This man doesn't just make videos, he makes art. The quality of his videos seems to only be matched by the quality of his character. His music, narration, beautiful and fascinating shots, and just his friendly demeanor is why he's my favorite chaser.
You chose the best storm chaser on UA-cam. He's the best, bar none. He's very down to earth, he takes care to help animals, he plays the guitar, what's not to like? Sprites are colorful flashes above a storm. They all have different colors, and different names.
i chased storms for 15 years. i retired when Tim Samaras and his crew died in the el reno 2.6 mile wide ef5 tornado. they are a beautiful sight yet destructive beyond belief.
Pecos Hank is absolutely fantastic! He's such a nice person, and one of the more responsible and safe storm chasers (the one in that video was the riskiest thing he's really done and he said later it was too close and it was reckless), yet gets some of the coolest pictures and videos. He also composes and records pretty much all the music in his videos either with his band or by himself! Basically, Pecos Hank is great and I'm looking forward to the potential of new reactions to him. Cheers from the U.S.
He's the best. I love how he lets the images speak for themselves, unlike so many storm chasers who never shut up and constantly sound like a broken record.
Iirc he used to have a reputation for being reckless. Though I’d imagine he showed down after being one of the chasers who were almost killed by El Reno
Hey Courtney! Pecos Hank is by far one of my favorite storm documentarians. He has such an artistic eye and he's such a character! I also love his love for all creatures great and small. Keep up the great vids! Absolutely loved your reaction to this one.
Hi Edward! Yessss he seems like such a genuine guy and very talented at what he does! Thank you for your comment and support! I really appreciate it ❤️❤️❤️
Courtney he has a video detailing the red sprites, the red light that pops up above some lightning. U ask what it was react to that vid and u will learn more
@@Peg__ Agreed. Grew up in Central Minnesota. The monthly siren test always makes me stop whatever I'm doing until it's over. I know what it is, but something about that sound demands full attention.
I greatly dislike the testing days for the sirens, but I fully understand the reasons and needing of the tests. It’s just very stressful when the sirens go off and you have to check outside to see if it’s stormy or sunny
Tornadoes...the bane of my existence. Those of us who have lived through having their home struck by a tornado never forget it. After our home was damaged by the April 3, 1974 tornadoes that struck Huntsville, AL, it took two years to overcome the fear that would overtake me whenever high winds and thunderstorms occurred. I am now 71 and still become fearful when tornado season starts each year. Living in the northern part of Georgia, we are in a direct line for all the storms that come through. In fact, right now we're under a tornado watch and severe storm watch for tonight! Won't be getting much sleep if any at all.
The joplin, Missouri one was bad too, and there was a very strange one in waco, texas. Just look up F5 tornados, usa, and you will find all kinds of them. There was one outbreak that i want to say dropped at least 55 tornadoes in one day around illinois-ohio area.
Courtney: "It just goes so quickly" Me: Not if your in one. I have lived in north Texas all my life and have been through many tornadoes. At one radio station I worked at as an On-Air-Personality, I was on call 24/7 to come in and work hand-in-hand with local meteorologists to keep an eye on local radar and receive information from the National Weather Service (NWS) and local ground spotters and storm chasers (via ham radio) to keep the public informed of local weather events. I have ho idea how many times I came close to being hit by lighting, swept off the road by high winds and even have to use evasive action to avoid going straight into the path of a tornado. All of those experiences have left me with a great level of respect for the amount of power that nature can release, and at the same time keep level headed and calm during these events, Take care, Courtney!
@@birdernate I'm a few months late, but best advice is to have as many contact points with the ground as you can. Feet, arms, hands, anything. It allows for the lightning to pass through you faster so you won't take as much of a hit from them. Now the thunder...- Well, prepare for either some fractures, bruises, or some hearing problems, lmao.
Lived in Nebraska my whole life, you get to see some awesome looking storms including tornadoes. We usually sit on the back porch and watch them go by. My town hasn't actually been hit by one since 1951, but they usually pass by about a few miles to the east and you can get a good view if it's not too dark.
Pecos (pay-kus or pay-kose) Hank is a really fun Storm Chaser to watch. The true irony of having endless stretches of road at your disposal with nothing at all around for hundreds of miles, EXCEPT the road maintenance crews with their dreaded hand held STOP signs. And Kansas, the only state you can get pulled over in the same night, for your license plate light first being too dim, then the next town, your license plate light is too bright. No joke, it happened to me.
Ive been watching Pecos Hank for years.. He does his own editing, naration, and music.. Hands down the best out there not only for the above mentioned but also for the quality of his cinematography.. I have lived in the heart of tornado alley (Oklahoma) for 30 years and the spring storms are amazing. Night before last I spent 2 hours underground because tornado after tornado just kept coming through. The town of Sulphur that is 15 min south was hit hard that night. Leveling Historic downtown. Hank is the shiz and you picked onw of the best to watch and react to his craft. Also unless he has changed, he always chases alone.
i really think pecos is one of the best storm chasers out there, in his videos he always respects them while showing how beautiful and terrifying they are rather than dramatizing it like so many others. i highly recommend his "fastest tornado" video, its a really fascinating watch
I am a student currently studying Atmospheric Sciences (fancy term for Meteorology) so I appreciate the timing of this video as the Southeastern United States just had a tornado outbreak from March 16th-18th, 2021. While it’s too early to tell how many actual tornadoes touched down, 99 tornado warnings and 206 severe thunderstorm warnings were issued over the course of the last 3 days. Weather is fascinating!
Sprites are a high altitude lightning phenomenon that occurs up in the mesosphere over large storms and high energy positive lightning strikes. Ionized discharges shoot upwards, and due to the reduced air pressure at that high of an altitude, the discharges appear pink or reddish. It’s around the same altitudes that red auroras occur due to high energy solar particles punching deep into the upper atmosphere. Above that, auroras are more greenish in color because the air is so thin. Air fluoresces at different colors depending on pressure. Here at low altitude/high troposphere pressures, it produces a combination of blue and red, creating violet most of the time. There are conditions that can lead to lightning of different colors though.
Absolutely love your reactions to these. Pecos Hank is probably at least a little crazy as well as a little gifted to go after tornadoes like he does but it makes for amazing footage that's always impressive! Definitely a one of a kind human being! As someone who loves tornadoes I really love his videos, he's got a lot of cool content, he even posted some stuff over the weekend of the weather in Texas.
