Nebraska brothers sucked out of their home by a tornado survive to tell the tale

themickey · Apr 29, 2024

Here's a wonderful story, two guys and their pet dog 'miraculously' saved.
I like the bit at the bottom....
"You know, I’m alive and we’re all healthy, it could have been so much worse and we’re here, so I’m just so grateful for the support and so grateful for the people around us.”

Now if these guys were Christian you'd never hear the end of it, how fairytale jesus would get all the credit for saving them with this imaginary jesus miracle.

Nebraska brothers sucked out of their home by a tornado survive to tell the tale
By Maya Blackstone and Mary Gilbert, CNN Published Mon April 29, 2024

Royce Slatten, left, and his brother Roger. Maya Blackstone/CNN CNN —

It was Friday afternoon in a western suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, and Roger Slatten had just left for work when he got a phone call that would change his life.

A tornado was spotted near hishome in an Elkhorn neighborhood, and he needed to get to safety, his friend urged on the other line.

Roger turned his vehicle around and raced toward the home he shared with wife Lindy and brother, Royce. Lindy was at work, but Roger called ahead to his brother and told him to grab the two dogs and get to the basement.

Roger pulled into the driveway and ran inside, but neither brother made it to the basement. Just one minute later, a tornado with at least 136 mph winds ripped the brothers out of their home and reduced it to rubble.

“I’ve never seen wind do what it was doing,” Roger told CNN. “I never expected something like this to happen.”

The tornado that destroyed the Slatten home was just one of dozens that roared across the Plains from Thursday to Sunday. The Slattens and their dogs are lucky to be alive after their ordeal, but at least five people – four in Oklahoma and one in Iowa – weren’t so fortunate.

Basements, or the lowest, most-interior rooms of a building, are the safest place to be during a tornado. But when this one hit the Slatten home, the brothers were running to an upper floor to search for their Yorkiepoo, Nico. They couldn’t find him, and it was too late to get to the basement – the tornado had arrived and the house started to crumble around them.

“We could feel the floor separate from the foundation. As soon as the wind got under it, it just vaporized the upper end of the house,” Roger said.

Storm damage is seen near the Slatten brothers' home. Maya Blackstone/CNN

The brothers locked eyes for a moment before they were thrown from the house.

“We were both trying to head down the stairs and we kind of looked at each other and I was certain that it was the last time I was ever going to see my brother because the house took off,” Roger continued.

Roger remained conscious as he was thrown into the air, doing “head over heels cartwheels” while being pummeled with debris before he hit the ground, only to be pinned down by more rubble.

“I face planted on the ground and got buried in rubble – which luckily protected me from getting sliced up by any glass – but my legs and one arm were pinned,” Roger said.

Royce Slatten only recalls snippets of his descent through the air.

“I remember being ripped out towards the back after the house was lifted. I remember hitting the ground and coming to afterwards and just feeling like the whole house is ripping into my back,” Royce said.

“It was the most intense feeling I’ve ever had in my life,” Royce added.

Royce landed in the backyard. Unlike Roger, Royce wasn’t pinned by any debris and and made it to a neighbor’s house, running on pure adrenaline.

“Once I got up, I started screaming Roger’s name because I didn’t see anybody. I thought he was dead for sure,” Royce said.

Meanwhile, Roger was able to get one hand free and call 911. First responders arrived shortly after and freed Roger, but Royce was nowhere to be found until another neighbor pointed Roger in the right direction.

The brothers’ reunion was a massive relief.

Royce is a member of the National Guard and was deployed overseas last year, but Roger said he “was more relieved to see him after being separated for 20 minutes than the almost year he was gone.”

Shortly after the brothers’ reunion, rescuers pulled tiny Nico from the rubble. Hours later, their other dog Rogan was rescued by the Human Society just down the road from where their house once stood. Both dogs are doing OK.

Roger Slatten, left, and his brother Royce, show their injuries from the storm.
Maya Blackstone/CNN

Royce was cut up quite badly; his injuries required 22 stitches and he saidit’s painful to walk, a couple days after the storm. He didn’t have shoes on when the tornado hit and had to walk barefoot through debris.

Roger didn’t fare much better. He suffered multiple bone bruises from heavy debris landing on him, was punctured in the back by a nail and received multiple cuts on his face.

The house was totally destroyed, reduced to the basement foundation. Most of their belongings are gone. The brothers said the basement they would have sheltered in collapsed and was crushed by a tree from a neighboring yard.

