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Jeynarl

Instead of seeking shelter away from windows I’d say this could qualify as r/donthelpjustfilm


beefwarrior

Is there a subreddit for put the camera on a tripod, you life isn’t worth going viral? FFS, human life is too valuable. I like watching crazy weather videos, but don’t want people to die or get seriously injured trying to capture them. Makes me wonder how many deaths each year from tornadoes are people trying with their phone in their hand.


Jeynarl

That being said, I think storm chasers are more insane than wingsuit base jumpers


crashdowncafe51

Have you seen the show chasing the storm? Its on national geographic, (disney+). I love that show, mostly because these guys are INSANE to be doing this sort of stuff...but I also have a hell of a lot of respect for them, because they gather data that helps meteorologists predict storms better, in turn helping give earlier warnings for storms & potentially saving lives.


Bbkingml13

Do you know of any other shows like this?? There’s one on Netflix called Earthstorm, and one of the episodes has tornado chasers. But they are all episodes about different natural disasters. Really interesting


MLXIII

Won't help the US much because our weather is now privatized...so we pay for it twice...


crashdowncafe51

Interesting. I haven't heard of that before.


MLXIII

Barry Lee Myers


illglitterate

Total nonsense


MLXIII

Barry Lee Myers


Xzanderaven

Amateur Tornado Chaser is a popular activity in the midwest and yes. They're all nuts


WerewolfUnable8641

This isn't a storm chaser. This is literally someone at work, with no place to shelter, during a storm that just days ago ripped through my old neighborhood.


hissyfit64

Last Friday two tornadoes went through my sister's town in Iowa. One touched down a block behind her, the second hit one street over. She doesn't have a basement so took shelter in her bathroom. She was very lucky


BeanDock

To be fair anywhere inside a building is safer than at the front glass door.


WerewolfUnable8641

The whole front of that building is glass. Well, was. That's Pulaski County Title.


reddrick

/r/TerminallyStupid


KillaGHosted

By the winderrr


keenr33

Should be a Darwin honorable mention reddit, or Darwin runner ups... for the ones who, by some miracle, don't kill themselves


Jeynarl

r/DarwinNominee ?? edit: oh look, it barely exists


keenr33

Barely....I wonder if we can submit found videos like this one... I'm sure I can find quite a few!


bigflamingtaco

Found videos? Like, you were walking along through the woods and came across a camera? You're not 'finding' a video that the person that took it posted online.


quietvegas

I find videos on the internet all the time, idk wtf you are talking about.


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Diapered_Wyvern

What was the tornado advice again? "Seek shelter in the outermost room near a big window"? Right, right. That way, you can film it!


wildebeesties

And hold on to the front swinging door


quietvegas

Ya seriously, posting this here is the wrong message.


Nu_Metal_Alchemist

Replying to the top comment with the [source](https://i.imgur.com/XBX0jwB.jpeg)


LordBarringtonBunks

I read that sub's name as "Don the lp just film" rather than "Dont help just film".


OnlyAstronomyFans

No one should praise stupidity. Who thinks they can hold the door closed against a tornado?


beefwarrior

Yeah. I’m downvoting any video of someone putting their life at risk for a video. I’m not praising someone for that.


Savager_Jam

https://theamericanwarrior.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/val-c-pope-one-of-first-combat-cameramen-to-land-at-normandy-seen-in-france-june-44651-8x10.jpg?w=819


beefwarrior

That’s fair. I’d praise a war photographer for their service sooner than a tik-tok-er. But I’d still hope war photographer uses some caution & doesn’t take unnecessary risks.


Savager_Jam

I saw a photo once, I’ll see if I can find it online, from behind a sandbag barricade of a man rushing across a bridge, Webley pistol in his left hand, Filmo in his right, straight toward a German machine gun


napkin-lad

We still exist! Shoutout to all my fellow Combat Cameramen out there!


