A swede reacts to: Storm stories - Greensburg, Kansas Tornado EF5
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You like severe weather. I suggest you find one of the documentaries on the 1900 Galveston hurricane. A storm so destructive that it motivated a city to raise its built up area several meters higher, houses, businesses, and utilities and build a massive concrete and granite seawall. No one is sure how many people died. Between 8,000 and 10,000. Afterward, a train finally made it to the island. Soldiers patrolled, summarily executing looters where they were found.
Recky, what if you were to put the video in the bigger space and your picture down in the corner? That way we can see more of what you're seeing. Just a thought.
Greensburg is a special one to me. A lot of times whenever people say “the town was destroyed” it’s just hyperbole; a long track with major damage on a path and minimal damage in the surrounding area. No…. this LITERALLY erased the entire town off the map. Just gone.
My aunt and uncle lost their house. I went to help and I couldn't find where they live because all the landmarks were gone.
@@tbirdlondon3010I hope your folks were okay; homes can be replaced but not lives.
@@geezushasrisen They both made it in the basement. After that with their age they moved to Pratt, decided it wasn't worth rebuilding in Greensburg. Thank you.
Just glad the baby made it. So many times, babies get swept up in the tornado out of their parents arms and don't survive.
I remember the episode of Storm Stories about the 1999 Moore tornado. Amy Crago’s 10-month-old daughter Aleah, survived being pulled from her mother’s arms; Amy’s mom died.
I'm about 30 minutes from there, right now and into tonight we're in a big warning zone, they go from zone 1 to 5, 5 being the biggest chance for really bad tornadoes, we're in the 5 zone, keep your guys thoughts and prayers for the area today we need it.
Praying for you all those in the area!!
I hope you and your community are hanging in there. We’re in for the nighttime storms in SE Ks. And the winds…
I've been watching the storms tonight. Thank god it wasn't as bad as they thought but there was still a strong tornado in Oklahoma that took 2 lives.
at any point in an hour from me got hit by naders yesterday, one was about a 15 min drive from my brother and his family house destroying part of the airport up there, and the mobile home park i used to live in, was hit as well
Had a tornado watch here for several hours today. Our sirens have gone off several times so far this Spring. May is the worst month, so stay safe and informed! Best wishes from Missouri.
My friend Kay is from Kansas, and I go up there with her every so often for her family reunion. We drove through Greensburg not long after is tornado leveled this small town. There was just row after row of nothing left but concrete foundations where businesses and homes once stood. It was completely eerie, and so sad. Went through there not long ago, and most have rebuilt. Shows the resilience of the human nature.
I remember watching this on TV that night. It was horrible. I live close to Wichita. We're under a tornado watch right now. Tor con 9 from Wichita to Oklahoma City. Pray for us.❤
I was watching Ryan Hall Y'all's feed here on UA-cam. Looks like you guys dodged it this time. But it was a nasty night for storms. Barkdall and Bartlesville Oklahoma did get hit and some places in Missouri as well. Stay safe ((hugs from Tx))
@@charlayned I had that on, too. Makes sense Recky would end up in all our suggestions.
I performed land surveying in Greensburg for the city in 2008. I lived in Kansas all of my life and in 74 years I have only seen devastation like that twice and never as complete before. The town was simply not there anymore. Paved streets and concrete curbs but nothing else but shredded debris. The one that hit my neighborhood in Kansas City was bad and lengthy (+/- 30 miles and two river crossings) F-5 and left an extreme debris field but it was only about a quarter mile wide. Greensburg must have been more than two miles wide.
We have a similar set up right now in Kansas and Oklahoma. I’ve spent the entire afternoon making sure everyone stays weather-aware today.
