They Got Sucked Into A Tornado But Survived Because Of One Thing

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Imagine being so close to a tornado that you could see inside it—and still make it out alive! That’s exactly what happened to a few brave (and very lucky) people. They described the inside of the tornado as a mix of chaos and calm, with debris swirling everywhere and an eerie, almost peaceful silence in the eye. One man even said it looked like a "giant washing machine of destruction" around him. Miraculously, they managed to escape with minor injuries, which seems almost impossible given how powerful tornadoes are. Their story is a reminder of nature's raw power—and why it's best to keep your distance from twisters! 🌪️

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00:00It was June 1928 when Mr. Keller almost lost his life in a terrifying natural disaster.

00:07He was outside with his family when he noticed an umbrella-shaped cloud that seemed to be

00:11approaching them. It gave him a sense of foreboding. A tornado was probably forming there.

00:18Indeed, in no time, three huge funnel clouds were dashing their way.

00:23After rushing his family into the storm cellar, Keller decided to have another look.

00:28And what he saw both terrified and mesmerized him.

00:34The twister was directly overhead, but inside the swirling cloud, everything was eerily still.

00:40The man could feel a strong, grassy smell. He had trouble breathing. He looked up and

00:46saw a circular opening right overhead. It was around 50 to 100 feet across and around half a mile high.

00:53Keller could clearly see the walls of the rotating cloud. Constant bursts of lightning zigzagged from

00:59side to side non-stop, illuminating this horror movie scene. The man could also see many smaller

01:06tornadoes forming and breaking free. A deafening, hissing noise was overwhelming. And the next moment,

01:13the tornado skipped over Keller's house and smashed the home of his neighbors.

01:19Mr. Keller wasn't the only person to see the tornado from the inside and lived to tell the tale.

01:25But other survivors didn't end up as unscathed. It seemed to be a regular day when Chris Tuving from

01:31Dallas, Texas got to the Little Caesars in 2019. They had run out of pizzas, so he decided to wait.

01:38While it was a grave mistake, a powerful tornado hit the shopping mall where he was staying and pulled

01:45him out of the building. Chris managed to find a support column and held on for dear life. But no

01:51muscle strength could compare to the terrifying power of the tornado. Tuving was lifted into the air

01:57and thrown into a truck parked in front of the restaurant. He tried to hold on to the hood,

02:02but there was nothing to grab. In the end, he managed to hold on to the rim of the left front tire

02:07and stay there until the whole nightmare stopped. The tornado Chris survived had sustained winds of

02:14140 miles per hour and was 13 football fields wide at the base. Eric Simmons recalled taking cover from

02:22a tornado in May 2019 by climbing into his truck. Once inside, he looked out of his right windshield

02:29and saw vines growing along the fence. They were moving around in a bizarre way that confused the man.

02:35And then it all started. Suddenly, everything Eric could see was wind and pitch-black darkness.

02:44Then a section of a roof flew over him and shredded apart mid-air. The truck's back windshield shattered,

02:50showering the man with shards of glass. A tree in front of him was lifted into the air like a twig,

02:56and the fence blew over the top of the truck.

02:59Simmons could feel the back of the vehicle lifting. He could see the power lines exploding right in front of

03:05his eyes. Even though the visibility was terrible, he could still see the flashes.

03:10It all lasted around 45 seconds, but to him, an eternity seemed to have passed.

03:17When the coast grew clear, Eric got out of the car, but he could barely walk after the shock he had lived

03:22through. He couldn't speak. It was one of the most horrifying and traumatic experiences of his life.

03:28According to the man, the real reason why he was so terrified was because he had no training,

03:35no warning, and no defense against whatever was coming. Later, he found out that the tornado had

03:41almost taken his life at a speed of 86 to 110 miles per hour and was around 75 to 100 yards across.

