph F2: Significant tornado with wind speeds of 113-157 mph F3: Severe tornado with wind speeds of 158-206 mph F4: Devastating tornado wind speeds 207 - 260 mph F5: Incredible tornado wind speeds 261 - 318 + mph

[@kriscook2423]

There's a theory that strong tornadoes will bounce vehicles like a basketball turning them into a crumpled ball of metal. They throw the debris down and then pick it back up, dragging it for miles. They're still trying to figure out if this is more likely or the tornado is just beating the debris against it and making the vehicle nearly unrecognizable. Still lots to figure out about tornadoes.

[@Aido9103]

Here’s the wind speeds for the EF scale: EF0: 65-85 mph EF1: 86-110 mph EF2: 111-135 mph EF3: 136-165 mph EF4: 166-200 mph EF5: Over 200 mph *once your at above EF4 it doesn’t even really matter the damage is enough to destroy basically anything

[@beverlydorn9498]

I was in that tornado that night. I live just across the TN/AL state line. I had just had knee replacement surgery two days before & I couldn't move. I got in my bathtub while everything around me was destroyed. It was the most sacred, I have ever been. Never stay & never get into a car, that is the worst place to be. The tornado will pick up a car like it's nothing.

[@yvonneconte3040]

😮 happy you're here

[@beverlydorn9498]

@@yvonneconte3040 thanks..

[@highro13]

So typically, when they say it’s “violent” it means that there’s just something off about this storm that could make this storm more deadly than it already could be. It could be rain wrapped, so it’s hard to see. It could be moving very fast so that’s less time to prepare or more slowly so it’s doing more damage, the storm itself could be powerful enough to produce multiple tornados at a time If it’s moving into a populated area during rush hour, it could happen at night so you can’t see it Take what makes a tornado bad & add a few more ingredients to make it even worse

[@TheSkyGuy77]

"violent" typically means over Ef2 in strength

[@LauraCahill-w2l]

I live about 10 minutes from Rainsville, and it's a beautiful area, especially in the fall. Its nestled on Sand Mountain and most of the time the altitude of the mountain can change weather patterns. We call it "Sand Mountain magic." The weather can be violent and headed our way, then reach Sand Mountain and lose strength and fall apart. Unfortunately, the weather was so jacked up that year that the mountain could do little to stop the tornados. The Rainsville F5 tornado was devastating and frightening and deserves to be mentioned among other violent tornadoes

[@Chokah]

I live in the area as well. Not the first time a storm got supercharged either. That Sand Mountain Magic can go both ways.

[@edithroberts8959]

She means God is amazing because he spared their house and their lives

[@MoreAdamCouser]

@@edithroberts8959 ahh gotcha!

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

​@@MoreAdamCouser Look up EF6 Ohio

[@gamerfam2881]

You should watch the Joplin MO tornado. It has footage of inside the high school. People in homes and gas stations. I have pictures from after the tornado had hit.

[@diooverheaven4137]

0:48 Yes, big wedge tornadoes can indeed be weak. The 1998 Columbus, Nebraska tornado(made famous in the 'Susan, get my pants' video) was a wedge that was rated F2. The 1993 Last Chance, Colorado tornado was a wedge that got an F0 rating. Also, earlier this year is mid-April, there was a wedge tornado in St. Augustine, Florida, that was rated an EF1.

[@argothapro1295]

F scale isn't a proof of its weakness except if it went over buildings

[@diooverheaven4137]

@argothapro1295 Well, it's what we have, and so far it's still proof that wedge tornadoes can be weak.

[@Efaya13]

I lived in the region during these tornados, and everyone here lost power for at least a week because of this outbreak. The power went out earlier in the day from previous storms that rolled through in the morning and early afternoon, so when the last round of storms came through into the evening - we really didn't have any warnings. A large chunk of the power for North Alabama is actually Nuclear energy from a nuclear plant that had to be temporarily shutdown when the main transformers connecting power to the region were destroyed by tornados. So yeah... unless you had a NOAA weather radio, you didn't have any sirens, local news coverage, radar, etc. We were in the dark.

