I’ve lived through one and I can confirm it sounds eerily similar to a freight train, just way louder and more haunting. This video very much captures that feeling I had right as it was about to hit my house.
This is some of the best tornado footage you'll see. Like you're right there watching death approach. If you've ever had a Tornado dream, you know it's a lot like this video. Terrifying
@@paulcampbell3208 i have been a huge storm guy since childhood. I go after tornadoes and blizzards alike and everything in between. In the midwest we get a little of everything. The extremes are my fun zone!
Yeah, like anyone can out run a tornado,I got a far fetched idea,I know this is going to sound pretty drastic,but how's about putting the camera down and seek shelter.
@@Призраклевиафанчеловек It registered the roar and devistation though. How many times do you have to listen to hear it? Sounds like 10 trains going right into him. It's bone chilling to hear and see something that close....let alone, live through it! With the exception of his wife and neighbor...rest in peace.
This is the greatest video ever uploaded to RUclips. 1. It begins where the situation is evident & immediately understood. 2. No stupid music. 3. No Captain Obvious narrator.
Agree 💯 I can't tell you how many tornado vids i have turned off because the cameraman won't stfu. "This is a monster tornado! Omg there's a lot of debris!" 🙄
@@imnotagamer22 No it wasn't. It was an 80ish year old man named Clem who knew he was not going to be able to make it down the stairs. His wife, who was downstairs, did not survive. Plus you can see how the camera moves around. Obviously handheld
crazy how you can hear birds chirping right before like if you weren’t looking out the window or anything you would have no idea that thing was coming for you
As someone who currently lives right next to active train tracks, this does sound a lot like a train going by. It's so interesting how close they can sound.
Gave me chills up my spine. It truly feels surreal and gove you a feel of true PRIMAL fear. Walls, base boards, furniture etc all being pulverized into each other while your body as frail as an infant, being smashed into it all. That's a lot imof detail to process and its happening in mere seconds.
got darker.... then black..... then loud.... but then silent?!? For a minute there, I thought you were describing the ultimate fart. (Butt, since you didn't mention 120 MPH wind, I knew you weren't talking about a fart.)
What stands out to me is that he was on the top floor and “rode” the rubble of his fireplace down as the building was torn apart, and his wife on the bottom floor died under the rubble. They tell us over and over again to never be on the top floor yet he survived with no major injuries. Insane. And lucky.
Also not sure about the lucky part... I don't know that I would prefer to live after losing my wife, my dog, and everything I have on earth minus my meatsuit. And I'm not even halfway to 80 years old.
Agreed. It doesn't get much more real than that. I can't imagine his thoughts as it approached. Judging by the length of the video he might have had a minute or so to try and get out if its path. Probably not enough time I guess.
@@sweetdaddy77 yes cause at the end of the video everything got dark and we can't hear nothing from the person who was recording it. That's a big doubt.
The way the blackness just envelopes the whole scene as stuff is starting to rip apart is just beyond scary. Makes you realize that that nature is the real boss in our world.
This is the most terrifying sound I think I've ever heard. Any dead by tornado, that's what their last seconds looked and sounded like. What a transition.
@@KatzRool is this an annoying vegan like the vegan teacher cause i can see the name dominion but i am not clicking on random links specially from a vegan
Feb 2nd 2007 at 3am I was hit by a Tornado. I watched my mother gush blood from her skull as I held her in my arms as the tornado consumed my family and home. I will never forget the pea soup green sky and the screams from my nabhiors who had survived yet lost loved ones. I seen people impaled though trees and fences. It gave me PTSD and now I own two weather radios in case if one should fail, I live in a state of constant fear and I know for the most part it's not rational to think I'll get hit again, But late at night when I dream and a semi goes past I freak out. It came in the dead of night and stole everything from me. Don't take these things lightly, they can and have killed many people.
Honestly, if you built a camera to be the size of a house (which is already pretty much what a giant telescope-observatory is, when you think about it -- the same goes for an airport radar tower) then even that camera would be knocked over like any other building-unable-to-withstand-a-direct-tornado-impact. What makes cameras so robust and resilient _in comparison to how seemingly fragile a house is_ is due to the fact that the camera IS SMALL. Trust me, a big 4-story victorian or colonial single-family house that was originally built before the First World War w0ould absolutely be even more destroyed then the toolsheds and single-story and two-story duplexes that we see get Wizard-of-Oz'd away in this RUclips clip. Because it's bigger, which means more surface area, which means that the same amount of wind-force will have a greater chance of turning the whole building into a balsawood kite. The same joke has been made about building airplanes out of the same material they use to build airplane black box recorders that you always hear about after a crash. The same for the black box recorder in a train locomotive. (And, fun fact, your personal car / minivan / SUV / pickup truck has a little recorder device that might as well be a black box except for the fact that it's not referred to as one -- so if you're ever in a car wreck and you wanna get proof that the other guy's headlights actually weren't on when they were supposed to be on, chances are if that vehicle was built after 1995, there's a "prom device" little recorder doohickey thing that will probably allow you to prove that the other driver is lying when they said to the cops that they had their headlights on when they actually didn't.)
The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011
You don’t want to go through a tornado. Back in 1996, my mother and I barely escaped one. The sound of one alone is terrifying. It was like a whistling teakettle mixed with a roaring beast.
We had an EF1 go by our house last year. I live in a high rise. Even though the closest it got was half a mile away, the inflow and rfd winds were so bad, you could hear our whole building just whistling in the halls. For about ten minutes, the whole time it was on the ground. It makes quite a bit of noise, doesn't it? Sounded like a huge waterfall.
I didn’t have close calls per say, but being 6 years old and my sister only 8, hearing a tornado close to us and having to run downstairs while our mom was at work scares me still (or I’m a coward. Probably both)
I lived through a tornado back in 1992. I was in the sixth grade and it hit at like 9:00 A.M. that morning. It picked up a motorcycle and threw it through the library and killed our librarian. Ironically, the teacher whose motorcycle it was died years later in motorcycle accident when he drove to school and got caught in a bad storm.
Jay, That’s terrible! The tornado we barely escaped seem to come out of nowhere. There were huge trees and some hills blocking the view, and suddenly there it was! Black clouds and roaring winds spinning all into one. The dogs started acting weird. It was bad! The news that day was giving no warnings or anything. They can come out if nowhere! Scary. We barely made it to lower shelter.
I heard a roaring sound similar to about 1:15 once. At the time, I had no idea that a tornado was half a mile away from my house. It was rain wrapped and there were trees and houses covering my view so all I saw was a haze right right where the tornado was. While the tornado was significantly smaller than this, and I was lucky to not get hit, it was unsettling to learn that the sound I heard was the same sound that's preceded death for many.
I’m so glad you’re safe. At my house the wind blows a lot so when it rains it sounds exactly like that. During the spring/summer months i’m constantly looking to see if it’s turning into something worse or just a rainstorm😩
That sound, especially if you can hear it from a couple hundred yards like that, is the pressure TANKING straight down to hell. It’s an immediate EXTREME intensification of the tornado
Same if you see one in person lol We were stuck standing there looking at it come up in our yard. My dad ran up and said "What the hell is wrong with yall? RUN!" 😂
It sounds like a train is running over you. We had a direct hit over our high school in the late 90's... it was the scariest thing I've ever witnessed. I was like, -fuck- I'm going to die with these assholes.
I go through this town frequently as a local truck driver. It’s 2 blocks wide each direction and nothing near by and it took a direct hit. Was headed straight for my best friend’s house too. There’s still destroyed structures 9 years ago that was never cleaned up
He was an older gentleman in his attic and didn’t think he had enough time to get to the basement, so he stayed in the attic and filmed. Ultimately it saved his life, his wife, who was in the basement, ended up dying.
@@AudioGardenSlave123 I believe she was in the kitchen directly below him and she was crushed by the fireplace, while he was not crushed by it upstairs.
He said he thought it would change directions and not be a direct hit. They had been through one before that wasn't nearly as powerful (only lost shingles, things tossed around) and so he had no idea what this one would do.
@@annehedonia156 I'm surprised he even survived then if it knocked down a chimney. That's really sad cause I'm sure he thought she was safe and he was the one being reckless.
I've been through two (an F4 and recently a F3) and let me tell you, the headphones doesn't do the true sound justice. It's something you'll never forget. Took me 10 months just to watch tornado videos again.
@@AP-57 when he started filming he thought it would just keep moving west but then it unexpectedly went his direction according to an interview he had so i dont think he initially started filming bc he thought he was gonna die anyway
and those balls of titanium weighed him down, preventing him from being lifted up into the tornado. by the way, this was not meant to disrespect his wife or anyone who's passed or suffered major injuries in this incident. i am very sorry for them, and id like to send my condolences
@@lokominksvazquez3206 people say his wife was in the basement, I'm pretty sure she seek safety and he was in the bathroom, so he was technically safe as well. I just don't recommend being near a window.
