Tornado Knocks Car Off Road in Arkansas, Couple Says Seatbelts Saved Them

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[navysealdad]

Savannah Boerjan and her husband Brandon say they were saved by their seatbelts after a tornado touched down and knocked their vehicle off a road near Mountainburg, Arkansas, on April 13.Savannah said they had just purchased a camper van and were driving it home when the incident occurred.

[MHGinTN]

Which camper van?... Need to avoid the ones tornadoes don’t like.

[Robert DeLong]

What type camper is not relevant in this case as they were in their car, not the camper. But any camper is susceptible to even strong winds with their high profile, so I guess you should just skip the thought of purchasing a camper if that is your concern. 8>)

[Hatteras]

Mobile tornado bait. Kinda like trolling...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It is a well known fact that trailer parks are tornado magnets.
A camper is sorta kinda like a trailer as you live in it and it’s mobile.
They were returning from buying a camper in their automobile.
BUT, the tornado KNEW that they had bought a camper/trailer and zeroed right in on them.
Well established facts. Undeniable truth of life.

[xrmusn]

Well established facts. Undeniable truth of life.
= = = = = = = = =
Right up there with

Move the deer crossing sign from the curve to the straightaway so it will be easier to see them in the road.

ANYONE that ate cauliflower during the US Civil War died.

[GnuThere]

Our local news pointed out that driving during a tornado warning maybe isn’t the best choice...

[Robert DeLong]

BUT, the tornado KNEW that they had bought a camper/trailer and zeroed right in on them.

Intelligent tornadoes or controlled by evil humans, gotcha. 8>)

What is a well known fact is that tornadoes hitting trailer parks make the news because there is usually significant damage and loss of life. Trailer parks are always populated with smaller single wide mobile homes also. Bigger double & triple wide mobile homes usually fare a little better, than their smaller counterparts.

However, pray you don't have a tornado make a direct hit on your house, as they only fare somewhat better, dependent largely upon the category. Lots of people lose their lives in solid well built homes too.

The safest place of course is in underground tornado shelters. Even then your exit from the shelter may be impossible due to debris blocking the exit. The same could occur from an above ground tornado shelter as well. You survived the tornado but are now at the mercy of rescuers finding you trapped in the shelter.

My wife runs around in a panic when they issue a weather alert that a tornado or multi tornadoes have been spotted. I tell her, just sit back & relax and put your faith in the lord. Then I always express my gratitude to him when they miss us completely. 8>)

One more tip, avoid tornado alley as a place of residence, which is slightly north of where we live, LOL.

To me the best safeguard is to have faith in the lord. 8>)

[Terry Mross]

I was at a relative’s house once when a tornado warning was issued. Their house, therefore there storm cellar, was surrounded by huge oak trees. I did not go in. The thought of being trapped underground was enough to make me chance the twister. Like you said, thank God it didn’t hit.

[Robert DeLong]

Yeah I’d rather go quickly then to be trapped and die slowly. When it’s you time to meet your maker, it’s time. 8>)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

We had one go right over our house in Chesterfield, MO around 1967 or 1968. It wiped out the subdivision 1/4 mile upwind AND 1/4 mile downwind. God was with us cowering in the basement under mattresses that day.

I moved from there to California and traded tornados for earthquakes.

[Enlightened1]

Driving towards the tornado is never a good idea.

[MHGinTN]

LOL, tornado bait! I like it! It is sad that one must put a sarcasm tag on humor around here now. Obamaroid and his hench-fiends have ruined the fun of politics and life in general.

[MHGinTN]

"... they had just purchased a camper van and were driving it home when the incident occurred."

[thinden]

Great map

[Robert DeLong]

I moved from there to California and traded tornados for earthquakes.

LOL, and earthquakes are most likely the least of your troubles there now. 8>)

[Robert DeLong]

I stand corrected. Well the video shot from inside certainly doesn’t look like a camper, so it must be one of those camper shells on the back up a pickup truck. 8>)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You got that right, except we do have Richter 8s about once a week now that originatmin tje state Capitol in Sacramento.

[Robert DeLong]

Time to relocate? 8>)

[Oatka]

To me the best safeguard is to have faith in the lord. 8>)

I read about a tornado in Oklahoma that rampaged through a small community. The rescuers went around clearing debris so they could get survivors out of their storm shelter. They opened the hatch to see an ashen-faced survivor and asked him if there was anyone else in there with him. He shakily replied, "Just me and Jesus."