RARE Tornado rips through downtown Atlanta! A Swede reacts!

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  • @micheleflanagan5052
    @micheleflanagan5052 Місяць тому +28

    I agree Recky. There's no way that I would leave my dog or cat. I would have been protecting them the entire time never letting them out of my arms or sight.

  • @Stepperg1
    @Stepperg1 Місяць тому +28

    No way would I leave a pet.....puppy, kitten. I'd die before I'd do that.

    • @judywein3282
      @judywein3282 Місяць тому +2

      💯🎯

    • @aggravatedHart
      @aggravatedHart Місяць тому +3

      Me too, when I was a child I would always gather all the animals including the fish and we would all hang out in the closet under the stairs when there was a tornado warning. Leaving space for my parents if they decided they wanted to live.

    • @judywein3282
      @judywein3282 Місяць тому +4

      ​@@aggravatedHart​ Yes. As a child, my mom would scream at us to get in the basement, while she went to grab the dog and the parakeet to bring down.

    • @xheralt
      @xheralt Місяць тому

      Easy to say. Good luck actually _finding_ the critter, especially in the moment, while _your own life is in danger_ from flying debris, unstable floors, electricity, open gas pipes that could ignite, etc. It may have run away, as far and as fast as it could; it may have hidden or fallen through to someplace you can't reach. If its not in immediate sight or reach when its time to go, _you GO,_ and you leave it to the first responders, the professionals with protective gear on, to find it later (dead or alive).

  • @curlyque2717
    @curlyque2717 Місяць тому +4

    I'm with you, save the fur babies.

  • @dustercat21
    @dustercat21 Місяць тому +14

    Interestinf fact about Jim Cantore, the meteorologist who works on these programs, theres facebook pages that focus on spotting him and the notion is, when Jim is spotted out and about in areas where big storms are gonna hit, his presence is how you know its going to be bad.
    So for example, theres a tropical storm headed for the southern US right now. Its predicted to be a Category 1 Hurricane by the time it reaches land however, it could be bigger. This area was effected by the big Hurricane Katrina. If Jim shows up in that area and is spotted, that tells ppl that its going to be big.

    • @tamitami9275
      @tamitami9275 Місяць тому

      I am in Florida, we do not let Jim Cantore in our city!! That way we stay safe. We determined those storms are after him! LOL

  • @babynursekaren
    @babynursekaren Місяць тому +8

    Thank goodness for that 3 pointer! What a wild event, tornadoes are so devastating!
    But, how could you leave your fur baby? 🥺😭 That breaks my heart!

  • @iridiumdafloof3278
    @iridiumdafloof3278 Місяць тому +8

    I lived as a resident at a long term mental health care facility as a kid in downtown Atlanta when this happened. We were watching that basketball game too. I am so glad you're covering this.

  • @ThyriaSharin
    @ThyriaSharin Місяць тому +4

    That wouldn't be me, either. When I had a dog, he was always in the basement with me during tornado warnings. Now, the first thing I do during a tornado warning is grab my corn snake and put her in a travel container to take her to the basement. No WAY I leave a helpless animal to fend for itself. If you get an animal, you have taken on the responsibility for that animal's health and welfare.
    Sorry. Leaving a puppy behind really angers me. I get that he panicked, but still.

  • @fromrecidivismtorecovery
    @fromrecidivismtorecovery Місяць тому +1

    Hey Ricky! Love your content. A comment about one of your comments: Yeah, it's pretty uncommon for a tornado to rip through a major city's downtown, but it does happen. It happens a lot in small communities and just doesn't get reported. Also, the tornadoes out in the Midwest (classic Tornado Alley) do tend to hit more open land, as it there is more open land available. Tornadoes in Dixie Alley (where I reside - I live in Alabama and lived through the Tuscaloosa tornado) don't have as much open land; we have more hills and trees. Hope this helps! Keep up the great content!

  • @OptimusPrimesGirl
    @OptimusPrimesGirl Місяць тому +2

    Recky and Kitty!!!😻

  • @boroblueyes
    @boroblueyes Місяць тому +8

    Weathermen can watch for the precursors of a tornado, but once it forms and goes vertical it instantly starts destruction. The tornado formed almost on top of them. No warning, they just knew a severe thunderstorm was coming.

