Wichita| A family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, underwent the scariest experience of their life yesterday, when their mobile home was carried over 130 miles by a tornado, landing in a rural Kansas area. Five members of the same family were inside the building during its “flight”, and all of them have miraculously survived without injuries.
41-year old Dorothy Williams, was at home with her husband, her son, and her two brothers, when their mobile home was lifted off the ground by an F4 tornado.
The powerful winds reaching more than 220 miles per hour, carried and shook the mobile home for 4 hours and 18 minutes, sometimes at altitude of more than 1000 feet. After carrying the house across Northern Colorado and Southern Kansas, the tornado finally dropped it on a car, just outside of Wichita, 129.5 miles (208.5 kilometers) away from its point of origin.
A few locals have witnessed the landing, like Michael Johnson, a 63-year old neighboring farmer, who describes an incredibly spectacular scene.
“I saw something in the sky that looked like a plane without wings” says Mr. Johnson. “I seemed to be flying clumsily towards the ground, as if it was trying to land. It was probably 300 feet from me when I finally understood the it was a mobile home, and I freaked out. It landed directly on my neighbor’s car, which partially collapsed from the shock, but still rolled for almost 100 feet after the impact. It made an incredibly loud, crashing sound, and debris was flying everywhere. I thought I was going to die.”
The 60-feet long mobile home landed on an unoccupied car, in Butler county. The building has suffered surprisingly little structural damage considering the distance over which it was transported.
Despite the violence of the crash, with the house landing at a speed of more than 90 miles per hour, the incident did not cause any death or serious injury. All five occupants of the house have miraculously survived their incredible misadventure, suffering only a few scratches and bruises.
The family believes that their prayers were answered and that their survival is due to a divine intervention.
“This was the scariest experience of my life,” says Dorothy Williams. “Our house was flying in the air, swinging and turning in each and every direction. The furniture was flying around and things were smashing against the walls. It felt like it was never going to end! All we could do was pray… so we kept praying. Then, suddenly, there was a very loud crashing sound, and it was all over. We had landed safely, and we were all alive. It was a real miracle! Jesus answered our prayers!”
An isolated set of concrete stairs remains on the family’s property in the Rolling Hills Mobile Home Park, in Tulsa, marking the site of the house’s former location.
This is not the first time that a house is lifted off the ground by a tornado and carried over some distance with its occupant inside, without them being killed. It is, however, the longest distance ever recorded for such a case, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
On the evening of Thursday 12 June 2014, a house in Burnet County, Texas, about 16 km to the northeast of the city of Bertram, was lifted off its foundations by a tornado, The house was carried safely to a nearby pasture, with four members of the Ashworth family, plus their two dogs, unharmed.
Isn’t it ironic that there was a “Dorothy” in the house accompanied by 3 men. I wonder if one of the dog’s name was Toto.
and it landed in Kansas to boot!
LOL That is the best comment yet
And her name is Dorothy, how trippy is that!
How ironic that the lady’s name is Dorothy!!!
My thoughts exactly..Kansas…Dorothy…Where’s the Wizard?
The power of prayer is amazing, and scientifically proven!
Right!?! Haha my exact thought
I thought her name was rather ironic, as well Jodi!!!
I was wondering anyone noticed that. Ha ha
Yes it is!!! Thats too bizarre!
Praise Satan and all he does!
Ryan,
For your own sake, don’t go that route.
GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR POOR SOUL,YOU ARE INSANE AND VERY LOST IN THIS BIG WORLD ALONE.
From one of God’s Angels…..God still love you….
Ryan u r sick n twisted it was god who carried them threw that storm n left them unharmed n alive its people like u who i pity
Ryan if your need some attention and trying to get people stirred up you need to go somewhere else
Lol seems lot of people get upset when you praise any other God but theirs
God Bless Ryan despite his lack of grace.
Satan had nothing to do with it.It was God’s love
Burn in hell it’s coming for you!!
Jesus Christ King of King’s!!
jeffrey bernard God must be so proud of you!
Poor misguided person. You DO know don’t you, satan will be in eternity in hell.
does your brain know what your mouth just said?
ryan, why would you praise a being that caused all the death and destruction to begin with? i suppose you would have been happier if everybody inside had been killed
Dear Ryan….Just Remember…If you Get In A Life And Death Situation…and You Have a Gun Pointed at your Head…or are Hanging off a cliff in a Car Accident…or in A Crashing Airplane….I am Sure You Wont Be Praying…Oh Devil Please Save Me!You will be Saying… Oh God..Please Help Me.
I meant to tell you i have aids
Ryan, I’ll pray for you, asking God to open you eyes and see the light.
Satan Eats Jeebus for dinner!
Ryan, I feel sad for you
God can use anyone for His glory, even Satan. Your Satan is not the most powerful.
All hail the Dark Lord, may he reign another thousand years!
I’ll praise him when he gets tossed into the Lake of Fire.
All of you people seriously need to get an education.
Awesome! Witness the power from the strength of the satanic side heightened under the leadership of dark angel Donald Trump.
I hope he gets you and when he does, remember Jesus is here to save your sorry ass.
Yes ? Fucking people need to get a grip
no no please dont go that way ryan
i want to burn in Hell with Ryan, sounds awesome!!!
It was Odins thornado satan was in flight control jesus was just sitting doing nothing with his loverod in his handholes
what an ass,hope you repeat that when he sends you to hell
God is on the throne, and prayer changes things.
Amen! Jesus is Lord! Hallelujah!
GOD IS GREAT IN ALL THINGS. HE MAKES NOT MISTAKES AND THIS FAMILY’S WORK HERE ON EARTH ISN’T DONE FOR SURE.
Dorothy: “We’re not in Kansas anymore Toto!”