Nebraska Dad Recalls Fleeing Tornado With Family

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  • Опубликовано: 26 апр 2024
  • Elkhorn, Nebraska resident Troy Longe recalls gathering his family and fleeing an oncoming tornado in his truck. #foxweather #tornado #nebraska
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Комментарии • 130

  • @StormChaserMaci.
    @StormChaserMaci. Месяц назад +24

    Just glad he got his family out of that path of that thing. That storm was catastrophic.

  • @dinat411
    @dinat411 Месяц назад +19

    It's nice to see that this reporter has empathy for what they're dealing with and the the long road ahead. 😔🙏

  • @user-kb2lp2ui2s
    @user-kb2lp2ui2s Месяц назад +4

    Praying for every house every person that involved in this incident pray for God continue protection

  • @derrickrr5516
    @derrickrr5516 Месяц назад +20

    I’m not gonna judge him. I wasn’t there. I have zero fear of tornadoes if I’m in my vehicle and I can clearly see where it is. (Assuming it’s not extremely close and coming straight for me.) Of course, if you have a basement and you’re already home, it’s hard to top that choice. They survived. That’s what matters most.

    • @deathbloom27
      @deathbloom27 20 дней назад +1

      Yeah if there's no hail, rain, stuff like that outside of the actual circulation, I'm probably going to try and make a run for it. But if it's like others where it was dark and rainy and I have a basement, I'm hunkering down.

  • @charlesbutler8057
    @charlesbutler8057 Месяц назад +9

    At least he was able to save his vehicle.

  • @c.harris9989
    @c.harris9989 Месяц назад +18

    As an Omahan, and as someone who has been picked up by a tornado in my car and dropped. That guy was very foolish to get in his truck and head out to try and outrun a mile wide tornado coming straight at him. Go to the basement.

    • @JohnDoeYouAre
      @JohnDoeYouAre Месяц назад

      Sure. It’s a truck there faster than people think. Can go over 90-120mph.

    • @johnshottie4415
      @johnshottie4415 Месяц назад +5

      @@JohnDoeYouAre yeah going 100mph on neighborhood streets through the rain with your kids in the car is smart too. Pay attention when there is severe weather. You usually have time to make a safer decision. If it’s too late just stay in the basement.

    • @thebugalito
      @thebugalito 28 дней назад

      How high up did the nador lift ya? One foot? quarter mile?
      I saw a video of a storm chaser and his friends. They got in the twister and all you hear is the roar, all the windows explode and disappears. hail beating the piss outta the car and I can truthfully say if I was in my car, in the air, inside a twist I'd toss my underpants out the window before I landed.

  • @truthisoutthere6721
    @truthisoutthere6721 Месяц назад +8

    I have been in 4 tornadoes including one that I lost my entire house. No one ever did anything to help me at all. In fact after the storm I got looted. Tornadoes are bad but people are worse

  • @marktweet7395
    @marktweet7395 Месяц назад +7

    Fortunately many people in these areas have shelters built into their houses

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish Месяц назад +2

      It also helped that the tornado hit while most people were at work.

  • @RelocatetoOmaha
    @RelocatetoOmaha Месяц назад +2

    Praying these families can get back on track & find housing.

  • @ESW206
    @ESW206 Месяц назад +5

    Why would he leave a basement? Isn’t that the safest place to be even if the tornado is coming right at u??

    • @donutwithsprinklez
      @donutwithsprinklez Месяц назад +1

      Thats what I'm wondering...the only thing I can think is maybe he didn't have one...but these are pretty new houses and Nebraska is in tornado alley. I think he just made a bad decision any luckily got out of the way in time

    • @Walkinjoy
      @Walkinjoy Месяц назад +1

      He did say that his family was the their basement. He’s lucky that the tornado didn’t take a sudden turn and kill him and his family. The best thing to do is stay hunkered down in your basement.

  • @Izumi-sp6fp
    @Izumi-sp6fp Месяц назад +3

    If even one well-constructed, single-family home is reduced to a pile of debris on the foundation or basement, the tornado is rated EF4. I see a LOT of piles of debris on foundations and basements. But in this video I do not see a swept clean foundation. Such a finding would constitute an EF5 tornado. And they are very rare.

