The Last EF5 | The 2013 Moore Tornado

[@OvercastWx]

Please do not leave comments mocking the victims shown in the video, or those who leave their stories and experiences in our comment sections. We’ve seen a concerning uptick of people doing that on both this video and our Joplin video.

[@Two_ManyGames]

I can only imagen the horror getting hit by the the tornado and only hearing screams and the roar from the tornado. (edit: i was talking about the school audio)

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

I'm glad you decided to call out the trolls who think crap like that is somehow "funny" or "cool." It isn't.

[@kentuckyroutezero]

thank you. it’s disturbing to see people joking about these events even if they’re trying to troll and it’s the way edgy KZbin comments are. doesn’t matter. chances are, whatever joke/troll/insult that they’ve spent actual seconds of their human life typing isn’t funny, they should save themselves the time and touch grass.

[@DracoPlaysYT]

I don't understand why they gotta be like that. They aren't cool.

[@TestandRecognise]

Thank you, It deeply disturbs me that you even had to make this comment. I don't get why people have to put down people who've lost everything.

[@PaulC-ss5uo]

When you hear--if you're not underground, you're not going to survive this tornado, that will get you attention real quick.

[@officialsnoopplays]

And if it was at my house, I'm letting it kill me because I don't have an underground shelter...

[@AvvrYT243]

Same I would have to try my best

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

Even more so if the meteorologists say "This is May 3rd all over again!"

[@Man_Aslume]

I'm outta here

[@Coach_Shiner]

​​@@officialsnoopplays good think most Midwestern houses have Basements, and if yours doesn't. Your neighbor definitely does.

[@Radtastical]

I have videos of the May 20th, 2013 tornado on my channel, and as soon as it passed I was one of the few to first arrive on scene at Plaza Towers Elementary. Absolutely horrifying. The sounds, the smells, the water and electric sparking everywhere. They already had pulled a child or two out of that wreckage that had been pretty violently mangled when the school was flattened. I stayed and helped dig for well over an hour. I was one of the few people that actual found and pulled one of the children that had passed from the wreckage. The 11th anniversary is coming up, and to this day, I still have the exact same reoccurring nightmare of finding that child laying pinned down underwater, looking straight at me. I'm a wreck once again just retelling my story. I'm a proud Moore native, and I will be for the rest of my life. Seeing my neighbors in such pain and misery like that disturbs me greatly. I grew up on 12th & Eastern. That's home. Moore Strong.

[@JessicaGail]

I’m so sorry for what you went through. I live about 20 minutes away from Beauregard, Alabama where we had a bad tornado in 2019. I can’t imagine what it’s like to actually experience it firsthand.

[@Radtastical]

@@JessicaGail Like being in a dream. What you're seeing in front of you doesn't seem to make much sense, let alone feel real at all. Then, depending on where it's headed, can quickly turn into a complete nightmare.

[@Dante-ly666]

I know my comment won't seem much but I want to thank you for taking the time to stop your chase and help out with rescue❤️ that is a hero all in it's self. I ache when I read your comment and just re~imagined the whole picture of it I can understand how tragic it was.... Your bravery and strength that day is a big honor as well as being a storm chaser in the community 🌻 stay strong and may the rest of your years be spent healing

[@grmpEqweer]

​@@Radtastical "Like being in a dream." Psych people call that "derealization." Your brain was protecting you. If you can get it, therapy might help... IMO? There ought to be a community support group in Moore for people who survived either/both tornadoes. Thank you for helping your neighbors. That was heroic. Best wishes.

[@chasb3234]

There are no words for me to express how much of a hero you are. 😭😭💐💐💐 here are your flowers. God just HAS TO. HAVE a place for you in His kingdom. Idec what you believe! I am blessed to be on earth with you.

[@johnnierobb8629]

Sadly, some other kids in Plaza Towers elementary school lives were taken that day. They have a little memorial set up for them at the new building and it is absolutely heartbreaking. Such a tragedy that rocked our community and is still felt thru out the community today.

[@johnnierobb8629]

I didn’t watch the whole video before commenting, yall got a visual of the memorial for the kids at Plaza Towers. It’s an eery feeling standing there in person to say the least

[@Kombivar]

Your recaps are the gem of YT, so well researched, all the footage and stories. I'm very difficult to be triggered as I saw a lot through life, yet your videos makes me whip every time. Fantastic job!

[@landonfolken03]

It's absolutely baffling that somewhere that gets hit by so many tornadoes wouldn't have policies for schools to have storm shelters. Then disgusting is the fact that nothing has been done since even with advocates pushing for them.

[@TheLivexxmusic]

Nobody can blame those who get excited about a twister, but this video really shows that (most) storm chasers and news stations aren’t glorifying tornados but intensely watching them to keep you safe. This type of weather is NOT A JOKE. Thank you for a documentary that shows the raw truth about what tornados can really do.

[@rubystarling605]

The audio of the video of the teacher in the school is terrifying, you just hear rumble, screams, crying and the "oh my god" at the end of the teacher about her house.

[@Chesterfield.Esquire98]

Hearing what that little boy did, not only broke my heart and made me shed a tear, it restored some faith in humanity it’s great too know even at such a young age he was a hero, rip.

[@ninji5226]

Its getting old hearing "whos going to pay for it" in a country that spends billions a year outside of our borders. I have twin first graders and this scenario would be a nightmare wrapped in a nightmare. There's zero reason we cant build shelters/safe rooms for both storms and active shooter situations (look at that 2 birds 1 stone) in every school. Another great video, subbed.

[@ryanaeggfrfr]

That loop is the reason why you always stay in your safe place, you never know when it will come back at you imagine getting up then being thrown into the air.

[@Brock_Landers]

Around the 22:00 mark, that sounded alot like Jeff Piotrowski as he was walking around Joplin in May 2011 after the tornado. I was visiting a friend in Springfield, MO and we had been under a tornado warning the entire day up until the tornado struck Joplin. I left for home that day...and I had actually called off work to stay an extra day with my friend, and I was chased 13 hours home by tornados and severe thunderstorms. I was actually forced off of the interstate by Indiana State Police in Indianapolis because a tornado had actually crossed the interstate right in front of me. I was forced to take shelter in a Home Depot off the interstate.

