Weather Chasers are such idiots

[NoTine42]

Well, Colorado is practically Kansas...


Brian

True. Just when you think I70 topography can't get more boring than Kansas, Eastern Colorado proves it can, in fact, get more boring.

 

[Anubis]

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8U3KzqWr3M

 

[OutHouse]

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....

I am a HAM radio operator and trained for SKYWARN. i was listening to the freq when that tornado got called by my spotter buddy. 4 min later the NWS alerts went out. I am jealous a fuck he saw that beautiful tornado.

 

[OutHouse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8U3KzqWr3M

omg!

 

[OutHouse]

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.

there have been 2 very close calls in 2014 and last year.

http://www.outsideonline.com/1797851/tornado-hits-denver-airport

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'd probably do it, but I'd actually have a full tank of gas. Though it depends, if it was actually where I live I'd be more worried about the fact that I'm about to lose my house and everything, than wanting to chase some storm.

 

[Ruptga]

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.

True there are some things that make them more likely in some specific areas than others, but there's no reliable general rule that a city is less likely to be hit or that trailer parks are more likely to be hit. That's all I was trying to get at.

I am not a meteorologist and can't say what geographic features are known to definitely make a difference either way, but tornadoes are fickle and not entirely understood so it's best to be suspicious of legends about a particular hill protecting you or a valley being cursed. Sometimes you just roll snake eyes five times in a row, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the dice.

there have been 2 very close calls in 2014 and last year.

http://www.outsideonline.com/1797851/tornado-hits-denver-airport

Yep, and I said almost for a reason.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Longer version of OP videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjb7QtMEBUg

 

[CZroe]

We think things like this look like CGI because it's the only way most of us ever get to see things like this. It looks unnatural/otherworldly particularly because you don't see extreme weather everyday.

 

[BUTCH1]

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.

Maybe he was referring to the tornado starting to fade, it's mad enough as it is chasing these things around I"d think one would not do so without plenty of gas in the tank.

 

[BUTCH1]

Longer version of OP videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjb7QtMEBUg

Wow, did you see the line of cars near the end of the vid that were trying to get even closer?, that's just asking for a projectile to whack you're vehicle or even worse.

 

[Jeff7]

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.

It's one reason for some of the behavior of spaceships on TV.

"That looks fake!"

Yes, because they don't have air in space. It just doesn't look like anything you're accustomed to seeing.



Star Trek: The tech manual said that one possible design to handle the acceleration forces on the ship under sublight impulse drive was to have sections of the ship compress and squash the whole thing and then give it time to rebound, but that it was scrapped because it would look "silly" on TV.
Or space battles: Explosions look like they were done with conventional explosives and gasoline, rather than something a bit more spherical and less fiery. Or they have a secondary flat shockwave that's become commonplace.


The rest is writers or effects directors who know very little about physics.

 

[BUTCH1]

It's one reason for some of the behavior of spaceships on TV.

"That looks fake!"

Yes, because they don't have air in space. It just doesn't look like anything you're accustomed to seeing.



Star Trek: The tech manual said that one possible design to handle the acceleration forces on the ship under sublight impulse drive was to have sections of the ship compress and squash the whole thing and then give it time to rebound, but that it was scrapped because it would look "silly" on TV.
Or space battles: Explosions look like they were done with conventional explosives and gasoline, rather than something a bit more spherical and less fiery. Or they have a secondary flat shockwave that's become commonplace.


The rest is writers or effects directors who know very little about physics.

This is why when shown an LEM liftoff most many people think it's "fake" without realizing what type of engine it was using and the fact that in a vacuum exhaust gasses disperse almost instantly.

 

[13Gigatons]

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

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

Awesome photo...too close for comfort though.