  • @dogtrainerjen
    @dogtrainerjen Місяць тому +4

    I was going to be so upset if the puppy was lost permanently! Keep that puppy with you!!
    PS: That cat on the couch looks so comfy

  • @mimic1176
    @mimic1176 Місяць тому +3

    Recky, if you're nervous in the first few seconds of the video, you have good instincts! Thank you for sharing this storm. I've never heard of it! I need to look for more coverage. This was unique and scary. Great video and great reaction!

    • @iridiumdafloof3278
      @iridiumdafloof3278 Місяць тому +2

      @@mimic1176 It needs to be covered more. As someone who got a front row seat to it pretty much, it's surprising the lack of people covering it despite it's unusual nature.

    • @mimic1176
      @mimic1176 Місяць тому +3

      @@iridiumdafloof3278 That IS surprising! It seems like so many people are doing the same storms, and ignoring something this unusual! We're really lucky to have Recky filling the gap.

    • @iridiumdafloof3278
      @iridiumdafloof3278 Місяць тому +2

      @@mimic1176 That's why I enjoy watching Recky. It's a break in the content monotony and I am here for it.

  • @petermiller4953
    @petermiller4953 Місяць тому +1

    The dog lived?! Nice!

  • @reneerollins4433
    @reneerollins4433 Місяць тому +4

    Well Recky, he also bolted and left his friends, so it's no surprise that he abandoned the puppy.

  • @1stTrickiwoo
    @1stTrickiwoo Місяць тому +3

    I'm with you. There is no way I'd leave my puppy or kitten behind; they go where I go.

  • @claranielsen3382
    @claranielsen3382 Місяць тому +1

    You should check out the 1970 tornado in Lubbock Texas .
    I believe in it was an EF 4 or 5.
    It hit downtown. I am sure they have something on you tube about to it. Granted Lubbock is not Atlanta but it was devastating.
    Thanks for sharing this ❤

  • @wikkedspindl
    @wikkedspindl Місяць тому +6

    19 seconds is the best I have caught a Recky vid yet! I need more Recky in my days!

  • @aametriigraham8489
    @aametriigraham8489 Місяць тому +6

    I have 4 large parrots and when we have bad weather they go in their travel cages and they go to the shelter with me. I would NEVER leave them behind! We plan to leave early enough that i have time to move them too. When the storm is at least county away (if not 2) we leave. We leave for all bad storms not just tornaduc storms...

    • @judywein3282
      @judywein3282 Місяць тому

      @@aametriigraham8489 1 Parrot and a blind and deaf dog, and same here!

  • @MissFreyja
    @MissFreyja Місяць тому +3

    I'm with you Recky, I would never leave my cats, my mum and I have a plan for any event that could happen to us and we include the cats in all of them. Again it shows another major event in which weather contingencies aren't thought of, the guy already said it was a stampede, imagine if the tornado had come right over them. Organisers need to have a plan for severe weather events, and they are so lucky that lad scored and kept people inside that building. Mind blowing to think of the disaster it would have been otherwise.

  •  Місяць тому +2

    Some storms are u warned unfortunately

  •  Місяць тому +3

    Remember that storm was only an ef2 and u see the damages it's causing so now just imagine an ef5

  • @dustercat21
    @dustercat21 Місяць тому +2

    As for rarity- when you think about the US in total land, the US is 9,826,000 km² in total area. Only 3% of that land is a major city like LA, Atlanta, NYC, or Chicago. By rare is basically means, the odd of hitting rural or suburban land is more likely bc theres not nearly as much land taking up major huge city space. But it also factors in the fact that say NYC is less likely to get a tornado based on location bc tornados in the northeast of the country are less likely in general, than Atlanta. But its less likely to happen in Atlanta than in in the biggest city in Texas which is Houston.

