36 thoughts on “I was SO scared when this was happening. Dragonspit Reacts: Alabama Tornado Outbreak + Story Time”
I was just 6, living just a few minutes from the university of alabama. Sketchy atmosphere, fallen trees, and power outages. Thankfully, none hit us, but holy hell was I paranoid hearing James Spann go on and on.
As a meteorologist student and storm chaser, I got into weather and natural disaster studies after surviving 2 tornadoes and 2 hurricanes. I'm currently getting my degree in meteorology so I can do field research to better areas with poor infrastructure.
according to 20:12 NJ was also hit, and if I remember correctly.. me, my sister, and my father had to go to the basement due to severe heavy winds which could've been a result of one of those tornadoes. Also it happening in 2011 also adds up, since I was most likely 8 at the time of this occurrence.
Never experienced a tornado, they are facilitating to me. I’m from California, so the closest I can see to a tornado, is the movie twister back in the day. Definitely devastating and terrifying at the same time.
I was in the original damage path on that day in a small town called "McAdory". I remember eating at the Zaxby's when the sirens started going off. What scared me was that my dad called my cell phone, saying he was watching that ABC 33/40 live airing of Tuscaloosa being eaten. If you watch that broadcast, you'll hear James say "McAdory" being in the path. Luckily the twister went north of us. But it's a reason why I chase, it happened towards the end of my 8th grade year.
I was only like 10 or 11 yrs old when this happened and I remember we stopped classes in school to watch the news about this. It was very sad to watch it all unfold. BTW I lived in Pennsylvania so we weren't in danger but It was so horrible to watch.
i remember this greatly living in central Alabama and staying sheltered for the entire time cause my family wasn't sure when, where, or if one would form closer to us. edit: in fact that red line further south was pretty much just east of my hometown and it was also a EF-4
As someone who was in Alabama watching this happen irl I remember me and my mom standing on our back porch watching tornadoes go past about 400 yards away from us 😂
Ah, I realize why I don't remember any of this, I was on the other side of the state. Of course, we had our own tornado event about 7~8 years later…. It passed just shy of my neighborhood, so I just ended up sleeping through it, but I got a good look at the wreckage on my commute home the next day. I was really lucky.
During the Milton outbreak down here in Florida there was a huge scattering of supercells coming up to where I live and we barely avoided it because a large storm system came in ahead and basically shielded us from the unstable windy stuff that causes tornadoes. I have never been more afraid in my life as someone who used to like in Nebraska where we got those scarily common. I genuinely think I burned myself out on adrenaline from the anxiety.
The 2011 super outbreak was intense. There were tornadoes in North Carolina, which is unusual because the Appalachians normally protect us from the storms that produce tornadoes. On the 28th of April, an EF2 tornado dropped a few miles to the north of me. The sirens were so far away that they sounded like buzzing. My house was also battered by the rear flank downdraft that spawned that tornado. Scariest day of my life.
I was a kid and was only about 20 minutes south of the hoover industrial area that got hit. I mostly remember that day as getting home from school early and hiding in my basement with my family hoping it wouldn't come more south. the worst of it we got though was that it weakened a tree that was next to my brothers bedroom. Around 2 AM it fell through and luckily only tickled my brothers nose with some of the branches.
2011 was a wild year for tornadoes. You had the 4/25-28 Super Outbreak, Joplin on 5/22, and El Reno-Piedmont on 5/24. Six EF5s in one year when there have only been 67 in history.
I’m lucky that where I live up north, tornadoes are rare. But not unheard of. I’m deathly scared of them, mainly bc I literally watched a tornado (really, a waterspout on a nearby river) form while looking out the window of my 6th grade class (on the second floor), my teacher yelled at me for looking out the window during a monotonous class I already studied ahead for, and I just pointed to the tornado and the colour drained from his face and ushered our class to the basement boiler room
As someone that has experienced tornadoes through chasing and being a weather enthusiast since I was a kid, watching live coverage of this day was fascinating yet sickening at the same time. Seeing the true power of mother nature on display bur at the same time was changing lives forever across many states that day and night on April 27th, 2011. Also James Spann a GOAT and when you see him like this, its not good.
This small town called hackleburg that i lived 5 miles away from got completely wiped off the map. They literally had to rebuild the whole town and still till this the main street looks like a ghost town. Also James Spann is like a local celebrity and hero. And yea if he ever shows up on screen with just his shirt and suspenders on, you know shit is real.
I have a story to share about this. Our house was hit during this and the entire house shifted on the foundation. During the aftermath, someone informed us that our house was actually built incorrectly. They also told us that had the house been built correctly, it would have collapsed on top of us. In short, we survived because the people who built our house failed to build it correctly. That's the only reason I'm here making this comment.
Hahaha, I had a small one touch down in my backyard during that season, ripped the biggest tree right up and tossed it on the fence. That tree was 2-3 ft wide and 180ft tall, nobody even woke up when it happened and I just so happened to be pulling an all nighter for a test or something.
We drove through Joplin like a week after the tornado hit. It's just indescribable seeing the damage in person. I was only 11 at the time, but the images are still ingrained in my mind to this day. It's a huge difference seeing the damage from a video and pictures to in person.
I was just 6, living just a few minutes from the university of alabama. Sketchy atmosphere, fallen trees, and power outages. Thankfully, none hit us, but holy hell was I paranoid hearing James Spann go on and on.
I think the Weatherbox video on this would have been better. More educational & easier to follow.
Tornadoes are like the closest thing to monsters IRL…
As a meteorologist student and storm chaser, I got into weather and natural disaster studies after surviving 2 tornadoes and 2 hurricanes. I'm currently getting my degree in meteorology so I can do field research to better areas with poor infrastructure.
