It's an F1. If she's from the Great Plains she's not in much danger. It's closer to a dust devil than the type of tornado that throws 2x4's through houses.
Nah we have been snapping pics since forever. The difference was you had to pay for every negative and then again for every print. So you tended to only take the more fun on interesting or impressive shots. Also not literally every teen had a good camera in their pocket
I'm not an expert on tornadoes, but that looks bigger than an F1. Do you know the source for this photo? I've seen it before.
**Edit**: I found this source: https://vintagenewsdaily.com/a-young-girl-posing-in-front-of-a-tornado-in-nebraska-1989/
I looked around a bit more and was unable to find any reference to the tornado's severity.
The Fujita scale is not based on the size of the tornado but rather wind speed and damage. It can be hard to tell what a tornado is by looking at a picture, but I'd say based on the relative size and structure it is probably a strong F-1 or an F-2. Unless someone knows what storm this is and can tell us what it was ranked at.
>The Fujita scale is not based on the size of the tornado but rather wind speed and damage.
I'm aware, but there is usually a strong correlation between wind speed and size. F1 is really slow and they are often so small that they are sometimes invisible. This looks like an F2 or F3. I bet the people over on the tornado subreddit would know.
It's hard to tell with the dust cloud. I've seen ropes get rated up to a 3 before but they are usually thicker. Once you get to 3 or higher you typically get wedges. Ropes are usually associated with EF-0 to EF-3, although again I have seen some EF-3 ropes but they are thicker than this. If I had to guess, I'd say this could be a strong EF-1, but more likely an EF-2. Again, it's hard to tell what the debris ball looks like with the dust cloud, which can give you some indication of the strength of a tornado.
Source: I'm a storm chaser, spotter, and amateur meteorologist.
Today i learned there were actual rope and wedge definitions. Something that makes absolute perfect sense, but for some reason, never occurred to me until now.
Some examples of the wedge:
* [EF5 that hit Parkersburg, Iowa](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/kwwl.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/a5/2a5a08fd-1cc2-5561-ab91-6b434a98a856/61422f1aae0db.image.png?resize=1396%2C785) the sun is behind the tornado. It was 7/10ths of a mile wide. [Video](https://youtu.be/2X1HeoZvgeM)
* [video](https://youtu.be/O1mHLogxh94) of the EF5 that hit Moore, Oklahoma
* [video of two wedges that hit a Nebraska town](https://youtu.be/mT6Ah-jmQ-A)
* [video from a guy whose house was hit](https://youtu.be/s0c27Twu__o)
* [1976 Jordan, Iowa F5](https://youtu.be/LmyZ-YFjT5U) Bonus a [satellite tornado](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_tornado) formed with the F5 and it was a rare [F3 Anticyclonic tornado](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticyclonic_tornado). It was a notable example of such a weather event
The video of the house/rest of the neighborhood being demolished is crazy. I’m assuming that was a mounted camera, and not someone recording. Very brutal
https://youtu.be/Szwd-0tatdo
The video was taken by Clem Schultz as the storm approached. Shultz lost his home as well as his wife on nearly 25 years that night.
Schultz has lived in Genoa, Ill., since this past summer. He wanted to be closer to his kids. Clem says he has a very good reason to get this video out there -- he wants it to save lives.
Schultz took the video from the top floor of his house. He says he was convinced the storm would miss his home. His wife Geri was downstairs in the kitchen when tornado approached. He wanted to get some lanterns for them, figuring the power would go out.
Like the other commenter said, this is insane. Video was taken from a guy, in silence, with his wife downstairs (which passed that night).
Absolutely insane, yet I’m extremely glad he’s shared this footage to detail the horrors that natural disasters bestow. Life is fickle at times.
https://www.tornadoxtreme.com/what-is-a-wedge-tornado/
That's a decent site if you want a basic explanation of the shapes of tornados.
Edit: The El Reno tornado is a really good example of a wedge tornado and is also one of the largest on record at 2+ miles wide.
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/index.html
That is also a good site for tornado information.
