Ida's remnants brought unprecedented flooding and unusual tornado activity to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Watch Mark Kobylinski barely made it to his basement before the tornado hit his home. We're so glad he's okay!
This s my one rule of thumb if it sounds like a freight train… take cover. Benn through three tornados, several earth quakes and one derecho. This holds true for all of these.
And it was probably alot more terrifying because he never would have expected a tornado in New Jersey let alone a tornado of that magnitude to strike. This was among one the most powerful twisters to ever strike NJ in modern history and only like 3 to ever be as powerful as F3/EF3. Those types of twisters never strike here.
Not property...family. I would do anything to save my pets. Their lives matter and we are their advocate. Love is love! If you don't feel that way, please don't ever get one!@ImMeandYouAreYou6942
@@iluvucrs do t get one? I have 3. But, I view them and by definition they are property. Pet owners are hilarious. They view them as “family” and are willing to go into debt for them. You do you. I love my pets, but I have no problem putting them down, if need be or it makes sense. Also, you look like a cat lady.
That's how quickly tornadoes can hit, especially if it's moving at a high rate of speed. Some of the tornadoes from Ida's remnants were moving at speeds of up to 50-60 mph. That doesn't give you much time to get to safety if the storm is headed in your direction.
In the old days my Mom said they had storm cellars. These builders need to start adding storm cellars again. Beautiful home glad he was okay. That's why we have insurance.
@@TM-oe2on when I lived in Murfreesboro, TN in 2009 we got hit by a tornado, very few people have basements there because of all the limestone only a couple feet below the surface. It was terrifying.
That last shot showing the tornado moving away, amongst the damage that it produced literally 1 minute earlier is just surreal. It's crazy how fast these things move and how little time people have to take cover.
Realistically people should listen to the NWS radio while there's a severe storm accompanied with strong winds and wait for the all clear. It's annoying but that way you don't have only seconds to hide.
I'm a National Weather Service trained storm spotter and this valuable footage is one of the best I've seen showing just how fast a tornado can appear and you have only seconds to take cover. Was a Tornado Warning in place prior to it hitting this community? GREAT JOB!!!
This tornado happened because of Ida. I believe this man was in NJ or PA, but yes many of us in the region were under tornado watches or warnings as well as flash flood watches or warnings. I'm in Brooklyn and we had both at the same time
There were tornado warnings with Ida. Several touched down in Jersey. It missed us. This was indeed a real reality and the minutes it takes to destroy. Glad he and the dog was OK.
I’m in a more eastern party of NJ and yes, we had warnings most of the day. It didn’t hit by me but, the local news channel did an excellent job of keeping us informed as to what was going on.
I only had seconds in an F1 tornado. I got an alert of a tornado saying to watch local weather, the TV showed a map highlighting my road, then the power went out. I didn't have a basement, so crouched in the bathroom shower. My house and car didn't get damaged, but trees were down and ripped apart. It took our town a month to clean up, using the high school parking lot for tree removal storage. I was without power for two days, but my sister who lives five minutes away, didn't get power for a week. This happened almost three years ago, and I still remember it vividly. I have moved to a different state since. Anywhere can get tornadoes, but some areas are likely to get them, so I moved to an areas where it's not as likely.
@@bananabreadloaf You have an almost 100% chance of survival if you are in a basement or tornado shelter so please think of that to help with the anxiety ❤
@@natalieeubank4533 I didn't. Simply stated actual facts, which is you have an almost 100% survival chance by getting to basement or storm cellar. Sorry, but facts aren't debatable
I live in this man's area. Tornados don't happen regularly here. I'd say the "get down to the basement" is kind of stored on the same level as the hypothetical "stop drop and roll" solution that you MAY need to use in life! I'm happy he took swift actions and got his animals out of harms way. This video is telling that most people in this region aren't used to the actual force behind these systems. Him lingering on the basement steps behind the door kind of shows this... then when he realized what he was dealing with the terror/adrenaline can be heard so clearly! Good work my friend! I hope this never happens to you again!
And this is why we in tornado alley do not play about tornadoes. He’s lucky his house wasn’t completely wiped to slab like some tornadoes. I’m happy he had a safe place and he and his dog are okay!
I can’t imagine. You already know us up here in the east coast especially in the tri state area of New Jersey and New York hardly get Tornadoes. We will probably get a EF1 the most and that’s very very rare. A funnel cloud here and there but nothing like this EF3 Tornado! In New Jersey east coast! But this EF3 was something we weren’t expecting at all.
The public service message value of this video alone is worth a lot more than the messily 26k views. This video deserves millions of views if for no other reason but to help him rebuild.
I'm sorry this happened to you. I'm also relieved that you took shelter when so many people would just stand and watch. It's horrifying how everything is destroyed in an instant.
