The Once In A Generation Tornado - Joplin 2011 F5 Documentary
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- The Once In A Generation Tornado - Joplin 2011 F5 Documentary
The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011. Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the EF5 tornado began just west of Joplin and intensified very quickly, reaching a maximum width of nearly one mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city. The tornado tracked eastward through Joplin, and then continued across Interstate 44 into rural portions of Jasper and Newton counties, weakening before it dissipated.
The tornado devastated a large portion of the city of Joplin, damaging nearly 8,000 buildings, and of those, destroying over 4,000. The damage, which included major facilities like one of Joplin's two hospitals as well as much of its basic infrastructure, amounted to a total of $2.8 billion, making the Joplin tornado the costliest single tornado in U.S. history. The insurance payout was the highest in Missouri history, with the previous record of $2 billion being the hail storm of April 10, 2001.
Overall, the tornado killed 158 people (with an additional eight indirect deaths) and injured some 1,150 others. It ranks as one of the United States' deadliest tornadoes: it was the deadliest U.S. tornado since the April 9, 1947, F5 tornado in Woodward, Oklahoma, and the seventh-deadliest in U.S. history. It was the deadliest tornado in Missouri history, as well as the first single tornado since the 1953 Flint-Beecher tornado in Michigan to cause more than 100 fatalities. It was the first F5/EF5 tornado to occur in Missouri since May 20, 1957, when an F5 tornado destroyed several suburbs of Kansas City, and only the second F5/EF5 tornado in Missouri since 1950. It was the third tornado to strike Joplin since May 1971.
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I never saw it. And my cable company automatically switched over to The Weather Channel during warnings so I couldn't see what local meteorologists were seeing and saying. The weather channel was showing some historical event episode (a hurricane?) during this time and only had a ticker for information. Ticker was inaccurate. But I'd lived there for over 30 years and kept my eyes and ears open. I never saw it. Maybe because it was rain-wrapped? But my ears sensed a rhythmic thrumming that seemed to be getting quicker and faster. I realized that it had to be a tornado heading my way.
I hollered at my son to come downstairs so that we could take shelter. We lived in apartments at one of the hardest hit locations. Our apartment was a three-story building and it took up two levels - the 2nd and 3rd floors (kitchen, living room, powder room were on the 2nd floor and the bedrooms and main bath were on the 3rd floor). We'd always been taught to get to ground level and that underground is best so we left to go to our complex laundromat. It was ground level. We hid in its utility closet. Our cat freaked out when we kicked our evacuation into gear and ran to the 3rd floor when my son tried to grab him. So, he rode out the storm in the apartment because I refused to let my 12 yo son run after him. I found him 3 days later and he had no major injuries, thank goodness.
The tornado definitely had an eye. The wind stopped blowing when the eye passed over but it still felt "not right" so we stayed in our safe place. The winds seemed worse on the backside. I had to kick apart the door to the closet to get out. It was already damaged so it was easier than it sounds. I stepped out and literally swore. That caught my son's attention and he said, "I want to see." He came out after me and saw the destruction. He then turned around and went back to sit in the closet. It was too much for him.
I had managed to grab my purse with my car keys on the way out the door. I knew that I needed to get my son out of there so I told him to wait there why I walked the 10 yards to my car. The hail came. It was hitting so hard that it left me bruised so I had to wait for it to ease. The rain was so heavy and the area was so littered with debris that water couldn't run off and the parking lot was filled with water about 8 inches deep. The debris was bad. I was afraid of sharp objects cutting us. My son followed me anyways and when we got to the car we saw that it wasn't drivable. It was totaled.
There are so many smaller details but those are the ones that we experienced in the moments leading up to, during and just after. I've still not ever seen a tornado with my own eyes to the day. And that just seems so odd to me considering my experience.
We flew over Joplin on our way to California. I even made the comment we were flying over. A few other passengers looked through the window. Jesus, the tornado path was clearly visible from that high in the sky. Unbelievable. Said a prayer for the people of the Joplin, I doubt I was only one on that flight. I know some folks carry the pain of that day still. I think about y'all from time to time and ask God to continue to bless you.
That audio in the beginning is not from that video. It's from the video of that man Shultz filming upstairs in his home and his wife died
@JohnnyPicasso4 funny how I can pull it up on Sat maps and still the scar. If that was supposed to be a hit sure asf didn't feel like one
@@JohnnyPicasso4 lol wut? www.noaa.gov/photo-story-americas-deadliest-year-for-tornadoes-2011
My wife was in the St John's Hospital on the 6th floor when it hit. From what she said it was like nothing she'd ever witness before in her life. Her hospital bed almost got sucked out of the building. I'm glad she survived because she's a wonderful person in my life.
Incredible story, i'm so glad she is safe, you sound like you both have a wonderful relationship, My best wishes to you and your family.
@@sgtmattkindwhat is this about? What content was stolen? All of the videos I saw are videos that were authorized for fair use. Videos that are on a thousand other compilations. They didn't claim to take these videos themselves. THAT would be stealing. Is there some other video you're speaking of?
😭 👎🏼 🤫 🤐
THANK GOD ❤❤
😮 yikes
I was in this tornado. I was in the Joann Fabric on Range Line. I can't explain how we all survived. While we were inside the tornado and it ripped apart the building around us I had accepted I would not survive the event. When it had passed and we dug ourselves out of the rubble, I was in shock me and the other 5 inside that room were unharmed. I remember for days my skin shimmered from the embedded micro glass pieces. It also took days before qtips wouldn't pull black debris out of my ears.
It took us time to get out of the building as walls were collapsed and the sales floor was below piles of debris. The neighborhood behind the shop was full of people in shock. Some people walked around just repeating their own stories with no awareness of the current moment.
I don't have the time to write the whole event from my perspective. I will say it gave me a whole other perspective on life. A few years later I began living the life I had only dreamed of but never thought was possible. I moved to Australia for a year, then Malaysia and Thailand. Now my home is on a Caribbean Island. It actually turns my stomach to think what my life would have been like if I didnt go through that traumatic experience.
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Wow, that is wild. I've never heard anyone describe having micro-glass particles embedded in their skin or having black crud coming out of the ears, you just don't hear stories like that. Our JoAnn Fabrics was also hit by an EF2 here as well as a couple connecting businesses and it totaled an auto parts store but thankfully it happened at 11:30 pm when nobody was there. Three EF2s came through at about the same time that night and the sirens never went off. It's a miracle nobody was killed.
Thank you for sharing your horrifying and beautiful story. Sorry you had to go through that but happy you got an new take on life! Sending positive vibes back to you!
