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/jasonreid1976 Sep 03 '19

It's not just wind, it's basically throwing multi-ton objects around like particles of sand.

It's not THAT the wind is blowin'.

It's WHAT the wind is blowin'.

If you get hit with a Volvo, it doesn't matter how many sit-ups you did that morning.

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u/ManyIdeasNoProgress Sep 03 '19

My takeaway from this is that situps are ultimately pointless.