Tornado throws Runnells home with family of 5 inside

Zach Fisher reporting

[@Rexag]

Horrific nightmare...it's the loudest, petrifying act of destruction. I experienced one at night. It's tough but people will amaze you with generosity. Peace to the family!

[@michaelgriffinspeak3341]

Glad You and your family are ok. By the Grace of God ❤️

[@davidlafleche1142]

God was gracious to them; but His grace is running out. The USA shall soon be destroyed. "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God" (Psalm 9:17, KJV). Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Establish the Kingdom in Jerusalem, and keep the world safe from Democracy!

[@seanjones2456]

@@davidlafleche1142 Lighten up Francis. Your ancient book of jewish fairy tales is only accurate if you throw it from close range. You are really blowing it!

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@seanjones2456 The Lord Jesus Christ is Himself King of the Jews, so you'd better watch your mouth. "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion" (Psalm 2:6). Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Establish the Kingdom in Jerusalem, and keep the world safe from Democracy!

[@peter5.056]

@@davidlafleche1142 yeah, you religious types are gonna make the prophecy fulfill itself.

[@glendagrant9042]

Bless you hearts. So scary. Very sorry you all went thru this. My children went thru a tornado when they were a baby and 3yo at babysitters house in our neighborhood. The husband was home for lunch recognized train sound grabbed my baby son from a baby bed in the back, put all kids on floor in middle of house and quickly threw quilts on them, He then sheltered them with his body. House was damaged with lots of glass everywhere but everyone was ok. It completely destroyed some houses and the school but ours was untouched with bicycles and trash cans still standing in the carport. I have been forever grateful to him. My sons are 50 now but I remember it like yesterday. I am thankful you have neighbors and friends to help you. Much love to you all as you struggle to rebuild.❤

[@blackberrylady9265]

Pure miracle...thank you Jesus!!!💯👋🏼👋🏼

[@seanjones2456]

Miracle? A tornado is a miracle? I am now dumber for having read your comment.

[@trace802]

@@seanjones2456 come on man the point is they survived even through what they were hit with...why're you trying to find something negative to say simply because someone mentions God, and even if it isn't because they mentioned God it still doesn't really make it right to question them

[@jaredpatterson1701]

Reason 1 why you don't stay in a mobile home in ANY tornado! This family is fortunate

[@dalethelander3781]

When I lived in Illinois, we used to call mobile home parks "tornado magnets."

[@contactpq]

Always an iinterested point of view especially when their are numerous brick and motar homes completely leveled and the occupants didn't survive

[@jaredpatterson1701]

@@contactpq a trailer is not firmly fixed to the ground. It's always the worst option. Your argument is almost like saying only putting one bullet in Russian roulette instead of two somehow makes the risk irrelevant. 😩 Statistics show houses are far better protection

[@Atalanta571]

@@jaredpatterson1701 Nothing will survive a direct hit. And as far as storm shelters go, yes it is a good idea. But not everyone has the cash lying around to put one in. There is a company in OK that will put them in all over the midwest, Flatsafe tornado shelters. I've seen some testimonials from people who have had to use them in an F5 and they survived.

[@kittycasino29]

Well when you have nowhere else to go what do you do? My family we live in a mobile home, if there is a tornado we don't have anywhere to go. Not everybody has a tornado shelter, we live in a mobile home park there's no shelter here, not everybody's fortunate to have something like that.

[@newyorknewyork9790]

Happy to hear such a good news. Thnx God, Keep enjoying family life.

[@jamesroets800]

God bless him and his family. And God bless the generosity of others. He's still in shock it looks like. I don't think I'd be able to stop crying.

[@sheliarossell3162]

God was with you with angles your purpose isn't over yet.

[@mgrella63]

I feel so bad for that man and his family and not having enough insurance to cover the losses! What a nightmare

[@silviasieloff9338]

OMG! THAT WAS HORRIFYING. I SO FEEL FOR YOU, & YOUR FAMILY. I LIVE IN NATCHEZ MS. WE HAD STRONG WIND, & LOTS OF RAIN, THUNDER, & LIGHTENING. IT WAS VERY SCARY...😔

[@xvsj5833]

Incredible 👍

[@pattiannepascual]

🙏🙏🙏prayers of protection for anyone in the path of these storms🙏🙏🙏

[@donnaduhamel6004]

Wow its unreal...blessed with breath!!!!