    • @dustercat21
      @dustercat21 Місяць тому

      As for warnings, i mean March Madness that they mentioned is the biggest college basketball tournament in the country and this is a nighttime tornado. Much harder to see whats going on in the dark firstly. Secondly, a lot of early reports of tornados on the ground come from storm spotters, ppl on the ground chasing the storms with their eyes that see it. And also, this was quite some time ago, warning systems were in existence, yes, but radar and warning measures are constantly advancing. Regardless, where tornados will drop, how they will move, how big they'll be, where they end up going, how long they will last, all things that still cant ever be 100% predicted.
      Recently in my area in northeastern US there was a small tornado that dropped and was never warned. There was a gap in where the radars could read and that radar signature that would show the tornado happened to be in that radar gap meaning no radar could see it until it moved into an area with suitable radar a few minutes later. Then it got warned. My area doesnt have storm spotters either and there were no predictions of more than big storms that day so no one on the ground to watch for one

    • @dustercat21
      @dustercat21 Місяць тому

      One tornado that happened in my area in 2018 happened right after an entire Plaza full of people left because the shopping plaza had closed for the night. Had it happened during the day there would have been thousands of people in these parking lots and in the shopping plaza and it would have been a lot more devastating

  • @romaschild3
    @romaschild3 Місяць тому +1

    You're so right, Recky. He should never have left them and he should never have left his puppy. He was a coward. I can imagine the neglect his puppy has suffered since then.

  • @hasicazulatv2078
    @hasicazulatv2078 Місяць тому

    I love the weather channel. I use them for everything weather related

  • @donnelson6694
    @donnelson6694 Місяць тому +1

    That was a miracle 3 pointer! I would rather die with my dog or cat than leave them to possibly die alone.

  • @AuthorLaurieAnnSmith
    @AuthorLaurieAnnSmith Місяць тому

    I am so glad that it wasn't worse than it was. That is catastrophic. I agree Recky, I would never leave my pet/s behind or my friends for that matter. Thanks for another great reaction video!!

  • @manjisaipoe517
    @manjisaipoe517 Місяць тому +1

    Actually, tornadoes are mostly random and can hit anywhere. That means the odds of any area getting hit directly are small. Some places might get hit 5 times in 20 years, while others might get missed by many miles during a 100 year period. Random never means evenly spread! Peace.

  • @revgurley
    @revgurley Місяць тому +2

    We live in Atlanta, and that tornado was coming towards our house. However, we were in another state for a wedding, so all we could do is watch the news and call neighbors. Luckily, it lifted before it got to my neighborhood. But it destroyed windows in a round hotel downtown which took years to replace. Not sure which is scarier - being near a tornado and hearing the sirens and going to your safe place; or being out of town so you aren't in harms way, but you don't know if your house will be destroyed?

  • @jimt503
    @jimt503 Місяць тому +1

    Where I go my dog goes.

  • @Ann-qr2pv
    @Ann-qr2pv Місяць тому

    1963 in Indiana I was 8 years old, and my family lived in a two-story brick farmhouse in the country. we heard the freight train sound, and we stood on our porch and watched as a tornado jumped over our house. I was not afraid. Dad was prepared to have us all run to the basement, but we didn't for some reason. My dad always told us kids to look at the storm and see how magnificent it was. My mom was terrified. I have seen the devastation the after math of a tornado firsthand, but our home wasn't damaged. These storms tornados don't usually go certain places, like they usually jump over rivers or ditches. we were taught that if we are in the car to get out of the car and lay in a ditch or under a bridge. Where I grew up was called tornado alley.

  • @amberminchew2007
    @amberminchew2007 Місяць тому

    I'm with you. I'm getting my fur babies first.

  • @xenotbbbeats7209
    @xenotbbbeats7209 Місяць тому

    I hear you. The first thing I'd do is grab my cat, then my electric guitar...the leather Xena costume I made, the giant portrait of Louise Brooks I painted, my 88-key piano, my 4 acoustic guitars, my ukulele, my mandolin, my computer, my ... I feel like Steve Martin in the movie "The Jerk." If I lived in tornado alley, I'd have the biggest wheelbarrow you ever saw!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @angelamiller6275
    @angelamiller6275 Місяць тому

    I remember this! It tore up several skyscrapers which had massive glass windows shattered. It also tore up the historic Oakland cemetery. In my lifetime, over 60 yrs, I don't remember any other case of a direct hit in Atlanta.