Yes! And those homes up North commonly have basements too. But where Tornadoes are a regular thing the soil isn't good for basements. So sad, so jacked up.
I've not had to experience a tornado but what shocks me every time I watch these videos is how quick they can move. Like he went from hearing the "freight train" sound to a destroyed house in a near instant
When you can’t see it moving, it’s coming right to you. Good footage and when you heard the freight train sound you went inside. You should of taken shelter when you heard that noise. You are very lucky. I’ve been through two F5’s and one F4.
@@N3G4T1V3_ Well I'm that "almost nobody" then- times three (F0, EF1 and EF0) and all sounded and felt like a freight train running over the top of the buildings I was in. How many have you been through yourself, and what did you hear? Some describe the sound as jet engines which so rumble if you're close enough to them, some liken it to a waterfall which also rumbles when they're large; all three sound similar to each other. I worried where I last lived because the main N/S train tracks for my area were only a few hundred feet away so I could no longer count on an audible sign to warn of an imminent tornado strike. And on tornado sounds, many people in the 1974 Xenia Ohio tornado either heard nothing or described the sound as being like the "whoosh" you hear at a vacuum cleaner nozzle. They were in inflow bands so strong that sounds were being sucked into the tornado instead of being thrust out of it.
When this video began, I was thinking the uploader was overstating the facts. Nope. That was a genuine F1-F2 tornado. I was just surprised it was in New Jersey. Glad you are all safe.
I went through this same experience 10 years ago. I’ll never forget the intense feeling of shock as you come up from the basement and see your house and the neighborhood torn apart. My vocabulary consisted of 3 three words for 10 minutes.
I was thinking the same exact 3 words…what the fuck?! I would have been in shocked to have to witness this happen to my house. Way back in 1990 I lived in St. Thomas U.S.V.I. my first weekend living there the island had a big EARTHQUAKE!! 😳😲😬 I am originally from New York City 🗽🚖🚕🍎 so I never everrrrr experienced an earthquake until moving to the Caribbean. I have to say I was so frightened! Everything in the house I was living in felt like it was going to crumble. The house was shaking, the ceiling fan looked like it was going to fall down any second. Outside the concrete sidewalks were cracked extremely bad. The noise of an earthquake sounds loud and demonic! The United States military had a double propeller helicopter 🚁 fly throughout the alleyway because the houses are way up in the mountains to see if everyone was okay or if anyone needed medical attention/assistance. I will never forget that whole incident. Then the following Tuesday there was an after shock to the earthquake that also seemed very intense.
@@KoId. Not when it’s not at the same height as you and you can’t see above your line height! Plus, didn’t you see a another line of tall trees there further blocking the trees behind it??
I still get terrified every time I see leaves turn over on the branches like that. As a kid in Indiana we were at recess when the tornado alarm went off. We went inside to our homeroom and I watched out the window from my desk at the far side of the room while the leaves turned over further and a low hum started that got louder and louder. Principal called all the teachers over the loud speaker to seek cover the way we’d been trained, and thank God we’d done the drill fifty times as elementary students by then. We quickly lined up at the door, hearing it get louder and louder, then filed into the hall. The teacher opened the big doors at both ends and we all sat by the walls in our designated spot and put our heads down between our legs and ours arms over our heads. The tornado went almost directly over us and was so horribly loud, kids screaming and teachers telling us it would be ok, and over in a few seconds. I hated tornado drills as a kid, but looking back, our teachers and all of us kids - just young folks, elementary students - definitely knew exactly what to do and where to go, and did it all in perfect order with almost military discipline. Saved our lives, I imagine. We didn’t have any playground equipment for a while after that and some of the trailers on school grounds that were used as offices were pretty much destroyed. But we all came away without a scratch.
I've never seen anything like this. First hand view of what going through a tornado inside your home is like. Wow. Thank God you and your dog weren't physically harmed! But the noise and shaking/thumping of your house, and your reaction in the basement as you experienced this is something I've never seen anyone share before. Very eye-opening. And how quick it happened and how quick it was over, and you even coming upstairs to see what the damage was, that's the first time I have ever seen this kind of "reality snapshot" of going through a passing tornado. Even as you filmed looking out the window, and could see the tornado beyond, and see the trail of destruction it left in it's path...the view of the neighbors house across the street... the debris in the yards and road. And then the front of your own house as you filmed out the window,.... you didn't even go to that part of your house yet. Just wow.
So sorry you went through this with your doggie. It was sad to watch and hear your voice calling out for your buddy. I was relief to see you both are ok. 🙏🥺😌
I've been in some of the biggest earthquakes Cali had to offer back in the day when I lived there ages ago, but the devastation from tornadoes is total. A cloud comes out of the sky and eats your house and can kill anyone or anything in it's path. Glad you and your dog survived this one bud. Stay safe out there!