There was a bad tornado in Nashville, Tennessee in March last year. Did quite a bit of damage. Too bad they weren't a few hundred miles east to capture that...
Let me explain how the Enhanced Fujita scale rates tornadoes. the orignal Fujita scale was like the hurricane categories, rating them on the size of the storm. F1 being the smallest, F5 being the largest. The Enhanced Fujita scale changed how they are rated. EF scale doesn't care how big the storm is, it is based on damage. So a mile wide twister in a rural area and since the damage is minimal it will be rated as an EF1, formerly an F5. If a former F1 tornado hits a town it can be rated as high as EF5, depending on the damage done.
Most people don't realize that the dixie alley sees just as many tornadoes as the Midwest does but nobody is crazy enough to chase tornadoes in the Appalachian foothills lol
If you check out Reed Timmer's channel, he's one of the most famous names in storm chasing. His channel has the entire 2013 season of his show Tornado Chasers, that season had some record breaking tornados including the El Reno tornado in the season finale, largest ever recorded!
Hank is great. he is very passionate about his work, and teaches you a lot, even about animals he runs into. he made the music in the videos himself. def check more of his channel.
Woah this brings back memories. Raleigh NC 2011. I was in a building off Raleigh Road. When the doors were being sucked opened we all ran down a hallway for cover. If it weren't for that giant structure next to us, we'd have been goners. The trailer park a mile away was destroyed, people died, businesses were destroyed all around us. Now that I remember a whole Apt complex behind us was also destroyed. I hope I don't dream about tornadoes tonight or experience one tomorrow.
This is why I like Pecos Hank. It isn't about chasing the storm no matter what.. he stops to help those in need when he finds them, be they man or animal.
I just found this video. I've been watching storm chasers for years now and Pecos Hank is my absolute favorite. He is so calm, so level-headed, always looking for the good things in life, and so so very talented... he's just a joy to watch!
Pecos Hank is amazing. His presentation is top notch, his character is infectious, and his footage is second to none. He even makes a down year interesting to watch.
Pecos Hank is so much more than just a Legendary storm chaser. He's a very intelligent, witty and knowledgeable man and is out there to help protect the lives of others, people and animals too. A man of the greatest courage and compassionate....and friend to ALL in need !!! Thank GOD we still have a few REAL men these days and Pecos Hank is truly one of them ! Thanks Hank for all the great service and GOD protect you in your quest to help others !!!
PLEASE react to the “2013 El Reno Tornado” - Pecos Hank. This tornado holds the record for the widest tornado. Oklahoma holds the record for both widest AND strongest tornadoes. 🌪🌪🌪
I've followed Hank for years. I'm a trained spotter but Hank presents this subject with grace and humor. Oh, he and his band do all the music as well. Tornados in 'Dixie Alley' are incredibly dangerous. Hills, dense forests and heavy rain all conceal the storm.
When I was driving a semi over the road, I used to load out of that wire factory in Madill, Oklahoma. Hank has the best storm videos and his narration is perfect.
7:33 i've seen these before in my home town, those things get *huge* . not any exaggeration they can go from horizon to horizon, absolutely stunning sight to see
As an EMT in tornado alley I can't say storm chasers like him are life saving. They regularly coordinate with the Office of Emergency Management, letting us know where the tornado is, wich roads are blocked and where, and any injuries or destruction they come across.
The shot of the sprites is astonishing. They are so rare, and these were so beautiful! 14:47 Sprites are lightening that go up to the ionosphere. And they are usually red. It's only within the last 20 years that they have been documented. Thank you cell phones for being everywhere all the time.
A tornado dropped on my bf and I once when stopped at in intersection in Rockford, IL. It felt like the ground was shaking and we were so blinded by rain/hail we didn't see it. Didn't know until five mins later we reached our restaurant and the hostess told us confirmed touchdown at the intersection we were at five mins earlier. If you want to hear the creepiest sound, search youtube: chicago tornado siren.
omfg... that is such a crazy story! I'm glad you guys turned out alright tho!! And thanks I will check it out!!! I've had a few more comments saying the same thing actually!
When I was very young (like maybe 3 or 4 yo) in New Mexico, I was playing outside. A small tornado called a dust devil, that wasn't there one second was heading straight for me in the next. Scared the hell out of me, I ran into the house and it shook the whole house and rattled all the windows. My parents just wrote off my fear as something childish. That's on my list of things, at 69-years-old, I still find unforgivable. My two, under-five daughters went through a destructive earthquake in California, my wife and I were totally there for them. It took weeks for them to not be afraid if even a large truck drove by.
I was surprised to see this. I am a subscriber of Pecos Hank. Seems like a great guy to me. I love the storm chasing, analysis, and unique commentary. Don't get me wrong, there are many great folks out there putting their lives on the line to help meteorologists track and document storms like this. He was just the first one I ran across and subscribed to. Nice video Courtney. :)
Growing up in Amarillo, Texas I saw lots of pics of tornadoes in the local paper. My dad showed me one in 1957. Silverton, Texas had a tornado the previous day. Back in 1957 the milkman came to your porch long before you got up in the morning and left the milk you ordered days before! After he had left this one house a tornado hit before sunrise. Someone took a picture of the destruction and here is what it looked like. The four cement steps and porch were not moved. The gallon of milk left on the porch was not moved. Nothing else was in the picture. There was no debris, there was nothing else to indicate that a house ever existed there at all.
Pekos hank is the best! You should definitely check out more of his content. There's a whole video on those "sprights" that explains what they are and the theory on how they form as well as another with the "green sprights" that sometimes form in the wake of the red ones. Very cool stuff
We had a couple tornados in PA that passed through my area. Took a couple buildings down each time. I remember driving into work and seeing nothing but an open concrete field where my gas station used to be.
Lol in north MS in January a year ago I think we had a F3 tornado. Although lots of livestock died and some small homes were destroyed, nobody died thankfully but also surprisingly. We’re lucky to only have to replace our roof.
