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Home video of tornado shows need of emergency plan
kare11.com ^ | 11:26 p.m. EDT May 27, 2014 | Jay Olstad,

Posted on 05/27/2014 9:28:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin

"There's this human tendency to want to see stuff," said Hennepin County Emergency Management Director Eric Waage.

Waage points to a study that shows more than half of the people surveyed need a visual confirmation of a tornado before taking shelter.

In North Dakota, people got very little warning, if any at all, according to The Associated Press.

Waage said knowing where there is a shelter long before severe weather is on your door step should be your priority, not capturing video when the tornado is on your doorstep.

"If you're waiting around here for a visual confirmation, it can be a deadly choice," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at kare11.com ...


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1 posted on 05/27/2014 9:28:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

What was that, an F .001?

Cool footage, good times.


2 posted on 05/27/2014 9:54:00 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: BenLurkin

If that was the scariest tornado video that lady newscaster has ever seen, then I venture to say she has not seen many at all. Perhaps she should call her Ft. Worth and Dallas affiliates to see the footage of the one taken from a chopper last spring for starters.


3 posted on 05/27/2014 10:03:32 PM PDT by miele man
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To: BenLurkin

Beautiful footage, thank you.


4 posted on 05/27/2014 10:06:32 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: BenLurkin

BFL


5 posted on 05/27/2014 10:42:29 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: BenLurkin

Oil Fields apparently do not drug test. [Or even verify sobriety on the site, d00d.] Interesting...


6 posted on 05/27/2014 10:45:24 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Polonius, my old friend, step on the gas and let me shake your hand...)
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To: BenLurkin

Screw the MSM! See the original, unmediated version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtP3ls9_VhU


7 posted on 05/27/2014 11:11:05 PM PDT by cynwoody
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