Greensburg Kansas--I visited it a year or so after the tornado and the only thing that remained after the tornado was one building and the four stack grain elevator
I live In Hutchinson KS, roughly an hour and a half away, and I'll never forget it. My family stayed there for a week helping with search and rescue and Clean up.. it was awful. It was truly the worst case scenario of any Tornado I know of, even if the death toll and property damage totals doesn't reflect it. It was not just a 2 mile wide monster, but it was completely rain wrapped, and even If it wasn't, it was at night and so large you couldn't have seen it anyway. Alot of people got very lucky they survived, and it's incredible that they had the town almost completely rebuilt in a little over a years time
Multiple tornadoes touched down tonight across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Still on going @ almost 2am. Still getting damage reports in. Several towns hit. It's been a very active year.
We live just a couple of hours from Greensburg. So heartbreaking. What a miracle that Kelsey and Jayden survived. Wow. A miracle. And mom's intuition to move to the closet! ❤
TLDR: Got to Greensburg right after the tornado hit, got told to turn around because the town was gone.
I lived in Dodge city at the time for college. I drove through Greensburg heading to Wichita the morning of the tornado and saw all of the storm chasers on the East side of town and thought it was odd. I drove back the same night and had no idea I was driving right at the storm with some friends. We got to Greensburg about 10 minutes after the town was destroyed, the Sheriff already had the road into town blocked and told us the town was gone and to turn around. We tried to take some back roads North of town but there was so much debris and flooding we got stuck multiple times, I vividly remember pieces of house spread across the road and trees completely stripped with more debris lodged in them if they were still standing. We ended up back at the main road and headed back to Pratt to go North still following the same storm. After getting to highway 50 we started to realize how bad things were, the storm had caught multiple people on the highway sending their cars into the farmland. I always think about how close we were to being a part of this tornado and storm.
Watching live storm chasing this afternoon.
Me too
i was in the ks national guard when this happened, the damage was shocking, and thats an understatement
I remember being GLUED to the tv at 6 years old watching the news coverage of this from near Wichita (2 hours east of Greensburg). It was easily the scariest thing I had watched. I lived in a trailer/mobile home at the time and remember the hail sounding like it would burst through the home. This tornado solidified my fears of them for sure. If I recall now, they’ve almost completely rebuilt and are one of the most eco-friendly towns in the state, really taking “Green”sburg to a different meaning.
I was a mere 15 minutes away from this tornado when I was 8. Just turned 8
I live in Iowa (Omaha is on the border of Nebraska and Iowa). You should come visit, it's prime Tornado season! 😜
Where in Iowa? My family is from Shenandoah and Graettinger. My mom was born in Omaha and graduated from Shenandoah high and my grandmother taught school in Graettinger for many years.
I met Jim Cantore in nyc in February 2007.
I'm from Kansas. I remember this night well. I was about 100 miles to the north camping at Cedar Bluff Lake that weekend when the line of storms rolled through. First time in my life I opted to lay down the tent, and go to the shelter. In the process of that, I took a piece of hail the size of a golf ball to the head, so I was driving through blinding rain, so much lightning that it looked like I was at a strobe light heavy rave, my own tornado to deal with in the area, and my cell phone going off from my mom calling to tell me about the tornado warning in my area all whilst seeing stars from getting clocked by the hail lol. Learned about Greensburg the next day. This was the first tornado to get the EF5 rating after they updated the Fujita scale.
The tornado outbreak in the central US this week has been horrific. If you can, check into a couple of channels here to get the most recent updates. Praying for all of my fellow American's who suffered this past week.
I remember hearing about the Greensburg EF5 tornado and watched this about and it still blows my mind every time
Livin it here in our midwest this week......my son,his pregnant wife,and their 2 little boys ,,in Iowa,, has spent multiple nights and many hours in his basement safe spot since last Wednesday. Listening to the tornado sirens. They had a few very close calls but they're safe~!!
I sat here in NJ 1,600 miles away worrying and unable to do anything😔
Very scary. Also very sad but I enjoy watching these videos just to see how the the community comes together afterwards to rebuild and heal.
