3 from Discovery Channel show "Storm Chasers." die

[Jaxx]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/us/midwest-weather/index.html

Tornado just west of OKC was very dangerous type to chase Friday evening. Not only killed these three but another weather channel vehicle was caught in storm and lucky to survive.

:scared



Crews haul away a mangled truck on Sunday, June 2, that storm chasers Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras and Carl Young were using to track the tornado that hit El Reno, Oklahoma. The three men, who had devoted their lives to hunting powerful storms died in the middle of the chase. Seventeen tornadoes were reported in the Oklahoma City and St. Louis areas on Friday, May 31.

 

[The Mover]

High Risk & a very sad ending.

 

[beantownjim]

HEY ITS O.K. FOR THAT GUY TO GET KILLED BUT WHY DRAG HIS SON ALONG HE WAS ONLY 25

I WONDER IF YOU CAN MAKE A LIVING CHASING STORMS SOUNDS LIKE A NICE WAY TO MAKE A LIVING.

HEY BEANTOWNJIM WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING

I AM A STORM CHASER LAST YEAR I MADE A MILLION DOLLARS RUNNING FROM TORNADOS AND SWIMMING IN TYPHOONS I SIT AROUND DOING NOTHING FOR 10 MONTHS THEN DURING TORNADO SEASON I GO DOWN TO MAIN STREET AND LET A TORNADO CHASE ME DOWN THE STREET.9 TIMES OUT OF 10 I CAN BEAT THE TORNADO

JACK IF YOU BUY ME A NICE CAMERA I WILL BECOME THE MADJACKS OFFICIAL STORM CHASER I WILL BRING BLOCKHEAD ALONG IN CASE I NEED TO THROW SOMEBODY INTO THE PATH OF THE TORNADO :toast:

 

[yyz]

At least they died doing what they loved...

 

[Jaxx]

Canadian County Undersheriff Chris West told NBC News that the men were in a small Chevrolet that was found upright in a ditch about a mile from Interstate 40 southeast of El Reno. Deputies said the vehicle looked as if it had been put through a trash compactor.

One body was found a quarter-mile away, a second was found a quarter-mile away in the opposite direction and the third was found inside the car. The engine was thrown a half-mile away, and the front wheels were ripped off.



http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/02/18702550-oklahoma-tornado-deaths-include-three-veteran-storm-chasers?lite

 

[beantownjim]

WHY WOULD A FATHER GET HIS SON INVOLVED IN SUCH A DANGEROUS SITUATION

IF HE WANTED TO DIE THATS FINE BUT WHY BRING HIS SON ALONG

 

[Jaxx]

:scared

The National Weather Service has just upgraded the May 31 El Reno, Union City tornado to an EF-5 with a width of 2.6 miles wide, making it the widest tornado ever documented. The upgrade was based on information from a Dopler On Wheels (DOW) that measured low level winds of 296 miles per hour



http://kfor.com/2013/06/04/update-el-reno-union-city-tornado-widest-tornado-on-record/

 

[Jaxx]

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2426

This is why the chasers die. They just get to close to try and get the best shot. And as the link above states some of the vortex's moved along the ground at 160mph. No getting away from that if it changes your direction.

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[Jaxx]

Discovery Special for Storm Chasers


The Discovery Channel will air a special Wednesday to honor three storm chasers who were killed May 31 in a deadly tornado. The series Storm Chasers had chronicled the dangerous lives of Carl Young, Tim Samarus, and his son, Paul Samaras, who served as videographer. The three were gathering scientific data about the May 31 tornado in Oklahoma City when they were killed. ?Mile Wide Tornado: Storm Chasers Tribute? will have highlights from past episodes, as well as focus on the May 20 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, that killed 24.