OK - Storm Chasers Dead, El Reno

[HMSHood]

RIP Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young. Sad day for the weather world. Another storm chaser passed away, Richard Charles Henderson. RIP Richard Charles Henderson. :rose:

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2425

Storm chasing is very dangerous, but we get a better understanding of tornadoes.

 

[Anna1964]

Amateur storm chaser took photo of tornado before his death

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-storms-a...to-of-tornado-that-killed-him/article/3841315

 

[Bonnie Blue]

RIP Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young. Sad day for the weather world. Another storm chaser passed away, Richard Charles Henderson. RIP Richard Charles Henderson. :rose:

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2425

Storm chasing is very dangerous, but we get a better understanding of tornadoes.

At 2:59 in the video you see a small what looks to be white car crossing the intersection and heading towards the tornado. I can't help but wonder if that was the Samaras car.

 

[Show Me]

Amateur storm chaser took photo of tornado before his death

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-storms-a...to-of-tornado-that-killed-him/article/3841315

"From his pickup, amateur storm chaser Richard Charles Henderson took a cellphone photo of the first tornado Friday and excitedly sent it to a friend.

Minutes later, that tornado would kill him."

How sad.

People just don't understand how mesmerizing a tornado can be! It's an unreal, humbling spectacle that can leave you jaw dropped. One reason DH and I are turned around to an escape route and stay near the car. We can be in the car and pealing out within seconds.

When the tornado gets bigger and you start to see through the bottom of the tornado you are way too close and in immediate danger.

Another danger is too many people clogging up the roads, panicking and not knowing what to do. Two disabled cars with a tornado barreling down on you is not a good situation to be in.

DH and I thought years and years ago, Storm Chasing might be something you'd eventually have to get a license for or be ticketed. It is definitely not something you do on your own without Storm spotting training and going with someone who's chased for years.

DH and I watch a lot of the storm chasing programs on TV and quite frankly the chances some of them take makes us look at each other and say, 'These people are crazy!' Trying to back a car up going 50 miles an hour to escape a tornado because you got too close is insane. Tornadoes can travel 70 miles an hour and they don't follow a road, they take shortcuts across a field, a stream etc, and be on top of you before you know it.

You are not going to get any great video or pics right next to the tornado, you can always pan in on your shot but you cannot recapture what doesn't fit in your lens. So unless you are a scientist or researcher why take the chance?

I really hope Storm Chasers rethink what happened with this unpredictable tornado that didn't obey the normal tornado behavior. Maybe the Storm chasing rules need to be rewritten.

'Too close to the tornado run away
and live to chase another day.'

 

[Bonnie Blue]

Just a heads up on this

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/06/05/discovery-channel-special-for-storm-chasers.html

 

[Wolf Dreamer]

I don't know if this is true or not, but pretty cool if it is.

From Twitter:
Matthew Gaylor ‏@MatthewGaylor 2m
Happening NOW, spotters line up in to form the initials T.S. for Tim Samaras. Such a great loss. pic.twitter.com/8Xjp88GXEj

This was posted to FB

If it's for real it's amazing.

I saw the Mail article and what was left of the car. Unbelieveable.

 

[Wolf Dreamer]

This article has a picture from when the whole tribute was done, with Paul and Carl included - http://www.theweatherspace.com/2013/06/02/tim-samaras-his-son-and-carl-young-oklahoma-tornad/