A lot of people said that there was an eye to that tornado because it was so big. Was it the mile wide when it hit you or was it smaller because they said they got hit twice when it was a mile wide.
@@wadewilson8011 Yes, I was in the center when it was at its' maximum diameter on Rangeline. It is hard to say if we had a calm period while we were in the eye. It was all so chaotic.
What many people remember the most about the Joplin, Missouri tornado was how Mike Bettes broke down sobbing on air while covering the immediate aftermath of the tornado for The Weather Channel outside of St. John's Regional Medical Center. That showed people who were watching The Weather Channel that Sunday night the severity of the disaster if it could cause a seasoned meteorologist like Mike Bettes to break down in tears. What a lot of people don't know is that following the tornado; Mike adopted a Golden Retriever who had lost her home in the disaster and named her Joplyn. Aww!
That is such a good point, and a great comment 👍
Another huge factor, was how Joplin followed so closely to the 2011 Super outbreak of tornadoes. Bettes, was on the ground for that and then to have this awful event happen was unreal. It was like a massive replay of the events of the prior month. Just on an epic scale. Terrifying and heartbreaking. Knowing that so many people were hurt and were dead.
And then he and his crew almost got killed in the El Reno tornado. He’s been through a lot and he seems like the nicest guy
@@jennifershrader1687 However, I can say that the 2013 tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma taught Mike Bettes a highly sobering lesson: no footage, report or data is ever worth losing his life. Nowadays; Mike often prefers to stay in the studios for The Weather Channel at their headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Back in 2022 Mike lost Joplyn to old age. While I was understandably saddened by this because I love dogs; I reconciled my sadness by reminding myself that Joplyn was adopted by a good man and lived a life full of love and affection.
I cried for Joplin when this happened.
Raised in Nevada, I’ve spent my 38yrs entirely in the W & SW U.S. I’ve never experienced a tornado, let alone severe weather. Occasionally we get flash flooding but cities like Las Vegas have well engineered water management systems. Anyway, I’m currently driving across the country moving everything I know & don’t know to Florida.
I made it a point to spend an afternoon in Joplin on my way through. I went to the memorial park where I put my sunglasses on & walked the memorials. For several hours I took it all in, reading the plaques & watching ppl & their children play in the rebuilt park. It was surreal.
You all don’t know me; I don’t know you, but I stood there, a stranger, a lone figure shedding part of me under my sunglasses for you & for Joplin.
Your town looks to have mostly healed from the scars it suffered 13years ago & for that I’m grateful, but scars are scars & they always leave something behind, so let us never forget.
Although we may not know each other, what I do know is we are related by being Americans & even at our most vulnerable, we are some tough SOB’s. Remember that.
I love you Joplin from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for allowing me to quietly tour your town & remind me of how strong we Americans are on the comeback. May your futures be beautiful & bright. ❤
I live 2 miles north of the northernmost path the tornado took, that being roughly at Walmart, 15th and Rangeline Rd. We live in the SE corner of Webb City on Cardinal Drive. Its the 2nd highest point in Jasper County. I was on the south side of my house, the front, grilling burgers. We were totally unable to see the tornado, which in retrospect is terrifying. The inflow wind pulled so hard from the north it pulled rain in around a window on the north side of our home and flooded our laundry room. Also lost a large tree in the backyard. From then on the summer was a blur. We had volunteers camping in our yard, sleeping on the floor of our home and living in our RV for months. People literally came from around the entire globe to help. Going into the tornado zone to clean up was completely overwhelming. We had friends who lost their home just south of Joplin High School. They worked out of their house, we set up an office for them in ours. We left the doors unlocked, people came and went as needed. My wife and I both were working at the time so our home was wide open to total strangers, nothing was stolen or disturbed. Joplin owes a giant debt of gratitude to all who came to help.
I can’t even imagine what that was like. Your story truly touched my heart.
@@feoltmanns7624 Thank you, but it is nothing compared to what the folks that were in the tornado experienced. We didn't do anything than different than what the rest of the community was doing. It was truly a remarkable event regarding how people reacted in an overwhelming positive way. I could tell you stories for hours that would blow your mind. The outpouring of assistance and love from complete strangers was amazing to experience.
That is quite the story, really makes it hit home about how truly terrifying this event was, and the amazing community spirit that pulled together after it.
Very kind of you to open your home to so many in need ❤️
I'm crying just reading that. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Even as a meteorologist in Australia, this tornado scared me. What an absolute horror for these families. That whole year was grief
Amen
I am not a meteorologist but the Joplin stands out to me and I have studied a lot of tornadoes.
Imagine being in this situation, with your terrified child, huddled in the bathtub ..and as a mother you say to your child, “get off me! get up! (Little girl replies: I’m trying!) ..move! Get up! You stupid little girl!”
Man what?!
WHAT??
Never could be me and mine. Even though mine are 16 and 10, I’d be literally on top of them, telling them I love them and everything’s okay, and apologize if I’m squishing them.
Shame on you, lady. That could’ve been the last thing you said/she heard. Smh
She shouldn't have talked to her daughter like that. That could've been the last thing she heard, her own mother calling her stupid. Like she could've just helped her daughter up instead of screamed at her and insulted her. In situations like that parents are supposed to comfort and protect their child!!
I pray that child got away from that mother, if that's what she calls herself, & got some therapy!!!!
@@BlessedTruly2014 …no kidding! Hearing her talk like that broke my heart smh
@@EquineMetalhead I understand the mom was probably scared and excitable, but something tells me that’s just how she talks to her kids 😕
@@gic8849 I didn’t say what she said was okay….
Tornadoes like this are always remembered for years to come, not only because of the human toll they take, but because it often takes a decade to rebuild everything that was destroyed
Drove through there last year (and the many years prior since it happened), and you can still see the scar it left. Suddenly, there's no old-growth trees for BLOCKS, and all of the businesses look new.
The first time I visited after it happened (~2012), it looked like suddenly there was a plowed farm field for a mile deep and many miles wide before you got to the rest of Joplin. And that's when I knew and could fathom the extent of what had occurred.
If school were running a week later for me at the time, I would have been passing the hospital on I-44 around the time it was.
Still remember it over a decade later.
1:08:20 this woman pissed me off so bad she callin her kid stupid in the middle of a grave situation. that could’ve been the last thing she said to her daughter
Showed her true colors for sure.
Agreed!!!! 😢
Silver lining, that video is all over the Internet and EVERYONE hates her. Everybody got to see what a horrible woman she is and I can't imagine it not affecting her life. That poor child. Going through a severe, terrifying tornado and being berated instead of comforted. She was more concerned about her windows than the child. I hope that wasn't her real mom and that she's escaped her since.
