RV FULLTIME LIVING ~ THE STORM THAT TOTALED MY RV !!!
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- This is the sudden storm that ruined my RV with no previous warning in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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😊 one of the benefits of Having an RV is Moving with the Better weather. Most all of us get a Weather Radio. And listen to it and move so you don’t get pummeled. 😊❤️
Sometimes you'll move right into the path of the strongest part of the storm. It's a toss up.
SCREAM some MORE it should HELP
"Only 1 inch will carry us away... Gimme another Budweiser". Lmao
Lmao
My oldest son, was trapped in a hail storm. He was in his new Jeep with the top down. He is a Marine! He said he cried like a baby while he was humped down trying to protect his head. The pain from the speed and size of the hail was similar to your video.
Just a couple of day’s ago, on another channel, a first responder posted some valuable info.. When your in a situation like yours, carry a motorcycle helmet, shatter proof googles and always put on your most protective shoes or boots. Makes sense to me! He said the first thing to go in disasters are usually your eyes, then brain injury and feet and legs hurt.
I am taking his expertise!
I just saw Mike's video of your new Lance! Great choice, go anywhere, camp anywhere and park anywhere,
Lance campers are the gold standard of engineering, construction, materials, layout and features.
Couldn't happen to a nicer gal!!!!
As a mother, it's your job to make your child feel secure in any situation - you failed. Could you be anymore dramatic?
What makes you think my child does not feel or felt secure. Ridiculous!
I actually agree with Mary Jane, you were freaking out about a storm and saying "Oh I'm so scared!" over and over. You should be reassuring your child. It's only a storm.
My God your child is going to grow up to be weak.
That's why you carry full coverage!!
"Massive, massive balls!" LOL!! It's great that y'all can keep your sense of humor in the midst of a bad situation like this. Hope your back on the road soon.
As long as you and your family are safe and unhurt no problem. Material things can easily get replaced. Good luck (love your videos)
Thank you so glad you are enjoying my videos. :)
Geez ! Now ya gotta think about carrying helmets with you in the Winter when walking anywhere, cuz they could have gotten pummeled walking back from Target ! Too bad there isn't a button to push that moves a protective dome over entire rig and truck. Wow !
Was in Cheyenne Wyoming in 1977, when I first was in a hail storm like that! It moved in so quickly and damaged so much. There was a convertible sitting across the street from our house and the hail made a rag top out of it.
life is more precious than material things which can be replaced, Your loved ones can't. GLAD YOUR FAMILY WAS UNHARMED PHYSICALLY.
Maybe carry those thick moving blankets that movers use to pad your furniture. Quickly throw a 3 layer of them over truck, tuck em in at bottom of truck doors. Do same for solar panels on top of RV. They would take up a lot of storage space, but look what happens in a hail storm ! Wear a helmet ! Geez !
Nancy Nightingale ~ I saved a red firebird that way.Had2put a giant stew pot on my head 4 a helmet.Looked weird but my friends red firebird was totaled.It was baseball size hail in the Permian Basin of Tx... his firebird was red also...glad I saved mine..I loved that car
Please lady , it's only articles that got damaged, and not you and your family. 😢😢😢😢
wow. That is scary. Like you said, I'm glad you weren't caught out in that horrible hail storm and no one got hurt.
If you were about 3 miles south of there, you wouldn't have any windows left. Anything that faced south east was totally trashed. We have a hotel at Airport & Powers that lost, some 200 windows. The car dealer at Powers and Omaha auctioned off 900 vehicles that were beat to crap. The siding on most of the apartments, is totally shot. They have been replacing roofs everywhere. It was not a nice storm.
Welcome to both sides of the Rockies.Nothing quite like one of those wild storms. Summer of 1978 had terrible storms like that one that did so much damage and cost a ton of $$ for an entire region.
Must have been her 1st hailstorm. It was interesting hearing someone's 1st time reaction. She made some good points once she settled down. But hail causes great damage to stick built housing as well so RV or home, doesn't matter. Hail that fierce damages things.
even if you put on a helmet large hail can do very bad damage to a human, always stay inside it's to late to try to move
I can't understand why you are whinging so much. Ok it's a storm and there is some heavy hail but it is hardly the end of the world! When we were living in Bulgaria we had a worse hailstorm than that with bigger stones. They dented everybody's cars and even smashed a lot of windscreens etc but beyond that we all had nice golf ball like surfaces on the roof and bonnets, boots etc. It actually looked quite cool really. As your husband pointed out I wouldn't have wanted to be outside and getting hit by them, they probably could have been lethal! They were the size of my fist roughly and broke a few concrete roof tiles as well. I hope that your solar panels weren't damaged as they would be expensive to replace.
