ITT I show you how the El Reno tornado was able to kill the most experienced storm chasers.

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ITT I show you how the El Reno tornado was able to kill the most experienced storm chasers.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 40309052 United States 06/05/2013 11:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	ITT I show you how the El Reno tornado was able to kill the most experienced storm chasers. This tornado was eventually rated an EF5 with max winds of 296 mph measured by a mobile doppler, with a maximum width of 2.6 miles. That maximum width was very near where it killed Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young. Tim was one of the most experienced tornado chasers in the world, and Carl was not too far behind him in his level of knowledge and experience. It killed 3 highly experienced storm chaser/tornado researchers in one vehicle and another amteur storm chaser in another vehicle, and killed over a dozen other people. To see how 3 highly experienced storm chasers could get killed, go here and watch from 2:25 on. Tim and Co. are located to the left side forward about 3 miles from this camera, to the left of the tornado at 2:50 in the video ... [link to www.youtube.com] watch from 2:25 on at the transformation. The tornado becomes rain-wrapped, enlarges, and then also moves hard left, going from a southeast direction of travel to a northeast direction of travel. This combination can be a deadly one for anyone no matter how experienced they are.

Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 40309052 United States 06/06/2013 03:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: ITT I show you how the El Reno tornado was able to kill the most experienced storm chasers. Here is another really good example showing how it caught people off guard. Rapidly exanding and shifting in unusual ways ... [link to www.youtube.com] These guys were caught on the edge of it as it rapidly expanded, and they barely made it out.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1685470 Canada 06/06/2013 03:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: ITT I show you how the El Reno tornado was able to kill the most experienced storm chasers. Amazing footage, retarded people. Risking their lives over something so pointless baffles me.
Question EVERYTHING Traveler In The Matrix User ID: 41194645 United States 06/06/2013 04:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: ITT I show you how the El Reno tornado was able to kill the most experienced storm chasers. Crazy footage... Not sure how intellegent these guys are that are chasing them are? I could see it being a lot of fun but we always have this condition where we want to get just one step closer to danger.. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. ~ Mahatma Gandhi "Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever." ~ George Orwell "The exact level of tyranny that you're going to live under, is the level of tyranny you put up with." ~Thomas Jefferson "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 40309052 United States 06/06/2013 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: ITT I show you how the El Reno tornado was able to kill the most experienced storm chasers. Amazing footage, retarded people. Risking their lives over something so pointless baffles me. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1685470 Crazy footage... Not sure how intellegent these guys are that are chasing them are? I could see it being a lot of fun but we always have this condition where we want to get just one step closer to danger.. Quoting: Question EVERYTHING Youll find the average chaser has an intelligence level probably in the 90th percentile. As far as Tim, Carl, and Paul, they were part of the Twistex team- [link to en.wikipedia.org] No doubt a part of it was fun, but it is also a paying job for many storm chasers, and also results in science benefits for all. The Moore tornado of May 20th killed 23 people. That same tornado going through the same houses would have killed 100+ people 40 years ago. Part of that lowered death rate is directly due to the work of storm chasers and tornado researchers. Heck, Fujita himself was a storm chaser. And if you listen to this presentation by Tim, youll see he was a very intelligent man- [link to www.youtube.com]
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 40309052 United States 06/06/2013 05:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: ITT I show you how the El Reno tornado was able to kill the most experienced storm chasers. Here's information on the other solo storm chaser who was killed. It sounds like it was his first and last rodeo with a bull tornado. [link to www.stormtrack.org]
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