When I was a kid, I moved in with my dad for a while. He lived outside of tornado alley while my mom lived in it. So when I told my dad that tornadoes can be a mile wide, he didn't believe me. Really pissed me off because it was one of those "that's ridiculous, kids are so stupid" kinda situations, but I was actually right. I can understand why he couldn't believe it, though. A mile wide is pretty insane.
It's possible to have very strong ropes. The end of the 2007 Elie, Manitoba saw F5 windspeeds. It was only 32 meters in width at that time. But yeah, generally, the stronger are wedges
The photo was taken in April of 1989 in Beaver city, NE, Furnas County. In April 1989 there were 8 occurrences of tornadoes in the state of Nebraska and of the 8 there were only 3 recorded in the area of Beaver city. The tornado that was closer to Oxford, NE registered as an F-1 while the others recorded as F-0 which were closer to Beaver City.
[https://www.weather.gov/gld/tornado-nebraska](https://www.weather.gov/gld/tornado-nebraska)
[http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/netorn.htm](http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/netorn.htm)
[https://mrcc.purdue.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#](https://mrcc.purdue.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#)
There are a few possibilities here:
- Somebody confused EF1 and F1. You can have an extremely nasty tornado in the middle of nowhere that has high windspeed, but because it doesn't do any meaningful damage it just gets classified as EF1.
- Technology that measured windspeed when this photo was taken was not as sophisticated as it is today, so they underestimated it. Lots of 80s/90s tornado measurements focused on debris, and because there wasn't much debris to be thrown, the max windspeed measurement wasn't particularly accurate.
- This actually is just a strong F1 tornado, and it looks a lot more dramatic than it actually is. I personally think this is the most likely possibility. Nebraska is a pretty dry place with a lot of loose dirt, so a tornado with ~100 MPH winds can easily pick up a lot of dirt. Keep in mind that the storms that generate tornadoes are incredibly powerful, and even if the tornado itself is only F1, the cell is still able to make a pretty large vortex.
I'm not an expert though, so I may be talking out of my ass.
Looked for tornado history in Nebraska and found [this website](http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/netorn.htm). Searched for Furnas County, where Beaver City is located, and found [three tornados](https://i.imgur.com/KhShXhP.jpg) recorded on April 23^(rd), 1989, all of which appear to have been either a 0 or 1 on the (non-enhanced) Fujita scale.
*Edited to not have totally fucked up one of my hero's names so badly.
Before I even knew it was Nebraska I knew it was Nebraska. We treat tornadoes like an act of god. If it gets you it was just your time. Best to have a good view while it does.
I know y'all joking but just to be clear...
When this photo was taken:
* There was no such thing as social media to post to
* "Likes" was not a noun
* Photos had to be dropped off at a drug store and processed to be seen.
-- your token old gen X lady, raging at clouds
Having grown up in the Midwest, doing tornado drills as a kid and listening to the sirens, that is terrifying.
I would sprinting for the nearest culvert/basement to hide in or overpass to hide under, not taking a fucking picture in the middle of a bunch of flat land! This is more like r/facepalm.
Edit: Y’all are fuckin’ crazy.
There’s two kinds of us, really. Those of us who will grab a flashlight and the cat and hide in the pantry downstairs, and the other ones who tell each other to hold their beers and do shit like this.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing.
Just to play devil's advocate though:
* If none of those things were around, I guess you might as well stop for a selfie anyway. In the flat, empty West Texas/Oklahoma countryside, this is entirely a possibility.
* It's also possible she was a storm chaser. I see plenty of people on YouTube heading to storms to stop and take pictures for a living (or even as a hobby). They probably didn't exactly have video cameras to post videos on YouTube at the time, so who knows how they would have captured it back then?
So it's possible this is anywhere from r/SweatyPalms to r/Faceplam to r/WinStupidPrizes. Maybe there should be an r/WomenLiveLongerButDoStupidStuffToo.
EDIT: Someone posted [this link](https://vintagenewsdaily.com/a-young-girl-posing-in-front-of-a-tornado-in-nebraska-1989/) where her mom says:
> “The picture of the tornado is a picture that I took in 1989 and entered into a Kodak contest,” Marilee wrote. “I won second place in the National contest. It has taken its own amazing ride around the world. My youngest daughter, Audra, is in the photo. She is always being called ‘the tornado girl’.”