  • @nielsdorhout058
    @nielsdorhout058 Месяц назад +12

    Dumbest thing to do, but it worked out this time. He was very lucky

    • @fishguru73
      @fishguru73 Месяц назад +2

      Would have been smart 15 minutes earlier. Always amazes me how many people are totally oblivious until they actually see the tornado.

    • @HeatherRose2023
      @HeatherRose2023 Месяц назад

      @@fishguru73
      Tornados pop up quickly. You don’t always have time to anticipate them.

    • @HeatherRose2023
      @HeatherRose2023 Месяц назад

      Actually, it was the right thing to do. He knew he could drive away from it, which is better than staying inside a structure in the twisters path.

    • @fishguru73
      @fishguru73 Месяц назад +1

      @@HeatherRose2023 I chase tornadoes. Do you know how I determine which storms to chase? They exhibit inflow notches or a defined hook on the inflow base of the storm structure and doppler radar confirms vorticity long before an actual, visible condensation funnel is on the ground. This is why tornado sirens sound, often while there is no actual tornado witnessed by everyone in a warned area. Ignorance of the technological advantage we have to see the rotation in advance of an actual tornado is nothing more then apathy and mental laziness based on years of people hearing warnings and sirens without actually experiencing a direct hit or visual confirmation but you only have to be wrong once. Your safety and your family's safety is your responsibility.

    • @HeatherRose2023
      @HeatherRose2023 Месяц назад

      @@fishguru73
      Well, goody two shoes for you, Einstein, but mist people don’t go around spending their lives chasing tornados or have access to the computer/dopplar technology you have. Some people only have an alert and siren to warn them, which doesn’t always allow much time to react and plan an escape. Some people have to fly by the seat of our pants, while you storm chasers are creating videos to market on RUclips.

  • @mingkee27
    @mingkee27 Месяц назад +3

    It's pretty fortunate everybody saved.
    House can be rebuilt
    Killed life cannot be brought back

  • @jimbell242
    @jimbell242 Месяц назад +2

    Thinking of the victims and their families at this time. I understand some of what the survivors must be going through, and my heart goes out to them.
    I was lucky to escape with my life after a massive tornado hit the back side of NAS Memphis where I was receiving Navy training, in May 1988. I experienced 2 more tornados in my life since then. One was large, but missed us. The other was a direct hit, but it was small, so not much damage.
    Every time a warning goes off I heed it and get to cover ASAP.
    Never ignore tornado warnings. They can appear suddenly and take everything you have, including your life!

  • @GrandstandVideo
    @GrandstandVideo Месяц назад +21

    When subdivisions are built to the bare minimum of code for max profit. This is the result.

    • @dmc9791
      @dmc9791 Месяц назад +2

      house are not built well anymore

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish Месяц назад

      If we built houses like the fortresses you internet idealists insist they be even fewer people could afford them. You don't deprive people of an everyday need because it might get destroyed by a fraction of 1% ever happening circumstance.

    • @JohnDoeYouAre
      @JohnDoeYouAre Месяц назад +1

      We’re over populated with illegal immigration’s wanting houses too. People moving out of apartments want to upgrade. Not enough supply/demand.

  • @Lmarjorie1
    @Lmarjorie1 Месяц назад +9

    Why keep building houses of paper and wood in areas like this? Tax papers pay for alot of this is our premiums are effected when so much damages happen.
    Can we not build stronger houses that are tornado resistance? Concrete?

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish Месяц назад

      Because homes need to be affordable for everyday needs, not indestructible for fraction of 1% ever happening circumstances. You comments section idealists never get that through your skulls.

    • @Just_A_Name14
      @Just_A_Name14 Месяц назад +2

      @@scarpfishthey can be if companies weren’t greedy

    • @Lmarjorie1
      @Lmarjorie1 Месяц назад +1

      @@scarpfish @scarpfish I just disagree, the house may be smaller and not these massive houses that we dont need but a effort should be made to build to withstand fire , hurricanes and tornadoes. Some people say quality is better even if more expensive because they last longer . But tax payers pay for this. I bet your against SS . Seems everyone has their government bailouts they agree with that benefits them.
      Americans can invent better , do better. There was a man on Tv who lost everything in the 1970s and now again. He couldn't stop crying it was so painful but countries around the world build out if concrete that withstands .
      Idealist? No just practical using the brain and not wanting to be a burden of society . Knowing that tax payers will pay or other insurers by their insurance premiums will increase actually concerns some people .
      It always amazes me how American innovators who try to invent new ways or bring back the traditions of the old days when things lasted because they were made so well are criticized .
      Some inventions will be good like solar panels and some bad like the windmills. LITHIUM batteries for tooks good , cars too costly to replace.
      We need American innovators to be encouraged like they used to be , being the leaders for the world. Now its criticized which is nuts
      But lets use our minds to build better to reduce even a single risk of someone loosing everything they worked so hard for.
      Dont criticize me for caring about others😉

