What I find haunting is the “Time Until Impact” starts at 1 minute 55 seconds. That gives you a frightening idea of how little time you have to find shelter before a tornado hits your position.

@Rek_Rc

4 ай бұрын

Maybe, but it wouldn't take me even 15 seconds to get from the 3rd floor of my house to the basement, which they had. As soon as I saw it, I could have myself and my family sheltered fast enough in that full time frame to get bored waiting for it to hit. As far as pets, I wouldn't bother trying to gather them to be honest. My wife and son matter a billion times more than the greatest dog of all time would, so that would be another time advantage in my opinion.

@TitaniumTurbine

3 ай бұрын

@@Rek_Rc Clem was an old man when this happened, he wasn’t zooming from the top floor to the basement in 15 seconds. Lol

@PhenixJoe

2 ай бұрын

Still had enough time to get somewhere better, and hopefully get his wife to safety.

@bearzdlc2172

Ай бұрын

@@TitaniumTurbine he wasnt disabled though. and he even admitted he thought the tornado would miss them. literally a nigga without arms and legs could wiggle around and get around faster. and 15 seconds? clown. he had 2 minutes to react

@mikeyo2515

Ай бұрын

​@@PhenixJoeHis wife was on a lower level and died

To this day remains the scariest tornado footage I’ve seen. I appreciate you making this video as it adds a new perspective to the tragic event. Fairdale is so tiny but that tornado took a direct line through it. I’d imagine not a single home in Fairdale remained fully intact. Scary footage right here.

Clem didn't leave his wife to die. He went upstairs to get batteries for flashlights. It's tragic 2 best friends passed away, but show some empathy. This poor man has suffered enough 💔 😢

@zachsattack_2020

2 ай бұрын

hes dead

@NJBallProductions

2 ай бұрын

@@zachsattack_2020Source?

@jaydoll487

2 ай бұрын

He was not going to get batteries he was not afraid of dying and seriously was just worrying about recording it and he said he didn't think it was coming for the town even tho he seen it coming directly at him and then when it hit the house he was way to quiet and calm like he was preparing and it just seems off

@goldfishbelike

Ай бұрын

@@zachsattack_2020he’s not.

@ExCordeEnt

20 күн бұрын

I would say he got a bit side tracked. Sorry, but I would have been with my wife. Clearly had time to realize it was coming and he decided to stay and record. It's odd... I don't lack empathy, but perhaps understanding.

You can hear all of that debris slamming into your neighbor's homes. Its insane. How did Clem not even die?!

@Ryan13163

8 ай бұрын

He was the cameraman and the cameraman never dies

@GoldenRing2023

4 ай бұрын

if you're the cameraman, You're leveled up enough to get "immortality" access 😂

@goldfishbelike

2 ай бұрын

not so fun fact: their dog survived, but clem’s wife and neighbor didn’t 😔

@SteveWillNotDoIt1984

Ай бұрын

He had the Cameraman Invincibility Cloak with the Steady-cam power-up

@mathewabraham7415

Ай бұрын

Clem was recording next to the homes brick chimney-it must provided just enough protection for a few moments before being destroyed. Still hard to understand how he lived. Poor guy has suffered so much.

Clem = absolute beast, so sorry about his wife though.

The entire clip freaks me out, but what is most surprising is his utter silence for the entirety of it. No shouts, curses, prayers, nothing ; if it had been me, I’d have left the window, but you’d never hear the tornado over my yelling the “F” word over and over!😊

@gayhshs

5 ай бұрын

Yeah no.

@kenthompson5723

5 ай бұрын

"what is most surprising is his utter silence for the entirety of it. No shouts, curses, prayers, nothing" ------------------------------------------------------ Yes indeed. And as such he might be a better storm chaser than some annoying current storm chasers, kids like reed timmer who, with their shouting and screaming, make their videos all about themselves, instead of the tornado.

@Allenmarshall

4 ай бұрын

​@@kenthompson5723how would you fund the operation?

@kenthompson5723

4 ай бұрын

@@Allenmarshall Funding would be up to the person doing the storm chase. I'm not a storm chaser.

