That's a good day for a storm chaser *doublepromote

Thats Reed Timmer. He was one of the 'stars' of the Discovery show, Storm Chasers. He does a LOT of tornado research using doppler, probes, uav's, etc. He has a Ph.D. in meteorology. Very interesting guy and has done a lot for progressing storm safety and early warning systems.

Although hail and debris can be an issue, I felt they were keeping a safe distance. Not all storm chasers are trying to get INTO a tornado, which the tanks you're talking about typically are used for. Some of them get around the vehicle damage problem by renting a car.

I got the impression the "child" was a woman and talking on a radio to other people in the group.

I'm pretty sure I heard a child worriedly saying "Dad" at 1:08...as in 'Dad, what the F are you doing?'
Even if they are 'actual tornado chasers' (which doesn't mean they have any training or even common sense, just a camera and a wish to get storm pictures), they are clearly driving a normal street vehicle, not an armored storm chaser vehicle, so driving into the edge of the tornado was just dumb. They were incredibly lucky to survive that without major injury.
So, maybe not actual EIA, but certainly attempted EIA...especially if those ARE his children with him.

I'd say that was the perfect location for a storm chaser.

I guess I'm not a professional storm chaser (oh god I wish I was) but I would be laughing and screaming in joy of just seeing a tornado.

I'd love to be a storm chaser, but that man has balls.

>> ^westy:

>> ^EvilDeathBee:
Why haven't we reached Mars yet, damnit!

because its a totally waist of time and effort sending humans to planets that are shit for human existence.
Robots are the only thing that should be sent to mars and the moon , it would be far more efficient and cost affective to do that than to send people.
It would make more sense for people to try and colonise the earth sea floor as this is likely going to be far more sustainable and practical if there was a cataclysmic event and the development of that over 60-200 years would develop the technology to allow future space travel.
Until we have some sort of technology to move through space faster than the speed of light which obviously is unlikely then I don't see any point in colonising other planets with anything other than a robotic presence.


*rolleyes* one of those people, eh?

>> ^EvilDeathBee:

Why haven't we reached Mars yet, damnit!


because its a totally waist of time and effort sending humans to planets that are shit for human existence.

Robots are the only thing that should be sent to mars and the moon , it would be far more efficient and cost affective to do that than to send people.

It would make more sense for people to try and colonise the earth sea floor as this is likely going to be far more sustainable and practical if there was a cataclysmic event and the development of that over 60-200 years would develop the technology to allow future space travel.

Until we have some sort of technology to move through space faster than the speed of light which obviously is unlikely then I don't see any point in colonising other planets with anything other than a robotic presence.

I do however think manned orbital space travel is something we have to develop right away and make possible right away for most people. We could also use it to send twats up into space and let them see how pathetic they are and how small earth and they are in the vast scheme of things with any luck that might make the world a more peaceful place to live in.

"the woman recording this (Lindsay Phillips) is a meteorologist and storm chaser and this is not her first close encounter with a tornado. You'd think she could hold it together a little better."
Therefore she knows how dangerous they are. So she has every right to be scared, right? And in any case, I think she holds it together pretty well! I've have been crapping myself.

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They are storm chasers.

the 1080P stuff looks aweeeeesome... check out the storm chasers 1080P bit... this stuff plays liquid smooth on an i7 with a geforce 260