    • @ladameauxcamelias5054
      @ladameauxcamelias5054 Месяц назад

      You get the point .

    • @joydavis3089
      @joydavis3089 Месяц назад

      You obviously know little to nothing about tornados, how they form or thr destructive force they carry. These is a great opportunity for you to research this.
      Anyone with any empathy and compassion would not focus on home construction.

  • @MrsAlmaTrumble
    @MrsAlmaTrumble Месяц назад

    Praying for those who we're affected by the tornadoes last night and Friday.

  • @Illuminate142
    @Illuminate142 Месяц назад

    It's absolute hell other there in Nebraska and Oklahoma, I really pray this is the worst of it and there's not something worse coming

  • @FrostmourneFK
    @FrostmourneFK Месяц назад +6

    Living in tornado alley, your expectation of tornadoes is kinda like the expectation of Earthquakes in California. You see so many of those kinds of events (severe storms) that you just learn to live with it and never expect a tornado to actually do harm to you and your lifestyle. Theres a trope that people that live in tornado alley are dopes, but that's just not a fair analysis.

    • @savebees
      @savebees Месяц назад +2

      I wouldn't really consider Nebraska tornado Alley we haven't seen a big tornado since 1975. With that being said praying for everybody dealing with this current difficult situation

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 Месяц назад +7

      Almost anywhere one chooses to live in this country there is the potential for some kind of devastating natural disaster. Hurricanes, flooding, forest fires etc happen all over the country and people have to live somehow while also understanding the risk of a given area they choose to live in.
      So for anyone to call people 'dopes' for living in tornado alley or any area vulnerable to tornadoes are pretty ignorant themselves. imo

    • @savebees
      @savebees Месяц назад

      @@michaeldeierhoi4096 yes I agree but for the newscaster to say tornado Alley it's kind of out of place I can see if this was Oklahoma but this didn't happen in Oklahoma

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 Месяц назад +1

      @@savebees Oklahoma has of course has its share of massive destructive tornadoes.

    • @JohnDoeYouAre
      @JohnDoeYouAre Месяц назад

      ⁠@@michaeldeierhoi4096​​⁠exactly heard on this channel Florida gets the most over 40 tornadoes warnings. Not including hurricane session for fall. Who’s the real dopes?

  • @melissaarispe1551
    @melissaarispe1551 Месяц назад

    Hope they get help across the country.Its hitting several different places.❤️❤️

  • @JWPhotosanddesigns
    @JWPhotosanddesigns Месяц назад +3

    🙏🏾

  • @lyricallynn6527
    @lyricallynn6527 Месяц назад +25

    That's why your foundation has to be Jesus! Man can fail and nature can destroy but Jesus is forever!

  • @HeatherRose2023
    @HeatherRose2023 Месяц назад

    In Oklahoma, fleeing in your vehicle is actually an option given by meteorologists if your home or work does not have a basement, and you have a clear path away from the twister.

  • @shaneencalade4988
    @shaneencalade4988 Месяц назад +1

    He’s very fortunate….. that could’ve turned out in so many different ways 🙄

  • @larryaldama1673
    @larryaldama1673 Месяц назад +1

    That’s why I moved ✝️

  • @kevinknobbe1737
    @kevinknobbe1737 Месяц назад

    Troy and Catrina, anything we can do to assist you and your family?

  • @danielthen4415
    @danielthen4415 Месяц назад

    What is decacon miss and mister......i dont now......

  • @actuallyitisrocketscience
    @actuallyitisrocketscience Месяц назад

    These new homes will all be well insured. The mortgage company isn’t going to lose its collateral. I feel sorry for the people in older homes that may be covered by insurance. I hope they came through okay.

