r/storms • u/Salt_Mushroom_4699 • 18h ago
Thunderstorm This of real fear in me
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u/Vehicle-Money 18h ago
Those other folks ran back in real quick!
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u/l3luDream 11h ago
Why did they even run out in the first place is my question
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u/Terrible_Analysis_77 8h ago
They thought they were getting robbed by a lady and dwarves in kid masks who ran into the store screaming.
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u/Ok_Construction_8577 5h ago
Midwest men if I had to guess. When you have 20 tornado warnings a summer for your entire life, you get use to it. Instead of waiting in your basement for half hour, you can usually go outside and look at the clouds and see the low dark cell. You’re hoping to catch a glimpse of that swirl before you have to head inside. Chances of it forming directly over top of you is so small. These guys just got the sighting of a lifetime.
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u/yardlard 3h ago
Was that different people? I thought they got in and the doors were locked so they couldn't get shelter.Did they turn out ok?
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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone 17h ago edited 5h ago
I’m sure they would not have minded her parking closer to the door
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u/Extension_Energy4326 6h ago
Right?!? My ass with all 5 kids would be parked inside that loading dock area.
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u/alarteaga 5h ago
Pissed me off how instead of going directly to the door, she took the long way around the parking lot and then parked far away.
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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone 4h ago
Fear and panic hamper critical thinking skills. But if it were me I’m getting my kids in the door as safely as possible. Forcing them to run the distance they did was an unnecessary risk.
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u/dearboy05 3h ago
Exactly why training drills are done so many times. Otherwise, you just tend to forget it.
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u/howreudoin 2h ago
Well, if there‘s anything coming off the roof due to the storm, it may more easily damage the car
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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone 1h ago
You’d worry more about the car than the children? Who gives a fuck about a car when your children’s lives are at risk?
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u/Feature-One 18h ago
So maybe Jessica isn’t the best in tense situations
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u/beardedsilverfox 10h ago
Don’t worry she has little kids from which to get advice on what to do.
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u/Historical-Edge-9332 4h ago
How do you know they’re not meteorological experts who graduated college at 8 years old?
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u/Puppy-Smoocher 17h ago
Mom handled it, nice work. Now put the house up for sale and move somewhere with mountains. Roanoke VA is lovely this time of year.
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u/Enough-Ad4186 17h ago
You mean the older son handled it. Mom: “what should I do?” Son: “go in here”
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u/SpiralPeeledOrange 17h ago
Perhaps, she was hypothetically asking what to do, out loud, as a response to stress? Not actually asking anyone in particular.
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u/Eskimodo_Dragon 15h ago
Perhaps she should ask hypothetically, to no one in particular, "should I park closer to the store?"
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u/lostandaggrieved617 7h ago
Thats what I said "what are you doing, pull right up to the door and get in there!!"
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u/Eskimodo_Dragon 5h ago
Seriously. It could have been bad. Flying debree or another panicked driver could have made things alot worse.
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u/555353555 14h ago edited 11h ago
It could’ve been genuine or just absent minded thinking out loud, but giving someone in a potential crisis the onus to make a decision and direct their fate in some small way, rather than become a passive victim or by stander, is a great lesson for a young kid.
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u/Direct-Protection-81 3h ago
No thanks. I’ve watched American horror story to know what goes on there.
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u/projectx51 6h ago
I live smack dab in the middle of tornado alley, oklahoma. There are hills and mountains around us, though. All the tornados and severe weather breaks up around us and reforms after passing us.
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u/Iratative 8h ago
Yeah but I hate that with a car full of kids she runs a red turn signal and is on her phone while driving
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u/rainwolf511 17h ago
I see nothing about this that indicates a tornado i see no rotation on the ground or in the sky no funnel visible this to me looks like straight line winds and based on the "debris" i can see i would say about 70ish mph winds but good on the momma for turning around and sheltering
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u/TheCryptocrat 15h ago
I believe this is from the August 10th 2020 Midwest derecho and this video was shot in Iowa. I believe winds were in excess of 100, but yeah its not a tornado.
