Posted on 06/02/2013 9:52:39 AM PDT by jimbo123
Storm chaser Tim Samaras was killed Friday doing what he loved: chasing tornadoes. He and his son Paul perished in the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado along with frequent partner on storm chasing adventures, photographer Carl Young.
Samaras had a long relationship with National Geographic, providing some of our most memorable videos of storms.
(Excerpt) Read more at newswatch.nationalgeographic.com ...
How? Are tornados more predictable since he and others have been doing this research? Do we get more warning than we used to? I can see where they could learn about the makeup of these storms, but what are we going to do about it? Nothing. Reminds me a lot of the Global Warming thing.
“Are tornados more predictable since he and others have been doing this research? Do we get more warning than we used to?”
Yes, and yes. Anything else?
There’s no way to *spin* this story.
Discovery channel’s storm chaser Tim Samaras killed in El Reno tornado
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Is the increase in US tornadoes a recent phenomenon?
LOL!!! (You owe me a keyboard.). :-)
Play with the fire and you’re gonna get burned
No increase. Three weeks ago they were claiming this was one of the weakest tornado seasons ever. That was simply due to the cool spring the entire Northern Hemisphere has been experiencing. Tornado season was delayed. The good news is they will diminish significantly after this year due to solar driven global cooling.
Absolutely...They sell video and this is what these people are all about.
We’ve know what causes tornadoes for many decades and with current technology, they can damn near predict approximately when they will occur and general locations where they’ll likely occur.
Chasing them around places like Hacksaw Arkansas or Jawbone Junction, is all about face time and selling video for TaaVaa.
I do not think there has been an increase in the numbers of tornadoes but an increase in the number of documented tornadoes. The empty prairie land struck by tornadoes a generation or two ago is now subdivisions and strip malls with millions more people in the path of any tornadoes that form, recording these beasts from start to finish.
That being said, Rest In Peace all who perished. They died trying to expand our knowledge of these monsters, thereby increasing the lead time for warnings so the lives of others could be spared in the future. At least that is the way I shall remember them.
I'll give you a pass and won't flame you since it seems you are speaking out of ignorance.
Tim was a colleague and a researcher. He gathered data by placing probes in the path of storms. His goal was to get data from right at the surface to better understand tornadoes. He wasn't there to seek thrills. His goal, as are all storm researchers (whether they be tornadoes, severe or hurricanes) was to get data to eventually (and probably not in our lifetime...but lay the groundwork) figure these things out so that we know when they will form and save lives....and to know how to build so as to withstand them.
In a sense...these guys are laying it down to get the info so researchers can model the data...so that others can survive.
I guess he should have just stayed in the back and watched it then huh. Instead of putting his life at risk to gather data by putting probes there so that researchers could use the data to make better forecasts in the future.
You know...think about himself. Kinda like....?
Whatever. It was a joke and I’m from Oklahoma.
Been through plenty of tornadoes.
Good job OKIE! Doing your state PROUD!
Yeah? Wanna hear a good one?
Did you jump on the Darwinits?
Anyway, my Mom calls me a few years ago to tell me she has cancer on her kidney. I just laughed and said God was thinking this one through .
She started laughing and said that was her response to the doctor who informed her of her condition.
Anyway, you will find people all over Oklahoma who would had repeated the 1st line of a Steve Wariner song in regards to this stir chasers.
Best part is they died doing what they love. They lived well and left well, fully knowing the dangers on one side of their life calculus and the thrill of passion.
Re: post 4 - fascinating video. Rest in peace, Tim Samaras!
Yes. A local weatherman in Tulsa, Jim Giles, played an important roll in the development of Doppler radar with intent of detecting tornadoes.
There is no increase in tornadic activity. some years we have more and other years less.
In fact, we are currently running at about 1/2 the number of tornadoes by this time of year.
Naw. That one would have got an Elton John song .
Horrible day to wall into my office and see that played over and over on the news.
Well, just what do the "storm chasers" have to do with advanced satellite projections and predictions? If anything is giving us more warning, it's satellite imagery. That, and Doppler radar.
Re: post 49 - I think that’s actually the cumulative tracks of the tornadoes of late April, 2011. I lost a few shingles that day. My friend and co-worker lost her house, and her next door neighbors lost their lives. It was devastating.
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