Searching for Remnants of the 2008 Parkersburg EF5 Tornado

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024

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  • @SwegleStudios
    @SwegleStudios  Год назад +386

    Decided to change it up a bit from the usual studio video for a "Bald and Bankrupt" style on location video. Def a good change up but I'll be back with another normal video next. Thanks again for watching! Where should I go next? Special thanks to Wendall and Nancy for the interviews! Wendall is 91 (legend)

    • @AussBosss
      @AussBosss Год назад +9

      Phil Cambell Hackleburg tornado should be next

    • @peachxtaehyung
      @peachxtaehyung Год назад +16

      Wow 91 he don't seem like 91!!

    • @SexyMcGee08
      @SexyMcGee08 Год назад +4

      You should totally go to Waco or Lubbock, cool towns with great tornado history

    • @Jfletchiguess
      @Jfletchiguess Год назад

      bro thinks hes him

    • @peachxtaehyung
      @peachxtaehyung Год назад +1

      @@Jfletchiguess what?

  • @Aesthics
    @Aesthics Год назад +618

    First/third person walkthroughs? Locals lending interviews? this one was great! I hope you do more of these in the future!

    • @davidchambers44
      @davidchambers44 Год назад +11

      I was going to comment this! This could become a series

    • @TraciTheFox
      @TraciTheFox Год назад +5

      Ooh a verified dude!

    • @tiddy671
      @tiddy671 Год назад +16

      Yeah I just love how the lil lady walked out saying she’s got a story to tell

    • @SwegleStudios
      @SwegleStudios  Год назад +33

      Thanks Aesthics!

    • @jdlukowski
      @jdlukowski Год назад +4

      Want to second or third this, what a fascinating way to highlight the impact of any given tornado! Awesome work!

  • @Rusty2FTW
    @Rusty2FTW Год назад +446

    I hope this becomes a full fledge series. Joplin, Mayfield & Jarrell would be something to watch

    • @SwegleStudios
      @SwegleStudios  Год назад +119

      Joplin and Greensburg are next on my list!

    • @bowlerrollercoaster
      @bowlerrollercoaster Год назад +22

      I think Moore would be another one on the list

    • @choo-choosam
      @choo-choosam Год назад +6

      I live 30 minutes from Jarrell in Austin TX

    • @gd2234_
      @gd2234_ Год назад +12

      Don’t forget about Plainfield! I was there last year dropping off baby bunnies (technically crest hill) and holy shit there are NO TREES!

    • @MissusO
      @MissusO Год назад +5

      I'm a current resident of Joplin. There's definitely a lot that's changed!! My husband and sister-in-law have interesting stories.

  • @Meatman8089
    @Meatman8089 Год назад +244

    My man. This is incredible. Thank you for putting the respect on the town by bringing attention to their resilience!

    • @SwegleStudios
      @SwegleStudios  Год назад +9

      Thanks John!

    • @Meatman8089
      @Meatman8089 Год назад +5

      @Swegle Studios I hope you do a deep dive on the Pilger twins. I moved 15 minutes away from where they hit. Wayne nebraska a year before them had a monster side skirt the town.

  • @FriendlyKat
    @FriendlyKat Год назад +178

    That is the QUIETEST town I've ever seen. It looked like a very peaceful walk though.
    I liked this new style of video! Very different yet cool! Also I wonder if the areas where homes were not rebuilt were deaths or just people not wanting to come back to the town? Nature will ALWAYS reclaim what is taken from her and this shows it. Very cool stuff!

    • @lorddeez1385
      @lorddeez1385 Год назад +22

      I am from the area, and can say a lot of the towns around here are like that! Mine is just a bit smaller with about 1,000 people, but the same quiet nature. Makes for some very enjoyable walks. Most places in town can be reached by walking too

    • @FriendlyKat
      @FriendlyKat Год назад +7

      @@lorddeez1385 That's so cool! I live in a big city so you HAVE to drive to get anywhere useful and it's noisy depending on where you are. (Though my area is pretty quiet) You get used to the noise and can tune it out, but I do like the fact small towns can just walk everywhere. That sounds so nice!

