© UknownThis still is taken from a video filmed by Steve Hoag of a tornado in Wilson, N.C.
The video Steve Hoag shot of an April tornado bearing down on him in Wilson, N.C., is taking the Internet by storm.
More than 1 million viewers have watched the video and heard his calm narration as an EF2 twister blew up a transformer, exploded a building and then swirled debris around him on April 16.
Gutsy? Idiotic? Crazy?
Accident, Hoag said.
And it's not something amateurs should try, say storm experts - and Hoag himself.
"If I came upon a similar situation today, I'd see if I could turn around and drive the other way," Hoag said in an interview Thursday.
But it's also something that apparently is becoming more common in this digital age, when it seems that just about everyone has a camera as close as a cellphone.
That was apparent again last week when more than 300 tornadoes touched down in six Southern states and killed at least 318 people. Some amateur videos taken during that outbreak have added to concerns being voiced by National Weather Service officials.
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