  • @seeharvester
    @seeharvester Месяц назад +1

    Here's an idea...
    When you rebuild, go underground. Or a concrete house.
    Sheesh!

  • @philozopher1
    @philozopher1 Месяц назад

    Don't look up, DON"T LOOK UP

  • @zeke5491
    @zeke5491 Месяц назад +1

    Even Dorothy had a tornado shelter to run to. Plan ahead

  • @kawaii-sosu
    @kawaii-sosu 25 дней назад

    I wonder how insurance treats those kinds of cases. Do they repair the house or write it off? Does it even make sense to rebuild in a place that is tornado prone or is it more like a lottery, i.e. you can’t “win” twice statistically?

  • @Danimidzy
    @Danimidzy Месяц назад

    Hello

  • @larryaldama1673
    @larryaldama1673 Месяц назад +1

    😔🛐✝️🇺🇸

  • @rajupodiyan3147
    @rajupodiyan3147 Месяц назад

    ACTION 🏫

  • @Scottyallen-of7qr
    @Scottyallen-of7qr Месяц назад

    Didnt they have a basement!

  • @tedcarley9663
    @tedcarley9663 Месяц назад

    Lucky your truck started……

  • @beverlycromwell9805
    @beverlycromwell9805 Месяц назад

    no basements in these states

    • @thebugalito
      @thebugalito Месяц назад +1

      Everyone has a basement in those states unless it’s a slab home. Not many of those around here

    • @donutwithsprinklez
      @donutwithsprinklez Месяц назад +1

      Nebraska is in tornado alley pretty much all houses have basements...he just did what you aren't supposed to do which is go outside and try to outrun the tornado.

    • @joydavis3089
      @joydavis3089 Месяц назад +1

      We have basements in Nebraska and Iowa.

    • @beverlycromwell9805
      @beverlycromwell9805 Месяц назад

      is it every house or some houses in kansas it some houses not every house

  • @Botoburst
    @Botoburst Месяц назад +8

    Quit building traditional homes like this is Europe, you're in tornado alley.

    • @berniefleming2766
      @berniefleming2766 Месяц назад +3

      No need to add insults to injuries and damage homes. I PRAY the PEOPLE have a strong Faith in God that they are able to rebuild.

    • @jeffkardosjr.3825
      @jeffkardosjr.3825 Месяц назад +1

      Guess you haven't heard of the song Brick England.

    • @nielsdorhout058
      @nielsdorhout058 Месяц назад +2

      Well you can pray all you want, that house isnt rebuilding itself. Even with help from your so called god 😂

    • @thebugalito
      @thebugalito Месяц назад

      @@nielsdorhout058I don’t believe anyone said anything about a house rebuilding itself.
      You don’t believe in God but you must believe the possibility of God being real exists. Right?

    • @nielsdorhout058
      @nielsdorhout058 Месяц назад

      @@thebugalito i'm an atheïst. Some people believe only in themselves, like me 😁

  • @Gary65437
    @Gary65437 Месяц назад +2

    How do you live in tornado alley and never think a tornado will hit your house?

    • @hcb2000
      @hcb2000 Месяц назад +1

      Nebraska's so big and a majority of them touchdown in the western parts. Omaha is such a small area compared to the rest of the state. The odds of something of this magnitude to occur is quite rare.

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish Месяц назад

      Because there's a better than 99% chance that one never will. Tornadoes, even big ones, have pretty small damage footprints compared to other natural disasters.

    • @JohnDoeYouAre
      @JohnDoeYouAre Месяц назад

      It hasn’t over 40 years. Only south of Lincoln Nebraska back in 2011 April 27th a little tornado Ef1 hit south of town knocked a Lee’s Chicken restaurant roster off. This is new to us unlike southern states.

  • @heathermichael3987
    @heathermichael3987 Месяц назад

    Flight or fight

  • @angle5520
    @angle5520 Месяц назад

    Is that all new developments? How much did they pay for it? That's what insurance is for.

    • @JohnDoeYouAre
      @JohnDoeYouAre Месяц назад

      Those houses are over $400,000 to $800,000 due too inflation above 8% on the market. Might be a cheaper neighborhood to build for the future? Prone to damage.

