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"That's how you underestimate things, isn't it?" You are such a sweet guy, seriously way too kind. As someone who has to deal with tornados frequently, my thoughts were not nearly as generous toward the first group of people in the video. There is so little I can physically do to protect myself and these people are just throwing themselves into danger. tsk tsk tsk.

Two of my boys were working in Little Rock when that one you saw from a distance hit. One was far enough away that he just put up his tools and headed home. The other was only 6 blocks from the path of destruction and had to shelter in place. But thankfully both boys (both around 30 yrs old mind you) made it back home that night. In all honesty to most people the warnings are so common they are almost numb to them and don't take them seriously anymore. For every 100 warnings, 1 might actually hit. People become desensitized when it's an every day thing. However, the damage done to Little Rock was pretty record breaking for this area. Can you build a house that can withstand an F4/F5 tornado, yes, build it hobbit style underground.

I just heard earlier that there were 123 CONFIRMED tornadoes on that very day! Crazy, ain't it Recky?!

Recky, there is a guy (Ryan Hall, Y'all) who is a weather man and during this outbreak he showed the tornado's forming on radar and with some storm chasers. I watched them forming on his You Tube channel as they formed in Illinois. And he was spot on the money with direction.

Yes, you could build a house to withstand a tornado. Build it mostly underground.

Midwest born and raised. For those not used to this weather, it does seem insane! But you get desensitized to it. Certain times of the year, we could be in a thunderstorm warning every night. You get used to the sirens and the watches/warnings. You start to pay more attention to the sky. In all my 46 years, I have never had a tornado damage my house. Thank God! But I get damage every year from wind and hail. So when the wind kicks up, I get prepared but still go about my day. You just keep yourself informed of tornado paths and do your best.

Tornadoes are ridiculously powerful but I’ll compare the rankings to other things EF0: it’s like your classic Severe Thunderstorm but it can get up there EF1: It’s like a lumberjack came through and forgot that Trees can land on houses EF2: it’s like if you set the place on fire EF3: It’s like getting hit by a Category 5 Hurricane EF4: Imagine getting hit by a Category 5 Hurricane then imagine getting hit by another Category 5 Hurricane EF5: It’s like a Atomic Bomb went off

I’m in Illinois. that was a crazy 24 hours. And yes, there were tornadoes everywhere. And you’re supposed to stay away from doors and windows…preferably in your basement or shelter. But yeah, I stand outside to see if I can see anything forming, but I’m heading to the basement in a flash! Night time is worst as you can’t see anything. I absolutely hate tornado warnings.

I watched this outbreak live on Ryan Hall's stream. The moment when the Little Rock tornado touched down will forever be engraved in my mind.

So I’m a meteorologist for the USAF. Worked through and noticed the potential for these storms earlier in the week. We got hit here at home but with advanced warnings made it better. We got hit again on April 6 but after the 31st event social media blew up and there was a-lot of people sharing and talking about things they don’t know about. Love that you’re Interested in weather! It’s my passion

Having lived in Alabama, and being through hard hitting tornadoes, you do get use to seeing them drop. They are terrifying and fascinating to watch. Brick home usually withstand F4 tornadoes, but roofs get ripped off. Best way to survive one is a room in the center of the house, try to put as many walls between you and it. Or better yet, get into your garage or have a storm cellar. Plus having a weather radio and regular radio is essential. James Span is Alabamas greatest meteorologist in my opinion. He and his crew have saved many lives. I would look up the Tuscaloosa tornadoes with James Span reporting on it. I dont know if you have done that one yet, but James Span doesn’t stop till the threat is gone.

I will admit, I always found it weird to see people driving toward the tornado too. However, it turns out that many of the are storm chasers (yes, we have a LOT of storm chasers) and then there are those that simply don't see it until...... "SURPRISE". Edit: Having grown up in Tornado Alley, I can say this and many of those who have also grown up and/or live in Tornado Alley can appreciate it. "That tornado in Keota, IA was gorgeous. Tight rotation, low cloud formation, high contrast......the cloud structure above it is beautiful. True tornado aficionados will understand."