@@cooltina789 dude his house literally got destroyed, window or not he ended up with no house, wife and dog. Recording a tornado about to hit you is probably the dummest thing you can do.
@@lokominksvazquez3206 seems like there was nothing else he couldve done in that point of time. Once its that close it would be impossible odds to go fast enough to escape safely
He could've lived more. He was not a hero, it is quite obvious what happens, he was an idiot God may have mercy on his soul. Edit: *ill put my next comment in this one actually* Ofc unless he wasnt able to go anywhere... Took the chance to die watching something beautiful.
This man was not infarct, a hero. He was an 80+ year old man who by the time he realized it was to late to run, could do nothing but stand and watch this thing destroy his world.
He didn’t do it on purpose. He’s an 84 year old disabled man who was probably frozen scared. His wife didn’t make it and he lost his home. Story is all over the internet, just google *Clem Schultz tornado*.
Wow, I read the article. He lost his wife and his home from that tornado. His dog went missing as well. His wife's friend also died. _"I know they're both in heaven," Schultz said, "because the devil couldn't put up with both of them at the same time."_ Sometimes, cracking a joke can help ease the pain of loss.
I've seen this footage before. I believe it was an older gentlemen who was filming upstairs in his home. He wasn't badly injured, but tragically, his wife on the floor below was killed.
This is the best first-person account of a direct hit you will find anywhere. I've seen hundreds or even thousands of these videos, but this one is the standout of all time. The sound alone is amazing, with the roar, followed by debris, bottles and cans cascading all over the place.
Izzyistic maybe move away from the house... I doubt he was 80 lmao. And if he was then I guess he was just done with life and didn’t care. Edit: so he was 80. I guess he didn’t give a fuck lol but his wife died which is sad. Edit 2: His wife alerted him of a tornado moving closer, he believed it was going to miss them and stayed in the house.
It's amazing how much raw energy that thing has, I mean once it starts getting a little darker everything quickly goes to hell... even sounds like hell.
I've been in his situation..I have a salty mouth and I didn't utter a single flipping word anytime I was in this position..it's the kind of situation where you feel like you're having an out of body experience, like you're in an alternate reality..all you can do is make peace with God and hold on for your life..it's very sobering when you realize you're completely screwed 😳
@@KatzMeow311 he was an elderly man..he realized he didn't have time to make it downstairs so he just started recording..it's freaking amazing that he even made it through and didn't die 🤯
As a teenager, my Gramma lived on a farm in Oklahoma (late 1940's). A few years before her passing I was talking to Grammy over breakfast and the subject of tornadoes came up. She had a doozy of a story to tell which happened when she was 14yrs. old. The afternoon of the storm her mother had a friend over to visit along with her two children, a boy of about 8yrs and a girl of 6. That afternoon a big storm approached the farm and my Grammy was sent out to find the girl and boy who had gone into the corn field to play and bring them down to the storm cellar. After calling out for them for several minutes and not finding them, she noticed a tornado beginning to form about a mile away across the fields. She continued to call out looking for the children, but finally had to run back to the house to take shelter because the tornado was heading straight for her. Anyway, the storm barely missed the house, but ended up taking most of the roof with it. Unfortunately, their barn took a direct hit, killing all their horses, pigs and chickens. After the tornado had passed, the women ran outside frantically searching for the children. Grammy had enough wits about her to let her dogs out of the cellar and she followed them around, hoping they'd find a scent or something (not trained dogs, but she was desperate). Anyway, after about an hour, one of the dogs took off running thru the flattened corn field and stopped at what looked like a pile of muddy corn stalks about a quarter mile from the house. Grammy said when she got there, she found the little girl - stripped completely naked and covered in mud and bits of shredded corn stalks. Miraculously, she only had slight scratches and some bruises. More people showed up later and the search continued for the little boy and it wasn't until the next day that he was found - fully clothed, but impaled by sticks and debris. He had been flung against a broken tree trunk and appeared to have been killed instantly. The crazy thing was that the boy had been picked up and transported over 3 miles from the house. A tragic story. I can't imagine the mother's desperation while searching for her children and the sudden relief and joy of discovering her daughter alive, only to suffer on the following day, the crushing grief and pain of finding her young son had been taken from her forever.
to be honest, he isn't... this is one of the most commented story ever for ignoring safety.. here: abcnews.go.com/US/man-recalls-terrifying-tornado-wifes-life/story?id=38141962 "My wife called me in the kitchen. She said, 'Look out the window.' And sure enough I looked out -- we see this big, ugly tornado coming." "It looked like it was going to miss us," he said. Geri stayed in the kitchen while he went upstairs to get some lanterns. As the loud tornado loomed, Schultz decided to start recording cell phone video. The video shows the tornado move closer and the sky darken, before the picture goes black. "Up until the time the house started moving, it still looked to me like it was going to go to the west -- and miss us," he said. "Suddenly, I realized I was wrong. "I was standing next to the chimney when the whole place went down," Shultz said.
CHILL FROST Pretty interesting fact finder. I’m sure he misjudged it. What I meant was most ppl at some point would have at least made an attempt to move away possibly to somewhere else in the house with better shelter and would probably be shouting something in fear as a natural instinct. The man just held his ground with ice in his veins
@@kamzalot3 the man wasn't trying to live anymore. That's why he stood there. It was almost as if the tornado knew & so did he that this was their day to meet. I imagine at the same second the tornado rips house off foundation in front of him..its that same second that takes him as well. This is bone chilling even if there were any survivors
The man who recorded this video, Clem Schultz, survived the incident, as did his phone and dog (We wouldn't have gotten the video otherwise), but his neighbor and wife did not.
Tornadoes are so terrifying. They’re unpredictable, and if they decide to come your way, you truly are helpless. I’m glad you lived to post this video for us. I’ve only ever been in one tornado, and i never want to experience another… ever.
I can’t tell if he’s the bravest man that ever survived something like this or just dumb and lucky. I mean that with all due respect. This story is an absolute tragedy.
I know first hand he was on the second floor filming, wife was down stares in the kitchin.The house colapsed on her killed her,1 in a million chance,he survived ,her friend next door neighbor died too.fun day.
I think it's because you KNOW that there was someone behind the camera, just quietly filming and staring while death was coming straight to them. Idk, it's just terrifying to me
I’ve seen lots of tornado videos but this one tops them all. I’ve seen this video at least more than 10 times and every single time I watch this it still absolutely terrifies me. I’ve heard many people say that a tornado sounds like a freight train and this video proves that. The hellish winds and the light instantly turning to dark makes this the greatest and scariest video of a tornado ever
That's what I heard too. I watched the video twice to make myself feel better, thinking I must have imagined it it, but no, I heard it again. It makes sense - he was probably screaming from terror. :(
Yes. This is something that people who live in tornado alley are taught (if their parents have any wits at all) about tornados. If the tornado does not appear to be moving but it is getting larger (even a little bit), then it is probably coming straight at you. Shelter immediately.
An example of “if a tornado looks like it’s not moving, it’s moving towards you” Edit: oh for the love of god, i have seen like three people say i copied that other top comment. both of our comments were made one month ago. i didn’t even see that other comment when i wrote this. calm down
Tooken by Clem Schultz, was recorded in Fairdale, Illinois. The Rochelle-Fairdale, Illinois Tornado was an strong EF-4 tornado. The damage was completely devastation, trees were snapped in half, and houses becoming into a junkyard.
@@user-me7pn6kl2z true. That’s how it is with flooding during hurricanes. People don’t evacuate until their houses are full of water and all of a sudden they’re asking people with boats for help. So irresponsible when people do it out of choice (I know some people can’t afford to leave or some other reasons, but that’s a different story)
not really, there was another tornado time ago but it wasn't a direct hit. Maybe he thought that this one was also going to change it's direction or something
He was staring death in the face and saying, "COME ON AND TAKE ME IF YOU DARE!"...in his mind at least. You too can have similar courage as Jehovah God brings this system to an end in favor of his Kingdom of 144,000 + Christ. Learn what you can while you can >> JWstudyhereORG
Bruh that last sound sounded like a whole monster, Wendigo, dragon whatever but that was pretty terrifying to hear and then everything just goes black and gets loud.
The scariest part is there's no sound. No wind. Lightning. Nothing, until it's right on top of you. You could easily skipped the news that day, chilling in your living room and suddenly discover your house had a sunroof that opens.
