blown over by a tornado

I haven't been blown over, but I did get blown off the road when a gust of wind hit me, just as I was on an icy patch. Managed to keep the truck upright and not jackknifed, but ran through a barrow ditch, a fence and into farmer John's pasture. In my case, I had a good reason to do the Monday morning quarter back bit, because I was obviously driving too fast for conditions, even though I was going between 40-45 MPH. Day cab, single screw, pulling an empty pup. I got three days beach time for it, and I couldn't blame the company one little bit.

But it really does sound like there wasn't anything you could have done to prevent this, other than to be somewhere else!

Really happy to see that you were not injured in this. I've seen a number of drivers badly hurt or killed in an upset.

 

Driver there is ZERO you could have done.. Do not beat yourself up over this. Mother nature can hit fast and in a hurry in the midwest. Just be thankful you were not hurt. Loaded or not if mother nature wants to put the shiny side down she can do it and in a hurry. Heck yrs ago a lil town not far from me got leveled by a twister late at night, came down made a mess and went straight back up in a matter of a couple minutes. No tornado siren or anything.. Mother nature can be cruel. Ive seen pretty much dead calm winds to 100mph straight winds in a matter of seconds many times here in Ks.. It happens

 

I remember 1 time yrs ago I was in Denton Tx.. Tornado warning with nasty looking clouds all around. There was a flatbed driver with a load of pipe that was odviously not from the midwest that was on the radio saying he was not worried because his gross weight was close to 80,000.. He changed his tune a bit after a few of us informed him if a tornado even got remotely close to his truck it could send him sailing like a tonka toy... Just think of the energy it takes to stick a piece of wheat straw into an oak tree..

 

How dare you blame a little wind on your inability to keep your equipment upright! To the gallows with you!!!!!!!





Seriously though, it's a good thing you're here to tell us. Keep your head up. Your nerves are frayed and will be for a while until you get back into your groove.

 

Had you been moving at speed it very well have put you across the medium into oncoming traffic and making the situation much much worse. Your driver side sitting on the pavement is much better then sitting on another vehicle... I understand your nerves are shakin and I am sure it was quite a ride but pat yourself on the back for a job well done because in my opinion you did EVERYTHING you should have and could have done. Looking at the picture it could have been much much worse.

 

Glad you weren't hurt and like others have posted "Mother Nature is in control" and no matter how prepared you are she will win. Wasn't there a storm a few years ago that left a Schneider terminal in devestation with rigs and trailers tossed all around like Tonka toys?
Just remember seeing that on the National news(no pun intended).

 

Very glad that you weren't hurt! I don't see how there was anything you could have done. In my humble opinion you handled it correctly. Keeping it slow most likely saved lives, especially your own. Well done driver.

 

Glad you are OK!

I was about turned over with 44500 in the wagon.The truck in front of me ended up on his side..SCAREY stuff man!
We were stopped at the 435 on I-40 in TN because of hail.....that was when the Petro up there got wiped out.
I shook for 30 minutes after that as we got the other guy out of his truck....he was fine but scared to death!
Mother nature is an awesome thing!