# Discovery Channel "Storm Chasers' - men dead

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**Created:** [June 2, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-storm-chasers-men-dead/659948 "2013-06-02T14:41:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-storm-chasers-men-dead/659948/1 "2013-06-02T14:41:12Z")

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I used to watch Storm Chasers the short time it was on.

I’m surprised that these guys got caught in a tornado. They were very experienced and had escape routes planned.

It’s a wake up call for sure.

I wonder if the other guys with the reinforced storm car were in the same tornado? They had this armored car that could take huge winds without flipping over. Can’t recall their names. The Mythbusters even tested the car with a wind machine.

> **[‘Unpredictable’ storm in Oklahoma turned on three chasers | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/us/midwest-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)**
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> Three men who devoted their lives to storm chasing died in Friday’s Oklahoma City tornadoes.

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> Tim and Paul Samaras and Carl Young were known to viewers of the former Discovery Channel show “Storm Chasers.”
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> “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Carl Young, Tim Samaras and his son. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families,” the network said in a statement.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-storm-chasers-men-dead/659948/2 "2013-06-02T15:22:09Z")

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Nat Geo has more info.

> **[National Geographic](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/)**
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> Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.

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> Tim Samaras, one of the world’s best-known storm chasers, died in Friday’s El Reno, Oklahoma tornado along with his son, according to a statement from Samaras’s brother.
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> “They all unfortunately passed away but doing what they LOVED,” Jim Samaras, Tim’s brother, wrote on Facebook, saying that storm chaser Carl Young was also killed. “I look at it that he is in the ‘big tornado in the sky.'”
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> Tim Samaras, who was 55, spent the past 20 years zigzagging across the Plains, predicting where tornados would develop and placing probes he designed in the twister’s path in to measure data from inside the cyclone. (Read National Geographic’s last interview with Tim Samaras.)

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-channel-storm-chasers-men-dead/659948/3 "2013-06-05T00:45:18Z")

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Discovery is promoting a tribute show for Wed. night at 10/9C. No link yet that I can find.