Sadly, the city leaders got knee deep into the "green technology vibe" It made it financially impossible or many of the surviving residents to rebuild. I don't know how they are faring right now but from reports I saw from 2010 and 2012 it was a circus.
@randallshuck2976 people need a roof over their heads!!! All the government rules/red tape/regulations are ridiculous!!! You honestly can't build an ef5 tornado proof house. Unless it's built like a tank bolted to the bedrock!!!
If builders in tornado alley would just automatically include a tornado resistant safe room in every house that would go a long way to keep people safer. But I doubt even that could 100% protect in an f5, but better than nothing.
Those things are so scary. shows just how powerful mother nature is. good reaction Recky
My parents and grandparents were from Greensburg, and I spent every summer of my childhood there. My parents initials were carved into a table there.
I’d love to live in a place like this, must be peaceful and also fulfilling working on a farm.
Good vid as always Recky, keep up the tornado videos! A lot of Americans are addicted to watching about it because we live it!
Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA had a bad tornado last night.
Last night I was on Ryan Hall yalls stream when two towns in Oklahoma were hit head on, a lot of destruction yet again. This has been a horrible season for tornadoes. Wednesday is the day we will be affected by this round, not looking forward to another round of tornado producing storms. So many states and cities have been hit this spring, keep them in your thoughts, we are already over 400 tornadoes so far since January 1.
Now we just have over-the-air TV. But when we still had cable, I watched a LOT of different programs on the Weather Channel. “Weather Caught on Camera” & “Weather Gone Viral” are two other great programs.
Of course Recky, I'm still here. I'm drawn to these videos and like you, hurt from the loss of life, damage and devastating effects of the tornadoes. I always hope to find some good come out of them. I think it's the overall community support, love, and dedication of people coming together for a common goal - to help, heal and support each other that soothes my soul and gives a really bright spot in the midst of doom and terror. 💔❤️🩹❤️
Thank you for that. Always feels nice to know that I’m not alone watching
@Reckyj You are not alone in those thoughts. It's horrifying to watch, heartbreaking to feel the desperation and helplessness. ❤️ And I do watch until the end on your videos. Yours and yours and Carol.
Hi Recky. Watching from Missouri in the USA.
About time someone talks about Greensburg. The dude that claims to know everything about tornadoes has never even touched on Greensburg's complete destruction. I remember watching it live on TV...beyond terrifying.,
Thanks for this video Recky. As much as I like watching these with you, hopefully there won't be any monster tornadoes this year.
Used to stop there 2x’s a year on vacation from South Dakota to Phoenix. Stayed overnight at the Best Western that got flattened but thank goodness there swimming pool was in the basement and built like a bomb shelter. Very few building were left standing. They did build back as a “green” city.
That storm just swallowed that town
People are making new tornado videos right now as I type this. Today, and many recent days and days to come, there are tons of tornado-producing storms. I live in a tiny house in the woods about an hour south of Joplin. I doubt I would survive a tornado. 😂 But I’ve also lived in tornado alley for almost 44 years and have never seen a tornado. But I have seen plenty of tornado damage in real life. So I don’t worry too much about tornadoes, but I also pay close attention to the weather.
Recky! Thank you for reacting to this video! I’m still writing a book about Greensburg before and after the tornado. I visit the town fairly regularly on my trips across Kansas. About 900 people live there now. It means a lot to me; I was 15 when the town was destroyed. I watched the exact live news broadcast featured in this video. Greensburg was the first tornado to be rated EF-5 after the Enhanced Fujita scale was implemented just 3 months before.
At the time I was 6 and it was my birthday so I was completely oblivious playing in the park with my family. Nice to know that my birthday is the anniversary of an ef5 tornado completely obliterating Greensburg. I live in Kansas just wasn't near the tornado
Short new dash cam video dropped out of Lincoln, Nebraska. You should really take a look at this. A large building is there and 7 seconds later...gone. Amazing. I hope nobody was in there.
