The Science Behind Viral Video of Trailer Park Tornado
Two friends narrowly escaped an EF2 tornado that injured nine in North Dakota.
Dramatic video of a tornado swirling through a North Dakota trailer park on Monday has gone viral, with viewers marveling at how close the twister came to Dan Yorgason and his friend Abram Schiff.
An EF2 tornado, with winds that peaked at 120 miles an hour, struck western North Dakota near Watford City, where the trailer park is located, on Monday evening, the National Weather Service reports.
Although Yorgason and Schiff—oil industry workers whose stunned reactions could be heard on the video—escaped unscathed, the storm injured nine people, destroyed more than a dozen trailers, and damaged others.
Yorgason shot the video, above, and posted it on YouTube, where it has been viewed nearly a million times. "Dude, where do we go?" Schiff