Props to him for acting fast and taking such great care of his dog and ensuring its safety ❤ My dog is either chasing with me or sheltering. Not a chance I'd go without him.
My only shelter was a little travel trailer not even strapped down in an F2 in West TX back in the 90's. I had a dog with me too. Golfball hail sounded like canon balls for many minutes and the trailer rocked up on two wheels almost rolling over four or five times. I was braced on the bathroom floor. It was over suddenly but my legs were bleeding from flying glass. The dog was fine. When we stepped out, the creek nearby was a rapid of ice cubes. Crazy. Nature is awesome.
Oh goodness I would have been so scared. I'm so grateful you both made it even though I don't know you. May God continue to bless you as He did that day. And your doggy.💓🐕💓 Amein 🤗💛🕊️🙏🏻
@@bananabreadloaf My son lived Fort Smith Arkansas in an apartment complex ...... no apartments below ground level (water table was too high) ..... all on slab ..... 2 and 3 story buildings. They were on the second floor ..... the complex did not have a storm shelter or series of tornado worth shelters for the tenants ...... and they could do was gather in ground level apartments and all crowd as much as was physically possible toward the center of the buildings. They were very fortunate that their complex was never hit.
If you still live in Texas for god's sake make yourself a tornado shelter! A hole dug in the yard, lined with brick or cement , a ventilation pipe and a solid trap door is all it takes!
@@2degucitas Oh cheers for concern! The ventilation pipe would be really fun to make music in when not sheltering, ha. I live in FL now and stay in a Hilton bunker when storms come. That storm came before I had a chance to strap down. I have never breathed more amazing air than after, though. Cool pungent that only the desert does after a storm.
I agree as well 😭 but I live in the south where the water level is high so you can’t build a basement so when there is a tornado warning all we can do is hide in my parents closet 🥲
@@QueenAshonti Here we just include a sump pump. I'd rather be standing in a couple of feet of water but alive, in any case, than blown to bits. I mean there is that. But of course safe rooms are a thing, too, and can be built into homes where basements are too iffy. Gotta have SOMETHING.
The scariest part is that wasn't a direct hit. He only got skirted by the circulation. He timed that perfectly. Had he dilly dallied any longer hed be a cautionary tale. Also wild that New Jersey is getting strong tornadoes now. I thought they mostly hit here in the central US.
@@Teresa-Teresa2024 it came about 10mph wind shear force from becoming an EF4. This tornado reached 150mph EF3+ in Mullica Hill, lowered back down to EF1 in Sewell and ramped back up to EF2+ in the Wenonah/Deptford/Woodbury Hts. area. I tracked it and chased it and it was unbelievable. I’ve seen EF0 and EF1 tornadoes in the region before, but I was legitimately speechless and awestruck when I came across this one. At one point, I was about half a mile from it as it passed through Wenonah / Deptford and it crossed in front of me. The width of the wedge at contact point had to be at least 3 football fields wide. It was much larger in Mullica Hill.
Living in Tornado ally my whole life has trained my ears to the sound. He knew exactly what to do. When you hear the sound of a train getting closer and closer you got about 25-45 seconds to get to your safe place. A distinct sound the slightest difference from a train is a low whistle ....3 seconds your ears are gonna pop (like when taking off in ✈️) ....if your ears are popping and you haven't taken cover yet-- too late. Lay flat right where you are.
I live less than 50 miles from where this hit. This tornado was rated a high-end EF3 with winds of 160 MPH destroying numerous structures (including leveling one structure of substandard construction to the ground) in Mullica Hill, New Jersey. About a month before this one, another EF3 (low-end at 140 MPH) hit Trevose, Pennsylvania less than 30 miles from me. Truly monumental events, and this was the first tornado rated a F3/EF3 in New Jersey since October 18th, 1990 and just the fourth since records have been kept since 1950. Nearly 20 years ago, a high-end F4 hit La Plata, Maryland in 2002 so this was not random.
this was insane footage, it kind of reminds me of the tornado that hit washington illinois. im glad this guy and his dog are okay, that tornado was huge
Yes I thought the same exact thing. Reminds me of the video of the man and his daughter running to their basement and the terrifying chainsaw noise. I was only a couple miles away from there, was a terrifying experience for sure.
Great footage! Thank you. Us in the Northeast have little experience with tornados and can learn a-lot from this video. IMPORTANT: Whenever there are tornados around, collar & leash your pets! This way you can easily grab them & keep them with you.
Finally someone smart enough to get in the basement and not stand in danger just for a video. 👏🏻 thank you for this amazing footage! I’m glad you and your dog are ok!