[@JustAllinOneResource]

Very sad to see. History unfortunately does repeat. I think in 1953 there were around 5 EF5 tornadoes. I could be wrong on the number. There is a video which went from the first report I believe was back in 1700's to 2013. Very fascinating video.

[@jakedasnake7703]

I live in western Pennsylvania and in a trailer and we had a tornado in 2011 that just missed me by a few hundred yards but tore off the roof at my local high school! I was absolutely shell shocked when it happened cause we normally don’t get tornadoes here but it’s becoming more and more common nowadays. That tornado I went through though was absolutely nothing compared to this one tho I’m glad Moore is making a great recovery!!

[@Roz-90]

Thank you for making the point about the generally poor quality of modern construction. This is what people need to consider when a tornado "ShOuLd'Ve bEeN aN Ef-5!!1".

[@paularogers7331]

I remember watching this live on the weather channel & the 2 seasoned meteorologists were speechless so heartbreaking I couldn’t believe what I was seeing live

[@Bwlofcheerios]

The true fear and terror in the teachers voice was completely shocking and threw me off guard

[@IAmNotTheSharpestToolInTheShed]

I just want to let all of you know that there's a Tornado Alley episode on this one somewhere one KZbin

[@MarianneWilliams-ht8wu]

I would be so upset if I lost my child in a tornado while they were in school, due to lack of shelter. There is no reason that there should not be a tornado shelter and/or basement in every single school in Oklahoma. (Or anywhere that regularly gets tornadoes)

[@jcros_]

great video! appreciate all the work that went into this. you are the tornado 👑

[@aewtx]

I have to disagree with this being the last EF5. I'd say it was the El Reno tornado, even though they downgraded it lower. I still say that was an EF5. They knew the winds and speed. Just because it chose the boonies vs. a city doesn't make it less ferocious.

[@evanhartman8602]

21:03 you can see another funnel forming on the far left, did anything come from that?

[@soupafi]

8:33 it's amazing how quick that became a monter

[@iCrapBubbles]

Lordy, I’ve never seen that Briarwood footage before. That is horrifically terrifying.

[@Astro95Media]

There are a couple of videos taken inside the school shown on Real Time Tornado. They added some goofy sound effects to them to try to make it seem more intense but the real intensity is in the terror expressed by the kids.

[@chha6439]

Word to self don’t live in Oklahoma Moore county especially

[@matthewjmcgraw]

Great video. Good job bro.

[@indiajoy6872]

That video of the teacher gets so much hate, people scrutinizing her for crying & not comforting the children. As if anybody who just had an EF5 tornado pass over their head would be able to gather themselves together & be a leader to ANYONE. not to mention only the second half of the video is shown, never the first where she’s actively comforting the children & promising them that it’s almost over & they’ll be okay. It makes me so angry for her. People are so self centered & clueless.

[@adriel7229]

Like she's not allowed to be human. She's finally processing her own emotions after living through something more horrific than most of us ever have or will.

[@Azatllo]

The “If you are not underground right now you won’t survive this tornado” is just bone chilling

[@Miktase]

I remember hearing that like it was yesterday.

[@Man_Aslume]

Nah I'd lose

[@Azatllo]

@@Miktase so scary, I’m in the east but it was still just a scary tornado

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

@@Azatllo And in this case the point was really hammered home when storm chaser Val Castor (who chased the storm for Oklahoma City's CBS affiliate KWTV Channel 9) and Mike Morgan (the chief meteorologist at the city's NBC affiliate KFOR channel 4) said on air that it was May 3rd, 1999 all over again.

[@SamaritanPrime]

When the weatherman says that, LISTEN TO HIM.

[@lancecurry7538]

The thing that fascinates me about the Moore EF5 was how it started off so unassuming at first. Such a tiny stovepipe... then it bloated into that gigantic _thing._

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

This was almost like what occurred close to two years earlier during the EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri.

[@Michael-gi5th]

​@@MichaelLovely-mr6oh quiet the opposite, joplin turned into a wedge within 20/30 seconds

[@vcvcf1896]

Jarrell was like that too.

[@trutherror]

I say the same thing to my husband on occasion.

[@samtron5000]

There will never be a supercell with a hook echo attached to it headed into the greater OKC metro that we would consider “unassuming”

[@jeBter]

2022 Moore high school graduate here. I didn’t expect to cry during graduation but we had candles that represented each life lost not only in the 2013 tornado but the 2020 hit and run track runners. The sound of the principal (I think it was the principal) quivering voice, That is a day I will never forget.

[@adelheidunbekannt5670]

Hit and run?

[@vozera723]

​@@adelheidunbekannt5670yeah The story goes a 29-year-old was racing Moore high School students on the Sunday before and got hit and a telephone pole flew into his chest he did not survive. His father a couple days later was going 70+mph along the road that was by the high school as the track runners were doing their daily run and he struck them. I had friends that were supposed to be walking home that day

[@baylieramirez7592]

@@vozera723 I believe they did I know Camden Looper did for sure.

[@vozera723]

@@baylieramirez7592 I unfortunately didn't even realize he had passed, I remember him and his mom coming to the school about bald for your buddies..... Thank you for letting me know

[@brandonbennett6923]

That's cool im a 2013 moore graduate myself

[@nyanbinary1717]

The video from Briarwood is one of the hardest videos I've ever watched, period. Hearing the kids scream and then the teacher wail seeing the school destroyed is absolutely haunting.

[@Toastcat33]

i'd never seen it before either and holy cow..that is so painful. those poor people

[@Waterbottle690]

I almost started crying with the teacher 😭

[@Tirryna]

Then the hundreds of kids crying after the adrenaline was lowering....That video is rough

[@SarahOchsenbein]

I had to pause it while I broke down

[@notwhatyouthinkytgaming2722]

Respectfully those kids are gonna have INSANE parent lore

[@philippal8666]

The fact that the authorities can’t decide to pass storm shelters as law in schools is disturbing. They are kids, they can’t decide to go home, they did nothing wrong. Protect them.