Thats what makes this tornado and the Joplin one so horrifying. They both were eerily quiet by tornado standards, especially when you consider the power both of them contained. Both of them were two massive, multi-vortex wedge twisters, yet you didn't truly hear the roar until it was already too late. Most violent tornadoes are LOUD AS HELL and can be heard for MILES, perfect examples are the Tuscaloosa tornado, Andover KS tornado, Washington Illinois tornado, 1999 moore and 2013 moore. Those twisters were brutally loud, even when they were very far away. You KNEW those twisters were coming because you could hear them loud and clear, in fact, there is a documented story from a family that was saved from the 99 Moore twister because they heard a freight train sound when it was still far away and they fled and hid inside a drain(which is not a good idea by any means, they got VERY lucky).
@@dannyllerenatv8635 I was in the heart of the Joplin tornado and its true. I didn't hear it till it was almost on my house. This video is the only one that I have found that has that same growing "train" sound that I heard as it came up to my house. I'm lucky I had saw the power flashes about 5 mins before it hit my home. I'll never forget that sound..
@@TheBigDirty25 I'm so sorry about your experience. The Joplin twister was a nightmare, the fact that it formed so quickly, was strangely quiet, and rain-wrapped made it a nightmare. It's just not humanly possible to prepare for something like that.
That was genuinely disturbing, not just watching the tornado inch closer and closer, but hearing the wind SCREAMING on video. I am terrified of tornadoes, yet still watch videos on them so I can be educated.
this stuff gets even more sad when you realize that when mt st. helens erupted in may of 1980 there was a photographer on the base of the volcano taking pictures and monitoring the area for any minor tremors that could indicate an eruption was coming. the volcano blew up and he knew he was done for, so he filmed as much as he could and then right before he died he placed the camera on the ground and lay on top of it to protect it. he was immediately ripped apart but the camera survived
Didn't that guy actually die in his car? ... Althougg laying on your camera wouldn't exactly accomplish much, in this situation, at least. *EDIT:* Ah, nevermind. Same incident, different person.
I feel really bad for this man. His house got destroyed, he lost everything, his wife passed away during the tornado, and his dog went missing. It’s just so sad.
Honestly is this guy suicidal? How could you just stare at that thing coming at you with the window open and not think to yourself “maybe i should at least back up”?
What difference does it make? He's in a house. If he stands by the window, he's still in the house. If he comes back from the window... he's still in the house. A twister like that is going to take the roof off and rip walls apart no question. The only real safe bet would be a tornado shelter or a basement. Weirdly I hear a lot of American homes don't have them. I went to the USA twice in 2003 and 2005, specifically Kissimmee and as a young lad back then I can remember laying awake at night in the rental home we stayed in worrying that I might be killed in a tornado. I look back on it now and think Tornado Alley isn't covering Florida but Florida gets the windier storms but less overall twisters.
@@thefiestaguy8831ok so with that logic it wouldve been just as smart to stand outside as this thing is ripping towards him as trying to take cover somewhere? Have you ever heard of a survival instinct before?
@@Boxscot49 Survival instinct? Sure.... But when you know an F5 is coming straight at your house, frankly it makes little to no difference. He survived by some miracle, his wife (who was downstairs) - died in this twister. Just goes to show the analogy of "Get to the lowest point of the building" doesn't always work - he was sat in his loft and faced it full on, and yet survived, his wife, a floor or perhaps two below him, died, arguably she was more sheltered than he was and had more material between her and the twister than he did, yet somehow she perished and he did not. Frankly the best chance is to run into a storm shelter, but as we know not many homes have them. Supposedly the next best thing to do (if outside) is to lay face down on the ground in the prone position, hands on your head to protect it from debris... ideally in a storm drain or gutter of some sort but failing that just on flat ground. The difference between the comparisons is in that both the scenario given and the one i'm comparing it to - is that he is still inside the house. Compared to your scenario where he is stood outside (and has zero protection from debris which is the main killer) versus some limited protection by being inside. In most cases of people being killed, they aren't killed by being sucked into it, they're killed by being struck or impaled on debris flying at them at easily 150mph+
the fact that you can see such monster approaching you and you can't do anything to save yourself but to sit and watch how it consumes all of your surroundings is so scary
Honestly if u have No where to go a deep trench or ditch might save u so long as debris dont hit u and u dont pick a ditch filled with water. Tornados dont suck up things. Most of the death caused by tornados are deaths by collapse and crushing. As always prepare and research.
His wife refused to go to the basement because she was scared of spiders. It said in the attached article that the wife told the daughter that they would find her dead in the shower clutching her purse.
@@jarettgros5821 That was actually the other woman who was killed during this tornado who said that - Jackie Klosa. This man's wife (Geri Shultz) didn't head for the basement because they both thought the tornado would pass by them. Very unfortunate but amazing footage he managed to catch.
From what I’ve heard she wasn’t in the basement… it wasn’t because of fear of spiders though, she was waiting for him to come down from getting the lantern before they would go to the basement together. Pretty sad, I know he was very old but he had plenty of time to get downstairs, instead he was mesmerized and decided to film it
Some advice I’ve read somewhere else. If you see a tornado and it looks like it’s sitting still, RUN. It’s clearly not stopping, it’s coming straight in your direction. Run. Go to the nearest basement. Run, run, run!
Pretty shitty of him to not be with his wife. Doesn't even warn her its coming and that they need to get in the basement. Maybe they just had an argument
@@jamescombs2118 the man who recorded the video said he didnt have enough time to go downstairs to the kitchen and get his wife (he was 85), and the cellar was useless since it was the size of a furnace. also he said he didnt think it would hit him.
Not me. Mine's the one where a demon ate my Grandma's head and she still managed to chase after me. Or the one where I owned a cat. I dunno, both are pretty scary.
@@firstnamelastname8060 if you manage to bond with a cat, they become very affectionate towards you. They are little shits sometimes though, so I can't blame you.
I was Heath, let me tell you that I've always wanted to see a tornado up close, with an escape plan/shelter for backup, then run like HELL into some place safe. This was absolutely SPELLBINDING to say the least. I live on Long Island in New York, weve had tornados before, but not like that one. I guess I got my wish alil bit in seeing this footage. Truely AMAZING!!!😲
The old fella's quiet breathing without uttering a single word is almost as creepy as the approaching tornado itself.
You can hear the fright in him... Must've been utterly terrifying.
@@llama3856 I saw this, he was badly injured and his wife passed away in that
@@dualsenseentertainment Yeah it was nuts. He had to leave for several days, and when he returned, his dog already ate half her body. Terrible stuff!
@@jackieboy1593 what??! Are you serious??
@@janinemcarrow3199 No, of course not. Rescuers come through fast, she would have been found almost immediately.
RIP to those who died in this. I can’t believe how loud these things are, they say it’s like a freight train next to your ear drums this close to it.
Rip to his wife
@@princefiqzamv And his neighbor.
I’ve lived through one and I can confirm it sounds eerily similar to a freight train, just way louder and more haunting. This video very much captures that feeling I had right as it was about to hit my house.
@@Qwnntm damn good thing you survived.
@@Qwnntm I'm not surprised. But glad you're still here. Tornadoes are so deadly...
This is some of the best tornado footage you'll see. Like you're right there watching death approach. If you've ever had a Tornado dream, you know it's a lot like this video. Terrifying
Never thought I'd see smod commenting on a tornado vid. Thinking of switching up jobs and becoming a chaser?
@@paulcampbell3208 i have been a huge storm guy since childhood. I go after tornadoes and blizzards alike and everything in between. In the midwest we get a little of everything. The extremes are my fun zone!
Oh yeah it is, by miles. The guy even survived aswell. (His wife sadly died however)
@@StonedMeadowOfDoom music channel I follow replied to me and we got shit in common
Cross that one off my bucket list
I literally have reoccurring nightmares where I go to look out my window and I see a tornado heading my way. Worst dreams ever!
This is scarier than any horror movie. Especially the sound.
It literally sounded like demons in Hell.
Because it's REAL.
Just a small fact about tornados: If a tornado doesn’t look like it’s moving, it’s heading straight toward you. Run and/or seek shelter.
Yeah, like anyone can out run a tornado,I got a far fetched idea,I know this is going to sound pretty drastic,but how's about putting the camera down and seek shelter.
@@leeanne4638 i think what they mean by run is get away from it or seek shelter
Not only that, but it appears to gradually get bigger and louder with an increase of wind.
That one definitely appeared to be moving... Straight toward the camera.
Run sideways. Perpendicular to its path. I had to out drive a tornado once, and it crossed exactly where I was. Got some epic pictures of it
The sound makes it scarier than any horror movie.
I couldn't agree more O_o
@Adrian A Dorothy, Auntie Em, Toto!!
Omg. Yeeesss I had to take off my headphones
Have you ever heard one in real life? I live in Joplin and I must say, videos do them NO justice!
Because it's REAL.
That high pitched sound right before the picture goes black is haunting.
True. I've seen footage like this before, same noise. One of the most unsettling things I've ever heard.
cant here nothing played it over and over
@@TheGardener54uk it's easy. 1:56. High pitch roaring from hell.
