Thomas Loades
Along the lines of the favorite books thread, does anyone have particular weather videos that are their favorites?
My range is somewhat limited because I . . . [raises hands toward head] . . . don't have any videos made by chasers [ducks and covers] — so I'm probably missing something; nonetheless, my favorites are:
•The collected works of the Tornado Project
•The 1985 NOVA special, Tornado — mainly a historical curio now, but interesting anyway
•Storm Force: Tornado / Tornado Alley — two specials made for the Discovery Channel by Pioneer Productions in 1998 and 2000, respectively; though they illustrate the F-scale with actual tornadoes :x there's a lot of really good video in there
•Violent Storms — this is an odd little favorite of mine . . . a classroom film (made by Coronet Films in 1986) that a local library had a copy of on video. First, it made me think chasing would be something interesting (even about a five-second mention is cool for a 7-year-old weather nut), and second, it had these really pretty time-lapse satellite films of hurricanes David and Frederick in 1979
•Savage Skies — my tapes of this, which I've had for 6 or so years, are dangerously worn, but I don't care. Also made the Wichita–Andover tornado turning pink seem plausible
•1995 Nat'l. Geographic special, Cyclone — didn't bore me, unlike Nature's Fury
My range is somewhat limited because I . . . [raises hands toward head] . . . don't have any videos made by chasers [ducks and covers] — so I'm probably missing something; nonetheless, my favorites are:
•The collected works of the Tornado Project
•The 1985 NOVA special, Tornado — mainly a historical curio now, but interesting anyway
•Storm Force: Tornado / Tornado Alley — two specials made for the Discovery Channel by Pioneer Productions in 1998 and 2000, respectively; though they illustrate the F-scale with actual tornadoes :x there's a lot of really good video in there
•Violent Storms — this is an odd little favorite of mine . . . a classroom film (made by Coronet Films in 1986) that a local library had a copy of on video. First, it made me think chasing would be something interesting (even about a five-second mention is cool for a 7-year-old weather nut), and second, it had these really pretty time-lapse satellite films of hurricanes David and Frederick in 1979
•Savage Skies — my tapes of this, which I've had for 6 or so years, are dangerously worn, but I don't care. Also made the Wichita–Andover tornado turning pink seem plausible
•1995 Nat'l. Geographic special, Cyclone — didn't bore me, unlike Nature's Fury
