The gas you'd save would easily pay for a shovel. Photo by George Johnson. Tim Samaras - Bio, Personal Life, Family & Cause Of Death - CelebsAges Paul (1925-2005) was a photographer and model . Of the 60 EF5 tornadoes to hit since 1950, Oklahoma and Alabama have been hit the most - seven times each. 82.6K subscribers Tim Samaras gained notoriety as one of the top stormchasers in the country, and a star of Discovery's Stormchasers, who helped us further understand the science of tornadoes. The Oklahoma City metro district has about 1.3 million people. I think this tornado did some stuff we didn't expect. They went in the field focused on collecting data to enable meteorologists to further the science behind tornadoes which we know has and will help to save countless lives. I've also suggested that traffic jams which could be caused by either of these effects can trap people where they don't want to be and that is dangerous to those in the vehicles. Road closures exist now, but there are lots of roads. Tim Samaras, his son Paul and colleague Carl Young died Friday night when an EF3 tornado with winds up to 165 mph turned on them near El Reno, Okla. After years of sharing dramatic videos with. Probably many thing contributed to what happened. That was the sound of nuance rushing by your libertarian ear. "I don't know if I would say I worried about it because one of the biggest things he stressed was safety. I think it's exactly as you said; these are bona fide emergencies and thus are precisely the situations that they should already be empowered to act in. Regarding emotional tragedy and responding to the thing that caused the emotional strategy, no, you've got that wrong. 'For reasons that are not clear to me, more people took to the roads, more than we expected. I think one suggestion if such a law could ever be enforced to weed out the average thrill seeker is maybe require one, a first aid type certification. The fact of the matter is, you just never know where they're going to hit. I would just add that other media outlets had apparently been talking about "outrunning" as a strategy for a couple of days before this particular tornado, so the idea was perhaps already in people's minds. Tim Samaras, 55, his son Paul, 24, and crew member Carl Young, 45, died in El Reno on Friday They were heard on Oklahoma Highway Patrol radio screaming before they were killed The elder Samaras was. Privacy statement. It's even worse if you are an amateur tornado chasing on your own--at least the tour groups have an experienced person to warn them that the tornado is coming straight at them and they need to hit the dirt NOW! With the regulation that you are proposing, what would you suggest to someone who doesn't have the tools or money to contribute their chasing to science, but simply would like to witness the beauty of mother nature, and is educated enough on storms to make smart decisions to not pose a danger to others? Plain and Simple what needs to be done now is EDUCATION. Their deaths may not seem surprising; storm chasing, as you might expect, has its risks. You have to sensor the state. OKLAHOMA CITY The deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City late last week killing 18, including three storm chasers, had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles and was the second top-of-the-scale EF5 twister to hit the area in less than two weeks, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday. Its a free country - youre obviously free to drive when and where you want, and I certainly dont want that to change, but something has to be done to avoid another tragedy like the one that killed 9 motorists Friday evening, including 3 professional tornado researchers Tim Samaras, his son, and intercept partner. So, regarding the question of traffic: first, I know. That's why safety experts say you need a plan. ScienceBlogs is where scientists communicate directly with the public. But, since we (we here discussing this) don't really know the laws and how they work regarding emergency response, traffic, etc. Five tornadoes battered the Oklahoma City area on Friday, while another tornado hit the Tulsa area early Saturday. Another two sets of storm-chasing meteorologists had lucky escapes on Friday night after their vehicles got too close to the multiple tornadoes that hit the Oklahoma City area. Myers said the man left for work early Saturday and his vehicle was found empty near East Hefner Road and Dobbs Road just after 6 a.m. 'His vehicle was found washed off the road,' Myers said. Writing new laws on the books is useless, even before the news agencies started this new trend which is disturbing you have people hiding under overpasses and pulling stupid stuff, Chasers have complained about this issue for years, notice numerous videos of truck drivers who even drive into the funnel, enforcement will be non existent because this puts law enforcement in a position of risk and is irresponsible, i agree with the tours, but again many people cannot afford the tours that are out there now and so they figure its cheaper to go it themselves, we can blame people for the groups death but the fact is that there were several unusual factors that caused this. He will be missed. In fact, we probably need more professional storm chasers, and among storm chasers my feeling is that we need a better more comprehensive research design. Here is what the tornado did: It grew from a big tornado to a bigger tornado, to what might be the largest tornado ever observed with instruments, in a matter of seconds, and