03:50A tornado is a rotating column of air that touches the ground. Sometimes it's connected to the base of a

03:59thunderstorm. The wind speeds inside tornadoes can top hundreds of miles an hour. No wonder they have

04:05enormously devastating potential, picking up objects, unrooting trees, destroying buildings, you name it.

04:12The problem with escaping a tornado is that it's not always easy to see. The wind, however severe it

04:20is, is invisible. The first sign of an approaching tornado might be the infamous rumble resembling the

04:27noise a moving freight train produces. There are also some other sounds indicating that a tornado is

04:33coming, but the human ear can't perceive those. When you spot that classic tornado come, it means it has

04:40already developed a condensation funnel made of water, dust, and debris. The most destructive tornadoes

04:47are born from rotating thunderstorms called supercells. Luckily, those are something meteorologists can

04:54actually notice because such storms have a well-defined appearance on radars. Experts believe that the

05:01difference in the temperature of such a storm can determine how likely a tornado is to form. And still,

05:07there's a lot we don't know about this process. For example, the question about why and where

05:13tornadoes are most likely to appear remains unanswered.

05:20The strength of tornadoes is measured with the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The rating goes from 0 to 5,

05:27considering the damage caused by a tornado and its wind speeds, where EF0 is the weakest tornado,

05:34and EF5 is a tornado I hope you will never ever come across. The EF scale rounds off at wind speeds of

05:42318 miles per hour, with strong frame houses being lifted off foundations and carried long distances

05:50to be eventually broken into pieces. Cars fly through the air for more than 328 feet away,

05:57and steel-reinforced structures are left badly damaged.

06:03Despite this terrifying power and ferocity of tornadoes, authorities report that even the worst of them

06:09have a 99% survival rate. But it doesn't mean that you shouldn't take all possible precautions to avoid

06:15ending up inside one. Stay away from doors and windows, move to an interior room if possible, and use pillows,

06:22blankets, and mattresses to protect yourself from flying debris. If stranded outside during a tornado,

06:29crawl into a ditch and cover yourself, protecting the head.

06:33Now there's another twister that is as scary as a tornado, but this one forms in the water.

06:40Whirlpools appear when fast-flowing water crashes into an obstacle or another current.

06:45The water starts swirling in a downward spiral, creating a vortex that can pull objects,

06:52animals, and even small boats that happen to be nearby to the bottom.

06:58One more way for a whirlpool to form is the sudden appearance of a sinkhole created by a collapsed cave,

07:04for example. This makes water flood the hollow structure and creates a whirlpool similar to the

07:10one you see when you pull the plug out of a bath filled with water. While some whirlpools are small

07:17and brief, others can reach enormous sizes and be driven by constant currents. The most dangerous

07:24of them are maelstroms. If you get into a whirlpool like that, your chances to get back to the surface

07:30are slim. The incessant movement of the water and its pulling power can leave you disoriented and stuck

07:37without air. That's what happened to Stuart Falstone when he got trapped in a whirlpool.

07:44His first instinct was to swim out of it, but this idea proved to be hopeless. The footage filmed by the

07:50cameraman attached to his helmet later showed that the man had been underwater for almost three and a

07:55half minutes. He had probably been dragged all the way down to the riverbed. There, the pull of the

08:01twister lessened a bit and finally released its hold. The guy was lucky to get spotted face down in the

08:07water and pulled to the surface by a kayaker. The depth a whirlpool can pull you down to can vary.

08:14It depends on its power and size. Sadly, not everyone who got trapped in a whirlpool survived and got out

08:21again. In different ways in which whirlpools form means that sometimes they can appear out of the blue.

08:27You can't predict this process and get no warning. So the best way to stay safe is to wear your life

08:34jacket at all times when in the water. If you get pulled into a whirlpool, try not to move in the

08:40same direction as the water flow. Aim for the outer edge rather than the center of the twister. If you're

08:46lucky, the whirlpool might throw you back up. There have been precedents and if you come over a whirlpool in a

08:52boat or kayak, do your best to stop the boat from filling with water.

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