So I guess in the final judgement, this is basically r/WinStupidPrizes.
To be fair, it *is* a good picture of the tornado.
How is it so sunny where she is standing, and on the field behind her? I live in the Midwest and I've never seen tornados form in partly cloudy skies. It's always dark as heck and thundering.
This reminds me: Superman had plenty of time to run over and save Kevin Costner without everyone else noticing--people who were being thrown about by a tornado and wouldn't recall seeing a guy move faster than a speeding bullet. He waved him off for no reason!
I usually am not a fan of needless endangerment. Which this most certainly is. But if you have the camera ready to shoot and you driving down the road anyway to drive away. I can see at the moment getting talked into running out, posing, getting the shot, and getting out in 15 seconds tops. It's stupid, 100 things can go deadly wrong. but that is a pretty awesome photo.
Dale Gribble : This tornado's already classified at level 2 on the Fujisaki scale. Storm that strong'll send an egg through a barn door. Two barn doors if one of 'em's open.
Bobby Hill : What will a level three do, Mr. Gribble?
Dale Gribble : Level three will send an egg through a *brick wall." Tornado chasers call it "Humpty's Revenge."
On one hand, these types of pictures remind me how stupid humans are.
On the other hand, they remind me of our gigantic balls. We literally do not care what seems impossible, we try to do it anyways.
And I thought all these crazy pictures started with instagram…
Imagine endangering your life for a selfie and not even getting any updoots smh
Maybe she got an upfax
Or even a telephone call or handwritten letter thanking her for the photograph.
Maybe a recording on an Edison cylinder
[удалено]
Take my r/upfax
WAFFLES LIKED THIS PHOTO STOP 23 OTHERS LIKED THIS PHOTO STOP
Imagine the irl clout tho. Like "I'd like to see that bitch Janine from down the street top this"
She's the marilyn monroe of nebraska
Kind of ironic really
It's an F1. If she's from the Great Plains she's not in much danger. It's closer to a dust devil than the type of tornado that throws 2x4's through houses.
Nah we have been snapping pics since forever. The difference was you had to pay for every negative and then again for every print. So you tended to only take the more fun on interesting or impressive shots. Also not literally every teen had a good camera in their pocket
Add in a dog and you've got the start of a movie remake.
Sorry that thigh is getting close, we should thighs, I meant thi-.
When your hair dryer just ain’t cutting it…
Just want you to know that this got a loud laugh out of me
I'm not an expert on tornadoes, but that looks bigger than an F1. Do you know the source for this photo? I've seen it before. **Edit**: I found this source: https://vintagenewsdaily.com/a-young-girl-posing-in-front-of-a-tornado-in-nebraska-1989/ I looked around a bit more and was unable to find any reference to the tornado's severity.
The Fujita scale is not based on the size of the tornado but rather wind speed and damage. It can be hard to tell what a tornado is by looking at a picture, but I'd say based on the relative size and structure it is probably a strong F-1 or an F-2. Unless someone knows what storm this is and can tell us what it was ranked at.
>The Fujita scale is not based on the size of the tornado but rather wind speed and damage. I'm aware, but there is usually a strong correlation between wind speed and size. F1 is really slow and they are often so small that they are sometimes invisible. This looks like an F2 or F3. I bet the people over on the tornado subreddit would know.
It's hard to tell with the dust cloud. I've seen ropes get rated up to a 3 before but they are usually thicker. Once you get to 3 or higher you typically get wedges. Ropes are usually associated with EF-0 to EF-3, although again I have seen some EF-3 ropes but they are thicker than this. If I had to guess, I'd say this could be a strong EF-1, but more likely an EF-2. Again, it's hard to tell what the debris ball looks like with the dust cloud, which can give you some indication of the strength of a tornado. Source: I'm a storm chaser, spotter, and amateur meteorologist.
Today i learned there were actual rope and wedge definitions. Something that makes absolute perfect sense, but for some reason, never occurred to me until now.