@sammylacks4937

Ай бұрын

Takes a lot to get the man excited.

RIP to he's wife and neighbor🙏

Such a tiny neighborhood and it went straight towards it. Freaky stuff man

If the tornado looks like it's not moving left or right, it's heading towards you.

@DailyTrashy

5 ай бұрын

or backwards

@user-xj8wy4uu1q

2 ай бұрын

Tornados can stand still at times

@happycanayjian1582

20 күн бұрын

There’s always someone that has to post this same message on every tornado video….🙄

2:03 it literally sounded like Clem's house exploded due to the tornado. 😰

@PatrioticSouthernEdits

21 күн бұрын

thats because it did.

@JzdenPlaysRBLX

14 күн бұрын

@@PatrioticSouthernEdits it collapsed not exploded

@PatrioticSouthernEdits

14 күн бұрын

@@JzdenPlaysRBLX Well it technically collapsed but the pressure at some point made it explode in some form or manner

Ah thats so scary to see put into perspective like that. With the original I never really checked the time until impact and almost felt as mesmerized as I'm sure Clem felt when seeing that absolute monster barreling towards the town.

Good work.

This shows that tornadoes are not as slow as think they are.

@babybirdhome

19 күн бұрын

Sometimes they are. Sometimes you couldn’t even outrun one with a car.

Wow his story is really sad. I just watched a small part of his story on a news channel and it's heart breaking.

It’s my favorite tornado video I’m just a few towns over. That day was crazy!

I went to google maps street view to look at the town of Fairdale. What's interesting is the street view image capture says august 2023, and it sure doesn't look like a violent tornado went through there. Large mature trees and old houses standing in many parts of the small town. I wonder if the tornado sideswiped the town and Mr Schultz residence was on the outskirts. Very strange.

That wail at T-1:15 was terrifying.

Ok, that's why the guy lived. Thank you so much.

Man, fuck anyone shaming this guy for not "doing more" for his wife. What could he have done? She was already in their basement, which is the safest place you can be in this situation. Unfortunately, it's a 50/50 bet with a tornado this size. This man surviving is a prime example of that bet. He was in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, yet he was the one that survived. He has to live with that guilt every day. Let the man live in peace for the rest of his years, goddamn.

@michaelmero426

17 күн бұрын

From what I’ve understood she was handicap and on the first floor…dependent on him to get her to safety. But instead of doing that he filmed her death in a round about way. Which if true deserves to be shamed. Because that’s a dogshit human being act if I’ve ever seen one.

that’s actually terrifying to think about

This is the most terrifying video of a tornado that I have seen. It is very sad because it changes the life of the guy who is quiet looking and waiting for the tornado hoping to pass just beside his house.

How again does this video explain what happened to him

This is without question the bravest man I've ever seen on video, to stand perfectly still whole that's coming is fascinating and ballsy

@rheaking7839

8 ай бұрын

Is that bravery or stupidity?

@TravisDillon2000

8 ай бұрын

@@rheaking7839 how can it be stupidity?

@jordanberube7305

8 ай бұрын

I think he was someone at peace with the prospect of dying imo

@Leafy_Captain

7 ай бұрын

he thought it was going to pass

@dubaiedge

3 ай бұрын

Very brave, facing the end, not saying any last words. I'd have been screaming & crying. And screw the filming.

I think it's crazy how small and out of the way that little neighborhood is, how there's nothing around it, and the tornado literally went right through it. And, as a final insult, it waited til after hitting the area to start turning NNE.

It’s like they always say, the camera man’s luck is evident

Heartbreaking they didn’t evacuate before this.

I seriously thought the person recording this was just suicidal because he was quiet wasn't scared and just kept on recording knowing it was heading directly towards him I still wonder that even tho he says he didn't think it would hit but even when it hit he was still calm it's just strange

@goldfishbelike

2 ай бұрын

even if he knew it was coming, it was an old man, he wouldn’t have that much time either

@lifewriter7455

16 күн бұрын

​@@goldfishbelikewell, if he knew he was old and couldn't move away quickly in case of danger, then why did he go upstairs in the first place?

