What Nobody Tells You About Surviving a Tornado

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What Nobody Tells You About Surviving a Tornado
Jun 11, 2026 Season 2 Episode 78
Rob Valincius

At 1:00 AM, five jet engines worth of wind tore the roof and walls off his house with his whole family inside. Jon Edlin survived an EF3 tornado in Nashville, jumping on top of his seven-year-old daughter as the windows exploded one after another. Everybody made it out alive. Then the real work started.

In this one, Jon tells me what those ten seconds actually felt like, the year of 1 AM panic attacks and EMDR therapy that followed, and how he rebuilt through his PSI Method: Power, Smart, Important. We get into survivor's guilt, why men need to talk it out, the barber who saved him, and how a tornado go bag turned the worst night of his life into a mission.

Real story, real heart, and a plan that might save your life.

Get Jon's book, The PSI Method, on Amazon.
Website: https://www.jonedlin.com
Tornado Go Bag: https://www.tornadosmart.com

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