[@opo3628]

Politicians don’t actually care about children and their safety.

[@BlankenshiptheDevil]

@@opo3628politicians care about the donor class, and snagging enough votes to keep the racket going.Most politicians don’t care about kids after they’re born, yet we all argue about abortion and other pre-birth shenanigans when we’re all missing the fuckery emanating from Washington.

[@Man_Aslume]

​@@opo3628they want money

[@mobkiller0415]

​@@opo3628 as soon as they leave the womb, politicians only see them as potential lambs to be slaughtered overseas

[@Flash-sr8hm]

Republicans in charge of Oklahoma since 2011 care more about $$ than children. Once built, those shelters would save lives for generations to come. They don't think beyond the next election cycle. $$ over lives. @@opo3628

[@YippieYerpPerkyJerk]

what's crazy is that there are definitely some people in Moore who survived both tragic events

[@gamespc-zi6zo]

yeah, that clip of the school with all the kids has me crying, those poor people. i pray that this never happens to you or anyone else.

[@samtron5000]

Yeah most in fact .. most of the people who were alive and living in Moore during May 3 were still living in Moore on May 20 as well. And we had other tornadoes (F4) that don’t get talked about in Moore as well.

[@Caddynars]

I have an aunt who has lived in Moore since the eighties. She saw both tornadoes go north and south of her home.

[@kcnichols8968]

I've lived in Moore most of my life and was on my way to work at the 7/11 next to the hospital when the storm happened. Needless to say, I didn't end up having work that day.

[@kendrickswartz4318]

My mother was in the 99 while at work, i was in school when it hit my school in 13. Both really made us love storms a lot more in a weird way and now im a storm spotter because of the 2013 tornado 😂

[@nLuna]

the screams in that elementary school are haunting

[@ItalianCountryball11]

Fr

[@ElectronFieldPulse]

That was so sad. Do they have reinforced inner buildings or something? Would inner reinforced rooms stand up to an EF5?

[@jeremylawson6648]

supee

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

Only the children. The adult making the video is screaming her head off in dramatic bursts despite being completely uninjured and walking around, terrifying the children and distracting from those who need help. None of the other adults or even the little children behave in such a manner.

[@nenblom]

Yes, they sure are. God bless the teachers and other faculty for protecting those precious kids. Y’all are true heroes

[@ItsKryptick]

“This is May 3rd all over again” is a terrifying statement. Can’t imagine how citizens that survived May 3rd felt hearing that. It’s also a statement that more than likely saved many lives.

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

It is a terrifying statement and what makes this statement even worse is that the tornado lived up to the claim. The way that tornado raced into Moore and then started moving over the town at Jarrell speeds is god awful.

[@13_cmi]

My area hasn’t had a REALLY bad tornado since I think the 40s or even earlier. Nobody has a tornado to bring up in a situation like that. Pretty freaky that they still had such a strong tornado fresh in their memory.

[@GirthGervin]

One of the most frightening things I've experienced, sitting on SE 44th street, stuck in traffic with my 5 month old son, car violently shaking side to side.

[@spannyleetampson]

Nope. Nope nope nope. That alone would have wrecked me.

[@GirthGervin]

@@spannyleetampson I was terrified for my son. I’m still amazed to this day that the storm avoided us. The RFDs sucked.

[@spannyleetampson]

@@GirthGervin I have watched thousands of tornado videos and read thousands of accounts of first person experiences. Yours terrifies me to my core in a way no other one has.

[@leanneadams2549]

I would’ve been praying my head off and tying my son to me with anything available. I’m so incredibly SORRY you had to endure that being more afraid for your son anything !

[@LeNomEstYves]

I was at home alone at 134th and western. Grabbed my dog, put on all my motorcycle gear and jumped in the tub. Barely missed.

[@williamlong144]

Chased the storm and then responded to the disaster as a Guardsman. This is one of the best mini docs I've ever seen on it. Thank you.

[@PaulH-f8z]

Yes, very impressed with the quality. Informative and shows respect.

[@chasb3234]

Thank you. 💐

[@Oraxyl]

As being a survivor of the 2013 Moore tornado, and still living in Moore, my best friend nearly died during the tornado, just being nearly half a mile away from the tornado, his dad picked him up from school just before it got struck, and his car almost got picked up by the twister. He has severe PTSD from the sound of tornado sirens, but not tornadoes themselves. I pray that me, My friend, and all other Moore residents will live through all tornadoes to come.

[@Thegreatjoker13]

I lived in topeka ks half of my life n 1 day me n my family (aunts uncles cousins) were at the lake. N sirens went off n my uncle sister freaks out n starts panicking causing several of my cousins to freak out. So now till this day when the sirens go off they freak out..

[@Kylebruce1990]

​@@Thegreatjoker13 Top city baby!!!

[@Kylebruce1990]

​@@Thegreatjoker13I live in Lawrence

[@Tyler-vu8yr]

What was it like to be in the area of such a destructive event? Though I’m from south Louisiana (and have lived through some rough hurricanes) I’ve only experienced tornado-like conditions in T-storm where they’re very weak. I'd really like to know from a survivor’s perspective

[@Oraxyl]

