Awesome Video Day

[maychorian]

This is less awesome in the contemporary sense and more awesome in the original sense, as in full of awe or awe-inspiring.

Roanoke F4 Tornado Footage

I'm currently working hard on my Sweet Charity fic for sparkyjoe. She wanted a story about Dean and Sam facing a tornado from someone who has grown up in the Midwest and understands exactly what it's like

Comments

[tahirire]

Holy flying cows, batman. I'll have to check it later, but this kind of stuff fascinates me, too. I went through a pretty bad tornado as a kid, but I was only about 10 months old, so shockingly enough, I don't remember it. :)

Thanks for the v-gift you sent, btw - it's so pretty! *huggles*

[maychorian]

You're welcome! It is pretty fascinating, isn't it? I can't look away.

[chibifrieza]

I've always had a kind of horrified fascination with natural disasters, especially volcanoes and tornadoes. I live in Alberta, so while we get the odd tornado, I've never personally witnessed one. I started to watch that video, and I don't think I'd be able to make it through the whole thing. It's terrifying.

I'm looking forward to reading that fic. As a point of interest, it's long been thought that demons can take advantage of chaotic weather to wreak havoc - tornadoes being pretty much the definition of chaotic weather, since as far as I know, science still hasn't figured out the why, right? Anyway, I heard a story from a priest recently about a convent - they'd blessed the bells with an old Byzantine blessing that includes an adjuration against evil spirits in the air, or something. A tornado was headed right for the convent, apparently, and they started ringing the bells... the tornado lifted up, missed the convent, and touched down again on the other side. Could have been chance. Could have been the bells. Anyway, I

[maychorian]

That's a really, really cool story, thanks.

And yeah, I don't blame you for not being able to get through that video. It's pretty intense. It would probably be harder for me if I didn't know that no one was seriously hurt by that storm.

[anonymous]

I haven't looked at the footage yet, but given that my family and I live in the Midwest, we'll see if I ever do - I don't particularly need to spend my nights imagining a twister coming through my parents' house

[maychorian]

Thanks for you stories. It's such a visceral Midwestern experience, tornado season, listening to the siren, going to down to your basement to wait.

And yes, there are people in the world who care about their employees. That story makes me feel warm and good. ♥

[sarcasticval]

I hate tornadoes. I've been caught in a few, once on the road in college on a way to a classmate's house for a video production project. It was a textbook experience: the temperature, which was unseasonably warm earlier in the day, dropped at an alarming rate, the skies darkened, and as I was parked in an Arby's parking lot (The glass kind, so absolutely no opportunities for shelter.) with another classmate in his car, we heard the warning come over the radio for specific counties. I turned to him and no sooner did the words "What county are we in now?" leave my mouth than the sirens started going off outside. It was creepy and I was freaked out, but the entire time the one thought running on loop through my head? "Oh my god I'm going to die doing homework!"

I did managed to snap a picture on a video camera, though.

[maychorian]

Oooh, pretty picture, thanks! And that would definitely scare me, though I love your primary thought, haha. :D

[dinadandelion]

/delurks
oh my God. Tornadoes are my absolute worst fear in the whole world. I had reocurring nightmares about tornadoes until high school. The word "tornado" actually used to trigger an instant panic attack.

I live in Maryland, so we only get one to (very rarely) five tornadoes a year, most of which are very mild (if a tornado can be called mild). I remember an F4 tornado hit La Plata, MD when I was in middle school. That was big news. There's even a wikipedia page on it!

My parents always swore to me that there'd never be a tornado in our neighborhood, but they had to eat their words! We had a very small one when I was fifteen. 3:00 in the morning in the middle of September. I was blessed enough to be half-asleep through it, so I didn't faint with terror. The tornado sirens went off about fifteen minutes AFTER it was gone, though.

[maychorian]

Oh, man, I'm so sorry that this is so disturbing for you. I mean, it is a rational fear--tornadoes can come out of just about nowhere and cause a lot of damage. But with proper warning and preparation, as for the manufacturing plant and Roanoke, death and injury can be avoided.

Thanks for sharing! I really appreciate hearing your thoughts. You should delurk more often!

[dinadandelion]

It's a mix of disturbing and fascinating. I know it horrifies me, but I still can't help clicking on the video link!

I think it's a really great idea to include the topic into a story, though. "Man vs. Nature" is the one conflict I seldom see in any sort of writing anymore.