re: What's the scariest natural disaster footage you've ever seen?

2011 Joplin for me. Completely rain wrapped extremely powerful tornado hitting a very populated area. The newsroom coverage gets me. The moment they realize what’s happening it goes from 0-100. They take shelter and the rest of the video is the graphic they put up until the feed dropped.

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This is an unedited video capture of NBC affiliate broadcasting live from the west side of Joplin, MO from 5:25pm to 6:05pm on the terrible evening of May, 22, 2011. The Joplin tornado is reported to have been on the ground for 38 minutes, from 5:34pm to 6:20pm.

Due to the historic scale of this natural disaster, I've opted to share the full unedited video (including broadcast disruptions) my DVR recorded (via over-the-air TV antenna) so that interested persons may better understand the information that was available (or not available) to viewers on KSN during this critical 40 minute period.

This video was recorded ~30 miles northwest of Joplin at my residence in Labette County, Kansas. I discovered this recording in 2023 when preparing to recycle the hard drive from the DVR I was using in 2011. As of summer 2023, I believe this it is both the longest duration and highest quality recording of this broadcast available online.

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