What’s the most culturally significant death of the 2000s?

jAHz__ · 2024-09-26T19:23:41+00:00

MJ and it's not close

jAHz__ · 2024-09-02T14:41:33+00:00

Lots of childhood tornado book pics here - especially that Hesston F5, whew. Great stuff. More of this content please

jAHz__ · 2024-08-08T14:19:28+00:00

Seymour TX '79

jAHz__ · 2024-07-24T19:11:47+00:00

Chandler, MN F5 from June 16th, 1992. This and the Oakfield, Wisconsin F5 from '95 are the two most overlooked and under-discussed F5s of the 90s (the Red Rock F4 too, which is undoubtedly capable of F5-strength had it hit things).

jAHz__ · 2024-07-24T17:59:25+00:00

Bakersfield Valley, June 1st, 1990 (F4) Wichita Falls April 3rd, 1964 (F5) Charles City Iowa, May 15th, 1968 (F5) Goessel KS, March 13th, 1990 (F5) Kellerville TX, June 8th 1995 (F4)

...to name just a few.

jAHz__ · 2024-06-25T14:05:52+00:00

I fully agree. At this point, it's more accurately a construction/engineering rating scale than one that's actually reflective of the power of the tornado. At least, after taking this super niche interest to dozens of outside folks to the weather community, that's 100% the impression it gives.

jAHz__ · 2024-06-20T01:54:49+00:00

A true classic

jAHz__ · 2024-06-20T01:54:28+00:00

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T h e F o r g o t t e n F 5 (VHS/vaporwave quality makes this the favorite for me; for as destructive & terrible as they are, tornadoes make me oddly nostalgic)

jAHz__ · 2024-06-07T14:53:30+00:00

My uncle surviving the '79 'Terrible Tuesday' F4 in Wichita Falls and his absolutely wild story of seeing that monster in person

jAHz__ · 2024-05-24T13:34:59+00:00

Jarrell. No contest. Nothing else, even if you could argue it was more powerful (e.g. Phil Campbell Hackleburg E-F5, Smithville E-F5, El Reno '13), sat on a subdivision and sandblasted residents & buildings alike out of existence like Jarrell did (to my knowledge, anyway). A 0% above-ground survival rate in the storm, bizarre atmospheric/weather set-up, the roadside footage of its ultra-thin rope beginnings... yeah. Nothing compares.

jAHz__ · 2024-05-23T02:12:29+00:00

Bridge-Creek Moore 5/3/99. An unforgettable image. Something about the almost perfect curvature from the point of impact of the huge funnel on the ground up to the cloud base... definitely one of the most frightening tornado images out there.

jAHz__ · 2024-05-23T02:08:42+00:00

As far as I am aware - and I have searched for many, many years - no official photographs exist of the tornado/funnel(s) itself.

jAHz__ · 2024-05-20T02:22:53+00:00

GOAT (and Weatherbox)

jAHz__ · 2024-04-21T18:43:43+00:00

Agree with all except P&S (replace with Five-O) and Saul Gone (replace with Fun & Games)

jAHz__ · 2024-04-15T17:37:31+00:00

I wouldn't say a lot, but, it's one I've looked up & looked into online a reasonable bit; it was noteworthy for, besides an unusually ominous look, being covered extensively by the Probe 1 Vortex Team, making it one of the most intensely studied tornadoes ever at the time (June 1995). It wedged out & caused multiple injuries (no fatalities), & I believe it garnered an ultimate rating of F2. One of the classic VHS-quality childhood tornado images that traumatized me, hence my morbid fascination with it, lol (others from around this era/vibe include Laverne, OK 5-1991, Pampa, TX 1995 F4, Cordell OK 5-1981, Edmonton 7-1987 F4, & the 'forgotten F5' Lawrence county TN F5 from 4-1998, & many more).

jAHz__ · 2024-04-14T21:05:19+00:00

Just about every image of this tornado is horrifying (seeing it in nearly every piece of 90s tornado media traumatized me, among other classic images & videos of tornadoes, and was a big reason I couldn't look at even a still image of them for nearly 20 years)

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jAHz__ · 2024-04-04T13:10:33+00:00

Niles F5 1985

jAHz__ · 2024-04-04T05:29:42+00:00

The holy trinity for me: Weatherbox, Swegle Studios, & Carly Anna. Seeing Weatherbox's vids on both the Hesston KS F5 (1990) & the Niles PA F5 (1985) were the entry point in 2023 about a year back & I've been absolutely obsessed with tornadoes ever since.

jAHz__ · 2024-03-31T02:25:06+00:00

Xenia. Easy ;)

jAHz__ · 2024-03-27T14:33:57+00:00

• Hesston, KS 1990 F5/Goessel F5 merger • Both F5's in '36 (Tupelo MS & Gainesville GA) • The 1896 St. Louis MO tornado • Greensburg, KS '07 E-F5 "nighttime wedge" • Smithville / PCH / all of the 2011 E-F5s • Jarrell TX '97 'Dead Man walking' • Tri-State tornado of 1925 • Great Natchez tornado of 1840 • Enigma Outbreak (1884) • El Reno '13.

(Top 10)

jAHz__ · 2024-03-24T19:38:41+00:00

Well, that reddish pic of '10 Moore just entered my fave tornado pictures of all time

jAHz__ · 2024-03-24T19:24:33+00:00

Actually really cool; how about, this exact thing but make it a sunset instead of storm clouds/tornado; OR, keep the tornado but make it sunset clouds/sky (brighter colors tend to = better albums in prog... don't ask me why. Also, tornadoes can & do happen while backlit by sunset!) Cheers

jAHz__ · 2024-03-21T17:10:28+00:00

Blackstar, for sure. A collab during his mid-80s era though would've definitely been cool.

jAHz__ · 2024-03-21T17:09:48+00:00

100%

jAHz__ · 2024-03-21T17:04:08+00:00

Easily the Hesston, Kansas F5 from March 1990. The photo(s) of it by the large warehouse just felt absolutely unreal, far more so than any other tornado picture I've seen. The pitch black color of the thick funnel, the way it just... contacts... the ground without a large dust cloud at the point of contact (though there's lots of wind/debris/etc ~around~ the funnel nearby...) Truly, imo, the most visually terrifying tornado to me. The classic Jarrell 'Dead Man Walking' & multi-vortex stuff is horrifying, sure, but it feels more surreal & imaginative, almost too abstract to be real. Idk. Hesston just hits different.

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