As someone who has a blog documenting storm chaser movies I am somewhat knowledgable on the subject after doing this for a few years. Tim Samaras is one of the

As someone who has a blog documenting storm chaser movies I am somewhat knowledgable on the subject after doing this for a few years. Tim Samaras is one of the few chasers who is an actually scientific researcher, and is one of the safer ones in the community. The fact is there are many, many more unsafe chasers out there who don't care what they have to risk, what laws they have to break (even going as far illegally using lights and sirens to race through traffic) just to get their awesome video or five seconds of fame. After the Storm Chasers discovery show many people are now storm chasing that have no experience. Often there are hundred of people following a tornado warned cell out in tornado alley - its been called Chaser Convergence, basically a traffic jam around a tornado. It was only a matter of time until something like this happened, its sad that one of the best and safest chasers - who actually does research and doesnt chase for the thrill, to get video of their five seconds of fame was to be the first victim. The tornado changed directions quickly and caught a whole bunch of chasers in a chaser convergence traffic jam.