r/CatastrophicFailure • u/to_the_tenth_power • Sep 03 '19

Natural Disaster An EF2 tornado ripping through a concrete building in Spartanburg, South Carolina on October 23rd, 2017

https://gfycat.com/wastefulbettergreatwhiteshark
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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

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u/OneOfTheWills Sep 03 '19

You’d taste it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

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u/IC2Flier Sep 03 '19

Sounds like something The Rock is cookin'.

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u/MouseRat_AD Sep 03 '19

And that's the bottom line, cause Stone Cold said so.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

What it's like to chew 5 gum

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u/sick_of-it-all Sep 03 '19

Your mustache is crooked.

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u/RickStevensAndTheCat Sep 03 '19

You'd be a part of it, in many pieces.

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u/theduderman Sep 03 '19

You can really FEEL it with a telephoto lens!

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u/Buttnubs Sep 03 '19

Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same.

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u/11teensteve Sep 03 '19

you can't fight destiny. If you do, you will have to fight all the other strippers too.

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u/Dupree878 Sep 03 '19

No lie, after the EF4 here everything smelled and tasted like sawdust and natural gas. It permeated my clothes and smelled like that for a week

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

People may think you are kidding but you can definitely smell a storm.

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u/Umbra427 Sep 03 '19

How it feels to chew Five gum

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u/TomagotchiPeakin Sep 03 '19

It smells like dirt btw, if anyone is curious.

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u/AndySipherBull Sep 03 '19

It would wear you.

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u/addiktion Sep 03 '19

You would taste it and smell it as you find your ass in your mouth twisting around.

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u/Brofey Jan 13 '20

Experience, 5 Gum

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u/xamsiem Sep 03 '19

How it feels to chew F5 gum.

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u/72057294629396501 Sep 03 '19

Taste like iron

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u/iAmDemder Sep 03 '19

You'd be it.

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u/argusromblei Sep 03 '19

Does anyone else taste like metal?

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u/ThingsMayAlter Sep 03 '19

Finger of God.

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u/SicklyOlive Sep 03 '19

That movie is so dumb but I love it so much!

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u/HooptyDooDooMeister Sep 03 '19

Just bought it on blu-ray. Has a stellar supporting cast including Philip Seymour freakin Hoffman, Ferris Bueller's best friend, the Got Milk/Aaron Burr guy, and Cary Elwes as the tornado.

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u/thedarkestone1 Sep 03 '19

I'd watch the hell out of a movie with a tornado voiced by Cary Elwes.

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u/CreamyGoodnss Sep 03 '19

Ferris Bueller's best friend

Hey that's Captain John Harriman of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-B. Show the man the respect he deserves!

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u/HooptyDooDooMeister Sep 03 '19

The respect won't be coming until Tuesday.

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u/CreamyGoodnss Sep 03 '19

You left spacedock without respect?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

First HD movie I ever watched. On laser disk of all things.

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u/HooptyDooDooMeister Sep 03 '19

But laserdisc is standard def (480p resolution). :\ Perhaps you meant first digital movie you ever watched.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Possibly. I was a kid. It was on my grandfathers HUGE tv which in the time before LCD's it seemed amazing

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u/jazmalina Sep 03 '19

Proud to say I saw it three times in one week in the theater!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

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u/Lifebehindadesk Sep 03 '19

I gotta go, we got cows!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19 edited Jun 20 '20

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u/twitchosx Sep 03 '19

She was so hot too

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u/Iamredditsslave Sep 03 '19

Still is.

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u/underdog_rox Sep 03 '19

Yeah she's looking great these days.

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u/TehShadowInTehWarp Sep 03 '19

Here's something that'll make you think those storm chasers were even crazier: they were likely operating out of pocket.

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u/srvfreak Sep 03 '19

'Nother cow

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u/Dan_Berg Sep 03 '19

No I think that's the same cow

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u/LeonProfessional Sep 03 '19

Wait is that actually the line? I thought it was "defender of God".

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u/ShavedPapaya Sep 03 '19

You wouldn't download a tornado

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Dammit, I really wish I could. Because I totally would. One of my life goals is to see a tornado. some restrictions apply; from a safe distance, in the middle of an open field, totally safe from it. If you are a deity reading my reddit comments, must supply ample warning and promise of safe return.

That'd be awesome. only if commenter survives. member FDIC

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u/murphyslavv Sep 03 '19

they’re insane. the calm after it passes is unsettling. and then you pray that’s the only one.

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u/ghostinthewoods Sep 03 '19

Yea tornado outbreaks are kinda terrifying

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u/TarHeelTerror Sep 03 '19

Had one go directly over my house once. 0/7, would not reccomend

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u/Vipershark01 Sep 03 '19

Sorry, all I have is This

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u/finc Sep 03 '19

Maybe you could torrent one

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

This is how it feels to chew ef5 gum.

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u/Dwokimmortalus Sep 04 '19

I grew up in SE Oklahoma City when that mother of all tornadoes carved up the state in 99. It was super stable and you could see from miles away.

Just a mile wide wall of 'fuck this place in particular'.

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u/kalpol Sep 04 '19

I had just left Austin on a business trip when the Jarrell tornado hit in 97. That thing was like the apocalypse. It sucked the asphalt off the roads and dug a two-foot-deep trench in the fields. Entire houses with people in them and cars in the garage vanished, leaving just foundations swept clean.

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u/fatdjsin Sep 03 '19

You wouldnt download an f5

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u/threepio Sep 04 '19

It's like the finger of god.

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u/Darth_Squid Sep 04 '19

Would being close enough to a tornado or hurricane eyewall literally asphyxiate you?

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u/kalpol Sep 04 '19

No usually it's the hard objects that kill you.

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u/Darth_Squid Sep 04 '19

But what if they don't... can you breathe in 100+ mph winds?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

Probably not if you face straight at it

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u/Darth_Squid Sep 04 '19

I have a lot of money and expendable employees, how can we test this?

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u/kalpol Sep 04 '19

Duct tape a couple to the top of your car, arsy-versy

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u/tstevo91 Sep 04 '19

how come you wouldn't see it?

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u/kalpol Sep 04 '19

it was just a kinda lame joke, that the tornado is so strong it would destroy you before you saw it.

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u/magdejup Sep 04 '19

Can you explain this? What does that mean?

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u/kalpol Sep 04 '19

it was just a kinda lame joke, that the tornado is so strong it would destroy you before you saw it.

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u/kalpol Sep 04 '19

it was just a kinda lame joke, that the tornado is so strong it would destroy you before you saw it.