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more about #stormchasers more comments → rambo3060: i hope they were riding in a Dodge Ram, that's the only vehicle that can withstand a tornado :D more » ranwanimator: Big deal. That was like an F-.5. Slightly stronger than a dirt devil. more » GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: I wonder if that was an f-5. Has anyone here ever seen an F-5? What would that be like? more » kstagg: Does becoming a tornado chaser come with a free application to the Darwin Awards? idiots. more » robot-shmobot: I can't see the youbtube video because I'm at work, but I can only assume that they tied themselves to a pipe inside a barn and waited to look inside ... more » Complexified: Did they see any flying cows?? more » -
#science
Holy Crap, Storm Chasers Captured Footage Inside a Tornado
Storm chasers drive towards tornados, hoping to photograph them from up close and study them as they're happening. But usually they just get close. Not last week, when these storm chasers went inside a twister. More » -
#hurricanesmurf
Tech-laden Storm Chasers Fly Headlong Into Hurricane Ike with a Smurf on Their Wing
First off, I hope everyone who stayed behind in the path of Hurricane Ike is OK this morning. Second, we know what we knew about Ike due in part to the guys, gals and tech shown in these storm chaser photographs. The photo above shows a "Smurf," or the Stepped-Frequency Microwave Radiometer, which has adorned the wings of hurricane hunting WC-130J aircraft since 2007. The device, and the 24/7 missions run by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, have helped increase the National Hurricane Center's accuracy rate by 30%. More »
