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Here's an interesting one. Did you know that the oldest tornado video on YouTube is from South San Francisco? See for yourself:


Uploaded August 17, 2005. The tornado was rated F1 and caused damage along an intermittent 3 mile path.

I’ve been looking for this video for over a decade. Holy moly…
 
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Here's an interesting one. Did you know that the oldest tornado video on YouTube is from South San Francisco? See for yourself:


Uploaded August 17, 2005. The tornado was rated F1 and caused damage along an intermittent 3 mile path.

I assume by "oldest' you mean by date it was uploaded? Sorry if that sounds like nitpicking.
Anyways, here is the earliest known footage filmed of a tornado, from Cuba in 1933 (this video is higher quality than the other 2 versions of it on YouTube). A brief clip of damage done by it at the end that looks pretty intense:

 

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I assume by "oldest' you mean by date it was uploaded? Sorry if that sounds like nitpicking.
Anyways, here is the earliest known footage filmed of a tornado, from Cuba in 1933 (this video is higher quality than the other 2 versions of it on YouTube). A brief clip of damage done by it at the end that looks pretty intense:


Yeah I meant oldest by date uploaded.

I do have to wonder if that waterspout ever made landfall as I'm pretty sure the damage shot at the end is from the 1932 Cuba hurricane.
 

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Interesting, didn't know that. Well it is the earliest known film footage of an atmospheric vortex, that's for sure.
With certainty we can say it was at least a tornadic waterspout. The tornado was spawned from the outer bands of 1933's Hurricane Eight (also known as the Cuba-Brownsville hurricane)
 

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Filming tornadoes is and will always be a risky task but the lack of knowledge about tornadoes in the 1950's and earlier made filming them that much more dangerous. The (in)famous video of the 1953 Warner Robins, GA tornado abruptly cuts when the cameraman is either swept off his feet or drops his camera and runs for cover, and he was unfortunately among the fatalities.
 
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Filming tornadoes is and will always be a risky task but the lack of knowledge about tornadoes in the 1950's and earlier made filming them that much more dangerous. The (in)famous video of the 1953 Warner Robins, GA tornado abruptly cuts when the cameraman is either swept off his feet or drops his camera and runs for cover, and he was unfortunately among the fatalities.
An incredible example of the danger of filming tornadoes can be seen in the video of Andover going through McConnell AFB towards the airman that was taping it, at the very last second the tornado makes a slight turn away from the cameraman.

These 2 videos show how much of a miracle modern technology is, especially in regards to filming tornadoes. I think an argument can be made that drones are going to be the future of storm chasing down the road, or at least make it so so much easier and less dangerous for the humans on the ground (or in the air) in the case of helicopter storm chasers).

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An incredible example of the danger of filming tornadoes can be seen in the video of Andover going through McConnell AFB towards the airman that was taping it, at the very last second the tornado makes a slight turn away from the cameraman.

These 2 videos show how much of a miracle modern technology is, especially in regards to filming tornadoes. I think an argument can be made that drones are going to be the future of storm chasing down the road, or at least make it so so much easier and less dangerous for the humans on the ground (or in the air) in the case of helicopter storm chasers).

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In the first video wasn't the guy's drone sucked into the tornado?
 

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So, I'm still shooting for sometime around the end of the month, but that might end up being a little.. ambitious. I may have gone slightly overboard lol

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This is the Beaver Falls F3. All of those little white diamonds are points of interest - confirmed damage points, bits of info, tornado sightings, landmarks, etc. The person icons represent people who gave me detailed accounts or otherwise figure into the actual narrative. The cameras are key photos that feature in the story. And of course the little red pins mark the locations & numbers of fatalities.

I actually haven't even finished adding everything yet, and this is just one of 23 strong/violent tornadoes. Some have far fewer POIs, but some probably have more. And then most of the POIs have entries in Scrivener where I keep their associated notes, documents, interviews, newspaper clippings, etc. So yeah, ~2 weeks might have been slightly optimistic.

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So, I'm still shooting for sometime around the end of the month, but that might end up being a little.. ambitious. I may have gone slightly overboard lol

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This is the Beaver Falls F3. All of those little white diamonds are points of interest - confirmed damage points, bits of info, tornado sightings, landmarks, etc. The person icons represent people who gave me detailed accounts or otherwise figure into the actual narrative. The cameras are key photos that feature in the story. And of course the little red pins mark the locations & numbers of fatalities.

I actually haven't even finished adding everything yet, and this is just one of 23 strong/violent tornadoes. Some have far fewer POIs, but some probably have more. And then most of the POIs have entries in Scrivener where I keep their associated notes, documents, interviews, newspaper clippings, etc. So yeah, ~2 weeks might have been slightly optimistic.

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Well perhaps this will be an extremely thorough article, on par with your stuff on the Tri-State tornado. Or you could just focus on a handful of tornadoes from this outbreak and cut down on the research load, make it easier on yourself. Not sure, lol. Really am glad though that this outbreak is getting a thorough treatment as it's hard to find photographs of many tornadoes and their damage from this event for whatever reason.
 

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Against my better judgement, I have uploaded this to my secondary (technically tertiary) channel. Unlisted for reasons, and y’all didn’t get this from me (probably also a candidate for that historic tornado videos missing from the internet thread):

If you're concerned about copyright strikes ya should have gone with something like Google Drive or MEGA (preferably MEGA)

Many thanks to you for digging up these historical videos!!!!!
 

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If you're concerned about copyright strikes ya should have gone with something like Google Drive or MEGA

Many thanks to you for digging up these historical videos!!!!!
I thought about it, but Drive deletes files after a certain time period now (apparently, have yet to see it), and MEGA I haven’t used, so unlisted on YouTube it is.
 

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I thought about it, but Drive deletes files after a certain time period now (apparently, have yet to see it), and MEGA I haven’t used, so unlisted on YouTube it is.
The main problem with unlisted YouTube videos is that unlisting a video does not dodge the Content ID system. If YouTube detects supposed copyright infringement the video can still be removed and your channel WILL be striked.

I can understand why you're using a secondary channel in this regard but better to avoid the problem altogether IMO.
 

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The main problem with unlisted YouTube videos is that unlisting a video does not dodge the Content ID system. If YouTube detects supposed copyright infringement the video can still be removed and your channel WILL be striked.

I can understand why you're using a secondary channel in this regard but better to avoid the problem altogether IMO.
Eh, my logic is at best it stays under the radar. At worst, I get a single copyright strike on this channel I use once in a blue moon.
 
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