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Old Jun 13th 2008 | 5:30 am
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Some storm chasers (I think they worked for a radio station or something) were driving in Iowa the other day and took a turn, right into the core of a tornado.

Yeah, they filmed it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7452416.stm

Pretty spooky.
 
Old Jun 13th 2008 | 5:38 am
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Originally Posted by penguinsix
Some storm chasers (I think they worked for a radio station or something) were driving in Iowa the other day and took a turn, right into the core of a tornado.

Yeah, they filmed it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7452416.stm

Pretty spooky.
"Dude!" "Dude!" "Dude!" "Put your flashers on" "Dude!".

It's a baby one. Barely F1. No hail. Amateur stormchasers are morons.
 
Old Jun 13th 2008 | 7:10 am
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Originally Posted by Octang Frye
"Dude!" "Dude!" "Dude!" "Put your flashers on" "Dude!".

It's a baby one. Barely F1. No hail. Amateur stormchasers are morons.
Dude! The Fujita Scale is used to measure the damage after the storm and not the speed of the wind associated with it. It may have been weak then but if it had strengthened during it's existence it would have been able to cause more than F1 damages. Hail is not continuous during a tornado and nor is it everywhere during the storm.
 
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WOW!!
 
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They kept driving didn't they? I kept thinking of the car in front of them, not to mention not really knowing where you were going.

They sounded very geeky.
 
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Originally Posted by cindyabs
They kept driving didn't they? I kept thinking of the car in front of them, not to mention not really knowing where you were going.

They sounded very geeky.
Hey now! LOL They were just a little too intense with that storm. However this is my favorite footage of getting caught in one...

Warning: DON'T USE OVERPASSES FOR PROTECTION!!!

 
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Originally Posted by ugacrew
Hey now! LOL They were just a little too intense with that storm. However this is my favorite footage of getting caught in one...

Warning: DON'T USE OVERPASSES FOR PROTECTION!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lHBZylcxIvw
camera moron was chasing tornados with kids in the car - unbelievable!
 
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Originally Posted by MsElui
camera moron was chasing tornados with kids in the car - unbelievable!
No. Those kids were there earlier. The people that were filming were from a Kansas TV station. The TV crew were the last to take shelter.
 
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I was thinking of this clip too. Ugacrew, we are geeks of a feather.
 
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Originally Posted by Octang Frye
I was thinking of this clip too. Ugacrew, we are geeks of a feather.
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Well, perhaps not that geeky.
 
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Originally Posted by Octang Frye
Well, perhaps not that geeky.
Okay okay. I admit. A bit of an overkill there. Do note that I do not own a pair of Spock ears and I've never gone to a Star Trek con. I just watch the series.
 
Old Jun 13th 2008 | 9:42 am
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Originally Posted by Octang Frye
Well, perhaps not that geeky.
I doubt you would continually repeat yourself or pepper every other sentence with dude, dude.
 
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Wasn't that the tornado that killed those poor Scouts just a little later?
 


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