  • @mickeymayfield4192
    @mickeymayfield4192 Місяць тому

    I remember that night, we were at a racetrack watching the Allstars when the heavens opened up and we were drenched. We were at Lanier raceway north of Atlanta

  • @tgigaweserdude
    @tgigaweserdude Місяць тому

    17:27 I’m guessing he went into that fight/flight instinct and his body took over.

  • @3Authoress
    @3Authoress Місяць тому

    Dr Sheppard at UGA is a fantastic man. He’s incredibly smart, friendly, intelligent, and has integrity. Studying under him was uniquely informative.
    My youth pastor was at that basketball game and boy did he have a story to tell after this. I remember watching the game on TV and tracking the weather. I’m a shameless weather nerd and The Weather Channel was my favorite TV channel. It was incredibly reliable back then. Now, ever since it “revamped,” it feels like the people in charge care more about views and ads than the weather. Much to the fury of the actual meteorologists. I remember Jim Cantore went on a long, infuriated rant on Twitter at TWC because the higher-ups were going to show “The Perfect Storm” movie instead of live reporting the severe winter weather that Friday night. His rant was so scathing, those same higher-ups backed down and reverted to the live coverage of the weather instead. Much respect for Jim Cantore.

  • @d0m1n64
    @d0m1n64 Місяць тому

    You should check out Trapped inside a tornado from Tanner Charles!

  • @george217
    @george217 Місяць тому

    You should check out the video of the guy stuck inside a crane during the Nashville tornado back in 2020...

  • @MikeyFilms
    @MikeyFilms Місяць тому

    Storms are tricky at times. That storm was only given a severe thunderstorm warning when it was entering the city and the thing about those is that sometimes a storm isn't tornado warned but can have slight or weak rotation and just severe thunderstorm warned but with an add on at the bottom *weak rotation has been detected with this storm if a tornado warning is issued seek immediate shelter*

  • @davidterry6155
    @davidterry6155 Місяць тому

    I was watching that basketball game when it happened

  • @MrSleep20013
    @MrSleep20013 Місяць тому

    the puppy, but they running for their life

  • @suepoole8323
    @suepoole8323 Місяць тому

    Not just you Recky my dog and 3 cats would be my 1st thought.. if it was fated then we would all cross that rainbow bridge together....

  • @davidterry6155
    @davidterry6155 Місяць тому

    I agree with you Recky to me it is inconceivable that you leave your pet behind. However I grew up in an extremely high wildfire prone area and you learn that if you have horses or livestock you make sure they are to run free because animals are way better at self preservation than we are at protecting the animals Granted a collapsing building is very different than a wildfire since no one can predict where to go in a split second when a building falling down on you

  • @maryslack6169
    @maryslack6169 Місяць тому

    Me too i would never have left my animal behind

  • @AlexanderAlary
    @AlexanderAlary Місяць тому

    You should react to the rainsville tornado it along with the smithsville tornado were both ef5s and somewhat forgotten about because they were overshadowed by other ef5s during the april 27 2011 outbreak

  • @dalemoore8582
    @dalemoore8582 Місяць тому

    I lived in Atlanta in the 1970s and a tornado hit about a 1/2 mile from my house. Just one of many reasons I hate Atlanta!!!

  • @reginaheineman564
    @reginaheineman564 Місяць тому

    Have a cat carrier in my house just in case i will not leave my fur baby behind as soon as I hear Storm is coming she goes in

  • @YasmineGalenornOfficial
    @YasmineGalenornOfficial Місяць тому

    I'd be looking for my cats, because they're family. Things you can replace, family, nope.

  • @trishc3099
    @trishc3099 Місяць тому

    It kind of is rare for a tornado to touch down in a large city. I don't know the details completely as to why that is, but it has something to do with the difference between the heat from the concrete and the temperature around the outer edges of the city.

  • @angelagraves865
    @angelagraves865 Місяць тому

    For the algorithm 👍🏽

  • @Nathan-sh1zg
    @Nathan-sh1zg Місяць тому

    i personally dont understand people who would leave their pets behind. those are animals that fully depend on you for everything. that's why it's important to have emergency crates set up and ready to go, and to desensitize them beforehand

  • @theresacrubaugh2095
    @theresacrubaugh2095 Місяць тому

    It's not just you, Recky. I couldn't leave a pup behind like that. I'd rather die trying to save the pup than leave it behind. That pup is your child. Others feel this way. It was such a problem in Florida, that when a hurricane threatened, people refused to evacuate. There are now pet friendly evacuation centers in Florida.

