It's the Tornado Attack guys again. Good Lord! If nothing else, that auction should be pulled for all the lies in it.
The winning bidder will accompany the expertly qualified ‘Team Tornado’ professionals as they venture through Tornado Alley from May 15 through June 12, 2005 on the hunt for tornadoes.
I am curious as to what makes a person expertly qualified to drive into a tornado?
hen along with pilot Steve Green, they will become part of the first scientific, daredevil and humanitarian mission to record the forces of a tornado inside the circulation.
Humanitarian? Give me a freakin' break!
Our special fleet of mobilized scientific weather laboratories is led by world-class research meteorologists, aero-dynamics experts, and a professional motorsports team.â€
Really? I had no idea that people the class of Dr. Doswell, Dr. Forbes, Dr. Wurman, and Dr. Bluestein were involved? (Of course they aren't!)
Last year ‘Team Tornado’ experienced 57 tornadoes in a 40-day period; which may be a world record,†says Green.
Which of course no one has ever seen any pictures of video of these tornadoes from them of these. And I am pretty sure that Jeff P. and some others may have seen equally as many or more.
After leaving Charlotte, NC to begin the ultimate extreme adventure, Team Tornado will stop by to visit the Landis family in Kansas whom they helped rescue immediately following the destruction of their home by an F4 tornado last year
Ok, I am calling complete BullSh*t on that one. We were there at Chris' house minutes after it hit, and while there were a bunch of locals there helping, there Tornado Attack Vehicle(s) were no were in site!
The sleek aerodynamic features make it capable of withstanding forces of an F-4 tornado (158-260 mph).
If this weren't assinine, it would almost be funny.
“…The Tornado Attack vehicle is purpose-designed to accomplish one thing… attack a tornado for the purpose of learning more about these phenomena. It just so happens that many of the components used in the Tornado Attack vehicle are also racing components. …Our company has many firsts accredited to its name. I saw the opportunity to be the first performance gauges to purposefully be driven into a tornado.â€
This whole thing smacks as a publicity stunt for racing components. I have said it before, and I have said it again, I just hope when they do it (IF they actually do it) I am close enough to get zoomed in video of that thing flying away like Dorothy's house in the Wizard of Oz!
EDITED TO ADD: Anything I have said here are strictly MY opinions only and are not related to anyone I might have any professional affiliations with.
