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2SSARMY · 05-10-2010, 07:13 PM

Was going down to a friends house over by E. Lindsay and as I am approaching the neighborhood my car got tugged hard to the left: wheels were completely straight. I look up and realize a spiral coming down not 2-3 blocks away. I flip a s*** as I see cars go screaming by, drop gear, and take off south to highway 9.

As I reach highway 9, another tornado touches down not 300 meters on my right, as I am heading West. Pulled me off the road pretty hard almost pulled me into a ditch. Dropped the ebrake and pressed on my brakes with all the force I could. Car didn't budge. Then came an outward "explosion" of just all types of crap! Signs, dirt, grass, dust, poles! A taurus 2 cars infront of me got smacked by one breaking his back right window and passenger door. He was okay and was laughing about it after. Anyway when I saw the wind die down I took off again and got onto 12th where it was tornado-less! As I look around all I see are flipped cars, traffic jams, sirens, poles everywhere, signs everywhere. Except for a lot of dirt and grass nothing hit my car (thank god!) although my front axle seems to be responding weird (going to check it out later) but I was scared sh**less! Never had one spiral right on me before. I was lucky, there were quite afew cars overturned and others blown into ditches. Couple boats from a nearby place were flipped. Finally got to friends house to find him sitting on his porch with a beer open watching the clouds!

guiLT · 05-10-2010, 07:18 PM

WOAH!!! I'm just glad you and your Camaro o.k.

mfr1950 · 05-10-2010, 07:19 PM

Just glad you and your Camaro are fine,The Camaro is slippery and aerodynamic,I bet that helped you when the wind hit full force

2010 SSRS · 05-10-2010, 07:19 PM

wow, that is scary

PHEOX · 05-10-2010, 07:22 PM

Miss that place, I'm one of those people that loves tornadoes. Now, being in a car isn't too much fun, but otherwise, they are interesting. I just moved to Texas back in January. I was living in OKC by Northwest Expressway and Council. Wiley Post Airport got hit every year. Have you seen the Gary England drinking game? You'd go through a lot of alcohol.
http://www.okctalk.com/okc-undergrou...king-game.html

Michael_Js · 05-10-2010, 07:25 PM

Holy Whirlwinds Batman! geez! Too scary!!

Glad you were ok!!

2SSARMY · 05-10-2010, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mfr1950

Just glad you and your Camaro are fine,The Camaro is slippery and aerodynamic,I bet that helped you when the wind hit full force

I've never felt something like that. My wheels were completely straight and parallel and yet the force of the wind nearly pulled me off the road.
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If that makes any sense. It was real real scary. No way to control it or anything. Were it not for the some miracle that angled itself towards the wind (picture a dog yanking away from his owner on a leash)
This is where the brakes played a huge factor and possibly saved me from a nasty ditch and fence. I know it would have been much worse, possibly deadly (amount of crap flying around was dangerous)

Thanks brembo! Saved my baby

Camaro Freak · 05-10-2010, 07:29 PM

Enjoy a beer man, you deserve it. To scary for me!!

1badSS/RS · 05-10-2010, 07:29 PM

Dang. Good thing you were not wisked-off to OZ.

Synergy SATX · 05-10-2010, 07:41 PM

NOTE No Camaros were harmed in the making of this video. Aries K cars were used as stunt cars since no one would care if they got harmed.

Jay2SS109 · 05-10-2010, 07:49 PM

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Shuffler · 05-10-2010, 07:51 PM

Glad our ok.

tbarber87 · 05-10-2010, 07:54 PM

WOw I'm glad your okay, I was stuck in 5:00 traffic when the hail started, I drove down the shoulder and flew down the back roads to get home, baseball size hail all over my car, I made it home safe, though it was funny to see my dad outside waving for me to hurry into the garage as i was going 50 down our street...

2SSARMY · 05-10-2010, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tbarber87

WOw I'm glad your okay, I was stuck in 5:00 traffic when the hail started, I drove down the shoulder and flew down the back roads to get home, baseball size hail all over my car, I made it home safe, though it was funny to see my dad outside waving for me to hurry into the garage as i was going 50 down our street...

Haha! Glad you're okay! I got my car into the stadium b/c I'm awaiting hail! I was trying to run away from the 1st tornado that touched down in E. Lindsay and was going down E 24th at like 100mph trying to get away, only to run into another one that nearly swept me up cuz of my speed!