it made a fast jog to the right, not an unusual thing for a tornado to do, but unanticipated by the storm chasers. There is a great irony to the deaths of the three storm chasers from Twistex. Northeast of St. Louis and across the Mississippi River, the city of Roxana was hit by an EF3 tornado, but National Weather Service meteorologist Jayson Gosselin said it wasn't clear whether the damage in both states came from the same EF3 twister or separate ones. Doppler imaging pegged the tornado's width at 2.5 miles, the widest ever documented. He attempted to take his own life and spent several days in intensive care before ultimately succumbing to his injuries. In a separate incident, Brandon Sullivan and Brett Wright captured heart stopping footage of their exploits getting too close to the powerful twister near Union City, in southwest Oklahoma City. Since this post went live Jeff posted about another storm chaser, an amateur, who was killed in this tornado. Hopefully, that lesson will be learned immediately. Sometimes accidents happen. Local news reported an estimated 1,200 people were at the airport. This advice sounds reasonable, but it really isnt. Hail and high winds were the chief threat, though a tornado could not be ruled out, forecasters said. How did this mountain lion reach an uninhabited island? With the severe weather knocking out power to nearly 120,000 customers in Oklahoma, according to electricity provider OG&E. Tim Samaras's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl In the freezer some people were freaking out and crying, while some comforted others and few told jokes, revealed Beverly Allam, 57. If you're prepared to fight fire and defend your property you have to be there before fire starts and stay there for as long as it takes. And we're wasting it on stupid, silly things like party balloons. You shouldnt be allowed to do that. When she emerged from the freezer her car windshield had been shattered by the hail. Same is true for Safety officials and storm chasers and officil spotters doing their jobs. Note the comments that 22% of the fatalities at Tuscalousa were head injuries and in general a majority of tornado fatalities where head injuries. Stop having idiots chase things. National Geographic explorer and storm chaser Tim Samaras devoted his life to unlocking the mysteries of extreme weather. Anything else is just going to lead to panic like the panic that killed people on the 31st. He turned and saw at me peering up from the basement steps! Make a one-time donation today for as little as $1. There is only so much space to get away and so many roads to use, many in poor repair. Saying "Stay out of moore" wold just turn the would-be chasers in another direction that a storm or twister could emerge from. But what I would really like to ask is this. The breathtakingly fast subvortex -- the tornado within a tornado -- is visible to the south in footage captured by fellow chaser Dan Robinson's rear dashboard cameras as he fled several hundred yards ahead of Samaras. North Atlantic hurricanes sometimes do unexpected things as well, such as acquire a forward speed of nearly 100 km/h (the 1938 "Long Island Express" hurricane) or cross Florida twice (I'm forgetting which of the hurricanes in the last ten years did this). The Weather Channel's severe weather expert, Dr. Greg Forbes, knew Tim personally. 'We're scrambling around,' said Lara O'Leary, a spokeswoman for the local ambulance agency. The Life And Death Of A Storm-chaser - YouTube Damage: An Oklahoma home destroyed, its roof partially torn off after the tornado rips through, Salvaging: Residents retrieve belongings from a home destroyed by the tornados that tore through central Oklahoma. Several parents in the group I was with decided to drive south, away from the storm. Tim Samaras, a native of Lakewood, Colo., holds the Guinness World Record for the greatest pressure drop ever measured inside a tornado. Carl Young, Timothy Samaras and his . . How close is too close? "He looked at tornadoes not for the spotlight of TV but for the scientific aspect. I don't know what Reed has ever done for science with his stuff. Is it possible that Tim Samaras and his Twistex team were - Quora If you watch the Discovery Channels Storm Chasers show, you will notice that as the seasons progress the professional storm chasers encounter more and more traffic as they try to move to the predicted path of oncoming tornadoes to drop data collecting probes or carry out direct intercepts (where the specially modified vehicles equipped with data collection devices are directly hit with a tornado). Samaras, a tornado scientist for over 25 years, founded and ran a scientific field research program dubbed TWISTEX (Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling in Tornadoes EXperiment). Let's create MORE laws to regulate something we really do not know if it is a problem. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Oklahoma County sheriff's office has identified the victim as James Talbert, according to NewsOk. I'll never do it again.'. Tim Samaras' Death - Cause and Date Born (Birthday) Nov 12, 1957 Death Date May 31, 2013 Age of Death 55 years Cause of Death N/A Place of Death May 31, 2013 Profession Meteorologist The meteorologist Tim Samaras died at the age of 55. Alliteratively, if you are in a car and hit by the vortex of an F3 or stronger tornado, your chances of survival are much lower. What is it that causes some people to react to every tragedy in life by trying to legislate the risk out of living in a free country?