Cool and close tornado video

[Bill Hark]

Check out the following amateur tornado video from the Lake Anna area of Virginia (north of Richmond, south of Fredericksburg) It is a long download with dial-up and you need Quicktime but it is worth the wait. A little shaky but cool. Chasers usually don't get this close. There was a lot of tornado video from the Virginia outbreak on Sept 17 from the remnants of Ivan but much of it was only briefly shown onlocal stations in D.C and Richmond.

http://www.fredericksburg.com/Movies/2004/...4/lakeannavideo



Washington Times Article with nice photo
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20040917-...11400-2006r.htm

Northern Va preliminary tornado damage reports.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/products/?prod=PNS

William T. Hark Photography
http://www.harkphoto.com
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[Zach Bailey]

:shock: Wow! A little too close for comfort right there...can't believe he let the tornado basically get on top of him and he didn't even run inside...probably just dumb luck that the tornado didn't run him over.

 

[Richard Halter]

Seems to be this eternal fascination with filming a tornado - how many videos have I seen where the person filming is shouting every 5 seconds about getting down and out of the way, but they never stop shooting. :newb:

 

[Tony Laubach]

Do you think the Good Lord looks down at him and chuckles.. *LOL* Great footage! A bit too close for comfort, but cool as hell none the less! 8)

 

[Greg Campbell]

Awesome AWESOME footage, but I couldn't stop laughing when the dude says "I am going to take cover now" and yet he never does. Silleh dude. I guess he figured he wouldn't take a direct hit so he just continued to film..I might have done the same..though I don't know. I wish I could save that video but quicktime doesn't allow me to.. Boo

http://content.fredericksburg.com/movies/2...04/tornado1.mov