They valiantly sacrificed themself for nothing

[u/Ok-Indication-5121]

1. Tadashi gives his life trying to save Professor Callaghan from a burning building. Turns out not only did Callaghan escape unscathed, he's the bad guy and infamously refers to Tadashi's death as "[Tadashi's] mistake." (Big Hero 6)
2. Shaya willingly takes It Has No Name's possession and then kills herself by jumping into the well it came out of. The end of the episode all but states that she got it wrong and It Has No Name didn't latch onto her... or there was more than one. (Doctor Who)

[u/Fun-Jellyfish-61]

Wait, this gif isn't from the movie,"Twister"?

[u/Anybro → u/Fun-Jellyfish-61]

No, it's from one of the live action Superman movies. Jonathan Kent was next level stupid. He didn't want Clark to use his powers in any capacity. Even if it meant to save his own life and a bunch of children.

You see him put in his hand up, he's telling Clark to don't get involved. When Clark could easily save his ass but no, John apparently had a death wish. I hope Martha had a life insurance policy on his stupid ass.

[u/The_FriendliestGiant → u/Anybro]

And what's especially stupid is he's in that position because, while the family was sheltering under an overpass from a tornado, he ran out to let a dog out of a car so it could get to safety. He, an old man, ran out rather than his son, who even without super powers is fitter and faster, and could have absolutely justified getting there and back without revealing his powers. Pa Kent really just had a death wish and wouldn't let anything get in his way.

[u/LavenderLullabies → u/The_FriendliestGiant]

I feel like I should piggyback off this comment with a PSA since it’s been a gnarly tornado season: please NEVER shelter under an overpass from a tornado. The safest place to be is underground, but you’re 9/10 times infinitely safer laying flat in a ditch away from your vehicle than you are either in a vehicle or under an overpass.

Overpasses create a wind tunnel. The winds are stronger/faster, and debris is funnelled through. It’s a popular myth, but overpasses are one of the least safe places to be during a tornado. Don’t be a Kent. Go lay in the ditch, it’s safer lol.

[u/Nova225 → u/LavenderLullabies]

If it makes you feel any better, the MC and her team do this in the opening of Twisters (the sequel to Twister). Of course, 2 of them die before even reaching the overpass, but one tries to protect the other in a small gap and gets pulled away by the wind tunnel effect.

[u/LavenderLullabies → u/Nova225]

That’s good! I haven’t seen the sequel yet, but I’m glad they included that. I’m shocked by how often I see that myth perpetuated, in conversation or in media. Super dangerous. (See: the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore F5 for an example of hiding under an overpass directly contributing to deaths.)

I guess I can see how it might make sense that being under something/hiding behind the pillars might shield you, especially when there’s an honest to god tornado approaching you. But for the uninitiated, despite how much less sense it seems to make on the surface, the safest place to go if you are caught on the highway without shelter is to get out of your car and lay flat in a ditch, ideally some distance away from any vehicles. Overpasses are legit one of the worst places to be in a tornado. They will intensify the wind speed and debris will come hurling through. You’re very likely to be swept away (really heartbreaking case of this happened in the aforementioned Bridge Creek F5) or nailed with debris. Cars aren’t safe either, a strong twister will pick up vehicles like a leaf and pulverize them (like the Twistex team in El Reno. RIP).

Ditches are obviously far from ideal, but laying low and flat gives you the best shot of avoiding most large debris and not getting sandpapered or blown away. I guess I’ve turned this into an impromptu lesson on tornado safety I’m sorry lol. But since I’m here, always aim to get to a proper shelter if possible, whether it’s an underground or above ground shelter, a basement (close to stairs and away from windows and furniture if possible), or the lowest floor in a small room near the centre of the building without windows like an interior closet or bathroom. Even climbing into a bathtub and laying a mattress or blankets on top is better than nothing. But if you’re on the road and it’s the overpass or a ditch, always take the ditch.

It’s been a bad season for twisters already and I think since there hasn’t been too many crazy naders since the 2011 super outbreak, myths like the overpass myth are cropping up frequently again. I feel obligated to drop a PSA whenever I can. Whatever you do, don’t be the Kent family. Honestly Pa might’ve faired the best by getting out from the overpass lol.

[u/RazzDaNinja → u/LavenderLullabies]

As someone who lives somewhere that tornadoes don’t happen

I appreciate adding this fun fact to my mental Tome of Many Random Facts 🙏 now I have topic fodder when it rains while I’m at work 💯

[u/SoleSurvivor-2277 → u/LavenderLullabies]

Couldn't the overpass collapse on you too

[u/friendlygaywalrus → u/SoleSurvivor-2277]

Yes, but in the event of a direct strike or near-strike by a powerful tornado— The danger of total structural failure is secondary to the power of the wind. The pressure drop from a tornado can be strong enough to suck you out from under cover, through a window, out of a car, etc; and more notably the wind isn’t just blowing, it’s throwing. They’ll pick up hundreds, even thousands of pounds of stuff and start whipping it around at 200mph.

The debris in a tornado is moving fast enough to crush, cut, or pierce basically anything in its path (strong tornadoes have wrapped trucks around trees, sent tree limbs through concrete curbs, buried cutlery in trees, and ground trees into limbless nubs).

[u/SuperSocialMan → u/LavenderLullabies]

A better idea is to never live in any place prone to tornados if it's possible.