I came to the comments to find this comment. I hope that girl has gotten lots and lots of therapy since then
The mother was right though. The child needed to get outside before the structure collapsed.
My oldest daughter lost her house, just 2 blocks from the hospital. I had sent her a text since she had moved to St Louis, saying a bad storm had hit. She called me crying that her house was just gone. Weather Channel is set up on my corner, they panned the neighborhood, and it's just gone, just a tree is the side yard, totally debarked, she said. My youngest daughter was working near 32nd and Rangeline, her husband was near 4th and Rangeline, so it went right between them. I was 15 miles away in Carthage. For days afterwards people would come into my work with this glazed look on their faces... shock. My brother in law worked for Joplin Fire and my sister for a different hospital. Thank God only things were lost not my family. Terrible ordeal, but the whole area pulled together to help each other
The audio of the first clip is actually from the 2015 Rochelle, Illinois Tornado. A man in his house was filming the EF4 tornado coming directly at him. He survived but his wife who was downstairs, didnt.
That's a very good catch. I didn't even think about the fact that a security camera like that wouldn't have had audio when I first watched it but you're right. That's definitely the audio from Clem Shultz's iconic video. I'm a bit peeved I didn't recognize it lol but really, good on you.
This is why I hate stupid audio clickbaity shit. It's so unneccesary.
He broke his back. And he didn't make a sound during the whole thing. Badass old man
I had to go back and watch again, but that definitely is from the Clem Schultz tornado video from 2015. It's the best sound recording ever of a tornado destroying a house.
You're absolutely correct how did you catch that! lol
I was living in Pittsburg, Kansas (not far from Joplin) when this happened. I was talking with a friend the next day about going to Joplin and helping clean up. Another guy overheard us and said, "Unless you have construction equipment, there's nothing you guys can do." The picture I remember vividly was a piece of wood that was impaled in a concrete curb. Insane.
@40:30 "As soon as it starts raining, it's over" NOT TRUE! Never assume that!
He was trying to comfort his children, and probably explained it later.
@@deathbycheese850 You’d be surprised how much disinformation people believe about tornados like that it’s safe to be under overpasses or that tornados can’t cross water.
She helped her family a lot in that moment so give her alittle credit !!! How would YOU be if an EF 4/5 was heading straight for your home with your family inside ? DAM !! They did an EXCELLENT job !!!!
The silence in the news broadcast when the camera panned left and the enormity of the circulation was realized caught my attention. I had to make sure the video hadn't stopped.
It was because of the internet it was glitching
I am a historical meteorologist. I look at tornadoes and nor’easters primarily. I was in highschool when Joplin happened and it was because of this storm that I went into my field. Looking back on what happened is drvistating and fascinating at the same time. And this storm has helped make advancements in safety already. May the victims Rest In Peace and may the survivors find peace.
Terrible tragedy for the whole area. My son's best friend lost his sister and aunt sheltering in a church in Joplin. My daughter's co-worker lost her niece at Home Depot. Terrible day.
So sorry to hear of your loss, thank you for sharing your story ❤️
What gets me is the normal everyday people that automatically step up into a leadership roll and get the people who don't have a clue what to towards safety.
You know when the meteorologists on the news network are somewhat freaking out that you better damn well get to cover.
Ain't that the truth. A lot of people took the May 3rd, 1999 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma seriously when it was able to render Mike Morgan (the chief meteorologist at Oklahoma City's NBC affiliate KFOR channel 4) speechless as it crossed Interstate 35.
My sister was part of the rescue n recovery efforts... she cried every day they searched.
I really can't imagine the horrors she saw. Hope she's ok now, but I imagine she probably has PTSD, to some degree. No-one could have gone through that, and not been affected by it.
Ive always hear people talk about this tornado being one of the worst, but never had taken the time to look into it.
The amount of people that were killed is astounding...
There were over 400 killed in the Tri-state Twister. It started in Southest MO, went across Southern IL, and finally died in Western IN. There wasn't any type of warning available. It struck Murphysboro, IL, as school was letting out for the day.
@@AmberWoolNobody knew it was coming
Not to show any type of disrespect towards the families effected by the tornadoes, but it is possible the tristate tornado was multiple tornadoes in the same supercell.
The Joplin tornado was one single deadly tornado.
It is the "What if the El Reno Tornado hit OKC"
@@KyraLovesCats384 Joplin was so heavily hidden by rainfall. Probably mult vortex as well, too large of a damage path to be 1 single funnel
@@KyraLovesCats384 Yeah the 2011 El Reno-Piedmont tornado was very powerful.
The truck driver….stellar example of what not to do when hazardous lights are displayed.
he explains in his upload of the video that he didn't know there was a tornado - he says that since he's a truck driver he takes that route many times and has been through multiple storms on that road and didn't think anything of it. if he knew of the danger he would've turned around; his channel is MrEmir270 if you want to find out more on his video
I just think some people are in denial and hey keep on driving right into it. Like, duh!
I was like dude why are you driving into danger!?! Stop!!
dude drove right into the tornado, listening to some Anthony Hamilton
I couldn’t tell if he got sucked into the tornado or not?
When the sirens are going off and you can actually HEAR the damn tornado coming, I think it’s time to put your camera down and take shelter! Jesus it’s a miracle any of the people filming outside survived at all. The video of everyone taking shelter in I think it was a gas station gave me the worst cold chills. Some are screaming, some are shouting out to God, I hear the guy filming telling his friends he loves them….I’m so glad everyone ended up being ok. I remember that footage more than any other for some reason. The way it just hits out of nowhere is insane.
Most of us in tornado Alley and Dixie Alley can tell when the tornado is coming at us. It's easy. So no, camera will not be put down. Sirens going off means nothing. They go off all the time around here and half the time nothing happens. They will go off for radar indicated tornadoes which often never produce
@billbombshiggy9254 and thats why people died, ignored the warnings.
@@admiralsnackbar69 no, quit being stupid. These people weren't out and gallivanting. The winds were over 200mph. Your shelter won't save you unless you're underground.
You're dumb. GTFO Maine boy.
@@billbombshiggy9254 I live in Dixie Alley, have my entire life, I’m not about to be ignoring sirens period. Is it nothing half the time? Sure. But I ain’t taking no chances with my life thinking “I don’t see anything so must not be one”. That’s a good way to get killed. Especially since this one was wrapped in rain and you couldn’t see it, you could still hear it though yet people continued to film.
@@billbombshiggy9254 Do not ignore the warnings. If a storm is rotating it can produce a tornado without warning.