[@searchanddiscover]

oh yeahhhh i remember that period, i lived in st. louis. our power went out and i think the airport got hit hard. but a month later joplin happened and that was 100X due to the loss of life.

[@ruthhibbett595]

She means it like the fact they are ok

[@donniephillips7145]

I lived in Gallatin Tennessee, right outside Nashville Tennessee in 2006 when a tornado came through on the ground for about 15 miles. I seen 10,000 square foot homes leveled to their foundations. An entire housing development just around the corner from my house was taped off because of the amount of deceased people. New vehicles twisted like aluminum cans.

[@Figueroact]

In our little town in southwest Kansas, when the sirens go off a lot of people look outside to see if they see it. Some people just go on about their day which is wild. We know if we see Reed Timmer’s Dominators or any TIV vehicle we know s*** is about to get real. 😂😂😂😂

[@robertmooney571]

I was working that day in North Alabama when that tornado came through. It was the most eerie thing I'd ever seen. I had just left for home when the tornado hit my power plant destroying everything in its path.

[@johnskelton5683]

Sometimes a tornado 🌪️ will hop and skip over you, structures etc; then quickly touching back down to the ground! This may have happened to the girl saying the tornado 🌪️ went over their house with her looking at it as it leaves and continues on its path of destruction! 😮

[@stormangelus6638]

Oh, btw, Adam, that bus that got thrown? Yeah, that was before the storm went to EF-4. Insane, isn't it? Oh, and if you ever want to storm chase in Dixie Alley, make sure you take care. Even if you're just driving through the southern United States between February & June, just be careful! Stormchasing in this area is nuts bc the trees block most of the view until it's too late.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

The only kind of house that would survive an ef5 tornado is one that's just a reinforced basement/safe room/fallout shelter.

[@schuylerschultz804]

11:20: You could absolutely look at that ruined school bus and say "God is amazing" if people had been in it but everyone survived!

[@jjculver7074]

15 or more people died

[@ElyonDominus]

The religious are so egotistical and selfish.

[@RebelCowboysRVs]

Sand Mountain resident here. Sand Mountain is actually a plato. The largest in the Appalachians. Sand Mountain is hit with more tornadoes than anywhere. It averages 1 a year. This one was bad. I will never forget it. But it's so common, it gets lost in history. Three crossed the mountain at Henegar an Ider in one night this spring. Another one a few days before. It's just expected. Much of the mountain has this mindset of not worrying about it. My house has been hit once, my sister's was hit in that one. I have friends that were killed along with their whole family. But when the tornado warnings go off, most people just get ready for the power outage. They don't run for cover. They get flashlights ready an go back to watching TV.

[@Chokah]

Same here. That tornado left a trail that I had to navigate part of for work. It was a mess.

[@danielhaddock5635]

Tornadoes often lift, and then go back down elsewhere

[@gianna5827]

I’m gonna try and answer some of these questions for you as best as I can. 1. Dose the size matter of a tornado? Yes and no. Commonly weaker tornados tend to be smaller and skinnier but that doesn’t mean the all are. Same goes the other way around. There have been so many strong tornados that are extremely skinny. 2. Is there an EF 6? No. The EF scale is a wind speed and damage scale. (I know is there another comment that explains the wind speed fully). An EF 5 is anything 200+ miles per hour and considered catastrophic damage nothing can really top that because if we do you could really just keep going and going forever. (Also I just wanna say NEVER DRIVE AWAY FROM A TORNADO!!! They are faster and it will catch up to you!)

[@summersnow6320]

Speaking of tornadoes, we are in tornado watches till early Thursday morning in my neck of the woods which is eastern Oklahoma.

[@puppypoet]

Please be okay!!!