@@Призраклевиафанчеловек It registered the roar and devistation though. How many times do you have to listen to hear it? Sounds like 10 trains going right into him. It's bone chilling to hear and see something that close....let alone, live through it! With the exception of his wife and neighbor...rest in peace.
@@90s267 It's heavily distorted and barely there.
This is the greatest video ever uploaded to RUclips.
1. It begins where the situation is evident & immediately understood.
2. No stupid music.
3. No Captain Obvious narrator.
Thank you Mr. Captain Obvious for this comment.
jk lol
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Agree 💯 I can't tell you how many tornado vids i have turned off because the cameraman won't stfu. "This is a monster tornado! Omg there's a lot of debris!" 🙄
Yeah and it’s not some “let’s get in the car w/ your phone and try to chase this storm and then we can call ourselves “storm chaser idiots”
@@Mere-LachaiselongueYou stole my comment verbatim!
Yet another example of how being the cameraman grants you immunity.
No war crimes here.
Lol u right 6yy
Lol survivorship bias, literally.
xD
Pecos Hank: That sucker is coming right for me!
I think this is probably the most valuable footage of a tornado ever recorded.
I've thought the very same thing when I first saw it years ago.
This is a valuable one too: ruclips.net/video/R7f3FIH3Yaw/видео.html
@@AlphaMachina Yes, absolutely I agree, that is great footage. I laugh at how calm that guy is, lol.
wait till you see this one, these guys built a tornado car and intercepted one that went right over them ruclips.net/video/v075d9Vfqcg/видео.html
Balls of steel.
The fact that the video footage actually survived THIS is amazing....
the man taking it did too and he was upstairs, sadly his wife downstairs didnt survive.
@@davidca96 how do you know his wife died
@Oh_no_I’ve _become_a_weeb oh, and the guy is 85 years old?
@Oh_no_I’ve _become_a_weeb that's mad
@Oh_no_I’ve _become_a_weeb is this guy still alive to this day?
I love how chill he is even when there’s this giant rotating cloud of death approaching
Why would he be scared? He is the cameraman.
He is an old man
@@hoticepartyMy grandpa on his deathbed would be yelling for us to get to shelter. This guy sucks.
Think this is a mounted cam that got found afterwards
@@imnotagamer22 No it wasn't. It was an 80ish year old man named Clem who knew he was not going to be able to make it down the stairs. His wife, who was downstairs, did not survive. Plus you can see how the camera moves around. Obviously handheld
This is the closest we'll get to experiencing a tornado without actually being hit by one.
Who says??
@@missheird5514 me after watching this video of a tornado going directly into the camera.
@@jimmybob5541 What I meant was that we have no guarantees that we will never personally experience a tornado. But I certainly hope not!! 😁😁
@@missheird5514 Yeah that would be a terrible expedience. Just gut wrenching and nothing but dread knowing what's coming...
@@jimmybob5541 👍👍👍
All that AND he held his phone horizontally. The man is a legend.
⭐️
to be fair, tornadoes are one of the things acceptable to film vertically, along with tall buildings and rocket launches!
😆
@@CDStoner No.
@@CDStoner no.
This man literally stared death face-to-face and still kept the camera still more than most people. RIP to his wife and I hope he found a new home
he’s dead!!!!????
That is so sad, I could hear the fear in her breathing but since the camera crew always seem to survive I had hopes.
@@rickyismyuncle4485 She was downstairs. It was just him there with the camera
@@mrcodec7814 that's not him. It said nothing about him recording.
@@JUNKTV420 look at the link and watermark on the video
crazy how you can hear birds chirping right before like if you weren’t looking out the window or anything you would have no idea that thing was coming for you
are you dumb? TV alerts. phone alerts. Tornado sirens. and the sound of the tornado
Jesus, it actually sounds like a train moving closer. Truly horrifying.
Yep, it's a sound you don't want to hear during a storm, and at times you don't want to see a green sky either.
I've seen/heard it a handful of times.
Exactly
As someone who currently lives right next to active train tracks, this does sound a lot like a train going by. It's so interesting how close they can sound.
My grandpa always told me it sounded like a freight train so if you ever hear a noise like that seek shelter immediately
Gave me chills up my spine. It truly feels surreal and gove you a feel of true PRIMAL fear.
Walls, base boards, furniture etc all being pulverized into each other while your body as frail as an infant, being smashed into it all.
That's a lot imof detail to process and its happening in mere seconds.
I love how he’s just sitting at this window with his phone filming a tornado like it’s filming a cloud gently go by -
i don’t think it was a very gentle cloud
He was In Creative mode!! :O
Then he dies
Frrrrrr
Jeff Martin he surprisingly didn’t die
I think whats scarier to me is the fact that it slowly gets darker, then goes pitch black. And then its loud at first, but then it just goes silent.
Does that mean ur ded
@@staticube7007 I don’t think he died, not 100% sure but there’d definitely be some “rip” comments if he did
I don't think it got quiet, I think it just got too loud for the microphone
got darker.... then black..... then loud.... but then silent?!?
For a minute there, I thought you were describing the ultimate fart.
(Butt, since you didn't mention 120 MPH wind, I knew you weren't talking about a fart.)
@@gatsbylight4766 Pun spotted
What stands out to me is that he was on the top floor and “rode” the rubble of his fireplace down as the building was torn apart, and his wife on the bottom floor died under the rubble. They tell us over and over again to never be on the top floor yet he survived with no major injuries. Insane. And lucky.
Oh, he had severe injuries that took him some years to recover from, he didn't get out unscathed.
Stupid.
Also not sure about the lucky part... I don't know that I would prefer to live after losing my wife, my dog, and everything I have on earth minus my meatsuit. And I'm not even halfway to 80 years old.
This is the scariest tornado video in youtube that i ever seen
Ditto
Totally TOTALLY agree!!
Agreed. It doesn't get much more real than that. I can't imagine his thoughts as it approached. Judging by the length of the video he might have had a minute or so to try and get out if its path. Probably not enough time I guess.
@@sweetdaddy77 yes cause at the end of the video everything got dark and we can't hear nothing from the person who was recording it. That's a big doubt.
You could see it leveling everything in its path. Makes you wonder how you can even survive that
The way the blackness just envelopes the whole scene as stuff is starting to rip apart is just beyond scary. Makes you realize that that nature is the real boss in our world.
Nature😂🤣... the creation is never above the Creator.
@@T410ce there is no creator
@@bc1173 I used to be sure, too. It was a thumb in their eye to be sure. Was.
@@ndzapruder ok boomer
@@ndzapruder He's right, though.
This is the most terrifying sound I think I've ever heard. Any dead by tornado, that's what their last seconds looked and sounded like. What a transition.
@@starscreamofvos why do you want to traumatize me
@@starscreamofvos lmao stfu
@@KatzRool is this an annoying vegan like the vegan teacher
cause i can see the name dominion but i am not clicking on random links specially from a vegan
@@БорисВладков yep
Well said, Caprise
Feb 2nd 2007 at 3am I was hit by a Tornado. I watched my mother gush blood from her skull as I held her in my arms as the tornado consumed my family and home. I will never forget the pea soup green sky and the screams from my nabhiors who had survived yet lost loved ones. I seen people impaled though trees and fences. It gave me PTSD and now I own two weather radios in case if one should fail, I live in a state of constant fear and I know for the most part it's not rational to think I'll get hit again, But late at night when I dream and a semi goes past I freak out. It came in the dead of night and stole everything from me. Don't take these things lightly, they can and have killed many people.
The sound they make is horrific... Unbelievable power.
Haha
Genesis Rivas you commented that 17 seconds ago wow
@@BulletAgario and
@@BulletAgario im bored
@@BulletAgario u play fortnight
Once again the camera survives. They need to start making houses out of the materials they make camera's with
Or make this a commercial. “Even a tornado can’t hurt it”.
ikr
Too bad providers aren't as reliable...
Honestly, if you built a camera to be the size of a house (which is already pretty much what a giant telescope-observatory is, when you think about it -- the same goes for an airport radar tower) then even that camera would be knocked over like any other building-unable-to-withstand-a-direct-tornado-impact. What makes cameras so robust and resilient _in comparison to how seemingly fragile a house is_ is due to the fact that the camera IS SMALL. Trust me, a big 4-story victorian or colonial single-family house that was originally built before the First World War w0ould absolutely be even more destroyed then the toolsheds and single-story and two-story duplexes that we see get Wizard-of-Oz'd away in this RUclips clip. Because it's bigger, which means more surface area, which means that the same amount of wind-force will have a greater chance of turning the whole building into a balsawood kite.
