Imagine being so close to a tornado that you could see inside it—and still make it out alive! That’s exactly what happened to a few brave (and very lucky) people. They described the inside of the tornado as a mix of chaos and calm, with debris swirling everywhere and an eerie, almost peaceful silence in the eye. One man even said it looked like a "giant washing machine of destruction" around him. Miraculously, they managed to escape with minor injuries, which seems almost impossible given how powerful tornadoes are. Their story is a reminder of nature's raw power—and why it's best to keep your distance from twisters! 🌪️ Credits: Tornado simulation: by NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tornado_simulation.gif Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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00:00It was June 1928, when Mr. Keller almost lost his life in a terrifying natural disaster.
00:07He was outside with his family when he noticed an umbrella-shaped cloud that seemed to be
00:11approaching them.
00:12It gave him a sense of foreboding – a tornado was probably forming there.
00:18Indeed, in no time, three huge funnel clouds were dashing their way.
00:24After rushing his family into the storm cellar, Keller decided to have another look.
00:28And what he saw both terrified and mesmerized him.
00:34The twister was directly overhead, but inside the swirling cloud, everything was eerily
00:40still.
00:41The man could feel a strong, grassy smell.
00:44He had trouble breathing.
00:45He looked up and saw a circular opening right overhead.
00:49It was around 50 to 100 feet across and around half a mile high.
00:54Keller could clearly see the walls of the rotating cloud.
00:57Constant bursts of lightning zig-zagged from side to side non-stop, illuminating this horror
01:03movie scene.
01:04The man could also see many smaller tornadoes forming and breaking free.
01:09A deafening, hissing noise was overwhelming.
01:12And the next moment, the tornado skipped over Keller's house and smashed the home of his
01:17neighbors.
01:20Mr. Keller wasn't the only person to see the tornado from the inside and live to tell
01:24the tale.
01:25But other survivors didn't end up as unscathed.
01:29It seemed to be a regular day when Chris Tuving from Dallas, Texas got to the Little Caesars
01:34in 2019.
01:35They had run out of pizzas, so he decided to wait.
01:39Well it was a grave mistake.
01:41A powerful tornado hit the shopping mall where he was staying and pulled him out of the building.
01:46Chris managed to find a support column and held on for dear life.
01:50But no muscle strength could compare to the terrifying power of the tornado.
01:55Tuving was lifted into the air and thrown into a truck parked in front of the restaurant.
02:00He tried to hold on to the hood, but there was nothing to grab.
02:04In the end, he managed to hold on to the rim of the left front tire and stayed there until
02:09the whole nightmare stopped.
02:11The tornado Chris survived had sustained winds of 140 miles per hour and was 13 football
02:18fields wide at the base.
02:20Eric Simmons recalled taking cover from a tornado in May 2019 by climbing into his truck.
02:27Once inside, he looked out of his right windshield and saw vines growing along the fence.
02:32They were moving around in a bizarre way that confused the man.
02:36And then it all started.
02:38Suddenly, everything Eric could see was wind and pitch black darkness.
02:44Then a section of a roof flew over him and shredded apart mid-air.
02:48The truck's back windshield shattered, showering the man with shards of glass.
02:53A tree in front of him was lifted into the air like a twig and the fence blew over the
02:57top of the truck.
03:00Simmons could feel the back of the vehicle lifting.
03:02He could see the power lines exploding right in front of his eyes.
03:06Even though the visibility was terrible, he could still see the flashes.
03:11It all lasted around 45 seconds, but to him, an eternity seemed to have passed.
03:17When the coast grew clear, Eric got out of the car, but he could barely walk after the
03:21shock he had lived through.
03:23He couldn't speak.
03:25It was one of the most horrifying and traumatic experiences of his life.
03:30According to the man, the real reason why he was so terrified was because he had no
03:34training, no warning, and no defense against whatever was coming.
03:39Later, he found out that the tornado had almost taken his life at a speed of 86 to 110 miles
03:46per hour and was around 75 to 100 yards across.
03:52A tornado is a rotating column of air that touches the ground.
03:57Sometimes it's connected to the base of a thunderstorm.
04:00The wind speeds inside tornadoes can top hundreds of miles an hour.
