Posted on 05/02/2022 10:08:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
The scariest scene in a movie I have ever seen was of a car being hit and some passengers killed. One minute they were laughing, the next, silence.
We live such safe lives.
May God rest their souls and comfort their families.
Sigh.
As a much older guy, I know the dangers inherent in these weather things, and would never run after them. They are as unpredictable as a wild animal, and far more dangerous.
And when these powers of nature catch you in their grasp (like the ocean) you realize you are not invincible, even though your 20 year old brain screams that you are, and your desire to experience all that life has to offer (including, and expecially, the dangerous things) overrides your common sense.
Sad.
They didn’t have more time to get older and learn.
I see that they weren’t killed directly by the tornado, but got caught up in the chase and were either caught in an unexpectedly heavy area of precipitation or simply weren’t paying close attention to road conditions.
Either way, hard situation.
They were heading home and hydroplaned into a semi.
They died doing what they loved.
They died in a car crash, not chasing the storm.
Sad. RIP.
Add my prayer to yours.
They were doing nothing wrong, it just happens. The price of living is dying, but if we’re Christians, we know that God will wipe alway all our tears and all will be well.
If only they had stayed in mom’s basement, smoking weed playing video games watching porn and eating junk food./s
Well said.
" When you used to tell me that you chase tornadoes, deep down I always just thought it was a metaphor."
Play stupid games.
Win stupid prizes.
Nowadays, there are so many stormchasers out on the road, the biggest risk is getting into an accident with another stormchaser, rather than the tornado itself.
Seeing a tornado birth is on my bucket list. Tech is to the point that the data available to the news meteorologists can be had on a dash mounted tablet.
The storm didn’t kill them ... they were t-boned by another driver.
Correction: The storm did play into it, but only a little. Hydroplaned on wet road.
I always thought the move TWISTER showed the worst possible way to chase storms, FULL SPEED AHEAD!
Too much of a chance of loosing control of your vehicle. You would be surprised how fast you can hydroplane and lose control on wet pavement.
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