The same joke has been made about building airplanes out of the same material they use to build airplane black box recorders that you always hear about after a crash. The same for the black box recorder in a train locomotive. (And, fun fact, your personal car / minivan / SUV / pickup truck has a little recorder device that might as well be a black box except for the fact that it's not referred to as one -- so if you're ever in a car wreck and you wanna get proof that the other guy's headlights actually weren't on when they were supposed to be on, chances are if that vehicle was built after 1995, there's a "prom device" little recorder doohickey thing that will probably allow you to prove that the other driver is lying when they said to the cops that they had their headlights on when they actually didn't.)
MisterFister I didn’t read it but I appreciate the time you put into that answer.
This is an F4 tornado when it hit this subdivision, it's a miracle the footage was salvaged. You'll likely never see footage like this ever again.
Do you know if the person that recorded this survived?
@@darrenapple2200 the man did but his wife died
@@philipcastillo6762 😭
This is not the original video. But the producer and his wife are dead by now.
@@philipcastillo6762 as far as I know the man is also dead by now.
This was the Fairdale, IL tornado of 2015.
rated an EF4
I'm in Illinois
The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011
@@feanorwermThis isn't that tornado.
@@carter28817tt So F3*
Just a gentle breeze here in Oklahoma
lmao ikr
right 💀
Frrrr
fr i’m in fort sill rn and like wth is wrong with your guys wind
Lmao right like.. ah I love this fresh air
You don’t want to go through a tornado. Back in 1996, my mother and I barely escaped one. The sound of one alone is terrifying. It was like a whistling teakettle mixed with a roaring beast.
We had an EF1 go by our house last year. I live in a high rise. Even though the closest it got was half a mile away, the inflow and rfd winds were so bad, you could hear our whole building just whistling in the halls. For about ten minutes, the whole time it was on the ground. It makes quite a bit of noise, doesn't it? Sounded like a huge waterfall.
I didn’t have close calls per say, but being 6 years old and my sister only 8, hearing a tornado close to us and having to run downstairs while our mom was at work scares me still (or I’m a coward. Probably both)
I'm not surprised.
I lived through a tornado back in 1992. I was in the sixth grade and it hit at like 9:00 A.M. that morning. It picked up a motorcycle and threw it through the library and killed our librarian. Ironically, the teacher whose motorcycle it was died years later in motorcycle accident when he drove to school and got caught in a bad storm.
Jay,
That’s terrible!
The tornado we barely escaped seem to come out of nowhere. There were huge trees and some hills blocking the view, and suddenly there it was!
Black clouds and roaring winds spinning all into one. The dogs started acting weird.
It was bad!
The news that day was giving no warnings or anything. They can come out if nowhere! Scary.
We barely made it to lower shelter.
"what did it sound like?"
"everything."
You know how they say that a tornado sounds like a bunch of freight trains traveling at once?
Lets say-a, I believe that now....
It sounded like i was pushed under water mid sound
Holy cow that's intense
"Yes but *what* things?"
"All of them"
Sounded like flashbacks i was seeing things inside the tornado. Now in here with weird people telling me to follow the yellow brick road.
As someone who lives next to a train track that has many freight trains passing through... thats pretty loud...
I heard a roaring sound similar to about 1:15 once. At the time, I had no idea that a tornado was half a mile away from my house. It was rain wrapped and there were trees and houses covering my view so all I saw was a haze right right where the tornado was. While the tornado was significantly smaller than this, and I was lucky to not get hit, it was unsettling to learn that the sound I heard was the same sound that's preceded death for many.
I’m so glad you’re safe. At my house the wind blows a lot so when it rains it sounds exactly like that. During the spring/summer months i’m constantly looking to see if it’s turning into something worse or just a rainstorm😩
That sound, especially if you can hear it from a couple hundred yards like that, is the pressure TANKING straight down to hell. It’s an immediate EXTREME intensification of the tornado
the tornado coming towards the camera gives me so much anxiety but at the same time, it's so facinating and i can't look away.
Ikr
fluffideer So True!
I must firmly agree
Dang it rubber. You stole my joke. But yes. God of art, if you would kindly shut your mom that would be great.
Same if you see one in person lol We were stuck standing there looking at it come up in our yard. My dad ran up and said "What the hell is wrong with yall? RUN!" 😂
That's how it sounds on camera. Imagine that in person.
Probably not as bad. Or worse idk. You could probably hear every sounds clearly instead of a mic clipping
@@hydroflak4543 I’ve heard it sounds like a train right next to you
wind always sounds bad in microphones
It sounds like a train is running over you. We had a direct hit over our high school in the late 90's... it was the scariest thing I've ever witnessed. I was like, -fuck- I'm going to die with these assholes.
It's worse. It's the sound of 10 trains when it's on top of you.
THIS is the type of stuff that needs to be in “top 5 most terrifying moments caught on camera” videos. Oh my god.
Instead we get fake ghost videos in that top 5
Agree
@The complaining channel cry about it
Be carefull what you wish for fucking trend spot clickbaiting you
And that video where AngelWalks' brother died.
I go through this town frequently as a local truck driver. It’s 2 blocks wide each direction and nothing near by and it took a direct hit. Was headed straight for my best friend’s house too. There’s still destroyed structures 9 years ago that was never cleaned up
okay I gotta admit, this is one of the scariest things I've ever seen
Just the eerie quietness gives you a false security that tornado looked so evil!
Yes!!! Holy crap!!!
@Howie Feldersnatch deathwish? Anyhow, things can be beautiful and scary at the same time ^^
me to
Agree
Did anyone else’s jaw drop when it actually hit?
I'm still wondering if this was for real!!
Just picked it up... So scary 😵😵😵
I think my eyeballs got big!
yea. then I doubted its authenticity. how did they get the camera?
@@tagifts The phone was found in the rubble. It's a miracle this man is alive.
I find this individual's behavior and lack of self-preservation quite perplexing.
He was an older gentleman in his attic and didn’t think he had enough time to get to the basement, so he stayed in the attic and filmed. Ultimately it saved his life, his wife, who was in the basement, ended up dying.
@@bluedappleroan22 How did she die but he didn't when he's in the worst room of a house and she's in the best for a tornado situation?
@@AudioGardenSlave123 I believe she was in the kitchen directly below him and she was crushed by the fireplace, while he was not crushed by it upstairs.
He said he thought it would change directions and not be a direct hit. They had been through one before that wasn't nearly as powerful (only lost shingles, things tossed around) and so he had no idea what this one would do.
@@annehedonia156 I'm surprised he even survived then if it knocked down a chimney. That's really sad cause I'm sure he thought she was safe and he was the one being reckless.
The person recording this I give you tons of credit for capturing this and being calm. Seeing this as it may feel like death is staring at you.
I've never seen a tornado or heard one in real life but that was terrifying to watch with headphones on. They really do sound like a train
I’ve been in one. It’s insane
I've been through two (an F4 and recently a F3) and let me tell you, the headphones doesn't do the true sound justice. It's something you'll never forget. Took me 10 months just to watch tornado videos again.
@@rickyricardo4331 wow. That sounds horrifying
imagine u had your volume all the way up.. o.o
Yeah I have been through two the roar of that sound is deafening.
This guy stared death straight in the eye and thought to himself, "this would make a great video."
I mean he thought he was gonna die so why not. Let the world see a Tornado up close.
@@AP-57 when he started filming he thought it would just keep moving west but then it unexpectedly went his direction according to an interview he had so i dont think he initially started filming bc he thought he was gonna die anyway
@@rinnittt Oh. I guess once he saw it was going towards him he said "fuck it" and kept recording anyway and accepted death? I honestly don't know.
@@AP-57 if I were him, I’d sing “Country Road” like Merlin in Kingsman: The Golden Circle
he's a cameraman, he don't die
This guy has balls of titanium for just staring death in the eyes
He didn’t thought the tornado was coming towards him, that’s why he was filming and not seeking shelter.
His wife past away because of it.
and those balls of titanium weighed him down, preventing him from being lifted up into the tornado.
by the way, this was not meant to disrespect his wife or anyone who's passed or suffered major injuries in this incident. i am very sorry for them, and id like to send my condolences
@@lokominksvazquez3206 people say his wife was in the basement, I'm pretty sure she seek safety and he was in the bathroom, so he was technically safe as well. I just don't recommend being near a window.
@@cooltina789 dude his house literally got destroyed, window or not he ended up with no house, wife and dog.
Recording a tornado about to hit you is probably the dummest thing you can do.
@@lokominksvazquez3206 seems like there was nothing else he couldve done in that point of time. Once its that close it would be impossible odds to go fast enough to escape safely
This is just what not to do in a tornado
the fact that this goes full earrape in the end is terrifying
It sounds like a house being put through a blender.
@@ironwoodnf i guess thats not too far from the truth tbh
Ironwood NF exactlyyy
Persephone! 😃
I think that part will be the lorde's intro of her upcoming album
This dude kept the camera rolling so all of us could witness something spectacular. Not all heroes wear capes.