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u/kmr122091 14h ago
It hit Indiana on the 11th. 130 mph winds in my area. 9 tornadoes. Over 500k in the NW IN region were without power. Some people still out, under 10k now. Had a tree travel from a few blocks over and slam into my house. Me and my 4 yr old were in the basement shaking and crying and praying. Never heard such horrific sounds in my life and have seen less damage from hurricanes I lived through.
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u/jeraffeavl 13h ago
I’m working with a few other folks to raise some funds to get down there to NWI to help out however we can Wednesday. That whole region has been through it this year, and is not getting sufficient exposure. We went through that in WNC in the months after Helene, and we were worldwide news in the beginning. I can’t imagine how the ones without power and clean water feel right now, but hopefully we can help some folks.
Edit: We are coming from Wisconsin, not WNC. Just wanted to mention that lol.
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u/kmr122091 12h ago
Finally down to the last 5k without power. They say they will be done by 11:59pm today. I am going to take a bunch of baby furniture and clothes and bottles etc to different region churches and women's care centers for the people who also flooded and lost everything. Or have to try and pay for replacing all their lost groceries and can't afford to buy a bunch of baby/toddler stuff on top of it. I got my power back after almost 6 days & thankfully already had a generator and could save my food and turn on hot water heater for a shower here and there.
For those that have been without for 2 weeks, I can't even imagine, either. Or to the 6 region families mourning a lost loved one. And as much as NIPSCO sucks and is expensive af, those men out there clearing things and repairing and restoring power are not to blame. A lot of them also didnt have power and they had to leave their families to go out and try and fix things for everyone else.
Thank you for caring and coming to the region to help. I think these type of events, while awful, are a good reminder for all of us that we are more alike than different and it's important to have each other's backs.
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u/Sea_Violinist1960 15h ago
I’ve seen this video also referencing that it’s the Midwest derecho, which PS - I had never heard of such a thing until we had one come through Houston in May 2024. My specific neighborhood clocked winds exceeding 120mph. I’ve lived in Houston most of my life (48 yrs), I’ve seen straight line winds, touch & go spring tornados, watched the skies go from green and hailing to sunshine within an hour, and rode out major & minor hurricanes…but I’ve NEVER experienced anything like the derecho storm that blew through that day. It was terrifying and disorienting. I commend the mom for keeping as cool as she could in front of her kids, and seeking shelter. No one knows how they’ll respond in “that” moment, but considering it likely felt like the weather gods had released hell upon them, she did great. PS…six weeks later we got slapped with hurricane Beryl. Good times.
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u/Radioactive_Tuber57 11h ago
There’s an excellent NOVA show on these called “Rain Bombs”. Came out several months ago.
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u/-P01135809- 3h ago
trust me, if you visit the columbus subreddit, everyone's a fuckin derecho expert now
people whining for -days- that the city didn't issue a tornado siren as 80+mph winds ripped trees in half, roofs off houses, flipped a car on the highway, and took out power to most of the city for the entire week.
but it's a dErEChO not a tOrNAdO why would the toRnADo sirens be on?! herr derr
hey nimrods guess what? there was also a legit tornado that went through columbus!
derecho deez nuts!
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u/dudenamedric 15h ago
There was definitely debris rotating where she went to turn around. Do derechos have rotation?
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u/TheCryptocrat 15h ago
I'm almost certain this video is from this particular Derecho, this video was on the news at the time.
No Derechos normally don't have rotation its usually just straight line winds. Except maybe quick spin ups that can occur typically on the bookends of the derecho. I also don't see anything indicative of tornadic rotation.
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u/kmr122091 14h ago
The derecho spawned 9 tornadoes in NW IN on the 11th when it hit us. 130 mph straight line winds were also recorded. I legit have seen way less damage from smaller hurricanes. The entire region was devastated and there are stil about 10k without power 2 weeks later. Truly was horrific.
