clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

Wow.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

And not a damned thing you can do about it other than hope to God it doesn't come your way!

bwa

Moondoggie Loc: Southern California

Pretty intense!

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

If you noticed, the tornado is actually invisible near (or even on!) the ground until it starts picking up ground debris! Pretty sure I experienced a 'small' one years ago... in my truck! Sure feel sorry for those folks!
I have a storm room inside my home now, and an older tornado shelter in my back yard. Used the storm room less than 3 weeks ago, near miss!

KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego

Hi Doug, first off, I'm glad for you that the "near miss", was in fact a miss! I'm curious though, (and this is a completely serious question). I am not trying to be funny in any way, but why would you, or anyone for that matter, choose to live in an environment that can be subject to disasters such as those tornadoes, almost predictable annually? Is there something that makes the area desirable, or maybe the cost of living /homes /taxes? I've asked this question before, (not on this forum), even of people who have installed "underground storm shelters", one who has an entrance in his garage floor, with stairs down into the "safe room", which has a generator for power, a porta-potty, and a stock of food and water! The only answer I ever get is, "because it's nice here", or something similar. So as I asked, why do you think anyone would want to live somewhere that dangerous? All the best, and good luck,
Ray.

parmruss

Here's some more from school surveillance cameras of the same event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Qu7cgwJmw&list=FL047eUQGuVQluLC_zw5Mvog&index=1 . Watch the car starting at 1:07!

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

I've asked the same question... bwa

SteveFranz Loc: Durham, NC

Actually, there are very few places you can live that are absolutely safe. With over 7 billion people in the world, if you are lucky, you can find a place to live where you are comfortable and reasonably safe.

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

That is quite like asking 'Why do you live in San Diego, to me'! Your area is subject to fires, earthquakes, high crime rates, and severe weather, etc.
As near as I can tell, there is no 'perfect' place to live. Hot, cold, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano's, drought, floods, hurricanes/cyclones, big cities, small towns, rural, governments, terrorists, tornadoes, and the list goes on. Arkansas has experienced the strongest of earthquakes (1811/1812), tornadoes, etc, but in truth, the 'catastrophes' are actually few and far between. We stay 'weather aware', and take appropriate actions if/as needed. I felt one earthquake here, 4.0 50+ years ago.
As for reasons to live here, in addition to 'home', there are many! Mild climate, but an occasional snowfall, our families (and even distant relatives) have lived here for 170+ years (NONE have been injured or killed in a weather event), beautiful state(!), and more.
If I/we ever considered moving away, our favorite place is... Wrangell, AK! It has 5 feet of snow (or more), earthquakes/tsunami possibility, long winters... but the location is spectacular! And the people are very friendly! We don't let the weather conditions dictate our lives (well except for the rare hour or so).

San Diego:
https://www.augurisk.com/risk/state/california/san-diego-county/06073
San Diego was #6 in 2020 for fire, and quite high fire dangers for several of the last 23 years!