Tornado Chasers on the Discovery channel?

Wind shoved the Pathfinder off the road. Freak having that happen too, our f/s van was blown into an oncoming lane once by what we late wearned was a twister when I was in high school. Luckily Mom was able to get it back into the proper lane before we met anybody head on.
 
bjoehandley said:
Wind shoved the Pathfinder off the road. Freak having that happen too, our f/s van was blown into an oncoming lane once by what we late wearned was a twister when I was in high school. Luckily Mom was able to get it back into the proper lane before we met anybody head on.
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True it did get blown off the road, but I was speaking more of what happened in one the previous episodes. They were on a flat, muddy road and the pathfinder slid off into a ditch. It was barely able to even get out of that.

Their vehicles in general need to be much more than stock. A/T tires, aux. lighting, a winch, brush guard, selectable lockers, and some bulletproof windows for the hail should be mandatory. In theory, they should be building their vehicles according to something like an expedition XJ. Technically, they are on an expedition when they are chasing. They spend just as much time off-road than on and they should be readily equipped for off-road like situations...
 
ive found one plus to being in texas for a few months...some of the sweetest views of lightning i have ever seen, it being so flat and all you can see forever, there was a sweet storm tonite some close stuff anf soem stuff probly 20mi out, and i could see it all!!!

i wish i had the camera skills to take pix of it
 
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im in wichita falls...right under that huge red spot...literally nonstop lightning for 20 min and rain like ive never seen
 
I'm currently working on doing a chase next season. I have one team to chase with pretty much nailed down, and I can't really talk about some other things I've got in the works. Needlessly to say I'm stoked. I'll be taking my Cherokee and making a story out of the two-week trip for CRAWL Magazine.

It always makes me crazy when the teams have to turn around or stop because there's a dirt road (or slide off into a ditch...TWICE). I could drive across a field at 50mph and not worry. Besides that, my rig will do 90+ on the roads if I have to vacate an area post haste.

With my armor and cage/exo, I'm not too worried about getting knocked over on it's side if I get too close to something should the worst occur. Certainly no intention to drive into something like the TIV is designed for, but my rig should be survivable if it gets knocked around...it's already been on her side a few times now with no damage. I'll also have a USAF Capt. who works for SOCOM weather joining me to help with the meteorological aspects. Just tell me where to drive!

Working on doing lap-top mounts, weather instruments and lights at this point in preperation, but I'm very excited. In any event, I'll be out in Tornado Alley this Spring representing NAXJA...who was talking about sponsorship...? :)

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-----Matt-----

P.S. I was at SEMA a few months ago and got to see TIV II...not as impressive in person:

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we will need pix and vids, oh and can i come along?

is ur copilot combat weather?
 
Actually, its funny this was mentioned because I am planning on being a volunteer storm spotter for the NOAA. What do you think is mandatory to have for doing chase-related things?
 
I'm being a post whore sorry. If anyone is actually interested in being a storm spotter locally, you can sign up for the free classes that the National Weather Service gives. The volunteer program is called Skywarn and I just signed up for a class in February.

Here's the link...

http://www.weather.gov/skywarn/
 
Looks like TIV1 is still in the chase, but the Reed and his crew may have taken a Tahoe and made one of their own now too.










Does Reed seem like an over caffinated Anthony Dinozo (SP?) to anybody else?
 
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