@@Tyler-vu8yr from my perspective, its hard to say since i was so young, but what i can remember of it, it sounded serious to the people around me, (for context, most Oklahoman's dont really get that serious about it since its practically a common occurrence), but this time everyone had a tremble and shake in their voice. I didnt understand it at the time, but i can still remember the look on my grandparents and my own parents faces. it had look like they saw death itself in front of them. in the shelter you could hear the garage doors rattle and violently shake, the creaking of the ceiling and the shingles get ripped off. The roar louder than a freight train passing by, and the eerie sirens in the background almost muffled from the chaos. after it passed, we exited the shelter and we went out into the backyard, and it looked barren, tree limbs missing, trash everywhere, fences knocked over, and the horrifying yellow skyline. To this day that same yellow color in the sky after a storm like that brings chills, i cant describe the feeling of seeing a tornado that close, but the words that comes to mind are a sense of comfort yet utter dismay. they days coming after were filled with shock and grief, just remembering sitting in the living room and watching the news broadcast the destruction and trail it left behind. looking at what was so familiar to me now, didnt look at all recognizable. but the one thing i can relate to every time a tornado passes near where i live, the same feeling of mortality that brushes over me, that sense that maybe i dont survive this. and its frightening to even look back at some of the pictures of my house. the broken and uplifted trees, nearly missing a roof, bent garage doors, and the clutter spread throughout from the winds. even though i wasnt harshly affected by the tornado, hearing the sirens go off every saturday always brings me back to that month. even to others it makes them shake, one of my old teachers once talked about her experience in the 1999 bridge creek tornado, the entire time she sounded scared and shaky, then bursting into tears, i didnt understand at the time why all the adults would cry talking about those events, but as i got older, i started to understand and resonating with them, as you can truly see the chain of events that unfolded, the dead pets and destroyed houses, people losing their businesses, peoples friends and family members turning up dead days later. it was one of the most horrifying moments in my life and will stick with me forever, it sometimes can be difficult watching videos about it since i hear the news channels that we would listen to in the shelter on a radio, and as the tornado passes, the radio cuts off and stops working, its the scariest thing to me, losing that feeling of assurance, that safe guard just disappearing, the clarity you feel after it passes just to realize you dont have half of what you did before. I just dont want someone to go out and feel like what the people of moore felt.

[@MrLookatmyhat]

Hearing about that boy who saved that girl got me tearing up a bit. Kid was a god damn hero in every sense of the word.

[@nathanwaldrop3723]

It gave me hope for humanity

[@TheJestersDoor]

Always check in on people who have experienced mental trauma, especially young ones. rip Xavier💙

[@KaseyWithers]

I really wish some relief efforts did more to offer mental health services in the long term for these victims, I know the logistics would be crazy, but once things start to go back to "normal" around trauma victims, it gets harder and harder to feel okay. Breaks my heart

[@matthewwilliams3643]

Maybe you should go to palastine

[@TheJestersDoor]

@matthewwilliams3643 what in the world does Palestine have to do with tornados? 🤣🤣 are you lost buddy?

[@TheJestersDoor]

@KaseyWithers 100% true. Ptsd literally changes the brain's chemistry. Therapy, meds and love is the only fix.

[@garden_creature]

This is a conversation about trauma in youth, which is in overabundance in Palestine due to genocide. So yes, it is related through the topic of youth trauma.

[@tonton.-]

23:13 to add onto these stories, A man named Sam Peña had gone to pick up his son before the tornado hit due to a bad feeling. He found his son in the bathroom with friends, shielding them just like the teacher did, the wall fell on him but he lived like a champ through it. It was in Briarwood I believe, im not sure if the stories were switched up. But it still makes sense that it happened to both.

[@natperhaps]

if anyone wants to hear more, he was in one of those weather documentaries the weather channel aired (think it's seconds to disaster?)

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

@@natperhaps It was actually a show on The Weather Channel called "Real Time Tornado." And yes this occurred at Briarwood Elementary School. In my opinion Sam should have been awarded a Medal of Valor by Glenn Lewis (the mayor of Moore) for risking his life to save not only the life of his son Benji but also several of Benji's friends and classmates.

[@austinalmaguer4265]

@@natperhapsstorm stories

[@Devon2125]

​@@natperhapsit was actually Tornado Alley: Moore

[@Littlepup93]

It was in Briarwood. Sam showed up to get his son, but ended up sheltering with him and a few of his classmates in a bathroom. He basically huddled over four boys including his son, Benji, as the walls crumbled on his back. The boys were using books to protect their heads. Sam Peña then pushed the collapsed wall off him and boys, and lifted them out of the destroyed bathroom. He likely saved those four kids' lives that day.

[@chloealmond37]

as a survivor of this tornado, i was located just a few miles south of briarwood in my own elementary school, the largest change i remember is how seriously schools started taking severe weather outlooks. Beginning in middle school i remember that when the NWS would predict a high probability of severe weather schools would almost do a snow day. While they still had all staff come to the schools, for students our attendance those days were optional. We wouldn't be counted negatively for missing the day entirely, or even just leaving early. My mom whos parents lost everything in the 99 torndao (she lived in the first row of houses next to westmoore high school) normally would allow my brother and i to stay home, we would watch the weather all day and have our "tornado bags packed". It definitely would be eerie on these days that i would go into school and see the building almost empty. At least for Norman Public Schools, the district I was in, they did what they could to give families the ability to have control in where their kids are. I still remember my mom picking me up from school in May 2013 crying because the school wouldnt let her pick me up since the sirens were blaring. she had to shelter in place in the main office while i was in the music room. Parents were outraged, so in Norman we started to have lots of "weather days" in may.

[@cassiemattern5652]

"we can't build tornado shelters because who's going to pay for it" hmmm idk maybe if our dumb government took care of us and didn't spend tons of $$$ elsewhere in the world maybe we could afford it?!? JFC this country is abysmal. Anyway, great video. Well put together!

[@maanzj]

I agree and I’m not American, we receive American aid. The country priority should always be its citizens first but I feel the government cares more about giving billions to foreign countries without any accountability from those countries and neglects its own citizens.

[@georgia2321]

One of a long list of things our government fails to do for us. It’s horrific. And frustrating, especially in Oklahoma where we keep voting for the guys who want to do *even less* for people.

[@opo3628]

Don’t you know, though? The politicians wouldn’t be able to misappropriate funds and buy their new yachts if they did something as silly as spending money to protect the citizens.

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@maanzj This is _exactly_ what's going on and honestly it's refreshing to me that others see it.

