Tim Samaras will be missed.

[altenbach]

The key to understanding deadly tornadoes is good data, and good data comes from passionate scientists taking risks to acquire it.

Tim, his son Paul, and team member Carl Young died doing what they loved while chasing a tornado near El Reno, OK.

This is a big loss to the scientific community. I am sure his reasearch already saved many lives.

Many of us remember the NI-Week 2011 Keynote by Tim Samaras.

[PaulG.]

I wish I could find and grab it and post it here. But his last Tweet was "Gawd, I love my job." I guess the the storm he was chasing took a turn right towards him. Either he couldn't move because of traffic or he simply didn't have enough time to escape. Mother Nature can be a real bitch.

[Song_M]

What a presentation.  Such a good guy that will be missed by the community.

[StevenHowell]

the guy was incredible, and being a chaser myself, this hits really close to home. It has made me rethink the whole storm chasing strategy. If a pro like Tim and his team, who have been doing this for years, can be hurt or killed that easily, then less experienced chasers like myself and quite a few others need to take stock and really think hard about things. 

[thoult]

A little late, but having seen this thread I then came across an article via Longreads about Samaras and his final storm. It's a pretty good read too.

http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-08-29/news/the-last-ride-of-legendary-storm-chaser-tim-samaras/fu...

[altenbach]

The November 2013 Issues of National Geographic has a very detailed story titled "The Last Chase" about the events on that fatal day. (Pages 28-63).

[CarstenPXI]

I’ve just posted the following from NI Week 2011.

https://vinpxi.wordpress.com/tornadoes-and-tragedy/

[CarstenPXI]

The link in the previous post is broken.

Please use this instead.

https://vinpxi.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/tornadoes-and-tragedies/