True indeed and especially living in the east coast we don’t see Tornadoes on the regular basis let alone a damn EF3 like the people that lives in tornado alley. They know the small details like the spinning of the clouds etc. When he said it sounds like a freight train and it’s coming, I was like yeah he well aware of the situations s escaped. Great instincts
Wow...scary!!! I'm so glad you and your pet are all right and got to the basement just in time. Crazy how fast this happened. Prayers for you and your family and neighbors 🙏 ❤
I am happy this gentleman and his dog survived the tornado by doing everything correctly, from watching the weather to seeking shelter at the proper time. My one suggestion - if one has enough warning time - is to grab leash(es) and/or carrier(s) for your pet(s) to help keep them safe. I hope you did not suffer any significant losses and were able to make the necessary repairs to your home in a timely manner. Best of luck to you and your family (including you pup) for the future!
My Mom lives in a town not to far from here and I live about 30 minutes from here. It was so terrifying that night! I live in a second floor condo and nowhere to hide if that had happened! It was so windy I was afraid that was going to happen to us! I am glad this man and his dog was ok ❤️
I’m so sorry. I live in the south and see this kind of destruction often. You are fortunate to have the ability to have a basement. Because of the Yazoo clay many can’t have basements built here. You will rebuild. Blessed you and your beautiful dog were not hurt.
A very important point is that the tornado did not have the classic appearance of a tornado, in the before video; it didn’t have the classic shape dust and debris and there was no obvious rotation-at least not that I could see-it just looked like a storm cell worth watching, yet a minute later in the after video it was very obvious it was a tornado. Very informative and lifesaving video. The take away?: a tornado doesn’t look like a tornado when you are in it.
I've never experienced a tornado, and I am STUNNED. Im looking at that beautiful deck furniture wondering why you didn't bring it in, and then you're running downstairs and I'm like your dog, what's going on? The swears I swore looking at that aftermath! Dayum.
:53 is when he says freight train, then by 1:57 he’s already in the basement and the tornado is going through his house. This is crazy!🤯 glad u and ur dog are safe🙏🏽 thank u for sharing !
I could head the terror in his voice. So happy the dog and him are okay. I can’t imagine how terrifying it’d be to come upstairs and see everything destroyed, even buildings (as someone who lives in socal)
Thank you for taking shelter (and bringing your dog!) rather than standing out on the porch to watch, as so many do. Taking shelter for you and your loved ones, including your pets, is the appropriate action. I'm so glad you shared this video. I am so sorry your home suffered damage, but I am grateful you and your dog are okay. I hope you are able to repair.
This was scary to watch. I am so glad he had a basement and that the tornado didn't take his house. So happy he is alive and is Buddy too. 🙏🏼 Thank You Jesus. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
It's Jesus' grace that he and his puppy survived! We have no power to be in the right place at the right time! If anything, it's obvious that the storm was all powerful! So glad he survived!
Don’t know whether to like or dislike…I’m a former Marine and this terrifies me but I’ll do what I have to do, to help someone..glad you and your dog made it thru
This is why I live in a steel reinforced poured concrete home with steel girder supports for the roof. I live in Florida and my home is built to withstand a category 5 tornado for 24 hours or a category 5 hurricane for a week. I'm also about 35 feet above the record tidal surge for the state of Florida. I got lucky finding this place. Too many people live in homes that might as well be cardboard.
You can really tell which newer neighborhoods and houses are built under the newer, better building codes after a bad hurricane. The difference is stark. It’s one thing to go through a house fire like we did when it’s just your house that is damaged but the whole area has power and everyone is not looking for help or hotel rooms like you are. BTW, when something like this happens, after the danger has passed (and it still has not for his area even after this video), your first phone call is to your homeowner’s insurance company. They’ll help you get hotel rooms, and get the house secured from any further damage. We have insurance through USAA and they were awesome. We were in a beautiful hotel and it took 5 months for our house to be finished and livable. All paid for by our homeowner’s policy.
@@Happybidr With so many natural disasters, insurance companies are starting to tighten their insurance benefits. So, not as many opportunities to stay in fancy hotels while your home is rebuilt and they will nickel and dime what they cover.
I remember that day when Ida moved thru. I'm in SE Pennsylvania - and I've never seen tornado warnings in our area in my life like on that day, and I've lived here my entire life. I have to hand it to this guy for his bravery and quick thinking. Everyone in the path of Ida was at risk for these tornadoes and it was a scary day. The weathercasters were all saying that tornadoes of this size happen in the midwest and south - never here. But they did that day. Dude, I hope you have good insurance and that your home is on its way to being repaired fully. Glad you took quick action and you and your dog were safe!
Home Insurance should cover all the repairs plus hotel stay etc… Owning a home similar to this one I’ve learned to make sure you have good home coverage so everything is paid for.
It's absolutely crazy 🤯 of the damage that a 🌪️ can do to a 🏚️ i just a few seconds from what people who have been in a 🌪️. It can't be stopped or slow down, change directions. Sir you and your 🦮 are blessed to see another day. I hope no lives was lost in the neighborhood.