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@georgia2321 No politician from either side of the spectrum has any of your best interests in mind, remember that. They're the same party.

[@Balling-Cell]

That “oh my god oh my god” is fucking haunting beyond belief, the teacher and the man looking at the ruble

[@QuillStroke]

13:41 "I HATE THIS!" Appropriate reaction.

[@FIRESTARZPAWZ]

Fr

[@ZK_Wright]

I was at briarwood elementary school when the happened, its something I’ve never forgotten. Something none of us have forgot. I was fortunate enough to still have a home standing, but others weren’t so lucky. I thank the good Lord above that were still here!

[@JunoTheRailfan844]

glad you survived... i am so sorry you had to experience that

[@Golden_Retriever_frien]

I couldn’t imagine having some people in my school and friends pass away it’s truly disgusting that no schools especially ones in tornado alley have made basements that can protect people or at least one giant storm shelter. I’m so sorry you had to experience that.

[@satanicbladez9266]

it’s officially the 11th anniversary of this devastating event, may everyone who perished in this event rest in peace and those who survived live long lives

[@duskmoon181]

It's my belief that every single school located in tornado prone areas no matter the size. Should have underground concrete and steel shelters large enough for all students and faculty. Even if it's only standing room. Sometimes hallways and bathrooms aren't safe enough...

[@lucien4980]

I agree it should be mandatory to be built before any school in that area and in ones already existing. Should have happened after 2013 atleast. Id say the 90s really.

[@been_rly_n2_paragliding_lately]

Make storm shelters mandatory for all buildings & homes, subsidized by the State. It would be for the good of the entire country.

[@varietywiarrior]

​@@been_rly_n2_paragliding_lately Nah, bro is really asking for the government to steal, launder, and embezzle even more of his tax dollars. 😂

[@annstropes2236]

Moore Public Schools issued a voter agreed bond that raised millions of dollars for every single school to have a storm shelter. In 2024, every school has a shelter.

[@thedyingmeme6]

Make ANY and ALL buildings in Tornado Alley have a shelter at least big enough for 10 people and a week of rations

[@Coach_Shiner]

And then 11 days later in El Reno. We would see the largest tornado in history. A 2.6 Mile wide monster

[@Mikey-1990]

Can you imagine that thing taking this path?

[@Roblocksgaming]

It is pretty sad that there was a Moore EF5 tornado, and Moore is only 44 mins away from El Reno, and it was only 11 days later, forgot to mention just pretty much 9 days after they started to relax, 2013 was a sad year for Oklahoma.

[@Coach_Shiner]

@@Mikey-1990 it was only rated EF-3, but wind speeds were estimated to be well over 200 MPH. If it did follow the same path then it would almost certainly decimate Moore

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

​@@Coach_Shiner El Reno had some of the highest winds ever recorded. If El Reno had entered a more populated area there would have been plenty of documentation EF5 damage. Tornados should be rated by recorded windspeed like hurricaines. The damage based scales should only be used if no windspeed records exist.

[@johndupont1413]

@@user-wi9hv2pb2qshould be that way but unfortunately isn’t

[@Dahn.Baern.]

Awesome man! This was really well done. I live in Moore, actually right by briarwood; and we’re on our first high risk (5/5) day since 2019. Sig.Tor. parameters show 30% hatched for tornados. I’m also working on a Moore video, from the perspective of a citizen here. Excited to finish and share with the community

[@OvercastWx]

Good luck with your project, and stay safe today!

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

Good luck on your video.

[@mfeuan]

subbing to see this video man, and glad your ok 😊

[@Radtastical]

Please let us know when it's completed. As a fellow Moore native, and 2013 survivor and firdt responder, I'd be honored to watch & support your video.

[@emmacorcoran3856]

Good luck!

[@mannys9130]

The video by the teacher is so very sad. Made me tear up. :( "My house... *MY HOUSE!*" If that was me right now, my cat would have been home and I think I'd puke at the thought of knowing he just went through that same terrifying experience and was almost certainly killed by that tornado. :'( I don't even know how those people picked up the pieces. I'd be so destroyed. My pet, all my important files, my pictures, my heirlooms, my clothes, my tools, everything gone? I'd probably jump off a bridge. That's so gut wrenching. :(

[@reesespieces3379]

BIG props to the teachers who had the courage to talk and keep the children safe and give the words of hope/ they are absolutely warriors!

[@OwenSchooleyGT]

21:11.. you really hear it in this man's voice.. and then the kid that comes up to hug him. Truly devastating

[@nickbarker561]

This was very well put together. People tend to get caught up in the sensationalism surrounding these storms, and the real human cost often doesn't get nearly enough coverage. Putting individual stories to names and faces really helps to humanize the impact of these events, and I appreciate that this video did that in a tasteful manner and with regard for the people affected. Awesome work.

[@miaspam6882]

14:17 so much respect for the teacher trying to help people stay calm

[@Chetch_Alive]

Even within the dangerous and deadly situation, the “I hate this!” made everything a bit more comfortable. They had no idea how much danger they were truly in.

[@JaydenSpaceEngineers]

The pure sass behind that "I hate this" drove the tornado away

[@thejessica-est]

I was in Hurricane Michael and I felt that "I hate this!" all the way in my soul. It's nearly the same thing I was yelling as the hurricane passed over us, with some added curse words.

[@Emma-re5th]

As an educator myself, who works outdoors in a tornado area-I can’t even listen to those screams. I taught third grade yesterday. I just. I can’t. I can’t imagine the dread those teachers were feeling.

[@binchytheicejugglerenjoyer]

​@@chazzbranigaan9354 dawg what?

[@Emma-re5th]

@@chazzbranigaan9354Glad to know my comment made an impact on you! I got one more for ya-I’m proud that I have empathy, and that the words I choose to use every day are kind.

[@dantosinferne]

Oh wow, the clip around 21:15 , so damn real, how would you find your house? Christ. And the reunion is so raw, so sweet and sad at the same time

[@tonton.-]

16:01 in this footage, the videoer was a Dad talking to his Daughter on the phone, who was in the shelter. He was updating her and telling her how it looked, to comfort her due to her being around random strangers.

