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The tornado siren means its time to sit on the front porch with your phone out. The freight train sound is the sign to be in the basement 5 minutes ago. Its a difficult balance

We not only have sirens but also a loud booming voice like the voice of a god that blasts out "SEEK SHELTER NOW. A TORNADO HAS BEEN SPOTTED. SEEK SHELTER NOW." Which is Midwesterner for "Hey go outside and have a look"

You talked over "Susan get my pants"! The greatest tornado footage quote of all time. 15:05

Ryan Hall is who to watch during storms. He predicted a small tornado to form in my area 20 minutes before NWS and it missed my house by 2 blocks. Got it on video by accident and sent it to him. I'm always watching him when bad weather is approaching. Bonus: he has like 6-8 storm chasers on live feed and during outbreaks you get to see many tornados.

I was born and raised in the heart of tornado alley. It’s something you both get used to it, and don’t. You get used to the constant warnings, you get used to the really severe storms. But taking a direct hit is something nobody can get used to. It’s always in the back of my mind when the sky gets dark. During storms, I sleep in my jeans, and keep my boots, and a coat next to the bed by me just in case. My grandfathers family was killed when one hit their farm in 1924.

The TIVs (Tornado Intercept Vehicles) had anchors they could deploy that would actually dig into the ground to keep the vehicle from getting sucked up, and that weird shape was both armor and designed to let wind and debris slide off rather than catch like it would if it was straight on. (Yeah, I was kind of addicted to those shows.)

"the fucketh are you talking abouteth" -Adam Cousereth, 1024 ADeth

The Wizard of Oz tornado: A tube of muslin hung from a catwalk on the soundstage, where a man on a catwalk ran back and forth as a downward facing fan blew dust into it. That was recorded and then the footage was projected onto a screen behind the actors in the foreground.

Oklahoma in ground zero and right in the middle of Tornado Alley! The geography and weather at this time of year is ideal for the creation of tornados… and they get A LOT of them!!! 😱🌪️😱

Reed Timmer has a recent video from I think last year, where he successfully intercepted a tornado in Nebraska, and also some really cool drone footage of the intercept. It's definitely a video to watch! And Ryan Hall, Yall is the go-to for all our severe weather forecasting! His whole crew and the storm chasers he has working for him have saved COUNTLESS amount of lives! Giving us live streams of where tornados are on the ground, in the moment search and recovery on any impacted areas they run into and hr also raises money to help and give back to the areas that are hit with the devistation.

I've been waiting so long for someone to react to that TIV2 Brandon Ivey footage. It's wild watching them get hit by an EF-4 tornado, with debris sparking on the window - probably rocks or metal!

Came for the tornadoes, stayed for Adam vibing to the theme music

when it comes to sheer numbers Texas takes first and Kansas takes second, BUT Oklahoma and Alabama take the cake when it comes to the most well-known and most powerful ones

I'm in my 50s and have lived in "tornado alley" all my life. I have never heard tornadoes referred to as cyclones or whirlwinds. Cyclones are over the sea and whirlwinds are in the desert. Tornadoes are called either tornadoes or twisters, and they have always been called that.

The Wizard of Oz tornado scene was way ahead of its time in terms of effects. They used a muslin sock, shaped using chicken wire, connected to a gantry crane above the stage and a rod at the bottom, situated below the stage floor. They moved the crane and rod to give the tornado its sliding movement. Combine that with compressed air hoses shooting out a brown dust above and below the sock and a lot of trial and error, and you have a pretty sick practical effects tornado.

I lived through a tornado when I was four years old. At the time, I lived in a place in the United States that wasn't known for producing tornadoes. It was the middle of summer, and I remember standing in the sunroom and looking out of the window as our house began to be pelted with hail. The voice of the weatherman was suddenly cut off by a tornado warning that popped up on our TV and my father said that we needed to get to the basement. We rushed down the basement stairwell and huddled in a corner. On the far side of the basement was a sliding glass door through which you could partially see our backyard and the forest behind it. The vegetation thrashed about with blinding speed in the violent wind. We could hear the snapping and splintering of trees as the tornado tore through our backyard. I distinctly remember that the wind roared with an intensity that I have never experienced before nor since. Then it was over, as quickly as it had started, and it was replaced with a humid stillness that fell over us. In the end, we were alright as it was only a weak EF1 tornado. The tornado never directly struck our house, just passed very close to it (like within 80 yards). Dozens of trees were knocked down or were damaged to the point of needing to be cut down in our backyard but luckily, none of the trees fell on our house. We sustained some minor damage to the paneling on the back of our house and we needed to buy new wind chimes, but all of our windows were still intact. Overall, we were lucky and it could have been a lot worse. But it was definitely an experience that I will never forget.