Some people just don't realize how fast they move and how close they really are. I'd be so out of there, you wouldn't even know I'd ever been there...I wouldn't even leave footprints. I know you saw Hank's. I had to laugh when he was about to take shelter when the lightning hit. The expression on his face was priceless. If I have time to say, "Oh, shit", I'm too close. It's amazing how stupid people are. This was a very bad couple of days.

Had my barn blow away twice in Canton Tx. My fist tornado was in 1979 in Wichita Falls Tx. We were at a rodeo. That one scared the 💩 out of me. I was 9 at the time.

I would say some of those people were being VERY careless.

went through an EF-4 in Georgia but what was odd was it was in early January 2023, normally too early for tornadoes. What was so bad was the meteorologist couldn’t keep up with the amount of tornadoes spinning off the main ones they were following. We only lost power for 16 hours but were taking shelter and on the phone with out of town family telling me it was over as it was touching down in our area because they were popping up too fast to track….. very scary and unpredictable

Depending on the strength a tornado can pick up a car with someone in it... and sometimes they don't notice a tornado until it's up on them.

It seems like tornado season is coming earlier every year. I'm concerned that having powerful tornadoes this early in the season means we're in for even stronger storms this season.

After living through tornadoes for over 70 years in Arkansas. I don’t see anything unusual this year. Every year is different and unpredictable! I remember the 50s weather patterns being very similar to what we are going through now.

I live in Nebraska, one of the plains states (middle of the US). We definitely get our share of tornadoes. March, April, May (Spring) is typical. It seems like this year is more active than other years.

I'm 71 years old, born and raised in Kansas and in my entire life I've seen exactly ONE tornado however I have great respect for them. I pay attention to the weather and if severe weather is forecast I pay more attention. If a tornado warning is issued for my general area I immediately dial up the weather radar on my phone to see exactly where it is and its direction. If it's nearby I move away from the windows and head to my safe space and stay there until it has passed.

Tornadoes tend to follow the storm and the jet stream toward the ENE, but within that trend, they can squiggle all over the place, even looping back westward on themselves.

I was watching Ryan Hall Y’all and meteorologist Andy Hill’s KZfaq channels from about 5:00 PM March 31 - 4:00 AM April 1. Sirens in the rooms they broadcasted in constantly went off because of a tornado touching down somewhere. They were all over the place. Then right after one severe system went by here came another with another round of tornadoes going across the map. There were a tons of multiple touchdowns in multiple states. We stayed up until 4:00 AM in East Tennessee until we were assured it was safe to go to bed. That night was super scary. My heart, thoughts and prayers are with everyone in every state that has been affected by the last 3 weeks of tornadoes.

People don't always know they are in the path of a tornado ...especially if it's one that pops up quickly. What people usually know is that there is a tornado watch in affect...what they don't always know is when it goes from a watch to a warning.

My family and I live just a few blocks over from where the tornado ripped through Whiteland/Franklin, IN. It was absolutely terrifying. We live in a duplex with no real shelter so my husband, 3 y/o, myself, and our dog were all huddled in a tiny emptied out pantry on the inside wall of our house since our bathrooms are both on the outside walls. I grew up on the outskirts of tornado valley but being a mother now brings a whole new element to the true fear and need to protect your family. Just sitting in the darkness hearing the sirens go off multiple times and not knowing which one was actually going to precede the tornado was the scariest part of all. Thankfully we only had minor damage to our trees and cars but just a few blocks over, houses had trees ripped up and thrown through them. As horrible as the situation was, it was so incredible to see the communities come together and do everything possible to return life to as normal as possible and rebuild.

One thing you need to note about the Arkansas tornado, the path it took was unusual. I was in the path of that one, and it turned at the last minute. Even then, usually they go north of our area, or further east. It jumped the Arkansas river, and went through a very hill ridden area. We lost power here, for a short time. I live in a mobile home, and had no where to go. Edit to add: To answer your question, there is no way to determine an exact path, only a guess. The driving force behind a tornado can change instantly, making it stronger or weaker, and can also push them in different directions.