[@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net]

And then, to add insult to injury -- after the tornado, it snowed.

[@SuperBooboo02]

there is no structure going to take a direct hit from a tornado ...here in Dallas $500,000 homes were flattened from a tornado, doesnt matter what it is it will be flattened..

[@Hfh415]

These tornadoes omg...he went from a home owner to a land owner.... That is some scary stuff all his children and wife... me personally I’m moving far away from tornado alley.....omg the nightmares these kids must have omg I can’t even begin to imagine this torture

[@pauldavidcrisp]

Where and when?

[@JaneDoe-is8iw]

Please get insurance on your properties people!

[@andreaberryman5354]

No insurance. Yeah-most companies will not insure mobiles because they total so easily. ☹💔

[@janspup6232]

Wow

[@Og-Judy]

Why would you be INSIDE a mobile home during a tornado? TF

[@kittycasino29]

They probably didn't have anywhere else to go and tornadoes can happen in seconds and if you don't hear the warning or you're not watching TV or on your phone and you don't know that one is coming I mean you don't usually have time to get out and go somewhere and it's safer to be in an enclosed place anyway then driving around trying to find somewhere to go and luckily they all survived. Me and my family live in a mobile home in a mobile home park we don't have any kind of tornado shelter here not everybody's fortunate to have that you just have to make do with what you have.

[@sheryldeblinger1863]

I'm not an expert in Tornado weather, but I thought Tornadoes happen in mid to late Summer!? There is still snow on the ground, or it looks like snow in the background. So isn't not normal for Tornadoes to happen now?!?

[@funkster007]

They are more common during spring and early summer (or used to be anyway). Iowa just happened to have the right conditions to spawn a tornado so early in the season. A cold front moved in immediately after the storm so to pour salt on the wound, it snowed.

[@Ladythyme]

No rules when it comes to weather

[@gailramsay7043]

❤🙏🇨🇦

[@ryceromanillos9297]

OH NO!

[@peter5.056]

strong house! a lesser structure would have disintegrated.

[@nobillclinton]

mercy

[@ritarichardson3881]

Where's this at? What state?

[@silentweaponsquietwars1703]

Iowa I believe.

[@katymcginn4644]

💜 RUNNELLS, IOWA RITA. MULTIPLE TORNADOES HIT AS WELL, THE WORST WAS AN EF-4 WINDS OF 166-200 MPH. SADLY THERE WERE SEVEN DEATHS, FOUR FROM THE SAME FAMILY. MAY GOD BE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE 🙏💜💜💜

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

tornados hate people that live in trailers !

[@seanjones2456]

It's always a great idea to thank god after a tornado. fart sound

[@thomasmbr]

Come on! I grew up I Oklahoma. It is irresponsible to not have insurance on your property and more irresponsible to not have a shelter when you live in tornado alley.

[@vesperv]

both are expensive... not sure why we have to be judgmental.

[@thomasmbr]

@@vesperv I grew up dirt poor in Oklahoma, not an indoor bathroom until I was 15…we had insurance and a shelter.

[@vesperv]

@@thomasmbr you cannot look at life from the perspective of your own experiences. i won't say you were privileged - i'm sure things were difficult for you - but the shelter and insurance itself were fortunate for you to have. i'm glad you got to have them while being in poverty, but that does not apply to everyone else in poverty, especially now that times are different.

[@rvasquez8057]

Would have given god a few more kudos if there hadn't been a tornado or it left the house intact. Kind of like when a passenger jet crashes, 164 people killed but the dog in the cargo hole survives and it's a miracle....

[@sammybear2915]

this very auspicious very auspicious indeed

[@InMyPOV2u]

But by the grace of God! I'm glad you all are fine.

[@tazjammer]

I'm the Son of a Son, the last one, one step ahead of the jailer, glad I don't live in a Trailer.

[@cousinivoryciv1309]

less make up homie....