I’ve been in AL all my life. I was 11 when this happened. Never really looked into what actually happened.
according to 20:12 NJ was also hit, and if I remember correctly.. me, my sister, and my father had to go to the basement due to severe heavy winds which could've been a result of one of those tornadoes. Also it happening in 2011 also adds up, since I was most likely 8 at the time of this occurrence.
I live in NE Alabama and I was in 1st Grade when the first tornado touched down, It was truly scary.
I remember that I was taking cover in a parking garage
Living in Oregon I’m blessed that our last one was in 2013 and did absolutely nothing
When's the waifu cup drop spit 👀
Never experienced a tornado, they are facilitating to me. I’m from California, so the closest I can see to a tornado, is the movie twister back in the day. Definitely devastating and terrifying at the same time.
Great video Spit I love watching these types of videos. Keep of the great job my Queen I’m very proud of you 😘
I was in the original damage path on that day in a small town called "McAdory". I remember eating at the Zaxby's when the sirens started going off. What scared me was that my dad called my cell phone, saying he was watching that ABC 33/40 live airing of Tuscaloosa being eaten. If you watch that broadcast, you'll hear James say "McAdory" being in the path. Luckily the twister went north of us. But it's a reason why I chase, it happened towards the end of my 8th grade year.
I remember watching The Weather Channel's live coverage of this outbreak from here in Ohio. One of the most incredible days in US weather history
I wish I could have seen it in person
I was only like 10 or 11 yrs old when this happened and I remember we stopped classes in school to watch the news about this. It was very sad to watch it all unfold. BTW I lived in Pennsylvania so we weren't in danger but It was so horrible to watch.
So nobody is going to talk about that timing at 1:44? "It just kept getting- WORSE THAN PREDICTED." xD
i remember this greatly living in central Alabama and staying sheltered for the entire time cause my family wasn't sure when, where, or if one would form closer to us. edit: in fact that red line further south was pretty much just east of my hometown and it was also a EF-4
The Tanner footage was scary, mainly because I live in Florence.
As someone who was in Alabama watching this happen irl I remember me and my mom standing on our back porch watching tornadoes go past about 400 yards away from us 😂
Ah, I realize why I don't remember any of this, I was on the other side of the state. Of course, we had our own tornado event about 7~8 years later…. It passed just shy of my neighborhood, so I just ended up sleeping through it, but I got a good look at the wreckage on my commute home the next day. I was really lucky.
During the Milton outbreak down here in Florida there was a huge scattering of supercells coming up to where I live and we barely avoided it because a large storm system came in ahead and basically shielded us from the unstable windy stuff that causes tornadoes.
I have never been more afraid in my life as someone who used to like in Nebraska where we got those scarily common.
I genuinely think I burned myself out on adrenaline from the anxiety.
The 2011 super outbreak was intense. There were tornadoes in North Carolina, which is unusual because the Appalachians normally protect us from the storms that produce tornadoes. On the 28th of April, an EF2 tornado dropped a few miles to the north of me. The sirens were so far away that they sounded like buzzing. My house was also battered by the rear flank downdraft that spawned that tornado. Scariest day of my life.
Ah yes the tornado that I was an idiot shooting hoops with my cousin while everyone was running to the stores freezer
I was a kid and was only about 20 minutes south of the hoover industrial area that got hit. I mostly remember that day as getting home from school early and hiding in my basement with my family hoping it wouldn't come more south. the worst of it we got though was that it weakened a tree that was next to my brothers bedroom. Around 2 AM it fell through and luckily only tickled my brothers nose with some of the branches.
2011 was a wild year for tornadoes. You had the 4/25-28 Super Outbreak, Joplin on 5/22, and El Reno-Piedmont on 5/24. Six EF5s in one year when there have only been 67 in history.
Bless their hearts to the one who died in it I’m from Alabama and this just gets me
omg i watch high risk chris
i'm new to your channel
I’m lucky that where I live up north, tornadoes are rare. But not unheard of. I’m deathly scared of them, mainly bc I literally watched a tornado (really, a waterspout on a nearby river) form while looking out the window of my 6th grade class (on the second floor), my teacher yelled at me for looking out the window during a monotonous class I already studied ahead for, and I just pointed to the tornado and the colour drained from his face and ushered our class to the basement boiler room
As someone that has experienced tornadoes through chasing and being a weather enthusiast since I was a kid, watching live coverage of this day was fascinating yet sickening at the same time. Seeing the true power of mother nature on display bur at the same time was changing lives forever across many states that day and night on April 27th, 2011. Also James Spann a GOAT and when you see him like this, its not good.
This small town called hackleburg that i lived 5 miles away from got completely wiped off the map. They literally had to rebuild the whole town and still till this the main street looks like a ghost town. Also James Spann is like a local celebrity and hero. And yea if he ever shows up on screen with just his shirt and suspenders on, you know shit is real.
I have a story to share about this. Our house was hit during this and the entire house shifted on the foundation. During the aftermath, someone informed us that our house was actually built incorrectly. They also told us that had the house been built correctly, it would have collapsed on top of us. In short, we survived because the people who built our house failed to build it correctly. That's the only reason I'm here making this comment.
Hahaha, I had a small one touch down in my backyard during that season, ripped the biggest tree right up and tossed it on the fence. That tree was 2-3 ft wide and 180ft tall, nobody even woke up when it happened and I just so happened to be pulling an all nighter for a test or something.
CULLMAN SPOTTED!!! YEAH CULLMAN FOREVER!!!
We drove through Joplin like a week after the tornado hit. It's just indescribable seeing the damage in person. I was only 11 at the time, but the images are still ingrained in my mind to this day. It's a huge difference seeing the damage from a video and pictures to in person.
something a little scarier imo a jumping tornado.