Dashcam video captures one man's encounter with a tornado on I-265 in Southern Indiana

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Ай бұрын

Dashcam video captures one man's encounter with a tornado on I-265 in Southern Indiana

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@jaydeebow6431 Ай бұрын

Shows that being ignorant of your surroundings and mother nature can possibly kill you.

@JauRan123 Ай бұрын

At what point is it being ignorant, I am from Europe and tornadoes here are "very" rare. Most of the time they are an accidental by product of a predicted straight line supercell. Looks like one to me until the car flips.

@bulldog7196 Ай бұрын

@@JauRan123Well, the fact that this weather system was talked about days ahead of time. Then there are constant weather alerts going off everywhere. In this part of the country, tornadoes and severe storms are quite common. People like this out on the road either live their lives with their heads stuck in the sand and their butts up in the air, or they think nothing will ever happen to them. Until it does.....

@dallastester822 Ай бұрын

@@JauRan123lol thats the definition of being ignorant. Thats not necessarily an insult. Ignorant means basically having no clue.

@MrEricmopar Ай бұрын

@@JauRan123 You could see it was rotation and a tornado, but people here in the U.S. road rage and blow by everyone that stopped, yelling that everyone else is stupid, then disaster....

@343jwright5 Ай бұрын

Exactly. Where the fuck did Karen think she was going. And also, why all those cars aren’t moving when it’s raining sideways. 🤬

@dorbiss Ай бұрын

bro said let me drive straight into it like wtf

@XCBen Ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking.

@XanaxDust214 Ай бұрын

I think he did that so his truck wouldn't flip over from the crosswinds. At least I'm hoping anyway...

@Matt-yw2oi Ай бұрын

@@XanaxDust214correct, he was in a high profile vehicle and all of the cars ahead of him stopped directly on top of a bridge. Being in a truck that would be a death sentence to sit there

@railfanningpoints2.045 Ай бұрын

Bro be like Reed Timmer lmao

@smartfck4 Ай бұрын

It's just a wind

@JULYXXIV Ай бұрын

The minute that tornado crossed, those traffic signal heads dangling from the span-wire became deadly projectiles. Notice that at the end of the video, some of those signals were missing. Also notice how a vehicle was overturned. To the driver who filmed this, you were INCREDIBLY LUCKY you were not killed.

@saramalou9649 28 күн бұрын

do you think we are blind?

@MmmmJuicy 26 күн бұрын

A lot of people don't realize just how big traffic lights are. They can be a big hazard.

@thatreidguy 16 күн бұрын

@@saramalou9649 clearly the driver was. This person was just putting into words what we are seeing. Such hostility these days.

@bmolitor615 15 күн бұрын

@@saramalou9649 you must be a joy in person

@saramalou9649 15 күн бұрын

@@bmolitor615 i am, puff puff

@VorlonAngel Ай бұрын

OK, if everyone in front of you has hit the brakes, WHY would you hit the GAS and pass them up??????????? Is it possible they saw something you did NOT????????🙄🤔

@ih8leftistfilth Ай бұрын

because he's driving a penis-extender pick-up tuh-ruck, and most pick-up tuh-ruck drivers are assholes. That's why.

@Matt-yw2oi Ай бұрын

It seems pretty obvious to me he floored it because he realized what was happening and that all of those vehicles stopped directly on top of a bridge that they could easily be thrown off of??

@VorlonAngel Ай бұрын

@@Matt-yw2oi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣You're the driver arent you??? LOL

@Matt-yw2oi Ай бұрын

@@VorlonAngel you can watch the video interview with the guy after and quickly gather that I am not the driver, it just seems like common sense to me to not sit in a high profile vehicle during a tornado on an overpass. Was surprised at how many people didn’t think about it.

@cosplayforever Ай бұрын

He realized they were all stopped on top of a bridge about to get hit by a tornado and they realized their odds of survival were a lot higher on solid ground

@jaylopez9929 Ай бұрын

Rain wrapped Tornadoes are so stealthy. You never know there's one near by until you're in the bears cage already

@KansasFarmer620 Ай бұрын

Only the dumbing down doesn't know cause anyone with a brain knows and understands weather

@Wesmancan Ай бұрын

Some people just aren’t very bright

@user-ie8bz7jz2r 26 күн бұрын

It happens in some families. Years ago a certain (not close) family member went out shopping with a friend because they had "cabin fever." Warnings of heavy rains, strong winds, icy conditions were ignored. They had an accident and nearly slid over an overpass. Oh well. They were ok cause they had seatbelts on if not who knows. Stupid girls!

