From what I saw on the news yesterday, I thought they were referring to their vehicles :eek:
That is what I thought until the vortex narrowed and immediately went back to its previous size. The funniest part is the idiot filming pointing out the heavy equipment trailer in the road like Helen Hunt in Twister....
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: Masherbrum on May 10, 2016, 01:34:42 PM
That is not CGI. They were not the brightest bulbs of the bunch, but it is real.
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: NatCigg on May 10, 2016, 02:30:29 PM
:eek:
Thank goodness for youtube because i never want to see that in person. Those guys filming are slightly insane and stupid.
The power of the tornado is fearful and mesmerizing at the same time.
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: LCADolby on May 10, 2016, 02:44:58 PM
What a group of utter complete unadulterated morons. They gave themselves no wiggle room for escape should that thing have turned on them. Next time, they'll be in the obituaries.
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: puller on May 10, 2016, 03:01:55 PM
A big one missed my hometown yesterday.... Went slightly north....plissken if you read this did it miss y'all????
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: mbailey on May 10, 2016, 03:30:28 PM
I follow Reed Timmer on Twitter...he has some great chases....that tornado was a good one
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: Chalenge on May 10, 2016, 03:51:56 PM
What a group of utter complete unadulterated morons. They gave themselves no wiggle room for escape should that thing have turned on them. Next time, they'll be in the obituaries.
There is a fine line between stupidity and courage as seen here.
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: ghi on May 10, 2016, 05:44:07 PM
A big one missed my hometown yesterday.... Went slightly north....plissken if you read this did it miss y'all????
I watched live on KFOR last evening, they have the best live images from helicopter and the weather anchor ,Mike Morgan knows to explain what's going on. More tornadoes today in Illinois/Tennessee; and here in Texas are storms exploding west of I-35, severe Tstorm warning only, but doesn't look good. http://www.weather.gov http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full.php Storm chasers live stream; http://www.severestudios.com/livechase/
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: Masherbrum on May 10, 2016, 05:48:31 PM
I follow Reed Timmer on Twitter...he has some great chases....that tornado was a good one
I knew that voice sounded familiar. So his wife was driving and they are both meteorologists. So maybe their vehicle was running out of gas after all. That looks like an EF2,
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: Someguy63 on May 10, 2016, 06:45:34 PM
Have storm chasers ever bothered to get close to the big boys? Ef4's or 5's? Definitely not this close but close enough to call it close.
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: ghi on May 10, 2016, 06:47:37 PM
There is a fine line between stupidity and courage as seen here.
True, but we are attracted by unknown or ...dark side. :uhoh What we learned in schools 30 years ago about storms and lightning , how the electrifying air masses are causing electric discharge, could be wrong. All kind of dark energy ,dark matter and antimatter ....was detected in storms over past 6-7 years. I googled some links below.
Have storm chasers ever bothered to get close to the big boys? Ef4's or 5's? Definitely not this close but close enough to call it close.
Not that close, unless they have a death wish. Two different realms in terms of damage, cell size and sheer intensity. The 4's-5's have 150-200+ mph winds, incurring larger debris and hail. 2's are just above 100 mph, if memory serves and while it doesn't seem like much? It is night and day. But I still think it is somewhat ballsy, albeit unsafe to get that close to even a 1 or 2 like these chasers did. It makes you lax and complacent.
The Wray tornado has already documented that another pair of storm chasers were about 100 yards from it at one point. You should not be getting closer than a 1/2 mile or so from a debris cloud on a 4 or 5. While the risk and thrill influence storm chasers, safety is paramount. The larger debris will demolish a vehicle, even the TIV (which was getting rattled around pretty good in an EF1).
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: BoilerDown on May 10, 2016, 09:01:02 PM
Have storm chasers ever bothered to get close to the big boys? Ef4's or 5's? Definitely not this close but close enough to call it close.
If you're really curious check out the TV show "Storm Chasers". Glad to see Reed Timmer is still alive after all these years.
This is the best footage of a tornado ever I think. It just sat there on the road and traveled along it, like a one in a million intercept. Photogenic too. Where's the Dominator? They could have drove into that thing so easily.
Edit: 360 view here: https://www.rt.com/viral/342447-storm-chaser-360-tornado and on his Facebook page. I just watched the top of it, as the clouds spun around and sometimes got sucked in.
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: ghi on May 12, 2016, 05:17:11 PM
Solar impulse live streaming the US section of flight around the world, above Texas/Oklahoma now, through tornado alley today; they picked a very quiet sunny day; :devil
True, but we are attracted by unknown or ...dark side. :uhoh What we learned in schools 30 years ago about storms and lightning , how the electrifying air masses are causing electric discharge, could be wrong. All kind of dark energy ,dark matter and antimatter ....was detected in storms over past 6-7 years. I googled some links below.
remember when they said lightning is hotter than the sun? that is hot! hard to imagine. and if lightning is a "spark", the powers that be to create a 10 mile long spark, have to be Enormous!. :eek:
Title: Re: Tornado recorded yesterday, Wray, Colorado
Post by: ghi on May 17, 2016, 07:34:58 PM