[@Astro95Media]

And thankfully, they all survived. The tornado passed about a half-mile away from them.

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

That's one of my favorite videos because he keeps talking about how its going to hit the neighbors house but Never calls him over mike a 20 min video, meanwhile the daughter keeps saying she needs to take cover and trying to hang up but he keeps calling. and they are all okay.

[@PaulC-ss5uo]

I know I'm just a lib, but cutting corners in order to save a couple of bucks resulting in the loss of life should be classified as 2nd degree murder--i guaranteed you, the people cutting those corners aren't themselves living in those types of structures, that's what gets me irate, risking someone else's life seems to be okay.

[@LordKaraOfficial]

I agree to an extent. It sucks that the areas where tornadoes are huge here, and there's so many wood houses. Like...why 😢

[@jordancameron4441]

I couldn't agree with you more. As a registered republican, I think that some things transcend politics, and that should be the case here. And FYI, you're not "just" anything, you're a regular person that has a different viewpoint than mine. That doesn't make you inferior or superior to anybody and I think everyone would be better off if they remembered that. Sorry for the unsolicited rant, just felt like your comment warranted a response.

[@PaulC-ss5uo]

@@jordancameron4441 I appreciate your response, being an early Gen Xer, I actually remember a time when most things weren't politicized and there were moderates on both sides of the aisle. The election of DJT is when things really started getting bad, he made everything political, everything was unfair or rigged unless he won, then it was a free and fair election, that's the most unameican thing possible, now Texas wants to punish a woman with the death penalty if she terminates a fetus that is dangerous her and will not survive after birth, absolutely unbelievable. And you if some rich oil man knocks up his wife is going to take him to the cleaners in divorce court, she's going to be on the first plane to California or New York and come back a little lighter, flying first class of course.

[@jordancameron4441]

@@PaulC-ss5uo the problem is the media is creating two versions of reality, I'm sure there is things my algorithm doesn't show me that negatively impacts the right, and the dame goes for your side as well. I'm sure you haven't heard about Biden molesting and showering with his then 11 yr old daughter as confirmed by her diary, or that hunter had him saved as "pedo Pete" in his phone, or that Caucasians are being systematically assaulted with no recourse, so on and so forth. Everybody loved Trump until the escalator and the announcement, he was the idol of the rap community , a welcome and beloved guest on the view, and a civil rights advocate. As well as a Democrat. He wasn't going to play Washington's games by their rules so overnight, the dud whose name is mentioned in rap lyrics from the 2000s than any other American and appeared in numerous videos is all the sudden a racist. Doesn't that strike you as weird? Edit: I get it im old too, born in 82

[@alexis_ian]

This is one of the most informative video of the 2013 Moore EF5 tornado. The video of those taking shelter while a violent tornado is destroying their houses above must be a terrifying experience for the family. I also like you bring up about the issue of cutting corner when it comes to new construction which is partly the reason why we haven't seen EF5 tornadoes in the last decade.

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

It's an awesome point that was brought up in the video. Likewise, the more I learn about damage analysis and look at tornado damage more objectively, the more appreciative I am of the survey conducted for this event. I was one of those weenies that immediately sensationalized the 4/27/2011 tornadoes. However, the more my knowledge grows, the more I understand that this tornado was every bit as violent as the 4/27/2011 EF5s. It produced the exact same types of DIs as both Hackleburg and Smithville, including ripping plumbing and electrical routing violently out of slab foundations. People need to look at the EF5 category as the "Jarrell/May 3rd" rating, as it was literally created by baselining those two tornadoes. Essentially, any tornado to receive an EF5 rating is on the "May 3rd/Jarrell" level, at least in terms of the damage indicators.

[@thomasdowsett8368]

Man hearing about these kids passing has me crying my eyes out, may these families be able to heal and prosper

[@okiedokiepushmowing9032]

Lifelong MooreOn here. These video uploads are oddly therapeutic. I live about a quarter mile south of Briarwood Elementary and Orr family farm. My House was spared by 2 blocks.

[@daveweed2765]

Kudos. MooreOn. I get it I am from Arkansas and Oklahoma is a beautiful state. You guys get it when yall can see it. We get it when we cant. I came through OKC after the '99 tornado and had to take 44S to 240 because 40 was stop and go and iffy. I stayed in Ammarillo the night before behind the front. If not i would have experienced it firsthand. The aftermath was astounding. The one thing that sticks out and astounds me was an AF termenal on the southside of 240 where a driver was killed was destroyed more or less but a mobile home dealership on the northside of 240 weathered it with trailers butted against one another and broken glasd but not destroyed. But the only thing that would ever make you a Moron living in Moore Ok after 2 of the baddest tornadoes in history is not having a storm shelter on sight. But i do like the MooreOn part. But what is teally sad about 2013 is that children died. There should have been a shelter instead of basement.

[@okiedokiepushmowing9032]

Surprisingly not everyone has shelters, but the majority now do. I saw one going in around the corner yesterday. Just the other day we had an expected tornado event forecasted to arrive around 6pm and they let schools out at noon for everyone to prepare, this is common now a couple times a year. Of course all schools now have shelters.

[@thedyingmeme6]

"MooreOn" lmaoooooooo

[@jamesadams2278]

I live in Moore, and have for most of my life. To your point of poor construction, and shelters for schools- our state government takes tax money from tobacco, and casinos. It’s supposed to go to the schools, but they act like they have no funding at all. I was in westmoore high school in 2013, and we were still using textbooks from the 80’s. Often we had to share them too, because there wasn’t enough to go around. Wherever that money is going, which is likely in some cronies pockets, it isn’t going to the schools. I have a deep anger about that day knowing it was entirely preventable for those children, and it’s even deeper knowing it’s not improving in case another incident like this happens again.