@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405 25 күн бұрын

He was actually very smart. In a large vehicle like that, it's a death sentence to be on top of an intersection in a tornado. He got off the intersection and ensured his truck wasn't positioned to be toppled and sent over the overpass. I guess you're the one who isn't very smart brotha

@willekewk 23 күн бұрын

That's literally you

@antoniomarcos5321 4 күн бұрын

@@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405 , exatly. He moved the car to have it facing the direction the wind was coming from, because if the wind hit it sideways, it could have toppled it, as it did with another vehicle ahead.

@Shaw7373 Күн бұрын

It's a rain wrapped tornado. You don't see them coming till it's too late.

@carlsaganlives6086 Ай бұрын

'I think I'll park up there under the wires, lights, poles, and signs - sorta empty here'

@eekus1494 Ай бұрын

I was on a highway two years ago when I encountered a storm like no other I had experienced. First the skies drew nearly dark as night. There was cloud-to-ground lightning. It was close. It was very loud and the ground seemingly shook. I've never been in a war zone but wondered if the effect wasn't similar to when mortars are falling around you. Then just as we seemed past the worst, traffic slowed, then stopped. A ferocious wind rocked the car and drove the rain so hard it was impossible to see out the windshield. It passed, yet we continued to sit. We sat for 7-1/2 hours. Because the wind had knocked down nearby electrical towers and power lines were draped across the highway blocking traffic in both directions. While in the middle of that wind I wondered if it was a tornado, but found out later it was straight-line winds that did the damage. 50 miles up the road the winds had blown a train off the track. Moving south the powerful storm went on to knock power out to portions of a major city for days.

@SongMom8 Ай бұрын

Doesn’t pay to be impatient on the road.

@vvolfsmal Ай бұрын

You can see the shadow of it move in, it's completely rain wrapped. I hope the person in the flipped car is okay!

@diversafriday Ай бұрын

The debris speed into that windshield. Holy smokes, so fortunate to survive that.

@donniefaust2763 Ай бұрын

Yeah people are killed by debris all the time. Especially EF4 and EF5 debris will hit you at such a high rate of speed it'll probably go through you.

@kimm6589 Ай бұрын

This had to be a baby EF1. They're freaking lucky.

@Izumi-sp6fp Ай бұрын

You are so fortunate that the vortex of that tornado had cleared the intersection moments before you entered it (the intersection). All you experienced was the inflow, which was probably about half the windspeed of that vortex you just missed intercepting.

@ramblinman4197 Ай бұрын

I am not so sure it had completely cleared. If you notice when he first pulls up to the intersection he pulls up next to a car that later winds up turned upside down.

@Hammrdookie Ай бұрын

Why did those people stop in middle of road. Oh that's why!

@tesstkohls7448 14 күн бұрын

Cause the signal lights went out. hahaha

@kennethloki7011 Ай бұрын

In a high profile vehicle aiming towards the wind prevents being flipped over. No clue if thats what they were thinking though.

@Snowstar837 Ай бұрын

I actually think it might have been the wind from a subvortex that turned him. I've chased hurricanes before and the only time your wipers freeze like that is if there's insane wind, and they stop at the same time he spins.

@hebneh 21 күн бұрын

I'm sure that's exactly why the driver turned to face the wind, and it also reinforces my belief that this person is a chaser who was there on purpose and not by chance.

@jeremylarson6267 Ай бұрын

i was in a tornado once, it sucked

@ACEDIAMOND666 Ай бұрын

Ba dum bum!

@darkworlddenizen Ай бұрын

That blows..

@ladysilverwynde Ай бұрын

Whoosh...

@MrEricmopar Ай бұрын

🤣

@winterdesert1 Ай бұрын

Your story is twisted.

@tobylou8 Ай бұрын

I got stuck in a tornado on I-81near Raphine, VA and it was drive though it or risk being run over by an 18 wheeler. This guy had more visibility than I did. It was rough and I could barely see 10 feet in front of me. Then just like that, it all stopped and the sky was blue to the west!! Wouldn't want to ever do that again!!

@julianslade Ай бұрын

Pull over to the shoulder with your four ways on and you will likely not be run over. At the very least get in the right lane

@tobylou8 Ай бұрын

@@julianslade Nah, 1-81 is dangerous in dry clear weather. I wasn't going to be part of a pile-up.