DarkMantisSr do you want her to be tough like a guy? then she wouldn't need us guys. I'm not saying she does really
Screaming like a banshee really helps resolve the issue. See it stopped, right.
Keep screaming maybe it will start dropping silver dollars.
Hey, ya never know.
Weather is a biotch!!!!!!!!!
I understand what you're going through ! We had major damage to our rv and truck here in Cheyenne, WY. We had baseball sized hail. Even grapefruit size in one area. It totaled most vehicles and was strong enough to damage the roof of our home and break up concrete around our chimney . Hang in there! Love your videos !
Be thankful you weren't in a covered wagon on the way to find gold in California.
It is not my RV, it is our RV.a little more respect for the rest of the family.Everything is my my my,and it should be OUR.
+Doug Rennick We are not a family. I travel with my son in my RV and the guy traveling with us is a friend we brought along with us while traveling the US to try the fulltime RV lifestyle before I decided to return home and sell my home.
SimplyRVing
Doug must be the banker,lol!!!!
Wished ya'll could have planned & avoided the storm. Glad you're okay though. 🤗
a little late now but as you probably know by now.... hail and any storm damage is covered under comprehensive even if the truck is 2005 and you have comprehensive coverage in most cases it makes sense to still carry comprehensive ins. have your auto insurer run you many quotes as in lots of them maybe 10 plus. here is what you should look for what is the cost for comprehensive with each deductible option. also do the same for collision. you will find that comprehensive is inexpensive with maybe a $500 deductible and that amount of damage will at least give you some money to pay for repairs. when I worked for an insurance company the difference in most cases between $500 and $1000 deductible was just a couple of bucks. comprehensive also should not increase your rates unless you have lots of comp claims. . one example is when a deer is in the road do you hit the deer or swerve? you hit the deer it is a comp claim and wont increase your rates (most cases) while swerve and hit the guard rail or a tree is collision claim and will more likely increase your rates.
ArizonaHotHomestead... Awesome info, thanks a bunch.
That's not true about one inch of water.
I'd lose my mind if I had to live in an RV with my folks. I love them with all my heart but, lack privacy and personal alone is enough to send me into a micro frenzy; you folks seem like a cool family having a great time, though.
Sorry for your loss. I had my 30ft TT damaged too. I'll never own another with aluminum siding.
There are many weather resources available today. Pilots and Sailors learn to use them and study the way weather works to make travel safer. RV's are land sailors, and need to learn the same skills. Thunderstorms are now tracked, and while exact locations change.. they hardly happen "without warning". But one does need to know where to look.. and even that it is necessary to look. Good luck. Hard Lesson.
This was a learning experience trusting our phones to update us and as you can see it failed. I have since implemented a different method but am still searching for a great mobile source that I can completely trust when on the road. :)
gril put on your pantyhose!!! if you are in an rv you will be more exposed to the weather so no problems 😀 enjoy nature🐸
So sorry for what you went through and for your loss but thankful you and you family are okay!!! 😢🚐👍
I think you need more than an inch to sweep a vehicle away. Maybe 6in
Trucks and RVs are not as important as friends and sons. Y'all were safe. That is what matters. You will deal with the insurance. That is just paperwork.
that's still scary watching it the second time. Peace and Love Lydia
Those are tornado conditions if you didn't know. You should have been looking for a safe storm shelter !!
Do the words seek shelter.. resonate ? Even some trees could offer some protection
yeah, when you don't know what to do....just get hysterical ... that always helps
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles scream and shout!
Here's a tip. ANYTIME you park your truck with a trailer attached, use your emergency brake.
Storms like this don’t really ruin a RV, but it does make it look like it had smallpox. Good luck.
I feel for you... It is very important to know the weather conditions where your at and if traveling, along your travelings... In your rig, you would have to be traveling at a slow speed for your tires to loose contact with one inch of water...
Be happy that you and your friend and dog were not physically hurt. While waiting out the storm I would advise you to prepare incase you have to leave the R.V. gather your coat, have on shoes, warm clothing, etc. A bottle of water for you to drink, a plastic cup for your dog to drink, etc. I was caught in a tornado in Memphis, TN in 2008 when a tornado came thru the campground, a tree fell on my brand new 19 foot trailer putting a hole in the rubber roof and damage to the sides of the trailer, etc. But I was not hurt.
if you're going to panic like that, you really need to not RV at all. you could have been at home in your drive way and have the same thing happen. then it would be your RV , truck, and home. I realize we don't like to see our things damaged , but really what can you do about it? nothing
Kenneth Law over-protected much!?
Might want to Thank God you lived through it...Material things are trivial and can be replaced!!!
