A New Jersey man recorded a tornado conjured from the remnants of Hurricane Ida approach his home as he and his dog barely took cover in his basement. They emerged fortunately unharmed, but his house was wrecked.
Mark Kobylinski, 51, was home alone with his dog in Mullica Hill last Wednesday when a funnel cloud formed in the distance and extreme winds blew through.
In his nearly four-minute-long video, Kobylinski struggles to shut his backdoor and says, ‘sounds like a freight train’, referring to the tornado. He opens the door again to see gray clouds and adds, ‘yup, this is it’.
Kobylinski calls for his dog inside his home as a local news program reports on the unusual storm in the background. He films the view outside his front door one last time, showing lighter skies on another side. He and his dog then dip into his basement.
‘Holy s***, holy s***, f***,’ Kobylinski is heard saying as he goes down the basement stairs. The scene goes dark as the electricity is cut.
A fire alarm then sounds and Kobylinski breathes heavily as he gathers himself. He and his dog go back upstairs in darkness.
Kobylinski repeats, ‘holy s***’, as he finds broken glass and debris strewn across his home.
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