He could've lived more. He was not a hero, it is quite obvious what happens, he was an idiot God may have mercy on his soul.
Edit: *ill put my next comment in this one actually*
Ofc unless he wasnt able to go anywhere... Took the chance to die watching something beautiful.
This man was not infarct, a hero. He was an 80+ year old man who by the time he realized it was to late to run, could do nothing but stand and watch this thing destroy his world.
what if he was wearing a cape though?
If this is the video a while back. Sadly his wife dies and he barely loves to tell.
He didn’t do it on purpose. He’s an 84 year old disabled man who was probably frozen scared. His wife didn’t make it and he lost his home. Story is all over the internet, just google *Clem Schultz tornado*.
Wow, I read the article. He lost his wife and his home from that tornado. His dog went missing as well. His wife's friend also died.
_"I know they're both in heaven," Schultz said, "because the devil couldn't put up with both of them at the same time."_
Sometimes, cracking a joke can help ease the pain of loss.
You mean, the owner who recorded this video?
Where did you read this article, can we have the link to it please?
@@tigergreg8 It's in the video description: www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/chi-fairdale-illinois-tornado-victims-20150411-story.html
@@nimarus3118 Oh ok, Thank You.
According to the article, he found his dog! But must be painful to have lost his wife.
I've seen this footage before. I believe it was an older gentlemen who was filming upstairs in his home. He wasn't badly injured, but tragically, his wife on the floor below was killed.
He was injured badly, yet somehow survived. Prayers to him and his late wife.
Yes, one of his vertebrae was crushed when the chimney fell on him. His wife was right underneath him. Tragic.
This is some of the most terrifying shit I’ve ever seen.
no lie
Same
This is the best first-person account of a direct hit you will find anywhere. I've seen hundreds or even thousands of these videos, but this one is the standout of all time. The sound alone is amazing, with the roar, followed by debris, bottles and cans cascading all over the place.
@Quake Guy not everyone fears tornadoes i.e. various storm chasers
@Quake Guy also, not everyone has footage like this and is able to live to show it to the world.
Knowing someone died in this house as a result of this tornado is truly heartbreaking
Blue Widow cuz some ppl are dumb. Your life is more important than some 100 thousand views on social media
@@alphareborn9908 The man was supposedly 80 yrs old.. There's not much he can do to save her.
Izzyistic maybe move away from the house... I doubt he was 80 lmao. And if he was then I guess he was just done with life and didn’t care.
Edit: so he was 80. I guess he didn’t give a fuck lol but his wife died which is sad.
Edit 2: His wife alerted him of a tornado moving closer, he believed it was going to miss them and stayed in the house.
So he lived but his wife passed away?
@@nailbabez8289 yes
The way you see things start to get thrown around just before it all goes black is absolutely chilling
I thought u are about to say terrifying 😂
W-waitt.. whut ??
and then it throws the fucking _house_
@@calredwine7001 insane
I'm watching the video wondering if he understands that roof above his head is either flying OFF or coming down. 🤷
It's amazing how much raw energy that thing has, I mean once it starts getting a little darker everything quickly goes to hell... even sounds like hell.
Not a single "holy fuck" was uttered.
Amazing.
Maybe he died of a heart attack holding the camera.
He either has balls the size of Texas or he has never encountered a tornado before.....
I've been in his situation..I have a salty mouth and I didn't utter a single flipping word anytime I was in this position..it's the kind of situation where you feel like you're having an out of body experience, like you're in an alternate reality..all you can do is make peace with God and hold on for your life..it's very sobering when you realize you're completely screwed 😳
@@KatzMeow311 he was an elderly man..he realized he didn't have time to make it downstairs so he just started recording..it's freaking amazing that he even made it through and didn't die 🤯
@@IanAlderige he lived, believe it or not..his wife was on the floor below him..unfortunately she didn't make it through it 🥺
As a teenager, my Gramma lived on a farm in Oklahoma (late 1940's). A few years before her passing I was talking to Grammy over breakfast and the subject of tornadoes came up. She had a doozy of a story to tell which happened when she was 14yrs. old. The afternoon of the storm her mother had a friend over to visit along with her two children, a boy of about 8yrs and a girl of 6. That afternoon a big storm approached the farm and my Grammy was sent out to find the girl and boy who had gone into the corn field to play and bring them down to the storm cellar. After calling out for them for several minutes and not finding them, she noticed a tornado beginning to form about a mile away across the fields. She continued to call out looking for the children, but finally had to run back to the house to take shelter because the tornado was heading straight for her. Anyway, the storm barely missed the house, but ended up taking most of the roof with it. Unfortunately, their barn took a direct hit, killing all their horses, pigs and chickens. After the tornado had passed, the women ran outside frantically searching for the children. Grammy had enough wits about her to let her dogs out of the cellar and she followed them around, hoping they'd find a scent or something (not trained dogs, but she was desperate). Anyway, after about an hour, one of the dogs took off running thru the flattened corn field and stopped at what looked like a pile of muddy corn stalks about a quarter mile from the house. Grammy said when she got there, she found the little girl - stripped completely naked and covered in mud and bits of shredded corn stalks. Miraculously, she only had slight scratches and some bruises. More people showed up later and the search continued for the little boy and it wasn't until the next day that he was found - fully clothed, but impaled by sticks and debris. He had been flung against a broken tree trunk and appeared to have been killed instantly. The crazy thing was that the boy had been picked up and transported over 3 miles from the house. A tragic story. I can't imagine the mother's desperation while searching for her children and the sudden relief and joy of discovering her daughter alive, only to suffer on the following day, the crushing grief and pain of finding her young son had been taken from her forever.
Wow - what a story. Poor souls 🙏
Oml im so sorry to hear that
Wow I’m sorry for everything lost then how horrific and the kids especially
F F That's crazy... may they rest in peace 😔
2 outta 3 ain't bad tho...considering.
This video filled me with such an intense feeling of dread and finality.
You summarized exactly what I was feeling. Really dark video.
Alec Sanchez Unbelievable eeriness and for about 20 seconds my mind was in a completely different reality
im looking at all these houses, still intact.
all those peoples homes, just standing there peacefully, seconds away from total annihilation
His wife died too, very unfortunate and more did as well
Bro took ' cameraman never dies ' to another level 💀
The white house in front of him literally disintegrates.
Nightmares 😭
No it doesn't, you can still see the intact roof line right as everything goes dark. The house got engulfed, but it didn't disintegrate.
Keep watching you literally see the front side of the house fall
Do you use literally a lot?
@@ImpeRiaLismus literally lmao
When you reach a point in life where you just accept death and want others to experience it.
i think he knew is no escape from this
Like where he could run from that monster in just 2 minutes
@@styluwka basement
@@_BLUU_ he propably doesnt have one
@@styluwka anything would've been better than being on the highest floor
This man was prepared to die.
Not a word, nor was the camera panning away.
Just breath and focus.
to be honest, he isn't... this is one of the most commented story ever for ignoring safety.. here:
abcnews.go.com/US/man-recalls-terrifying-tornado-wifes-life/story?id=38141962
"My wife called me in the kitchen. She said, 'Look out the window.' And sure enough I looked out -- we see this big, ugly tornado coming."
"It looked like it was going to miss us," he said.
Geri stayed in the kitchen while he went upstairs to get some lanterns.
As the loud tornado loomed, Schultz decided to start recording cell phone video.
The video shows the tornado move closer and the sky darken, before the picture goes black.
"Up until the time the house started moving, it still looked to me like it was going to go to the west -- and miss us," he said. "Suddenly, I realized I was wrong.
"I was standing next to the chimney when the whole place went down," Shultz said.
CHILL FROST Pretty interesting fact finder.
I’m sure he misjudged it.
What I meant was most ppl at some point would have at least made an attempt to move away possibly to somewhere else in the house with better shelter and would probably be shouting something in fear as a natural instinct.
The man just held his ground with ice in his veins
What he said..☝
CHILL FROST I mean either way if the tornado was that close they should’ve got to safety 🤷🏽♀️
@@kamzalot3 the man wasn't trying to live anymore. That's why he stood there. It was almost as if the tornado knew & so did he that this was their day to meet. I imagine at the same second the tornado rips house off foundation in front of him..its that same second that takes him as well. This is bone chilling even if there were any survivors
So tragic, but educational showing the sheer force it had against everything in its path.
The man who recorded this video, Clem Schultz, survived the incident, as did his phone and dog (We wouldn't have gotten the video otherwise), but his neighbor and wife did not.
When his parents had nightmares they ran into his room to sleep.
Hahahaha
That could be a chuck Norris joke 😂
@@egalllogal7071 lol that's the first thing that popped into my head when I read that.