Supposedly a concrete geodetic dome house can withstand a F-5 tornado or a hurricane. Basement homes are pretty safe if they have an armored storm room.

I have a family member that lives a few blocks from where the Little Rock tornado came through. Couldn't get in touch with them via phone so I drove in the day after to check on them. Thankfully they were fine having barely been missed by the tornado. Seeing the damage first hand was very humbling. It's a miracle there were so few fatalities. I also had friends in Wynne, AR that were thankfully out of the path of that monster. It struck maybe an hour after Little Rock and cut that poor town in half. Many of these people underestimate the weather because we get tornado warnings all the time. Usually if it's anywhere in the county, every town sounds the alarm so people just get complacent... it's sad but hopefully this was a wakeup call.

I grew up in the Houston, Texas are as a child. Our part of the state got some tornadoes, but not like they do in the plains. Since we only lived 50 miles or so from the coast, our big concern were the hurricanes - which also spawn tornadoes.

Where I live, when the sirens sound, people run outside to see the storm before running for cover. NOT ME. I run.

Love ur channel. Retired fireman, Lt. Also retired union pipefitter- welder. You wonder why people don't see the tornado or they react to late. Majority of people go about there business and they don't pay attention to forecast. And they are not weather knowledgeable. Was trained as a Lt. to be a weather spotter. Nature gives you clues and warning signs of what's to come. Even without weather forecast, being able to read the sky. Wind direction, cloud movement. Inflow- outflow boundaries. Speed, different shade of clouds. Rotation in the sky. You can have wind a couple of thousand ft up pushing clouds one way. Lower wind driving clouds a different direction. And inflow from a different direction. And when they meet in the sweet spot and you get up drafts, then the storm starts rotating. If the storm breaks thru a "cap", then you will see and "andvil" cloud. Really pay attention when you see a storm like that. Especially if it's producing hail. Other things have to come into play. But that's a big attention getter. Been in 37 tornados throughout my yrs of working in the mid-west and tornado alley. They are a rush to see, but the cost in lives, injuries, property damage and the emotional toll it takes on adults and children is too high. Especially yr after yr. I love in western Ohio close to Indiana border. 3 yrs ago on memorial day, storms starting hitting our area around 7 to 8 o'clock in the evening. By the time it ended after midnight, 19 tornados hit 8 to 9 counties around and including mine. Range from EF-0 to EF-4. Multiple 3's and 1 EF-4 4 that went thru3 or 4 counties. 1 person died in van-wert Ohio. Very fortunate only considering the EF-4 was a tornado emergency hitting multiple cities including Dayton Ohio. People have to pay attention and be prepared. GOD BLESS YOU and your family

The one clip with the guy in the van where you see the gloves on the dash, was a young man who worked for a pest control company and had just finished spraying at a house ( in fact, one of the videos he posted he shows a house that is all torn up and he says,"I JUST got done spraying there") so he really didn't have a chance to try to escape. He said that the work van was loaded down with heavy equipment, so that helped keep it from being blown over, and the fact that the back of the van was solid metal and took the brunt of the damage. The front of the van just had a small dent where it was hit by a tree branch, the back had one taillight totally ripped off and there was some bending of one rear door. He said if he had been facing the other direction he probably would have had debris smashing his windows. Some videos are also security cameras or doorbell cams so it isn't a person filming. But I do agree that people can be really stupid risking their lives to take a video. Everybody has a cell phone now so it is easy to film a storm, and tornadoes can be very mesmerizing.

I was in a tornado years ago. Took refuge with my dog in a small bathroom. The worst part is waiting for the house to fall on you.

As a kid I can remember being out to eat with my grandparents who were staying with me while my parents were out of town. It was a standard thunderstorm on the way there, but after we went inside tornado alley truly lived up to its name. In the hour or so that we were already there it turned from a thunderstorm, to tornado watch, to tornado warning, to confirmed touchdown. This stuff can happen so quickly that most people won't even get the news. Combine that with the many watches and warning we get every year and the frankly low probability of you actually getting hit, and you have your explanation for why so many people almost act like they don't care. edit: Yes, people do underestimate these things all the time. If you're going to stand out and film it, you probably want to make sure you know the basics. The ones where people wait until the thing is right on top of them... We call those people "too stupid to live" edit 2: yes, I do call them "naders" as well. Long live American slang!