04:05No wonder they have enormously devastating potential, picking up objects, unrooting trees,
04:10destroying buildings, you name it.
04:13The problem with escaping a tornado is that it's not always easy to see.
04:18The wind, however severe it is, is invisible.
04:22The first sign of an approaching tornado might be the infamous rumble resembling the noise
04:27a moving freight train produces.
04:30There are also some other sounds indicating that a tornado is coming, but the human ear
04:35can't perceive those.
04:37When you spot that classic tornado cone, it means it has already developed a condensation
04:42funnel made of water, dust, and debris.
04:46The most destructive tornadoes are born from rotating thunderstorms called supercells.
04:51Luckily, those are something meteorologists can actually notice because such storms have
04:57a well-defined appearance on radars.
05:00Experts believe that the difference in the temperature of such a storm can determine
05:04how likely a tornado is to form.
05:07And still, there's a lot we don't know about this process.
05:11For example, the question about why and where tornadoes are most likely to appear remains
05:16unanswered.
05:21The strength of tornadoes is measured with the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
05:25The rating goes from 0 to 5, considering the damage caused by a tornado and its wind
05:31speeds, where EF0 is the weakest tornado and EF5 is a tornado I hope you will never ever
05:38come across.
05:40The EF scale rounds off at wind speeds of 318 miles per hour, with strong frame houses
05:46being lifted off foundations and carried long distances to be eventually broken into pieces.
05:53Tornadoes fly through the air for more than 328 feet away, and steel-reinforced structures
06:00are left badly damaged.
06:03Despite this terrifying power and ferocity of tornadoes, authorities report that even
06:08the worst of them have a 99% survival rate.
06:11But it doesn't mean that you shouldn't take all possible precautions to avoid ending
06:15up inside one.
06:17Stay away from doors and windows, move to an interior room if possible, and use pillows,
06:22blankets, and mattresses to protect yourself from flying debris.
06:27If stranded outside during a tornado, crawl into a ditch and cover yourself, protecting
06:32the head.
06:33Now there's another twister that is as scary as a tornado, but this one forms in the water.
06:40Whirlpools appear when fast-flowing water crashes into an obstacle or another current.
06:46The water starts swirling in a downward spiral, creating a vortex that can pull objects, animals,
06:53and even small boats that happen to be nearby to the bottom.
06:58One more way for a whirlpool to form is the sudden appearance of a sinkhole created by
07:03a collapsed cave, for example.
07:06This makes water flood the hollow structure and creates a whirlpool, similar to the one
07:10you see when you pull the plug out of a bath filled with water.
07:15While some whirlpools are small and brief, others can reach enormous sizes and be driven
07:21by constant currents.
07:23The most dangerous of them are maelstroms.
07:26If you get into a whirlpool like that, your chances to get back to the surface are slim.
07:32The incessant movement of the water and its pulling power can leave you disoriented and
07:36stuck without air.
07:39That's what happened to Stuart Foulstone when he got trapped in a whirlpool.
07:44His first instinct was to swim out of it, but this idea proved to be hopeless.
07:49The footage filmed by the cameraman attached to his helmet later showed that the man had
07:53been underwater for almost three and a half minutes.
07:57He had probably been dragged all the way down to the riverbed.
08:00There, the pull of the twister lessened a bit and finally released its hold.
08:05The guy was lucky to get spotted face down in the water and pulled to the surface by
08:09a kayak.
08:11The depth a whirlpool can pull you down to can vary.
08:14It depends on its power and size.
08:17Sadly, not everyone who got trapped in a whirlpool survived and got out again.
08:22In different ways in which whirlpools form means that sometimes they can appear out of
08:27the blue.
08:28You can't predict this process and get no warning.
08:31So the best way to stay safe is to wear your life jacket at all times when in the water.
08:37If you get pulled into a whirlpool, try not to move in the same direction as the water
08:41flow.
08:42Aim for the outer edge rather than the center of the twister.
08:46If you're lucky, the whirlpool might throw you back up.
08:49There have been precedents.
08:51And if you come over a whirlpool in a boat or kayak, do your best to stop the boat from
08:56filling with water.