Sunday, April 17, 2011
Let me introduce you to the man with the biggest set of balls on the planet!
He is quite literally right in the path of giant a tornado, and he is so worried about his wife that he maintains the calmest voice possible so that she will not get upset.
I would hope that I would be that cool and calm in a similar situation, but I am a little worried I would be too busy weeping like a little girl and wetting myself, to worry about the feelings of a wife miles away in the safety of her "not in the path of a killer tornado" house.
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I grew up in Tornado Alley - actually in one of the states with the highest density rates of tornadoes - and I will admit unashamedly that I am scared shitless of the things. I had a couple of close calls and I hope to never, EVER have any additional ones. There's something unsettling about a big-ass rotating cloud which reaches down from the sky and destroys everything - and everyone - in it's path.
ReplyDeleteFew things in nature are as destructive or as unpredictable. You'd best just get the hell out of the way.
So I did. I moved someplace with one of the LOWEST density rates of tornadoes in the country.
No thanks. Been there. Done that.
well, all I can say is that I drove into an F5 tornado during the 1974 "Great Tornado Outbreak" on April 3, 1974 (in a Honda Civic! YOWSER!)
ReplyDeleteJust knew I was gonna die, but the tornado carried me for about a mile, spit me out gentle as could be on US Route 50 on the west side of Saylor Park, Ohio.
Took me a few years to shake that off, and I became a storm chaser for the NWS.
NWS discourages us from doing that now for good reason, but it was such a rush (still is).
I always love a great storm.
Yep - all balls alright. No brains though.
ReplyDeletegot THAT Gasman! There is nothing like seeing those badass rotating clouds!
ReplyDeleteThing was, my encounter with the F5, I never saw it coming (it was sneaky).
I turned into the Route 50 curve on the east side of Saylor Park and thought, WTF is with all these sticks covering the road?
Finished the short curve and yowser!
and yes, the man who did the video has the calmest voice ever. I want him with me in ANY disaster.
ReplyDeleteOh well don't worry Gryphen crying like a girl. Doing girlie things are in at the moment. Sarah now want the republicans to fight like girls.
ReplyDeleteIf he was in a vehicle why would he just sit in the path of a tornado? Of course everyone is afraid of whatever they are not used to and takes what they are used to in stride. Those who live where there are a lot of earthquakes don't worry about them unless they are large.
ReplyDeleteHe may have a calm voice, but I bet he needs to put on new undies when he gets home.
ReplyDeleteEh, that's just an F2. We dry our hair in the morning with those. Now, an F5 will part your hair...and your body.
ReplyDeletewell, the guy taking this video from his pickup truck has got some stones
ReplyDeleteto just sit there, film this, and then get plastered by flying debris going 150 mph.
But kids, why in h*ll did he not turn around and DRIVE AWAY at high speed?
Excuse me, but if you see even an F1 COMING AT YOU, don't just sit there filming. DRIVE, man drive!!
sorry, I think he's foolish.
That's not calm, that's someone who has no idea how dangerous that "little" tornado was and how lucky he is his truck wasn't hit by bigger debris. Pure stupid.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't think this guy is brave, I think he didn't realize the danger he was in.
ReplyDeleteFor one thing he let his car get damaged unneccesarily, which is kinda dumb. If the thing that dented his car hit his windshield, he would be a lot more trouble.
This guy is tied for first place in the calm division as a tornado forms right in front of his car. His wife is freaking out and he does a good job of being rational.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIJ_Tul1zM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
We were right in the fire zone in our section of NC. A few twisters set down in our county and people died in the neighboring counties. It was a scary day.
Weeping like a little girl huh?
ReplyDeleteYou really should read this.
Like a girl
The guy was totally stupid. I hope his wife takes out a big life insurance policy on this idiot.
ReplyDeleteGryphen,you don't live in a state with major tornado activity.Let me just say that what you see as brave,is really stupid.I have a swath of barren area across our back acreage that looks like a bulldozer made a road through the trees.Many stupid people die in tornadoes,this guy was a fool.
ReplyDeletejustfarmer- I lived through the April 3, 1974 F5 tornado in Xenia. Seeing the destruction done there, you are one lucky person to be unhurt in your Civic!
ReplyDeletePersonally, I feel that this guy is an idiot. I love your blog Gryphen, but I do have to say that sometimes your comments bother me a bit i.e., screaming like a little girl and even the biggest balls on the planet.
ReplyDeleteIf there must be name-calling, it would be nice if everyone could use terms that are not belittling to women. Our world will be a better place when bravery is accepted as part of both gender's characteristics and being feminine is not a negative.
That being said, I still enjoy your blog and will keep coming back! Thank you and keep up the good work!!
I was born in and lived in Wichita Falls, Texas during their three tornados, '58, 64, '79. The '79 one took out 20% of a city of 100K and the house I was living in was dead center in the path of the tornado, in Faith Village. Corner of McNeil and McGaha.
ReplyDeleteFortunately I was driving home from Dallas and was not in that house. A 500 gallon water or fuel tank occupied my living room. A 2x4 stud in my bedroom was pierced across the 4'width by a lead pipe.
The hall way I probably would have sheltered in was knee deep in shattered debris and the doors that closed it off were variously ripped from their hinges, totaly gone or pierced by shards of lumber.
From the ruins of my house I could see five cement slabs. Not 5 houses, 5 slabs, intermengled with the ruins of other homes in my neighborhood.
The school yard that was behind me half a block away had a slab of concrete on it grounds lying near the curb of the playground about 5 feet square and over 6 inches thick, that had flown there and landed.
The husband of one of the women I worked with was waiting for her in the parking lot in his pickup. He was on the side of a shopping mall, Sikes Senter that was not hit, the other side was, but his truck was picked up and lifted over the mall and compacted, top,front and back compacted and landed about a half a mile away. It was so mangled it took hours for anyone to guess that there was a dead body in it. His wife wisely stayed in the store even though it was after quitting time.
Part of a road side sign ended up in Oklahoma. Wichita is about 30 some miles south of the Red River. So that bit of detritus flew 40 or more miles.
In the '58 tornado a man was picked up and dropped a mile or so on. He was alive but virtually every tissue and organ of his body was bruised. It took several weeks for him to die.
A couple in the '79 tornado fled their car and hugged a tree in a vacant lot. They were about a quarter mile from the center of the path of a tornado that was about a mile wide. They were presumed dead by the man who put them in the back of his pickup, and presumed dead at the hospital. Both however lived. The wife's leg was shredded off at the hip. Being hit by 100 to 200+ mile an hour debris is pretty serious stuff.
What I am saying is anybody who does what this moron did deserves to die of egregious stupidity.
Of the 36+ dead from that '79 tornado virtually every single one was in a vehicle trying to flee the storm or just trying to get home from work before it hit.
Stupid Stupid Stupid way to die.
Was that film worth the risk?
Really?
Gryphen your instincts are a lot smarter than that guy was.