Everyone (in the south) KNOWS do not stand near glass in a tornado. lock the door, get to the center of the building, lowest floor, smallest room possible, bathtub if available, and with James Spann on the radio, or live stream. Tornado season is Feb-Nov here. its pretty regular, a few times per month or so. Brick houses mostly survive tornados without much trouble, but the roof will be gone because its made of wood. Houses now can have tornado shelters built in under the garage floor, at least around here.

A lot of the videos coming from this recent outbreak are filed under, "What NOT to do during a tornado."

The El Reno tornado in 2011 that killed 8 people (4 of them professional storm chasers) slowed down to stationary and sped up to 55 mph (88 kph). The path contained a small circle, like a piroutte near the end of its run. The tornado, at the widest was 2.6 miles (about 4 km). There's pretty much no way to predict the motion of a tornado.

What you do is fill the bricks with concrete and then attach hurricane strips on it. I’ve seen it done. You then put shutters on the windows with a way to seals to keep them from moving.

A couple years ago I was in my bedroom on the second floor of my house and it was raining. But then I started hearing that signature freight train noise, and it sounded like sand was hitting my windows. So I ran downstairs to grab the dog and go into the basement. I had a 133 pound Rottweiler and she was practically hugging the kitchen cabinets and she would not move. I finally got her down in the basement with me until the storm passed. It was a tornado and it damaged my neighbors roof, but thank God didn’t touch us.

Hey, I would just like to say that even if you don’t see the condensation funnel (visible part) of a tornado on the ground doesn’t mean that it isn’t on the ground. If you ever see a dust cloud or debris swirling beneath a funnel cloud, it means that the tornado is actually on the ground even though it doesn’t look like it.

Sometimes they can be wrapped in rain and you don't even realize you've driven into it.

Years ago, I was with a group, and we spent a long weekend investigating a farm with known paranormal activity. On the second evening, the owner grilled out, and we were all sitting in his driveway hanging out and eating. It started to lightly rain, but nobody minded since it was a hot, humid day. It started to rain a little harder and no one cared, until someone said "Oh wow - look at the clouds." Directly above us, the clouds had started to swirl, and as we watched, a funnel started to drop down from the clouds. Everyone's reaction was "Oh cool!" and started to take pictures and film it. About a minute later of all of us admiring the forming tornado, someone else said "Maybe we shouldn't be standing RIGHT UNDER THIS THING at seek shelter!" That snapped everyone out of it, and we ran into the open garage and watched as the funnel dropped down a little more, then went back up into the clouds. We had great pictures, but it was an idiot moment for all of us.

Hey Recky- me again. The reason these are all with people caught up in Tornados are these are the "Pop up" variation or these are in areas away from Tornado Alley. If you notice in NONE of these clips- THERE ARE NO SIRENS. denoting the "pop up" theory.

I'm from Iowa. Anywhere in the Midwest is susceptible to this phenomenon. If you are afraid of dying, I would not live here. Live like you mean it, and have fun 😊

My last husband was visiting me from the UK first time and woke me at 3am saying it was a Tornado Watch on tv and he was freaking out. I told him to wake me up if it goes to a WARNING or the alarms go off lol I went right back to sleep. He did not

About your question at 9:57 , it depends on the strength of the tornado, but if you want a house to survive an EF5, you’ll basically need it to be entirely reinforced concrete lol. Brick homes can hardly survive EF4s, but it all depends on how well you built it and if there’s anything that could cause it fail. For example, you could have a well built brick home with a garage, but even the fact that you have a garage, can cause the wind to bust through the garage and allow it to destroy the rest of your home. Your anchor bolts may be old, which could allow for your entire house to get swept off the foundation. You basically need FLAWLESS construction and think if every possible way it could fail. Which unfortunately is why EF4+ tornadoes can and will destroy just about every home they come across. It’s why having a storm shelter is so vital, it very well may be the last thing standing. Edit: Also want to answer this question 20:03 . If your a trained storm spotter, yes you typically can. Most storms in the US move northeast. And tornadoes usually follow their parent storm (except when when the supercell does a ‘mesocyclone handoff’ which is a whole different beast.) You can predict storm motion using weather synoptics which is kinda complicated. If the tornado does change direction, a chaser can usually tell, but even they make mistakes and can cost them their lives.

