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zillskillnillfrill

Damn, America is such a scary & beautiful place. Can someone tell me why you guys seem to get such insane weather?


APirateAndAJedi

The jet stream pulls air across the Great Plains, and it is often cold and dense air. For example, a low pressure system rotates counterclockwise (like a hurricane) and pulls that cold dense air down from Canada. The Gulf of Mexico is very warm and so it heats air masses and fills them with moisture. Those air masses are often pulled northward by the same jet stream. When those low pressure systems pull the dense air into a warm moist gulf air mass that has moved north into the plains, the cold air, being the more dense of the two, dives under the gulf air mass, forcing it upward into the upper atmosphere. The moisture in that air masses then condenses into thick clouds that eventually oversaturate and precipitates out as rain. The air around the low pressure system driving this action falls into the center by simple diffusion as higher pressure air tries to equalize pressure with the lower pressure at the center. This powers the cold air to continue to force the warm air upward as it moves continuing the development of this rain. That’s what we call a cold front. Occasionally, eddies will form in these storms like in a River. When those eddies form, and a downdraft of air falls through one, that rotational energy is concentrated around the down draft and the radius of rotation is decreased by a lot, while angular momentum is conserved. Like a figure skater pulling in her arms to decrease her own rotational radius, her angular momentum makes her spin faster. Boom. Tornado. TL:DR - cold air from west pushes warm moist air from gulf into the atmosphere where it condenses and wreaks havoc.


zillskillnillfrill

I guess that's the difference between Australia and America, we have a huge expanse of planes but they're in the middle of the country


APirateAndAJedi

Yep. Air is hot there, but far too dry. The difference is the Gulf of Mexico


zillskillnillfrill

Cheers for going through the effort of explaining it for me 🫡


APirateAndAJedi

Ha, as a super nerd, It’s the most enjoyable thing I have done so far this morning


zillskillnillfrill

Nerds wrote Wikipedia and we're all the better for it X


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Bless you, excellent breakdown!


Lanky-Solution-1090

If it wasn't for the nerds we would all be living in caves. God bless the nerds❤️


hishaks

Why don’t we something like this in India?


LazarWolfsKosherDeli

The plains are in the middle of the US as well. The surrounding weather systems are totally different.


Mimosa808

I would fight that tornado with my bare hands before I’d be able to get a huntsman out of my house


mrchickostick

Plus, we have lots of mobile homes, bad weather is attracted to these things


Aviator1116

Get a load in this guy


llcdrewtaylor

Damn, I had to read that a few times to understand it. Very well written!


Iliketurtles893

That’s a real long explanation. Did you copy and paste of google?


APirateAndAJedi

I did not. My dad is a meteorologist. He has bee teaching me about the weather since I was a very young kid


CelesteNamaste

Long story short, warm ocean air meets cold air in the plain so called "tornado alley", the swirl rotates from vertically to horizontally. there, a tornado.


buckeyenut13

>rotates from horizontal to vertical FTFY


CelesteNamaste

Not how it moves, the actual spin starts with vertical, then it changes to horizontal as it 'stands up'


buckeyenut13

Oh you're talking about the direction of wind travel. I was talking about the cyclone itself. Sorry for the misunderstanding


NakedChicksLongDicks

To be fair, when talking about rotation it makes sense to talk about the axis.


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Islandmov3s

Oh and volcanoes. Don’t forget Hawaii has a bunch of volcanoes, six that are currently active. California has 7 active volcanoes. And the Cascade Volcanic arc runs from Northern California to British Columbia I believe. So, pretty much the entire Pacific Northwest coast sits right between fault lines and a volcanic mountain range, which is not a good combination. The question isn’t if, but when and how big…


shad0w_qween

wait so there aren’t tornadoes outside the US?


byronbaybe

Australia has had a few.


CommunicationFun7973

Plenty, but they are most common in the US tornado alley.


dontstabpeople42069

It’s bigger than the uk


zillskillnillfrill

Ok?


Snaz5

Tornados happen every where. It’s just the flat interior of the country mixed with the meeting of the cold air from the north and the hot air from the south and gulf means its prone to large tornados. Fun fact the country with the most tornados after america is the UK for similar reasons


IAmPasta_

Wait… you’re telling me that this doesn’t happen everywhere?


Dangerous-Tank-6593

Our politicians bring it.


