Mike Hollingshead
Sorry if my post was flamish....I was actually typing it when you posted the warning. I was just trying to keep the flames neutral was all.....
Mike
Mike
Entirely different situation that I am positive had not crossed either of our minds when we left that morning. Tornado Attack goes out and plans to drive into one as their purpose. I won't dispute the rush but while it was happening neither of us were smiling... The shock afterwards was a rush until the big let down of Hallam that shoved down our throat how lucky we were. Pretty sombering actually.Hell.. David Drummond drove through a tornado and has the video..
I am sure alot of people called Franklin an idiot with his kite experiment as well. Or did they???? Hmmmmmmm![]()
Shane,
Why are you trying to argue i have only been here a few days and its the second attack while just trying to be part of the conversation...
who the hell would drive into that? why would you insinuate im stupid? driving a tank would be the safet vehicle i could think of.. It isnt practical and was just said in jest..
I think Ill just keep my mouth shut from now on as I feel there are people here that know it all and that i cant say shit without a hateful correction... :wink:
Plowman. Dont post your opinions on this site. I did so in the past as well and you only get chastized and ridiculed because you might think "outiside" th box.
Back to the TIV....where are the pictures?
All I see on the site is some guys in white t-shirts, dark clouds, a pretty sunset, and a few tornado pics.
The comment about "Oh, and finally - an F4 or greater tornado doesn't care if it's a tank, or a train, or a semi. You really should do some reading....." doesn't take into consideration that a box car and a semi have a huge amount of surface area to catch the wind. We don't see locomotives thrown about from tornados.
The Abrams M1 Tank is 32' long, 12' wide and only 8' high and weighs almost 140,000 pounds. That's a lot of weight for such a low profile so I give the tank a very good chance in an F4 tornado.
In regards to the TIV, I got a chance to view it up close one afternoon in Iowa and although it has a lot of 1/4" steel plate on it, the joints and fit of the plate are poorly done leaving lots of ways for the wind to get underneath and rip them from the vehicle.