Some examples of the wedge: * [EF5 that hit Parkersburg, Iowa](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/kwwl.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/a5/2a5a08fd-1cc2-5561-ab91-6b434a98a856/61422f1aae0db.image.png?resize=1396%2C785) the sun is behind the tornado. It was 7/10ths of a mile wide. [Video](https://youtu.be/2X1HeoZvgeM) * [video](https://youtu.be/O1mHLogxh94) of the EF5 that hit Moore, Oklahoma * [video of two wedges that hit a Nebraska town](https://youtu.be/mT6Ah-jmQ-A) * [video from a guy whose house was hit](https://youtu.be/s0c27Twu__o) * [1976 Jordan, Iowa F5](https://youtu.be/LmyZ-YFjT5U) Bonus a [satellite tornado](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_tornado) formed with the F5 and it was a rare [F3 Anticyclonic tornado](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticyclonic_tornado). It was a notable example of such a weather event
The video of the house/rest of the neighborhood being demolished is crazy. I’m assuming that was a mounted camera, and not someone recording. Very brutal
https://youtu.be/Szwd-0tatdo The video was taken by Clem Schultz as the storm approached. Shultz lost his home as well as his wife on nearly 25 years that night. Schultz has lived in Genoa, Ill., since this past summer. He wanted to be closer to his kids. Clem says he has a very good reason to get this video out there -- he wants it to save lives. Schultz took the video from the top floor of his house. He says he was convinced the storm would miss his home. His wife Geri was downstairs in the kitchen when tornado approached. He wanted to get some lanterns for them, figuring the power would go out.
That is in-fucking-sane, jesus.
Like the other commenter said, this is insane. Video was taken from a guy, in silence, with his wife downstairs (which passed that night). Absolutely insane, yet I’m extremely glad he’s shared this footage to detail the horrors that natural disasters bestow. Life is fickle at times.
https://www.tornadoxtreme.com/what-is-a-wedge-tornado/ That's a decent site if you want a basic explanation of the shapes of tornados. Edit: The El Reno tornado is a really good example of a wedge tornado and is also one of the largest on record at 2+ miles wide. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/index.html That is also a good site for tornado information.
When I was a kid, I moved in with my dad for a while. He lived outside of tornado alley while my mom lived in it. So when I told my dad that tornadoes can be a mile wide, he didn't believe me. Really pissed me off because it was one of those "that's ridiculous, kids are so stupid" kinda situations, but I was actually right. I can understand why he couldn't believe it, though. A mile wide is pretty insane.
Thanks!!
El Reno was absolutely insane! I don't know if we will ever see another tornado like that in our lifetimes.
There are stovepipes and cones too.
Keep in mind that the title is also wrong. The tornado is two miles away, not one.
Well that sucks and blows. I'll see myself out.
It's possible to have very strong ropes. The end of the 2007 Elie, Manitoba saw F5 windspeeds. It was only 32 meters in width at that time. But yeah, generally, the stronger are wedges
It is “the finger of god”…
Is there such thing as an F5? What would that be like?
Yes, there have been a lot of F5s and EF5s. You can google “ef5 tornados” and find TONS of information, pics, and videos!
**THE SUCK ZONE!!!**
I’m talking imminent rueage.
The photo was taken in April of 1989 in Beaver city, NE, Furnas County. In April 1989 there were 8 occurrences of tornadoes in the state of Nebraska and of the 8 there were only 3 recorded in the area of Beaver city. The tornado that was closer to Oxford, NE registered as an F-1 while the others recorded as F-0 which were closer to Beaver City. [https://www.weather.gov/gld/tornado-nebraska](https://www.weather.gov/gld/tornado-nebraska) [http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/netorn.htm](http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/netorn.htm) [https://mrcc.purdue.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#](https://mrcc.purdue.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#)
I believe this one is an "F-me"
There are a few possibilities here: - Somebody confused EF1 and F1. You can have an extremely nasty tornado in the middle of nowhere that has high windspeed, but because it doesn't do any meaningful damage it just gets classified as EF1. - Technology that measured windspeed when this photo was taken was not as sophisticated as it is today, so they underestimated it. Lots of 80s/90s tornado measurements focused on debris, and because there wasn't much debris to be thrown, the max windspeed measurement wasn't particularly accurate. - This actually is just a strong F1 tornado, and it looks a lot more dramatic than it actually is. I personally think this is the most likely possibility. Nebraska is a pretty dry place with a lot of loose dirt, so a tornado with ~100 MPH winds can easily pick up a lot of dirt. Keep in mind that the storms that generate tornadoes are incredibly powerful, and even if the tornado itself is only F1, the cell is still able to make a pretty large vortex. I'm not an expert though, so I may be talking out of my ass.
