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The TWISTEX crew and the vehicles on equipped with mobile mesonets. TWISTEX (a backronym for Tactical Weather-Instrumented Sampling in/near Tornadoes Experiment) was a tornado research experiment that was founded and led by Tim Samaras of Bennett, Colorado, US, that ended in the deaths of three researchers in the 2013 El Reno tornado.
Reed later learned that TWISTEX founder Tim Samaras, his son Paul, and storm chasing partner Carl Young, were fatalities of the El Reno tornado. Dominator 2 sustained engine damage during a storm chase and was parked in a storage lot in Norman, where it sat for many years. In 2022, Timmer made plans to get Dominator 2 back on the road.
Even before it was known that Samaras, his son, and Young had been killed, the event led many to question storm-chasing tactics, particularly in close proximity to tornadoes. [27] In addition to the three TWISTEX members, the tornado killed five other people, including local resident Richard Charles Henderson, who had decided to follow the ...
Tony Laubach (/ ˈ l ɔː b æ k / LAW-bak; [1] born November 20, 1980) is an American storm chaser and meteorologist. He has participated in several field research projects and is one of the surviving members of TWISTEX.
A dangerous pursuit. Storm chasing requires planning, patience, and complicated data-analysis. Mistakes can mean missing out on the action or even putting yourself in danger.
This Texas-based storm chaser thinks the Twisters phenomenon gets the cars and culture mostly right — minus the flying cows. What an Actual Storm Chaser Thinks of 'Twisters' and Its Vehicles ...
On October 21, 2019, Casey listed the TIV 2 on Craigslist for US$35,000 [18] and it was later sold to storm chaser Ryan Shepard. [19] The TIV 2 was fully restored and back on the road again in the 2021 storm season, where it made multiple close intercepts on June 10 in western North Dakota.
Resist high-pressure sales: Some storm chasers use tactics such as the supposed good deal t hey offer homeowners — but only if you hire on the spot, according to the BBB. Disaster victims should ...