Four things. Pecos Hank writes and plays all the music. A tornado is a rotating column of air. The bottom can be clear on the ground giving the impression that it hasn’t touched down. You can tell by debris that’s being picked up. A tornado is rated on the Fujita Scale. It ranges from F zero to F five. It’s rating is determined by the destruction it causes May is usually the most active month for tornadoes, although they have occurred in The winter. Moore OK is ground zero for tornadoes with weather patterns being very conducive for tornadoes.
Sorry for the super long comment........ Oh yeah, communication between storm chasers, police, fire, medical, and the community is very much the key for no fatalities, or injuries. _______________________________________ Yeah, North Americans have a warning in their phones, radios, and TVs for severe weather like flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. You heard the phone warning. Which is very distinctive. ________________________________________ Pecos Hank always has the best tornado & lightning photos! Not only that, but the music you hear, is Hank's original music, and it's pretty atmospheric . . . . . ________________________________________ . . . I'm not trying to take anything from Pecos Hank's awesome videos, but I have 4 pretty contradictory videos (vs each other) for you to react to ________________________________________ WEATHER -- "The Iowa Derecho: In Their Own Words (Real-time Documentary)" by TheNStew...... It's from last year, and is nearly 64 minutes long _________________________________________ BIRDS..... -- "Every State Bird In The USA" by BioBush -- "Top 10 Cutest Birds In North America" by LesleyTheBirdNerd -- my favorite bird has to be the Baltimore Oriole. It's one of the only birds where the coats of both sexes are different. There are some videos on the bird. Both sexes of Baltimore Orioles are beautiful! ------ As the male Baltimore Oriole have a bright orange, black & white coat ------ female Baltimore Orioles are golden yellow, black, and white coat.
Wait wait wait, all I heard was that you don't have fireflies in New Zealand... EXCUSE ME!? Fireflies are the best! Running around as a child and trying and successfully catching one is like literal magic! Literally holding light in your hands! You gotta come to the US just so that you can go firefly hunting at least once 🥰 Anyways, back on topic. Pecos Hank is such an amazing storm chaser. The footage he catches is always so incredible. I especially liked his 2021 tornadoes video because it focused on showing how beautiful tornadoes can be when not on a path of destruction. Tornadoes are dangerous forces of nature, true. But when they're just left on their own in an empty field? There are some tornadoes that can be incredibly beautiful to watch. Also, Pecos Hank's respect for nature is so admirable. A friend to both weather and animals!
Hank is awesome! He makes these tornado videos every year, so I recommend reacting to any of his previous “Tornadoes of 20XX” videos, or really *any* of his videos! Lol
We had a tornado in early 2020 roll through the commercial district and destroy the mall right in the middle of the busiest time of day. We were in lock down at the time, though. I heard someone estimate there could have been 100's dead at the mall, minimum, if we weren't in lock down, but as it was, not one person got hurt that day. There was a guy invited to the Ellen show because he rushed out of a store and helped two women who were getting picked up by the wind and got them inside. The mall still hasn't been rebuilt over 2 years later.
Tornado chasing is fun but VERY dangerous at night. I've lived in the Midwest all my life and went through an EF4 in Omaha in 1975. You could see the path it took because it literally yanked the grass up by the roots. Notice the cell rotates counter clockwise, unlike in New Zealand where they rotate clockwise.
If you enjoyed this you may like the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Animation (By Force Thirteen) Fun facts about the 2020 hurricane season: I’ll say this, normal hurricane seasons reach about 10-12 named storms, 30 named storms were in the Atlantic, the average amount of Hurricanes in a season is less than 10, 12 were in 2020, an average amount of Major hurricanes is at 1-3, (major hurricanes are categories 3+) in 2020, there were 7 major hurricanes The major storms were Laura, a high end cat4 hurricane with winds of 155mph (Catagory 5’s are from 157+mph) Teddy another cat4 with winds of 140mph Delta was another Catagory 4 with winds f 130mph Epsilon with winds around 115- 125mph as a cat3 hurricane, Zeta, with winds around 115mph before making landfall in New Orleans Eta, a cat4 maybe 5 that hit Nicaragua with winds of 155mph, it then moved back into the Caribbean and restrengthened into a hurricane before smashing Florida Last is iota, a cat5 with winds of 160mph hitting 10miles north or south from we’re Eta made landfall Also, the Atlantic uses a naming list that goes alphabetical only skipping 5 letters (those being Q, U, X, Y, and Z) if a naming list is fully used, they go to the Greek alphabet (was only ever used in 2005, and 2020 before being permanently removed which makes me sad since I liked that list a lot...)
Some storms go quickly or at least move slowly. But some twisters will dance on the same place for several minutes. The lateral lightning he shows is the most fascinating to me. You see that all the time around here. Tornados are very rarely seen here in tornado alley. Unless you just go looking for them like these people do. We also have the very tame tornados too. In fact the Fujita Scale zero tornados start at 65mph or about 105km. It is prounced Pay-couse. :-)
Hey there, I'm a fellow storm chaser and if you really want to see some of the more dangerous storms I suggest taking a look at some of Reed Timmer's videos. He is what we call an Extreme Meteorologist. The vehicle that he drives enables him to intercept (GO INTO) ef1-ef3 storms. So yeah, go ahead and check him out and as Reed says: Never Stop Chasing!!
More heat doesn't equate to more tornados. You need cold air to clash with warm humid air. The warm air rises over the dry sinking cold slot and if you have the right ingredients as far as upper level vorticity and lower level jet, moisture, heat you will get those monster tornados. Last year being so hot actually hurt the Midwest. Thus many of the chasers didn't have the same luck. Also, the Dixie Alley tornados are really hard to chase because of the trees and terrain which is where most of the tornados ended up. Pecos is an awesome story teller. His videos are great!
The first time I ever saw fireflies was on my 36th birthday (July 7, 2000). I live in Massachusetts, where we don't have any iridescent fireflies, but I went to visit my aunt and cousin in Virginia. That evening just after the sun set and the dusk was turning into night, the fireflies appeared as if from nowhere blinking all around us low to the ground. It was astonishing! And beautiful!
I don’t know if anyone has explained this before in the comments, about the origin of Hank’s nickname. It is taken from the American folklore character Pecos Bill who rode tornadoes.
A slight pronunciation correction...his name is Pecos Hank, pronounced PAY-cos Hank. The Pecos is a famous river in New Mexico, but also is a town in the Chihuahua Desert in Western Texas.