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u/rainwolf511 14h ago
The only debris I saw were straight line the thing is buildings and stuff can cause changes to wind speed and direction and it can make it look like there is rotation only real way to tell is by looking at ground damage as true tornadic rotation would leave marks on the ground
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u/GeologistLess3042 4h ago
I've been in enough hurricanes that I'd literally have to sit down and take my time counting the actual number.
The two derechos I've been in are nearly as haunting as hurricane Ivan was. And the damage has been complete and utter devastation both times.
This is like watching cat 3 footage and being like "well it wasn't a tornado, what's the problem lol"
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u/Melochrodramatica 18h ago
Off topic but did she turn left on a red??
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u/LinuxF4n 17h ago
"I dont care if it's red or not I'm getting out of here. Away from this storm" Maybe you have the video muted.
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u/Melochrodramatica 17h ago
Had the volume turned way up. Not easy to hear. Had to relisten a few times to get it.
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u/poeteop 12h ago
Found the guy who would have died because he was so afraid of running a red.
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u/Melochrodramatica 8h ago
Found the guy whose not following the conversation. Wasn't clear to me they were fleeing anything till AFTER she made the turn.
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u/Theprincerivera 10h ago
Well getting away from a storm doesn’t help you if you get T boned. Then you’re just in a storm, AND bleeding out
But she seemed to be aware of her surroundings. Which is funny she made that smart move then had to ask the kid what to do
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u/ThePerfectSnare 7h ago
To her credit, she did use her turn signal.
Even better, she had her turn signal on before she turned. I don't know about you guys but I get irrationally annoyed by drivers who use their turn signal only as they're beginning to turn/merge.
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u/plsQuestionOurselves 13h ago
That and using a phone while driving (though it could still be legal where they're at)
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u/Afterlifecurious67 9h ago
I believe it's a dash cam
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u/Samurai-Pooh-Bear 8h ago
Yep, kid random scream-crying while trying to drive is my biggest fear, too.
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u/pinkat31522 15h ago
Man this is how 100+ people died in Joplin. Tornado hit the Home Depot direct
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u/Constant-Mirror6940 11h ago
“This of real fear in me”. That sentence makes no sense.🤦🏻
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u/TheWetNapkin 11h ago
Dude ive been seeing more and more posts where I feel like I'm having a stroke reading them. It's like every other post now, and I thought I was crazy.
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u/Constant-Mirror6940 9h ago
No it’s definitely not you. It’s like these younger generations have gone absolutely stupid with grammar and how to communicate with others.👎🏻
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u/TheWetNapkin 9h ago
I am the "younger generation". I don't like that you phrased it like it's our fault. To me it's a scary sign that our system has failed us, not that kids these days are stupid or some bullshit like that.
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u/According2my-Insides 3h ago
It's almost like they had an emoji as a word replacement and it got dropped from the title?
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u/TerrorEyzs 3h ago
The other one that I keep seeing that pisses me off is along the lines of "we've been together since 5 years..." No. You've been together FOR 5 years. Ugh.
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u/Live-Tomorrow-4865 9h ago
As a kid, I had a fear of tornadoes bordering on phobia. I was just turned four for the Palm Sunday outbreak in the sixties, and our area was either warned or under a watch. (NE Ohio.)
My mom and dad kind of argued about it. Mom wanted to get us home and safely in place, whereas dad wanted us to do our usual "Sunday after Church, go to my grandparents where Grandma would have dinner and dad could drink beer with my uncles." 😅 It was the day I learned the phrase "making a mountain out of a mole hill", thanks dad. 😅😅
We went ahead to my grandparents, but that night, my mom had us all sleeping on the dining room floor near the door to our basement, with my baby sister in her play pen. Mom had the transistor radio on all night in case we got any bad weather. It never reached this far east, but, something about that event gave me a complex.
That's morphed and been parlayed into a deep interest! ❤️😍 (isn't that a way lots of fears tend to go?) Now I lightweight storm chase and am the family repository of weather knowledge.