While watching an El Reno video, they said that the vast majority of tornados travel in a north-western direction. While it can change, if you look at the map directions of the vast majority (something like 80% or higher) will go north-westish, so you can predict at least a little where a tornado is going to go. However, the reason this was brought up in the El Reno video especially is because that tornado spawned and immediately travelled south, part of why it ended up being such a disaster and why most people were fleeing in the direction the tornado turned. In the end, it is best not to assume anything, and prepare yourself.

When they happen during the night hours, it’s even more frightening! Mom and Dad would put we three kids in the bathtub and they would stay in the bathroom with us till the warning sirens would quit sounding.

Recky, During November thru May the south eastern states are considered “Tornado Alley”. IF you watch Meteorologist James Spann from Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday December 9,2023 during his afternoon briefing he again explains and warns people to aware of this and to make sure that you have a weather radio on for their safety. Of course Tornadoes do happen in other states, at any time of the year. I know that the central parts of America are talked of/shown more often of being called “Tornado Alley”, and rightly so, but we here in the south eastern states get hit with Tornadoes no matter what month it is, BUT it is “Tornado Alley” a lot during November thru May. Living through Tornadoes and having family members and friends killed in them, no words can come close to describe our broken hearts.

Welcome to my world! I was on a video call with an ESL student when the storm passed over and triggered the emergency alerts, causing us both to jump. Fortunately for me it moved on to Little Rock before it really hit. The F3 tornado touched down in Little Rock, crossed the Arkansas River, and continued through North Little Rock leaving a 34 mile path of destruction. Incredibly, only one person was killed. However, the same system produced the tornado that hit Wynne, killing 4. Yeah, it's super tempting to watch, and we were doing that long before cell phones and social media, but that has certainly spread the recklessness to an insane level. But it is also true that tornadoes can sneak up on you! They can form in a heartbeat. Rain-wrapped ones can be basically invisible. They normally follow a general southwest-to-northeast path, but there are exceptions, and they can be wildly unpredictable along that general path. If you have the tv on a local station, they will break in with reports that show the expected path on Doppler radar.

Clip #1: the very reason you head as far away from windows as you can when a tornado goes by.

Yeahhhh, growing up in the Midwest, I was taught to watch for a few mins (because I'm fascinated by severe weather) but also be ready to run to basement/shelter area fast. Those people waited way too long. My grandfather and I shared a love of storms, and he said it best, "Admire it's power and beauty, but don't be stupid."

Still here recky. I had a pool full of babies, like under one with their parents, in swim class when we got hit. Luckily it’s part of my job to watch the weather for safety at all my locations as ops manager, and I’m happy I just happened to be at that location that day. I evacuated everyone and was managing all the other locations and getting them sheltered. I was hugging one of my instructors who was absolutely panicking while we were sheltering, so I’m glad I was there to calmly clear everyone bc idk if she would have been together enough to handle the babies. Luckily we just got sideswiped, had some roof damage, but nothing too bad. I felt so bad for my instructor bc she’d never been in one and was wildly shaking and crying poor thing. I’ve been in maybe four or five so I was pretty chill, but still. Eeek.

Recky I live in Indiana and we had 23 tornados during that outbreak. Ranging from EF0, EF1,EF2 and EF3. In a small town a few miles from us had back to back tornados . Eleven minutes apart. Lots of damage in our surrounding area but very little in our area. People are crazy driving around in those situations and filming them too. I don't understand them either. Most of us sane ones take shelter. It's just beyond belief how much damage those things cause.