8:35 I'm from Northeast, Oklahoma. I remember there was one night last year that lightning was flashing so much, it was almost like a strobe like. Was insane. I never seen so many flashes before. Was jarring for my head and eyes, because I had a seizure 5 years ago, and since then, I'm easily effected my light and colors.
I love to watch what I call spider lightning, the bolts that crawl across the sky. To me it is natures own fireworks display and is better than anything commercial presented in the U.S. That is my opinion. It truly shows the power of Mother Nature, something beautiful it made by something that could snuff you out in an instant if it chose too.
That was a sprite. It’s like upward shooting lightning in the mesosphere that’s like bright red and only lasts for less than a second, and only visible from a really far distance cuz it comes out of the top of cumulonimbus clouds which are very tall clouds anyway. Which is why they were only discovered to exist like 10-15 years ago. I might be off on some of the details cuz I’m doing this by memory. But they’re really cool. Check out a video on it. Probably not something to focus a reaction video on. Just on your own time :) Btw, greetings from tornado alley, USA.
I live on the southern end of Tornado Alley...but we really didn't have any in 2020 in my area. We actually had more hurricanes in my area than tornados last year! I've always been a weather freak, so I live in the right place. We even had a blizzard this year, which basically NEVER happens here! Pecos (pronounced "PAY-cus") Hank is a funny dude too!
I live in Oklahoma and tornado season is what most Oklahomans look forward too! Most of the time you will see us okies in our driveways watching the storm with a beer 😂
I live in North East Oklahoma and we have tornadoes every year, my sister in laws house was ripped in half and one time our car came about 3 feet of the ground trying to outrun one. But it is beautiful when it's not trying to kill you.
The Great Plains of The United States is actually an amazing place to live. Our summers are Super Hot 100°F and up is not unheard-of, and our winters are Unbelievably cold. In 2023 we had temperatures of -43°Fahrenheit (actual temp not wind chill). We see extremes all year long. If you enjoy extreme weather this is the place to be. Tornadoes and Thunder Storms in the spring and summer. Blizzards and Thunder Snow in the winter. Thunder Snow is exactly what it sounds like, its a thunderstorm, lightning, thunder, strong winds, the whole bit, but with snow instead of rain. Freak Ice Storms that start off as rain an then transition into sleet and ice in the Blink of an eye. The entire landscape is frozen solid. Driving becomes treacherous at best, all the way to absolutely dangerous and not possible at worst. Nebraska isn't near as boring as people make it out to be. In fact it can scare you half to death just by being its self.
Florida normally has the most Tornadoes in a year, but they are normally EF 0 or 1, The largest I heard of here is an EF 3. Hurricanes can cause Tornadoes to spin up in the Front Right quadrant of the Hurricane
For those from lands that do not have Tornadoes a bit of information! The destruction from tornadoes is not straight high speed wind. It is the high velocity circular winds that twist and shreds everything in its path, hence their named Twisters! When I lived in Siberia, my Russian friends told me that they do not have tornados, my understanding is some parts of the world do not have the geology or meteorological conditions to generate tornados!
Pecos Hank is definitely one of the greatest storm chasers ever.
Hank, Daniel Shaw (met him this year while chasing in my state), and Skip Talbot are probably some of the best folks in the business
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Also don’t forget about Reed Timmer too
PECOS IS MY HERO
This man doesn't just make videos, he makes art. The quality of his videos seems to only be matched by the quality of his character. His music, narration, beautiful and fascinating shots, and just his friendly demeanor is why he's my favorite chaser.
Pecos Hank rules! Coming into the season now. Everybody remember, if a tornado looks like it's not moving, it's heading straight for you!
He's so awesome!! OOOO good tip 👀
Or away from you!
@@AlexJW224 I would stick with it coming towards me just to be on the safe side.
@@1thejet Yeah I agree I was just saying it could be going away too if it kookier like it was getting smaller
@@AlexJW224 i know. I was being a smart ass. Lol
Courtney: That's a thick one
me: thats what she said
GF: slaps me upside my head
😂😂
Someone's in the doghouse 😂
@@maxwellharris507 like I ever left.been there since we met.
It's sounds better with the accent!!
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This belongs here.
You chose the best storm chaser on UA-cam. He's the best, bar none. He's very down to earth, he takes care to help animals, he plays the guitar, what's not to like? Sprites are colorful flashes above a storm. They all have different colors, and different names.
i chased storms for 15 years. i retired when Tim Samaras and his crew died in the el reno 2.6 mile wide ef5 tornado. they are a beautiful sight yet destructive beyond belief.
A truly sad sad day of chasing. That tornado 🌪 🌪took another chasers life, as well
Pecos Hank is absolutely fantastic! He's such a nice person, and one of the more responsible and safe storm chasers (the one in that video was the riskiest thing he's really done and he said later it was too close and it was reckless), yet gets some of the coolest pictures and videos. He also composes and records pretty much all the music in his videos either with his band or by himself! Basically, Pecos Hank is great and I'm looking forward to the potential of new reactions to him. Cheers from the U.S.
He's the best. I love how he lets the images speak for themselves, unlike so many storm chasers who never shut up and constantly sound like a broken record.
Iirc he used to have a reputation for being reckless. Though I’d imagine he showed down after being one of the chasers who were almost killed by El Reno
His videos are amazing. I have a huge nerd-crush on Pecos Hank, his videos, and his music.
Hey Courtney! Pecos Hank is by far one of my favorite storm documentarians. He has such an artistic eye and he's such a character! I also love his love for all creatures great and small. Keep up the great vids! Absolutely loved your reaction to this one.
Hi Edward! Yessss he seems like such a genuine guy and very talented at what he does! Thank you for your comment and support! I really appreciate it ❤️❤️❤️
Courtney he has a video detailing the red sprites, the red light that pops up above some lightning. U ask what it was react to that vid and u will learn more
Wow thanks for this!!
@@CourtneyCoulston glad to help
There was a show on discovery about 10 years ago, it was called Storm Chasers if memory serves me right
Your memory serves you well. That show was awesome!
You are correct I watched that as a teenager it was a while back wow
Nobody has tornadoes like the US Sadly for us
My hometown of Kearney, Nebraska was in one of the episodes.