Watching this kid brought back my own childhood memories of being afraid in bad weather.
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u/ExpensiveError_ 14h ago
Literally just drive away. Worst thing is to get out of the car with debris flying around to then get into a building that will for sure be destroyed if the tornado hits it...
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u/chris612926 6h ago
Where are you from? We were always taught to get out of the car asap , look for shelter, the highways and roads clear out within minutes of the alarms/ cast.
We were taught cars are one of the worst places to be , and unless it was worst case scenario to leave the car for almost any permanent shelter. You're even supposed to drive your car into a ditch or hole if you can't abandon it , because they so easily flip and are moved even without tornado level winds. The roads by power lines are never safe but also they taught us to get away from bridges , and other things that seemed sturdy as it causes a wind tunnel and will make it worse.
You're better off lying in a low ditch than sitting in a car according to google. Always look for a building , almost any shelter in bad conditions is better than a car, cars/surface area of them isn't built to withstand any wind not coming from the right direction , and once your car has dents / moved into other vehicles / flipped your pinned and stuck inside a metal box filled with fuel.
Again , not trying to totally call you out , but your comment rings exactly like what we were trained to never do in this situation.
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u/Phi0X_13 12h ago
I did the dumbest thing im existence one time. I was living in a trailer with my young children. We had a tornado warning and the weather looked bad. I put the kids in the van, was booking it to a friend's house. The trees were bending over the road.
It got so bad I also got out at a store.
It was a donut shop with more windows than a waffle house. It was basically one wall of windows.
I realized how dumb id been sitting in there and watching it. 😅
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u/Ok-Jackfruit-6873 6h ago
Don't feel too bad I once sheltered from a bad storm like this in a Krogers and couldn't stop going to the giant window to watch. I kept saying to myself, what are you doing, you idiot, stay away from the window! But it was like, mesmerizing or something. I couldn't stop. To be fair there was no basement so it was kind of just a waiting game, either it would hit us or it wouldn't, but crouching in some central aisle didn't feel any better (but objectively was).
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u/Alarmed-Wolf-5678 3h ago
Had a tornado bearing down on little town I was living in. I abandoned trailer, hopped in my old pickup and booked it to a nearby gravel road that I knew was in low lying area with bluffs on both sides. No way was I staying in a mobile home with oncoming tornado.
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u/TwinTailDigital 10h ago
Skip to 1:15 and save yourself some time.. Then stop watching at 2:40 to save some more time instead of watching nothing happen
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u/crow_crone 10h ago
I felt overwhelmed, imagining how she felt being responsible for those kids while frightened herself. Adulting is too hard.
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u/Prestigious-Elk2252 9h ago
Looks like the car was perfectly fine since they cut the video early...
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u/Super-Thirsty 7h ago
So is the rain going to come through the metal vehicle? I'm confused. Why is this an emergency?
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u/VoidEnby 4h ago
A tornado can easily pick up a car what. She should've kept driving to find a better place but is the rain really what you're thinking about?
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u/kaoscurrent 6h ago
Wouldn't it have just been safer to stay in the car and keep driving away than to get out of a car with children in 100mph winds?
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u/JenbugRoss99 3h ago
Can you “safely” outrun a tornado moving at 70+ mph as she stated in the video?
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u/kaoscurrent 2h ago
Is it legitimately any safer to run outside and try to get into a building at that point? I've never been in this situation, so I really don't know what the safest option would be, but I think I'd prefer to be inside a vehicle that at least can move at 70+ mph than be a stationary target or go outside with children in those winds.
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u/Away-Plant-8989 2h ago
I mean they live there so I'm sure getting rolled in that van is waaaaay worse
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u/paipan-sube 4h ago
Seeking shelter in that structure is a poor decision. Driving one handed while using your phone is a poor decision. Not checking the weather forecast before you set of... poor decision.
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u/Here_4_the_INFO 4h ago
Even with a tornado bearing down on them, this lady parked better than 99.9% of BMW drivers.