@GroovyVideo2 Ай бұрын

was a thick dust storm for me on I 10 in small car - 18wheeler seconds behind me -

@seabreeze7378 25 күн бұрын

Glad you made it ok, I81 is a BEAST on a normal day…I avoid it if I can. I64 is enough for me…live nearby!

@tobylou8 24 күн бұрын

@@seabreeze7378 Thanks!

@2010MegaScooter Ай бұрын

0:40 That wind stopped his wipers and spun him off to the side. That's some power. 😯😶

@maybenot6075 Ай бұрын

He reversed to make it point towards the wind, you can tell by the way the front swings round.

@ramblinman4197 Ай бұрын

@@maybenot6075 pretty sure it was the wind that turned him. If he did that then he is the one that hit and turned that car over as it was there when he pulled up & would have been what he intentionally reversed into.

@FoulWeatherFriend385 Ай бұрын

There’s always at least one car in these videos that’s a mile ahead of the cameraman driving straight into the tornado.

@j.t.cooper2963 Ай бұрын

Only a fool would drive headlong into a tornado like that.

@vanmacvideos3774 Ай бұрын

Smart move turning into the wind. Nice birds eye view of Mother Nature.

@kelly00000111111 Ай бұрын

somehow, im assuming by luck, he was able to get his vehicle pointed towards the direction of where the wind was coming from, to minimize chance of roll over. although i assuming he didn't do the other part and duck down under the dash so a 2x4 or road sign doesnt slice your head off.

@hebneh 21 күн бұрын

Not by luck, by intention.

@kfw9257 Ай бұрын

LeRoy Jenkins!

@niklazz7037 28 күн бұрын

"whhyyyy is everyone stopped with emergency lights on... how dumb are they. I'll just pass them in this ferocious storm... what could happen?"

@NeffyCat Күн бұрын

It's nice to meet you, friend. I am so glad you are okay!!!! That was a super close call!! What a scary tornado! Thank you so much for sharing the footage with us. I wish you continued success on your channel!

@user-ic6gx8uq3o Ай бұрын

Maybe back up to get off the bridge instead of going forward into the tornado? Seems pretty obvious to me.

@nancyharman4795 Ай бұрын

That overturned car at the end really got me!

@2024.choice Ай бұрын

I guess they just didn't know that driving into a tornado can turn your life upside down in an instant

@micron3268 Ай бұрын

Ripped the streetlights clean off! I think I seen them laying in a field in Ohio!

@mlbrooks4066 26 күн бұрын

My roommate had family who ran a used car lot in OK where a tornado hit. They got shelter in the cinderblock office on the lot and were all right, but when it was over, a lot of the cars were gone, deposited elsewhere.

@micron3268 26 күн бұрын

@@mlbrooks4066 Yeah that's crazy! I can't get over the amount of power in some of these. It's just incredible!

@hebneh 21 күн бұрын

Traffic lights, not streetlights.

@kirara2516 23 күн бұрын

You're lucky they ran out of Darwin awards to give that day.

@lagodifuoco313 Ай бұрын

Stupidity knows no bounds.

@Quantari 18 күн бұрын

He starts by not slowing down for yellow and all but blowing the light, then trying to get around the stopped traffic rather than getting a clue. Dude then gets caught in a tornado. Shocker.

@frankstein5967 16 күн бұрын

"How did you wind up upside down?" "Everybody else stopped, but I kept going."

@xDread 18 күн бұрын

So crazy to choose to drive across that bridge during a tornado. Why are you out driving? Why choose a route with a bridge? When the wind picks up like that, why gun it and try to make it across the bridge? Turn around and go back to where you know it is safer. WTF? Such a crazy series of decisions. Glad the driver didn't get flung off the bridge or crushed by debris - very lucky!

@trashcompactorYT Ай бұрын

He seemed to be in a hurry to get to the very center of the thing....... no wonder people die in tornadoes...

@beijingbrandon6220 Ай бұрын

Where is the witch?

@duncil85 Ай бұрын

Under his truck

@vinny4411 Ай бұрын

Sitting next to him, wearing an expensive ring , bitching at him all day , all while continuously spending his hard earned 70 hours a week paycheck on stupid shit..😂

@beijingbrandon6220 Ай бұрын

@@vinny4411 LOL

@redbull5181 Ай бұрын

Wich witch? That Nancy Pelosi bitch, she's in California.🎶

@deepcoolclear Ай бұрын

Bruh was trying to beat the red lights and rush into it tf…

@SoCal780 22 күн бұрын

Stopping under violently blowing traffic lights is never a good idea.