Ryan Hall and his team are phenomenal. Incomparable live coverage of severe weather events, plus the Y'all Squad goes out to impacted communities afterward to help however they can (provide food, internet, generators, etc). Just yesterday they covered the tornado outbreak that heavily impacted Iowa where they were able to get the word out about several unwarned storms before the NWS issued alerts. He works with a bunch of top notch chasers too, including the Reed Timmer mentioned in the video

the cause of the very loud sound for when in the tornado is due to 2 things... 1 being the winds.... 2 being the drop in pressure.

I knew it was gonna be "Susan get my pants!" right as soon as I saw the tornado itself. LOL

Reed Timmer and Pecos Hank are my favorite storm chasers ever!

Love for you to see some of Pecos Hank's videos, they are incredible!

We get 2 reaction videos in the same day???? Whaaaaa??? Good stuff bro! Cheers!

Yep Oklahoma is the motherland of twister alley, Oklahoma is actually where the movie Twister was filmed.

Adam, your facial expressions throughout these videos is priceless! 🤣🤣

I'd recommend checking out the Tornado Alley coverages of Moore, Tuscaloosa, and of course Joplin. Some of the footage and people's reactions are just straight up nightmare fuel.

im really enjoying the new content adam keep it up also i recommend the swegle studios video called tornado sirens are scary or emergency alert systems are scary

Let that sink in edit cracked me up good. Beautiful

You should react to the evolution of the emergency alert system by the same channel, it is very interesting.

I know something about the Wizard of Oz featured tornado. The effect was decribed as created by spinning long lengths of cotton infused with coal dust in such a way to create a very convincing effect.

Oklahoma is the tornado's favorite hunting ground and trailers are it's favorite food.

Adam, you're just too much, I mean funny! Ya got such a great sense of humor as ya comment. I'm from Northern California (Earthquake Country) so years later I moved to Tennessee for only a year. Talk about culture shock, cotton everywhere, people using words I never used for things but I remember wanting to experience a tornado. People must have thought I was crazy but just was hoping one would come. Unfortunately, only had a severe storm with lightening...I felt cheated!😂😂😂

17:43 - Many folks don't know that at this very moment, the green objects that's rapidly flying outside the TIV (right as Adam takes his headphones off briefly) is quite literally the grass and hay being ripped out of the ground by the tornado. This tornado was violent enough to pull it straight out of the ground. Inside of the tornado certainly doesn't look anything like the movie Twister made it out to be; it's just death and chaos wrapped in darkness.

Ok, I'm from Texas and the best way I can explain tornados, or rather tornado alley, it to imagine a valley. The Rocky Mountains in one side of the valley, and the Appalachians on the other side of the valley. The center of the valley is mostly smooth flat land. The Gulf of Mexico channels warm air up through Texas into this valley, and cold northern air is channeled down into this valley too. Where they meet, the warm rising air, shoves up under the cold falling air, and if conditions are just right, this creates a spiral formation of cold and warm air that will form tornados. The high mountains keep these winds pretty centralized, but if the wind shifts it can cause the tornado to travel. Most tornados do not cause much damage, as many hit in open fields, but if they hit or travel into a heavily populated area then their is a higher chance of damage and fatalities. Early tornados were so much worst because there were not many systems in place to alert and warn people of coming tornados. Technology has made it safer, but tornados can form very quickly and without much warning. Most communities, mine included, run monthly maintenance checks on their sirens, to make sure they will not fail when needed the most. I have been in several tornados, and it is weird. It starts out very loud, growing louder, until nearly deafening, then a strange quiet before it reverses. I usually worry that my loved ones will be hurt, lol even when our garage ended up on the roof. If you are interested, look on KZfaq and there is a copy of an original 9mm film taken of Haskell Texas, where I live, after about 95% of it was wiped out by a series of tornados, according to my grandfather, who was a young man there at the time. ( 1962) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6yWl6d62trTZGg.html

I hope Adam knows that Reed Timmer goes inside tornadoes routinely, multiple times a year. You should definitely react to some of his videos! Especially the Cole, OK tornado intercept! I watched it happen live and I was clenched the whole time.

