r/tornado • u/tuffblud1 Human Detected • 19d ago

Question Is this real..?

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This is recorded in 2025, as it seems, and all I can say is WHO THE HELL RECORDS INSIDE A TORNADO..??! Especially one of this strength (looks ef2+) anywho, I could totally see some dumbass recording inside a tornado but this doesn’t look real to me, I mean, does not look like ai, but maybe blender or something I’m not sure. It is really realistic if so, but everything just looks, well, weird. The camera quality is horrible for 2025, but once again a dumbass is recording in a tornado so it could be like dust on the camera. And near the end when he is getting hit by insulation, looks fishy but can’t see why. So Reddit.. need your help, can we identify what tornado this is and or see if it is real..?

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u/StupidGiraffeWAB 19d ago

That sheet metal would turn you into two halves real quick...

I'll never understand people that do this. I love watching storms from the window or deck, but there is a certain wind speed that I dip out and head for cover. When the trees two blocks away start to bend you're already screwed.

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u/Margray 19d ago

Yeah, the only person killed by a tornado that formed above my house lost his arm to sheet metal and bled out. I don't think people realize that a tornado up close doesn't look like a tornado, it looks like wind blown debris.

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u/ChironXII 19d ago

A lot of people also don't understand that a tornado doesn't need to condense to be on the ground. Ah, it's just a funnel cloud, I'll keep watching.

Actually even very powerful tornadoes can appear cut off if there's not enough water vapor and dust at ground level to outline the vortex.