Discovery Channel's 'Storm Chasers' Fans on FR?

Storm Chasers ^ | 11/17/2008 | myself

[Pyro7480]

Any fans of Discovery Channels 'Storm Chasers' on here? I really enjoyed last season, and this season has been a blast so far. The scientists and filmmakers are a really interesting group of people.

[Scutter]

They said it was a bad monitor cable. I saw the boot errors they were getting on their screen, and so by definition the monitor cable was working. I can't see how this would prevent the computer from booting anyway. What they need to do is replace those computers with something that is resistant to vibration. Soldered components or vibration resistant connectors, flash-based hard drives instead of traditional spinning disk, etc. I can't believe the cost of that would be more than the cost of the wasted time due to the constant outages of their current setup.

The TVN guys work entirely off a (cellular) Internet connection. And from what I can see they have a much better success rate than Josh and his squadron of pansies. If I were the IMAX guy, I would ditch Josh and hook up with the TVN guys.

[pfflier]

Back in the 70's when I was attending OU we would all pile out of the dorms with our Kodaks to get pictures of tornadic storms for the weather guys. If we got a good set we could earn up to $10 and there was never a shortage of storms.

We never tried to get in the storms like the storm chasers do now, because we wouldn't get a decent picture due to the rain and dust.

[OB1kNOb]

Thanks. Will check for it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I watched it last season and swore I would never waste another minute of my life on it.

[Wiser now]

My husband and daughters think I am nuts. Storms chasers inspired me to take storm spotter training and obtain my amateur radio license.
I have promised to stay home close to the basement when I am babysitting for the grandkids.

[evets]

I've been in Texas 20 years, and witnessed one tornado.
May 27, 1997 15:30 F5 tornado Jarrell, Tx.

200 mph winds a mile wide at 20 MPH.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don’t know why the didn’t just use laptop computers. Not militarized rugged, but probably lots better than the desktops they are trying to use.

And my guess is the IMAX guy needed the larger truck for his big camera, and figured anyway that the guys with all the cool electronics would do a better job.

And I’m not sure getting my film done would make it worth having to listen to those TVN guys for hours. I have to think that if the little bit they show is annoying, it must be a lot worse in steady hours-long streams.

Still, I know that if I could, I would hop in the truck with the TVN guys for a day. That’s my personality.

[Pyro7480]

That one was disastrous.

[Pyro7480]

Wow, strong reactions on both sides. ;-)

[envisio]

“””Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs are my favorite shows. Discovery is a good channel.””””

I agree. What little TV I watch is DC. The only thing I don’t like is the commercials. There are so many of them. And if I flip to DC from another channel, I can pretty much bet myself that a commercial will be on. Other than that its good.
Pyro, to each his own, but I hate that stormchaser show. I always hope its not on when I sit down. Bring back Deadliest Catch!

[vetvetdoug]

I lived in Texas from 1963 to 1974 near Wichita Falls. I saw all the tornados I wish to see. Storm chasing there consists of walking outside and getting on top of the house. I was glad to have not been there on April 10, 1979. Now I live in Mississippi and have dodged three that have trailed within 1-4 miles of my house.

[count-your-change]

Interesting program (I was in a house when a tornado destroyed it) and one the kids can watch.