The destruction to their home is something the entire block is dealing with, but the destroyed community is rallying around the recovering brothers and each other.

“A lot of people have asked if it’s the scariest thing or the worst thing that’s ever happened to me, but honestly, the good has somehow outweighed the bad,” Roger said. “It just feels so unbelievable, it feels written. … You know, I’m alive and we’re all healthy, it could have been so much worse and we’re here, so I’m just so grateful for the support and so grateful for the people around us.”

BKR88 · Apr 29, 2024

themickey said:
Here's a wonderful story, two guys and their pet dog 'miraculously' saved.
I like the bit at the bottom....
"You know, I’m alive and we’re all healthy, it could have been so much worse and we’re here, so I’m just so grateful for the support and so grateful for the people around us.”

Now if these guys were Christian you'd never hear the end of it, how fairytale jesus would get all the credit for saving them with this imaginary jesus miracle.

Nebraska brothers sucked out of their home by a tornado survive to tell the tale
By Maya Blackstone and Mary Gilbert, CNN Published Mon April 29, 2024

Royce Slatten, left, and his brother Roger. Maya Blackstone/CNN CNN —

It was Friday afternoon in a western suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, and Roger Slatten had just left for work when he got a phone call that would change his life.

A tornado was spotted near hishome in an Elkhorn neighborhood, and he needed to get to safety, his friend urged on the other line.

Roger turned his vehicle around and raced toward the home he shared with wife Lindy and brother, Royce. Lindy was at work, but Roger called ahead to his brother and told him to grab the two dogs and get to the basement.

Roger pulled into the driveway and ran inside, but neither brother made it to the basement. Just one minute later, a tornado with at least 136 mph winds ripped the brothers out of their home and reduced it to rubble.

“I’ve never seen wind do what it was doing,” Roger told CNN. “I never expected something like this to happen.”

The tornado that destroyed the Slatten home was just one of dozens that roared across the Plains from Thursday to Sunday. The Slattens and their dogs are lucky to be alive after their ordeal, but at least five people – four in Oklahoma and one in Iowa – weren’t so fortunate.

Basements, or the lowest, most-interior rooms of a building, are the safest place to be during a tornado. But when this one hit the Slatten home, the brothers were running to an upper floor to search for their Yorkiepoo, Nico. They couldn’t find him, and it was too late to get to the basement – the tornado had arrived and the house started to crumble around them.

“We could feel the floor separate from the foundation. As soon as the wind got under it, it just vaporized the upper end of the house,” Roger said.

Storm damage is seen near the Slatten brothers' home. Maya Blackstone/CNN

The brothers locked eyes for a moment before they were thrown from the house.

“We were both trying to head down the stairs and we kind of looked at each other and I was certain that it was the last time I was ever going to see my brother because the house took off,” Roger continued.

Roger remained conscious as he was thrown into the air, doing “head over heels cartwheels” while being pummeled with debris before he hit the ground, only to be pinned down by more rubble.

“I face planted on the ground and got buried in rubble – which luckily protected me from getting sliced up by any glass – but my legs and one arm were pinned,” Roger said.

Royce Slatten only recalls snippets of his descent through the air.

“I remember being ripped out towards the back after the house was lifted. I remember hitting the ground and coming to afterwards and just feeling like the whole house is ripping into my back,” Royce said.

“It was the most intense feeling I’ve ever had in my life,” Royce added.

Royce landed in the backyard. Unlike Roger, Royce wasn’t pinned by any debris and and made it to a neighbor’s house, running on pure adrenaline.

“Once I got up, I started screaming Roger’s name because I didn’t see anybody. I thought he was dead for sure,” Royce said.

Meanwhile, Roger was able to get one hand free and call 911. First responders arrived shortly after and freed Roger, but Royce was nowhere to be found until another neighbor pointed Roger in the right direction.

The brothers’ reunion was a massive relief.

Royce is a member of the National Guard and was deployed overseas last year, but Roger said he “was more relieved to see him after being separated for 20 minutes than the almost year he was gone.”

Shortly after the brothers’ reunion, rescuers pulled tiny Nico from the rubble. Hours later, their other dog Rogan was rescued by the Human Society just down the road from where their house once stood. Both dogs are doing OK.

Roger Slatten, left, and his brother Royce, show their injuries from the storm.
Maya Blackstone/CNN

Royce was cut up quite badly; his injuries required 22 stitches and he saidit’s painful to walk, a couple days after the storm. He didn’t have shoes on when the tornado hit and had to walk barefoot through debris.

