Crazy Stormchasers! Watch this video!

[Niels Bohr 72]

[Mags 112]

I watched this only a couple of nights ago. I found it absolutely fascinating and can totally understand why they do what they do.

[scandal 951]

That's bloody marvelously insane!! FTW!!!

Those people have a death wish no different than David Carradine stringing himself up by the nuts.

[Mags 112]

That's bloody marvelously insane!! FTW!!!

Those people have a death wish no different than David Carradine stringing himself up by the nuts.

Except it's a tad less embarrassing. B)

[Ladylethal 12]

Beautiful images! Especially when he shoots up toward the sky following the tornado. Wonderful!

[DARUMA07 25]

Awesome!

[Dr. Obvious 49]

[forchika 4]

I agree you have to be pretty crazy to want to be anywhere near tornadoes. I am fascinated by stormchasers and like watching the show but, I am not brave enough to do that!!!!!

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

I agree you have to be pretty crazy to want to be anywhere near tornadoes. I am fascinated by stormchasers and like watching the show but, I am not brave enough to do that!!!!!

don't worry, tornados are found in every state in the usa, particularly within hurricanes. now how close to the coast are you?

[forchika 4]

I agree you have to be pretty crazy to want to be anywhere near tornadoes. I am fascinated by stormchasers and like watching the show but, I am not brave enough to do that!!!!!

don't worry, tornados are found in every state in the usa, particularly within hurricanes. now how close to the coast are you?

I am not close to the coast, the closes a tornado has come to touching down near where I leave is when it hit the Atlanta Motorspeedway. I am about 15mins way.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

I live about 6-7 minutes south of where one hit here last spring.

Tornadoes are things to have a profound respect for. I was reading a few days ago what kinds of injuries people who survived (or not...) the 1999 F5 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado:

The people who were up under the bridge were not as fortunate as Brian. There were approximately 12 people under the bridge (the exact number is not known). Perhaps it's possible to argue that since there were 12 there and only 1 died, that's not bad. Unfortunately, what has not been well-publicized are the horrific injuries suffered by all but one of the survivors under the bridge. The casualties all had serious injuries, some life-threatening, from the effects of flying debris. Their injuries included, but are not limited to: compound fractures and shattered bones, missing fingers, missing ears, missing noses, and being impaled by pieces of shingles, 2x4s, etc. The most important point here is this: seeking shelter under the overpass resulted in the highway becoming blocked, trapping people in the path of a violent tornado with no options other than a ditch, an overpass, or their vehicle - all terrible options. In effect, those who sought shelter under the overpass made a bad decision that put many more people than themselves into a life-threatening situation, unnecessarily.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/papers/overpass.html

Tornadoes are very rare in Germany, so I had to crash course my husband in everything you have to do if you are in the potential path of a tornado, given our situation. Of course, that was the same night that the tornado touched down not too far from where we live.