The footage starting at 19:50 is so terrifying. I've seen it many times before and still gets me everytime. I know you don't even see the tornado but I think what makes it so frightening. Standing there watching that thing come in as the sky gets darker and darker, the wind gradually increases in strength and the sound of it approaching getting louder and louder... and louder and still you don't even see the damn thing so for most I imagine it'd be hard to guage exactly how much danger you're in. "Want to put the car in Donna?" 🤦♂
Yeah the unawareness by that guy, he’s been around for decades, and he’ll be damned if a little wind and dark skies warrants anything more than…
“Wanna put your car in Donna?”
I don’t mean to pick on him specifically as all of them are ridiculous deciding whether or not to go inside with death approaching…
But his comment perfectly sums up how unaware those folks were on that day.
Similar to walking across a busy intersection with a blindfold on and having absolutely zero awareness of the danger approaching.
His reaction obviously wasn't the smartest.
However having been through a couple myself in the farmlands of Missouri (LaMonte Missouri to be exact)
You always know you should get to safety but for some reason you feel compelled to stand outside on your porch and watch them
@@KyraLovesCats384 yea I do understand. I was born and raised in KCK and just moved to Oklahoma a few yrs ago so I totally get it. I absolutely love storms and enjoy watching a storm roll in. Didn’t help that the tornado was rain wrapped and I think many people were probably expecting to see the tornado long before it got to them. I also think people are much more knowledgeable and aware today than they were then because of what happened.
I must have watched that footage 100 times over the years. The poor quality almost makes it more frightening. It really captures how people can react in a situation that they don't realize is so dire.
I remember that footage very well. It clearly gets much darker over time & louder & they don't seem to pick up on it clearly being a tornado even though they cannot see it.
As a parent who’s gone through stressful situations with my kid, the “Son, shut up” was a line that I wholeheartedly understood and nodded as I heard it 😂
Reminds me of me and my dad. I'll be yapping away and he'll go, "Sienna, shut the f*ck up." It's hilarious 🤣
My mom just aggressively shushes me til i also notice the danger 😅
Child abuse
@@COTTFLIX Now it's child abuse to tell your kid to be quiet!?!?!? You are out of your mind!!!!! What the hell is wrong with you? I hope you don't have kids because obviously you don't know anything about raising them!!!!
I remember following this event since I lived in Tornado Alley. All I could think about for days was the young boy who went missing leaving school. He was found a few days later in a pond. So heart breaking.
Wasn’t that the boy who had just graduated from high school that day and was sucked out of the vehicle’s sunroof even as his father attempted to hold him down?
Yes, you are right...that was him. @@noelle1225
Yep. His name was Will Norton. What a horrible way to go to be freakin sucked out of the sunroof of your Hummer!!! He even had his seatbelt on but it (obviously) failed and his dad tore ligaments and tendons in his arms from desperately trying to hang gon to his son. If they had only stayed at the graduation location, then they and many others would have been ok. But when it's our time, then it's our time to go home...........R.I.P. sweet Will 😢
That's sad. Especially for the dad because he was trying to save his boy. His fatherly instincts kicked in and he tried even if there wasn't a chance. Imagine the guilt he must feel knowing he wasn't able to save his son. That would really suck.
The young man's name:Will Norton. His sister made a beautiful video about brother, their family, and that infamous day.
Nothing worse than a Rainwrapped tornado you can't see, or tornados at night... Holy Moses...
Those are the worse case scenario kind of tornado. Rain Wrapped are always much more deadly. But you get Rain Wrapped at night & the danger goes to a whole new level.
@@StormChaserMaci. Things nightmares are made of!
@@rallerazek5509 Straight nightmares. Rolling Fork EF4 from last year 2023 was one of those.
@@StormChaserMaci. Oh goodness! I hope everyone is okay! I tend to take both storms during the day seriously, as well as at night. Since I moved from Houston to South Dakota... We've not seen a tornado in our area. Been through my first Derechro which was so creepy and cool at the same time! Hail stones as big as baseballs! Winds near Tornadic! Dark skies! I was seriously looking for a wall cloud, it felt like a tornado was going to touch down. The sky even went a pea green at one point.
@@rallerazek5509 Oh Derechos are serious storms. Those are what I refer to as land hurricanes. They are more than capable to shredding EVERYTHING in their path. I watched the Iowa Cedar Rapids derecho from 2020 on the news shredding everything to bits live. That storm was ripping roofs clean off houses & obliterated 90% of every tree in the town. They are more than capable of spawning tornadoes. In fact those are so powerful I'd treat them as something you have to underground for.
I can’t understand people, some with kids, standing there with a phone while a tornado comes right at them. They close the windows at some point, like a window will protect them. It’s just bizarre. People, get away, get down, and do it in a timely way! Because this behavior is how people die.
You mean evacuate?
If so, that's stupid.
@@billbombshiggy9254they literally said nothing about leaving. They said getting down and into cover. Why do you want to fight about something that they didn’t even say?
@@billbombshiggy9254also in some cases, the only way you live is by not being there like in the Jarrel, TX 1995 tornado. People evacuated from the community it hit and they survived. The ones that tried to ride it out in their bathrooms or in interior rooms like advised were killed.
@@razrv3lc "get away"
But you keep overusing the word "literally," kid.
@@razrv3lc also imagine that everyone in Oklahoma City tried to evacuate if the 2013 tornado had kept on keeping on.
What do you do when there's a traffic jam and the tornado is still coming?
How do you know the tornado isn't going to turn in the direction you went?
What if it does?
This is how you can usually tell someone has never been in a tornado, and knows nothing of tornadoes and are probably from Maine where they don't even get them.
They make a case for "evacuate" like you are "literally" doing.
I was living in Las Vegas at the time, I happened to be traveling back from Long Island (recovering with family after back surgery. This was feb, stopped to get gas in Joplin and my truck ended up getting stuck in snow. I kid you not 4 people jumped out of their cars to help me instantly. I passed through Joplin again 2 weeks prior to the tornado when I decided to move back to NY
that first video with the guy whose wife works at the hospital.. look how dark BLACK it is outside in the middle of the day. jesus. even the news said “unconfirmed” and then turned the tower cam on and it was on the ground.. that’s how fast it developed from nothing to EF5. minutes.
I wouldn't want to be that guy when his wife found out, instead of calling her to warn her, he just stood there and filmed it
"We're good! We're OK." Famous last words.