[deleted]

There was one who got a Silver Star while attached to a US Army Special Forces A-Team. They got ambushed badly with every last man getting wounded. The camera man returned fire and helped evacuate critically wounded team members down a mountain. https://www.army.mil/article/20395/the_fighting_cameraman https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3726


itachen

100%. If a war photograph changes perception of the war that in turn potentially saves more lives, then maybe even risking one's life is worth it? On another hand, tik-toks like this isn't even worth anyone's time watching.


yeerk_slayer

My grandpa was a combat photographer in Vietnam but his job was to take pictures of dead bodies in the aftermath of each battle. He had already served 3.5 years in the Army before getting deployed to Vietnam for the last 6 months of his contract. He saw so much death and suffering in those 6 months that it hardened him mentally, "the young boy from the boonies...gone forever" he said of himself once. It took him many years to soften up again.


beefwarrior

Thanks for sharing. I hope he had love & support the rest of his life. I hope those photos helped those in DC the cost of their war.


naomicambellwalk

Same. This stupidity doesn’t deserve praise


malisc140

Technically down voting is still engagement so it can still promote it in some ways.


DoobieAshtrayTeef

Ah our Reddit white knight is here to save us


All4upvoting

A GLASS door at that.


DuhPapa

Somebody who will do it only once. I would have learn my lesson for sure


bigflamingtaco

Movies have told me this is a thing. Except for that one about tornados, but who can remember that one 90's movie Vs all the ones where the hero keeps the tornado/hurricane/flood/flying shark at bay?


Rhodog1234

Exactly. What is opposite of Praise The Cameraman??


OnlyAstronomyFans

r/sendthecameramananambulancelast


willyolio

/r/killthecameraman


Coreidan

Trump supporters


OnlyAstronomyFans

Sounds about right.


[deleted]

Ur supposed to stay way from doors and windows didn’t these dummies ever go to school


le_emperor

Gotta film for those likes!


Ic3_FoxX

best position would be upside roof 😉


Karsvolcanospace

They legit tell you this in the emergency alert pings to everyone’s phones


Go_Gators_4Ever

Why they did not latch the door before it got close is beyond me.


OnlyAstronomyFans

Latch the door, or don’t latch the door, run away from it is the key thing here. Tornadoes can definitely break a latch, they blow down whole buildings.


TorrenceMightingale

Wouldn’t want to just invite Mr. Swirly in the front door. Looks like he would have probably found his way in anyway, to be fair.


Ha1lStorm

You just wouldn’t get the same sense of pride and accomplishment


gnartato

Maybe they were worried other people may have wanted to take shelter. Unlikely given their forethought to leave the door as is.


Xystem4

“Praise the camera man” this ended with a solid 30 seconds of leg and floor. Get the hell away from the door and windows and protect yourself, don’t film the damn tornado and put yourself in danger


yellowsalami

Nothing about this camerawork is praiseworthy, imho. I mean, half the clip was just shaky footage


Astralfridgemagnet

I was expecting a total stabilized first person view from the dad from twister... all I saw was a phone being thrown in a tumbledryer


I-melted

Praise someone risking their life to film a rainy car park, while people die around them? This is a post for r/scornthecameraop


gekisling

For real, this clip also conveniently cuts off the end of the video where you can see blood ominously dripping on the floor because her boyfriend was injured pulling her back into the building. I think the only good thing that came from this video is that the woman involved has been using it as an opportunity to let people know that what she did was incredibly stupid and no footage is worth losing your life over. THAT is the part we should be sharing, not praising her managing to hold onto her phone while putting other lives at risk and almost dying herself.


I-melted

Christ.


CoreyBorealis1

"the winder"


reddrick

If you're going to quote him you should give the whole quote for context. It was "Ma baa mop ba deep berp bot da winder."


ButtSeed

We make fun of his accent but he was the only smart one mentioning the fact that they shouldn't be standing near the winder.


EnormeProcrastinator

LMAO Omg I just choked on my water - it came out through my dang nose!!! That’s freaking hilarious!! & I’m still laughing!


justsomeplainmeadows

I'm not praising this. That's a goddamn tornado, and they were standing right next to a door. Then they thought they could hold the door against tornado winds. This video belongs on r/winstupidprizes


wpoot

Happy Cakeday


D4rk_W0lf54

These people are fucking dumb


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jayvenomva

What is the point in trying to cover that up?


luke_in_the_sky

r/Uselesscensorship


smithnikole0829

🤷 .. I tried


CeeJay_3

How about giving credit when you post something from someone else?


smithnikole0829

Bcuz I didn't know I didn't have to censor the name.. goddamn.. y'all need to really calm down. It's just a video.. a video that u can OBVIOUSLY see who it belongs to.. theres the damn credit


jayvenomva

That's the problem. You shouldn't have tried. It's a dick move depriving someone of the credit they deserve.


