I live in a rural town in southern West Virginia, however we are no strangers to tornadoes in 2001 a tornado ripped several close friends houses to shreds and they were only saved by using the old bath tub trick. I think it's exactly as you said; these are bona fide emergencies and thus are precisely the situations that they should already be empowered to act in. How three storm chasers died, and what to do about it But what I would really like to ask is this. Another two sets of storm-chasing meteorologists had lucky escapes on Friday night after their vehicles got too close to the multiple tornadoes that hit the Oklahoma City area. He knew where not to be and in this case the tornado took a clear turn toward them," he said. Sun rise: Tornado debris hangs from a destroyed billboard sign along Interstate-40 Westbound after violent thunderstorms spawned tornadoes that menaced Oklahoma City and its already hard-hit suburb of Moore on Friday, Air chaos: At Will Rogers World Airport, 2,000 people spent the night sheltering in underground tunnels, Overturned: Authorities say people ignored advice to sit tight and attempted to leave the area - perhaps as a reaction to the previous tornado almost two weeks ago, Lightning: A storm chaser in Cushing stopped to take photos of the dramatic moment two lightning strikes hit the ground, Tragic: Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers found the bodies of a woman and an infant near their vehicle. All rights reserved. Oklahoma schools are not properly educated on how to shelter children. Here is a compilation of broadcasts and events documenting this: I have no idea how many of the people in the viewing area of this station saw or heard this report and responded by driving into the path of the tornado. We've received your submission. He will be missed. As of this writing, the death toll stands at 13 with another 6 (though Ive also heard 7) people still missing. Will Rogers World Airport was evacuated as Oklahoma City braced for the tornado, that was moving at 40mph. Here's the before photo, of Mr. Samaras' car. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. They were probably thinking, "somebody should do something about this situation.". Traffic will back up in the places rush hour traffic normally backs up, and some others that usually don't see such backups. Tim Samaras, 55, his son Paul, 24, and crew member Carl Young, 45, died in El Reno on Friday They were heard on Oklahoma Highway Patrol radio screaming before they were killed The elder Samaras was. If you were turned away from Main Street due to a fire, and instead took Elm, would the state be responsible when a fire spontaneously breaks out on Elm as well and sprays glass on you? The other victims' bodies were found half a mile to the east and half a mile to the west, Canadian County under-sheriff Chris West said. 'Tim was a courageous and brilliant scientist who fearlessly pursued tornadoes and lightning in the field in an effort to better understand these phenomena. The rain was coming down horizontally in front of my car.'. I remember Pa wearing this Civil Defense helmet and he was chirping on this big ol' walky talky! Specious arguments at best. An outright ban is prolly a bad idear too. We were fine. None of them contributes to the scientific research and experimentation going on. -Benoit Mandelbrot Early aerial images of the storm's damage showed groups of homes with porches ripped away, roofs torn off and piles of splintered wood scattered across the ground for blocks. Unless you wish to legislate God, I recommend you rethink your proposal. In Missouri three people died in three counties after rivers rose to dangerous levels, and in Arkansas a sheriff was killed by flooding in Scott County on Friday. But Fridays massive tornado avoided the highly populated areas near and around Oklahoma City, and forecasters said that likely saved lives. I am stunned that that any forecaster indicated people should drive anywhere after 5pm that day. 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This tornado was also pretty unique in that the forward speed of the sub vortices in it were at or above 150mph. Storm chaser Tim Samaras died Friday doing the work that made him so well-known: following tornadoes. Samaras was killed along with his son Paul and storm chaser Carl Young in Friday's tornado. When she realized she was a sitting duck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Ms Black turned around and found herself directly in the path of the most violent part of the storm. The traffic could have been created for any number of reasons. Hoadley has been in the business for 57 years and pursued the El Reno twister. You do raise many good points about how such a law would be implemented, and some I can thing of answers to, some not so easily. This report indicates he's more right than he could have known. The region was fortunate because the storm touched down mostly in rural areas and missed central Oklahoma City. A Carrollton High School Claims Employee Gave Student Prescription Drugs, Rep. Nate Schatzline, Under Fire for 'Drag' Video, Accused of 'Doxxing' Keller ISD Mom, Another Carrollton Fentanyl Arrest and an On-Campus Overdose at R.L. It's a valuable industrial & research gas. One might argue that if someone wants to drive their car into the path of a tornado they should be allowed to do so because it is a free country. The National Geographic Society made 18 grants to Tim for research over the years for field work like he was doing in Oklahoma at the time of his death, and he was one of our 2005 Emerging Explorers. The Life and Death of Legendary Storm Chaser Tim Samaras - D Magazine Fifty people took shelter in the freezer at a Sinclair gas station in south Oklahoma City. BTW, here is Bart's Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTornadoChaser. For example, the requirement to hold a permit to chase could be limited within a certain radius of a city or residential area, where congestion is more likely to create a danger to public safety. Emergency officials reported numerous injuries in the area along I-40, and Randolph said there were toppled and wrecked cars littering the area. I've heard horror stories about the attempt to partially evacuate Houston in advance of Hurricane Ike. In fact, while writing this post I wondered what the three scientists were thinking as their car, and other cars, were hemmed in with a traffic jam that seems to have been caused by inappropriate reactions by a large number of people. 