@goldfishbelike

14 күн бұрын

@@lifewriter7455 he needed to get lanterns cuz the power went out (it might be a different reason but that’s what i heard)

@lifewriter7455

14 күн бұрын

@@goldfishbelike well, then why does he keep in filming?

@goldfishbelike

14 күн бұрын

@@lifewriter7455 read the first reply i made on this comment

I feel compassion towards the people who loose their lives suddenly without warning or don’t have time to escape these horrible storms but when I see thrill seekers purposely endanger their own lives by trying to beat the odds and film these things up close are absolutely in-sane and show no value or sacredness in the life they’ve been given. These storms WILL KILL YOU!! If you want close ups then set up a camera and run for cover, don’t stand their and let it hit you!! Your life is too valuable to be playing chicken with natures fury!!

“When it’s not going right or left, it’s coming towards you” - Teddy Rosevelt

There was debris from this thing tornado in towns a long ways away. I had part of someones fence in my yard and im about 15 miles away. It ripped through a friends house north of faredale. Saw power poles pulled from the ground with the dirt blown off them and set back into their holes. Scary day thats for sure ill never forget it.

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😱😱😱😓😓😓😓😓

Its disgusting to me people who never set foot in the area, or know anyone affected, are using HIS video for attenrion still. What actually happened is his house was hit and he lost EVERYTHING that day, including his wife.

@michaelmero426

17 күн бұрын

His wife might of still been alive if he got her into the basement instead of leaving her stranded on the first floor while he decided to film her death for clicks

@Aidan-vy9qz

2 сағат бұрын

@@michaelmero426or you know absolutely nothing about the situation and should never comment on it again. It’s a natural human reaction to be shocked and he was also and old ass man. He couldn’t process it and also he didn’t think it was gonna hit the house. When he realized it was too late and he’s obviously not going to make it down in time. I get so tired of idiots like you saying stuff when they’ve never experienced it.

That’s really scary. I would be in their safe place

So tragic i 🙏 he is ok

@vinny4411

2 ай бұрын

He survived; his wife was killed. He is still living as of March 2024

@michellerowan9568

2 ай бұрын

​@@vinny4411he still lives. Gonna be 94 this year.

He could've saved his wife's life by simply warning her...

You could see the individual vortices at times, Jesus. Really sad considering I forget either he or his neighbor had a basement but they didn't want to go down there because of spiders. His wife and the neighbor died.

@feoltmanns7624

5 ай бұрын

I’d say wrap up in a blanket and get in the basement

@LiL.Pixxie

5 ай бұрын

As a person absolutely unreasonably petrified of roaches, I completely understand why they didn't 'brave the spiders'. You can't tell someone with a fear who unreasonably is petrified to "just wrap up in a blanket" because the anxiety of the fear won't let you think logically. I know when I see a roach something happens in my brain and I become this crazy person screaming bloody murder and running aimlessly away while screaming. It makes absolutely no sense and those around me are shocked at the level fear on my face. At work, one person thought it would be funny to scare me with a dead roach. I was so scared that I had a cardiac event and spent 12 hours in the ER. So, while it makes no sense to you why someone would risk their life because of some "stupid spiders" ... I completely understand and trust me, people like me with irrational fears beat ourselves up over how ridiculous our fear is and why we can't control it.

@She2rawthentic

5 ай бұрын

@@LiL.Pixxieyeah I much rather get sucked up by this monster than to have spiders on me. Deathly afraid

@apriltorres3684

5 ай бұрын

Well maybe the good old Spock knock out grip under the shoulder blade.

@dannyllerenatv8635

4 ай бұрын

That just made it even scarier. The fact a large tightly knit wedge like this one had its suction vortices so visible at times is something else.

Im guessing the sound when the tornado was 0:17 minutes away was a house or a electric cable

I've always found this vid creepy because the tornado seems to be just sitting there, then seems to sight on Clem's house and make a beeline for it, like it *knew*. Is it possible it was tracking away, then suddenly turned?