[@summersnow6320]

@ thank you and I will.

[@seancarrico8081]

​@@summersnow6320 got to love tornado country

[@summersnow6320]

@ yes! I was born & raised here but my husband is from California. They fascinate him. However, his Uncle lost his house in Moore during the 2011 tornado.

[@peanutmwo6001]

keep in mind NOAA and NWS weather radars are built to function 24/7, they NEVER shut down unless there's a power loss

[@willcool713]

The automations miss some cells, though. I had one touch down at the other end of my block, no sirens, no warnings. It was small, only got three houses and maybe some cows in that corner of the grazing lands. Lasted maybe two or three minutes. But at 3 in the afternoon, no heads up, because people were counting on the tracking to alert them. It happens a lot, just usually not where there are people. I've kept a weather eye out for those small, strangely black clouds ever since.

[@janfitzgerald3615]

And they have back up generators. 😉

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Or unless a tornado destroys one.

[@peanutmwo6001]

@@TheSkyGuy77 true

[@TheSkyGuy77]

@@willcool713 Radars can only send and receive so fast

[@gk5891]

Fajita Scale bases strength on the severity of the damage the tornado is producing. So the strength changes on the video overlay are from the surveys of the damage on the ground afterwards.

[@johnskelton5683]

Most if not nearly all tornadoes 🌪️ path of destruction happens with the tornado 🌪️ moving from the west, in a north eastern direction being more east 😮.

[@loraashleyjones9460]

Sand mountain resident here! This tornado also completely slabbed a concrete and brick church in the Sylvania area. It was wild. I was 13 when these tornados went through, and to this day you can still see some scarring in the land from this monster.

[@darrinlindsey]

If a school bus rolls over, there's a good chance it'll be flattened. There's no strength in the upper 75% of the vehicle.

[@MoreAdamCouser]

didnt know that!

[@destroyerthewolf]

​@@MoreAdamCouser most school buses are made similar to monster trucks but with alot more gaps between the structure thats mainly filled in with thin metal

[@paradoxicalpoet1525]

But that one wasn't flattened it was shredded down to the chasse.

[@darrinlindsey]

@@paradoxicalpoet1525 When they roll and roll and roll and roll... they get that way.

[@weebeditz512]

When a tornado gets rated they rate them by the damage they cause take the el Reno tornado that formed in 2013 it had the wind speed of a EF5 at 296 mph but it was mostly traveling in fields so wasn’t hitting to many structures so it ended up only being and EF3 because of the damage a more recent example would be the Greenfield,Iowa Tornado that happened this year it had wind speeds over 300 mph but was only rated an EF4 because of the damage it caused

[@td644]

EF0: Might snap a tree branch or two and you'd not even notice it hit your house. EF1: Will take limbs off trees and maybe do some light damage to your roof. EF2: Will knock trees down and your roof's gone. EF3: Trees are either on the ground or have all their limbs torn off, you're roof is gone and house heavily damaged or destroyed. EF4: Trees are missiles, having all their limbs torn off and starting to have the bark stripped from them. Your house is a pile of rubble. EF5: Trees are missile, having all their limbs torn and bark stripped from them as they are turned to sawdust. You can no longer tell where your house used to be.

[@joelmabrey2569]

I live 30 minutes South of Rainsville Alabama. Me and 4 buddies went to help with the cleanup and it would bring tears to your eyes , at the destruction that was done.

[@johnskelton5683]

If you see a tornado 🌪️ and it appears to not be moving, then it's headed right towards you! 😮

[@gamingsasquatch3357]

My Grandfather was hit by an EF-4 in his trailer home in the 90s. The only reason he survived was due to the speed of the tornado, the fact he heard it in time to shelter in the closet with his wife, and that the barn was chunked into the house, rupturing the front wall and depressurizing the house causing it to be dropped down. The home (70ftx25ft double wide) shifted and rotated 7-10ft on its foundation. My Grandfather said, “If anybody goes through a direct hit from a tornado and says they didn’t shit themselves, are lying through their teeth.” Edit:Unfortunately there is no aid in the United States that’s not schemes, either you’re ignored or given aid at 20%-30% interest. But hey at least we provide aid to the rest of the world for free.