The tornado siren is the worst sound in the South.
Same up north. Ours are old "air raid" sirens. Tied for the first worst sound, is the frieght train winds that come with a tornado.
@@Peg__ Agreed. Grew up in Central Minnesota. The monthly siren test always makes me stop whatever I'm doing until it's over. I know what it is, but something about that sound demands full attention.
So true! We still check to see if it's coming our way tho! Haha
I greatly dislike the testing days for the sirens, but I fully understand the reasons and needing of the tests. It’s just very stressful when the sirens go off and you have to check outside to see if it’s stormy or sunny
Oh no the worst sound is hearin your full name ......
Ah Pecos Hank! He's my favorite for tornado content! And such a nice guy id like to buy him a beer! 😁 thanks for watching him!!
Hi Brian! The pleasure is all mine! I agree, seems like such a genuine guy!!
@@CourtneyCoulston yay! I got a response! 😁
he is so awesome. i met him on a chase once and he let me do a bit of chasing with him. he’s the coolest guy ever
Tornadoes...the bane of my existence. Those of us who have lived through having their home struck by a tornado never forget it. After our home was damaged by the April 3, 1974 tornadoes that struck Huntsville, AL, it took two years to overcome the fear that would overtake me whenever high winds and thunderstorms occurred. I am now 71 and still become fearful when tornado season starts each year. Living in the northern part of Georgia, we are in a direct line for all the storms that come through. In fact, right now we're under a tornado watch and severe storm watch for tonight! Won't be getting much sleep if any at all.
Hands down, the best storm chaser on the planet. Soothing voice, animal lover, high quality video and photos, ballsy, and Jesus of storm chasers!
And one of the most respectful. He may have a long life because he never takes tornadoes lightly. He respects their power and danger.
You need to react to literally anything about the Moore or the El Reno tornadoes
Girl you've just awokened the weather community!!
thanks Amiee ! I've written this down!!!❤️❤️
The joplin, Missouri one was bad too, and there was a very strange one in waco, texas. Just look up F5 tornados, usa, and you will find all kinds of them. There was one outbreak that i want to say dropped at least 55 tornadoes in one day around illinois-ohio area.
Courtney: "It just goes so quickly"
Me: Not if your in one.
I have lived in north Texas all my life and have been through many tornadoes. At one radio station I worked at as an On-Air-Personality, I was on call 24/7 to come in and work hand-in-hand with local meteorologists to keep an eye on local radar and receive information from the National Weather Service (NWS) and local ground spotters and storm chasers (via ham radio) to keep the public informed of local weather events. I have ho idea how many times I came close to being hit by lighting, swept off the road by high winds and even have to use evasive action to avoid going straight into the path of a tornado. All of those experiences have left me with a great level of respect for the amount of power that nature can release, and at the same time keep level headed and calm during these events, Take care, Courtney!
Life tip: If your hair is standing up because of the static charge in the air, take cover. Lightening can or will strike you.
ahhhh yes i have heard this
Not can it will strike you. Crouch down to your toes and into a ball to protect yourself better.
@@birdernate I'm a few months late, but best advice is to have as many contact points with the ground as you can. Feet, arms, hands, anything. It allows for the lightning to pass through you faster so you won't take as much of a hit from them. Now the thunder...- Well, prepare for either some fractures, bruises, or some hearing problems, lmao.
Lived in Nebraska my whole life, you get to see some awesome looking storms including tornadoes. We usually sit on the back porch and watch them go by. My town hasn't actually been hit by one since 1951, but they usually pass by about a few miles to the east and you can get a good view if it's not too dark.
Pecos (pay-kus or pay-kose) Hank is a really fun Storm Chaser to watch.
The true irony of having endless stretches of road at your disposal with nothing at all around for hundreds of miles, EXCEPT the road maintenance crews with their dreaded hand held STOP signs.
And Kansas, the only state you can get pulled over in the same night, for your license plate light first being too dim, then the next town, your license plate light is too bright. No joke, it happened to me.
Ive been watching Pecos Hank for years.. He does his own editing, naration, and music.. Hands down the best out there not only for the above mentioned but also for the quality of his cinematography.. I have lived in the heart of tornado alley (Oklahoma) for 30 years and the spring storms are amazing. Night before last I spent 2 hours underground because tornado after tornado just kept coming through. The town of Sulphur that is 15 min south was hit hard that night. Leveling Historic downtown. Hank is the shiz and you picked onw of the best to watch and react to his craft. Also unless he has changed, he always chases alone.
i really think pecos is one of the best storm chasers out there, in his videos he always respects them while showing how beautiful and terrifying they are rather than dramatizing it like so many others. i highly recommend his "fastest tornado" video, its a really fascinating watch
I am a student currently studying Atmospheric Sciences (fancy term for Meteorology) so I appreciate the timing of this video as the Southeastern United States just had a tornado outbreak from March 16th-18th, 2021. While it’s too early to tell how many actual tornadoes touched down, 99 tornado warnings and 206 severe thunderstorm warnings were issued over the course of the last 3 days. Weather is fascinating!
Sprites are a high altitude lightning phenomenon that occurs up in the mesosphere over large storms and high energy positive lightning strikes. Ionized discharges shoot upwards, and due to the reduced air pressure at that high of an altitude, the discharges appear pink or reddish. It’s around the same altitudes that red auroras occur due to high energy solar particles punching deep into the upper atmosphere. Above that, auroras are more greenish in color because the air is so thin. Air fluoresces at different colors depending on pressure. Here at low altitude/high troposphere pressures, it produces a combination of blue and red, creating violet most of the time. There are conditions that can lead to lightning of different colors though.
Absolutely love your reactions to these. Pecos Hank is probably at least a little crazy as well as a little gifted to go after tornadoes like he does but it makes for amazing footage that's always impressive! Definitely a one of a kind human being! As someone who loves tornadoes I really love his videos, he's got a lot of cool content, he even posted some stuff over the weekend of the weather in Texas.
I like Pecos Hank’s videos. He always makes them entertaining.
There was a bad tornado in Nashville, Tennessee in March last year. Did quite a bit of damage. Too bad they weren't a few hundred miles east to capture that...
I was there.