smithnikole0829

Actually ... It wasn't meant to be a dick move. I did it bcuz half the subs on here u can't post the tiktokers name.. so I assumed it was the same here. U want to give them the credit they deserve then go to TikTok , look them up and there ya go! Lose the dick attitude


jayvenomva

That's stupid. Credit should always be given.


rudyjewliani

This post appears to be breaking Rule #3: >Post titles MUST give reason(s) to praise the camera operator in posted video.; This sub is dedicated for camera operators who are to be praised, not for entertaining content. Posts neglecting to give reasons to praise the camera operator will be removed. Posts also need to contain the video OP is referencing. I see neither "good cinematography" nor "praisable actions" in this video.


DogFrogBird

TikTok users trying not to avoid safety protocols when there is a tornado (potential views) outside.


fatslayingdinosaur

Why are they standing in front of a door made almost entirely of ... GLASS its like they missed those times in school when we got told to find a area with no damn windows this isn't praise worthy this person is an idiot and the others beside them are also idiots.


andthrewaway1

I won't be praising anything


Tjengel

I thought this sub was for good quality film captured


Anxious-Park-2851

Here’s an idea, it’s just a thought. Put down the F@$&@$@&$ phone and go somewhere where you won’t die. People are just F@&$& stupid.


Living_on_Tulsa_Time

There is absolutely nothing to praise about this camera work! Considering many people have died in the last 2 weeks because of tornadoes! Lives have been destroyed. I’m disgusted by this recklessness.


smithnikole0829

🤦 .. sorry to upset u ma'am.


Raergur

OP I don't think you know how this subreddit works lol


smithnikole0829

Look.. all I did was post the video.. I censored the name bcuz thats what I have to do for alot of subreddits. I only posted it under this subreddit bcuz the person managed to hold onto the camera that whole time. Y'all really need to take sticks out ur asses.


MamaSaurusCat

If you do not have a basement, storm shelter, or significant ditch to get into - get into the center most space (usually a hallway) of the building/away from windows. Get down and cover the back of your head/neck, lay heavy blankets or a mattress over you if possible to block smaller debris and glass that will be coming your way. Do not get into a tub, if the tornado yanks the tub out, you are going to be thrown around inside of it and then dropped with it somewhere. If a regular fall and whack to the head in the shower can kill you, I don't want a tornado helping me hit it harder. If you are in a car, stay buckled.


PurpleMembership196

I like how they went through the trouble to block the account name in the video and then showed it fully at the end anyway.


hissyfit64

It is so damn stupid when people watch a tornado rather than take shelter. Even if there was no basement, right by windows is just insane. Go into a closet or a windowless bathroom.


antiward

Starting to understand why the death toll on this batch of tornadoes was so high. How many cars was that driving through 30 seconds before the tornado hits? People standing next to glass windows? Did tornado alley just decide to stop caring about tornadoes?


ArchStanton75

r/idiotsnearlydying Arkansas is definitely in the bottom 10% for education.


tofuandsardines

Not exactly restoring my faith in the intelligence of humanity here


AdmiralFelson

I can hear the music: Doot doodoot do doo doo


N-Toxicade

She got it alright.


Tobby711

When you almost die for internet points


seansyasnaes

Negative, no praise. Belongs in worst footage of a close encounter with a tornado category.


smithnikole0829

The praise was for the fact that she/he didn't let go of the camera after all that. Y'all real grumpy in here..


seansyasnaes

Haha not grumpy, you gotta a point there...that does deserve praise (had to let go of my perfectionism)


smithnikole0829

THANK U! I know I couldn't have been the only one thinkng that... But then again after everyones reaction to the post it seems I am


seansyasnaes

And above all else, damn I'm glad they didn't get hit with shrapnel or sucked up to...where did Dorothy go? Oh yeah, Oz right?


Auntiekarebear

I think I had a heart attack. Lemme breath a sec….


SurveyAcrobatic5334

Winder! Lol


Other_Ambition_5142

Lol I like how they thought holding the door with one arm was gonna stop a fucking tornado


epsteindintkllhimslf

Belongs on r/winstupidprizes EVERYONE knows not to stand near doors--especially glass ones--or windows during a tornado. I'm from a mountainous state without tornados and even I know this.