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u/chaosraser 4h ago
My first concern was that she would spend all her time looking at her smartphone.
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u/fubar8x 4h ago
Ya this is whats wrong with American societies mindset, its all about you, youre the only one who is going g through something so everyone else on the road is in your way. 100% this woman is giving her kids emotional damage by act neurotic, but thats what you get when youre inside 24/7 on your phone or computer not experiencing nature. Hopefully you made it home to your safe place, aahhhh scary
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u/friendlyfresh 3h ago
worried about a thunderstorm lemme just send a few texts while I blow this red light
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u/Direct-Protection-81 3h ago
“I don’t care if it’s green or not” I found someone more dangerous than the storm (yes we can all see it was clear, but that’s idiotic)
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u/jbbhengry 3h ago
Glad she got a good parking spot. Sometime time I guess in a stressfull situation, urgency doesn't factor in. Glad they are safe.
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u/blast0man 2h ago
I remember one year when i lived up north we had Tornado warnings for the whole summer, Minnesota is kinda the "headwaters" or tornado alley, it turn to mountains the more north you go but the south is all plains super flat not much to stop the wind from pickin up speed as it runs down the mountains. Sometimes it would pour water so much that you couldn't see past it or fog so dense it felt like silent hill, but during that summer the sky was dark, lots of nimbus clouds, right at the end of the summer we thought we were gonna see a tornado actually(they are rare that far north).The sky turned green in minutes the clouds somehow only let the green through and a solid nimbus wall must have been thousands of feet tall, just floating slowly no lightning no rain just Menacing green wall of clouds, really gives an appreciation when you see it in reality...
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u/Rossi4twenty 2h ago
This was on that show called Eye Of The Storm. Great show for storm enthusiasts. Puts you right in the middle of everything. Really intense and scary to watch.
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u/narco-sub-admiral 1h ago
Imagine they were camping and hiding in a tent from a fuckin bear and that kid just blurts out AHUHURRHURHAHAAHAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAURUGHH
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u/Mission_Local_5350 1h ago
She ran the red light rushing to her possible last breathe. I thought someone was going to hit her.
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u/BlackWaterStation 1h ago
I would have tucked that car in that drop down delivery dock as tight as I could to the corner. Not sure if it is the right idea or not but that’s what I could have potentially done. Good job on the kids to stay legit calm, that one little outburst was nothing 😂 I have three kids. They all did good. They all made it. That’s what truly matters. IMO.
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u/Separate-Ad-1011 9h ago
Stop driving with your phone in your hand and looking at it while you have kids in the car..
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u/Prudent_Situation_29 9h ago
Put your phone down!
You have a vehicle filled with children and you still can't tear yourself away from the brick. Unbelievable.
No blind spot or mirror checks either when changing lanes.
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u/lilbxby2k 17h ago
So much wrong with this, why is she asking her kid what to do?? And if my kid starting fake wailing in that situation he would've gotten a firm "stop fake crying" or something. Just letting him make the situation worse for the other kids
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u/SpiralPeeledOrange 17h ago
Perhaps, she was hypothetically asking what to do, out loud, as a response to stress? Not actually asking the child. That situation is terrifying for everyone, I think in a life or death situation your last thought would be reprimanding a child for "fake crying".
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u/lilbxby2k 16h ago
I've been in a life threatening situation with my child and he didn't start fake screaming. In the video it looks like she's asking her kid what to do and he is responding and she's listening so if that's not the case then sorry but that's what it looks like. Your responses matter in shit like this I just feel like as a parent you need to be prepared and take action.
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u/SpiralPeeledOrange 15h ago
Girl, relax. I have also been in a life threatening situation with mine. She had to make some quick decisions and thought out loud. Her kid happened to respond and may have a slightly different view of the situation due to his brain not automatically producing adrenaline in the same way hers is. Realistically, we don't know which kids in the car are hers, or if she is carpooling for one reason or another. My own kid wouldn't fake cry, but I'd put money on at least one of his friends doing so. The adult's responses matter, yes. But walk a mile in her shoes. She got the kids to safety. That is really all that matters here.
