{"id":3234,"date":"2012-04-04T15:50:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T22:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:04:11","slug":"tornado-truck-train-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2012\/04\/tornado-truck-train-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"With Respect to The Terrifying, Truck-Throwing Texas Tornado, Here&#8217;s a Video of a Moving Train Being Toppled By a Twister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week a batch of giant tornados criss-crossed the Dallas-Ft. Worth region, making news for the startling footage of 30,000 pound big rig trailers getting flung through the air like pieces of paper. Shocking photos and images, and a reminder of how intense the power of nature can be. Fortunately, no deaths have been reported.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2069\/2179451864_d29f777316_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4384\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Tornado-Damage-Dallas-Trucks\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Tornado-Damage-Dallas-Trucks.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As scary as the footage is, it&#8217;s not the first time large cargo transportation has been affected by a twister. I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2009\/07\/train-versus-tornado-video-clip-frighteningly-awesome\/\">previously posted<\/a>\u00a0the video at the top of this post, a frightening first-person-view shot of a moving freight train getting toppled by a passing tornado. Make sure to watch the end of it&#8211;just when you think it&#8217;s over, things look like they might just get worse. This occurred in January 2008, in Illinois. More details of the tornado are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/lot\/?n=20080107tor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available here<\/a>, and some <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120702100902\/http:\/\/www.flickr.com:80\/photos\/saycheesestudios\/2178666351\/in\/photostream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cleanup pics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The video of the trailers getting flung by the high winds is posted below, as well as a raw video feed from the helicopter tracking the tornado and its damage. Who is crazy enough to fly a helicopter near a tornado? I wonder how well the special &#8220;tornado-proof&#8221; truck from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Chasers-Perfect-Disaster-Joshua-Wurman\/dp\/B001675YNY%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIIRUARBXHW74ZJEA%26tag%3Dmjsdoit-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001675YNY\">Storm Chasers<\/a>\u00a0would fare in this situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week a batch of giant tornados criss-crossed the Dallas-Ft. Worth region, making news for the startling footage of 30,000 pound big rig trailers getting flung through the air like pieces of paper. 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