Driving Right Up To A Half Mile-Wide Tornado Is Either Very Brave Or Very Stupid
The idea of storm chasing isn't terribly appealing to most of us, but those who are brave/mad enough to drive up to huge tornados sure do come back with some amazing footage!
This half mile-wide tornado hit Eastern Colorado on Saturday, injuring five people and knocking down 40 power lines. It was one of several twisters to touch down in the region at the weekend, and while we wouldn’t have fancied driving up to any of them ourselves, there’s no denying this footage is pretty captivating to watch…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Car-related or not, that footage is astounding.
“Prius Repelent”
It’s very stupid. In the full video you can watch as he drives around the fire department block the road, then then police and then crosses the double yellow lines to pass other cars. Not to mention he’s risking the lives of the volunteer firemen and EMTs when they have to go save him. He’s not the only storm chaser that does this.
This is just one county over from where I live, and it was crazy! Lots of hail, which was bad of course. We don’t really get a lot of tornadoes, but they always seem to be large when they happen. Cool to see us get put on the map, even if it’s just cause of a disaster.
Did he say he was about to run out of gas?
Guys let’s go storm chasing! On an almost empty tank of gas!
IF only they had one of those storm chasing cars that are heavily modified that would be cool but that doesn’t seem like one so I think that is stupid!
This is why I love NA so much
It’s fine just a little breeze.