Let me explain how the Enhanced Fujita scale rates tornadoes. the orignal Fujita scale was like the hurricane categories, rating them on the size of the storm. F1 being the smallest, F5 being the largest. The Enhanced Fujita scale changed how they are rated. EF scale doesn't care how big the storm is, it is based on damage. So a mile wide twister in a rural area and since the damage is minimal it will be rated as an EF1, formerly an F5. If a former F1 tornado hits a town it can be rated as high as EF5, depending on the damage done.
Most people don't realize that the dixie alley sees just as many tornadoes as the Midwest does but nobody is crazy enough to chase tornadoes in the Appalachian foothills lol
If you check out Reed Timmer's channel, he's one of the most famous names in storm chasing. His channel has the entire 2013 season of his show Tornado Chasers, that season had some record breaking tornados including the El Reno tornado in the season finale, largest ever recorded!
Hank is great. he is very passionate about his work, and teaches you a lot, even about animals he runs into. he made the music in the videos himself. def check more of his channel.
Woah this brings back memories. Raleigh NC 2011. I was in a building off Raleigh Road. When the doors were being sucked opened we all ran down a hallway for cover. If it weren't for that giant structure next to us, we'd have been goners. The trailer park a mile away was destroyed, people died, businesses were destroyed all around us. Now that I remember a whole Apt complex behind us was also destroyed. I hope I don't dream about tornadoes tonight or experience one tomorrow.
This is why I like Pecos Hank. It isn't about chasing the storm no matter what.. he stops to help those in need when he finds them, be they man or animal.
I just found this video. I've been watching storm chasers for years now and Pecos Hank is my absolute favorite. He is so calm, so level-headed, always looking for the good things in life, and so so very talented... he's just a joy to watch!
Pecos Hank is amazing. His presentation is top notch, his character is infectious, and his footage is second to none. He even makes a down year interesting to watch.
I storm chase as a hobby out here in Oklahoma. It's an adrenaline rush that is unmatched, and gorgeous storms!
1:37 Devil's Tower in Wyoming- I've been there! Gorgeous place!
Pecos Hank is so much more than just a Legendary storm chaser. He's a very intelligent, witty and knowledgeable man and is out there to help protect the lives of others, people and animals too. A man of the greatest courage and compassionate....and friend to ALL in need !!! Thank GOD we still have a few REAL men these days and Pecos Hank is truly one of them ! Thanks Hank for all the great service and GOD protect you in your quest to help others !!!
As I am from Alabama and have been around many tornadoes once you hear the roar you never forget it
PLEASE react to the “2013 El Reno Tornado” - Pecos Hank. This tornado holds the record for the widest tornado. Oklahoma holds the record for both widest AND strongest tornadoes. 🌪🌪🌪
For all those living in tornado alley, respect 🙏
I've followed Hank for years. I'm a trained spotter but Hank presents this subject with grace and humor. Oh, he and his band do all the music as well. Tornados in 'Dixie Alley' are incredibly dangerous. Hills, dense forests and heavy rain all conceal the storm.
When I was driving a semi over the road, I used to load out of that wire factory in Madill, Oklahoma. Hank has the best storm videos and his narration is perfect.
Pecos seems such a lovely man - I love his accent.
There were twin tornadoes yesterday in Texas crazy last night
Saw that, crazy shit
Had twins touch down near my house at night 2 years ago. Saw a storm chaser pic of them, but thankfully it didn't hit anyone.
Jeez that must’ve been scary
wow 🤯 was everyone okay??
No injuries but it was very scary
7:33 i've seen these before in my home town, those things get *huge* . not any exaggeration they can go from horizon to horizon, absolutely stunning sight to see
As an EMT in tornado alley I can't say storm chasers like him are life saving. They regularly coordinate with the Office of Emergency Management, letting us know where the tornado is, wich roads are blocked and where, and any injuries or destruction they come across.
The shot of the sprites is astonishing. They are so rare, and these were so beautiful! 14:47
Sprites are lightening that go up to the ionosphere. And they are usually red. It's only within the last 20 years that they have been documented. Thank you cell phones for being everywhere all the time.
*I watch this video yesterday and I am coming back today, to say that it’s literally a tornado warning right now. Wish us luck here in Missouri*
Omg Georgie!! I hope everything and everyone is okay!!!! ❤️❤️
You’re blowing up!
Almost 100K subscribers!
I remember when you just had a few thousand!
Nice work 👌🏼
Awww thank you so much!! Your support means the world!!! ❤️❤️❤️
A tornado dropped on my bf and I once when stopped at in intersection in Rockford, IL. It felt like the ground was shaking and we were so blinded by rain/hail we didn't see it. Didn't know until five mins later we reached our restaurant and the hostess told us confirmed touchdown at the intersection we were at five mins earlier. If you want to hear the creepiest sound, search youtube: chicago tornado siren.
omfg... that is such a crazy story! I'm glad you guys turned out alright tho!! And thanks I will check it out!!! I've had a few more comments saying the same thing actually!
I love his videos. He calmly describes the chaos
When I was very young (like maybe 3 or 4 yo) in New Mexico, I was playing outside. A small tornado called a dust devil, that wasn't there one second was heading straight for me in the next. Scared the hell out of me, I ran into the house and it shook the whole house and rattled all the windows. My parents just wrote off my fear as something childish. That's on my list of things, at 69-years-old, I still find unforgivable.
My two, under-five daughters went through a destructive earthquake in California, my wife and I were totally there for them. It took weeks for them to not be afraid if even a large truck drove by.
I was surprised to see this. I am a subscriber of Pecos Hank. Seems like a great guy to me. I love the storm chasing, analysis, and unique commentary. Don't get me wrong, there are many great folks out there putting their lives on the line to help meteorologists track and document storms like this. He was just the first one I ran across and subscribed to. Nice video Courtney. :)
Growing up in Amarillo, Texas I saw lots of pics of tornadoes in the local paper. My dad showed me one in 1957. Silverton, Texas had a tornado the previous day. Back in 1957 the milkman came to your porch long before you got up in the morning and left the milk you ordered days before! After he had left this one house a tornado hit before sunrise. Someone took a picture of the destruction and here is what it looked like. The four cement steps and porch were not moved. The gallon of milk left on the porch was not moved. Nothing else was in the picture. There was no debris, there was nothing else to indicate that a house ever existed there at all.