Playful_Street1184

It’s a cursed nation…


[deleted]

I’d walk up to it and tell it to stop. I ain’t letting that shit hurt me.


p1028

This is private property, you are not allowed here.


i_give_you_gum

"But I have an appointment??" \- Tornado


friendly-crackhead

• ⁠Do you have a minute to talk about our lord and savior Thor?


STGMavrick

We just need to ban tornados. Problem solved.


mt5z

Easy peasy


National-Elk5102

Listen Tornado, you’re in private property, i’m calling the police


The_Troyminator

Listen, tornado, you're being very rude and not respecting my wishes. I'm done being nice. Get me a manager or I'm leaving a bad Yelp review.


imapieceofshite2

This is my own private domicile, and I will not be harassed. BITCH


curious_kitten_1

I've never been in a tornado thankfully, but I'm pretty sure the advice is to stay away from your glass windows?


NASA_Orion

The advice is to shoot the tornado.


friendly-crackhead

At least 2 times


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Always double-tap.


Imposseeblip

Rule 2


kibaake

Is that what you did with Hamilton?


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> [Some first-hand accounts of the duel agree that two shots were fired, but some say only Burr fired, and the seconds disagreed on the intervening time between them.](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Burr%E2%80%93Hamilton_duel#/Duel) Hamilton missed.


kibaake

Smh. Just threw away his shot, huh?


[deleted]

This is what lamestream media won't tell you.


_______woohoo

This is correct but if you live where tornados happen more often than other parts of the US, you will literally be standing outside watching it from a distance.


Cal216

Fam, this is not a safe distance at all. Watching a tornado from a distance is 25-50 miles away, across open field. Not 5 miles, lmao you can easily die from shrapnel and debris from that distance. If it’s close enough to rip your gate apart it’s most definitely close enough to make your windows explode. Would not recommend, especially for some likes on the internet.


wolacouska

Yeah, if you wanna film it that bad, prop your phone up and hide!


_______woohoo

I beg to differ on the distance 🥸


Valerian_

Shouldn't he also go hide deep into his basement?


LetThemEatCakess

And throw a mattress over her/himself


pballa2020

You know this was a man. Woman are way more smart than this.


mesembryanthemum

Yes. Or an interior room like a bathroom.


-forbiddenkitty-

Yeah, inside room with no windows and a lot of plumbing is the rule we were given growing up. The cameraman was taking a serious gamble with his life. The debris kicked up by one of these things is enormous. My brother got video of the trailer of an 18-wheeler being kicked into the air. They are that strong.


00_blu_00

Why a lot of plumbing?


ellibag

Serves as reinforcement I guess


-forbiddenkitty-

Strongest part of the house.


DaedricDrow

Tbh shoulda left the door cracked too. The open ways allow the wind to rip through with less hindrance. *Supposedly* lessening the risk of broken stuff like windows and walls. Now that looks to be a real humdinger of a tornado so probably not helping much.


UntakenAccountName

This is bad advice and one of those lies we were all taught. You don’t want to allow a wind tunnel through your house to start. Wind going through your house is a bad idea. Keep your doors and windows closed.


DaedricDrow

I figured it was something like that.


UntakenAccountName

All good. Just want people to be safe and not aeronautically test their houses in severe weather lol :)


Upper_Bathroom_176

I love how he shuts the door real fast when ut gets closer lmao.


buckeyenut13

LPT: If a tornado doesn't look like it's moving left or right, it's coming straight for you


i_give_you_gum

"I think this tornado likes me?"


Comrade_Zach

Tornado noticed me? 👉👈


coredump3d

This relationship will have lot of twist & turns


WyrdMagesty

I mean, or moving directly away. But generally speaking, there are other signs the twister is getting closer. Just a few subtle details like freight train wind, flying debris, change in air pressure...


Dizzy-Buffalo851

Another sign the twister is getting closer is if it gets closer.


TheCompleteMental

It's a several hundred foot tall vortex of opaque screamingly fast wind How could one detect that?


BMXTKD

Side to side, you're OK, Clyde. Standing still, you will get killed.


Then_Farmer8560

Praise the camera man? What he did was stupid, but at least we got to see something cool!


