I've always wanted to be a tornado chaser...

I would do it just for the thrill

I'd do it just to see a house flying in the air.

I'm a NWS Storm Spotter, and if you're really interested in storm chasing, I suggest you learn to spot first. It helps.

Also: www.weathermatrix.com is a good place for links to lots of information and so forth.

I always thought it would be cool to see a tornado live as well.

I got my wish when I spent a year in Kansas.

It was the most horrifying experience of my life.

There was a storm concurrent with the tornados. We were miles away from shelter. Hailballs the size of fists were pelting the car and broke the windsheild, whindsheild wipers, and tore through the rag top of the convertible. the air was thick and green and you couldn't see more than 10 feet through the rain.

It was a hazy day before the storm rolled in and we were thirty miles out of town. The storms roll in so fast. One minute it's calm and then 20 min later your in it.

there were people in their trucks parked on the road that we had seen earlier with cameras and stuff.

When one of them passed us, we flagged them down and abandoned our car. Turns out they got too close and were driving away from it while unbeknownst to us we were headed straight for it. You couldn't see shit. It just sounds like a hundred trains going over you under a bridge.

The lady that grabbed us had her cat in the truck with her. She had all sorts of radio equipment. and video cameras mounted to her dash. we drove for a few miles and then turned an headed south. She then got a hail on the short wave with the tonados coordinates. it had changed course and we were headed for it again, so we had to turn around ad drive in the other direction.

Later we found out that a couple had their trailer ripped out and when they were running from it with their two year old, the tornado hit them and snatched the baby from their arms(they were both huddled on the ground with the baby between them).

The found the baby alive in a mud pit, 5 miles from where they were hit, two days later. Both parents had more broken bones than the baby.

That's some scary stuff to deal with. I suggest knowing your shit before you chase them.

wtf!


How is that possible?

Seems like Twister was on tonight...

It always amazes me why people rebuild along the fault line.I would get the fuck away from that area.The States is huge.obviously there is somewhere safer

They find people under their demolished homes (alive) days later all the time.

"Nanna" Jean Routon was found 4 days later pinned with a broken collar bone, broken wrists, broken nose/jaw, broken ribs, and a piece of metal stuck in her large intestine.

her sons dog found her.

You can't explain why some people can survive being tossed around like rag dolls in the washing machine, but others snap like twigs with the first blow.

here is a pic of another baby that survived...

http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9905/06/tornado.vignettes/

lol

What are you laughing at fool?