[@alphawolf7417]

I'd recommend one of the in-depth videos about the El-Reno tornado. That thing was probably the closest thing we had to a freaking Kaiju monster. Tornado TRX has a video on it. There's also one by National Geographic called "Inside the Mega Twister."

[@daveeyde9622]

That is correct. If it doesn't appear to be moving... assume it is coming directly at you

[@puppypoet]

The EF Scale is based off of damage, like how much damage and what the stuff that was destroyed was made of. A tornado could destroy a whole town, but if the buildings were made of straws and duct tape, it would still only be maybe an EF 1. They can't really do it based off winds alone because it's super hard and almost a suicide mission to get close enough to put stuff down (or shoot it up) so we can find out how fast tornadoes actually go. I saw a few months ago where a professional said, for all we know, tornadoes could maybe even have inside funnels firing at 700 mph. That's why they gotta use damaged stuff to guess how fast a tornado was going, and some super duper cool tech toys!

[@johnskelton5683]

Yes, your blanked if your sleeping in the dead of night with heavy rain 🌧️ outside, puff one, two, three, no, four tornados 🌪️🌪️🌩️🌪️ 🌩️🌪️ one minute from striking your house. 😮

[@kalexflames99]

I remember watching the original video. Like dude, this was brutal. I can't imagine living in tornado alley (or anywhere close to it)

[@stormangelus6638]

Remember, there's more than 1 alley! XD But yes, I agree with you.

[@kalexflames99]

@@stormangelus6638 yeah I live in SW Florida and during Milton we got tornadoes. Fucking scary man

[@Stormchaserbrody]

@@kalexflames99I’m here in nc and was about 500 feet away from getting hit by a 550 yard tornado, luckily it didn’t hit much

[@kalexflames99]

@@Stormchaserbrody damn you're lucky. I can't imagine facing a tornado. That's too much!

[@Stormchaserbrody]

@@kalexflames99 I heard it and saw stuff flying but I didn’t see anything because it was absolutely pouring so the tornado was rain wrapped

[@leeford50]

Our government and insurance companies, dont help very much when there is natural disaster like this. Some insurance companies will even raise up the cost after a disaster happens and some dont have any coverage for something like this either in some states.

[@drevlinrobbins4431]

I lived in Rainsville when this tornado hit. I was 17 at the time. I was at Sonic restaurant, where i was working, watching this tornado rip through the center of the town. Just a few buildings north of Plainview High School which is where the school bus that got demolished came from. That school also had its entire roof completely ripped of when the tornado passed. The waffle house that was just across the street was leveled with the only thing left standing was its freezer room that had 7 people sheltering in it. The town was out of power for a full two weeks after this storm. The entire community and neighboring towns provided water, food and shelter with a.c. for those that needed it during this time. Just about everyone pitched in to clean the town. We didnt received any state aid or anything until about a month later. The state provided the Highschool with mobile office trailers to be temporary classrooms while the schools roof was being replaced.

[@shilohauraable]

One of the most terrifying things I've ever experienced was in the 70s. I lived in southwest Kansas and attended Ft Hays State University about 100 miles away. I took off for a weekend home after my last class which was in the late evening. It was during a heavy rainstorm. Tornado warnings started coming over my radio and I realized I was in that area. Suddenly I started hearing chatter on my CB radio that an actual tornado was within my mile marker area but couldn't find out exactly where! It was raining hard, thunder & lightning, and totally dark. I had a small car w/a 302 V8 engine that could reach 120 mph easily, but suddenly I had the accelerator floored & could only go around 30 mph! I knew I was either IN the wind tunnel or very near it! I was in tears! Then, without warning, my little car accelerated, laid rubber on wet the road & I was working to pull out of a tailspin! I knew the funnel, no matter where it was, had disappated! I broke a record in completing my journey home that night! It's a terrifying experience I will NEVER forget! I HATE TORNADOES! 😱

[@OneAndOnlyBingus]

You have to react to "2011: The year of the EF5" by Colton Henderson. Amazing video.

