I grew up in the Midwest--in the tornado belt--and remember when the town next to mine was flattened in 1984. I get that these guys thought it was cool to watch. But damn, fellas, GO TO THE BASEMENT.

You'all need to cut the dudes some slack. They're from California, not Kansas.

Good for them if they exploited an opportunity to make money from their video.

These guys are idiots.

I watched it yesterday and I cannot do it again.

Watching MEN (using the term lightly) run around like two chickens with their heads cut off is really disturbing.

But maybe their stupdity will earn them a million hits on YouTube and if they're smart make some money, so what do I know?

This family made $150k from a YouTube video:

David After Dentist Made 150K: Wait, You Can Actually Make Money Online?

http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/6/30/david-after-dentist-made-150k-wait-you-can-actually-make-money-online--2

It'll be autotuned hopefully!

This is a great video ahah. My new favorite youtube.

Much like I wonder about the mysterious proximity-to-Ground-Zero limit for the mosque, I wonder was the acceptable length of time is for one to live in New York and no longer be a reviled transplant. I mean, we (or our ancestors) all moved here at some point in the not-too-distant past, right?

I suppose once people come here and NOT try to change NYC into some sort of horrible suburb.. that is when you will no longer be a reviled transplant... or when the transplants become as tolerable and less spoiled as the ancestors that moved here in the past.

I suppose once people come here and NOT try to change NYC into some sort of horrible suburb.. that is when you will no longer be a reviled transplant... or when the transplants become as tolerable and less spoiled as the ancestors that moved here in the past.

I suppose once people come here and NOT try to change NYC into some sort of horrible suburb.. that is when you will no longer be a reviled transplant... or when the transplants become as tolerable and less spoiled as the ancestors that moved here in the past.

Lizzie - you're reaching. Not all transplants have an interest in "changing" NYC. Besides, when has NYC ever not been in a state of flux?

Bob - who cares what a bunch of xenophobes think? I do agree that NYC has become far too sterile for its own good, but I certainly don't blame that entirely on "transplants". The only people I know who live on PPW in a newly-renovated multi-million dollar apartment are native New Yorkers.

I'm totally reaching, I know. As a transplant, I know. My grandparents were transplants from Italy, I know. I suppose it is not transplants I have an issue with, it's just the people in NYC and the US in general. There are a lot of obnoxious, spoiled, ignorant brats out there. I don't like what NYC has become.. that is not every transplants fault.. but it is becoming much more suburbanistic than feels right. Been to Park Slope lately?

overall: 2 out of 5 stars. the first star is a default star, and the extra star is for trying.

unlike all other 9/16 brooklyn tornado clips, this clip has a main character. actually, there are a few main characters, each one trying to out-do the other. the clip starts with a calm background, and the actors and the cameraman already freaking out when there's absolutely nothing going on for a minute or two. the camera work, obviously done by some unknown amateur, was at best inferior, with too much shaking which seemed somewhat knowingly exaggerated. however, what makes the clip completely un-watchable the second time is the useless, excessive use of a few popular phrases: "holy shit", "oh my god", and "dude". instead, the actors could have used more honest phrases such as, "oh my god i'm gonna be on youtube!", "no you're not! i'm gonna be on youtube!", and "fuck you! this is my camera, asshole!"

oh, by the way, i viewed this last night. and i refuse to view it the second time, even if i may need some detail to "review" this clip.

Camera work -- 1000x worse than Blair Witch Project

Improv skills -- ...

made me think this is how 'Balloon Boy' will turn out in 20 years...

To all the commenters above and below mine: Wow, you people are batshit assholes. Do you respond with measured and calculated vocabulary when you're placed in a unique situation like this, where in the span of just a few minutes the entire city you're in starts to get mangled by a storm? Ummm, yes...Of course you do. You're so sophisticated.

You just go ahead and sit down, smug in your own little hipster den, clicking on links and brazenly commenting about how these people are soooo hipster and dumb.

That was actually a pretty cool video, especially at the end. I'm kindof glad they risked limb and life to show us the strength of the storm.

Welcome to Gothamist, home of Batshit Asshole Commentators (BAC).

With that said, when I first saw this on the Youtubes, I lol'd. That tree part is awesome. I would, however, close the fucking doors and get the hell out, though.

Um, NO. I'm a woman and my balls are bigger than these guys.

I said "Holy shit look at the rain. wow."

then I locked the windows and watched from a distance as debris whipped past.

Stop defending these fairies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLxeBCaDj4Q

View this link above posted on Gothamist here at 11:53 this morning, entitled "No Storms Today"

Watch it. It was filmed by a woman from Perth Amboy.

She was cool. Collected. In control. Those clowns were not.

But maybe your like your men excitable?

You're really comparing the the first video, where they are literally in the middle of the high-intensity storm, to this one where the woman is viewing the storm from nearly miles away? Are you kidding? The storm wasn't even close to her and she decided to stop rolling tape cause it was "coming fast." Apples/oranges.

During the storm, lightning hit my building or the one next door. Seriously. The phone call I was on died, an electric appliance turned itself on and off repeatedly, and hail came pouring down.

I calmly fixed the circuit breaker, went to my fire escape to observe, and redialed continuing the phone conversation.

I never screamed, got excited, or yelled 'Dude' once.

Are you from California too, like these clowns? Because most people don't behave that way, as the comments overwhelmingly here note.

No...I grew up in Detroit, where we've had our share of tornados. I don't even really care about these guys. Keep ridiculing them...I don't care. But you sound like a pretentious ass also, FYI.