I struggle to understand why some of these folks try to hold glass doors shut. One of the 1st things we learn as kids is to get far away from doors and windows BECAUSE the glass will shatter before anything else.

We in the midwest really do have that let's look at it mind set. Tornados normally track from the southwest toward the northeast they do deviate off that path sometimes. I was out running the last time we had one near our town. The alarms went off about 12 times. I had my phone so I could see on the radar where the tornado that was on the ground was, but I was still seeking shelter because of the possibility of hail. I stopped at at a park near my house in a picnic shelter for hail protection and the nearby restroom for a place to go if a tornado happened. You do have to be aware that just because one tornado is on the ground that others will not form. We really are used to this type of weather and receive plenty of notice that this weather is possible. I have been fortunate not have tornado damage, but I have had wind damage and had several cars damaged by large hail.

There is a market for home builders that use anchored steel framing instead of wood. Not sure how many people have them though. Not sure how effective they are either. A lot of those people are just caught out running errands, commuting from school/work. They just spring up that fast. Thunderstorms are common enough that people go about their business, then suddenly a tornado forms within minutes, catching them in transit and exposed.

Hi Recky. I just finished a near two week mutual aid deployment as part of an Incident Management Team to one of those tornadoes (the Robinson, IL tornado at 31:05 in your video). I don't live very far away from there and was able to see power flashes as it crossed into Indiana and did considerable damage. I stopped a safe distance away along the highway to keep myself out of the path once I knew where it was going in relation to my location (two radar sources served me well that night). Thanks for your videos, my friend.

The 1974 Super Outbreak was the second-largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period, just behind the 2011 Super Outbreak. It was also the most violent tornado outbreak ever recorded, with 30 F4/F5 tornadoes confirmed. A nearby city, Xenia Ohio was totally leveled by one f5 or a series of smaller tornados.

People in the United States, Especially the mid-west are fascinated with tornadoes. We run outside to look when we should be taking cover. We know it’s dangerous yet we still do it.

Hi Recky! I hope you get this. During this series of storms there was a town in Mississippi hit really hard by an f4 tornado called Rolling Fork. I know you like to see when humanity comes together and help. If you search for Ryan Hall Rolling Fork you can see a video called "Helping People Hit by a Giant Tornado". It shows incredible damage done and how a KZfaq helped the community. I really think you'll like it. Thanks and be well brother!

I have a basement and have hunkered down there thru many tornado warnings. However, a big concern is the house falling in on top of me and then being buried for hours.

For tornado proof housing, I'd say Hobbit style homes would be perfect. Still here.

See, Recky now knows all the safety rules. Better watch all his tornado reactions!

Yeah here in Dixie Alley, we get a lot of tornados. Sky goes green and black, and we tend to hit the storm shelter soon after. But if we’re already driving, we’re just gonna keep going, just a bit faster until the rain starts getting too bad to see or the hail starts getting too big. Last tornado that came remotely close to me was the one in Keiser, AR a few years ago. I was in Osceola doing my laundry at the laundromat and drove home in the pitch black, all of which is within fifteen miles of where I lived at the time, which was a camper.

Living in Tornado Alley, I fear the most when tornadoes arrive at nighttime. Extra fear when that happens.

This tornado came right by my house in Arkansas, our neighbor across the street had several trees fall on their house, and the damage was from their house on, all we lost was a trash can lid thankfully. It surprises me that people are drilling so surprised by tornadoes, we have alarms go off on our phones multiple times before they even get here and then these people are so shocked there is a tornado looking at them lol pay attention people.

Hey Recky, I just found your site maybe a month ago and I am hooked. I love your reactions, especially to things people do that even WE think are dumb. You cracked me up in this video when you asked "am I the only one who thinks they are making stupid decisions?" Or something to that effect. I grew up here in the midwest (Indiana) and I can remember as a little child my mom and all of the ladies in the neighborhood gathering on the street corner to see if they could see which way the tornado was coming from. Some things never seem to change. On Mother's Day of 1988, I was in grad school in Iowa and I was driving back to school after attending church an hour north. On my way back I saw 3 tornadoes that I never want to see again. All I could think was "mom is really going to have her special day ruined if I get killed today!" Oh, and yes, people make stupid decisions when it comes to these deadly storms all the time.