[@arkansasstorm]

I just started to watch that video.

[@_RandomPerson_]

Quick recommendation. There is a video made by Rojofern called "The scale of tornadoes". If you want a little extra to know about them (and another reason to fear them).

[@metalstephie79]

April 27 2011, one of the scariest weather days i have lived through.

[@ZyronMT]

EF-4 tornadoes and EF-5 tornadoes have a very fine line, but EF-4 usually leaves only one wall of a home standing but still severely damaged or it can even flatten a home, but EF-5 can damage the anchor bolts, rip up the ground to around 12 inches deep and even pick up a house fully intact and throw it. (A good example of that would be the F-5 that hit Elie Manitoba in 2007 in which in a video you can see a house get tossed into the air)

[@bamachine]

I currently sit about 15 miles away from where that hit. I saw the damage a couple of days later, as one of our customers was a credit union in Rainsville. The brick bank building was flattened and their safe was ripped off the concrete slab, that it was bolted down on but unlike the safe shown in this video, the door was not ripped off(this part I did not see, was just told about it by the credit union's employee I met to survey the damage). It was sent about 100 yards away from the slab.

[@darrinlindsey]

There isn't any reason for them to lie to us about the radar going down. We can all see the radar on our phones. If it starts acting strangely, we would see it ourselves.

[@sheilamartin880]

You are 100% correct to not be surprised about someone shooting at a tornado with a gun. Here in Missouri it's such a frequent happening that the State Government had to issue a statement that goes out during each tornado threat that says "Please do not shoot at the tornadoes. It's not going to do anything to stop it and just adds to the risk to others".

[@EternalCRTN]

if you haven't already, i'd HIGHLY suggest reacting to the Bridge Creeek tornado next

[@MoreAdamCouser]

I will do!

[@AussBosss]

14:22 “The safe’s pure steel door is ripped off and never found again” and the door is laying there right beside it 😂

[@WanderingRoe]

Keep these tornado videos coming if you enjoy them, they’re fascinating and horrifying at the same time.

[@hunterlynn1997]

Weather is CRAZY dangerous, super unpredictable, and crazy math goes into it, too.

[@CaptainKnorr787]

That holly girl said. "We got a tornado, heading this way" saw you were confused at what she was saying

[@MiraChan]

As far as size goes, it depends. Generally, the strongest tornadoes do tend to be bigger due to the strength required to get up to that size, but smaller tornadoes can also sometimes be stronger than smaller ones. For example, the F5 that hit Barie, Ontario was fairly small in size. On the other hand, there was a truly massive tornado that hit Will County in Illinois that was an EF3. So it's hard to tell their strength based on size in a truly accurate way.

[@MemeZ-be6iz]

EF4 wind speeds are 166-200mph winds and EF5 wind speed are 200+mph.

[@raven_1133]

The Enhanced Fujita Scale is what America uses currently. The change only happened in 2006 I believe, from the original Fujita Scale, so you may see F-5 or EF-5, but know they are not necessarily the same. The EF System has a major problem though, the wind speeds are only calculated by observable damage on the ground. There have been instances where this has sparked heavy debate in the meteorological community, a good instance is the 2013 El Reno EF-3. At first it was rated EF-5, but then downgraded to EF-3. The reason was because the damage suggested it was an EF-3. However, multiple radar’s recorded wind speeds that exceeded 200 MPH, which would constitute it being an F-5 but not an EF-5. It mainly was because of where it happened, open fields with little to no buildings to impact, so therefore the key damage indicators, those being structural damage to buildings, was unavailable, leaving them only stuff like tree’s to rate damage, which only average goes only as far as…you guessed it, EF-3. It also is dependent on the office that is rating the damage, as some are more lenient while others are strict.