Pecos Hanks captures of tornadoes are amazing. My favourite is the tornado that's nearly 3 miles wide in el rino
I always enjoy the contrasts in nature the beauty and danger of a Thunder Storm the peace and quite of an open rolling field.
Pekos hank is the best! You should definitely check out more of his content. There's a whole video on those "sprights" that explains what they are and the theory on how they form as well as another with the "green sprights" that sometimes form in the wake of the red ones. Very cool stuff
We had a couple tornados in PA that passed through my area. Took a couple buildings down each time. I remember driving into work and seeing nothing but an open concrete field where my gas station used to be.
Lol in north MS in January a year ago I think we had a F3 tornado. Although lots of livestock died and some small homes were destroyed, nobody died thankfully but also surprisingly. We’re lucky to only have to replace our roof.
Pecos hank is a fave of mine. That he is 3xper8enced that he felt secure following that ef2 that damaged that factory amazes me
Four things.
Pecos Hank writes and plays all the music.
A tornado is a rotating column of air. The bottom can be clear on the ground giving the impression that it hasn’t touched down. You can tell by debris that’s being picked up.
A tornado is rated on the Fujita Scale. It ranges from F zero to F five. It’s rating is determined by the destruction it causes
May is usually the most active month for tornadoes, although they have occurred in The winter.
Moore OK is ground zero for tornadoes with weather patterns being very conducive for tornadoes.
Sorry for the super long comment........
Oh yeah, communication between storm chasers, police, fire, medical, and the community is very much the key for no fatalities, or injuries.
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Yeah, North Americans have a warning in their phones, radios, and TVs for severe weather like flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. You heard the phone warning. Which is very distinctive.
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Pecos Hank always has the best tornado & lightning photos! Not only that, but the music you hear, is Hank's original music, and it's pretty atmospheric
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I'm not trying to take anything from Pecos Hank's awesome videos, but I have 4 pretty contradictory videos (vs each other) for you to react to
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-- "The Iowa Derecho: In Their Own Words (Real-time Documentary)" by TheNStew...... It's from last year, and is nearly 64 minutes long
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BIRDS.....
-- "Every State Bird In The USA" by BioBush
-- "Top 10 Cutest Birds In North America" by LesleyTheBirdNerd
-- my favorite bird has to be the Baltimore Oriole. It's one of the only birds where the coats of both sexes are different. There are some videos on the bird. Both sexes of Baltimore Orioles are beautiful!
------ As the male Baltimore Oriole have a bright orange, black & white coat
------ female Baltimore Orioles are golden yellow, black, and white coat.
Wait wait wait, all I heard was that you don't have fireflies in New Zealand... EXCUSE ME!? Fireflies are the best! Running around as a child and trying and successfully catching one is like literal magic! Literally holding light in your hands! You gotta come to the US just so that you can go firefly hunting at least once 🥰
Anyways, back on topic. Pecos Hank is such an amazing storm chaser. The footage he catches is always so incredible. I especially liked his 2021 tornadoes video because it focused on showing how beautiful tornadoes can be when not on a path of destruction. Tornadoes are dangerous forces of nature, true. But when they're just left on their own in an empty field? There are some tornadoes that can be incredibly beautiful to watch.
Also, Pecos Hank's respect for nature is so admirable. A friend to both weather and animals!
I have been subbed to Hank for years now, really cool to see you react to his videos!
Hank is what we'd get if Bob Ross and Steve Irwin had a kid together
Hank is awesome! He makes these tornado videos every year, so I recommend reacting to any of his previous “Tornadoes of 20XX” videos, or really *any* of his videos! Lol
If you live in Oklahoma like me, you've more than likely heard the saying, ” If you don't like the weather, just wait for a minute and it'll change.”
I live in Michigan and I’ve heard and used that phrase before! 😂
@@lokiisbestantihero And Minnesota!
@@brigidtheirish makes sense
@@lokiisbestantihero I get the impression that most of the non-coastal states have that saying or one like it.
@@brigidtheirish probably
We had a tornado in early 2020 roll through the commercial district and destroy the mall right in the middle of the busiest time of day. We were in lock down at the time, though. I heard someone estimate there could have been 100's dead at the mall, minimum, if we weren't in lock down, but as it was, not one person got hurt that day. There was a guy invited to the Ellen show because he rushed out of a store and helped two women who were getting picked up by the wind and got them inside. The mall still hasn't been rebuilt over 2 years later.
Tornado chasing is fun but VERY dangerous at night. I've lived in the Midwest all my life and went through an EF4 in Omaha in 1975. You could see the path it took because it literally yanked the grass up by the roots. Notice the cell rotates counter clockwise, unlike in New Zealand where they rotate clockwise.
I've been through 5 tornados in Texas and they are terrifying. Hank is a very special guy!
If you enjoyed this you may like the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Animation (By Force Thirteen)
Fun facts about the 2020 hurricane season:
I’ll say this, normal hurricane seasons reach about 10-12 named storms, 30 named storms were in the Atlantic,
the average amount of Hurricanes in a season is less than 10, 12 were in 2020,
an average amount of Major hurricanes is at 1-3, (major hurricanes are categories 3+) in 2020, there were 7 major hurricanes
The major storms were Laura, a high end cat4 hurricane with winds of 155mph (Catagory 5’s are from 157+mph)
Teddy another cat4 with winds of 140mph
Delta was another Catagory 4 with winds f 130mph
Epsilon with winds around 115- 125mph as a cat3 hurricane,
Zeta, with winds around 115mph before making landfall in New Orleans
Eta, a cat4 maybe 5 that hit Nicaragua with winds of 155mph, it then moved back into the Caribbean and restrengthened into a hurricane before smashing Florida
Last is iota, a cat5 with winds of 160mph hitting 10miles north or south from we’re Eta made landfall
Also, the Atlantic uses a naming list that goes alphabetical only skipping 5 letters (those being Q, U, X, Y, and Z) if a naming list is fully used, they go to the Greek alphabet (was only ever used in 2005, and 2020 before being permanently removed which makes me sad since I liked that list a lot...)
Thunderstorms are one of the reasons that I love warm weather.
