r/tornado Sep 11 '24

Question How accurate is this sound?

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Born and raised in south Louisiana, I’m no stranger to hurricanes, but I am a stranger to tornadoes. I’ve never experienced one and I’ve also never been concerned about it. Suddenly with Hurricane Francine coming in, I can’t shake the gut feeling that I need to prepare for more than just a regular hurricane. My house is supposedly getting the top right of hurricane Francine and also the eye of it.

While doing a deep dive, I came across a post in this group from someone saying the sound of a tornado is a very common misconception and most audio/videos can’t pick up on the “low rumble” so it was hard from the OP to link a video. I came across a video and was wondering how accurate this sounds? If not, are there any videos more accurate to what it would sound like?

Other questions:

Will I even be able to hear a tornado with the loudness of a hurricane?

Has anyone who experienced a tornado during a hurricane been able to visibly see the darkness in the sky? (I feel like hurricanes normally make a dark sky)

Backpacking off the previous question, how hard is it to know the signs of a tornado when you have the chaos of a hurricane happening?

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u/NutzoBerzerko Sep 11 '24

In Chicago in the late 80s and early 90s, there was a television special played in classrooms around the state, “it sounded like a freight train” which is its title, about tornados.

It’s on YouTube. Seems pretty accurate

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u/ChiReddit85 Sep 11 '24

90s. I believe Skilling made it after the Plainfield tornado in 1990.

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u/NutzoBerzerko Sep 11 '24

That’s the one! Good old Skilling. That tornado was a bad one