😂😂😂😂😂
Watching this knowing someone died right at this moment is so terrifying and sad.
The person who recorded the video didn’t die
@@George-gh2ed no, but his wife did.
@@Radiogirl1931 really?omg 😪
@@diegosccp7004 yes unfortunately
@@Radiogirl1931 The wife wouldn't go into the basement because she was scared of spiders.😮
after this I am becoming a cameraman because they always survive
Really 😂😂
@unknown person he survived. his wife on the other hand... Rip.
@unknown person he survived
@Sandy Lorenzo no, he's alive.
@Sandy Lorenzo He's alive. You can read about it in the article
Tornadoes are so terrifying. They’re unpredictable, and if they decide to come your way, you truly are helpless. I’m glad you lived to post this video for us. I’ve only ever been in one tornado, and i never want to experience another… ever.
I can’t tell if he’s the bravest man that ever survived something like this or just dumb and lucky.
I mean that with all due respect. This story is an absolute tragedy.
Jetfire/Quasar oh thanks
Dude 2 millions have watched it, he saved 2m people... if anyone did the same thing after they watch it then they an idiot xD
I know first hand he was on the second floor filming, wife was down stares in the kitchin.The house colapsed on her killed her,1 in a million chance,he survived ,her friend next door neighbor died too.fun day.
B W You were there?
@@Scoopski_Potato probably not, but link in description shows that the man recording this had lost his wife in the news as well as his whole property.
Why does the fact that I can hear the cameraman’s breathing make this worse somehow?
I think it's because you KNOW that there was someone behind the camera, just quietly filming and staring while death was coming straight to them. Idk, it's just terrifying to me
Because his breathings were full of fear i bet
@Retral apparently he found his dog again afterwards alive
@@TheeEnglishLesbian At least there was one good thing to come out of this. :(
Its ASMR, until the twister shreds his house that is
That was f*cking terrifying.
I know
for sure
yep i don’t ever want to be near one ✝️✝️✝️
ruclips.net/video/ks30EUiEP3Q/видео.html his account of the incident, the tornado also killed his wife
@@fishinwithq3959 that’s so sad :(
I’ve seen lots of tornado videos but this one tops them all. I’ve seen this video at least more than 10 times and every single time I watch this it still absolutely terrifies me. I’ve heard many people say that a tornado sounds like a freight train and this video proves that. The hellish winds and the light instantly turning to dark makes this the greatest and scariest video of a tornado ever
God, i swore i heard screaming...and the fact that his wife passed here makes that even worse
That wasn't screaming, that was just the tornado
Timestamp?
ARMY
@@Amandaaalynnn ...
That's what I heard too. I watched the video twice to make myself feel better, thinking I must have imagined it it, but no, I heard it again. It makes sense - he was probably screaming from terror. :(
it really didn’t even look like it had moved anywhere till it ATE HIS HOUSE
That's what they say about tornadoes. If it looks like it's not moving, it's coming at you.
@@victorbonilla4634 I could tell it was getting closer
I was looking at the trees
Yes. This is something that people who live in tornado alley are taught (if their parents have any wits at all) about tornados. If the tornado does not appear to be moving but it is getting larger (even a little bit), then it is probably coming straight at you. Shelter immediately.
@A Johnson I thought tornadoes brought you high up in the air and carried you?
@A Johnson eh I've watched a few but not much
I didn't know that actually could fling you out
I thought they just carried you till they died
That went from about a 37 to a 100 real quick
Tim Theus hahah “37”
Dumb
It went to green tea real quick
More like 100-1,000,000,000
Lmao 37
The eerie quiet after the thing passed is indescribable.
Do not worry the cameraman never dies. Also, the weight of his balls has him safely anchored to the ground.
He havent.. his wife did
@The Ben Plays yeah his wife recorded this
@@lucifersdeity8970 No he recorded it his wife died so she couldn’t recorded it
Tornado: You are going to die.
Person: *Grabs camera and starts recording.*
Death: “Understandable, have a great day.”
HAHAHAHHAHA
An example of “if a tornado looks like it’s not moving, it’s moving towards you”
Edit: oh for the love of god, i have seen like three people say i copied that other top comment. both of our comments were made one month ago. i didn’t even see that other comment when i wrote this. calm down
Yup.
Actually it appears to get bigger so it did move, and you can also use other senses such as increase in sound to determine an approach by a tornado.
@@phylactarymeshcopteru4382 True, because as seen here, the wedge tornado was coming directly.
Crazy part is that you can tell this one is headed directly for them. It grows in size within minutes.
It only took 1:47 seconds for the tornado to destroy that neighborhood. It was moving at the speed of light, it seems.
That is by far the most bad-ass tornado footage I have ever seen. And no million-dollar chaser equipment. Just a dude with a phone and some F-5 balls.
F-5 balls... iconic
Stupidity more like
@@michelangelo4701 also amazing how you insert sarcasm based on an assumption instead of comassion. To your dissapointment, he did not die
@@MelisJoy his wife did
@@charlafox5701 how do u know that?
Tooken by Clem Schultz, was recorded in Fairdale, Illinois.
The Rochelle-Fairdale, Illinois Tornado was an strong EF-4 tornado.
The damage was completely devastation, trees were snapped in half, and houses becoming into a junkyard.
basically the strongest tornado that wasn't rated ef5
Fact: He survived the Tornado, but his wife, downstairs, died when their chimney collapsed on top of her during the event.
Source?
He also lost his neighbor
Very sad.
Maybe he should have put the stupid camera down and went and protected his wife... What's this world coming to?
@@pamhunter-to4xs yeah like why didnt they try to avoid the tornado instead of standing up like a statue
The wife of the man who captured this video was actually killed by this tornado. It's a miracle he survived.
@@internetexplorer7880 Thats what he meant to say, he just didn’t add the comma
He was the cameraman. Cameramen never die.
@Loukas Lykos Old people are stubborn.
@@RedLancerMoto agreed and then put the youth at risk having to save them…
@@user-me7pn6kl2z true. That’s how it is with flooding during hurricanes. People don’t evacuate until their houses are full of water and all of a sudden they’re asking people with boats for help. So irresponsible when people do it out of choice (I know some people can’t afford to leave or some other reasons, but that’s a different story)
if he’s 84 yrs old and his hand didn’t even shake while recording this, i think this man has been through a lot worse than this
not really, there was another tornado time ago but it wasn't a direct hit. Maybe he thought that this one was also going to change it's direction or something
a wife
He survived a wife
@@toob_shoob1324 haha wife bad please laugh
He was staring death in the face and saying, "COME ON AND TAKE ME IF YOU DARE!"...in his mind at least.
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Clem Schultz is as brave as one gets. My condolences on losing his wife, and I'm glad he reunited with his dog.
Even though he's not saying anything, you can hear him breathing deeply and anxiously, like he knows he's gonna die.
he survived, but his wife didn't sadly.
@@hvadskalvihedde2512 But no doubt he thought that it was the end for him too.
@@hvadskalvihedde2512 no he did not survive. He died
@@Ronin.Samurai he survived but his wife didn't he made an interview as well on it
@@hvadskalvihedde2512 Where I cant believe that
Clearly this guy lost more than his house and wife. He lost his mind about a minute before this thing hit head on.
I have to agree. Go hold your wife or shield her.
Hahaha funny joke bro
@Rural Property in Spain family found his phone in wreckage and it somehow still worked
@@jawnminn8363 is he still alive
chennie is my baby yes he is but damaged his vertebrae
That is, by far, the most terrifying video of a tornado I have ever seen.
This is the most terrifying and sad thing ive ever witnessed! :( God bless this man and I pray for his wife who sadly passed away from this x
So his wife was dying while he got dope footage? Uncool
This man deserves academy award for best picture
Definitely deserves something
He lost his family and his dog to this tornado 😔
He was an old man in his 80s. Hardly his fault that he couldn't get away quick enough. His wife and dog died by this tornado.
Killer Queen No, they found his dog 🙂
@@irishnessie OMG another Queen fan spotted! Totally off-topic but I can't help it sorry!
In memory of...
Bruh that last sound sounded like a whole monster, Wendigo, dragon whatever but that was pretty terrifying to hear and then everything just goes black and gets loud.
@Briar Craig it lasted an hour and 30 min???!!! Wow how terrifying that must have been.
this is worse than any monster, even monsters would run away from this
Oh cmon! You can post comments on videos without being a BruhTard. People won’t take you seriously.
@@TheWaynelds no u
@@AlextheG2679.. good for you..
The scariest part is there's no sound. No wind. Lightning. Nothing, until it's right on top of you. You could easily skipped the news that day, chilling in your living room and suddenly discover your house had a sunroof that opens.