I grew up in western Michigan, and we used to have tornadoes every summer. Moved to Florida when I was a kid. This video made me realize I dont want to live anywhere in tornado alley again, hehehe.

@user-so4ks4vm3y

3 ай бұрын

What kind of sick freak laughs about that on a thread like this?

@regaininglife9084

2 ай бұрын

What about hurricanes and flooding?

@strongestnattyever-videos2247

Ай бұрын

I’ve been in hurricane Harvey, and I’ve been in the Joplin tornado (visiting spouses family)…. I can assure you, a tornado is 10x more horrifying.

@AmericanNomad82

28 күн бұрын

​@@strongestnattyever-videos2247i just watched a bunch of videos the other day about the EF5 that wiped out half of Joplin. I live about 45 minutes from there now. At the time i didn't even live in this state but I can't even begin to imagine the terror you and everyone felt that day. Here where i am now we just had severe storms and tornado sirens going off for about an hour the other day and had 2 tornados touch down in little towns right next to me and i was scared shitless. Anyways the next day i binge watched a bunch of Joplin videos on KZread and that's possibly the worst one and most damage ever recorded. Man what a day that had to be for you. 😳

😮😮😮 😢

What's crazy is you can see this tornado cross the highway on the Sam Smith underpass video while he's in his truck.

@RayRaySoShy

3 ай бұрын

Yeah this video and the guy in the truck are 2 of the scariest tornado videos I have ever seen

@vernonandrews6310

3 ай бұрын

@@RayRaySoShy I'm having a hard time tracking the 2022 Andover tornado.

@NotLimiter

2 ай бұрын

@@vernonandrews6310did sam smith stop on the 72?

@NotLimiter

2 ай бұрын

Nvm it was on interstate 39

@vernonandrews6310

2 ай бұрын

I'm not familiar with the area.@@NotLimiter

We didn’t find out. I thought you were going to show or tell us. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Fun fact: According to the NWS, the tornado had weakened to mid-upper EF3 intensity by the time it impacted Fairdale, where the only fatalities occurred. It was almost certainly EF5 at multiple points between Rochelle and Fairdale, with the NWS assigning about a dozen damage points along its path as being consistent with exactly 200 mph winds, most of which were well constructed, bolt-anchored homes that were completely swept away along a 10 mile stretch that started just southwest of Rochelle. Just 1 more mph at any of these sites would have meant an EF5 rating. Many have noticed the outright refusal of the NWS to rate anything higher than an EF4 since their "hometown" of Moore received the last EF5 in 2013. Moore and Norman share a border, and most of the NWS employees live in Moore. Coincidence?

@KJChasing

8 ай бұрын

yeah..?

@jazzandrocknroll3235

3 ай бұрын

Yeah no doubt Rochelle/Fairdale was a EF5. Vilonia, Chapman, Bassfield, Mayfield and Rolling Fork were all EF5s too.

@MrAjking808

3 ай бұрын

That’s not how it works lol 😂.. I think a lot of you feel the term EF5 sounds cool & think every tornado needs to be called that

@davenorman7172

2 ай бұрын

Nothing cool about it, the tornados rightly mentioned above all had obvious EF5 damage indicators. It's the sheer reluctance of the NWS not to rate any violent tornado EF5 that frustrates people. Tim Marshall states that the Mayfield EF4 was too slow moving to warrant an EF5 rating. Always seems to be an excuse.

@hollymccormack4081

9 күн бұрын

It seemed very deliberate that they marked the top speed at 1 mph below the EF-5 level. They are very stingy with the EF-5 ratings since Moore for sure. That said, an EF-4 can destroy you life just as effectively as an EF-5 - I'd prefer to avoid them both!

I remember watching this storm on WGN News 9 radar. With all the open fields out there, the damn thing had to go right through that tiny community!

What I don’t understand is why is he filming vs getting back into his basement ?

