Please, please, put an air horn or really loud whistle in any shelter: don’t depend on being able to open the door without help from someone outside.
The most dangerous possible tornado would be a rainwrapped, EF5 tornado with 300+ mph winds, in a highly populated city at any time from 12am-2am.
It's funny, I grew up watching these shows and always laughed when they say "it does sound like a train." An EF2 went right over my tornado shelter a couple years ago and..... it does sound just like a train. It's very distinctive and the immediate thought is 'holy shit that's a tornado.'
Lisa seems so sweet! Love that she brought her animals with her!
I haven't watched Storm Stories or TWC since 2003 or 2004. Cool to see this series still exists and to see Jim Cantore still does it. Lol
Jim Gardner is one of if not possibly the best ever! He should be given credit for saving many many lives in Oklahoma. I have a lot of respect for him. Met him at a small town event that was held for kids to get up close with fire trucks, police cars and he was there with his helicopter. He was so good with all the kids. I know he made my son's day.
To the man who said "if an EF4 does this kind of damage, I can't imagine what an EF5 would do: ask Joplin.
As a person who survived a lot of these storms in their life, my family laughs when i take it seriously. We live around giant ass oak trees all around us, i almost lost my mom because lightning struck one and it nearly crushed her. Im terrified of severe storms, especially at night. Ive had nightmares when the tornadoes were at our back door and it was too late to move. I grew up watching the weather channel closely and storm stories, id go into panic mode when i hear the siren or a severe weather goes off on my phone. Id rather be safe than not. The 2012 outbreak nearly killed us, i dont remember what it was, between f2-f4.
Know exactly how the lady who couldn’t find her shoes felt. Was in the Moore tornado in 2013 and we got the warning so we went to the tornado shelter (which we hadn’t opened in 2 years) and it was so rusted it wouldn’t open. We could see the tornado about a mile away and we knew all we could do is go into the bathroom( not underground) and pray. We were blessed because it barely did any damage in our yard but 2 houses down it was practically leveled.
The WORST thing you can do with already frightened children is say or scream that “You’re going to die!” They need your support! No matter what the outcome. Swallow your own fear and be that comfort for them they so desperately need.
Always have backpacks shoes you should invest in Football helmets for your kids and yourself your pets blankets n dog crates if you can't transport pets. This all saved our life I remember this Oklahoma Twistersss
I like watching Storm Stories. I used to watch them all the time. I'm glad I can watch some episodes on You Tube. Thanks for the uploads.
I got to see this Tornado from the Air traffic contol tower in Ardmore airpark. It was amazing. Lone Grove will never be forgotten.
“Everything was still and I thought uh oh” Truuuue dat, lady!
I an terrified of storms yet I still find myself watching these types of videos
Literally every state says that.. "if you don't like the weather, wait a minute"
You know that the Joplin tornado took just 15 seconds to fully develop into a EF3 to EF5
'we're all going to die! ' .... That's the way, frighten the life out of your kids. You're the mum, you're meant to be the voice of reason and comfort, your poor kids will be traumatized.
Okay.... I’m not judging to harshly. I can’t imagine living through tornadoes like that. In Canada we have them but not like a brothers to the south. However, I can’t imagine screaming to my children “ we are all going to die! “ like talk about making it more traumatic for your kids. I know it’s not easy to hold it together in a terrifying situation but I just felt really uncomfortable as a mom hearing another mom screaming “we are going to die” at your children like wow lady.
@JackEverfree