"Oh My trailer"/"Oh My truck"
It’s crazy how we think about our STUFF in moment like that. The next day was an eye opener. :)
geesh girl, it is what it is. The screaming and panicking would have made me cringe more than the hale. Getting crazy won't make it better! lol...just raging on you a little ... :-)
I think it's a girl thing. My husband was always exhilarated by storms while I'd be hiding in the closet!
It's not a girl thing, I sit in a safe area and listen, my husband on the other hand runs from room to room windows, shouting the low down on the storms. Katrina really had him going 😂😂😂
Congratulations on the new rig. It look very good and same to be and great shape. As fare as the lights not working, there is a cutoff switch usually located near the entrance door. This switch shotoff unnecessary items before hitting the road. Check it out, it might solve your problem.
Hello, I wanted to give RVers a better alternative. Tornadoes don't always stay in their predicted paths and can change at anytime. People like me who live in tornado prone areas have another option. Public shelters!! Public shelters are popular with people who don't have a safe place at home. Find out the county you are in and do an Internet search for public shelters in that county. They open up normally when a tornado watch is issued. A tornado watch happens before a tornado warning. A tornado watch means that tornadoes are possibility in the area. A tornado warning is when a tornado has been spotted either by radar, by law enforcement, by trained spotters, and/or by the public and it is on the ground. You want to already be in a shelter when that warning is issued. It is extremely dangerous to be in an RV, any type of vehicle, a mobile home, and/or a structure with a wide span roof such as a gymnasium. Bridge overpasses are dangerous also. Don't try to outrun a tornado. Unless you are a trained spotter, you don't know which was it is going and under what conditions it will change it's direction. Even trained tornado spotters have been killed when out in the field chasing tornadoes. Cities which have had tornado touchdowns are more apt to have a public shelter. The county list for public shelters will give you information such as are pets allowed, is it handicapped accessible, is it FEMA compliant and other pertinent information. If you are in a site built home, go to the lowest floor away from outside walls, away from windows. Wear hard soled shoes (if your area is hit by a tornado and you walk in a tornado debris area, it can cut up your shoes), a helmet (most deaths are caused by flying objects which hit people in the head) and have a whistle and/or an air horn. First responders are trained to listen for air horns and whistles.
This is wonderful information! Thank You so much. I will add, that we should also have some type of a kennel for our traveling pets if we are going to a shelter. Not sure if they would allow pets but just in case, be prepared. :)
Wow, that was scary !! I would have been scared big time !! Good thing Mike was there!! Sorry your rig was totaled and I'm looking forward to some vids about your new rig!! .......💗Vivi💗
Glad ya made it thru the Storm and didn't float away. I have full Coverage on my 2003 Ford Ranger. They will cover it.
oy vay, could be worse, much worse, hail often preceeds a TORNADO!
Very sorry for the damage.. Continue to keep us posted.
screaming helps..
So sorry this happened to you. Not much you can do when Mother Nature is in control. When you get your camper and you know severe weather is approaching find a business with an awning (self car wash, gas station, bank drive thru etc) ASAP and take cover. I've seen many RVers do this.
Such a gut wrenching feeling when stuff like that happens and you have no control over it. Very sorry. 😞
Rolling Earth-Ship So sad indeed...😢🚐
Screaming for the camera? 🚌
Oh my goodness! I would have been freaked out too. My family and I are thinking of living fulltime in a RV and I'm so afraid of the severe weather.
Raybran
Please don’t be afraid to live. People just aren’t used to counting their blessings and taking advantage of the the great experiences offered. We as Americans are pretty spoiled and almost numbed to the real fun with all of our comfort and the protections we’ve been afforded.
A good habit is chech your weather app. What u don't know will hurt.
Probably would of been a good idea to actually move from that position and find some structure to get under like an under pass. Just my thoughts but you might of been too far for a bridge. But how bout a tree
I would have climbed into bed and hid under the covers tfill it was over. Scary. Glad you were safe.
just to clarify only a small dog could be washed away by an inch of flowing water it would take four to six to even move an rv and tow vehicle. worked rescue for 21 yrs
Wow sorry to see how the hailstorm made things complicated for you. Good luck stay safe!
I'm really sorry that you guys had to go through this. I wonder though: if you were to place a big tarp over your truck would that have helped protect it from hail damage? (I really don't know, but maybe that would at least decrease the intensity of the dents).
Wow. It aint easy rv'ing during the apocalypse. lol.
The last truck I bought was an 87 GMC. and has full coverage...but only till I pay it off next month.