This was the first ever EF5 Tornado as the F scale was replaced a few years prior and as of rn Moore has the last F5 and EF5 tornado
This year has been extremely active for tornadoes, and with a looming potentially hyperactive hurricane season, this year could be the year of the cyclone in the USA. This part of the world has some of the most extreme weather on the planet.
People in these areas need to do one of two things. 1: have a professional build an outside or inside tornado shelter. 2: Build a tornado proof house if you are going to build a new house. WHY risk your families lives otherwise?
Greensburg was so scary to watch live.
Greensburg was the first EF5, and one of the worst. It was over 1.5 miles wide, and it was the only time an entire town has been completely pulverized by one of these things.
I lived a few miles away we went and brought a family to one home let them stay until they got on their feet
Thanks for the video. I used to live in the county just west of Greensburg. What I remember about the tornado was that there were some businesses and homes on the eastern edge of town that were not destroyed. They were next to the golf course and airport. The water tower above the Big Well was destroyed. The grain elevator was still standing and I think the courthouse was damaged. Everything else was destroyed. Greensburg lost about fifty percent of its population after the tornado. It used to have about 2,000 people 60 years ago; however, I think there are about 750 people today. People who decided to stay, rebuilt their homes in the "Green" style, or environmentally friendly. Lots of vacant lots today, though. Today, a person may buy a vacant lot and have a home built. That home can be on a concrete slab with one concrete reinforced room instead of a basement.
Check out tornadoes from last weekend in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and kentucky. Sadly, many lives lost
Recky. Good to see you again buddy
Yeah, they're pretty scary!!
It was horrifying, the town was just gone. I remember seeing it on the news as i had just passed through the town the day before.
You may enjoy "THE MOST INSANE TORNADO VIDEO ever captured in Westmoreland, Kansas"
was in KS around that time, saw Town a couple months later was totally obliterated. Did NOT think anyone would stay, but they would instead move to another nearby town. Tornado Completely Annihilated the place except a few steel reinforced Concrete structures on edge of town.
You should see how they rebuilt the town
It’s crazy what a tornado takes with it and what it doesn’t take.
They have rebuilt Greensburg, literally from the ground up, using sustainable energy and projects. So, instead of rebuilding the old town, they built a new one. It is a case study in almost every Sustainability graduate program.
I live in Oklahoma, and that's part of Tornado Alley 🌪
A tornado I hadn't seen!
Here in in Tennessee tornados all morning
The Storm Stories series are good, lots of content from people who have survived tornadoes. Scary stuff to be sure…
Edit: Oh and I’m still here 👍
It would be easier to watch if you made the show the bigger box on the screen and put you in the smaller box. I can’t hardly see the tornado! Just a thought! I’ll enjoy either way! Having lived in Tornado Alley I have seen too many with my own eyes! I also lived in Mississippi on the gulf coast when Katrina ripped through. I like to hear your perspective as a person who lives where there are none of these weather events. I grew up in Washington state and live there now. I have been through several earthquakes also! I will chose an earthquake over a tornado/hurricane any day!
First thing, Recky you look like you probably did in Basic, lol. Nice haircut bro!!!
Second, I live on the very southern end of Tornado Alley. It actually ends a few blocks north of me in Andrews, TX. I still keep an eye out though. I have only experienced 2 in my life but on the East Coast.
Thank you!
Recky. That Greensburg tornado was over a mile and a half wide
I’m game for another one,yes, I AM.
Watching the Livestream tornado outbreak now on Ryan Hall Y'All channel. Be safe everyone in the path of the storms!
