Tornado

★★★★★ · Excellent film · RickinFla · 2007-11-04

This is a very good film. Excellent content, dialogue and great editing. This film was made when there were very few moving images of tornadoes in existence. Rick Filkins Cape Canaveral

★★★★★ · 1950's Tornado Warning System · JayKay49 · 2011-12-18

The SELS was organized in 1952 but it wasnt til 1957 or so that they produced credible tornado watches (then called "Tornado Forecasts". I love the obsession with looking southwest and the now disdaiined practice of running around opening windows on the north and east side of the house (people have been killed wasting time with that manouver which has been shown to have no basis). It was also discovered that the southwest corner of a basement may not be the safest corner because brick walls can shift and fall straight down and kill people there...you're supposed to get under sturdy furniture.…

★★★★ · A rare (to see) example of period meterology · uniQ · 2009-03-29

Shows tornado preparations in the Midwest in the 40s/50s, and especially noteworthily, the actual forcasing methods. Well acted/scripted/edited, easily worth the time.

★★★ · It's a Film! And It's Coming Right For Us! · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-02-14

Jesse Brummett's looking through his home's screen door during a thunderstorm. Suddenly, there's dramatic music. He opens the screen door. He sees it! Stock footage of a tornado!! Now that we've got that silliness out of the way, the short settles down to footage of damaged downtown "Elmville" and some good explanations of what a tornado is, how it behaves, and how it is predicted, using stock shots, drawings and animation of lightning. Oh, and what do do if you're in the path of a tornado. Just stay put. Go to a corner of your home with a radio and a dog, or duck and cover in your school.…