Tornado chasers, or storm chasers, do exactly what the name implies – they chase severe storms. The purpose of storm chasing is to gather data in order to better understand severe weather patterns and to send live data to weather channels/weather alert systems.This is what happens when you don't have the proper equipment or proper protected vehicles such as shown in this post, when you are Storm/Tornado chasing.Three storm chasers died in an EF-3 tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma. Crews hauled away their white truck , it had been crushed like a tin can, its metal frame violently twisted and its windows smashed.The Tornado Intercept Vehicle 1 (TIV 1)The Tornado Intercept Vehicle 1 (TIV 1) is a heavily modified 1997 Ford F-Super Duty cab & chassis truck used as a storm chasing platform and built by Sean Casey. This heavily armored vehicle can drive into a weak to relatively strong tornado (EF0 to EF3) to film it and take measurements.Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV 2)Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV 2) is a vehicle used to film with an IMAX camera from very close to or within a tornado, and to also gather Weather data.
Watch how the Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV 2) works!
Watch The Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV 2) Survive a terrifying EF-4 tornado!
DominatorThe Dominator was modified from a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe, The modifications included adding bulletproof sheet metal and transparent Lexan armor to protect against flying debris near tornadoes, and an external roll cage and racing-style safety harnesses in case of a vehicle roll. Dominator 2Dominator 2 winds measured by radar exceeding 290 mph (470 km/h) (at about 100 m (330 ft) above the surface), making this the largest and strongest tornado ever intercepted by any of the Dominator vehicles. Dominator 3Dominator 3 is a Ford Armored vehicle features an electric winch, hydraulic anchoring spikes, and gull-wing doors
Tornado Intercept Vehicle
Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2
Dominator
Dominator 2
S. R. V. Dominator 3
None of them, much Respect to those who work in Storm chasing/Tornado chasing
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Which of these Tornado/Storm Chasing vehicles would you choose to be in during a Tornado/storm?
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the original looks like the most badass, and seems like it kind of started the concept and drew the map for what this class of vehicle would look like, I have to respect that one
Thanks for MHO. And yeah, but if they ain't safe enough to be road legal, there's no way they'd protect you in a storm. Those cars look flimsy as fuck.
TIV 2, it is one of the strongest storm chasing vehicles ever built (and is one of the original interceptors created), and plus it has survived an EF4 tornado before and EF5 straight line winds in a test.
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