@officialWWM 29 күн бұрын

Why are people even driving around in that weather?

@HomingPigeon 18 күн бұрын

This must be video from local law enforcement. That would explain the behavior and explain where it parked while stopping to render aid.

@mlbrooks4066 26 күн бұрын

Last summer near Baltimore there was a nasty storm - not even a tornado - that people drove into. Utility poles down all over the place and lots of people trapped in their cars for more than an hour with fallen electric lines all around them so they couldn't even get out of the cars. And yet people still keep driving into storms to get a video. I suppose I should thank them for showing me why I shouldn't do it.

@SWkansasEAS Ай бұрын

Wow strong tornado

@woodrowboudreaux9951 Ай бұрын

Later, he went to Wal-Mart for new underwear and wiper blades

@robertsermon7576 Ай бұрын

Never drive into the “Bear Cage”.

@vidform Ай бұрын

I wonder who suffers the most during a tornado: the locals or people who are new to the area? When we watch footage of someone drive into a tornado, maybe it's someone who's new to the area and doesn't quite know where they are going, and never experienced a tornado. Also, if the driver can't see the actual funnel, they might think it's a "regular" storm until they sees an overturned car. Plus, the average driver may not know what to do in that situation. They don't know if they should drive forward, left, right, back, faster, slower, pullover, or get out of the car and lie flat on the road or get under a bridge (worst option). Maybe the information on how to survive a tornado should be more widespread like "stop, drop and roll" in a fire, so people will know what to do.

@eekus1494 Ай бұрын

Even in tornadic areas people are more likely to know what to do at home than on the road. The advice is: "Cars, buses, and trucks are easily tossed by tornado winds. If you're unable to make it to a safe shelter, either GET DOWN in your vehicle and COVER YOUR HEAD AND NECK or leave your vehicle and seek shelter in a LOW-LYING AREA such as a ditch or ravine."

@JoshuaPlays99 Ай бұрын

When in doubt, go south! Although pretty hard to tell where it was at this point since it was fully rain wrapped.

@naran_naran 14 күн бұрын

What brand are those windshield wipers?

@dextersmom5694 Ай бұрын

Did you see his west coordinates that he was pointed towards?

@camhendry Күн бұрын

00:48. Is that a large spider that hits the windshield?

@hebneh 21 күн бұрын

Do people not pay ANY attention to weather forecasts or warnings? You can track weather radar online to see where the worst parts of storms are, and thereby take shelter or avoid danger. Yet here are people just driving along heedlessly. In tornado-prone areas, I just cannot understand such behavior.

@NineballChris 21 күн бұрын

I always look on my radar app when i see dark clouds nearby. It takes a few seconds to see where the worse of the weather is. People need to know what is going on around them.

@remolaughlin443 Ай бұрын

You can see the outflow. Do you think your car is tornado proof?

@jaywinters2483 15 күн бұрын

Nice not to have a screaming storm chaser in your ear

@thewatchmen4920 23 күн бұрын

Holy Mackerels. Mercies sakes alive. Oh my god. Jesu Chris.The camera person never dies

@indygal6552 Ай бұрын

I think I'll stop right under these big heavy metal thingies!

@jeynjohnston8085 Ай бұрын

What kind of wipers are they?

@bell4289 26 күн бұрын

…playing dodge ball with a tornado! Sounds fun!

@user-sk3jd4ip4p Ай бұрын

That was reckless to hit the gas yards from a dangerous tornado. You could have cut you off another driver or god forbid, someone could have been ejected or sucked from their car and you could have hit them. Let's not forget down powerlines.

@natashanyxx9486 29 күн бұрын

The very definition of “Dumb Luck”. Emphasis on the “Dumb” aspect.

@stephenrivera4382 Ай бұрын

… which begs the question, “Why the hell is anyone driving anywhere NEAR a tornado?! Yes, the car might make it through because it’s aerodynamically designed (which is why the car was fine once the wind turned it) but other cars weren’t quite so lucky - not to mention the chance of getting hit by flying debris!

@f1nch_13 Ай бұрын

"Hey! You can't park there!"

@steven_king 5 күн бұрын

His girlfriend must have texted “You up"

@phanoonki 21 күн бұрын

To those that are critical of this persons actions, they could assist the overturned car faster than anyone else. That’s positive in itself!

@Ryearthvl7983 4 күн бұрын

People with common sense see a tornado and look for shelter or get away from it, but these people are like: look a tornado, let me just get as close to it as possible

@rangerst_870 16 күн бұрын

Get next to the concrete barrier if this happens. It will act as a windbreak and debris break to reduce the damage and help protect part of the vehicle.

