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Bummed about Tim Samaras' death.

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You guys probably recall my fascination with Reed Timmer (meteorologist from storm chasers) 

One of the other storm chasers on the show was killed last week in a tornado, Tim Samaras, his son, and his chase partner.  He seemed to be one of the more careful chasers.  I guess the tornado took a quick, unpredicted turn toward them.

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If I had the guts I think I would love being a storm chaser.  I am so fascinated by storms.

 

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  • wilsontl19191wilsontl19191 member
    So are we!! Before anything else, he was a scientist, not some wacko looking for a good video. And he was always so cautious, too. Sad.
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  • cantalopes24cantalopes24 member
    I heard about that! So sad!

    Storm chasing is in MHs bucket list.
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  • pennysuedogpennysuedog

    imagewilsontl19191:
    So are we!! Before anything else, he was a scientist, not some wacko looking for a good video. And he was always so cautious, too. Sad.

    30 years of chasing and research!  When he was on the show I always told MH that's who's team I'd be on because he was so cautious and so smart. 

    When he was a child he used to watch Wizard of Oz and say someday I'm going to go inside of a tornado. 

    They are trying to locate all of his equipment to see what their final moment were like and if any data was collected.

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    imagepennysuedog:

    imagewilsontl19191:
    So are we!! Before anything else, he was a scientist, not some wacko looking for a good video. And he was always so cautious, too. Sad.

    30 years of chasing and research!  When he was on the show I always told MH that's who's team I'd be on because he was so cautious and so smart. 

    When he was a child he used to watch Wizard of Oz and say someday I'm going to go inside of a tornado. 

    They are trying to locate all of his equipment to see what their final moment were like and if any data was collected.


    Wow! It's cliche, but at least he died doing what he loved.
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  • mamaZbomamaZbo member
    The tornado changed direction twice. He was getting out of the way and got stuck in rush hour traffic with many other people.
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  • morsey2011morsey2011 member
    I saw a picture of the truck they were driving on FB. It was insane. 
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  • pennysuedogpennysuedog

    imagemorsey2011:
    I saw a picture of the truck they were driving on FB. It was insane. 

    Wow truly devastating!  I can not imagine.  I don't think I will let MH drive home from work if sirnes are going off.  He has a very long commute in heavy traffic.  So scary.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335431/Tim-Samaras-dies-Tragic-words-father-son-storm-chasers-killed-tornado-threw-car-somersaulting-half-mile.html

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