Thats what makes this tornado and the Joplin one so horrifying. They both were eerily quiet by tornado standards, especially when you consider the power both of them contained. Both of them were two massive, multi-vortex wedge twisters, yet you didn't truly hear the roar until it was already too late. Most violent tornadoes are LOUD AS HELL and can be heard for MILES, perfect examples are the Tuscaloosa tornado, Andover KS tornado, Washington Illinois tornado, 1999 moore and 2013 moore. Those twisters were brutally loud, even when they were very far away. You KNEW those twisters were coming because you could hear them loud and clear, in fact, there is a documented story from a family that was saved from the 99 Moore twister because they heard a freight train sound when it was still far away and they fled and hid inside a drain(which is not a good idea by any means, they got VERY lucky).
That's why simply listening for the tornado's sound in a warning is never a good idea and immediately take shelter.
@@dannyllerenatv8635 I was in the heart of the Joplin tornado and its true. I didn't hear it till it was almost on my house. This video is the only one that I have found that has that same growing "train" sound that I heard as it came up to my house. I'm lucky I had saw the power flashes about 5 mins before it hit my home. I'll never forget that sound..
@@TheBigDirty25 I'm so sorry about your experience. The Joplin twister was a nightmare, the fact that it formed so quickly, was strangely quiet, and rain-wrapped made it a nightmare. It's just not humanly possible to prepare for something like that.
Me: I don’t remember installing a sun roof! Oh well
That was genuinely disturbing, not just watching the tornado inch closer and closer, but hearing the wind SCREAMING on video. I am terrified of tornadoes, yet still watch videos on them so I can be educated.
The heavy breathing makes this sound like a horror movie.
It really added intensity to the video to make it real.
He’s an old man so elder people do take heavy breaths
Well, it is a horror movie.
@@cxo9378 well he was 84, so definitely an old man
@@srinidhiacharla1766 and also must be very scared too
this stuff gets even more sad when you realize that when mt st. helens erupted in may of 1980 there was a photographer on the base of the volcano taking pictures and monitoring the area for any minor tremors that could indicate an eruption was coming. the volcano blew up and he knew he was done for, so he filmed as much as he could and then right before he died he placed the camera on the ground and lay on top of it to protect it. he was immediately ripped apart but the camera survived
Really?
Wow!
Footage????
@@littv1610 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Blackburn
Didn't that guy actually die in his car?
... Althougg laying on your camera wouldn't exactly accomplish much, in this situation, at least.
*EDIT:*
Ah, nevermind. Same incident, different person.
I feel really bad for this man. His house got destroyed, he lost everything, his wife passed away during the tornado, and his dog went missing. It’s just so sad.
He found his dog
Teddy Bear Did anything happen to him?
debbiemacd no he was safe but he lost everything
But on the other hand, he owned almost 1 million views on RUclips… :-)
@@ObsidianParis but he didn't put his video on RUclips, someone else put it on their own channel
Finally, a video of a tornado without someone saying OMG 563 times.
Instead it's just super heavy breathing for the first minute and a half
@@braelyn.b__ that's understandable
Ur right when people say OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG it’s really annoying
Foreal blaspheming against God. Look at his wrath imagine what he’ll will be like
U can’t hear it
Honestly is this guy suicidal? How could you just stare at that thing coming at you with the window open and not think to yourself “maybe i should at least back up”?
Hes 84... already lives above life expectancy
What difference does it make?
He's in a house. If he stands by the window, he's still in the house. If he comes back from the window... he's still in the house. A twister like that is going to take the roof off and rip walls apart no question. The only real safe bet would be a tornado shelter or a basement. Weirdly I hear a lot of American homes don't have them. I went to the USA twice in 2003 and 2005, specifically Kissimmee and as a young lad back then I can remember laying awake at night in the rental home we stayed in worrying that I might be killed in a tornado. I look back on it now and think Tornado Alley isn't covering Florida but Florida gets the windier storms but less overall twisters.
He gotten his wife killed too!! He didn't even warn her that the tornado was coming what a maroon!! Now she's dead bcus of him!!
@@thefiestaguy8831ok so with that logic it wouldve been just as smart to stand outside as this thing is ripping towards him as trying to take cover somewhere? Have you ever heard of a survival instinct before?
@@Boxscot49 Survival instinct?
Sure....
But when you know an F5 is coming straight at your house, frankly it makes little to no difference.
He survived by some miracle, his wife (who was downstairs) - died in this twister.
Just goes to show the analogy of "Get to the lowest point of the building" doesn't always work - he was sat in his loft and faced it full on, and yet survived, his wife, a floor or perhaps two below him, died, arguably she was more sheltered than he was and had more material between her and the twister than he did, yet somehow she perished and he did not.
Frankly the best chance is to run into a storm shelter, but as we know not many homes have them. Supposedly the next best thing to do (if outside) is to lay face down on the ground in the prone position, hands on your head to protect it from debris... ideally in a storm drain or gutter of some sort but failing that just on flat ground.
The difference between the comparisons is in that both the scenario given and the one i'm comparing it to - is that he is still inside the house.
Compared to your scenario where he is stood outside (and has zero protection from debris which is the main killer) versus some limited protection by being inside.
In most cases of people being killed, they aren't killed by being sucked into it, they're killed by being struck or impaled on debris flying at them at easily 150mph+
the fact that you can see such monster approaching you and you can't do anything to save yourself but to sit and watch how it consumes all of your surroundings is so scary
He thought it was going past him then it was too late. Don't ever film a tornado that close people. Seek shelter
I’m pretty sure at that distance I can grab my car and out run it
@@arsenal-slr9552 Tell me about it. RUN.
Honestly if u have No where to go a deep trench or ditch might save u so long as debris dont hit u and u dont pick a ditch filled with water. Tornados dont suck up things. Most of the death caused by tornados are deaths by collapse and crushing. As always prepare and research.
@@dillonpense6530 fr? Damn, those cows in the tornados really tricked me!
I can't believe this man survived that. Yet his wife in the basement did not. This is some crazy footage, I've never seen anything like it.
His wife refused to go to the basement because she was scared of spiders. It said in the attached article that the wife told the daughter that they would find her dead in the shower clutching her purse.
@@jarettgros5821 That was actually the other woman who was killed during this tornado who said that - Jackie Klosa. This man's wife (Geri Shultz) didn't head for the basement because they both thought the tornado would pass by them. Very unfortunate but amazing footage he managed to catch.
Wait his wife was in the basement ? Then how did she die
From what I’ve heard she wasn’t in the basement… it wasn’t because of fear of spiders though, she was waiting for him to come down from getting the lantern before they would go to the basement together. Pretty sad, I know he was very old but he had plenty of time to get downstairs, instead he was mesmerized and decided to film it
I am getting conflicting stories from these replies. Luckily the article is in the description.
The darkness, when it hits, is horrifying. I can't imagine what it must have felt like.
I'd imagine pretty painful seeing that the chimney fell on top of him.
ruclips.net/video/IenmwPCC6kAK/видео.html
nuclear winter?
Dark.
Very hard to imagine, considering wedge tornadoes pack 200-300 mph winds.
Some advice I’ve read somewhere else.
If you see a tornado and it looks like it’s sitting still, RUN. It’s clearly not stopping, it’s coming straight in your direction. Run. Go to the nearest basement. Run, run, run!
Excellent advice
The mans wife sadly died in the tornado, house is in shambles. Horrifying, what a tornado can do...
@@ayoocaughtin4k156 the guy
Yeah he was standing in what was left of the house the rescuer told him not to look down. He was standing over his dead wife.
Pretty shitty of him to not be with his wife. Doesn't even warn her its coming and that they need to get in the basement. Maybe they just had an argument
@@jamescombs2118 the man who recorded the video said he didnt have enough time to go downstairs to the kitchen and get his wife (he was 85), and the cellar was useless since it was the size of a furnace. also he said he didnt think it would hit him.
@@jamescombs2118 pretty shitty of you to talk shit when you have no idea. Read the fucking article and dont embarass yourself any further
Dear God. That was one of the most terrifying things I've ever watched. Literally my worst nightmare.
Not me. Mine's the one where a demon ate my Grandma's head and she still managed to chase after me. Or the one where I owned a cat. I dunno, both are pretty scary.
@@firstnamelastname8060 stfu cats are cool
Nooooo literally the mostttttt lol
@@firstnamelastname8060 wtf
@@firstnamelastname8060 if you manage to bond with a cat, they become very affectionate towards you. They are little shits sometimes though, so I can't blame you.
Who else was wearing headphones when it got loud?
Me
Shit I just started watching and I have headphones
Me
I was Heath, let me tell you that I've always wanted to see a tornado up close, with an escape plan/shelter for backup, then run like HELL into some place safe. This was absolutely SPELLBINDING to say the least. I live on Long Island in New York, weve had tornados before, but not like that one. I guess I got my wish alil bit in seeing this footage. Truely AMAZING!!!😲
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