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Dr Masters reports about 3 of the 12 people who died: Tornado Scientist Tim Samaras and Team Killed in Friday’s El Reno, OK Tornado
Veteran tornado scientist Tim Samaras, his son, environmental photographer Paul Samaras, 24, and meteorologist Carl Young, 45, died while chasing Friday’s EF-3 tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma.
The thing is that Tim Samaras has collected, analyzed, and reported on the internal data of tornadoes that has increased the lead time for predicting them. He took calculated risks to position his probes directly in the path of the tornado, to take readings of the internal conditions, not simply following them and taking pictures.
The problem for the storm chasers in Oklahoma City on Friday was there was so much traffic that they couldn’t find an escape route when the tornadoes changed direction.