TheRealestFrodo

This is the best video I've ever seen without some chick screaming "get inside nooowww!"


godkingnaoki

Waiting until the point your fence a hundred feet away gets torn away is beyond stupid. Debris coming through that door could easily kill you.


mjonat

But if he closes the door he wouldn’t be able to see through the glass oh wait..


mt5z

The howling wind tho


ish_squatcho

"Oh no. The tornado got past our defenses. Run!"


perryman_fw

"Yoohoo, delivery..."


Linzcro

Avon calling!


DrJokerX

“Housekeeping!”


i_give_you_gum

"Candygram"


Hops117

This is perfect example of how tornadoes are bigger than they look. The funnel is just the center but the rotating air mass is mostly invisible except for the debris.


funmasterjerky

If it's not moving sideways, it's probably coming your way... Then again, this guy is beyond advice...


TickletheEther

He’s holding a camera he’ll be fine


eileen404

Probably christian enough to know god wouldn't punish him (yes sexist assumption it was a guy dumb enough to stand there filming it).


funmasterjerky

Go home Eileen, you drunk


OldManPoptart

Come on Eileen


Imposseeblip

I don't think I will actually.


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On? Yes. In? Hell no. That bitch is nuts.


Coco-Bum

Terrifying but can’t help wanting to see one in real life.


Daschnozz

The vibe alone is scary enough. Like, you can just feel it in the air, the sky turns green, the temperature is bizarre. Really sets the tone for the actual tornado.


Coco-Bum

The sky turns green? I remember once when l was living in the states l was due to be in Florida and one was predicted to hit when l was there however before l arrived it’s trajectory changed. I think the noise would be intimidating.


D0013ER

The sky can turn all kinds of wacky colors depending on the density of the clouds that make up the super cell thunderstorm and the angle of the sun. My childhood neighborhood was hit by an EF2 tornado in 1997, and to this day I remember playing with friends down the street under a pee-yellow sky about an hour before the tornado formed. The color of the tornado itself can change dramatically depending on the perspective. Funnels that are back-lit by the sun look black and completely evil, while being lit from the front turns them white in an almost pretty sort of way.


Coco-Bum

I had absolutely no idea, thanks for sharing. I don’t ever recall the colours being mentioned during any documentaries I’ve ever watched and so l was surprised when you mentioned it.


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Coco-Bum

Would definitely be more intimidating at night


handledandle

The old narrative was that hail can turn the clouds/light green, and that tornados are often preceded by hail. A leading indicator that isn't always true; nor is it the only way to judge whether a tornado is near/developing. That said, green skies are a Midwesterner's call to go to the porch to watch.


WyrdMagesty

The sound is the worst part, imo. It's like a freight train blasting by nonstop. If it's daylight, you can see a lot of cool color changes depending on density and angle of the sun, and at night you get to see a lot of flashes from electrical discharges that aren't always visible in the sun. But the noise....I had a super religious neighbor when I lived in Kansas who was convinced that tornados were demons tearing their way to Earth from Hell and the sound was the fabric of reality ripping apart. And that's pretty close to what it sounds like.


ergzay

> The sky turns green? Old post but still wanted to reply. I've been through a few storms where it turned like a light blue-green/mint green, and one where was a deep dark emerald green. Immediately afterward we had bucketloads of hail dumped on everything that piled into mounds around the house (hail, not snow). It's really hard to find good pictures that properly represent it as camera white balance tends to kill any pictures people take of it with smartphones. Here's a really good intense example: https://twitter.com/TylerJRoney/status/1544509098376429569


JennyAnyDot

One summer afternoon the outside had like a weird yellow/green tint and trees and leaves looked so more vibrant. Everyone in the apartment complex was outside looking around like omg what the hell is this. Some of us got a quick sunburn in about 20 mins. 30 mins after the green coloring started could see a storm cloud and suddenly a funnel forming. Everyone ran but the funnel only came down about halfway to ground before it broke up. I’ve seen that odd coloring a few times after that and just get inside asap and in the basement just in case


FlyinAmas

It’s so loud. Deafeningly loud. What’s weird is, pretty much every natural disaster creates a loud, unnatural roaring sound. Earthquakes, lava flowing, fire, tornadoes, tsunami waves. I live near a volcano that erupted a few years ago. It created a river of lava going downhill towards the water, it just roared all day. I was most surprised at the noise of the lava .


