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Tornado Intercept Vehicle
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Awesome video.
What's the sale price on one of those?
What's the sale price on one of those?
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The may 31, 2013 tornadoes near OKC claim the lives of 3 storm chasers.
Meteorologist Mike Bettes was chasing the monster rain-wrapped tornado near El Reno, Okla. when he says the storm picked up the heavy chase SUV and threw it an estimated 200 yards.
"We were ahead of the storm. We stopped to broadcast and I saw a large violent wedge tornado," Bettes said in a live phone interview after he established phone connection after the incident.
"What we were trying to do was just get away from it and get to the south side of it," Bettes said. "But what ended up happening was all three of our vehicles that we chase with were all hit by it."
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Tim Samaras, 55, his son Paul Samaras, 24, and Carl Young, 54, were all killed while chasing a tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma.
Samaras found TWISTEX, a project dedicated to getting more scientific information about twisters. Samaras was profiled by the New York Daily News on May 22nd, telling the paper “we have to learn the environmental conditions that may or may not predict whether a storm will become a tornado.”
He said he stayed away from the giant Moore twister because it was too dangerous.
The Weather Channel's chase car was destroyed and the two occupants were injured. TWC only mentioned one person's name. Guess the other was not worthy of mention.Samaras found TWISTEX, a project dedicated to getting more scientific information about twisters. Samaras was profiled by the New York Daily News on May 22nd, telling the paper “we have to learn the environmental conditions that may or may not predict whether a storm will become a tornado.”
He said he stayed away from the giant Moore twister because it was too dangerous.
Meteorologist Mike Bettes was chasing the monster rain-wrapped tornado near El Reno, Okla. when he says the storm picked up the heavy chase SUV and threw it an estimated 200 yards.
"We were ahead of the storm. We stopped to broadcast and I saw a large violent wedge tornado," Bettes said in a live phone interview after he established phone connection after the incident.
"What we were trying to do was just get away from it and get to the south side of it," Bettes said. "But what ended up happening was all three of our vehicles that we chase with were all hit by it."
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"...trying to outdo the intercept vehicle."
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People are turning it into a sport and marketing ploy. One pays to play. Too bad the dead were closer to researchers then player.