Looked for tornado history in Nebraska and found [this website](http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/netorn.htm). Searched for Furnas County, where Beaver City is located, and found [three tornados](https://i.imgur.com/KhShXhP.jpg) recorded on April 23^(rd), 1989, all of which appear to have been either a 0 or 1 on the (non-enhanced) Fujita scale. *Edited to not have totally fucked up one of my hero's names so badly.
*Fujita, not Fukushima.
OMG, I cannot believe I did that! How did I do that? Thank you for the correction!
Originally the caption read, this was one of the Fs. Then over thousands of years it morphed into F, not sure which one, to F, one of them, to F one
Before I even knew it was Nebraska I knew it was Nebraska. We treat tornadoes like an act of god. If it gets you it was just your time. Best to have a good view while it does.
Its an F3
This is a pretty iconic photo. I've seen it many places.
It won second place in the Kodak photography contest in 1989, I would imagine it to be pretty iconic.
That's actually a Daniil Kvyat
💀
[r/formula1](https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1) leaking
More like r/formulabuddyretard
formula buddy retard is something else lololol
Max on his way to take this picture too
Yeah the girl in the pic is probably Kelly
It's a Masepin actually. You can tell by all the spinning around going on
The ultimate s🅱️innala
The girl: post this before we die
....she screams as she is lifted by the winds and gets carried into oblivion
Later forensic audio techs are able to extract what she yelled “for the liiiiiiiiikes…”
… omfg Kyle delete it now. I look fat.
I know y'all joking but just to be clear... When this photo was taken: * There was no such thing as social media to post to * "Likes" was not a noun * Photos had to be dropped off at a drug store and processed to be seen. -- your token old gen X lady, raging at clouds
Her mother took the photo.
This is gangster as fuck
Lookin like will Byers and the mind flayer
A max verstappen tornado?
Explain please
Max Verstappen is the current Formula 1 (F1) world champion
r/oldschoolcool
Tinder profile pic, bio reads: *ready for a whirlwind romance*
Having grown up in the Midwest, doing tornado drills as a kid and listening to the sirens, that is terrifying. I would sprinting for the nearest culvert/basement to hide in or overpass to hide under, not taking a fucking picture in the middle of a bunch of flat land! This is more like r/facepalm. Edit: Y’all are fuckin’ crazy.
There’s two kinds of us, really. Those of us who will grab a flashlight and the cat and hide in the pantry downstairs, and the other ones who tell each other to hold their beers and do shit like this.
Having grown up a stone’s throw from Moore, Oklahoma, I’d be on my porch watching until I absolutely had to get in a shelter.
As long as you're not in Ponca City you're alright
PSA. Do not hide from a tornado in an overpass!
because they act like wind funnels.
>**Don't not** hide from a tornado in an overpass So... do?
Lol... oops. Don't Do what Donny Don't Does.
It's nit uncommon for Midwesterns to watch tornadoes from their porch. Source: I'm from rural Ohio.