    • @LuigiGodzillaGirl
      @LuigiGodzillaGirl Год назад +8

      I'm originally from a small town in Northwest Iowa, and this quiet, peaceful, friendly ambiance is par for the course. I miss it sometimes.

    • @meijelly
      @meijelly Год назад

      @@lorddeez1385 Sounds perfect. My city almost has 200k people and I hate it...

    • @FriendlyKat
      @FriendlyKat Год назад

      @@meijelly Mine has over 1.3 million. :)

  • @DAJ2000
    @DAJ2000 Год назад +73

    Please do more interviews with tornado survivors. It's so interesting to hear their experience.

  • @Dahn.Baern.
    @Dahn.Baern. Год назад +79

    One of the very best tornado channels on the internet. Really appreciate the great content and wish you much more growth and success with the channel! 🌪️🌪️🌪️

  • @TornadoSponge
    @TornadoSponge Год назад +79

    There was a website that was up for years where you could see the various lots in town before the tornado, right after the tornado, and the most recent picture of the lot. It got taken down some time ago, but it was certainly an educational tool to use learning about the various types of damage buildings could have.

  • @laraisokay
    @laraisokay Год назад +163

    The interviews made me emotional. Far too often the emotional toll of storms is overlooked. Bless these kind people and may they never have to experience this horror again. ♥️

  • @shanew5957
    @shanew5957 Год назад +48

    Periodically showing your location on a map makes the video so much better.Great job!!

  • @B.lake.
    @B.lake. Год назад +28

    You gave these people a chance to tell their stories to a lot of people. A lot of people in small towns don’t get to do that. Awesome vid man!

  • @nonyabiz9487
    @nonyabiz9487 Год назад +36

    I love the tornado stories about how crazy the wind can be.. You could be in the middle of an EF5 and everything obliterated but your flippy floppys are still in the same spot you left them..

  • @daisysnodgrass8540
    @daisysnodgrass8540 Год назад +10

    Do more like this, you are on to something huge. Consider using people who lived through it to provide more history, context and detail, as well as proof of their resilience. The satellite mapping was awesome. You rock!

    • @SwegleStudios
      @SwegleStudios  Год назад +7

      Thanks so much! I got a long list of places to visit!

  • @funnyusername8635
    @funnyusername8635 Год назад +34

    Thank you for interviewing Wendall and Nancy. I'm so glad they made it out okay and that her friend had her "miracle" of flip flops and finding her rings!

    • @funnyusername8635
      @funnyusername8635 Год назад +2

      Oh, also I looked up what it means when a community is StormReady! Thought I'd pop it in here for anyone who couldn't make out the URL on the sign. To be officially StormReady, a community must:
      1. Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center
      2. Have more than one way to receive severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public
      3. Create a system that monitors weather conditions locally
      4. Promote the importance of public readiness through community seminars
      5. Develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.

    • @RT-qd8yl
      @RT-qd8yl Год назад +1

      @@funnyusername8635 I'm gonna talk to my county EOC about this. We have a brand new full siren network, but they stopped using them in favor of just WEA and EAS.

  • @ashleyb5222
    @ashleyb5222 Год назад +23

    2008 was just a bad year for Iowa, not only the devastating tornado, but also horrible floods. Also this shows just the loving and relaxed nature of people and how much they are able to just talk. Nothing like living in a small town in Iowa. I love my state (for the most part xD)

    • @ItalianCountryball11
      @ItalianCountryball11 3 месяца назад

      Yeah, living in a small town is the best, because I also live in a small town. (In Louisiana)

  • @tornadostories
    @tornadostories Год назад +11

    I really enjoyed this style Jake. Very compelling content. Plus it's always good to highlight the positive people and stories from events like this. The gentleman and lady that you spoke were very kind and genuine to share their memories. Top work.

