Sad. He was one of my favorite chasers on the show. I can remember hearing him talk about storms and thinking he was a genius on the subject. The weather community lost a great mind. He was always extra careful when he chased too...which makes this more of a shock.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...o-12-dead.html
ing dumbass. Steve Irwin 2.0
Play with fire, you get burned.
Don't wanna be insensitive...but it seems like he finally caught it and got what he was asking for...smh.
yeah let's drive a van into the middle of a tornado
What no lol smileys this time bene?
RIP, but people who do these kind of crazy should know better.
R.I.P. Loved him in Princess Bride
I want to see the footage. Can't wait til' it's released online. I narrowly escaped a tornado when I was a kid, scary ass being that close. It sounded like a freight train right next to the house.
I disagree that he was always extra careful when he chased. I'm surprised it took this long for a chaser to die, honestly.
I don't know what makes you think that. I've watched basically every season and I can't remember him even getting close to being as dumb as Reid is sometimes. As far as chasers go as a whole, he was pretty damn careful.
And as far as the rest of the comments go, it isn't like he was some thrill seeker chasing storms to get off on it. I agree that a lot of those assholes deserve to get sucked up in one. Go read up on some of his research. The guy basically gave his life to try to find ways to understand tornadoes better so that things like what we saw this year could possibly be prevented.
Last edited by benefactor; 06-03-2013 at 06:44 AM.
He came within seconds of getting hit before. Thats not being extremely careful. When you see large scale research teams that are tied to academic ins utions you will see what careful is. Large projects like VORTEX don't come within seconds of getting their personnel killed or hurt. He may have been the safest on the show but that doesn't mean you're very safe at all.
I know he's cut it close before...you kinda have to if you are going to get a probe in the tornados path...but your last sentence is more what I was getting at. No matter how you slice it, it's dangerous work. Yes there are those that are safer but for the type of things he was trying to accomplish he usually used pretty good wisdom...unlike some of those re s with cameras trying to get the closest shot possible.
A slight miscalculation
Before
After
These dudes got a little too close, too
sad. i know its a crazy job but these guys were scientist. they werent some local yahoos out for a thrill they devoted their lives to it. so i wont put them down. im sure their work and data have helped understand these storms a tiny bit better
The guy who lived with bears was trying to understand bears better. Diane Fossey was trying to understand gorillas better. Steve Irwin was trying to understand stingrays better.
They were all doing stupid to understand these things. Driving into the middle of a tornado isn't any wiser than giving yourself HIV to help you find the cure.
Wanna go for a spin?
You were funnier as Koolaid Man tbh
Funny in retrospect
From 2010
http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/121...hasers-i01.jpg
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yeah your mom likes me better as Koolaid Man too
man the T.I.V. just drove into another tornado recently just fine
http://www.itechpost.com/articles/98...wins-video.htm
can someone enlighten me on storm chasing and how it prevents tornadoes? sounds like some thrill seeking geek stuff.
It's more "reality" TV. It was a great gig for him till the got really real.
I'm actually surprised how many in here watched that . I had never heard the guys name till he got slapped by that tornado.
That's a different TIV. It's got ground effect panels and outrigger anchors that did into the ground.
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