Some storms go quickly or at least move slowly. But some twisters will dance on the same place for several minutes. The lateral lightning he shows is the most fascinating to me. You see that all the time around here. Tornados are very rarely seen here in tornado alley. Unless you just go looking for them like these people do. We also have the very tame tornados too. In fact the Fujita Scale zero tornados start at 65mph or about 105km. It is prounced Pay-couse. :-)
Hey there, I'm a fellow storm chaser and if you really want to see some of the more dangerous storms I suggest taking a look at some of Reed Timmer's videos. He is what we call an Extreme Meteorologist. The vehicle that he drives enables him to intercept (GO INTO) ef1-ef3 storms. So yeah, go ahead and check him out and as Reed says: Never Stop Chasing!!
The thunder here in missouri with big storms is just scary it can shake your whole 2 story home, its absolutely CRAZY!!!!
More heat doesn't equate to more tornados. You need cold air to clash with warm humid air. The warm air rises over the dry sinking cold slot and if you have the right ingredients as far as upper level vorticity and lower level jet, moisture, heat you will get those monster tornados. Last year being so hot actually hurt the Midwest. Thus many of the chasers didn't have the same luck. Also, the Dixie Alley tornados are really hard to chase because of the trees and terrain which is where most of the tornados ended up.
Pecos is an awesome story teller. His videos are great!
The first time I ever saw fireflies was on my 36th birthday (July 7, 2000). I live in Massachusetts, where we don't have any iridescent fireflies, but I went to visit my aunt and cousin in Virginia. That evening just after the sun set and the dusk was turning into night, the fireflies appeared as if from nowhere blinking all around us low to the ground. It was astonishing! And beautiful!
I don’t know if anyone has explained this before in the comments, about the origin of Hank’s nickname.
It is taken from the American folklore character Pecos Bill who rode tornadoes.
Tornadoes are no joke I should know I grew up in Oklahoma for 18 years
A slight pronunciation correction...his name is Pecos Hank, pronounced PAY-cos Hank. The Pecos is a famous river in New Mexico, but also is a town in the Chihuahua Desert in Western Texas.
14:48 Sprites are lightening that goes up instead of down. This is the finest example I've ever seen. It is so rare!
Pecos Hank's videos are always amazing! He's damn good at what he does and I've learned a lot from him!
8:35 I'm from Northeast, Oklahoma. I remember there was one night last year that lightning was flashing so much, it was almost like a strobe like. Was insane. I never seen so many flashes before.
Was jarring for my head and eyes, because I had a seizure 5 years ago, and since then, I'm easily effected my light and colors.
omg wowwww, the fact that it was flashing like that is crazy! Nature is insane
I love to watch what I call spider lightning, the bolts that crawl across the sky. To me it is natures own fireworks display and is better than anything commercial presented in the U.S. That is my opinion. It truly shows the power of Mother Nature, something beautiful it made by something that could snuff you out in an instant if it chose too.
That was a sprite. It’s like upward shooting lightning in the mesosphere that’s like bright red and only lasts for less than a second, and only visible from a really far distance cuz it comes out of the top of cumulonimbus clouds which are very tall clouds anyway. Which is why they were only discovered to exist like 10-15 years ago. I might be off on some of the details cuz I’m doing this by memory. But they’re really cool. Check out a video on it. Probably not something to focus a reaction video on. Just on your own time :) Btw, greetings from tornado alley, USA.
Sprites are electrical discharges, some occur above the storm clouds. They were not well known until we went into space where they are easier to see.
I live on the southern end of Tornado Alley...but we really didn't have any in 2020 in my area. We actually had more hurricanes in my area than tornados last year! I've always been a weather freak, so I live in the right place. We even had a blizzard this year, which basically NEVER happens here! Pecos (pronounced "PAY-cus") Hank is a funny dude too!
The tornado in the beginning of the video hit my grandparents house. The damage in surrounding areas was devastating.
Hank is well known to me from living in Texas for over 38 years. Watch his longer Canton video from 2017 15 minutes from my house.
Pecos (pay-kohs) is the name of a river and a town in Texas. Pecos Hank has some of the best storm chaser videos out there.
I live in Oklahoma and tornado season is what most Oklahomans look forward too! Most of the time you will see us okies in our driveways watching the storm with a beer 😂
And I love Pecos Hanks music choices. Tickles my fancy, for some reason.
I live in North East Oklahoma and we have tornadoes every year, my sister in laws house was ripped in half and one time our car came about 3 feet of the ground trying to outrun one. But it is beautiful when it's not trying to kill you.
Pecos Hank is by far my favorite storm chaser.
The Great Plains of The United States is actually an amazing place to live. Our summers are Super Hot 100°F and up is not unheard-of, and our winters are Unbelievably cold. In 2023 we had temperatures of -43°Fahrenheit (actual temp not wind chill). We see extremes all year long. If you enjoy extreme weather this is the place to be. Tornadoes and Thunder Storms in the spring and summer. Blizzards and Thunder Snow in the winter. Thunder Snow is exactly what it sounds like, its a thunderstorm, lightning, thunder, strong winds, the whole bit, but with snow instead of rain.
Freak Ice Storms that start off as rain an then transition into sleet and ice in the Blink of an eye. The entire landscape is frozen solid. Driving becomes treacherous at best, all the way to absolutely dangerous and not possible at worst. Nebraska isn't near as boring as people make it out to be. In fact it can scare you half to death just by being its self.
Yes! Pecos Hank is one of the best in the business 👍👍
My SAR team responded to tornadoes in Joplin, MO; Moore, OK; West Liberty, KY; Wichita, KS; and elsewhere. Among these, Joplin was the worst of them.
USA IN 2020 WAS A NIGHT MARE FOR WEATHER AND HERE IN FLORIDA IT GOT UP TO 100!
Florida normally has the most Tornadoes in a year, but they are normally EF 0 or 1, The largest I heard of here is an EF 3. Hurricanes can cause Tornadoes to spin up in the Front Right quadrant of the Hurricane
For those from lands that do not have Tornadoes a bit of information! The destruction from tornadoes is not straight high speed wind. It is the high velocity circular winds that twist and shreds everything in its path, hence their named Twisters! When I lived in Siberia, my Russian friends told me that they do not have tornados, my understanding is some parts of the world do not have the geology or meteorological conditions to generate tornados!