  • @VelosterFur
    @VelosterFur Год назад +2

    I loved hearing the stories told by that nice elderly couple, truly a one of a kind experience

  • @butters22x
    @butters22x Год назад +6

    Been a long time subscriber of yours. This is one of your best videos. Thanks for highlighting a "smaller" F-5 tornado. Hearing from the locals who lived through the storm certainly adds a new perspective.

  • @JustARandomGuy808
    @JustARandomGuy808 Год назад +8

    Those interviews you did with Nancy and Wendall were very interesting, keep up the good work Mr Swegle love the vids

  • @JulietEcho
    @JulietEcho Год назад +3

    Thanks for doing this video! I was there helping clean up after the tornado and being able to see how things have improved since then is amazing. It was definitely a flattened town on the south side. I mean, everything to the foundation was gone on those houses and about the only untouched spots in the basements were underneath the stairs. Will never forget that experience, for sure.
    Slight side note: Wendell and Nancy remind me of the couple I met then who told me that the husband was picked up in a recliner and placed in their driveway, still in the recliner and not a scratch on him. So weird how stuff like that can happen yet half a town is blown away.

  • @LordOstrik
    @LordOstrik 6 месяцев назад +1

    I live about 30 minutes east of Parkersburg. I remember going with my dad to help clean up. While I know everyone has heard what the aftermath looks like, actually experiencing it is sobering. The two things burned into my memory are coming into town on Iowa 57 and seeing everything was just gone, and getting out of my dad's minivan and the smell of the earth. Thank you for making this video.

  • @sabrinaleedance
    @sabrinaleedance Год назад +1

    I love hearing especially older people tell stories like this, idk why, even if it's about a horrifying tornado, it's still so comforting to hear. It makes me miss my grandfather. We had so many interesting stories and was a very good storyteller.

  • @sbatncpl
    @sbatncpl Год назад

    THIS IS FANTASTIC!!! PLEASE visit areas that have been affected by natural disasters and get as many stories/facts that you are able to. Believe it or not, these records will be absolute treasures to future generations! Regards from Northern Indiana!

  • @Jamingrif
    @Jamingrif Год назад +6

    This is great content! Love the change-up. First hand accounts are awesome.

  • @kweepn
    @kweepn Год назад +3

    Absolutely adore this video, its nice to cycle through the in person views and the google street views, and getting to hear Wendall and Nancy's experience with storm itself is so awesome!!! I hope we get to see more videos like this ❤
    TLDR: Common Swegle Studios W

  • @cinzo7238
    @cinzo7238 Год назад +6

    This was very interesting...I like that you were able to talk to people who were there! Hope you can visit other town's tornado paths.😍

  • @mgratk
    @mgratk Год назад +3

    Wow. Great job. Very nice of the locals to share their stories, what wild experiences. It's a beautiful small town.

  • @Beanrock124
    @Beanrock124 Год назад +2

    Congrats on 100K subscribers! You deserve WAY more than this amount, but either way it’s about time you reached this milestone.

    • @SwegleStudios
      @SwegleStudios  Год назад +2

      Thanks so much! I mean I was happy with 10K so 100K just seems insane

  • @aschemariemotsch
    @aschemariemotsch Год назад

    Honestly…it’s so awesome to see where a tornado hits one side of the road and it’s left the other life alone.
    Honestly, go through Tulsa OK sometime (if ya haven’t already) around the time a tornado has hit.

  • @9464toddly
    @9464toddly Год назад +14

    Really like the idea of visiting these places in person. If you do another one it'd be really cool to interview someone like a town official at the time or the local weather crew or something like that. Really liked the talking to the people that lived it

  • @mattsena7708
    @mattsena7708 Год назад +1

    Just remember me when you become the future of weather content on RUclips 😂 bringing something new every time I love it

  • @betterthanmost9549
    @betterthanmost9549 Год назад

    Man this is great. Love the change up with the walkthrough of the town. Watching it now for the second time now that i can watch it listened to it earlier while driving home from work.