No, Adam, if they're over water, they're a waterspout. If it moves onto land, they become a tornado. At least, that's the way we call'em here in Florida, when we see one move off of the Gulf of Mexico onto the beach. Then everybody runs, because we're used to them dying down while they're still over water. Love ya, Dude!❤ (OH, people, get over it! I'm a grandmother!)

In the past they edited film by cutting out individual clips and taping the film back together. Movie production still uses this technology to this day.

Being inside a tornado sounds like the world is grinding itself into oblivion. It sounds like two freight trains humping while screaming full-speed down the track. You feel the sound in your chest more than hear it. I've been inside two. Been near 5.

♥ your reactions!

These tornado videos are addicting! Swegle Studios has some great tornado content to be sure. Very much looking forward to more of this stuff! 👏

Being inside of a tornado is like being in the ‘other side’ in “Silent Hill.” The lights go out, your little storm radio is just static, and that terrifying siren keeps blaring.

I love the shout out for Reed Timmer on that guys video. I watch him all the time. He’s still chasing storms

@MoreAdamCouser Aww man your thumbnail went over the middle of the windshield right near the best part of the video. A piece of debris hit the windshield and caused a spark from the friction extending across much of the surface. Insane video! I don’t think my anxiety could handle it either lol

Storm chaser videos are the best with their special made vehicles

Adam makes the best content and is an absolute Stud. 💚💚💚💚

As for how the Tornado in “The Wizard of Oz” was made. I know this because I was a Universal Studios Tour Guide when I was in College. And SFX was on of the things we discussed on Tours. The effect was created by photographing a twisting woman’s silk stocking. 😂😂😂

Reed's tornado transportation looks like a small tank going down the road

Funny you are taking an interesting in tornados Adam, since there is going to be another Twister movie coming out this year. It's going to be called Twisters.

I once had a tornado that was quite helpful. One summer afternoon in 2013 I was going to sweep off a concrete driveway. The very moment I set down the broom to begin sweeping a little tornado came down out of the sky and touched down right in front of my broom. It was the same width as my broom. It then moved around me and began sweeping back and forth across the driveway. It it never went over the edge of the driveway as it made its way back and forth down the driveway. And it was even making sweeping sounds as it swept . Upon complety sweeping the driveway it lifted back up into the sky never to be seen again. Another person was at the other end of the driveway and saw this happen and walked away scratching his head. The driveway got swept off and didn't have to do anything because God swept it off for me !

In Michigan at least the people definitely watch the tornado before shelter but we all have basements so its quick work to take cover

Adam, I hope your channel continues to grow. You are hilarious and your content appeals to many different kinds of people. I’m an old retired cop and so were my uncle and grandfather. The scariest one I ever encountered was during a patrol of an interstate during a thunderstorm. Son of a bitch just dropped out of the sky about 500 yards to the west of me it was an F2 but I remember seeing a goat whirling in the air 100 feet up. I was on a freeway structure and the goat was right next to me. I was wondered what happened to him.

"himself... or herself... or itself, whatever it wants to be" I laughed so hard! This made my night, thank you!

I’m sure Indigenous people in tornado alley have thousands of years of tornado knowledge! I’ve seen one of those ropey little ones with a bunch of debris around it and it scared the heck out of me

Either last week or the week before, Reed Timmer recorded a multi-multi-vortex tornado during the severe weather in Iowa. I was astounded when I saw Timmer's live update videos popping up on social media throughout the day. I just checked and he now has his ground and drone footage compiled into a video entitled "THE MOST INCREDIBLE TORNADO VIDEO EVER CAPTURED." Gird your loins; it's terrifying.

When the movie Twister came out, everyone I knew (I was in grade 7) called it, "Kelli's movie" as my love for tornadoes and learning about them was as well known as my bright red hair!

As an Okie, that meme in the beginning is ACCURATE!! 😂😂 We're just used to it. "Oh they said F2? Lets go look at it! Grab the alcohol!" 😂 Now, the BIG ones scare the hell out of everyone. But they are usually small in comparison to the big ones from Moore, Joplin, etc. Ive been in OK all my life and been through several. One spun up quite literally over my pond in 2019 then traveled diagonally and ripped the roof off of my place of employment. I was in the building, felt the pressure shift, told everyone "its here," then we heard wind, a BOOM, and dull roar then silence about 15 seconds later.