05-10-2010, 07:13 PM	#1
2SSARMY Account Suspended Drives: 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 1,125	SCARY Tornado Norman OK! Was going down to a friends house over by E. Lindsay and as I am approaching the neighborhood my car got tugged hard to the left: wheels were completely straight. I look up and realize a spiral coming down not 2-3 blocks away. I flip a s* as I see cars go screaming by, drop gear, and take off south to highway 9. As I reach highway 9, another tornado touches down not 300 meters on my right, as I am heading West. Pulled me off the road pretty hard almost pulled me into a ditch. Dropped the ebrake and pressed on my brakes with all the force I could. Car didn't budge. Then came an outward "explosion" of just all types of crap! Signs, dirt, grass, dust, poles! A taurus 2 cars infront of me got smacked by one breaking his back right window and passenger door. He was okay and was laughing about it after. Anyway when I saw the wind die down I took off again and got onto 12th where it was tornado-less! As I look around all I see are flipped cars, traffic jams, sirens, poles everywhere, signs everywhere. Except for a lot of dirt and grass nothing hit my car (thank god!) although my front axle seems to be responding weird (going to check it out later) but I was scared shless! Never had one spiral right on me before. I was lucky, there were quite afew cars overturned and others blown into ditches. Couple boats from a nearby place were flipped. Finally got to friends house to find him sitting on his porch with a beer open watching the clouds!

05-10-2010, 07:18 PM	#2
guiLT Tampa Gulf Coast Family Drives: 2001 Maxima Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 6,585 View My Garage	WOAH!!! I'm just glad you and your Camaro o.k. __________________

05-10-2010, 07:19 PM	#4
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,187 View My Garage	wow, that is scary __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

05-10-2010, 07:22 PM	#5
PHEOX Drives: '06 Jeep Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 629 View My Garage	Miss that place, I'm one of those people that loves tornadoes. Now, being in a car isn't too much fun, but otherwise, they are interesting. I just moved to Texas back in January. I was living in OKC by Northwest Expressway and Council. Wiley Post Airport got hit every year. Have you seen the Gary England drinking game? You'd go through a lot of alcohol. http://www.okctalk.com/okc-undergrou...king-game.html Last edited by PHEOX; 05-10-2010 at 07:27 PM. Reason: wrong forecaster :facepalm:

05-10-2010, 07:25 PM	#6
Michael_Js SoCal C5 Family Member Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS - Black w/IOM; 6M Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Posts: 5,299 View My Garage	Holy Whirlwinds Batman! geez! Too scary!! Glad you were ok!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2010 Black 2SS/RS; 6M; IOM, GFX, sunroof; ADM Race CAI; Zoomers CB; Viper Alarm; Pdaft F&R sways, Adj Endlinks, Rtrailing arms, Camber kit, strut brace, Front Trailing Arm Bushing; SLP Skip-Shift Elim; Tinted lights/windows; Hurst Short-throw; LoJack; Door & Dash ABL Mods; ********; JBA Shorty headers; AACStyle LEDs; Stillen DS rotors, Hawk Ceramic pads; Havoc Blk Chrome wheels: 20x9s; Lingenfelter Blk Al Pedals; RevXtreme Catch Can; Goodridge SS lines; Ported TB; RK Sport hood; Hotchkis chassis brace; KW V3 coilovers;

05-10-2010, 07:19 PM	#3
mfr1950 Drives: 2011 challengerR/T , 2010 Ram R/T Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lafayette Indiana Posts: 1,186	Just glad you and your Camaro are fine,The Camaro is slippery and aerodynamic,I bet that helped you when the wind hit full force

05-10-2010, 07:29 PM	#8
Camaro Freak Drives: 2010 IOM 2LT 334HP Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NC Posts: 1,586	Enjoy a beer man, you deserve it. To scary for me!! __________________

05-10-2010, 07:29 PM	#9
1badSS/RS Drives: Rally Yellow Transformers pkg Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: crossville,tennessee Posts: 1,043	Dang. Good thing you were not wisked-off to OZ.

05-10-2010, 07:41 PM	#10
Synergy SATX Mike and Debbie Drives: 2014 Corvette Stingray 3LT Z51 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: San Antonio TX Posts: 865 View My Garage	Dramatic video re-enactmentof this event NOTE No Camaros were harmed in the making of this video. Aries K cars were used as stunt cars since no one would care if they got harmed. __________________

05-10-2010, 07:49 PM	#11
Jay2SS109 Redemption Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 198	. Last edited by Jay2SS109; 06-25-2010 at 10:39 AM.

05-10-2010, 07:51 PM	#12
Shuffler God Bless Dawson Drives: Synergy for my Daughter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 3,057	Glad our ok. __________________

05-10-2010, 07:54 PM	#13
tbarber87 Drives: 2010 Black 2SS/RS CGM Rally Stripes Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oklahoma city, OK, usa Posts: 711	WOw I'm glad your okay, I was stuck in 5:00 traffic when the hail started, I drove down the shoulder and flew down the back roads to get home, baseball size hail all over my car, I made it home safe, though it was funny to see my dad outside waving for me to hurry into the garage as i was going 50 down our street...

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