Weather Chasers are such idiots

[13Gigatons]

VIDEO: http://videowall.accuweather.com/de...ium=accuweather&utm_campaign=awx_videowal_lin

VIDEO 2: http://videowall.accuweather.com/de...ium=accuweather&utm_campaign=awx_videowal_lin

The footage is fantastic though....

 

[zinfamous]

nope.
nope

 

[purbeast0]

damn that is crazy. don't have sound here but i'm guessing it's pretty damn loud too.

 

[destrekor]

nope.
nope

yup.
yup.


I'd do it if any were close enough, but they are quite rare in these parts. I've always wanted to do some tornado photography.

Great footage.

 

[John Connor]

Glad that shit stayed east.

 

[Fritzo]

damn that is crazy. don't have sound here but i'm guessing it's pretty damn loud too.

"It sounds like a freight train."

 

[rh71]

That second one... amazingly looks like CGI and if it were in a movie you'd think it was a horrible attempt.

"About to run out of gas"... bs drama IMO.

 

[gorcorps]

That second one... amazingly looks like CGI and if it were in a movie you'd think it was a horrible attempt.

"About to run out of gas"... bs drama IMO.

If real life looks like bad CGI to you, then CGI has apparently got pretty damned good

 

[vi edit]

Yeah something about the saying "Truth is stranger than fiction". That looks like CGI footage. Particularly the 2nd one. Not sure if it's the camera or what. But it just seems surreal/unreal.

 

[Homerboy]

Awesomely, and sadly, this is pretty much exactly what my 15yr old son wants to do.
I can not begin to count how many times he has watched every episode of "Storm Chasers" and the like. He watches every video online too -- ugh.

 

[DrPizza]

That was awesome - I wish I was there with them.

 

[Subyman]

Insane footage. I bet that was a huge rush.

 

[destrekor]

Yeah something about the saying "Truth is stranger than fiction". That looks like CGI footage. Particularly the 2nd one. Not sure if it's the camera or what. But it just seems surreal/unreal.

The beauty of nature. Tornados are absolutely surreal, so I can only imagine that even seeing one in person might make you pause for a second and think to yourself, "wait... is this real life? oh shit... yup, that's a real motherfucking tornado. Time to go!"

I have never witnessed one, but I have obsessed over tornados most of my life. I am just enthralled by nature. I would have pursued meteorology or climatology, but I figured I wouldn't pass the courses. I could if I tried but I usually don't try very hard, and I know that side of me all too well.

 

[destrekor]

Awesomely, and sadly, this is pretty much exactly what my 15yr old son wants to do.
I can not begin to count how many times he has watched every episode of "Storm Chasers" and the like. He watches every video online too -- ugh.

I have always said, since I was even younger than him, that the moment a tornado presented itself in my neck of the woods, I'd be out taking photos or video. I'd rather go the "art" router and appreciate the science and beauty of nature, versus the boring documentary everyday "oh hey, I've got a camcorder, let's record this!" style. I love scenic art, especially with storms of any kind. Cloud formations and the colors of the sky are predominantly what draws me in so much.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Not sure if it's the camera or what. But it just seems surreal/unreal.

Could be. They're likely farther away than we think, but zooming in compresses the depth of field. It makes the scale hard to perceive.

That said, I've seen a few IRL, and they're always really fucking surreal to witness.

 

[WT]

I hate to admit it, but doing this is on my bucket list. Would love to be that close to a tornado.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Such an adrenaline rush. Would do it.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I'm still amazed that a major tornado hasn't hit Denver International Airport yet. Only a matter of time, and it won't be pretty.

 

[Ruptga]

I'm still amazed that a major tornado hasn't hit Denver International Airport yet. Only a matter of time, and it won't be pretty.

Fortunately, the vast majority of places they tend to form are somewhere else. They can strike cities too, but they almost never do for the same reason.

 

[zinfamous]

Fortunately, the vast majority of places they tend to form are somewhere else. They can strike cities too, but they almost never do for the same reason.

Is there a heat/CO2/something about cities and concentrated activity zones (like airports) that create a micro-climate that is more unfavorable to Tornadoes forming compared to trailer parks and suburbs?

I know you have that with lake effect and the fact that metropolitan areas tend to be warmer due to greater heat absorption. I also recall (though this may be bogus), some details about how while Chicago has experienced a few rare water spouts over Lake Michigan, somehow a tornado could never form in the city b/c reasons.

 

[Ruptga]

Is there a heat/CO2/something about cities and concentrated activity zones (like airports) that create a micro-climate that is more unfavorable to Tornadoes forming compared to trailer parks and suburbs?

I know you have that with lake effect and the fact that metropolitan areas tend to be warmer due to greater heat absorption. I also recall (though this may be bogus), some details about how while Chicago has experienced a few rare water spouts over Lake Michigan, somehow a tornado could never form in the city b/c reasons.

That's mostly just legend. Cover a wall with a map of the midwest, take a drink or three, blindfold yourself, and throw darts at it until you lose count. The next day, count how many hit anywhere that wasn't the middle of nowhere, and compare that with the total thrown. It's just the odds of a mostly empty country; there's nothing that makes a square mile in a city any less likely to be hit than a square mile somewhere in Kansas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tornadoes_striking_downtown_areas_of_large_cities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_myths#Downtown_areas

 

[Gooberlx2]

I'm still amazed that a major tornado hasn't hit Denver International Airport yet. Only a matter of time, and it won't be pretty.

I live in that area. I've certainly seen them form over the Arsenal just West of DIA.

 

[vi edit]

That's mostly just legend. Cover a wall with a map of the midwest, take a drink or three, blindfold yourself, and throw darts at it until you lose count. The next day, count how many hit anywhere that wasn't the middle of nowhere, and compare that with the total thrown. It's just the odds of a mostly empty country; there's nothing that makes a square mile in a city any less likely to be hit than a square mile somewhere in Kansas.

There are certainly some topographical features that make some areas more prone to being hit than others. My hometown in Central, IL has had at least 5 recorded tornadoes in just the last 10 years. That's one tiny blip on the map. I think it's because it sits lower than the surrounding areas and there's just something unique to the topography that makes it more favorable to forming twisters.

 

[madoka]

I thought this thread was going to be about these guys:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/monster-tornado-gives-teens-epic-025813504.html

 

[Brian Stirling]

Glad that shit stayed east.

Well, Colorado is practically Kansas...


Brian