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Tornado Kills "Storm Chasers"; Growing Wildfires ForceEvacuations; Rep. Iss...: EBSCOhost - 0 views

  • 13 people dead
  • Oklahoma tornados,
  • Tim Samaras and Carl Young.
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  • are storm chasers
  • died when the tornado
  • crushed their truck. Samaras' 24-year-old son was with them and was also killed.
  • And he'll be with me live in just about a minute here on CNN.
  • They're saying more than 700 people have been detained since the protests began.
  • demolish a popular park
  • New Mexico, two fires have spread to about a dozen square miles
  • ome 200 homes had
  • evacuated,
  • blanket of smoke and haze
  • settled
  • over Santa Fe.
  • Russian intelligence agencies had cooperated better.
  • Jolie has a mutation of the BRCA gene which increases her chances of getting breast and ovarian cancer.
  • "World War Z."
  • two adults and two kids who were among those seeking safety in a storm drain. Some of them made it, others were swept away in the rushing water.Chad Myers, our severe weather expert, is in El Reno, Oklahoma.
  • This will take weeks to get all these poles back up, without a doubt, some very big poles, too, big power lines, big tall high tension power lines as well.
chaz hickcox

Ind. native seeks answers in storm chasers' deaths: EBSCOhost - 0 views

  • has faced storms side by side
  • three as a member of TWIS
  • research program featured on Discovery Channel series "Storm Chasers."
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  • "If it weren't for a business trip in Seattle, I proba
  • bly would've been out there
  • According to the Storm Prediction Center, this was the first time scientists have been killed while chasing a storm. While he feels shock and
  • he and his colleagues knew there would be a fatality sooner or later.
  • attest to the dangers of storm chasing. I
  • South Dakota, a tornado almost swept them away.
  • winds gusting at 120 mph,
  • Grzych's bag and coat went flying into the tornado
  • It's awesome. There's nothing like it in the world."
  • storm chasers is important in keeping communities safe.
  • measurements, observations and video for scientific research.
  • highly experienced chasers got caught in the fatal tornado.
  • "It'll definitely give a lot of closure," Grzych said. "Right now it's a complete mystery."
chaz hickcox

'Unpredictable' storm in Oklahoma turned on three chasers - CNN.com - 0 views

  • A group of men who devoted their lives to hunting powerful storms died in the middle of the chase
  • intersection
  • crews hauled away a mangled white truck Sunday that had been crushed like a tin can. The metal frame of their storm-chasing vehicle was twisted almost beyond recognition. The windows had been smashed to bits.
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  • three storm chasers had been killed
  • sudden turn that surprised many observers,
  • left-hand turn made a big difference on how this thing was chased as well and why people were killed and why people were injured in their vehicles,
  • vehicle is not a place to be in any tornado, especially a big one like that
  • wobbler
  • 2004, he told CNN that being near storms was part of the job
  • "Actually I'm pretty focused on our safety, certainly, and I'm focused on getting the data and getting the right spot," he said. "You only have one chance to do it."
  • But I think to portray Tim as just a chaser out for a thrill is just the wrong thing," Myers said
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