[@jrafel1707]

There's another tornado that's often "Unheard of" or Forgotten. The Plainfield Illinois EF5 unwarned tornado. The National Weather Service totally failed and issued no warnings on the F5 as it tore through the town. The residents had no idea it was coming and there is not footage of it. Only the youtube that talks about it and the damage.

[@johnpatton7533]

To answer your question there was one tornado that was classified ef6 however, the expert that created that scale system fujita, that classified it as such later reduced it to ef5 with the reasoning being that an ef5 causes total destruction. Leaving nothing but the concrete foundations. So what could be worse than an ef5. I guess if it ripped the foundations out of the ground

[@melodygrim471]

No, it passed over Carmen's house - and she and her neighbors houses were fine. That's why she said, "God is SO amazing!". She was surprised they were still there!

[@glowingtrashpanda]

I live in Missouri & we are set to get some tornados tomorrow night. When living in areas like this you just prepare for a tornado as best as you can with shelters & emergency food, batteries, lights, etc. Also, I’m moving to a stilt house on the bank of the Mississippi within the next few months. Can’t wait to send you footage of me chilling on my front deck while there’s a flood underneath my house when the spring floods hit! It’s on concrete pillars/stilts over 30 ft tall so it won’t flood my house. Just gotta boat into town lol

[@jpgcne]

Adam, it's more than speed. There have been many tornadoes 🌪 with wind speeds way over 200mph but still were F3. less damage. See the comparisons below EF0 - Light Damage Wind Speeds: 65-85 mph Damage: Minor roof damage, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed. EF1 - Moderate Damage Wind Speeds: 86-110 mph Damage: Roofs stripped, mobile homes overturned, trees snapped. EF2 - Considerable Damage Wind Speeds: 111-135 mph Damage: Roofs torn off, mobile homes destroyed, large trees uprooted. EF3 - Severe Damage Wind Speeds: 136-165 mph Damage: Homes destroyed, cars lifted, heavy structural damage. EF4 - Devastating Damage Wind Speeds: 166-200 mph Damage: Houses leveled, cars thrown, structures blown away. EF5 - Incredible Damage Wind Speeds: 200+ mph Damage: Homes swept away, steel structures damaged, trees debarked. Hope this helps with determining the differences. Remember it's not just about wind speed

[@daDawgNbama]

Damn... I remember that day well. Where Tony Walls was standing and filming, I could walk there in 3 minutes from where I worked. At that moment in his video the tornado just got stronger as it hit the dekalb county coliseum ripping it's roof off, flipping and throwing school busses, destroying a huddle house restaurant killing people and destroying the credit union that I bank at. Then moved on destroying more houses and killing more people, it was awful. My home which is 15 minutes away took me over an hour to get to because of fallen trees and downed power lines. We had no power for over a week.

[@Orynx-kj4kx]

The scale the US currently uses for tornadoes is the Enhanced Fujita scale (or EF scale), ranging from (EF0 to EF5). You might be able to stand in an EF0 tornado unharmed, but an EF5 is unsurvivable. The scale is based on the damage done after the tornado hits, not the actual windspeed. EF0 tornadoes are usually a mild inconvenience, damaging only tree branches and uprooting small plants, while an EF5 would sweep well-built structures completely off their foundation. Even though we have tools to measure the windspeed of a tornado, the scale still estimates the wind speed based on the damage. There are calls to replace the EF scale, because dozens of tornadoes that were measured to have 200+ mph winds were classified as EF3 or EF4 because of subjective observations.