[@nannerz1994]

When he says "This is May 3rd all over again" I think that really hit home for some people and it's very Erie too

[@lunarius3354]

I remember this one. I was at work at Loves over by I35. It was the first time I'd seen a tornado in person. I was looking out the window at a black wall cloud and saw it take on the shape of a tornado. I looked at my boss, asked him if that was a wall cloud and then said, "Oh shi* it's changing." and he shoved everyone in a cooler, customers included. I was thankful it didn't come our way, but so heartbroken for those who were lost. Panicked because I couldn't reach my brother-in-law who was watching my kid. He slept through it.

[@Hypertropes]

Every time I hear about this awful disaster, I’m just stunned that the schools STILL aren’t mandated to have proper shelters. My god.

[@auntiegravity7713]

Bravo on every level for this production. (Including your voice) I don't even live in Tornado alley. I also don't have kids. I have to admit that I was almost yelling at the screen: WHY don't schools in this area have adequate storm shelters? I can just see politicians and risk management experts crunching numbers but this is ridiculous. The woman who is advocating for these deserves kudos just as much as those who provide early warnings, and the first responders. They also must feel helpless and frustrated. Again, I don't have kids and I live in Europe far away from Tornado Alley but in a second I would contribute to this cause. Edit: Give me a link and I'll do it right now if it would go directly to public storm shelters, especially schools and daycare centers. This could also help save the lives of parents who may be (understandably) wanting to risk their own lives just to be with their kids or know if they are safe. This seems like a no-brainer. Edit: Once again, I can't even express how much I admire and respect what you are doing on every level.

[@OvercastWx]

I’m unfortunately not aware of of any public way to fund tornado shelters, but there’s always ways to donate towards relief for these events

[@kendrickswartz4318]

As someone who was in Highland East, this was a amazing documentary. I remember moving to moore in 2013 and had only lived in Oklahoma for 3 months before i was in the tornado. That day was the longest day of my life, my parents couldn’t get to me and the school moved us to safer locations then our school that just got hit. It wasn’t until about 2 AM my neighbor on a bike with all the tires flattened found me at a church that had power and took me home. Weirdly though I didn’t have so much as trama but more interest in tornados and storms and now am a storm spotter for a living. Still one of the worst tornados ive ever seen, I remember leaving the school and I could see clear across a neighborhood and it was just flattened.

[@legolevi35]

I was a Junior at Moore High driving home with my brother when it hit.

[@vozera723]

I remember the video of The faculty coming out of the collapsed gymnasium! I was in the same boat with you over at the elementary school my dad couldn't pick me up till 7pm because of the gridlock and we didn't get to my grandma's until 2 or 3:00 a.m. when it was only an 8 Mile drive

[@lulstick6668]

I can hit highland east with a rock from my house within the neighborhood you saw that was flattened

[@CrazyWeatherDude]

Another town has also been hit by 2 EF5s that is often forgotten about. Tanner, Alabama was hit by the 1974 EF5 and again in 2011 by the Hackleburg tornado.

[@OvercastWx]

The Tanner area was actually hit by two F5s in the 1974 outbreak, and one time in 2011, making it three. This could certainly be the topic of a future video

[@commiehunter733]

Alabama gets hit by F5s often, yet the media barely speaks of it..

[@Weather_Nerd]

@@commiehunter733Feel like the south really gets neglected unless it’s hurricane season

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

​@@Weather_NerdWhen Hurricane Katrina occurred in 2005; the press focused on New Orleans due to the amount of flooding and incompetent response from the Federal government as well as the government of the state of Louisiana.

[@grjmassacre4886]

The amount of research done was remarkable. I was in that graduation at the end and it was so surreal that all of us graduating would remember that day forever. I was sad and that we survived that and now we get to graduate. RIP to all the lives lost that day

[@captain1697]

I really like your narration of the story, treating it more like a recollection of an experience rather than historical facts-while also not being too dramatic. I really hate the over-dramatization of stories like this. These are people not creepypastas!! Really great synthesis of the meteorological synopsis and the individual people involved.

[@ChloVio]

I cried 3 separate times during this video. Such a devastating story people need to hear about. And I think this video captured it really well.

[@uncoomf3279]

I cried NINE different times and had to pause the video multiple times for hours at a time to finish watching it and I completely agree with u!!!!

[@hahahahaha7237]

@@uncoomf3279 Bro had to one up

[@demithefiend]

same. the stories of the children losing their lives was extremely difficult to watch

[@Karaoke-will]

Praise the teacher that was reassuring the students that it was almost over. She deserves a promotion, attention, appreciation, and so much more. Amazing teacher. 🙌

[@TrevorMcAlister-gn1yj]

At 8:14 in the video, my father and I were looking up at the sky from the storm cellar and saw this coming down directly over us. One of the craziest moments of my life.

[@airborneofficer2640]

My Aunt and Uncle were watching the weather in their living room, at the back of her house, seeing the tornado was heading towards them, they decided to shelter in place While they could’ve gone to the closest bathroom, right off of the living room, they decided to go to the front of the house to the bathroom under the stairs When they emerged after the storm, the entire back half of the house where they were, was completely gone, leaving only the front half of the house where they were They lived in a neighborhood directly across from Briarwood

[@elizabethmarielunacordoba9956]

One of the plaza towers former student died from trauma and PTSD in may 2018 Xavier Delgado An illness made him take his own life 6 of 7 students were in his class. 😢

[@vozera723]

his sister is one of the strongest people I've ever met, I'll never forget the day that they aired the faces of who all passed away.

[@elizabethmarielunacordoba9956]

@@vozera723 i found out because I believe one or two days later they had interviewed Mrs Jennifer doan in the hospital and I remember she saying that she wishes she could have done anything to save her kids

[@Matt-zr1bn]

The quality of this production, narration, clips and editing is something you'd see on the discovery channel. This was really really good and you should feel proud of yourself!