The night time tornadoes are the worst. People are asleep and unaware.

These types of events are part of our lives. Not a fun part but just one example of what makes Americans think and act differently than people from other countries. We survive , pull our shoulders back and move forward. It's how we live and it takes attitude.

I was in this line of tornados on March 31st. My town of Wynne Arkansas population of 8,900 was hit with an EF3 (150+mph). We had 4 deaths and 50+ injuries. These are injuries reported. This tornado traveled for 73 miles. It actually jumped the Mississippi River. Our town is devastated. I am guessing over 130+ homes destroyed, several businesses the High School and 5 churches. It will take years to rebuild. My daughter was in the one in North Little Rock Arkansas. This was the same tornado that traveled from there to my town Wynne (2hrs away). It merged with another tornado in my town and it was rain wrapped which is harder to see. I was outside until 6 minutes before it hit. I have dozens of pictures of the destruction. There was some footage of it that you watched.

Lots of people, especially younger people, who haven't seen a local tornado or haven't known anybody affected by one, underestimate the risks and discount it happening to them. Lots of people on the Gulf Coast misunderstand Hurricane Parties now, too. They used to be a way for people to cooperate and share resources, help each other with childcare, cooking, generally getting through the storm together. Now people will throw Hurricane Parties to party, skipping evacuation, because they think it's all a joke.

Yes you can build a 100% tornado/hurricane proof home. The problem is it is extremely expensive being as they would have to be built underground. Made from concrete, steel, and a long list of sealant products (membranes, mastic's, and so on) for the roof. That would then be covered in gravel sand and topsoil then grass planted on top. Basically think of Hobbit houses from lord of the rings but out of concrete. When you build underground you get rid of the wind issues standard houses have like giant walls that act like sails causing damage and when the wind gets high enough it rips the roofs off allowing the house to fall apart. For some reason so many stopped building storm shelters with/in new homes in the 90's.

Here in Iowa we have a lot of tornado warnings. We tend to keep an eye on them and take shelter when they come close. Some people like to record them from close up.That's the chance they chose to take.

If your knees have never literally knocked together from being scared then you’ve never been in a tornado. It’s even worse at night x10

Hey Recky, most of the time people in cars do not have a clue until its on you, especially at night. Standing on your porch is a very idiotic idea, as the wind can put something as lite as a piece of straw through a wooden power pole. The biggest issue with waiting to long is that the air pressure can be so different between the outside and inside of a building, that when you open a door to late, the burst of air from the inside can throw you away from the door, and sometimes even results in the building imploding on itself. It can also cause the opposite effect in opening a door on one side of the house causing the windows and doors on the opposite side to blow out. I was raised to always keep some windows slightly open during these kinds of storms, so that the airpressure can always be trying to equalize, that way if a window gets broken by debris, you do not get the full decompression explosion that destroys so many homes in these situations. Finally, you can build a home that can survive most tornadoes without taking massive damage, but even those can not fully withstand an f4-f5. After all, how do you build something to withstand the force of a semi truck hitting it at 200 mph-322kph. That is why they nicknamed an EF-5, the finger of god.

At about 24:00 that tornado just devoured that farm house. You can see the pieces of it flying around after. Breaks my heart.

Where we live in Southwest Missouri we are in danger of having tornadoes 12 months a year. I remember sirens one Christmas night. Nocturnal tornadoes are the most dangerous. People are sleeping and aren’t concerned. I signed up for a company that will call you if a warning is issued within one mile of my phone’s location. It’s saved us a time or two.

I live in Northwest Ohio and we were a part of this outbreak. I live about 5 minutes from Indiana and there were lots of Amish people and farms that were affected. It happened around midnight, too. It scares me that those people don't use technology. I hope some of their non-Amish neighbors went and warned them. A chicken farm was hit and thousands of chickens died. It was so sad and scary. It's been a year and I still drive by a house that was destroyed every time I go to the grocery store. I just took the second level off the house. It looked like it just sheared it clean off the house. I should take a pic and send it to you.