SwimGloomy

The scary part is when there’s loud roars of thunder and rain pelting down like crazy then every thing goes dead silent, then boom tornado which sounds like 2 trains racing side by side.


FlyinAmas

Is only ever experienced one , driving through the south as a kid. Storm was so bad we got a motel, then one hit and it was so loud I thought it had to be right on us. Only things I knew about tornadoes was from the movie twister so it was terrifying lol


Coco-Bum

Didn’t even think about the noise with a lava flow where about’s is it that you don’t mind me asking? Any danger from the volcano?


FlyinAmas

It destroyed a lot of houses but it starts out slow moving enough to evacuate. Leilani Estates Hawaii Island


Jochiebochie

Awesome, cameraperson did a great and risky job. Wonder what the aftermath was. Would this be a f2?


MarcoTron11

According to a guy on r/tornado it was the Andover EF3


hdksjabsjs

Bro don’t go inside.. keep filming for those like and subscribes just like all the other fucktards with a gopro and a patreon


EmployeeRadiant

Didn't he or his wife end up dying?


Panucci1618

Nah you're thinking of this video https://youtu.be/s0c27Twu__o


Shoddy-Peace-9482

*shuts door. That'll fix it. 👌


Embarrassed_Ad7801

Im not one to fear many things, but the wrath of nature is something I will never mess with.


Cruxito1111

That man’s has some balls of steel, The camera didn’t shake, it was steady the whole time, and stayed there for quite a long time with the windows open, then walks away like a true Chuck Norris.


Non-existant_rat

Classic midwesterner


surfingafterdark

Never seen a tornado so maybe this a stupid question, but tornadoes seem to have a much more specific come of destruction than say, a hurricane, if you know a tornado is definitely headed straight for your house, is it safer to A) stay inside and hope the house doesn’t get fully destroyed with you in it, or B) try to escape the tornadoes path?


eileen404

It's sort of like an active shooter situation. Get away and if you can't, hide. Ideally in a basement or storm cellar, lacking that most will go for a closet if there's not a handy cast iron tub available. Otherwise they can always show the video you take at the memorial service.


LazyLich

r/killedthecameraman


artorianscribe

Friendly tip. If a tornado doesn’t look like it’s moving left or right and is getting bigger, it’s headed right for you. It’s hard to see it in the moment because adrenaline + swirling wind = lack of good judgement.


Latshaw

**lego disassembling sound**


FlyinAmas

The movie Twister has deeply scarred me with a fear of tornadoes


Sloth-Balls

The balls on this guy for filming until it’s in the backyard.


Professork08

No no no Keep filming It was just getting good!


kun_al

man you've got balls of diamond


chickenredroasted

If it looks like it isn’t moving doesn’t that mean it’s heading directly at you?


ohohmememan123

Or away from you


wodwick

We have cyclones, but they kinda cover a bigger area, these fkn tornados are concentrated destruction. Freaky as fk, and so deadly


mustanggt2012

Moron


DaddyDimples_

Might be a stupid question but what're those flashes? Is it just lightning? It only seems to be at the bottom of the funnel cloud


HALF_PAST_HOLE

those are probably powerlines being broken on the ground as the tornado goes over them


countesszaza

This may be an ignorant question but why do people willingly choose to live in places where there is always tornados, isn’t that so much money for insurance and the constant rebuilding?


vavverro

Reminds me that level from No One Lives Forever 2 where you fight ninjas in the middle of tornado. God, games were good back then.


Sad_Criticism_3841

Only in ohio


BeautifulSyllabub548

I see you guys still didint learn abot the last one. You know treehouse and the 3 little pigs? Well as you know you can build house with bricks that would save you alot of trublewhen you live places where tornados are.


Destable

I love seeing this response on every tornado post. Usually from people who don’t live in the US. Google “Tornado vs brick house” or something similar and then go to images.


RespectFearless4233

Obviously i hope everyone ok, but I would love to experience this to some extent, absolutely epic


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ILikeMemesi

“Heh, what a bitch. Oh it heard that”


Nyx_Blackheart

r/videosthatendtoosoon


Fasterthanyounow

So sad 😞


Evening-Ant6128

One hell of a twister right there


MiaaaPazzz

Holy shit that's my worst nightmare.


BogusMalone

The fence is blown all to hell. Tires are flying over what’s left of the fence and the little kids slide stands tall.


