Congrats to Reed & Joel on Today Show

[Jim Hunt]

Congratulations to Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor for their (lead story) appearence on the Today this morning. Too bad you didn't have a longer segment.

 

[B Ozanne]

I just saw their video on GMA. I couldn't feel how warm it was though, I just had to guess.

 

[Kevin Crawmer]

Excellent appearance! Congrats! You guys have a good thing going. Keep up the good work!

 

[Edward Ballou]

I saw it as well - good job!

 

[J Kinkaid]

anyone upload the segment ? If I had known it was going to be on I would have grabed it

 

[B Ozanne]

In case you've been living in a cave Reed and Joel are all over the news.

I'm sure people have mixed feelings about how close they got, but that close encounter on Friday is truly one of a kind video. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[Jeff Miller]

Anyone notice in that video how just before the second tree got uprooted, it was literally "Flattened" by what appeared to be a strong down-burst just prior to the "main" tornadic winds? definately some of the craziest, one of a kind video I have ever seen.

 

[fplowman]

Is there a link to that video? Anyone know?

 

[B Ozanne]

Is there a link to that video? Anyone know?

For a day it was one of the banner headlines on the Drudgereport.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNL7ASvl4k4&eurl=http://tornadovideos.net/

Check the rest of their videos, they shot a nice wedge on the 5th.

 

[Matt Chatelain]

I just wonder how it looks in HD!!! I really don't think we've seen anything yet. I honestly think this is the best tornado video i've ever seen. Amazing weekend, you deserve it!

 

[Willie Dines]

Anyone notice in that video how just before the second tree got uprooted, it was literally "Flattened" by what appeared to be a strong down-burst just prior to the "main" tornadic winds? definately some of the craziest, one of a kind video I have ever seen.

I noticed that also, just as the tornado was about maybe 5 - 10 yards away from the tree, which is most likely the reason why the tornado remained as narrow and weak as it did

Any reasonable downdraft, naturally slows down, the momentum of the tornadoes updraft

Willie

 

[Reed Timmer]

We're thinking the tree may have just been blown over horizontally, rather than a downdraft...but it's tough to tell.

If it was a downdraft, it could have been a result of the intense updraft within the tornadic circulation.

Hopefully this video can be used for research purposes.

 

[B Ozanne]

Reed,

Did you ever determine what the debris was in the video? Somebody said, "Oh no, those are structures." It sure looked like man-made debris, but where was it coming from?

Also, did any debris make a loop or partial loop around the tornado before being ejected or did it all shoot straight out on a tangent?

 

[Joel Taylor]

We think it may have hit a barn before crossing the road and the debris just got stuck in the circulation. It seemed to stay in there for a very long time, but we never saw anything else get hit. In the HD version we can follow a piece of debris as it goes around the tornado at least 4 times.

 

[bill mudd]

high point on their video:
seeing the tree getting schredded

funniest point:
"close the door" as they are backing away

ahh guys a lil close no? I never thought of backing away from something like that....brilliant idea....gutsy video and he was actually quite calm given the circumstances

gonna be hard to top this one guys, and I dont think I want to either!