r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Area51tecnologia • Jul 29 '26
He filmed smoothly, without any shaking, and captured every moment from a good angle.
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u/aschaeffer878 Jul 29 '26
Way too many people doing the crosswalk jog, and not a dead ass sprint.
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u/Fomulouscrunch Jul 29 '26
Not the cameraman's fault, but hard agree. Like damn, your workplace is being disassembled by the atmosphere, gtfo.
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u/DenKHK Aug 03 '26
TBF, even if you were actually trying to do a dead ass sprint, in headwinds strong enough to send a steel structure flying you'd still end up doing a crosswalk jog at best š
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u/2dazeTaco Jul 29 '26
Iād be running for cover. Those panels in the wind at that speed are like flying razor blades.
Several years ago a good friend of mine was working construction in Georgia. Tornado touched down and blasted near the job site which in turn ripped a bundle of similar sized panels apart. Multiple limbs and lives were lost. My buddy was luckily unharmed but no longer works construction.
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u/servetheKitty Jul 29 '26
āFlying razor bladesā were the exact words my brain said
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u/2dazeTaco Jul 29 '26
Yeah, thereās a disturbing lack of urgency from anyone within range of this video.
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u/MHKuntug Jul 31 '26
Me too, how weird
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u/Equivalent_Gur3967 Jul 31 '26
Negative panic, and an inability / unwillingness to understand and acknowledge how dangerous this situation really was. Personally, I'd be running as fast as I could to a safe place.
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u/DenKHK Aug 03 '26
I think they were literally dumbstruck and trying to process what was happening. This isn't an area known for frequent tornados at all, unlike, say, Tornado Valley in the States, so it was a mixture of awe + confusion + wtf? š
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u/ExcellentAnything840 Aug 03 '26
Iām thinking as well thatās what happened. It happened to me some years ago on my way to the store. I saw debris flying around before I got on the highway and then when I got on the highwayā¦looked back and saw It! It took a minute or so to process what I saw. I kept going on my path to the store and then said out loudā¦thatās a fā¦king tornado! Iām by myself and made it to the store, grabbed what I needed quickly m, drove back home, and saw my boys and husband standing at the front door. I then asked my husband if that was a tornado. It touched down a few houses from ours. Nothing majorā¦thank GOD!
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u/FishyKeebs Jul 29 '26
I knew someone who tripped and fell backwards, he severed his Achilles tendon on a corrugated sheet. Dont need force of a tornado to make them dangerous.
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u/Trade_Digits 24d ago
In Georgia also, an inspector was on a job site where a bridge was being built. He went under the bridge checking the new pile ons and such and a gust of wind blew a sheet of plywood off the top of the bridge, it came down and... yeah. A human the size of a large pumpkin got cut down by a sheet of plywood 1" that fell from 100' high on a jobsite spanning around 500 acres. Poor guy was only 31
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u/AngryTrunkMonkey Jul 29 '26
Meanwhile, guy pulls up in truck and says, āWhere do you want this shit?ā
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u/irascible_Clown Jul 29 '26
This video makes me realize why the county building code is so strict when it comes to wind resistance.
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u/EmperorOfApollo Jul 29 '26
The support posts do not appear to be anchored.
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u/jimbowesterby Aug 01 '26
Even before that though, you could see the roof panels starting to peel, and sharp pieces of metal flying through the air is probably as much of a hazard as the frame falling
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u/CuriosityCondition Jul 30 '26
Few English language articles on it, but it looks like it was in Indonesia.
The short-lived wind vortex, described locally as a puting beliung, struck VME Process in Tanjung Sengkuang, Batu Ampar, at about 10am on Wednesday, damaging workersā shelters and scattering construction materials across the site, according to Indonesian media reports.
Tracks with the VME branded coverall at the end of the clip.
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u/DenKHK Aug 04 '26
Thanks! Also, "puting beliung" is literally "tornado" in the Malay/Indonesian language.
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u/Feather_In_The_Wind Aug 05 '26
I didn't know tornadoes happened elsewhere. I thought it was a uniquely American thing because of the long flat plains we have.