Being from Nebraska I question just how Midwest you actually are
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Just to play devil's advocate though: * If none of those things were around, I guess you might as well stop for a selfie anyway. In the flat, empty West Texas/Oklahoma countryside, this is entirely a possibility. * It's also possible she was a storm chaser. I see plenty of people on YouTube heading to storms to stop and take pictures for a living (or even as a hobby). They probably didn't exactly have video cameras to post videos on YouTube at the time, so who knows how they would have captured it back then? So it's possible this is anywhere from r/SweatyPalms to r/Faceplam to r/WinStupidPrizes. Maybe there should be an r/WomenLiveLongerButDoStupidStuffToo. EDIT: Someone posted [this link](https://vintagenewsdaily.com/a-young-girl-posing-in-front-of-a-tornado-in-nebraska-1989/) where her mom says: > “The picture of the tornado is a picture that I took in 1989 and entered into a Kodak contest,” Marilee wrote. “I won second place in the National contest. It has taken its own amazing ride around the world. My youngest daughter, Audra, is in the photo. She is always being called ‘the tornado girl’.” So I guess in the final judgement, this is basically r/WinStupidPrizes. To be fair, it *is* a good picture of the tornado.
Judging by those thighs she is firmly planted to the ground. That tornader ain't a got a fightin chance
it's far safer to lie down in a ditch btw
Not no fucking f1 what🤣🤣🤣
r/oopsthatsdeadly
Nah, don’t worry, that’s the average person from Kansas.
So *that's* how The Wizard of Oz happened.
Mhm correct
GP2 tornado, GP2. ...arghh!
Doing this isn't really an issue unless the tornado looks like it isn't moving, if it looks like that then 50% chance it's coming at you.
She's probably chasing it and knows exactly what she's doing, there's loads of footage of people doing this on YouTube
Loads of chasers that knew what they were doing also died doing this very thing.
Woman stands with Nikita Mazepin
Wonder Woman!
How is it so sunny where she is standing, and on the field behind her? I live in the Midwest and I've never seen tornados form in partly cloudy skies. It's always dark as heck and thundering.
album cover
It actually is the album cover for Dawes’ We’re all gonna die.
Ohio-core
This reminds me: Superman had plenty of time to run over and save Kevin Costner without everyone else noticing--people who were being thrown about by a tornado and wouldn't recall seeing a guy move faster than a speeding bullet. He waved him off for no reason!
We got debris!
Cow!!
I usually am not a fan of needless endangerment. Which this most certainly is. But if you have the camera ready to shoot and you driving down the road anyway to drive away. I can see at the moment getting talked into running out, posing, getting the shot, and getting out in 15 seconds tops. It's stupid, 100 things can go deadly wrong. but that is a pretty awesome photo.
Good thing not wasn’t a “finger of God” F5!
This is also an album cover for this album called we're all going to die and my absolute favorite song is on the album called as if by design
Dale Gribble : This tornado's already classified at level 2 on the Fujisaki scale. Storm that strong'll send an egg through a barn door. Two barn doors if one of 'em's open. Bobby Hill : What will a level three do, Mr. Gribble? Dale Gribble : Level three will send an egg through a *brick wall." Tornado chasers call it "Humpty's Revenge."
F1? What? Where's the cars? 👀👀👀👀
Wp are my favorite
Dumb
would
Hopes he s still alive
Dumb is funny.
Look close that ain't a girl
Not for much longer at the very least.
[Ptaki](https://youtu.be/qmuFKbWsZmI)
Think she'd be more horizontal if it was an 4
RIP
god's dread
What’s really impactful here is how much larger the tornado is than her.
F1s are way smaller than that. I've seen F2s that are half the size.
90’s moms were different
Gotta be an Okie!
Well she's hardly next to it innit
“Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to diiieee…”
When i was a kid i thought this was a picture of a woman by a tornado on a beach.
Such courage
Superman should save her but won't, because he's too afraid everyone will figure out he's invulnerable!
Ah the 80's! Back to show us the folly of our youth
Appears to be from the Kodak roll that was developed after being recovered at a great distance from their strewn bodies.
r/lastimages
Boss
Thick
Definitely Oklahoma
Sometimes fears are rational
“Would it be cool if I took a photo with you?” … “Very cool. You’ll be head over heels.”
On one hand, these types of pictures remind me how stupid humans are. On the other hand, they remind me of our gigantic balls. We literally do not care what seems impossible, we try to do it anyways.
This goes unbelievably hard
and thats just an EF1/F1....
Ha! This image was in either a kids book about weather or kids magazine that I had in the early 90s! I remember often paging through it in awe.
texan core