Yeah especially when the to9rnado hit shortly after, and that guy was thinking the tornado had already gone through and then he said "we're good!" About 10 seconds later and then it hit ferociously!! ....Mind you, another person said "I think we're gonna do it!" 2 seconds before it hit.....😢😮
@@AngelWhisper_7 In these large diameter tornadoes the second hit is ALWAYS worse than the first
I have a horrible fear of bad storms that can produce tornadoes, mostly due to my anxiety, I live in Mississippi so it’s somewhat common. And as much as the Joplin tornado does truly scare me, it’s a great reminder to never underestimate Mother Nature and her power.
Was watching your state take a hit hard last night from severe weather. Are you doing ok?
@@StormChaserMaci. yeah I’m doing good, I’m safe :) was definitely frightened but me and my family are ok, thank you
@@_the_ghosts_ Good to hear.
This year been wild inna sip
I was visiting a friend's house in Springfield, MO when this tornado touched down. I remember that we were also under a tornado warning and the sky was completely green. I was scared for them because my friend's house was a single floor home with no shelter. It was my friend, her one year old son, her roommate, and I in the house. We were watching the local news and pictures of the devastation from Joplin started coming across the screen. Very shortly after that I left to head back to Pennsylvania (a 13 hour drive), and I was chased by tornado warnings all the way home. Indiana state police even had the interstate blocked off in Indianapolis and I had to take shelter inside of a Walmart because the local police were forcing everyone to take shelter. 2011 was one crazy year for severe weather. It's something that I wouldn't like to go through again.
Get ready sir, 2024 has a very ominous feel to it already
@@bdb1052You're not wrong so far, especially during this memorial weekend.
In the summer of 2022 I took my family to Bella Vista Arkansas. From there we went north to Joplin then east to the Springfield museum. When I seen the sign for Joplin I remembered this tornado making huge news.
To those that lost their family and friends, I’d like to say I hope time has been able to heal some of those wounds you have.
So sorry for your loss.
I saw the F5 damage in Barneveld WI in 1984. Your eyes can't take how horrible these storms are. My heart goes out to all directly hit.
I live in south central Wisconsin and I wish there was more coverage of that storm. It was before my time by a few years and I wanna know more
I knew what the town looked like before - our schools were in the same conference. The damage took my breath away. It left a groove in the ground where it traveled. I do remember heavy thunderstorms throughout this part of the state that night. I lived in Janesville at the time and we were without power for some time.
I mean.. at 32:34 you can see the damn thing! He drove right into it
That pissed me off so bad. Like what was he doing?
That is a super trucker right there. Rather put himself into danger rather than being a professional and parking before getting hit. When I was over the road I would pay attention to the skies and turn on weather radio. I avoided so many incidents like that by listening to weather radio, but the new drivers of today you can't tell them nothing. They think they know it all.
Yeah it was very apparent
@@briandoherty278tbf, this wasn't a driver "of today," this was 12 years ago. And they didn't even know there was a tornado until it was already in town. It's easy for us to say what he did wrong because we already have all the information, he didn't. He was just driving, definitely listening to his mp3 player so no emergency broadcasting system, we didn't have warning systems as accurate as the ones we have today anyway. Should he have been paying more attention to the weather? Probably. But maybe he was in the last leg of a very long journey and was beat. Maybe he was sick. Maybe he was distracted by a hardship. I think there's any number of reasons this could have happened to anyone just because they're human. I think any assumption about them, their character, intelligence, work ethic, etc, would be kind of silly and would say more about the person making the assumption.
That video has always driven me nuts!
Work at a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma which isn’t too far from Joplin, MO. And I remembered checking in a guest from Joplin and we spoke about this tornado. She told me about how her and her husband took shelter underneath their house in a shelter and listened while the tornado destroyed their home. When she and her husband came back up after the tornado passed…she describes how every wall of the house was destroyed with the exception of one standing wall. And it so happened to be the wall that they kept the painting of the last supper on. The painting had no damage done to it and the wall was completely intact.
So God allowed hundreds of men, women, and children to die and the destruction of hundreds of lives and homes, yet he saved a painting? That about right?
I think it was more about those rare incidents that cause us to remember how fragile life & people are..
Those little miraculous moments.. ❤
Jeebus protected duh paintin! PrAISE JEEEBUS!
@@two_legit1832The moral of the story is to put a painting of the last supper on all 4 exterior walls so the home won't fall down.
Awfully cruel of god, I’m going to take everything u have away from u, but I’ll leave this picture of me for u, doesn’t sound like a good trade to me
I wish to never know what this feels like... The train sound the tornado makes, losing everything you worked for, losing people you know and/or love, seeing the town you knew just... gone... I heard people are still trying to recover from this obviously traumatising event
Oh men... at 30:30 and after, its tough to see that person driving right into that monster AND being hit by it! 🙁 Its awful
That was nuts!! Does anyone know if they survived? 😢
@@Heathper1214yes, he did! his YT channel is MrEmir270 and he goes into further detail about his experience on his og upload of the video featured here 🙂
@@Heathper1214 I remember hearing that they survived. They were insanely lucky.
It’s pure stupidity. There is no other explanation. The sky was dark. Vehicles were pulled over. This idiot didn’t even have his radio turned on to listen to any weather reports. He drove straight into it. It’s not like there weren’t any clues that maybe he should have pulled over.
That must have been terrifying!
I saw first hand the devastation this massive behemoth caused. My cousin had a wedding like 3 months later in Springfield, MO. So my parents and I took a detour through Joplin. And I watched with tears flowing down my cheeks at all the devastation and destruction this tornado caused. The hospital was completely gone. The high school gone. The Walmart gone. The Home Depot gone. I remember seeing one row of houses completely demolished. While the next street over the houses were still standing perfectly fine. I saw someone's whole house destroyed but the motorcycle in their garage was still standing. I remember seeing a toliet in a bathroom still standing. While the rest of the house was destroyed. But the part that I saw that made me cry the hardest was seeing a baby/toddler's room... It was completely destroyed. Except for the baby crib. You often forget how devastating nature can be. The thing about living in tornado alley, a lot of people that were standing there filming you get so desensitized to tornados. They do tornado siren checks on the first Wednesdays of every months. But sometimes you cannot hear them. So not everyone hears the sirens especially when you're further out in rural Missouri.
This is the first channel I’ve seen covering this! I lived in Diamond at the time (thankfully our house was just barely missed, just got some really heavy winds and massive hail), but I had family whose house was completely flattened. Luckily they were out of town, but if they had been at home/in their basement they probably wouldn’t have made it, because their washer and dryer got thrown into the basement. My parents went to help cleanup afterwards, but I was only ~9 when it happened, so I stayed with my grandparents. Some of the photos my parents got of the destruction are just soul-crushing
That must have been a terrifying experience as a 9 year old, I’m glad you are safe 🙏
I grew up an hour north of Joplin, and we were there nearly every weekend.
