Hard to say I'm stunned given the line of work they were in but he always struck me as one of the more safety conscience chasers. Tim and his team were one of the featured teams on Discovery Channels 'Storm Chaser'.
Apparently it was a multi-vortex tornado and it picked up the car and threw it 1/2 mile. Tim was still seated in the car and the other 2 bodies were thrown from the car, each 1/2 mile away from where the car landed. There were other chasers in the area who also got caught in the storm, one car driven by a team from The Weather Channel was thrown 200 yards and each person in that car ended up with only minor injuries (video taken from inside that car - http://bcove.me/v8z5a58b). It's hard to imagine a car being picked up and thrown the distance of 2 football fields and the occupants only sustaining minor injuries.
RIP Tim and to the rest of your team. They were definitely in this field for the science to help understand tornados in order to help people. They weren't in it for the thrill of the hunt like some. Tim was a native of Lakewood, CO.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...half-mile.html
Apparently it was a multi-vortex tornado and it picked up the car and threw it 1/2 mile. Tim was still seated in the car and the other 2 bodies were thrown from the car, each 1/2 mile away from where the car landed. There were other chasers in the area who also got caught in the storm, one car driven by a team from The Weather Channel was thrown 200 yards and each person in that car ended up with only minor injuries (video taken from inside that car - http://bcove.me/v8z5a58b). It's hard to imagine a car being picked up and thrown the distance of 2 football fields and the occupants only sustaining minor injuries.
RIP Tim and to the rest of your team. They were definitely in this field for the science to help understand tornados in order to help people. They weren't in it for the thrill of the hunt like some. Tim was a native of Lakewood, CO.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...half-mile.html

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