  • @TKRVideoCentral
    @TKRVideoCentral Год назад +15

    Top notch video, Jake, and love the first-person take on the tornado as well, both people were lovely and obviously loved talking to you! More of these in the future would be cool for sure!

  • @nathanielsmith2926
    @nathanielsmith2926 Год назад

    I wasn't in that tornado but I was there the day after and it was absolutely beyond words how bad the damage was. It still gives me chills. Nice video.

  • @JustAnotherBuckyLover
    @JustAnotherBuckyLover Год назад

    This was... well I hate to say enjoyable about the lives impacted by tornadoes, but you know what I mean! It was really informative to see and I would love to see more like this again. The fact that even after so long, the scars are still clearly visible says it all. It's good to see how much was rebuilt, however.

  • @lennon69420
    @lennon69420 Год назад +1

    i love how he’s just 😁 the entire time talking about a ef5 tornado

  • @Ram-2112
    @Ram-2112 Год назад +1

    This was great thanks for the hard work and dedication it really shows and is paying off!

  • @Lost2Lag
    @Lost2Lag Год назад +10

    It gives a dark feeling knowing there was once joy in that spot, then in just minutes it can be taken away and wiped from existence... insane

  • @dannymischler1279
    @dannymischler1279 Год назад +2

    Loved this!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really wish more storm RUclipsrs went to hunt for remnants from past storms, its so interesting. Keep it up!!!!!!

    • @opal92nwf
      @opal92nwf Год назад +2

      It’d be very interesting to do Joplin

  • @cesargonzalez1804
    @cesargonzalez1804 Год назад +2

    You should do a video on the driveways to nowhere theory after a tornado strikes a town. I found that so interesting after watching your tornado iceberg video.

  • @mesqui639
    @mesqui639 5 месяцев назад

    I walked through Parkersburg immediately following the debris cleanup as I had family in the town. Truly a chilling sight to see full exposed basements full of things in the ground as virtually nothing but flatness exists on the surface

  • @jack10832
    @jack10832 Год назад +1

    You should do more of these. I really enjoyed this one.

  • @Bagelor
    @Bagelor Год назад +5

    You should look at Greensburg, for remnants of the 2007 EF5, I find it amazing how much they rebuilt so fast

  • @KodyXYZ
    @KodyXYZ Год назад

    Haven’t watched yet but Im excited went through the day before and after the tornado hit, this one hits close to home for me, thank you for this

  • @foxeswick
    @foxeswick Год назад

    These style videos are absolutely amazing. I know how much work it must’ve been and it sure as hell was worth it! Your channel is so awesome. Tornadoes are becoming my heavy special interest and youre fueling this. Am i complaining? Nope🙃💙

  • @nattpich
    @nattpich Год назад +1

    Love this new format! Hope to see more in the future (though also love your sit down videos too)!

  • @dannyllerenatv8635
    @dannyllerenatv8635 Год назад +10

    This twister, the Rainsville EF5, and the 2011 Piedmont-El-Reno (yes 2011, not the 2013 twister) EF5 are 3 of the most violent twisters that are lesser known. This tornado produced some of the most violent damage recorded in modern history.

    • @ericwatts6291
      @ericwatts6291 Год назад

      Don't forget Smithville MS in 2011. The damage it caused is unreal and it rarely gets talked about.

    • @dannyllerenatv8635
      @dannyllerenatv8635 Год назад +2

      @@ericwatts6291 Smithville is talked about less than a lot of the other tornadoes in the 2011 outbreak, but it is more talked about than the Rainsville EF5. It's arguably the strongest tornado recorded and it looked like a fast-moving photogenic version of the Joplin tornado.