In 1997/1998, I went to college at MSSC (now MSSU) there in Joplin.
I live in Springfield now, and remember all the phone calls from people telling us to take shelter because this storm was coming for us next.
It's surreal driving through now, because if you know what to look for you can still see the scars of what used to be there and was destroyed and then built over.
One of the scariest things about these videos is that you can't really see anything but you can hear everything. It makes your mind fill in the blanks as to what was happening.
Listening to Anthony Hamilton's "Coming From Where I'm From" before driving into a tornado is crazy. @30:28.
I just looked up the lyrics and it is a tad ironic lol
I was wondering what song that was.
My little sister was in the center path of this beast! They lost everything they owned! I was devastated when I watched the weather channel's coverage that day! She couldn't be reached for day's- I thought she was gone! It didn't just change the lives of the resident's of Joplin- it changed the lives of the entire country!
This tornado single handedly secured my fear fueled fixation on tornados, I went through a smaller one in central Illinois in the mid 2000’s but by this one I was old enough to know what was happening and I was watching it live. It’s hard to find a good video on this one and I’ve always wanted to deep dive into it as an adult! Thank you🤝🏻
hey, i’m from central illinois, monticello to be exact, and I remember this tornado you’re talking about!!
my family and I were on our way back from a gymnastics competition in chicago, we were coming into champaign when the sky went darker, I was a child and I remember being scared but also kind of in awe of it. by the time we got to monticello the lightning was going crazy and the wind was howling and the sky was pitch black. we made it home safe and only a couple big branches fell in our yard but it was my first tornado experience. later in life my school was sending a group to help out Washington, IL after it got decimated by a tornado and once I saw how bad Washington was I was thankful that we didn’t get hit in the first one.
@user-nl2wo6mf4q I was only like 12 at the time but I remember that too my whole neighborhood was ripped apart. No house fell down but the siding to houses were gone and trees were down all over the place and one thing I remember specifically was my cat sitting on the outside of my basement window and I was flipping out. She was fine btw.
I lived in a house in Southern Illinois that had its third story removed by the Tri-state Twister. Because my great-grandfather lived on the other side of Illinois where the tornado didn't hit, he went to help clean up Murphysboro. He may have put a new roof on the house I lived in 64 years later.
I remember one hit Allendale in.ill
Eh my great grandma was living out in Williamson county and they had no idea anything was going on, until a 2x4 fell from the sky into their yard. They said they watched for a bit and then went to the root cellar when wind started picking up. They didn't have any damage but I can't imagine living in a time that doesn't have our weather technology, and out of nowhere a plank of wood falls from the sky into our yard.
I think my great grandma was like 22 when it happened. Idk, I never met her. She died years before I came around.
At 27:02 just before the guy says "Listen to it, sounds like a tornado" you can can hear the dull roar approaching. I can't imagine the fear one would feel once you figured out what was about to happen.
I recall being utterly shocked when I heard the death toll the next morning. I couldn't believe that could still happen with our modern warning system. Just horrific.
This was an EF-5 that went through an entire city. If this were the 1920s, the fatalities would have been much higher. I cant imagine living in tornado alley without a storm cellar.
That’s because the people ignored the warnings. The NWS warned this WAY in advance, like days leading up to it. Joplin’s sirens went off twenty minutes before it made it to the city limits. This death toll is inexcusable but it wasn’t the fault of the national weather service but rather the people who just didn’t listen to them. People were apparently just out and about because “the weather was nice on a Sunday afternoon” when really the weather was unseasonably warm which was the equivalent of pouring gas on a fire that they didn’t realize was happening in the atmosphere despite being amply warned.
What absolutely infuriates me about this is that it happened a MONTH after the super outbreak of 2011. The whole country had tornados fresh on the mind and nobody should have been brushing the warnings that spring off the way that happened in this situation.
@@razrv3lc buddy, this was a 200mph, EF5, 1.5miles wide super tornado that cut directly through the heart of the city that was active for 38 minutes for over 22 miles. There was little to no mitigation of loss of life.
I was sitting at home in KCMO watching storm chasers live stream the tornado as it approached Joplin. They were some of the first people who drove into Joplin after it went through and I will never forget the absolute destruction that I saw on the livestream and the anguish expressed by the storm chasers at what they were seeing. They instantly went into action helping survivors. I stopped in Joplin a year later while on a road trip and it was stunning to see in person the wide scar left by the tornado as it swept through the city. Like a huge firehose swept through it, wiping away every tree and building in its path. Unbelievable.
Same can be said for Fort Myers Beach, FL after hurricane Ian. The scars from the storm are still very visible almost two years later. This doc really opened my eyes about the devastation tornadoes can cause.
I think, with Ian, the greedy insurance companies wouldn’t allow the people to do anything with their homes until they determined what was WIND damage and what was WATER damage...IDIOTS.😡
“I’m worried about my wife she’s working at the hospital” that’s so bone chilling knowing what happened to the hospital. Seeing all those lights go out is so crazy
Yeah I really hope she was okay.
If you hear sirens .. get to shelter immediately -
Rain wrapped are the worst tornadoes 🌪 ..
@@madokamiiiisirens are starting to get phased out because of how spotty they can be. Everyone having a phone now is SUCH a godsend because it means warnings can be sent directly to the hands of people that need to see them.
Around 18:45: “Son, shut up.”
I lost it. 🤣
That dumb kid said it was cool or awesome and I thought people are dying and he thinks its cool. I was glad he told his son to shut up too. I just hoped it wasn't one of the last things he said,
So you heard that too😂😂
dude begging jesus kills me, If Jesus loved you, you wouldn't be in a tornado... Lmao
@@johnfrank4558 edgy atheist moment
@johnfrank4558 while i agree with that statement, a lot of religious people cope with scenarios like this through prayer. it helps keep certain people calm and gives them faith that they'll survive. i don't blame them one bit for praying, hell, im an atheist, but if i were in this situation id probably start praying too
5:03 It is almost unimaginable the wind speeds it would take to propel a 3000lb car through the air and be deformed on a post like that.
These tornado documentaries are incredible. Thank you! I’ve only come across a few documentaries that were interesting to me and put together well like these. Please keep them coming!!
What a crazy tornado, ive never heard of one taking so many lives
If it were visible it probably wouldn't have killed as many people. The fact that it was wrapped in rain contributed to the death toll.
@@Cokercole Look at the March 25 1925 Tri State Tornado
It caused so much devastation because it was moving so slowly, but the wind speed in the core was hundreds of miles per hour.
It was the deadliest since 1947
@@DISkorn yes, that beast was rain wrapped too.
