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(DIR) Post #Aw3w3va5Aos55YBdWy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-12T16:19:15Z
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This is one of the better bits of raw tornado footage I've seen this year. Just incredible how they concentrate power and motion in one place while the air is seemingly calm nearby. This one has layers that give you a sense of the internal structure of the vortex!I don't understand how "storm chasers" do this. I would simply leave. Though in this one the storm chasers are being chased by the storm it eats up telephone poles behind them. It's terrifying.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNE68xlf04
(DIR) Post #Aw3xLvo5AlDOxIsqyO by thecorodon@wandering.shop
2025-07-12T16:33:42Z
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@futurebird Imagine, though, if you could get those "I escaped danger" endorphins from avoiding the danger entirely in the first place.
(DIR) Post #Aw3xZKVidTI9KzgQDo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-12T16:36:08Z
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Tornados are on a short list of things that are more impressive and terrifying in real footage than they ever seem in movies.
(DIR) Post #Aw3xxNQHSXrrJtbdFQ by OGjester@stranger.social
2025-07-12T16:40:28Z
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@futurebird WILD
(DIR) Post #Aw3yaXbvVzrID7jDUW by ramsey@phpc.social
2025-07-12T16:47:32Z
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@futurebird It’s amazing how, about 15 minutes in, they see the tornado hit a house and then drop their storm chasing activities to turn it into a search-and-rescue of potential occupants of the home.
(DIR) Post #Aw3yuylIHHBGD4r5Um by davep@infosec.exchange
2025-07-12T16:51:16Z
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@futurebird OMG, that was absolutely insane 😳
(DIR) Post #Aw42FgFWbKoMjqYgHg by W6KME@mastodon.radio
2025-07-12T17:28:26Z
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@futurebird I haven't seen one in person since I was 5 years old, a long long time ago. And it's one of the very few childhood memories that is still as vivid now as something that happened a week ago. You don't forget.
(DIR) Post #Aw42LWetAmC6jLD34q by DeliaChristina@sfba.social
2025-07-12T17:29:36Z
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@futurebird This absolutely stressed me out. That was intense.Simultaneously beautiful and horrifying. When they showed the top of the funnel when they were almost right underneath it. Wow.Great footage.Glad there was no loss of life.
(DIR) Post #Aw452BiN7JfU8PJEaO by Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange
2025-07-12T17:59:48Z
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@futurebird Wow. This just happened several days ago. Never seen anything like it.
(DIR) Post #Aw48K1ED8yowgcObAW by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-07-12T18:36:37Z
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@futurebird Yeah I saw one of these vids, and the commentator was like, "You might not be getting a sense of the scale of this thing. You see those dots flying out? Those are cars!".Wait what, those are CARS?! Then why aren't you driving away as fast as you can?! 😱
(DIR) Post #Aw49CLqGiaTCFy6Y5I by DJHVII@mastodon.social
2025-07-12T18:46:24Z
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@futurebird ¡ Run away !
(DIR) Post #Aw49L0N5ulD2GzaKfI by jerzone@techhub.social
2025-07-12T18:48:00Z
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@futurebird Where’d the bird go? (around 3:15)
(DIR) Post #Aw4ARKRUIvgGDIDecK by jerzone@techhub.social
2025-07-12T19:00:19Z
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@futurebird I worked at a radio station out west and rode in a Rambler station wagon with the news lady as she tried to chase down a tornado and talk on a two way radio over the air at the same time down back dirt roads. We eventually got a flat tire and had to give up the chase. I was OK with that.
(DIR) Post #Aw4BrqssPQSkJTF1EW by drahardja@sfba.social
2025-07-12T19:16:20Z
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@futurebird I lived in Oklahoma for a few years, and there was a healthy population of storm chasers there.IMO storm chasers are a personality mix of adrenaline junkies, weather nerds, and snake handlers. They knew so much about the mechanics of tornado formation, but they tried to get as close as possible to the beast without being bitten, while being constantly aware of the network local rural roads that ensured a path of escape. So wild.