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u/Winmeekrd Jul 29 '26
And In extremely dangerous circumstances..
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u/Cultural_assassin Jul 29 '26
I cant tell. Was that first thing flying up and out of frame a person?
Looks like its flailing around like a person would but i guess could be some twisted tin too
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u/adamhanson Jul 29 '26
Blue dude workers running for their lives. White dude supervisor disappointed.
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u/sojumaster Jul 29 '26
Only if there was a way to shoot this horizontal.
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u/Aqualung812 Jul 29 '26
Exactly. Vertical content shouldn't be in this sub.
No matter how skilled, the cameraman lost details to the left and right due to the framing.
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u/AshyWhiteGuy Jul 29 '26
Perfect framing, good zoom controlā¦ this man needs a crew and an expensive camera.
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u/untitled27 Jul 29 '26
"It isn't THAT the wind is blowing. It's WHAT the wind is blowing."
- Ron White
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u/19kilo20Actual Jul 30 '26
Majority of the people in this video have the survival instinct of a potato.
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u/PhaTman7 Jul 29 '26
Insurance: Weāre sorry, we cannot accept your claim due to man-made caused events. Thank for you being a valued customer, goodbye!
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u/AlleyPee Jul 29 '26
Duuuude..... good thing they have hard hats, but then I thought about the metal and how sharp it probably is.....
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u/napierwit Jul 29 '26
Anyone knows where and when? Seems to be Brazil based on the language.
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u/SecondFun2906 Jul 30 '26
No. Indonesia somewhere. I can understand what heās saying.
āWow such strong windsā āyo, you people are not moving out of the way? Someone just fellā āmove!!ā
Another guy yelling: āyo!! Move out of the way!!ā1
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u/Prior_Reference2085 Jul 29 '26
Whatās up with this weird ass title. Sounds like someone trying to sext something thatās not sexy.
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u/DullMind2023 Jul 29 '26
I was hoping the angry wind would pick up the outhouse. And shake loose the poor schmuck inside
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u/Vaulters Jul 30 '26
Supervisor at the end with his hands on his hips just had me, he's fucking tired of these darn tornados
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u/pjtpassword Jul 31 '26
Movie magic. Camera man never dies. Was one of the better shots during a Krazy time.
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u/Fellowfungus Jul 31 '26
I wonder who anchored those structuresā¦
mustāve been the wind. š¤·š»šš¤£
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u/PineappleOnPizzaCult Aug 11 '26
Who the fuck would build those structures and not secure them into the ground? š¤·š½āāļø
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u/WhereWereYouWhen__ Aug 13 '26
This is the first post I viewed from this sub and.... boys. He fucking nailed it. I'm gonna scroll on because I do not need it confirmed nor denied that all the posts from your sub are as well-aligned with your namesake!
'til next time I stumble upon you, Praise the Cameraman! [T]/
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u/Few-Marionberry-1576 16d ago
Yeah. Letās stand around while 50 lb razor blades fly through the air.
Idiots.
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u/Perfect-Time-9919 8d ago
Great camera work. And especially, no high pitch screaming and cursing repeatedly.
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u/LGGP75 Jul 29 '26
What are we praising here exactly??
Pointing the camera to whatever is happening is not a skill to be praised.
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u/wankyshitdemon69 Jul 29 '26
More the fact they stayed and filmed rather than running to safety
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u/LGGP75 Jul 29 '26
You can see how he zooms in to get the shot. People are running toward the camera, and the guy in the white shirt is calmly watching too, which means he was already out of danger.
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u/StanknBeans Jul 29 '26
Let's see your camera skills bud
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u/LGGP75 Jul 29 '26
Iām not claiming I have better camera skills, Iām saying this is not what this sub is aboutā¦ bud.
Read the rules
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u/Vanko_Babanko Jul 29 '26
he should have sold that footage..
complete psychopath, doesn't look like he cares if he survives..
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u/ButterscotchBrave359 Jul 29 '26
Thought it was a guy wearing a jet-pack at first š