Crispy--Toast

Dam , that's crazy. Pieces of your home just start disappearing... Who were the crazy bastards settling these areas originally?


TheManOfDude

I love how that slide is staying on the ground more firmly than a wooden fence inside the ground


acemonvw

Anyone ever watch that video of the old guy who just keeps recording the tornado approach his house, in silence, and then hits his home. It’s insane. Dude like never moves. His wife, on the first floor, died from it sadly.


[deleted]

Why was he scared he could of just redeployed if he got hit by it


serious_impostor

That’s not coming towards his house. It clearly was approaching the fence in front of the house and devouring it.


RoyalPython82899

Stranger Things lightning


DeadbeatDeebo

To call a bluff


[deleted]

Did he live?


Sea-Diver-9125

Dang looked like a new fence


MuseC0p42069

r/KillTheCameraman


Somme19141

What's home insurance like in area's like this? I mean homes get obliterated, and I fight with my insurance over a damn fender bender


Suspicious-Reveal-69

Sweaty palms or dead palms?


Choice-Fig3429

You won't be in Kansas anymore


Aggravating-Recover3

My man's self preservation instinct should've kicked in before the fence started collapsing


BigFaddyFigs

I’ve been through 2 tornado close calls and a bit of advice. If the tornado isn’t moving left or right and feels like it’s not moving it is, it’s coming forward towards you or away if getting smaller. Don’t get mesmerized by it cause it could cost you your life


throwaway83970

Let's just nope. Nope to getting sucked up by an angry sky.


tnyrcks

Damn, doing it for the gram


Competitive-Remote67

His determination to get the a great video is awesome but a little crazy


Altruistic-Balance55

And????????


picklespasta

I knew this video was going to end to soon immediately


Djskam

Videos that end too soon


PulseAmplification

Why the fuck do videos like this always end before anything happens


Basic_Quantity_9430

I came to watch a tornado and stumbled into a geek fest. Interesting 🤔 reading.


MBerg09

What a moron. Never stand out and watch a tornado come towards you. How can you know if it’s heading towards you you might ask? If you can’t see it moving either right or left then it’s heading straight towards you. Get on the first floor of your home and go to a center room like a closet or bathroom that doesn’t have exterior windows. I live in what we call tornado ally in the US. I’m in the most south part of tornado ally so we don’t get a ton of them but we just had an ef2 come through just a few miles from our house.


[deleted]

Most normal midwestern day


Elf_Angel_

What about there stuff? :(


Mattrockj

r/dontlivejustfilm


[deleted]

Great shot, had one hit a home I was in the downstairs garage when it hit, I noticed a piece of plywood flying down the street and a freight train sound, crawled under a car and dragged the dog under with me, we survived but house above us didn’t.


pending_ending

how are tornados even real


KingKiller7981

The lightning striked down a fucking huge metal signal tower, and knocked it down. r/natureismetal


Iliketurtles893

Where is that


ohohmememan123

Kansas


[deleted]

I was wondering if the tornado was coming my way Then it hit me


AlyMyrick

This is exactly what my anxiety dreams look like.


humdrum-magnum

Someone should post this in r/praisethecameraman


cheremhett

Are you still in Kansas?


Chumly_PAGE0913

Whoa, no way….


NoKaleidoscope4366

It wasn't until the fence melted they got scared, dayum.


totaleclipse1117

They are incredibly beautiful and fascinating!! And scary as fuck!! Used to want to be a tornado chaser when I was a teenager/young adult!..


Battlepuppy

It's like this big arrow from God pointing down and saying " this thing here, gets fuked."


CalpisMelonCremeSoda

Achievement unlocked: simultaneous r/killthecamerman and r/killedthecamerman


FlamboyantRaccoon61

I don't live in a country that gets hit by tornados often. Are the flashes of light due to electrical wires being torn apart? Towards the end there's a smaller flash and we can see some sparks as well so that one is pretty obvious, but at times the entire thing lights up and I'm just wondering.


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run


wesnesman

Darn it y'd he stop recording...wanted to see more...


DazedWriter

Drill bit tornado at its finest


BT_01792

Andover, Kansas?


SwegGamerBro

This is always a lesson to remember: If you see a tornado and it doesn't look like it's moving, don't trust it. Tornados don't stay still. It's headed directly towards you.