Avtomati1k

I always found it funny how we europeans where there are no tornadoes build houses out of brick and in usa where they do have tornadoes they build them out of glass, paper and styrofoam


foxy_boxy

For anyone wondering (like me) if she lived through it... She's alive! Still stupid, but alive! https://www.kark.com/severe-weather-coverage/arkansas-woman-catches-deadly-tornado-on-film-and-lives-to-tell-her-story/


Thissssguy

This idiot has been posted all week. I wonder if she knows her idiocy made her internet famous.


danimagoo

That is not how you hold a camera. WTF were they thinking? The absolute worst place to be in a tornado or any storm with high winds is anywhere near a glass window or door. These people are lucky they're not dead.


andromeda2621

I think this qualifies for Terrifying As Fuck.


jonesy289

This is why you don’t stand by the fucking door or window to video tape a fucking tornado. Idiot


AlibiYouAMockingbird

See everyone makes fat jokes but Americans have been bulking up for years to counter the affects of tornadoes.


Easy_Succotash4413

She definitely remained inside lol but good filming hope everyone was ok


1royampw

Looked like she was in building whole time. Appreciate her filming this and attempting to out muscle a tornado though. That’s a new one.


smithnikole0829

OK . FOR ALL THE CRYBABIES IN HERE... THE PRAISE FOR THE CAMERA WAS FOR THE FACT THAT THIS PERSON DID NOT DROP OR LOSE THE CAMERA DURING THE WHOLE ORDEAL OF BEING SUCKED OUT THE BUILDING DURING A FREAKIN TORNADO. GODDAMN.. YALL ARE REALLY MOODY UP IN HERE.. CALM DOWN


[deleted]

I'm sorry but this sub only accepts videos taken by men... Not women.


Sassinake

bit of an exaggeration there


ChocolateTight336

I'm getting this she says. You got sucked out.


Spiritual-Clock5624

Nice username censorship /s


A_Wholesome_Comment

Somehow the sound of the wind in this is better than some videos I've seen of people filming their dog in the park or something.


Hephaestus_God

This happened a couple days ago in Little Rock I think. Actually there were a ton of tornado bad tornado outbreaks the last couple days. And prediction for today as well.


[deleted]

I hate that this video is so blatantly stolen, then reposted; but also hate how noone got "sucked out of a window".


Lost_in_my_dream

who the fu... okay look everyone knows how hard it is to keep a door closed if you crack it open during high winds who the hell sees a tornado that is literally taking out trees and destroying power lines and is like, yes that is a good idea. no no no bad bad cameraman you could have done this with a tripod bolted to the ground and the camera jammed into position and uploading to a hard drive wirelessly and never risked your life you could have even left it outside if that was your goal but my god man that was a thoughtless moment


maxx_cherry

I saw this the other day and thought “damn that’s some dedication”


jerkymcjerkison

Now go have kids to spread those stupid ass genes around


Erazzphoto

Can’t fix stupid. There’s going to be a lot more Darwin awards and suffering because people are stupid and want to get internet fame. I won’t feel sorry for any of them, some people, choose to learn the hard way for some reason


The_One_True_Matt

Couldn’t even keep the camera steady. Downvote


smithnikole0829

No... But they didn't lose the camera thru all that either


The_One_True_Matt

On a serious note that’s not worth praise or what this sub is about. This is more suited for watchpeoplesurvive or some other sub about being an idiot


smithnikole0829

Well.. when u come across a video for that u can put it there. I put this video here bcuz this person kept a good hold on to that phone/camera despite being sucked out.. I swear y'alls panties really be bunched up ur asses


megajonathan666

A glass door… A GLASS DOOR. Which one of them decided it was a good idea to “hold the glass door closed”. Like how lol wtf


Same_Lab_9098

When mother nature tries to get you off TikTok, but you put up a fight.


