A kid from Missouri took some pretty good footage of a tornado you can watch by clicking here, click on the Video tab and then “Teen Tapes Twister.”
The thing I find funny is that the person doing the interview is Gregg Jarrett (bio).
Mr. Jarrett used to work at KSNW in Wichita, KS. Back on 26 April 1991,
he and a videographer were on their way back from shooting a story when
they came upon a tornado running roughly parallel to the Kansas
Turnpike (I-35). They turned around and began shooting video of it, but
didn’t think they could outrun the tornado so they took shelter under
an overpass. This is the fairly famous overpass video that has been
widely circulated. The best explanation of why they survived is shown here, but read the whole thing.
I found it entertaining that Mr. Jarrett was acting like the kid did
something stupid by continuing to film the tornado. I guess it’s only
for professional journalists to do stupid things like that.
BTW, I remember this happening because I was 14 years old at the time.
I grew up south of Wichita and remember seeing Mr. Jarrett and the
videographer (Ted something, I can’t remember his name) on the news
later that evening all torn up and muddy from their experience. The
storm system which produced this tornado had previously been through
Andover, KS and had killed 13 people.
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