I feel for the people affected by this tragic event
idk why I watch this stuff. it always terrifies me. nature is so powerful
i was in joplin when this happened (thankfully the side of town the tornado didn’t hit) and while i was only 4 years old, i still remember it very vividly.
my uncle had only lived about 5 minutes away and came over just to hang out with me and my family. me and him were play fighting and messing around outside until it started to rain and then storm really bad. it was then that my mom told us that we should get in the bathroom cuz it was the safest place in our house to take shelter from a tornado. for some reason i very clearly remember wearing a blue coat and red shoes and sitting in the bath tub. some time passes and the weather is all cleared up but we ended up sleeping until the next morning when we eventually went outside.
now back then my family was decently heavy on religion (went to church and i went to a catholic pre school). when we first drove around we initially went to my uncles house and… holy shit i’ve still to this day never seen any type of building like that. completely torn in half with no windows, trees straight through the house like arrows, shingles all over the destroyed yard. it was an absolute mess. but i think the biggest takeaway from this was the way my school was destroyed. the entire building was completely in shambles… except for the big cross that was at the front of the school. my mom recorded it and put it on youtube a long time ago. should be called st. mary/joseph.mov. thanks for reading if you did
That powerful tornado was a real monster like many other F5s before it. So sad what happened to that town. RIP all those who died.
This was a terrifyingly amazing storm. The fellow listening to the radio and driving down the interstate when it goes from fair, middle of day to pitch black in less than 5 mins is crazy. I've never ever seen a storm make the day turn to night....mind boggling
Oddly, coming from near Joplin myself. The darkness in a severe storm Ike that is not completely uncommon. I've seen that several times. What made Joplin different was how slow the tornado moved. Also the path of devastation. I'm on here every year because I feel guilty. My parents made a fateful decision to not return a rental car that night. It was 15 minutes prior to the storm. They were at a literal crossroads and called me on the farm to say.they were going to come home. If they had returned the car, they would have been.in the area where the most people lost their lives. I looked toward Joplin and said, "well, there's a big storm coming". I remember it perfectly. I've seen lots of tornado damage and wasn't even shocked at the news. Not until the sirens on the interstate of other towns sending ambulances and firetruck and police. Then people from church began saying, "let's go help". The response was, "you can't, Joplin's gone". It was days before they even allowed people from out of town in. Because driving wasn't possible, just too much debris. The school I went to became a triage place I believe. I actually found a few receipts and things from the town on our farm. But, I can never explain how my parents made such an.uncharacteristic decision. How that tornado hit there and not.our farm. I just felt so horrible for the families there. How was the town just gone? Sorry, too long of a post. Just thinking....
@MsNewgirl oddly due to climate change we no longer get what I would call thunderstorms anymore so I can only imagine living thru such an event.... you'll probably never forget it either. Sadly the craziest weather memory I have is the 2001 or 2002 bristol hail storm which is nothing as opposed to the Joplin tornado. I'm so stumped on as to why my area doesn't get thunderstorms like years ago. I'm not exaggerating when I say it rarely even thunders any more when the weather is getting crazier everywhere else???
It’s unfortunate a lot of these were pitch black but at the same time it’s kind of scarier having to picture in my mind what these people are seeing
Im loving your tornado documentaries. You do an awsome job creating them and look forward to seeing more. Ive always been fascinated with how these powerful storms can pop up and cause so much destruction in such a short time. Its a humble reminder on how small we are
Thanks for the fantastic comment, we will keep trying to get better with our content each video
@@sgtmattkind This is an AI channel, right? The voice sounds robotic.
@@eucliduschaumeau8813 The voice is real, from a man named David on Fiverr called drjcproductions, and i'm also real. There is no AI here.
30:30 honestly these guys deserve the Darwin Award for natural selection. Why tf did they drive right in to it and not expect to be flipped. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Well they didn't know there was a tornado lol. He must have been listening to an MP3 or something because the emergency broadcasting siren would have been going off on the radio and it wasn't. So there was no way for them to know that a *rain wrapped* tornado was coming. They didn't even know there was a tornado until it was already in town. It's not like today where everyone gets texts and stuff. This was 2011, we still had some bugs to work out in our severe weather warning systems. We've actually come a long way since then.
@@deathbloom27 ^ this!! he says exactly that in his upload on his YT channel
Could you see where the tornado was? Nah, you couldn't. It was rain wrapped. They obviously didn't know it was a tornado, and were listening to an mp3 player or some shit and the warnings on your phone weren't really a thing back then (yanno how when a tornado happens, your phone will get the warning, OR if you're driving and you hit a location where there's a tornado warning, your phone will go off to warn you? Yeah wasn't exactly a thing back then. I don't recall getting warnings on my phone until 2013 when a few tornadoes went through our town)
Tldr they clearly thought it was just heavy rain.
They couldn't see it. To an average person it looks like a wall of rain. To a trained storm chaser, it's a rain wrapped tornado hiding in plain sight.
I’m not buying all of these defending this dumb decision to keep driving into it.
That sky was pitch black. All of those cars and trucks pulled over. Common sense would tell you to at least turn your radio on. There must be a reason why so many cars are pulled over. Did he think they were all stopped to just eat a sandwich or something?
22:55 "Should we go in?" Ya think?!
That clip from the tower in joplin gave me chills
I,remember when this happened. We it on the weather channel we could not believe what was going on. We prayed for the people who lived there. I, can't imagine what they felt. I hope this never happens again to anyone. God bless you all.
Do NOT film and get to shelter! so many die or injured from wanting to film it. Leave that to professionals.
Don’t tell people what and what not to do
Need to get those likes and reposts on X.
@@harryparsons2750no, actually, fuck them. They put first responders’ lives at risk by having to recover their bodies in unsafe debris after the fact in situations with downed lines and gas leaks.
Ok hero
I personally work with one of the people in the from the storm coverage that night on KSN. They never talk about the storm or the coverage, it’s a very sore subject around them.
44:35 I’m crying like a child
How horrific 😭😭😭
18:48 - "Son, shutup." A hidden funny moment on an otherwise terribly tragic day.
My Man was jammin' to that Anthony Hamilton in his Semi before it was flipped over.
Really well put together video, good job!
My two brothers Jaden and Ray were part of search efforts in Joplin. They came back a week later and told me stories about the damage they saw. They said it was unspeakable. One of them saw a semi truck wrapped around a oak tree. They even showed me a picture.
It's so crazy to me after all the major tornadoes that have hit there is always some kind of of broadcast coverage of the storms. Joplin has like 15 mins of coverage on the internet that I've found. It's so odd but understandable from the damage done.