(DIR) Post #Aw4CLoEiokKkmykBbE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-12T19:21:49Z
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@jerzone :(When you turn out the lights bees drop to the ground ... this is an instinct to avoid storms. https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/climate/bees-immediately-plummet-to-ground-when-lights-turn-off-b2180439.htmlI hope the bird could do something similar
(DIR) Post #Aw4D5BqvrLKl45FvCS by sewblue@sfba.social
2025-07-12T19:29:55Z
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@futurebird Earthquakes. You can't capture them on film unless things are falling all over the place. But they are terrifying no matter where you are, if they are strong enough.
(DIR) Post #Aw4FAhCUw6H9e2611E by glasspusher@beige.party
2025-07-12T19:53:18Z
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@futurebird fascinated me since I was a little kid. I’d be with the storm chasers
(DIR) Post #Aw4htsWiTCnwWHszya by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2025-07-13T01:15:12Z
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@futurebird What was that wobble-wobble at 4:30 or so? Wild.
(DIR) Post #Aw4imT094f3hHVgHfE by fembot@mstdn.social
2025-07-13T01:25:07Z
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@futurebird Absolutely wild. I've seen a few irl, not this close (except once, but it was smaller) nor from chasing, but haven't seen one on the ground for so long. That ribbony slo-mo wobble it did was incredible. Glad the chasers stopped to assist ppl when they saw the need.I wonder, do tornadoes confer *any* ecological benefit? They are a beautiful phenomenon in their way, but it seems to be all downside and no upside with them. They're like insensate apex predators upon the land. wtf 🌪️
(DIR) Post #Aw4lhCbotQ0er8U5Wy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T01:57:50Z
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@ColesStreetPothole It's like it decided to give up on "violence" and try "seduction" for a bit!Oddly this is faaar from the most "ropey" tornado I've seen video of... they can do a "loop de loop"
(DIR) Post #Aw4mqO1buxlcp3UUuO by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2025-07-13T02:10:39Z
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@futurebird I shall name this tornado … Salomé! 😄You must watch a lot of tornado videos. 🤔
(DIR) Post #Aw4p0fMiV8DfPIOP6e by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T02:34:56Z
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@ColesStreetPothole I have a mild obsession with tornados.
(DIR) Post #Aw4vqqC45R6Xm0fkDg by tasket@mas.to
2025-07-13T03:51:37Z
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@futurebird This just says: "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot"🤷
(DIR) Post #Aw4w3hSFtAcQR1NQbg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T03:53:58Z
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@tasket I just check on another computer and you don't need to sign in to view an youTube video so this is odd.
(DIR) Post #Aw4wI3e4BKtBJNkQa0 by tasket@mas.to
2025-07-13T03:56:30Z
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@futurebird It may be that I'm using a VPN and an ad blocker.I do hope PeerTube picks up in popularity.
(DIR) Post #Aw4wd35hRD1ZfpgMm8 by tasket@mas.to
2025-07-13T04:00:21Z
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@futurebird Angular momentum + Fluid dynamics are fascinating.
(DIR) Post #Aw5dFx8rgaIialOdBA by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2025-07-13T11:57:57Z
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@futurebird Would you ever want to see one in real life? 🤔
(DIR) Post #Aw5dP1M5OGo6GVu7oO by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2025-07-13T11:59:33Z
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@futurebird Would you ever want to see one in real life? 🤔 I have seen waterspouts and dust devils, which aren’t quite the same.
(DIR) Post #Aw5dqLsbBnMLju90fw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T12:04:34Z
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@ColesStreetPothole I've seen a waterspout whilst kayaking and that was enough for me, thank you! It was very scary.
(DIR) Post #Aw5nRwfyF9dSABEqFE by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2025-07-13T13:52:10Z
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@futurebird Whoa. At least I was on a boat with a motor!
(DIR) Post #Aw5yi1MHhVhWoZtky8 by holdenweb@freeradical.zone
2025-07-13T15:58:20Z
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@futurebird Yuck, adverts.