Roger didn’t fare much better. He suffered multiple bone bruises from heavy debris landing on him, was punctured in the back by a nail and received multiple cuts on his face.

The house was totally destroyed, reduced to the basement foundation. Most of their belongings are gone. The brothers said the basement they would have sheltered in collapsed and was crushed by a tree from a neighboring yard.

The destruction to their home is something the entire block is dealing with, but the destroyed community is rallying around the recovering brothers and each other.

“A lot of people have asked if it’s the scariest thing or the worst thing that’s ever happened to me, but honestly, the good has somehow outweighed the bad,” Roger said. “It just feels so unbelievable, it feels written. … You know, I’m alive and we’re all healthy, it could have been so much worse and we’re here, so I’m just so grateful for the support and so grateful for the people around us.”
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Grew up 2 hours north.
NE is 75% Christian so good chance they are.
Probably be dead if they weren’t.
You really have a beef with Christians.

themickey · Apr 29, 2024

BKR88 said:
Probably be dead if they weren’t.
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Ya of course, that's what I'm sayin, hehehe.

BKR88 said:
You really have a beef with Christians
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Mate, let me tell you a story. I was raised christian and left the church in my late teens.
My family was a disaster.

Later I rejoined in another town when my first wife fell into the trap of being conned by 'friendly' christians.
(Our current new neighbours just tried pulling the same trick, sweet talking).
Anyhow my first marriage ended in divorce when my wife became entangled with the pastor who wrecked 2 marriages, his and mine. That church also kicked me out.

We go conned by another pastor in a house rental deal.

The christian church can go fuck itself!!!
Bride of christ!!!??? What a total load of horse shit!
The whole jewish bs religion / bible is pure fantasy.
You christians are deluded by theatre.

themickey · Apr 29, 2024

BKR88 said:
Probably be dead if they weren’t.
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Everything miraculous is "jesus, jesus, fucking jesus".
Everything bad is devil devil devil.
Cultist beliefs in Jewish myths.

BKR88 · Apr 30, 2024

themickey said:
Ya of course, that's what I'm sayin, hehehe.

Mate, let me tell you a story. I was raised christian and left the church in my late teens.
My family was a disaster.

Later I rejoined in another town when my first wife fell into the trap of being conned by 'friendly' christians.
(Our current new neighbours just tried pulling the same trick, sweet talking).
Anyhow my first marriage ended in divorce when my wife became entangled with the pastor who wrecked 2 marriages, his and mine. That church also kicked me out.

We go conned by another pastor in a house rental deal.

The christian church can go fuck itself!!!
Bride of christ!!!??? What a total load of horse shit!
The whole jewish bs religion / bible is pure fantasy.
You christians are deluded by theatre.
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Just claiming to be a Christian doesn't make it so just like a man claiming to be a woman doesn't make it so.
Biden claims to be a Catholic. Yeah right. Child sniffing pedo freak that approves of baby murdering. That's no Catholic no matter how often he goes to church.
"Practice what you preach" or what Christianity preaches. That's what it takes to BE a Christian.
I'm not a perfect Christian either buy try to be a good person/Christian.
If someone claims to be Christian but puts no effort into it then it's as fake as a Biden Catholic.

wrbtrader · Apr 30, 2024

themickey said:
Here's a wonderful story, two guys and their pet dog 'miraculously' saved.
I like the bit at the bottom....
"You know, I’m alive and we’re all healthy, it could have been so much worse and we’re here, so I’m just so grateful for the support and so grateful for the people around us.”

Now if these guys were Christian you'd never hear the end of it, how fairytale jesus would get all the credit for saving them with this imaginary jesus miracle.

Nebraska brothers sucked out of their home by a tornado survive to tell the tale
By Maya Blackstone and Mary Gilbert, CNN Published Mon April 29, 2024

Royce Slatten, left, and his brother Roger. Maya Blackstone/CNN CNN —

It was Friday afternoon in a western suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, and Roger Slatten had just left for work when he got a phone call that would change his life.

A tornado was spotted near hishome in an Elkhorn neighborhood, and he needed to get to safety, his friend urged on the other line.

Roger turned his vehicle around and raced toward the home he shared with wife Lindy and brother, Royce. Lindy was at work, but Roger called ahead to his brother and told him to grab the two dogs and get to the basement.

Roger pulled into the driveway and ran inside, but neither brother made it to the basement. Just one minute later, a tornado with at least 136 mph winds ripped the brothers out of their home and reduced it to rubble.