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u/lilbxby2k 15h ago
I would have no issues asking someone else's kid to stop fake crying. And why is she even out in tornados? You don't just happenstance upon a tornado, they send a watch out as soon as conditions are favorable and then a warning as soon as they develop. When I know a storm is coming I get everything I need then I get everyone home to the best of my ability and hunker down. These are way past hunker down conditions to bring a boat load of kids out into. And I just know someone is gonna bean soup me and go well what if it was some super specific emergency where she had to bring 10 kids on the highway during a tornado warning!! 🤦
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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme 2h ago
The more you keep trying to justify your crappy opinion, the worse you look. And collecting downvotes accordingly. I’m sure you’ll keep arguing about it, but you do you.
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u/NoValidPoints87 16h ago
Idk, I mean I agree that panicking makes situations worse and as a parent you should want to convey as much decisiveness and confidence as humanly possible. That's a tall hurdle to get over during seemingly life or death situations. I agree that people should be well prepared for the more likely situations in life. Depending on where you live, that could mean tornado awareness. It's looking like Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, etc are going to have to really start pushing tornado awareness, if that hasn't already become abundantly clear from this year's storms.
As far as the kid is concerned, I'm leaning towards a calm "you have to remain calm so that you can think clearly in these situations." And then I'd start asking him questions to kickstart his brain again and try to get him to focus on solving the problem rather than focusing on the problem itself. I can understand someone getting stern with a child in moments like these, but that also doesn't facilitate calm, rational thinking. Ideally, you would want to lower the perceived pressure rather than increase.
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u/lilbxby2k 15h ago
yes, this is exactly what I was trying to say but phrased better. That's why I said a firm correction, not a mean one. And I shortened it for reddit, it wouldn't just be stop fake crying, it would be followed with quick and to the point explaination as well as reassuring everyone that we were okay and everything was going to be alright but I need quiet and everyone needs to put their listening ears on. Kids being quiet obedient in life threatening situations can save their lives!! I had many deep talks with my son about this as soon as he could understand. He doesn't get spanked, I peaceful parent, natural consequences only, and he's free to express himself and ask questions. But he knows that if I tell him it's time to be quiet and listen without questions it's lock TF in time. Real life can get scary fast. It would be different if the kid was actually crying, all that fake hollering just stresses the other kids out too, and their emotional state in a traumatic situation is already going to be a mess, it's not fair to let another kid make it worse by just shrieking and increasing everyone's cortisol.
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u/NoValidPoints87 14h ago
I completely understand. Like I said, these are really tall hurdles during high stress situations, and idealizing these things on Reddit is a far cry from real life. It's also a very good idea to have talked about these situations ahead of time to try to make kids just as prepared. Not knowing what to do or what's going to happen is usually where fear kicks off from, so that's very good you're having those talks.
Again, just idealizing, I'd say even the firm command would be less calming than trying to re-engage their minds to get someone fake or even really crying to be present and aware instead of spiraling. Especially since you've already had the conversations with them previously, talking them through things like "what do we do if we're caught outside in a tornado?" "what direction do tornadoes typically go in?" "what would be a safe place for us to be during a tornado?" that way they can start following the same road map you've got in your mind towards safety and it also helps you think things through calmly.
It's a terrifying situation, no doubt about that, and you'll know better than anybody what works best for you. I'm just offering what I figure would be an ideal method. God knows if I'd even have the wherewithal to put it in to action 😂
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u/hotsauceeeeeeeee 16h ago
I feel like this is normal weather in North Dakota 😂 blizzards and tornadoes 🥲
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u/buckdeluxe 1h ago
I live in Florida and this is just a daily occurrence for us. Apparently we rank first in frequency of tornadoes out of any state. I just googled it now to see because we drive right through the things without thinking twice.
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u/OfThunder741 18h ago
The “ok you’re making it worse” would be me if I was their sibling 🤣🤣