Gizmodo Article About Illinois Tornado

[Mike Peregrine]

This is a really interesting article someone passed to me at work today. A close encounter between one of the Gizomodo writers and the tornado south of Chicago a few weeks back.

Interesting the way he describes how the gadgetry has forever altered the way people deal with something like a tornado staring them in the face. He relates how everyone grabbed their camera to get some Youtubable content during the height of the event.

 

[Adam Lucio]

Thank You for posting this. Thats my video he used in his blog. People started asking me questions as if I had written it and when they would mention "In your Gizmodo article you said....." and I would get confused...it all makes sense now.

I do agree with what he says though, but thats just the world we live in. I see the trend not only continuing, but getting worse.

 

[Chris Vagasky]

Squatting beside them all on the damp floor, there was no where in the world that felt more comforting. We introduced ourselves around our artificial campfire. The boy asked his girlfriend, "Is this the first time you've ever been in a boy's bathroom?" She said that it was.


"It's always this exciting," I assured her.




^ Ain't that the truth ^

 

[MatthewCarman]

Adam that is some asome footage you have on camera. Was anobody hurt by this tornado? Sorry to hear they did not pay you to use the video.

 

[Danny Neal]

Adam that is some asome footage you have on camera. Was anobody hurt by this tornado? Sorry to hear they did not pay you to use the video.

There were no serious injuries. 2 minor injuries and no deaths.....

This is why I love chasing with Adam Lucio (and Matt Fischer for that matter) It is just about the storms. Adam could have asked for a ton of money but he didn't because it isn't everything to him and he is not a greedy person.(Don't read into it, I am not suggesting most chasers are greedy) Each people have their own reasons for chasing and to each their own. But I think Adam's style is more closely related to mine, which is why every time we meet up it is always a good time, storm or not.

As for his video on this article.....he was talking about sending them a letter just to say..."hey that's my video! Don't try anything." But I don't know how that went as of yet..... If he sees it as a big deal I am sure he will say more about it.

It was an extremely descriptive article which I enjoyed reading. I believe the gas station he was referring too may have been on I 57 and Stuenkel Road which would have put it 1 mile south of where I was and about where Adam took the video from. I briefly looked on youtube for any gas station/close up tornado views, but didn't find any.

June 7th....what a day.

 

[Adam Lucio]

Adam that is some asome footage you have on camera. Was anobody hurt by this tornado? Sorry to hear they did not pay you to use the video.

Thanks Matt, fortunately noone was killed, Ive heard conflicting reports of how many injuries there were with the highest total being 6.

In the report thread for that day I posted pictures of the aftermath. A semi truck and a large SUV were both rolled and debris littered the road. I was stuck in the police lockdown for about an hour and the expressway itself remained closed for I think 2 days in that area.

I sent Gizmodo an email and asked that they please state the video is not theirs. The person who wrote it never actually claimed it was his so I dont see the need to escalate it further than that.