Discovery Channels Stormchaser Stars Killed In Oklahoma City Tornado's

Discovery's "Storm Chasers" stars Tim Samaras and Carl Young and Samaras's son, Paul, were killed during an Oklahoma storm, the network said Sunday.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of Tim Samaras his son Paul and their colleague Carl Young. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families," the network said in a statement.
The trio were killed while chasing a tornado in the city of El Reno on Friday, according to CNN. Samaras was 55 and his son was 24 years old. Samaras' partner Young was 45.
An Oklahoma tornado special airing on Discovery on Sunday will be dedicated to the storm chasers, it will read: "In memory of Tim Samaras, Carl Young and Paul Samaras who died Friday, May 31st doing what they love, chasing storms."

You play with fire.....and all.
At least these guys died doing what they loved.
Discovery is gonna make a mint off the fiming while these poor folks were killed.

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Originally posted by g146541
You play with fire.....and all.
At least these guys died doing what they loved.
Discovery is gonna make a mint off the fiming while these poor folks were killed.

Of course lets not loose an opportunity to slam the man while we can.

Originally posted by karen61560

Originally posted by g146541
You play with fire.....and all.
At least these guys died doing what they loved.
Discovery is gonna make a mint off the fiming while these poor folks were killed.

Of course lets not loose an opportunity to slam the man while we can.

There were three. Just slamming the money making part I think. I am more sure they died tempting fate. Nobody loves to get killed by a tornado. The trick is getting as close as possible without getting killed.

I get that. Collecting radar data and placing sensors in the damage path.

The other part about getting inside the tornado? This happened recently, right? They think they are indestructible inside their specialized vehicles...they been doing this for a while. They call it an "intercept". Where they time the passage of a funnel over a road so they can "join with it".

"Its not that the wind is blowing... its what the wind is blowing. If you get hit by a volvo..." -- Ron Satterwhite