  • @glorytogod1156
    @glorytogod1156 Месяц назад

    Praying for everyone to come to know JESUS in this time of hardship. God allows trials to come to our life, to get us closer to Him. Have FAITH in God . He will make things possible when you put your TRUST in Him.🙏❤️

  • @Just_A_Name14
    @Just_A_Name14 Месяц назад

    I feel sorry for those people but those houses are poorly built for that area

    • @thebugalito
      @thebugalito Месяц назад

      They are poorly built to withstand a tornado. Tornado alley doesn’t mean there are 100 tornadoes every day. I have seen zero so far out of 50 years. Although I do work at the airport that got hit

  • @faithhopelove7777777
    @faithhopelove7777777 Месяц назад +4

    SMART MAN!!! EVACUATE! THEY REALLY NEED TO START TELLING PEOPLE TO EVACUATE THE AREA. YOU CAN LITERALLY DRIVE AWAY FROM A TORNADO.

    • @c.harris9989
      @c.harris9989 Месяц назад +2

      As someone who has been picked up by a tornado in my car and dropped. That guy was very foolish to get in his truck and head out to try and outrun a mile wide tornado coming straight at him. Go to the basement.

    • @derrickrr5516
      @derrickrr5516 Месяц назад +1

      It really depends on how far you can see, where the tornado is and what the road conditions are. Give me an empty paved road and a two mile+ head start and I’m not worried. Wet gravel roads though? You can’t go 100 on those. Got a basement to go in? Do it.

    • @naomipalomarez3880
      @naomipalomarez3880 Месяц назад +2

      NOOOO YOU CANNOT I grew up n IOWA -thiis is precisely why you GO TO THE BASEMENT AND COVER YOUR BODY WITH A MATTRESS_I know of people who were driving -the tornado hit -and they ended upside down in the ditch and with a SEVERE BRAIN INJURY from the impact. Tornadoes do NOT always follow a straight line=STOP GIVING PEOPLE DANGEROUS ADVICE!!!!!!!

    • @LydiaStarz
      @LydiaStarz Месяц назад +5

      Oh sure tell everybody to leave then y'all can be stuck in traffic together when the thing moves on in! Bad idea. Basement is safer.

    • @darrylgrimaldi5101
      @darrylgrimaldi5101 Месяц назад

      You never jump in a car when you SEE the tornado coming. In Oklahoma, we have underground storm shelters. Besides, can you imagine what it's like to be on the road with everyone else?

  • @waynecmontgomery
    @waynecmontgomery Месяц назад +1

    How many people still want a national divorce? Anyone seen those migrants?

  • @bryanlloyd9916
    @bryanlloyd9916 Месяц назад

    I can’t stop focusing on her long fingernails

  • @PatriciaLucious-ll2vm
    @PatriciaLucious-ll2vm Месяц назад +1

    Join the homeless community.

  • @HeatherRose2023
    @HeatherRose2023 Месяц назад

    He made the right decision…runaway rather than being a sitting duck.

    • @costcoshrimpcubes
      @costcoshrimpcubes 29 дней назад

      Do you live in tornado alley? I’m not going to judge this man. I’m glad their family survived. But trying to drive away from a tornado is incredibly dangerous. Especially because this one was so big. They can be unpredictable. They’ll turn in whatever direction they want.
      This guy must have just panicked or something because in tornado alley we are taught to get to our basements or a room without interior windows to take shelter. Those are your best chances of survival.
      I’m grateful he and his family are ok though ❤

    • @HeatherRose2023
      @HeatherRose2023 29 дней назад

      @@costcoshrimpcubes
      If an EF3 or greater is heading directly towards your house and you have a chance to drive away, rather than being stuck under debris in your basement, which option is better? Listen to what other meteorologists said during the Moore tornados. Driving away IS an option. And yes, I do live where tornados occur.

  • @csmith5876
    @csmith5876 Месяц назад +1

    Lets all go buy houses on top of an active volcano, next to a fault line, and in TORNADo. Alley

    • @JeanBeranek
      @JeanBeranek Месяц назад +1

      Tornado alley has moved 100 miles north in the last 10-20 years.

    • @thebugalito
      @thebugalito Месяц назад

      And there has been 2 tornadoes in the last 50 years

    • @joydavis3089
      @joydavis3089 Месяц назад

      FU
      Where is your compassion? Every State has something, don't kick people when their down. Some of the nicest people, friendliest people live here.