“I’ve never seen wind do what it was doing,” Roger told CNN. “I never expected something like this to happen.”

The tornado that destroyed the Slatten home was just one of dozens that roared across the Plains from Thursday to Sunday. The Slattens and their dogs are lucky to be alive after their ordeal, but at least five people – four in Oklahoma and one in Iowa – weren’t so fortunate.

Basements, or the lowest, most-interior rooms of a building, are the safest place to be during a tornado. But when this one hit the Slatten home, the brothers were running to an upper floor to search for their Yorkiepoo, Nico. They couldn’t find him, and it was too late to get to the basement – the tornado had arrived and the house started to crumble around them.

“We could feel the floor separate from the foundation. As soon as the wind got under it, it just vaporized the upper end of the house,” Roger said.

Storm damage is seen near the Slatten brothers' home. Maya Blackstone/CNN

The brothers locked eyes for a moment before they were thrown from the house.

“We were both trying to head down the stairs and we kind of looked at each other and I was certain that it was the last time I was ever going to see my brother because the house took off,” Roger continued.

Roger remained conscious as he was thrown into the air, doing “head over heels cartwheels” while being pummeled with debris before he hit the ground, only to be pinned down by more rubble.

“I face planted on the ground and got buried in rubble – which luckily protected me from getting sliced up by any glass – but my legs and one arm were pinned,” Roger said.

Royce Slatten only recalls snippets of his descent through the air.

“I remember being ripped out towards the back after the house was lifted. I remember hitting the ground and coming to afterwards and just feeling like the whole house is ripping into my back,” Royce said.

“It was the most intense feeling I’ve ever had in my life,” Royce added.

Royce landed in the backyard. Unlike Roger, Royce wasn’t pinned by any debris and and made it to a neighbor’s house, running on pure adrenaline.

“Once I got up, I started screaming Roger’s name because I didn’t see anybody. I thought he was dead for sure,” Royce said.

Meanwhile, Roger was able to get one hand free and call 911. First responders arrived shortly after and freed Roger, but Royce was nowhere to be found until another neighbor pointed Roger in the right direction.

The brothers’ reunion was a massive relief.

Royce is a member of the National Guard and was deployed overseas last year, but Roger said he “was more relieved to see him after being separated for 20 minutes than the almost year he was gone.”

Shortly after the brothers’ reunion, rescuers pulled tiny Nico from the rubble. Hours later, their other dog Rogan was rescued by the Human Society just down the road from where their house once stood. Both dogs are doing OK.

Roger Slatten, left, and his brother Royce, show their injuries from the storm.
Maya Blackstone/CNN

Royce was cut up quite badly; his injuries required 22 stitches and he saidit’s painful to walk, a couple days after the storm. He didn’t have shoes on when the tornado hit and had to walk barefoot through debris.

Roger didn’t fare much better. He suffered multiple bone bruises from heavy debris landing on him, was punctured in the back by a nail and received multiple cuts on his face.

The house was totally destroyed, reduced to the basement foundation. Most of their belongings are gone. The brothers said the basement they would have sheltered in collapsed and was crushed by a tree from a neighboring yard.

The destruction to their home is something the entire block is dealing with, but the destroyed community is rallying around the recovering brothers and each other.

“A lot of people have asked if it’s the scariest thing or the worst thing that’s ever happened to me, but honestly, the good has somehow outweighed the bad,” Roger said. “It just feels so unbelievable, it feels written. … You know, I’m alive and we’re all healthy, it could have been so much worse and we’re here, so I’m just so grateful for the support and so grateful for the people around us.”
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I'm 1/2 Sioux and 1/2 French...lots of relatives in South Dakota and Kentucky. I have a few friends from Kentucky who recently moved to Omaha, Nebraska.

https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/good-riddance-brian-kelly.363188/#post-5498571

These boys look like they're either Cherokee or Sioux to me although there are not a lot of Indigenous Americans in the Omaha, Nebraska area. Been to the Omaha, Nebraska area a few times...mainly while on my way to either South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, lower Illinois, Tennessee, or Kentucky...

April is a big month that starts the Tornado season with April, May and June as the most active months for Tornadoes.

You do not want to be there when a series of Tornadoes come ripping through the area.

