Everyone I know just loves to complain about the weather. Whether it's too hot, too cold, or just too darn windy - it's never Goldilocks' perfect porridge.
But one Illinois man can truly vouch that things were just a little too much. Because the winds literally took his house clean off from its foundations!
As reported by People, Trevor Jason Kreke was recording a video of his house. He was gonna show it to his friend - there were some pretty high winds. The wild incident happened in his (former) Effingham home on June 17.
He recalled of the incident, "It started getting very intense, and the whole house started shaking, and glass started breaking. I felt terrified in the moment."
And that's exactly what the video shows. The house is quite literally shaking. He exclaims in the video, "Bro, there's a tornado outside right now," before it directly hit the home.
You can literally hear parts of the home start to fly away. He managed to get out of the whole thing relatively unscathed. The camera comes back up to reveal... a wreck.
"The whole house that I'm living in just got torn to pieces," he exclaimed. "I was flying around my house." He said that he wasn't injured, luckily - "I think I'm good. I got scraped up for sure."
And he was thankful to God for surviving. "God had his hand on me as I was in the middle of the tornado. Once I realised I was all right, and it was only material possessions that were destroyed, I just started thanking God."
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The Local Fire Department Released a Statement About the Tornado
The tornado absolutely wrecked the town of Effingham in Illinois. Following the incident, the Effingham Fire Department released a statement on Facebook about what happened.
They explained, "At approximately 8:10pm... a tornado caused significant damage in areas north of the City of Effingham, impacting homes, roadways, utilities, and other property throughout portions of Effingham County."
They revealed the types of emergencies they had to respond to. These included, "Heavily damaged homes; Collapsed structures; Motor vehicle crashes; Downed power lines; Gas leaks; Blocked roadways; Other storm-related emergencies.
