10 of History's Most Insane Storms

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[Estolcles]

As a fan of "Top Tenz" and having noticed how many lists in the past Karl wrote that Simon ended up reading in the I was waiting for when he was gonna end up doing a list he himself wrote in a sheer moment of internet fun-ness.

Today I was not disappointed.

[pottsniffgrond]

Can we all just agree that you are in fact, now the Host of TopTenz. The community has spoken and Jarl Karl of the Small Wood must stay 👌.

[victoriaeads]

I believe "Sh1tstorm" is the technical definition for a double hurricane.

[DFSJR]

We need you to stay on as a regular host.

[joeschmoe]

As a 40 year old native Kansan, i have stood outside and watched at least a dozen tornados, including the ef5 Andover tornado as it hit the air force base. Theyre quite intriquing to watch really.

[JPriz]

I'd like to see you guys do a video about snowstorms and blizzards. In 1972 a village in Iran lost all their inhabitants (4000) due to a storm that dropped 26 feet of snow in 6 days.

[elfdream]

Interesting about the storm and the American Revolution. A powerful storm on August 24 1814 caused the British troops to leave Washington DC...and put out the fires. Some meteorologists theorize that the 'burning' may have contributed to that storm.

[NiallSkye]

My mom survived the super outbreak of 1974 in Ohio. She missed getting caught in the Xenia f5 by about 30 minutes. When she drove by after, she said the town was destroyed and she saw a piece of paper embedded in a tree.

[RunningwithLB]

It's called the Tri-State tornado outbreak because of the most well known tornado of the outbreak traveled through 3 states those being Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. It was on the ground for 3 and a half hours and traveled 220 miles

[fabrisseterbrugghe]

I was in Boston when the no-name storm (aka the perfect storm) hit. It was terrifying.

[Mythilt]

I grew up in Beavercreek, Ohio, which is the next town to the west of Xenia Ohio, which was basically leveled during the 1974 tornado outbreak. I was too young to remember it, but I knew several people from Xenia who lived through it.

[russelllomando]

fantastic info. great job KS. you gotta stay as our host!!!
FYI...the highest point in Galveston waa 8 feet...the storm surge was 15 feet. inconceivable !!!

[seanj]

In and around Boston, the name we used for "The Perfect Storm" was actually "The No Named Storm" because it was not a hurricane and didn't have a name.

edit: ok. he acknowledged it RIGHT when I thought it was done and hit "enter."

[Jobe]

The Tri-State Tornado Outbreak is called such because of one tornado, the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 which set records for time on the ground, distance traveled, and death toll. All of those records except the death toll were broken by the Quad-State Tornado of 2021.

[route]

With the tri state tornado outbreak it is thought one tornado hit 3 states. More recently that has been questioned, but 1 tornado hitting 3 states has been the main story.

[bitpix]

still love the idea of xkcd's "dubstep storm"

[Whisper_]

I was nine when the 1974 tornadoes hit. What is now known as an EF-5 swept across Louisville, Kentucky, and thankfully, my house was about a mile south of the path. My parents were at work, and my mom saw the tornado. She said the clouds looked like they were boiling.

[darkstorm]

When i say i love me some simon, but you Mr.smallwood is a perfect equal to his way of hosting...
I used to LIVEEEE on his main channel so it was such an easy idea seeing him elsewhere...love it love it

[thehomeschoolinglibrarian]

Great video as always Karl. I feel sorry for the people of Bangladesh as the reasons tornadoes are so deadly there is because the country is so poor and also very wet so it is harder for people to find shelter.

[marktg]

Watching this while there's a storm outside, although not a record breaking one.