'The car was probably about 60 to 70 per cent of its normal size because it had been pushed and mauled and compacted as it was tumbling down the road. Today three brave, highly experienced, storm chasers were honored in El Reno. ", In reply to by Danny Caputi (not verified). Yes, chaser convergance has been a huge problem over the last few years. Either prospect is equally remarkable. Hail and high winds were the chief threat, though a tornado could not be ruled out, forecasters said. Those media outlets need to do a more professional job and take their responsibility as journalists rather than entertainers more seriously (generally, not just with respect to tornadoes). Damage: An Oklahoma home destroyed, its roof partially torn off after the tornado rips through, Salvaging: Residents retrieve belongings from a home destroyed by the tornados that tore through central Oklahoma. I answered in good faith. the same thing happens every year with both tornadoes and hurricanes, how many people ignore the wanings and do not evacuate coastal areas, to only try to call 911 in the middle of the storm panicking and 911 tells them sorry cant help you. The news comes as the death toll from Friday's tornadoes and storms in Oklahoma has risen to 18 people, including six children and 12 adults, the Oklahoma chief medical examiner said on Monday. The Friday storm, however, brought with it much more severe flooding. The comments below have not been moderated. Your argument that talking about a way to address a situation in which people lose their lives is inappropriate because the situation is an emotional tragedy is actually the misguided reaction. If you want to walk down Main Street, in downtown America, you can do that, because it is America. A four-year-old boy died after being swept into the Oklahoma River on the south side of Oklahoma City, said Oklahoma City police Lt. Jay Barnett. I have lived in the Oklahoma City area for 37 years and have been professionally chasing storms for the last 18 years. The three storm chasers Tim Samaras, his photographer son Paul Samaras, and meteorologist Carl Young were killed when the twister they were pursuing made a sudden left turn and slammed into their car, sending it flying through the air like a toy. Another thing I noticed that was looked over in this article was the unique conditions that were present at the time that Tim and his crew were killed by the storm. It is emotional to posit "people died, let's make a law" without really identifying a true cause. Samaras attended Lasley Elementary and O'Connell Junior High in Lakewood. Please make a tax-deductible donation if you value independent science communication, collaboration, participation, and open access. The point of this post is to note two things that I can't prove are relevant in this case but certainly are relevant generally. It will NEVER happen. It is not like the Tornadoes have a rule book that if we follow we are safe. Our hearts also go out to the Carl Young family as well as they are feeling the same feelings we are today. I think the only way to deal with these weeks-long tornado outbreaks is to build high-quality shelters in every community and make sure people know where they are. Tornado watches tend to cover a larger area, and the lead time is much shorter. The fact that they endangered something itself is a thing. Tim Samarass strategy was never to get into the direct path of a tornado. A tornado could hit Oklahoma City, or it could hit Enid. You can read the preliminary version here. 'The fact that it could happen to someone like Tim, it could happen to me, it could happen to anybody. Were looking at extremes in the rare EF5 category. The interstate was shut down due to the storm, with multiple crashes and injuries. With all due respect, the citizens of tornado alley, especially Oklahoma, need to better educate themselves on severe weather. On one hand, there's a robust set of predictions for what the behavioral motion of these bodies ought to be, while on the other there's what we actually observe. It encouraged all, including the media and amateurs, to chase safely to avoid a repeat of Friday's deaths. Take multiple pictures of vehicles "in the way" of emergency responders at tornado or other emergency sites. During the United States tornado season, it seems that we experience repeated tornadoes and other severe storms in a given area over several days. Public safety workers already enjoy wide latitude in the execution of their jobs. In many cases, a law is unenforceable at face value, but when something goes wrong it suddenly becomes part of the equation. A finite resource. Friday night's victims included a mother and a baby sucked out of their car as the EF3 hit near El Reno. As for highway patrol and local police their cars NEED to have radar installed and they need lessons on how to use it. In tribute to his brother, Jim Samaras posted on Facebook: Thank you to everyone for the condolences. If you want to make this about Tim Samaras, how about you contact his family, colleagues, or friends and ask them what he would have wanted. So, if you live in Oklahoma City and figure there may be tornadoes coming later in the day, there is nothing to guarantee that driving north to Aunt Millies house in Enid, OK will not put you in the path of one of the tornadoes that happen to form that day. A man's body was found about 1 p.m. on Saturday in a creek just east of Dobbs Road in Harrah, said Mark Myers, a spokesman with the Oklahoma County Sheriff's office. Or was it a rotating thunderstorm (a supercell) with small- to moderate-sized tornadoes swirling about one another? Police urged motorists to leave the crosstown Interstate 40 and seek a safe place. Despite the horrible fact that some two dozen people died in the Moore tornado last week, there were tens of thousands of people directly in that tornados path, hiding out in low interior rooms within their homes or other buildings, who survived. Del City has 21,000 people in it. Heres why each season begins twice. But what about big storms that dont drop tornadoes? They were probably thinking, somebody should do something about this situation.". This is nothing new, and this really has nothing to do with someone on television telling them to do so. (Football, Lacross, Motorcycle, Bicycle etc). And, as I think I've said several time, Tim and his crew were professionals, making an important contribution. The roads need to be kept open and clear for the REAL scientists out there gathering data and for the safety folks to do their job.
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