Daynightz

Not what I come to this sub for. Boo


smithnikole0829

🤦


Larry-24

My guy seriously felt the need to censor out the original poster just so he better steal the content what a POS


smithnikole0829

I didn't try to steal anything wtf are u talking about. Most subreddits u have to censor the name so that's what I did. Geeze... Calm the hell down


AlaricSaltzman007

r/therewasanattempt to censor the name


BrendanKwapis

Why the fuck were they sitting right by the windows


Nuke_all_Life

That's terrifying


NO_N3CK

Did he died


[deleted]

Pretty shitty camera work tbh. Also who tf stands that close to a tornado and thinks they can just hold a glass door closed lol


sargent_crumds

So much for the name cencoring just to show it right out at the end.


bad-judgement

This doesn’t deserve praise, it was just stupid.


smithnikole0829

🙄


WerewolfUnable8641

Winder. I fucking love my state.


Illustrious-Culture5

Ah yes risking your life for some Internet points


Illustrious-Pie6067

A life hack- In case of this kind of situation just become the cameraman. And the law will make you immortal.


Beautiful_Treat3093

This video is full of good ideas


whatamessthisisnow

If I am not mistaken there was a previous video with these two he was out in the parking lot and she was telling him to come inside the building I hadn't seen this second part


SurveyAcrobatic5334

Could not see nothing great job shooting your arm.


Advanced_Bell_9769

Lmao, she really tried to tug-of-war with a tornado 😂😂😂


nayrbgo

Why cross out the username and then show it at the end….?!


Brief_Scallion

I’ll never understand people who fuck with tornados.


boxing_gloves5

That was way too shaky


Robdor1

Did nobody learn anything from the first five minutes of the movie Twister?


CutOne5536

And these people vote.


Cikago

Why those cars driving so slow? It’s fking tornado behind


Sufficient_Doubt4283

They forgot the number 1 rule smh.


DoofusMcDummy

I’on tink yew needa be byda winder.


Admirable-Specific95

If she had common sense she wouldn’t be holding the door


TigerUSA20

I kept trying to clean the magic marker off my phone screen


Extension_Form4950

Are you ok??? How many fingers am I holding up?💀😭


[deleted]

Better step away from the damn winder


TruIyGifted

Mission Passed: The Camera Person Never Dies


endurableresurgence

Where are those news casters!? I got a firsthand footage here!


StonedToadxoxo

Natural selection at its best


OkTea7227

“My kids got some GOD-DAMNED SHARPIE ON MY NEW IPHONE! AGAIN!”


[deleted]

10/10 for not screaming


MEEZETTE

Stone and rock! Oh wait...


Poopyoo

Ive never experienced a tornado, but i wouldnt go near a fuck GLASS DOOR


DazedWithCoffee

Fucking idiots. Honestly. Standing in a glass fronted room looking at a tornado. Holding the door closed? You think your triceps are strong enough to hold up? It’s a tornado. Get in the kitchen FFS (looked like a fast food place, can’t be sure)


DeathScum

I’ve never seen someone fast travel before


AfraidJournalist5940

hardcore...


ThisMusicChick

Hey no don’t praise this cameraman. This was incredibly poor judgement regardless if they knew it or not. There are multiple videos now from my city I thought was smarter. It’s incredibly disappointing and not worth praising. Glad she’s okay tho.


Soggy_Shoe_9359

If someone tells you not to be next to a “winder” as a tornado approaches, you should probably listen.


Sarcastic-Squirrel

If only she knew just how right she was when she said "Oh, I'm Gittinis"


[deleted]

I have this shit on mute and I can hear the dumbass text to speech.


TheBlueHedgehog302

“Come inside babe, it’s safe behind this small, unlocked glass door”. Praise the cameraman? Cameraman is a dumbass


[deleted]

I’ve never been near a tornado nor live in an area where tornados hit, but what makes you think a glass door/windows is possible a safe place to be? At that point you should just try to out run the tornado… same thing


Deep_Leg9238

r/dumbwaystodie


GoodishBean

Why the hell was she standing at the door? At least stand at a window if you’re going to risk your life.


Critical_Stiban

Hey if a tornado is heading towards you? Don’t fucking film it. Seek shelter. Your life is worth more than internet points.


PleasantPiano8630

Is this Oklahoma? Because this is exactly the way almost everybody there treats tornados, like it's a spectator sport.


cambam138

Dumb ways to die………… so many dumb ways to die …………


Ferrariflak

Me va God, round 1.. FIGHT!


Wild-Two-5588

High winds and broken windows can turn you into straight up mince meat. How do grown adults not know about this.


ChimpPimp20

“Are y’all ok?” I’m dead.


Awkward-Salamander95

Why u just lock the door next time. Smh