@painkiller8159 19 күн бұрын

Wait, I missed it….let me drive back through the absolute center of the tornado again. 🤪

@glennmorrell4907 Ай бұрын

Is that the funnel at :22 seconds?

@vivalaleta 2 сағат бұрын

Why did he drive right into it?

@Mac_Omegaly 21 күн бұрын

On one hand I'm glad they learned their lesson without coming to the end of their road early. It's also possible they thought they could outrun the threat? Oh well.

@7urbine Ай бұрын

Why on earth would you drive towards the "suck zone"

@hamstergodfufurufufu8842 15 күн бұрын

Some people are so impatient that put their lives in danger.

@ericdroddy7444 Ай бұрын

Was this on Eastern Blvd in Jeffersonville?

@ladycatsinger Ай бұрын

No, this was the River Ridge/Utica exit off 265. It is the last exit before you cross the East End Bridge. The timing was quite fortunate in that Amazon's Inbound shift was already switched and Outbound days were just getting off and nights weren't coming in just yet. So Amazon was able to shelter in place inbound nights and Outbound Days. If it had hit 10 minutes later, both this exit and the Hwy 62 exit where it initially touched down would have been crowded with Amazon workers, as these are the two main ways we come in. I was fortunate that I live in Salem and when I was getting ready to leave for work (I am Outbound nights) we had a severe thunderstorm warning with the sirens going off so I stayed home until the weather had cleared. As it was I ended up sitting in traffic on 265 for over an hour since they closed the River Ridge/Utica exit due to flipped semis and other damage.

@mer2705 21 күн бұрын

Oh look, there’s a tornado. Let me drive into it. Darwin nominee.

@lynns609 12 күн бұрын

Were they people floating by?

@RubberTrampsReviews 17 күн бұрын

I love with nature shows humans who the real boss is.

@Cmajor1988 Ай бұрын

People are so stupid these days.🤦🏾‍♂️

@mw10259 Ай бұрын

SMART THAT HE TURNED INTO IT INSTEAD OF BEING CAUGHT SIDEWAYS

@moboutmen 18 күн бұрын

Mother Nature.....undefeated.

@MrMeadfoot 23 күн бұрын

No sound on this ?

@sharknadofartquake2449 20 күн бұрын

I believe I can FLY! I believe I can touch the SKY! I think about it every night and DAY! I spread my wings and fly AWAY!

@R2D2C_3po 16 күн бұрын

That's a rain-wrapped tornado, which is about as dangerous as severe weather gets! Most of the time you can't see a rain-wrapped tornado until it's nearly on top of you. To everyone here criticizing this driver for driving into the tornado, it's actually really easy to mistake a rain-wrapped tornado for a curtain of heavy rain falling out of a storm. Sometimes rain-wrapped tornadoes are very difficult to distinguish in appearance from curtains of heavy rain or hail.

@ChelseaLinkous 24 күн бұрын

As a Kentuckian at that time me and my grandparents were going to the doctor then we found at there was a tornado where we was going we went home and we live next to a field and a tornado just went through the field and we was just watching it I was so scared. And I was like can we get out of here and they was like no and I’ve seen a bunch of tornados like weak small ones this one was the biggest one I’ve ever seen.

@bryangibson1497 20 күн бұрын

Imagine how loud that is?

@michaelwesterland1853 25 күн бұрын

Before he went out for a drive this guy was just sitting on a bridge playing his banjo, remembering the days when those city folks put him in that movie.

@Shaw7373 Күн бұрын

"Why did he drive into it?" Likley because it was rain wrapped. Meaning he couldn't see it till it was already too late.

@villiamalavapersson5939 Ай бұрын

How and when did that car flip on side?

@FoolishPrankster Ай бұрын

Remember Tim Samaras (period)

@mrhelsel 4 сағат бұрын

He must have wanted a front row seat of the tornado. 😅

@joro8604 2 күн бұрын

Seem like a good strategy if that is what he did- turn truck into the wind to mimimize windage, maximize resistance to overturning. Quick thinking.

@mdutchy2582 Ай бұрын

There is nothing ignorant about it. Can happen to anyone. I am sure none of you in the comments would panic or anything. I was impressed he had the courage to stop and help after that.

@cmerton 23 күн бұрын

These videos always bring out the mincing, hand-wringing wussies , all dying to deliver safety lectures from Captain Obvious...