That is because the media had no clue that tornado was in town due to it being rain wrapped. They had no idea until it was over halfway through town.
I’ve seen a lot of Joplin videos on different RUclips channels.
This was very sad & wanted to watch this but the 2 dozen ad's that interrupted the 20 minutes of video, just made me skip watching the rest of it. I understand u need ads but 2 dozen just in 20 mins is just plain overkill. And for those of u that are gonna comment "pay for premium" i did & i had nothing but issues so u can save ur comment. Thank you kindly & my heart goes out to those that experienced this tragedy as im 6 hours straight north. Know that you are loved & strong ❤❤❤
36:27 to 41:16 was crazy!! Especially since at the end of the video, one guy said, "There's nothing left. The house is gone." Is INSANE!! So glad them and their doggo survived.
I was 11 when I was in the tornado. I live(d) (same house now) by the high school and was in the path of most destruction.
Luckily we got out fine, but our whole neighborhood was completely flat. Even the houses, gone, nothing there.
I was playing with a friend down the street just 5 minutes before I got back home just in time. Right as I ran in the door, the tornado was hitting our house.
I know this is small thing given the devastation of the Joplin twister but some of your graphics have a tornado spinning anti-cyclonically, others do not; I believe the Joplin tornado spun counter clockwise, or cyclonically, thank you!
Because this tornado was so heavily rain wrapped, there was very little footage of the actual tornado. Some of the footage is just a visual representation in order to tell the story and events.
I know this is tornado alley, but I’m shocked so many people were confident enough to stand above ground and/or outside and film these tornados for so long. Terrifying. I love to catch stuff on film too but this shit scares me and I would be getting to the basement
The first thing everyone does when they hear a tornado siren is to go out on the porch and look for a tornado
From what I understand, basements are uncommon in Joplin. That was a big part of the problem.
The cameraman never dies, so they're okay! J/k
@@blainewilliams394 That is actually a good point i had never considered
This is why the death toll was so high. The total disregard for warnings was noted in the NWS’ report after the fact. They warned very well and forecasted severe weather days in advance, but the people didn’t listen to them at all, which made the NWS need to find a way to reduce the regularity of tornado warnings (because right now circulation on radar can prompt a warning even if a tornado never touches down) so that people don’t get desensitized to them when they’re truly serious.
What’s so confusing about this tornado to me, though, is that this happened ONE MONTH after the super outbreak in April 2011 when over 300 people died in a three day outbreak that had over 360 tornados, with four of them being EF5 rated. That event was fresh in the minds of the country and, still, people chose to ignore warnings after seeing a historic tornado outbreak a month earlier. This event and the people that just acted like they had no idea it was happening was genuinely baffling to me.
i was 50 miles away from this and it scared us so bad , also my kids at the time after went to help rebuild
really entertaining, thanks for the video
Not for entertainment. You think it's entertainment that 161 people (including) children) died? That people lost homes, lives, jobs.
@@lizogden2458 Sorry i didn't mean it in that way, i just meant that the way the video was edited and put together was entertaining.
Love the vid bro!
Thank you friend, much love ❤
13 yrs ago Today! Doesn't seem like that long ago.
The intro was from the video filmed by Clem Shultz and it wasn't from the Joplin tornado. His wife was at home with him but she was downstairs.....she didn't make it.
Just the audio portion of it, but yes you are correct. I live 15 minutes away from where Clem Schultz filmed that video in his house.
Yes you are right, the original clip had no audio, it was just to have something to make a visual representation. No disrespect was intended.
@@Weather-Reportyou didn't in any way it's a great video.
@@Weather-ReportI even subbed no hard feelings.
Damn. At 23:00, it sounds like the water pick and sucking device at the dentist. 😮 Just ya know… the size of a tornado and the plaque are the people.
That lady praying in the gas station cooler wrapped protection around them all, all that was left was that cooler!!
dios mío, listening to those families and the fury of those winds made cry.. poor people
This tornado was the day before my mom bday so she didn’t get to celebrate 😢😢❤ rip briann my mother who died in 2022
Where it hit at rangeline road I was at that Walmart a couple months ago you would never know a ef5 went thru Joplin
Right after the tornado, you could see St. Johns from the parking lot of Walmart which was across town.
I wouldn't even know what to do if i saw one of these coming towards me
I'm from Dixie Alley. Been in several tornadoes. Lowest level of the interior of your house or a basement. Go there.
Of course, the interior isn't going to save you if it's an ef4 or EF5 but it's better than nothing.
@@billbombshiggy9254 Yeah good point, you have to take your best chances in an EF-4 or EF-5
Just bend over
What I remember was those people in the cooler...I grew up in Iowa and remember many before phones with cameras. They recorded what I lived. So moving!
I moved to WA state...the sirens still make me sick.
that was crazzy as tornado
We are wayy overdue for an EF5 somewhere. Last one was in 2013 ...
Last confirmed was 2013. We’ve likely have had several that just didn’t hit enough well built structures to classify as EF5 but there’ve been other damage indicators to support EF5 intensity.
I remember a video explaining how the ef scale was revised so only the most dangerous tornadoes would be rated ef5.
I hate to point this one out to you, but this first clip is not Joplin, Missouri. This is actually the tornado that Clem Schultz found himself right in its path. He had just gone upstairs to get a couple lanterns for him and his wife when the tornado, which he thought would pass, decided to make a bee line for him and his house. His wife and a neighbor were killed by it. This was the Fairdale, Illinois tornado of April 9, 2015.
The footage is of Joplin, however the audio was from the tornado you mentioned.
It was just meant to provide a visual representation.
I remember this… I was a kid… but I remember it… it was terrifying Joplin will always be home to me ❤️ the hospital that was destroyed is the one I was born in ☹️
Just visited ground zero, Cunningham Park in Joplin. The entire neighborhood is brand new. It's heart breaking to know why. ❤
Some say the 1982 Reader's Digest that was on that waiting room table is still there to this day.
The hospital isn't even there anymore so that's impossible.
19:50 to 25:40 I need that energy in my life
FR like wow. The fact they were laughing when glass was being shattered and then one guy is like, "WELL THAT WAS FUN!! WHAT DO WE DO NEXT!?" It made me snort. It's probably a trauma response though. But it's still funny lmao.
I was inside Cheesies pizza on Main Street while it hit the neighborhood. The destruction around us was so loud I couldn’t understand the words my dad was screaming while he begged God for mercy. I still find it comical that I live with ptsd from hiding from an F5 tornado inside a tiny pizza parlor. I later walked back down to my house on 24th and Virginia. We lost everything we ever owned. 😅