Nebraska Dad Recalls Fleeing Tornado With Family

Elkhorn, Nebraska resident Troy Longe recalls gathering his family and fleeing an oncoming tornado in his truck. #foxweather #tornado #nebraska

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[StormChaserMaci.]

Just glad he got his family out of that path of that thing. That storm was catastrophic.

[dinat]

It's nice to see that this reporter has empathy for what they're dealing with and the the long road ahead. 😔🙏

[kblpuis]

Praying for every house every person that involved in this incident pray for God continue protection

[charlesbutler]

At least he was able to save his vehicle.

[c.harris]

As an Omahan, and as someone who has been picked up by a tornado in my car and dropped. That guy was very foolish to get in his truck and head out to try and outrun a mile wide tornado coming straight at him. Go to the basement.

[truthisoutthere]

I have been in 4 tornadoes including one that I lost my entire house. No one ever did anything to help me at all. In fact after the storm I got looted. Tornadoes are bad but people are worse

[derrickrr]

I’m not gonna judge him. I wasn’t there. I have zero fear of tornadoes if I’m in my vehicle and I can clearly see where it is. (Assuming it’s not extremely close and coming straight for me.) Of course, if you have a basement and you’re already home, it’s hard to top that choice. They survived. That’s what matters most.

[marktweet]

Fortunately many people in these areas have shelters built into their houses

[mingkee]

It's pretty fortunate everybody saved.
House can be rebuilt
Killed life cannot be brought back

[Izumi-spfp]

If even one well-constructed, single-family home is reduced to a pile of debris on the foundation or basement, the tornado is rated EF4. I see a LOT of piles of debris on foundations and basements. But in this video I do not see a swept clean foundation. Such a finding would constitute an EF5 tornado. And they are very rare.

[jimbell]

Thinking of the victims and their families at this time. I understand some of what the survivors must be going through, and my heart goes out to them.

I was lucky to escape with my life after a massive tornado hit the back side of NAS Memphis where I was receiving Navy training, in May 1988. I experienced 2 more tornados in my life since then. One was large, but missed us. The other was a direct hit, but it was small, so not much damage.

Every time a warning goes off I heed it and get to cover ASAP.
Never ignore tornado warnings. They can appear suddenly and take everything you have, including your life!

[RelocatetoOmaha]

Praying these families can get back on track & find housing.

[GrandstandVideo]

When subdivisions are built to the bare minimum of code for max profit. This is the result.

[nielsdorhout]

Dumbest thing to do, but it worked out this time. He was very lucky

[melissaarispe]

Hope they get help across the country.Its hitting several different places.❤️❤️

[MrsAlmaTrumble]

Praying for those who we're affected by the tornadoes last night and Friday.

[ESW]

Why would he leave a basement? Isn’t that the safest place to be even if the tornado is coming right at u??

[UTTPFaker]

It's absolute hell other there in Nebraska and Oklahoma, I really pray this is the worst of it and there's not something worse coming

[Lmarjorie]

Why keep building houses of paper and wood in areas like this? Tax papers pay for alot of this is our premiums are effected when so much damages happen.

Can we not build stronger houses that are tornado resistance? Concrete?

[FrostmourneFK]

Living in tornado alley, your expectation of tornadoes is kinda like the expectation of Earthquakes in California. You see so many of those kinds of events (severe storms) that you just learn to live with it and never expect a tornado to actually do harm to you and your lifestyle. Theres a trope that people that live in tornado alley are dopes, but that's just not a fair analysis.