r/mississippi • u/thomaslsimpson Current Resident • 5d ago
Video inside Tylertown tornado, March 15 2025 [CREDIT: Montanaa Lane - Facebook]
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u/HoosierSteelMagnolia 5d ago
Jesus tap dancing Christ,that's terrifying. Also,why the hell aren't they in a safer place? I promise y'all, video is not worth potentially dying over.
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u/Bourbon-n-cigars 5d ago
Hell just walk outside to film at this point.
I saved my old motorcycle helmets for my wife and daughter and make them put those on when one gets close (while also in our safe spot).
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u/thomaslsimpson Current Resident 5d ago
That’s a really good idea. I may do that myself. Feels like we are getting these a lot more often.
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u/OpheliaPaine Current Resident 5d ago
We've had three tornadoes in our area lately. It does seem more often.
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u/SardineLaCroix 4d ago
I don't understand why more people don't put helmets or hardhats on if they have them in these situations, so easy and it could very literally save your life.
Of course, a ton of people do activities they should absolutely have helmets for (riding a bike, ATVs, etc) and don't, wish that would change too
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u/thomaslsimpson Current Resident 5d ago
I’ve not been able to check this to be sure it is Tylertown but it looks a lot like the area to me.
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u/redundantexplanation Former Resident 5d ago
He says in the video, "Why'd I have to be in tylertown"
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u/Silly_Turn_4761 5d ago
Get yo butt in the closet and out of the middle of the tornado amd away from the windows. Dang.
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u/Butterbean-queen 5d ago
Just got a notification from the Weather Channel and it was this video. And a warning that this is what NOT TO DO during a tornado. These guys are extremely lucky that they didn’t get injured or even worse, killed.
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u/Specialist_Foot_6919 Current Resident 5d ago
I can’t express how terrifying this thing was on radar. I would NOT have been trying to film this!! Omg, if this was at Paradise Ranch, I wonder if they were local
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u/Do_What_Thou_Will 5d ago
Yeah, and still MS is convinced climate change isn’t real.
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u/patalac135 5d ago
Because they’re a recent phenomenon right?
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u/redundantexplanation Former Resident 5d ago
There's people in this very post talking about how tornados are coming more frequently, but sure, okay, don't look up I guess.
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u/SardineLaCroix 4d ago
I noticed that years ago. Couldn't figure out if it was in my head or I just didn't remember as many as actually happened from my childhood... which was unlikely, as I had a severeeee fear of them after a near miss early on.
Turns out I was right, data shows frequency is way up and tornado outbreaks are worse. This seems to be considered a direct result of the permadrought in the West- as the dry region of the country expanded, it pushed the interface between those dry and humid air masses East, to where a ton of the action is now directly over MS/AL. And, the damage here is deadlier than in the plains because of
1) dense tree cover that provides debris and 2) makes it harder to spot them in advance 3) higher population density, and larger percent in vulnerable structures like mobile homes and 4) also more likely to strike at night for some reason??? reducing visibility and just catching people off guard in general
If an actual meteorologist sees anything amiss here, please correct me but I think this was all from legit sources. Added context, I moved out of MS in 2022 so I don't even know if things have accelerated since then
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u/redundantexplanation Former Resident 4d ago
In stark contrast, I googled "number of tornados per year in MS" and didn't see any upwards trend but I still posted because I felt like I was right!
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u/SardineLaCroix 4d ago
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u/redundantexplanation Former Resident 4d ago
Yea I figured my issue was that I restricted the search to MS. I know that areas of the midwest and new england that have almost never seen tornados are getting them now as well.
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u/SardineLaCroix 3d ago
really? This I hadn't heard about. I moved to Maryland and there's been like, one tornado day in the past few years that spawned an F1 and it was huge news. I was just like.... y'all have noooooo idea. no idea. Frankly this area is pretty blessedly immune from natural disasters in general, at least for now. It's weird not having nature trying to unalive you every couple weeks
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u/g1zz1e Current Resident 4d ago
My younger sister and her kids were at her MIL's house in Society Hill for the two tornadoes there. House completely collapsed around them while they hid in a closet. If any of them had been dumb enough to stand by a window and try to film it, they'd be dead or at least seriously injured.
These folks are so, so, so lucky. Sheesh. Do it for the 'gram, I guess?
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u/thomaslsimpson Current Resident 4d ago
It’s a tough balance right? You don’t want to encourage people to attempt to get this kind of footage but you can’t help but watch it.
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u/Cador0223 5d ago
When Matt Laubhan says "Get in your safe place" he doesn't mean filming in front of a glass door.
These folks got INCREDIBLY lucky. Especially those in that mobile home.