[@clymaaax]

18:40 to me it's incredible how calm the man talking is, his house was just wiped away by a tornado and he just accepts it

[@samantha432]

I'm reading as many comments as I can that survivors have written. My heart breaks for you all, I don't even know how to express it. I hope you all have gained strength from this over time and have found peace mentally now. My thoughts are with you and on the ones we lost.

[@raving.with.ravenn]

I've lived in Moore most of my life, I was only 6 so I don't remember much also because we've had to take shelter sooo many times around when I was that age, and although I may not remember what exactly happened, I remember being terrified. A year before in 2012, we lived in the plaza towers neighborhood, and that house I lived in was completely destroyed hardly a year after we moved out to the other side of Moore. We now live back literally right next door to our old house. Last year would have been the year those kids who passed in Plaza towers would graduate and at Southmoore they held a memorial for those kids during graduation.

[@kaitlinsmith1984]

As a momma I can’t imagine the sheer terror of the parents and hearing the kids screams is gut wrenching but in this deadly situation I’d rather hear that than silence, if they’re screaming, they’re alive and if they’re walking around they’re physically ok which is a huge relief

[@zorrro3030]

1:00 I saw a burning bilding

[@cameronayers9888]

sick video! flawless combination of meteorological information and real video. love the work you are doing.

[@V1P3RZ3R0]

As someone who lost a friend who was one of the 7 children at the school when it was hit, it devistated me, to this day I remember watching it on I40 just east near Norman, To this day going to moore, you can still see scaring to this day of the tornado.

[@ewink]

So, I was working in Tulsa as a news photojournalist when this happened. And what will stick with me till I die is the fact that while we were stuck in traffic, trying to get to Moore, ambulance after ambulance passed us. I can't even remember how many, just kept going and going. We made it to Moore like 3 hours later and so many ambulances passed us. It really hit us exactly how bad this tornado had been.

[@stevesichterman7159]

Thank you for this. What a great video. I was fortunate enough to be a few miles south of Moore that day, but was able to help with the relief efforts. Ironically I ended up living in some apartments that were built over a neighborhood that was wiped out in 2013 It’s been good to see Moore taking steps to mitigate damage and increase safety in the future. There’s a limited lottery based rebate program here in Oklahoma called SoonerSafe that provides up to $2000 in rebates toward a shelter. I wish we could find more funding for things like this!

[@marc416]

13:05 I swear to God if those screams were coming from a teacher in front of the scared kids.......

[@00big_chungus00]

That's real life

[@miinibinnie]

I survived the Moore 2013 tornado when I was in pre-k at a daycare. Later found out the tornado took off part of the roof off my daycare building and destroying part of it too. My daycare was just 1.6 miles away from Orr family farm.

[@lydiahahnert7566]

I remember this tornado vividly because it was the last one I experienced living in Norman, OK before we moved. I was at school and my older sibling was at one of the high schools, what sticks the most was the rush from the elementary school to the high school and home while the oldest sister was at work at the Target in Norman. I also remember one of my friends from school reporting that their house had extensive damage. Definitely an experience I would not want to relive.

[@itzvexahbackup9826]

This was amazing, I’m currently hyper fixated on everything tornado related as I don’t live in a tornado prone area. And hearing about all the story’s of past tornado’s from storm chasers and Google. This tornado I was really interested in, this video was executed perfectly. Definitely gained another sub from this one.

[@cyancomrade]

I’m in the same situation as you haha i completely agree

[@Waterbottle690]

reaal it's been my special interest my whole life

[@AiraRia]

Thank you so much for showing footage from shelters and shining a spotlight on the victims. So many other video creators focus on the destruction as if it's just cool and leave the victims as nothing more than numbers.

[@gairisiuil]

What an awesome channel and video to find after EmpLemon made a video on the last F5 and last EF5 that struck Moore, Oklahoma. This goes into a lot more detail about everything relating to it, which is really amazing. Subscribing now.

[@sneakerjam]

I love how this channel addresses issues that are part of the results & aftermath of the tornadoes [ie. mental health struggles, poor construction laws, etc.] Thank you for this coverage, and an even bigger thank you for bringing those lost and those who sacrificed their lives & bodies to remembrance.

[@ymb7873]

“It’s almost over” imagine trying to convince young children and yourself that an insane act of God would pass. With no tangible hope except for what you have in your soul. Jesus… peace to the souls lost of the Plaza Towers Elementary students, and many others.

[@Yoko_Grim]

Moore is extremely unlucky in general, it's a tragedy, but the city is lucky they got the Moore EF5 and not... and not whatever _El Reno_ was... The city would be slabbed, entirely, if El Reno had struck Moore. I have never seen a tornado in my 22 years of life but the videos of El Reno terrify me to my core. 2.6 miles wide, 296mph highest windspeeds... The carnage that would have been produced had it hit a heavily populated city, would probably dwarf what happened in Moore.

[@basher1904.5]

Well yeah, but you could say that about anything. No need to say that if a different tornado hit it, it would change damage. That's obvious, and if your trying to put down the Moore tornado, that's just insensitive.

[@yunoyukki7344]

​@basher1904.5 well it's show EF system is flawed.

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

If the 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma tornado struck downtown Oklahoma City it would have been reminiscent of what Hiroshima, Japan looked like after the atomic bombing of that city in August of 1945.

[@basher1904.5]

@@yunoyukki7344 No it doesn't, the EF system is based off of DAMAGE that DID HAPPEN. Not windspeeds or damage that COULD'VE happened.

[@randy25rhoads]

Man I wasn’t ready for the part with the kids.

[@lucassipka2591]

I wonder if I-44 Riverside Speedway had an effect on the tornado’s red coloration early in its life due to the track being a dirt track and taking a direct hit from the soon to be monster

[@joshjones3408]

You would think one of those oil field owners would like kids enough to give up the funds

[@crakhaed]

Let's hope they don't like the kids *too* much...!

[@1018Video]

I myself am scared for everyone currently living in Moore Oklahoma. Strong tornadoes have hit that town multiple times within 15 years of each other, why wouldn't it happen again? That wasn't just a freak 15ish years, that area is PRIME for tornado development.