  • @SexyMcGee08
    @SexyMcGee08 Год назад +27

    It’s always a great day when THE SWEGGS™️ uploads

    • @SkywarnMN97
      @SkywarnMN97 Год назад +2

      Same Along with Pecos Hank

    • @yaelm4391
      @yaelm4391 Год назад +1

      fr bro

    • @AllergicFungus
      @AllergicFungus Год назад +1

      Who?

    • @SkywarnMN97
      @SkywarnMN97 Год назад +3

      @@AllergicFungus Pecos Hank or Hank Schyma is a Texas Storm Chaser and he makes a lot of Awesome Tornado videos :)

  • @lorddeez1385
    @lorddeez1385 Год назад +2

    This was a great video Jake! Since you are in the area, why not check up with Charles City? Its F5 was in the 60s as you know, but it would still be interesting to see. Plus my dad was in that storm, and has told some great stories from it.

  • @_3y
    @_3y Год назад +1

    Always ready for a new video by the goat of weather youtubers, also you're almost at 100k hope all is well

  • @Nick199607
    @Nick199607 Год назад +8

    Do more of this content sweggle, been following u from the very beginning. And this is the kind of tornado content youtube is lacking. Interviews with survivors, and the live aspect of seing the city hit. This is something really interesting for a guy like me, living in Denmark. Thanks for the video sweggle. 🙏😁

  • @RichPlays2024
    @RichPlays2024 Год назад

    Thank you alot For actually Visiting somewhere for our Own Enjoyment thank you so much your a legend Also Congrats on 100K subs you deserve it also im the 300th commet lol

  • @codycarlton2200
    @codycarlton2200 8 месяцев назад +1

    I like how casually she picked up that walnut that flew into her golf cart

  • @katiehenry7
    @katiehenry7 Год назад +1

    This is a great great video. Well done...you could gain a lot of traction doing content like this... no one else does videos like this really. Good stuff. Joplin, Tuscaloosa and Moore tornados would be great.

  • @justusmorelos2347
    @justusmorelos2347 Год назад

    The interviews were so interesting! It'd be cool if we could get more videos like this. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

  • @aileencastaneda3724
    @aileencastaneda3724 Год назад +8

    I love that you did these interviews. It connects with the people and they get to share their story. Nice job! ❤❤❤

    • @SwegleStudios
      @SwegleStudios  Год назад +4

      Thanks!

    • @jaxsonmerchant7684
      @jaxsonmerchant7684 Год назад

      @@SwegleStudiosI love your content, and would love to see more tornado town walkthroughs! (I’m from Tuscaloosa so Ik how it is)

  • @EthanRailfanProductions
    @EthanRailfanProductions Год назад +5

    Nice video, can you do more of this series

  • @AussBosss
    @AussBosss Год назад +2

    Glad Wendall was able to dodge that monstrous bird 💩 on the cushion next to him 😆

  • @Amboynesss
    @Amboynesss Год назад +6

    Your content is rapidly evolving and I’m so happy to be able to watch your channel grow. You are such a class act, keep up the hard work man!

  • @lialush
    @lialush Год назад +1

    Thanks for the awesome content as always! Love this style of video! Come to Kansas sometime! 🌪️✈️

  • @cryptobbc3435
    @cryptobbc3435 2 месяца назад

    I am seeing this very late. I could have shown you around! I was in high school when you made this my great grandpa was also the mayor of Fairbank when it happened.

  • @jetstreamjax17
    @jetstreamjax17 Год назад +4

    Another epic video from THE
    SWEGGS™️

  • @OuterGalaxyLounge
    @OuterGalaxyLounge Год назад +3

    I like the plot twist of touching grass. Changing it up once in awhile is a pleasant surprise.

  • @Maryaminx
    @Maryaminx Год назад

    Really neat way to change things up! Keep up the good work.