  • @DanielRichards644
    @DanielRichards644 Місяць тому

    in 2008 things where very different then they are today, firstly it's very rare to even have Tornadoes in the state of Georgia with a TOTAL of less then 2,300 Tornadoes since 1950 across the entire state, for Comparison across the USA in that same time period there have been almost 78,000 Tornadoes so Georgia has only had 2.9% of all the Tornadoes to form in the last 74 years, Georgia doesn't have Tornado Sirens like you see in Tornado Alley so the warning system is either someone watching the Weather Report or if you had a "Weather Radio", it was around this time the Federal Government was implementing a new Text Message to Cell Phone Emergency Alert System that would ultimately roll in the Amber Alerts and NWS (National Weather Services) but the NWS wouldn't be rolled into the system until 2012, I think there was a system before that but it depended on the carrier and was rather spotty.

  • @cattfink5036
    @cattfink5036 Місяць тому

    A lot y'all are being incredibly uncharitable to the folks who lived through this event. This was at night. It caught us largely off guard and it was scary as hell.
    I remember this night VERY CLEARLY. I was in a bar around the corner from the Cotton Mill when it hit. My best friend was inside his home at the Cotton Mill.
    I walked to his place when it was over bc it was closer than mine and what I saw absolutely made my heart drop.
    Once I was able to locate him, we took his dog and walked to my house to check on my cats.
    I saw tons of people outside the lofts- absolutely panicking. Trying to go back in because they'd been hurried out by rescue or by neighbors.
    Nobody wanted to leave their pets. Nobody was irresponsible or cowardly or unloving. We didn't know what was about to happen.
    Y'all should check your judgement. It's bad for you.

  • @rj-zz8im
    @rj-zz8im Місяць тому

    A tornado in a city is no more rare than a tornado in the suburbs.

  • @debbyplank2189
    @debbyplank2189 Місяць тому

    Fear can cause you to do things you normally would never do. Don't be too hard on him.

  • @DarcyIzziStewart
    @DarcyIzziStewart Місяць тому

    Never leave my furbabues😢Guess I'd die with them if I couldn't save them.

  • @MsNerdsRevenge
    @MsNerdsRevenge Місяць тому

    Atlanta GEORGIA 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪. It is time to solve Yazoo land Freud and honor what the lands endured over Slavery

  • @eldiablomanatee1
    @eldiablomanatee1 Місяць тому

    Boost

  • @asherstatic9092
    @asherstatic9092 5 днів тому

    I would not leave that building until I found my dog. Why didn't he grab the dog, take him when he ran to the laundry room for safety? That puppy needs a better owner. Thank god for the firemen who save the puppy.

  • @WestTXRedneck1972
    @WestTXRedneck1972 Місяць тому

    Yeah, I definitely wouldn't leave my pets like that guy did. Hate to see if he has kids now. He'd probably bale on them as well, thinking of himself.

    • @Reckyj
      @Reckyj  Місяць тому +1

      He bailed on the girls and his dog..

    • @WestTXRedneck1972
      @WestTXRedneck1972 Місяць тому

      @Reckyj Yeah that guy was wuss. I would have gone full Hulk mode trying to save everyone especially any animals.

    • @Reckyj
      @Reckyj  Місяць тому

      @@WestTXRedneck1972 especially any animals!

  • @jancallison3950
    @jancallison3950 Місяць тому

    I'm sure that I would die for my pets. No doubt.

  • @judywein3282
    @judywein3282 Місяць тому +3

    I've seen this one. And I'm sorry, but the guy with the puppy did not deserve to get it back. 😢 Coward. Just my opinion.

  • @tamibarcomb546
    @tamibarcomb546 Місяць тому

    Atlanta does not have tornado sirens.

  • @claranielsen3382
    @claranielsen3382 Місяць тому +3

    You should check out the 1970 tornado in Lubbock Texas .
    I believe in it was an EF 4 or 5.
    It hit downtown. I am sure they have something on you tube about to it. Granted Lubbock is not Atlanta but it was devastating.
    Thanks for sharing this ❤