@michaelmero426

17 күн бұрын

Were they actually in the basement? I’ve seen some reports about it that said his wife was on the first floor while he was upstairs recording this. And that she was also handicap and reliant upon him to get her to where she needed to be. But I guess it could go either way…those are reports that I’ve seen though. Which if true? Makes this dude the biggest moron and crap human being I’ve seen in a good while. If he actually got her to the basement first? I can respect that

Is this video asking or trying to tell

His chimney crushed his hand and vertebrae but his wife was not so lucky

Whats crazy is the tornado goes in a straight line until after it hits the neighborhood then it starts turning to the left. This was a EF4 i could imagine a EF5

Well? What happened to Him

Bros in the attic and survives 💀

@The__Gent

2 ай бұрын

That's one strong roof.

The caption is so poorly written, the weirdest and most awkward phrasing ever.

This might be the only time a tornado victim recorded their own death, aside from whatever videos police have in evidence or have released to families who just haven't released anything yet.

I want to know why he didn't get to safety.

@shadowwolf9503

3 ай бұрын

He thought it was going to miss his house.

@TitaniumTurbine

3 ай бұрын

Clem said he went upstairs to get some flashlights because he thought it would miss his house but that he would still likely lose power. While up there, he thought he would do some filming, but then when he realized it was coming towards him and he didn’t have enough time to get back downstairs (he’s an older man), he decided to just stay there.

@The__Gent

2 ай бұрын

@@TitaniumTurbine Holy shit.

@vooptr

25 күн бұрын

@@TitaniumTurbine Dude has titanium balls. Straight stared that thing down like an OG in a back alley, just steady breathing. No sweat on his brow...

Not trying to be insensitive, but if you see a tornado coming straight towards you…why not get in your vehicle and drive a mile down the road? I’d rather have at least a little control over the situation instead of hunkering down and hope it misses me.

@ClefairyRox

17 күн бұрын

In almost every case trying to escape a tornado in a vehicle is the worst thing to do. Vehicles offer zero protection from flying debris and can even be picked up and thrown themselves. Tornados can also change in size, speed, or direction with no warning. Not to mention that tornadoes are often accompanied by large hail which will pound the shit out of your car. I say almost every case because there was a family in Jarell, Texas that escaped an F5 tornado in their car. But that tornado was unusually slow moving-it was only going about 2 mph as it grinded a neighborhood of well-built homes and their residents into dust. But that's the exception, not the rule. In most cases it's best to take cover in an interior room of a sturdy building, a storm shelter, or underground.

is clem still alive?

@TempChasing

5 ай бұрын

Yes he is, he is well and okay.

@cameraman523_edits

5 ай бұрын

@@TempChasinggood im glad he still alive

@justinmedley7650

3 ай бұрын

​@@TempChasingdoes he have Facebook or do u know? 😢

@vinny4411

2 ай бұрын

Clem has since passed away

tell me that is not directed....

@titos_z

Ай бұрын

It’s not

@vooptr

25 күн бұрын

that is not directed.

i am trying to figure out where clem schultz house was originally at

@metaldiscipline3955

8 ай бұрын

If I recall, it was located at the center top of town. I've looked up the address and compared it to Google Earth, and it's an empty lot now since no one rebuilt in the area! In fact,you can look around Fairdale and still see the impact from the tornado!

@TravisDillon2000

8 ай бұрын

@@metaldiscipline3955 thank you very much for your helpful information and thanks to the help you gave me i happened to locate clem schultz house it is by the intersection of main and brown street the other house that you see in the video was located at west and brown street

@betterthanmost9549

7 ай бұрын

Exactly in the middle of town where the two streets meet.

@solarrecordsroblox

6 ай бұрын

i think i recall that his house is located on earth

@GlitchedBruh_ManIsCrazy

5 ай бұрын

the people here really trying to dox this guy💀💀

That’s honestly proof the camera man doesn’t die

@bearzdlc2172

Ай бұрын

you have a brain. use it and come up with an original comment.

@titos_z

Ай бұрын

@@bearzdlc2172 😐😐😐😐

@titos_z

26 күн бұрын

@@bearzdlc2172 alright now use your brain and come up with a language that’s not used by others 🤌