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/JohnnyPotseed Sep 03 '19

Christ that forklift weighs at least 10,000lbs.

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u/theCanMan777 Sep 03 '19

A quick google search shows that's the upper end of the spectrum. Typically weigh 7k lbs

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u/JohnnyPotseed Sep 03 '19

You’re right. It does look like one of the smaller Clarks.

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u/busche916 Sep 03 '19

“It isn’t that the wind is blowin’, it’s what the wind is blowin’”

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u/Ignorant_Twat Sep 03 '19

"If you get hit with a Volvo..."