Today might be the worse of the year there's already 3 tornados on the ground right now in Oklahoma
Look up the Tri-State tornado from 1925
Yeah recky I live in Northern Illinois and that tri state tornado went through my state albeit the southern part but still wasn't good
Recky Oklahoma here we were just issued a rare critical weather warning the last time a critical warning was issued more than 100 tornadoes touched down in one night today most of eastern Oklahoma is in the critical warning area at 4 pm we already have a few tornado warnings issued more to come I'm in northeastern Oklahoma and should be passed me by 2am any tornadoes will be long duration tornadoes I have an storm shelter hopefully I will not have to use it tonight but will be watching the weather radar closely and have secured loose things outside because of high winds and am ready to get in the shelter if needed the warnings are spread from eastern Oklahoma up to Kansas for now we're in for a rough night but that's part of spring here in Oklahoma
Stay safe and get underground if you can!
@@loribroadbent8573 it's 10:03 the storms are to the west of me but I'm watching the local continuous weather coverage a F4 tornado is hitting bartlesville Oklahoma at this moment. There is a storm cell developing just southwest of me I need to keep an eye on just a severe thunder storm for now I'm not under a tornado warning just yet but I'm ready to go to my storm shelter if need be I'm just now beginning to thunder far off no rain yet but the wind is getting a little stronger not concerned but watchful there will be a lot of damage just to the northwest of Tulsa Oklahoma with the tornado on the ground going through bartlesville Oklahoma but that's 100 miles from me
Watch Reed Timmer tornado chaser! His car is wicked & he's crazy😂
They're just not letting up here in T-alley.
Oklahoma hit bad again last night.
A lot of us watch Ryan Hall Y'all.
Except.last night they were to the north, south and west of Greater KC so l switch back n forth from him to local.
been waiting for this one! yeah greensburg was 100% totally destroyed. they've built back but unfortunately the population continues to decline. also off topic but i love the cat in the bg
There was a series about the Greensburg tornado
Im watching this, May 6th 2024 -- Currently, tornadoes are on the ground.
Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity from 1946-2024 (Source: Wikipedia)
Link here 👉 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tornado_events_by_year
i'm not here, i am not anywheres
Still here.
i appreciate it
Chopper sick balls
Stand by me! =)
@@Reckyj as soon as I heard a dog called Chopper, that's what popped into my head. I'm glad you caught the reference!
Watching this scare me .
Does anyone know about the town that got hit either twice or three times in the same day?
My only comment is why was an 8th grader responsible for cooking dinner for her grown adult father?
Again, YOU MUST WATCH "R 3 SELTER REPAIR: TRAGEDY IN TORNADO ALLEY!!! You watched real time tornado alley episode about Moore and the destruction of the schools with more emphasis on Plaza Towers. For the whole back story of the Plaza Towers Seven please watch what I listed above! I BEG YOU!
Hey Recky, are you gonna sell your home in Sweden, now and immigrate to Kansas or Oklahoma, USA? Just kidding, I used to drive truck thru that area and narrowly missed tornadoes.They be some scary stuff. BTW, an EF-5 tornado is capable of LITERALLY sucking the pavement off of a road. THAT my boy is POWER! I'm glad I live in Oregon, USA. Once in a GREAT while we have little (EF-1 of smaller) tornadoes. I MUCH prefer our earthquakes, forest fires and volcanic eruptions!
Made me nervous just thinking about it! hahaha
would love to follow along but what you are watching is way too small
I can make i bigger! =)
It might seem cruel but I'll ask the question.
How can you live in an area that gets struck the most often by tornadoes and not have a shelter?
And did I hear Dream Home?
It's sad. What people prioritize.
Don't just have a shelter here in the Ozarks also have one in Arizona and even Colorado And that Ranch is over 8,000 ft. Two tornadoes passed by there within 3 Mi a decade ago. The basic small underground shelter can be installed for under $4,000. Less In many rural areas. That's real piece of mind.
Guess that's asking too much. People live on coastlines that constantly get hit with hurricanes and every time they run out and buy plywood to cover the windows instead of having real shutters.
Common Sense things we did decades ago eludes everybody today.
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Nice emjoi combo!