The risks, for him, were worth it. Plan for a lifetime, like I did. All three men died at the scene, about 70 miles (110 km) east of Lubbock, the newspaper reported. The Gulf air wanted to rise, but it was being blocked by a cap of dry desert air. I don't think people realized how deep and strong the water was.'. After the 2011 tornado season, the Discovery Channel canceled Storm Chasers, and with it a significant source of funding for TWISTEX. For the first time, it was as though the tornado had shed the cloak and offered the men a glimpse of itself. The Samaras' and Young were pursuing an EF3 tornado as it bore down on a metropolitan area of more than 1 million people. They could lay claim to nearly every measurement taken from within a tornado. And while Robinson never looked back, his rear-facing dash camera did, capturing the last living images of a legend. This is an enormous loss for his family, his wide circle of friends and colleagues and National Geographic.'. 'My car was actually lifted off the road and then set back down,' Ms Black said. Tim Samaras, 55, along with his son, Paul Samaras, 24, and Carl Young, 45, died on Friday in El Reno after a tornado that packed winds of up to 165 mph picked up their car and threw it . TWISTEX Tornado Footage (lost unreleased El Reno tornado footage; 2013) But that camera was never found. Officials added five victims on Monday to the confirmed list of dead from the tornadoes and from storms that caused severe flooding: three adults and two unidentified children, the medical examiner's office said. The men's deaths were well-chronicled soon after the disaster . Storm chasers killed: How did it happen? - CSMonitor.com Officials in St. Charles County also reported that local schools suffered some damage. People who chase storms need to back off a little bit. Three people were killed on Tuesday in the smash in . Thanks for contacting us. Tim and Paul Samaras and Carl Young were following maybe some 50-100 feet behind Dan's truck when their vehicle was overtaken. Caught in the midst of the gigantic storm was a group of storm chasers who had nowhere to hide. An image taken from video shows the vehicle that longtime storm chaser Tim Samaras, his son Paul and colleague Carl Young were killed when a powerful tornado hit near El Reno, Okla. on May 31. (MORE: Reaction from Dr. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground). The rain was coming down horizontally in front of my car.'. A Tribute to Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras and Carl Young She had come to see where her husband and son had died. He knew it was a car only because it had a single wheel left, with the Chevy emblem on the hubcap. Like wadded up,' he told the Washington Post. "I can't imagine they were doing anything different than me. But Samaras had already announced that they would deploy a probe at all costs. It encouraged all, including the media and amateurs, to chase safely to avoid a repeat of Friday's deaths. Video Tornado Death Toll Includes Veteran Storm Chaser and Son
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