[AT] OT Storm chasers, was Re: test from Gilroy, CA

[Ken Knierim]

yes, Dave. 3 Stormchasers (Carl Young, Tim Samaras from the Discovery show,
and Tim's son Paul) died. A weather channel meteorologist (Mike Bettes) was
injured (but not severely) after his SUV was tossed a couple hundred yards.
Apparently the storm changed course abruptly and caught everyone off guard.

Makes me appreciate our hot but fairly predictable weather. We get a few
microbursts during our monsoon season but nothing like that. And I
respected Tim's work, having watched the show. He was the careful one as
far as I could tell.

Ken in AZ


On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

> Like I said, "he left the hospital earlier today."
>         Dave
>
> On Jun 2, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Mike wrote:
>
> > According to the news report I heard a little while ago, the storm
> > chaser, his son, and a friend were all killed by the tornado.
> >
> > According to a quote by his dad, "he died doing what he loved". When I
> > die I hope to be doing something I like doing: celebrating my 100th
> > birthday.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On 6/2/2013 4:34 PM, Dave Rotigel wrote:
> >> Hi Ron, I think he left the hospital earlier today. Dave
> >>
> >> On Jun 2, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Ron Cook wrote:
> >>
> >>> Charlie, I did hear last night late that one of the chasers was
> >>> hospitalized with severe injuries. Ron Cook
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