Here is the thing about this outbreak, on April 1, 2023 it affected five more states, AL, GA, DE, PA, and NJ

I live in Arkansas. I am about 30 minutes north of Little Rock. Our tornado sirens went off that day, but we did not have a tornado touch down. It was during work hours. Little Rock was hit hard.

This outbreak involved my community. Fortunately my friends and family are good.

The Andover Kansas tornado shows one of the best drone video of destruction

We just lost all our snow, 30 minutes north of Minneapolis, MN. We're in a sweet spot where there's no severe weather. The blizzards are over, and the storms haven't started. The birds are out, the kids are playing outside ... motorcycles everywhere. Right before more death from the sky begins. So perfect. Hope you're well, Recky!

Still here! Watching all of it! Wow This is INTENSE!

The one in El Reno just kept changing directions and that’s why four storm chasers were killed.

I have never seen anyone do anything really stupid in a tornado, but sometimes people wait a while and watch one.

Welp, this is how mother nature celebrated April Fool's, by literally spreading tornadoes all over the Midwest.

The EF4 Keota Iowa tornado was my first “catch” as a storm chaser. We got within a mile or two of that beast and refused to get any closer. There was a piece of mail from Keota was found in a backyard in Ceder Rapids Iowa. 80 miles away. I think three more touched down after that one dissipated. They were not any close to the intensity of that first one though.

I live in Florida, they build the houses to withstand most hurricanes, problems start if the winds get into the structure, that is when you lose the roof. This why we lock/chain down garage doors, lock doors, board up the windows.

The second clip was from my sisters neighbor. He waited too long and couldnt physically open the door. Very lucky and stupid considering houses were totaled in that neighborhood including my sister's.

There was another tornado in Arkansas that wasn’t shown in the video and that was at Wynne. Rating: EF-3. Wind speed 150 mph. The Little Rock and Jacksonville tornado was rated at a high end EF-3 with maximum wind speed of around 165 mph, just shy of being given an EF-4 rating.

While we were sheltered in our basement in Ohio, our son, his wife and children were sheltered in Hohenwald, Tennessee that evening, thankfully neither tornado reached us, always scary stuff, thank you Jesus, for Your mercies. So sorry for the families that lost loved ones, and friends

My parents are building an ICF (insulated concrete form) house in Alabama. It'll be completely tornado proof up to an EF5. I recommend you watch some videos on how they're built, it's been a cool process! They take Styrofoam Legos and build the house. Then the inside of the Legos is filled with rebar and concrete. It makes the house incredibly efficient and storm proof. Here's a video of an ICF house surviving a hurricane: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMqhh8mHy9zSnps.html

I haven't seen anything mentioned about the 2010 Moore Oklahoma tornadoes. The town was hit by THREE tornadoes 7 minutes apart, the first being an EF-5.

I have an answer for your question "Is it possible to build a home that would survive an EF4 or 5". Hubby, who's been building houses in hurricane country for fifty years says "NO". He said that even the round, hurricane safe homes would be lifted, as tornadoes that strong can take up to two feet of ground with them. He said the only safe place would be underground. He's from Tennessee, so he's familiar with tornados and he married a native Floridian... We know hurricanes exceedingly well. We live where hurricanes vacation.

People believe that it's always someone else, never them; even while doing something that has a good chance to get them killed.

You asked, "Is there any kind of house that can withstand a direct hit from an EF4 tornado." Technically yes, but the type of homes that can survive are exceedingly rare.

I'm still here Recky! Where'd everybody go? Great video. No. You cannot tell where a tornado will touch down or if it will go one way or another. The problem with radar is that the beam has to be angled upward and the farther away from the radar you are the higher in the sky the radar is showing. At my house there is a radar 73 miles west. The beam in scanning at 6100 feet (1800 meters) high. You don't see what's happening at ground level. It is still great information but can be deceiving. Another smaller radar 34 miles away scans 900 feet high. Love watching these with you and always enjoy the cats!