  • @juppy6154
    @juppy6154 Год назад +2

    If you want a different source of aerial photography, I know ISU has a ArcGIS server with aerial photos from much earlier than what Google has of Iowa. A lot of states have aerial photo servers dotted around of much older stuff.

  • @torpiddragon1638
    @torpiddragon1638 Год назад +1

    That building that is being built is a new bank, and it would be the third bank in that town. I know this because I have been living in that town for almost my whole life.

  • @oish6684
    @oish6684 Год назад +5

    dude great video, honestly super interesting seeing remnants and how well they’ve rebuilt - would be super cool to see you go to other towns affected by tornadoes as well!

  • @brufoxx
    @brufoxx Год назад +5

    Love this type of video! It's so interesting to revisit these places and hear stories and look back

  • @voxgrows6455
    @voxgrows6455 Год назад +4

    thank you for covering what happened in this small town. i am in boone iowa and thankfully safe from alot of tornados as boone rests ontop of a valley. however we help supply alot of towns for after storm damage. The entire state is still rebuilding after 2020 derecho. its amazing that your talking to the locals and really supporting the community!

  • @doughsoldier3744
    @doughsoldier3744 Год назад

    love the new kind of vlog of the tornado and the interviews keep it up

  • @H.O.P.E.1122
    @H.O.P.E.1122 Год назад +4

    Thank you for the terrain realism and interviews. Nice approach.

  • @herecomestheboi3211
    @herecomestheboi3211 Год назад +6

    you know its a good day when this guy uploads

  • @cowboiboi3793
    @cowboiboi3793 Год назад

    If you ever do a Joplin interview, get with me. I have some Missouri State Troopers that were working during that time who would certainly agree to be interviewed as first responders.

  • @Floridia098
    @Floridia098 Год назад +3

    Maybe you should make a series out of this, could do Joplin next

  • @ZyronMT
    @ZyronMT Год назад +1

    Oh boi a new Swegle video. Today's a good day.

  • @vicfrombelgium8765
    @vicfrombelgium8765 Год назад +6

    Almost 100k congrats!!!🎉

  • @simcaptainrik
    @simcaptainrik Год назад

    These videos are very well done. Kudos.

  • @clock____93
    @clock____93 Год назад

    Its always the cozy little towns in the middle of nowhere that tornados strike

  • @DSGB2199
    @DSGB2199 Год назад

    Awesome way to do these videos. Ive always wanted to ride around and look at scars from them.

  • @MrPriebster
    @MrPriebster Год назад

    You should do a similar video about Spencer SD as tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of that F4 tornado that took out most of the town.

  • @drxm.
    @drxm. Год назад

    Always wanted to go to a tornado site to see and find remnants! Great video.

  • @Marco-qe5zw
    @Marco-qe5zw Год назад

    that'd be cool if you did documentary's interviewing people who experienced different tornados.

  • @haumea_real
    @haumea_real Год назад

    Huge congrats of getting 100k!

  • @HRJofficialYT
    @HRJofficialYT Год назад

    Hey! I was wondering if you could make a video about the 1990 Plainfield tornado. It would mean a lot if you made a video about this because my dad's godmother was unfortunately killed in this tornado, she was the principal. It was also significant because the sirens didnt go off until after the nado hit plainfield. I think this would be a great video idea and it would mean so much to my family.

  • @s.ttarless
    @s.ttarless Год назад +2

    Can you do a video on the 1990 limon Colorado tornado I can’t find anything but I want to know about it

  • @samuelraytheweirdcontentgu8551
    @samuelraytheweirdcontentgu8551 Год назад +1

    You should do more of these I would be curious for towns like Greensberg Kansas or Mayfield Kentucky

  • @torpiddragon1638
    @torpiddragon1638 Год назад +1

    My family and myself were apart of the tornado only I was 1years old at that time but all I can say about it is that my child self took that day to be funny it kept my mom from being to scared at the tornado would hit our home.

