I'M INSIDE THE TORNADO!!!

[Jason Boggs]

"Oh Bullwinkle, that trick never works."

No it doesn't. You have to be wearing a chicken outfit to make it work!

 

[Nathan Edwards]

You really have to wonder what will come next after just being in the tornado isn't enough. I can picture a few possibilities:

1.) Getting into the tornado while naked and strapped to the mesonet while throwing handfuls of sheet metal screws into the air.
2.) Getting into the tornado while naked and strapped to the mesonet while juggling running chainsaws.
3.) Paragliding into thunderstorm updrafts (already done in Australia, but not deliberately).
4.) Skydiving through thunderstorms in a flying squirrel outfit bristling with lightning rods.

And this year's Darwin Award goes to ___________.

Guess I'm just not that much of an adrenaline junkie. I'm totally comfortable allowing Tim's probes to get video samples of the corner flow region.

Sorry, just wanted to have fun with it!


John
VE4 JTH

Options 1 and 2 remind me of this guy if he ever locates his perfect chase partner.

I won't embed the image Clicky - Most Likely Not Safe For Work You were warned...

 

[Robert Dewey]

I'm all for people getting video from "inside the tornado" -- it brings me great viewing pleasure. I think the high-speed camera thing would be awesome.

 

[Steve Worthington]

Options 1 and 2 remind me of this guy if he ever locates his perfect chase partner.

I won't embed the image Clicky - Most Likely Not Safe For Work You were warned...

Ummmm what are you doing looking at M4M?
ummmm never mind, I dont really want to know

 

[Robert Dewey]

Options 1 and 2 remind me of this guy if he ever locates his perfect chase partner.

I won't embed the image Clicky - Most Likely Not Safe For Work You were warned...

LOL!!! I just noticed that link. That's hilarious.

 

[JeffGonzales]

Adding on to getting into the tornado, I have talked with alot of younger people who are wanting to get into chasing after seeing youtube videos and the Storm Chasers show who are wanting to make camara pods to put in the tornado path. While i do think these pods are great for measurements for data and video, it does worry me that some of these people i have talked to with no experience are wanting to start out chasing by trying to get a probe in a tornado.

Just intrested in some of yalls thoughts.

 

[Jeff Duda]

Yeah, that's probably one of the most dangerous things they could do. It's great that they are interested in helping with the science (and supposedly aren't in it for shock value and money), but that's just a bad idea for anyone except the few who currently do it. People who have never chased before simply won't know how to be safe. They'll also probably have a really hard time actually getting to a tornado if they don't know how the weather works, don't have a car, don't have money, or don't have time (assuming they're teenagers and in school). Really the only time they'd be able to "chase" would be when a tornado strikes very near where they live.

 

[Jason Boggs]

All these newbies have to do is tie a video camera on themselves and also tie a few instruments to their backs. Sooner or later one of these people will become a probe themselves.

 

[Jason Foster]

All these newbies have to do is tie a video camera on themselves and also tie a few instruments to their backs. Sooner or later one of these people will become a probe themselves.

uhhh...I like that idea. Yeah, let's get them to do that. It'll be the storm chaser version of "You got Punk'd".

 

[Mickey Ptak]

I have to disagree, I would much rather see an up close video to a tornado violently interacting at ground level than a mile or more away video showing the entire column and you can't see much of what is going on at ground level.

Most videos cameras these days come with a little botton on the top or side that allows you to zoom in. Really no need to get so close for a ground shot.

I've been close several times and it was great but I got it out of my system.

Mick

 

[Brandon Goforth]

Adding on to getting into the tornado, I have talked with alot of younger people who are wanting to get into chasing after seeing youtube videos and the Storm Chasers show who are wanting to make camara pods to put in the tornado path. While i do think these pods are great for measurements for data and video, it does worry me that some of these people i have talked to with no experience are wanting to start out chasing by trying to get a probe in a tornado.

Just intrested in some of yalls thoughts.

Yeah, that freaking Storm Chasers show is pretty much destroying the hobby. EVERYONE thinks they're chasers now. I hate that show with a passion. As little as 5 years ago, if you told people you were a storm chaser they'd look at you like you were crazy. Now, everyone claims to be a chaser themselves, lol! "Storm chasing, you do that? Me too!!" It's almost a joke really. That being said, I'm thinking we'll start seeing some accidents out there. Too many people trying to chase now that have no clue what they're doing, and no one respects severe weather anymore. A big "chaser" accident is inevitable at this point. These next couple of seasons could get interesting.

 

[Skip Talbot]

You guys have been preaching the same things since Twister came out. Where are all these accidents? I've heard of a few vehicles getting totaled, and a few driving related deaths, but have yet to hear about the great chaser-tornado fatal encounter. Its extremely difficult to get inside of a violent tornado. They don't happen that often, they don't last long enough for you to be well out of position, and its like winning the lottery if you accidentally drive into one.

 

[Jeff Duda]

You guys have been preaching the same things since Twister came out. Where are all these accidents? I've heard of a few vehicles getting totaled, and a few driving related deaths, but have yet to hear about the great chaser-tornado fatal encounter. Its extremely difficult to get inside of a violent tornado. They don't happen that often, they don't last long enough for you to be well out of position, and its like winning the lottery if you accidentally drive into one.

I alluded to it in my post:

They'll also probably have a really hard time actually getting to a tornado if they don't know how the weather works, don't have a car, don't have money, or don't have time (assuming they're teenagers and in school). Really the only time they'd be able to "chase" would be when a tornado strikes very near where they live.

 

[Brandon Goforth]

You guys have been preaching the same things since Twister came out. Where are all these accidents? I've heard of a few vehicles getting totaled, and a few driving related deaths, but have yet to hear about the great chaser-tornado fatal encounter. Its extremely difficult to get inside of a violent tornado. They don't happen that often, they don't last long enough for you to be well out of position, and its like winning the lottery if you accidentally drive into one.

I'd be more concerned with getting in a traffic accident from bumper to bumper chaser convergence than getting hit by a tornado.

 

[Benjamin Rock]

All these newbies have to do is tie a video camera on themselves and also tie a few instruments to their backs. Sooner or later one of these people will become a probe themselves.

Hook me up and I'll try it!

If I'm wet=raining
If I'm cold=snowing
Loud Scream=Lightning strike near me..
No scream=Lightning hit me
If I'm gone=Tornado...