My mother is a huge Wizard of Oz fan and knew a lot about behind the scenes stuff. That said, the tornado in Wizard of Oz is actually a leg of pantihose with a fan blowing down from the top to inflate it. It was attached to to different "gimbles" so the top and bottom could move independently. And to create the debris ball at the bottom I believe they used a very fine dust piled at the base so the fan would blow it out as they filmed.

17:42 "is that the actual sound?" yeah it is. basically there was so much constant audio input that it just messed up the sound, like how a rock concert recorded on a mobile phone never sounds good and it's all grainy and broke up. except put to the extreme. tornado noises are terrifying. they usually sound like a freight train when approaching mixed with screeching metal and your general extreme storm noises

1:15 the problem with the sirens is that people hear them for years, or even their whole lives, and almost NEVER see or experience a tornado. Eventually, people aren't as concerned as they should be. Thats why most people go out to look, to see if they're actually in danger or not (and to see something "cool" they've never seen before). Its unfortunate, you should take shelter any time you recieve a warning, but it kinda makes sense too when you get "siren fatigue" as we call it. You straight up stop trusting the sirens after a while.

I love Swegle Studios so much! I'd love seeing you react to even more of his stuff!

Well our stormchasers do hurricanes and blizzards also...once you write down states in tornado alley, states prone to hurricanes and blizzards there is maybe 5-7 states to move to. LOL

old school hollywood special effects relied on optical illusion so that tornado footage behind the man in the office, was probably the original tornado video being played on a screen outside the set the actor was in. making it appear like an active background, i recommend you look into videos that go into more details it's wild what they were able to do especially with Stunts.

Yes, that is the sound of a tornado or all the camera could pick up on, at least. I was unfortunate enough to be caught close to a tornado when I was about 12 and it was one the worst experiences of my life. When the tornado got close I could feel the ground vibrating, the noise got so loud that I was unable to hear myself screaming and I later found out that both of my eardrums had burst.

I will say tornados are fascinating, if you want to see some great footage of both beautiful and down right terrifying tornados I’d recommend Pecos Hank

I recently saw a video called Trapped Inside this Tornado by Tanner Charles. I think that tornado video is the one that freaked me the hell out more than any others. Between hearing the guys in the car screaming and pleading for their lives and the way the car looked afterward, it’s absolutely terrifying.

I'm the first one to go outside to see if I can see it. We had our sirens in our town go off 3 times last week, and their was a tornado that hit a town near us... northeast alabama here.

I’m a Canadian (Northern Ireland born) and I’m 66. I’ve experienced F3’s in both South Western Ontario and Southern Alberta. Americans don’t realize how frequently tornadoes occur north of the border! Peace

In the state of Georgia we have history of devastating tornadoes no joke that video of the Warner Robins tornado was legendary

As a born & bred Oklahoman, we're kinda used to it. We expect at least 3 to 4 tornadoes every stormy season lol so places like Moore gets hit more often but there are all over the place in Oklahoma & of course surrounding states each tornado season. Tornado alley stretches basically the entire length of the country from north to south, Oklahoma is just right in the middle of it.

It would take some absolutely INSANE winds to spin the TIV II when it's deployed properly in the path of a tornado. It has panels on the all sides so the wind can't get under it, and it has huge spikes on the left and right that embed themselves into the ground. Add on top of that it's own weight of nearly 15,000 pounds and it's going to take a hell of a lot to move it.

15:12 If you didn't notice here, this was a twin tornado at first before becoming one singular tornado.

Tuesday May 7th we had our sirens going off, and I stepped outside, pulled Ryan Hall up and was listening to him talk about storms South of us. Then I glanced down at my phone to see that he suddenly noticed a tornado forming in a town 40 minutes North of us. It was crazy. Still stood outside to watch though, cause you know, it's what we do when we hear those sirens.

Florida has the most tornados per square mile. But Texas Oklahoma, Kansas are most known for tornados.

I saw the TIV 3 footage in IMAX format at a museum exhibit. Imagine that video with a wrap-around screen the size of a small house and speakers that shake your very bones. Terrifying.

I was born and raised in Kansas. Seen many form but never had one hit our town while I lived there 🌪

An EF2 came through the south end of my town last week, flattening trees and power poles, wrecking boat docks on the lake, and ripping the roof off of several condominiums.