[@hollydaye5602]

EF5 is the highest rating available, one tornado that hit Xenia, Ohio in 1974 was rated F6 by Dr. Fujita when he was refining his classification system but it was later reclassified to a EF5, at that level it’s just total destruction of any structure it hits. A tornado would have to rip up the earth in huge chunks to go beyond a EF5. A lot of people take issue with this and would prefer them to be based off wind speed but we can’t accurately measure that just yet so the EF scale is the best we have at the moment.

[@beautifulpotato4295]

As someone who’s from and still lives in alabama i absolutely love tornadoes It’s crazy I’ve lived here my whole life and this is the first time I’ve heard of this angry wind spiny boy

[@LAURENH0823]

I live in a town that was hit by one of these tornados in Georgia. We got the last little bit before it died into just a thunderstorm again.

[@revaflowers3115]

The woman who is saying "God is so amazing" when the tornado passed over her house,was saying that because the tornado lifted as it came to her house(no longer making contact with the ground) and then touched back down as it was moving away. Tornados don't always stay in contact with the surface and it makes it hard to predict their paths. Quite often the next touch down could be several meters away and moving on a slightly different direction.

[@hunterlynn1997]

Alot of things can make a tornado bigger, track length (how far the travel basically), airflow *think about it in the sense of oxygen to fire. It only intensifies*, ect.

[@Cool-trucks-and-car-washes]

EF0 65 85 Damage: broken windows. EF1 86-110 mph winds Damage: flips cars and mobile homes. EF2 111-135 mph winds Damage: tears roof off. EF3 136-165 mph winds Damage: tears down outside walls. EF4 166-200 Damage: almost destroyed house. EF5 200+ mph winds Damage: house completely gone. Tentacles of tornado: Sub vortices. Type: multi vortex Wide tornado: more than 1 mile wide Type: wedge Thin tornado: Little string Type: rope Normal tornado: Usually a funnel shape Type: funnel or stove pipe

[@Bernandez4139]

"It's pure steel door is ripped off and never found again." I'm pretty sure that's the safe door laying right next to it.

[@brandonbouldin9170]

Thank you for reacting to this video it means a lot ❤️ It was a very scary experience. I only lived 15 minutes away from Rainsville and didn't know till late that night how bad it was and the number of people who lost their life's. 😢 Me and my family was driving all day watching the radar and dodging the Tornados.🌪 I will never forget it!

[@brandonbouldin9170]

Also Adam check out The Dekalb County Coliseum memorial statue. It's massive and beautiful with all the peoples names who lost their lives to that monster. A total of 35 😢

[@jodydarby]

Amazing because she LIVED!

[@anthonygarland8839]

Over the summer there was an EF5 tornado had winds literally at 300MPH there's some good news behind it for starters it was literally stationary there was no people out where it was it at the only thing that got damaged was an very old barn but the view of that tornado on radar was massive and its big enough to see its eye thats how big it was

[@kristinwojtowich8902]

Adam, the girl Holly said "towards 'this-a-ways'." Not to be confused with the very similar (but very different) "that-a-way." 😅😂

[@steveeymann6374]

Tornadoes are insane. They can pick up a dozen eggs, carry them a mile and set them down without breaking a single one. Tornadoes can also take pieces of straw and inject them into hardwood tree trunks like a porcupine.

[@kristinahammer2757]

11:13 it lifted off the ground long enough to pass over before it touched down again. She's thanking God

[@jameswinchester5932]

You'd be surprised at the random things tornadoes take and leave untouched directly in the path

[@NoodleHeadMcGee]

Tornado TRX makes great videos, the graphics that represent the tornados always have two concentric circles, one big circle showing the tornadic wind fields and a smaller highlighted circle showing how big the actual funnel was. Small stuff like this shows the quality of his videos, you should check out his el Reno 2013 and Moore 1999 videos

[@glaistiguaine5991]

She said "We have a toornadoooooo, headed towards.. this-a-way." lol