I can HONESTLY say, I have NEVER had any ball's on my head and NEVER will LOL
So so sorry. Hail is no fun!! Hail is usually an indicator of the worst part of the storm! I do Disaster research intakes. My many interviews with tornadoes survivors told me that hail came first then tornado. On the medical Trauma injuries.....the thing that people need in their home or RV or mobile home is a Fully Enclosed Motorcycle helmet. First thing to go is the eyes from debris, the knocked out from something hitting their head, then bad lacerations to neck vessels and face. Please some where store in RV motorcycle helmet. If you see what I see working the tornadoes it so scary. The downdraft from storms can create F1 winds too! Hope the pain eases up really feel bad for you guys.
Brenda Koweta
I love this comment. Thanks so much for your input Brenda!
I had a tree come down on my trailer yesterday in Texas. I love this life I live and my lil home. The best part is having REAL neighbors and the pure enjoyment of them, and you must certainly be one of those kind. We ARE all a lil more vulnerable but the rewards far outweigh the risk, which I’m sure you’re well educated about.
The damage to my trailer is secondary of course but your tip about the helmet is very pertinent. I’ve lived through many storms in this RV and many others in decades working over the road in the rail and trucking business. But the way these newer models are built with SO MANY WINDOWS says much about your helmet advice. This was a very sudden storm as most are but as trusting as I am of my shelter I was still caught off guard on the damage from window glass. It’s amazing how flexible these walls are and the large windows I have are suddenly a very sobering thought as I read about your GREAT ADVICE!!! Thanks again; from a future helmet guy, lolol.
That's pretty serious storm , im happy you's alll made it out unharmed Take care
ywp, CO NM TX states I know can have these intense storms and they are dangerous
Julia Metcalf- You 4got Oklahoma. All 4 states can have life threatening storms that come up with no warning
I'm guessing you were at the Cosco furthest from the mountains. That's how it usually works here in Colorado Springs when it comes to weather. There is a very small window near the mountains where the severe weather often passes you. You go out just a few miles and that is where it all comes down... hail, tornadoes, etc. At least that is what I've noticed in the past 12 years since moving here. I have gotten hail a few times though... but seldom anything significant.
WOW!!! Sorry you got caught in that!
omg that is scary, glad you're ok!
ive never seen hail like that where i live but still i think im gonna make some kinda plywood cover for my solar just in case! D:
emergency brakes on the truck would not help emergency brakes are just the rear tires your truck is in park when you put your truck in park it automatically locks the rear tires
How terrible! I can't believe that hail that keeps coming!
Dang
Vicki
You should apply for your screen actors guild card! Glad you're all ok. The trailer can be replaced
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hey guys
man that was brutal to watch and listen to,,lol
that was pretty intense,,glad you guys are ok
travel safe ,,,liked (thumbs up )
I’m so sorry for your loss. But what does screaming do I guess it’s a endorphin release
It's a Cuban Woman thing I guess. LOL!
We got hail the size of baseballs last summer. I wanted to go out and cover the windshields of vehicles with something but it would have killed us. I had some of those garage in a box things in my yard one with my lawnmower in it. The hail went right through them.
Why don't you go outside now!
Living the dream!
I’m so sorry for all the stress this storm caused you...I just went through Irma here in Sebring Fl. So I know how Mother Nature can cause such stress..Day at a time and everything falls back into place🌺🌺
So sorry, totally feel your pain. I had to lay in bed and listen to my barn roof getting shredded off during a hurricane once. I couldn't sleep at all. Ugh. I hope you guys made out ok.
Glad you all didn't get hurt..
"TOTALED" your RV? Not even close.
According to the insurance it is totaled and considered a loss. And that is because the inside frame wall where the slide out was out during the storm would cost more to fix than it was worth. Looks one thing from the outside but by slide out was almost the entire side wall. :)
I s'pose having a motorcycle helmet for such as this might be a good idea.
Could be worse. Could be caught up in a wild fire
Welcome to Colorado!
I put full ins on my 04 dodge cause if something happen in the road it will be somewhat covered love all ur videos
Turn the sound up an make the screen black...sounds like a dirty movie....
Omg look at all of the hate
Don’t worry that are just jealous 🙄 ❤️
Being in a camper in a storm is very scary i know how it feels
wow what an experience glad your safe.
I hope my car isn't getting dented??? RIGHT 😆😆
GUYS,
Hail usually precedes a tornado.
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un infierno de una tormenta de Amagá.....
contento de todos ustedes son encontrar.
Over acting
You can't do anything about hail storms but ofcourse it's upsetting
Your no t going to float away unless the water is like over a foot high
Number 1. Stop and think just who made it hail. Be thankful lightening didn’t strike.
Boo Hoo...I like the channel but sometimes I wonder...
Settle down...you got Mike...😆
We're getting pounded Where have I heard that before?
Oh man! That's awful... At least there were no injuries.