TIV2 Purchased by a storm chaser

[Bill Hark]

Short news segment about a chaser from Colorado who has purchased the TIV2 and plans on chasing this Spring with it.

CBS4 Denver

 

[Andy Wehrle]

Didn't realize Sean had parted ways with it, lol. I guess with the iMax movie made and Storm Chasers long over with he didn't need them anymore.

 

[Warren Faidley]

Just as long as he realizes it's not "tornado proof."

 

[Brandon Skalniak]

Just as long as he realizes it's not "tornado proof."

Didn't it get punctured by a bunch of debris during the Lebanon KS tornado in 2013?

 

[Marc R. O'Leary]

Did that thing ever work properly?

 

[Brandon Skalniak]

I doubt it. I was always waiting for him to be up in that turret and have a bunch of debris fly their way. Everyone has seen what a 2 or a 3 can do to metal vehicles, and that thing was just a frame with a questionably-made shell on top.

 

[Jeff Wright]

What is needed is some self-driving tech with four explosive anchor bolts at the four corners.

US5647709A - Anchor bolt anchorable by explosive charge - Google Patents

An anchor bolt to be anchored by an explosive charge in a blind bore in a solid material, in particular a rock face or concrete, has a deformation chamber containing the explosive charge. To achieve inexpensive manufacture of the anchor bolt, simple mounting and high withdrawal values of the...

patents.google.com

 

[Connor Sipe]

So what is Sean Casey up to now? I think I remember hearing on Storm Chasers a long time ago that he wanted to make another movie with 3D IMAX footage this time.

 

[Jeff Duda]

As far as his Wikipedia page leads to, he has left the storm chasing community and has moved on to filming other extreme aspects of life.

Definitely a visionary who did some things no one else either put in the money for or thought to do. I am glad the community had him. But he is on to other things now.