Double upload!

i have to go outside to get to my basement (entrance is a big old wood door on the ground) and the midwestern urge to watch and look for a tornado is just irresistible lol

The sound is like a freight train going right over your head. Your ears pop, your hair stands on end, and you can feel the pressure changing.

Just got a tornado warning 5 minutes ago. Southeastern NC

My grandparents had just gotten married and were living in Dallas when the 1957 tornado hit downtown. I asked my grandmother about it recently. She said it was just awful. The noise was terrifying, and debris was everywhere. A predominantly black neighborhood was hit hard, and that’s where many of the deaths were. She said she’ll never forget it.

Oklahoma/Kansas border is the area that is a mega tornado magnet. You might be surprised how transfixed on a tornado you will be. Your ears pop from the pressure difference. Probably not the actual sound. But wind whipping by at 200 MPH is maxing out his audio levels.

A great video to watch is from the tornadoTRX channel on the breakdown of the 2023 rolling fork EF4 tornado

It must have been well over 100db in tgat TIV to peak out the mics so much. It must have sounded like being in the bowels of a volcano.

I grew up in California. When I was 9, my great grandma survived a brutal tornado in Kansas. My family was sent a tape (yes, I'm 40 and tapes are what we used) of their local news before and after the tornado hit. And that was it for me. I was obsessed. For my 16th birthday I didn't ask for a car. I begged to go on a 2 week "tour" with a company of experienced storm chasers during tornado season. Sadly, it was over $2,000 per person. I'll were forever be the idiot that refuses to take cover, as the magnificence and wonder cannot overcome the danger for me. If one day it's to my detriment, I will go with the childish wonder I've ever so craved. I see the horror and danger. I loathe the loss of family and that which is irreplaceable. My child like amazement yet remains.

Chilling on the back deck looking for it usually!

You should look up the Dominator! Another storm chaser vehicle. I think he’s on version 4 now due to the vehicles getting totaled. These things start as regular cars, stuff like Suburbans, as evident by the headlights, that get heavily modified (duh) with everything from anchors to armor to bulletproof glass and then some. Essentially tanks, but for weather. These storm chasers, as cool as their footage is, are in extreme danger and sadly some pros have lost their lives doing this, one instance being particularly famous. I know a few meteorologists and storm chasers, and grew up always being told to take weather very seriously. For a really good reason.

Adam, you should do a reaction video of hurricanes.

17:43 - I could be wrong, but at least regarding the noise in my tornado experience, it sounds like the mic is just constantly peaking. The EF1 I got caught in was incredibly loud, but certainly didn't sound like that...between the wind and the rain, the noise was more like a screech atop a growl, interspersed with the hail's drum solo lmao.

I grew up in Washington State. My British buds, that would be the Pacific Northwest just above Oregon. Tornadoes are SUPER RARE in Washington!! three years ago we moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (think LOW cost of living and no traffic jams!) The first week we lived here, we got a tornado warning! I never understood what "weather fear" is until then!

You really need to watch "The 1966 Topeka Kansas tornado: Path of disaster" a 5-star documentary.

I think the tornado in the Wizard of Oz was a cloth on a rope that was hung from above and moved back and forth by stage hands.

I have a suggestion for a react video! The making of a tornado or what is needed for a tornado to occur!

Great job! Cheers from Killeen, Texas. I understand that there is also a Killeen, Ireland.

I can speak from experience, once you've gone through one tornado you kind of get used to going through more

We had a funnel touch down about 25 miles from my house just about two hours ago. It wasn't very big, but it did have some debris in it.

There were 6 in my area a couple of nights ago. I sat and watched the rotation in the clouds as one formed. I have been in several over the years, not as much fun as you might think.

There's no denying the power and lethality of a large tornado, but I definitely think there is a strange, eerie beauty to them. There's something captivating about them even when you know they're dangerous. Kinda like how people admire large predators like sharks, tigers, or crocodiles. It's awe at the power. I think it helps too that a lot of Americans living in the Midwest are used to them to a degree. We hear the sirens, go through the storms, we generally know what to expect. And most of the time, not much happens. Most tornadoes aren't super strong or cause a lot of damage. So we find them oddly beautiful, but still respect them.

That song you were dancing to is Madonna - Open Your Heart

I actually do work for a few popular tornado chasers here on KZfaq. Evan Fryberger is one of them, you’d like him brother.