I've seen a few and caught in one tornado (hid in a culvert next to the freeway)...will never forget it. Those boys are very lucky. There's a french expression...avoir du pot.

wrbtrader

themickey · Apr 30, 2024

BKR88 said:
Just claiming to be a Christian doesn't make it so just like a man claiming to be a woman doesn't make it so.
Biden claims to be a Catholic. Yeah right. Child sniffing pedo freak that approves of baby murdering. That's no Catholic no matter how often he goes to church.
"Practice what you preach" or what Christianity preaches. That's what it takes to BE a Christian.
I'm not a perfect Christian either buy try to be a good person/Christian.
If someone claims to be Christian but puts no effort into it then it's as fake as a Biden Catholic.
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Imo, it is IMPOSSIBLE to live a Christian life!!!
The ideals are unattainable.
It is impossible to be someone else. You have to be yourself.
Imposing your will on someone by force, ie psychological coersion, "...do this or go to hell", is never going to work.
The bible is wanting conformists to an ideal which in theory sounds good.
You'll notice for example christian kids raised strictly are often the most disobedient.
We used to joke as kids, if you want a fuck, go look for the pastor's daughter.

themickey · Apr 30, 2024

BKR88 said:
Just claiming to be a Christian doesn't make it so just like a man claiming to be a woman doesn't make it so.
Biden claims to be a Catholic. Yeah right. Child sniffing pedo freak that approves of baby murdering. That's no Catholic no matter how often he goes to church.
"Practice what you preach" or what Christianity preaches. That's what it takes to BE a Christian.
I'm not a perfect Christian either buy try to be a good person/Christian.
If someone claims to be Christian but puts no effort into it then it's as fake as a Biden Catholic.
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I hear it so often, "that person was bad/naughty, they are not a christian".
Total fallacy, total cop out, total blame shift, total denial.
It's like; "Christians would never sin, that person sinned, therefore they're not christian".

Christians live in this make believe world, its artificial, its not real.

BKR88 · Apr 30, 2024

themickey said:
Imo, it is IMPOSSIBLE to live a Christian life!!!
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Being a Christian doesn't mean someone can't make ANY mistakes. Doesn't mean to be EXACTLY like Christ. Religion is "based" upon the life/teachings of Christ, not an exact replica of Christ.

themickey said:
The ideals are unattainable.
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10 commandments would be the base of the "ideals". Are they completely unattainable?
We're talking kill, steal, adultery, honoring parents, etc...
We all sin but doesn't mean we're not Christian.

themickey said:
Imposing your will on someone by force, ie psychological coersion, "...do this or go to hell", is never going to work.
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Been going to church & Christian schools since birth and never been forced to believe ANYTHING. Catholic church/schools are not as strict as you make them sound.
People can be brainwashed into believing anything and religion is no exception but that's not what most religions try to do IMO.

themickey said:
You'll notice for example christian kids raised strictly are often the most disobedient.
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Doubt you have even a shred of evidence to back up that claim.
You've had some bad experiences as a Christian but I'd say you're an exception.
I don't have a shred of evidence to back up my opinion either. Just a lifelong experience as a Christian.

wrbtrader · Apr 30, 2024

themickey said:
Imo, it is IMPOSSIBLE to live a Christian life!!!
The ideals are unattainable.
It is impossible to be someone else. You have to be yourself.
Imposing your will on someone by force, ie psychological coersion, "...do this or go to hell", is never going to work.
The bible is wanting conformists to an ideal which in theory sounds good.
You'll notice for example christian kids raised strictly are often the most disobedient.
We used to joke as kids, if you want a fuck, go look for the pastor's daughter.
More...

This forum is a testament to the ET members who are active or were active in the Political threads that say they're living a Christian life while trolling, harassing, threatening, constantly debating, instigating, requesting to meet in person for a street fight, and targeted personal attacks by so-called "Christians".

I was born a Catholic...both parents are Catholic. Mom is from France and Pop is from South Dakota. Yet, not a religious pretender, not a devout catholic.

My Dad, Dad's parents, and Dad's grandparents lost a lot of respect for religion because of how religion threatened the culture of Native Americans. The problem they had with religion or the "Christian life" was that it was bundled with corrupt government, cults, and anything that could be considered a bad seed.

With that said, I've met real Christians online and in person...I'm truly amazed at their persona versus other people who give the illusion they're Christians.

Guess what, as an ex-military soldier who grew up in a military family in which I was lucky to live in different countries, friends in different religions, and dated women from different religions...I saw the same within other religions.

The most shocking is the idea of WAR in the name of a religion or the attempt to try to kill off another culture, race, or ethnicity because their religion is different. How our planet with its humans and its many religions has survived this long...absolutely amazing.

wrbtrader