  • @luccilucci1288
    @luccilucci1288 Год назад +2

    Heeeyyyy im so happy for you , you just hit 100k SUB🎉🎉🎉 im so happyyyyy!!!!!!! its amazing and i like the new video style its cool , and that you it 100k wow!!! you are in my TOP 5 fav channels so plz make more videos like this to Jarrel, Joplin, Moore, Greensberg and Warner Robins 🎉🎉🎉 i feel so happy ❤🥹 have nice day with 100k subs byeee❤❤❤

    • @SwegleStudios
      @SwegleStudios  Год назад

      Thanks so much!! I can't believe I hit 100k subs! Honored to be in your top 5.

    • @luccilucci1288
      @luccilucci1288 Год назад

      OMG I didn't think you were going to reply to me this is crazy!!!

  • @stacyrussell460
    @stacyrussell460 Год назад +2

    Fantastic, well detailed & respectful video!! Videos like these are amazing yet also heartbreaking. Especially the befores & afters. Keep up the great content. You'll easily reach 100K & well beyond very soon.

  • @charlesbochar8681
    @charlesbochar8681 Год назад

    Bro these type of videos are dope you need to do more... Plainfield Illinois...Washington Illinois..El Reno.. etc.

  • @stockstreamtwitch
    @stockstreamtwitch Год назад +3

    Great work! Appreciate the live on the ground footage and cutting to the overhead map before and after the damage. Well done work! 👍

  • @Somme_guy
    @Somme_guy Год назад

    Congrats on 100K Jake

  • @thelonehussar6101
    @thelonehussar6101 Год назад +4

    Congrats on making it to 100k man. You’ll be at 1M in no time

    • @SwegleStudios
      @SwegleStudios  Год назад

      Thanks so much! I honestly doubt I'll reach 1M that's just insane haha

  • @bo0ty_cream
    @bo0ty_cream 4 месяца назад +2

    pretty late but its pretty cool to hear these elder people talk about there experience

  • @YoLo-bb2vc
    @YoLo-bb2vc Год назад +1

    6:29 the house that survived a monster tornado: "YOU SHALL NOT PAAAAAAAASSSSSSS!" slams a telephone pole sized wizzard staff down preventing the monster tornado from harming it.

  • @seewhathappenslarry8124
    @seewhathappenslarry8124 Год назад +2

    You and Carly have given me a brand new fascination!

  • @davidwalker3626
    @davidwalker3626 Год назад +2

    I went to Parkersburg with several nice film cameras back in 2012 also hoping to document some visual history of what was still visible of the damage, and the local people were so kind and took me around without hesitation. Parkersburg is one of those small town that thankfully we still have in the US full of real, kind-hearted, down-to-earth people.

    • @davidwalker3626
      @davidwalker3626 Год назад +1

      Also, I would not categorize this tornado as a 'low grade' EF5...some of the damage in New Hartford was extremely, horrifically catastrophic, and this tornado was deservedly ranked #11 in the List of Strongest Tornadoes Ever Recorded (post 1970) in terms of damage done on Extremeplanet's list. Maximilian Hagen's list at that site is still the best-researched and most-convincing compilation of strong tornado lists of any website (and more than nearly any book), although I have some minor disagreements with his rankings.

  • @sileightys
    @sileightys Год назад +2

    Awesome video, one of a kind. Its so satisfying to see you go from such a small start to this, and the videos never losing their quality and the ideas always being fresh.
    Perhaps sometime you can do a “top 5” (for lack of a better phrase) tornadoes outside of the us. There have been some relatively big ones in countries like Germany, china, and argentina.

  • @7bootzy
    @7bootzy Год назад +1

    3:40
    "Well, then you were kinda unconscious."
    "Ooh. He forgot about that part."
    Me: >_

  • @jimbobshambles
    @jimbobshambles Год назад +1

    Great video bud. There’s still debris flying around apparently!4:42