Via The Blaze:
In this May 26, 2006, file photo tornado chaser Tim Samaras
shows the probes he uses when trying to collect data in Ames, Iowa. Jim Samaras
said Sunday, June 2, 2013, that his brother Tim Samaras was killed along with
Tim’s son, Paul Samaras, and another chaser, Carl Young, on Friday, May 31, 2013
in Oklahoma City. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in
Norman, Okla., said the men were involved in tornado research. (AP Photo/Charlie
Neibergall, File)
Veteran storm
chaser Tim Samaras was watching turbulent skies and thinking about America’s
fallen heroes on Monday.
He died
Friday, along with two other chasers — including his son — when a violent tornado
tore through the Oklahoma City area, his brother confirmed.
Samaras, his
24-year-old son Paul, and another chaser, Carl Young, were killed when the EF3
tornado with winds up to 165 mph made a sudden turn toward them, the Denver Post reported. Tim Samaras lived in Bennett, Colo.
A total of 10 people were killed in the storm.
They were not
the storm chasers in the dramatic
car video widely circulated online, or in the Weather Channel “Tornado Hunt
Team” vehicle that took
a direct hit.
Tim Samaras
had appeared on the Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chasers” show until last year,
and worked for National Geographic and local TV stations. On Monday, he posted
on Facebook that he was in a hotel lobby watching clouds roll in.
Image source: Facebook
Jim Samaras
posted on Facebook that his brother and the other two men died doing what they
loved.
“Thank you to
everyone for the condolences,” Jim Samaras wrote. “They all unfortunately passed
away but doing what they LOVED. Chasing Tornado’s. I look at it that he is in
the ‘big tornado in the sky.’”
This undated photo provided by The Discovery Channel shows Carl
Young and Tim Samaras watching the sky. Jim Samaras said Sunday, June 2, 2013,
that his brother storm chaser Tim Samaras was killed along with Tim’s son, Paul
Samaras, and another chaser, Carl Young, on Friday, May 31, 2013 in Oklahoma
City. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla.,
said the men were involved in tornado research.( AP Photo/Discovery
Channel)
Canadian
County Undersheriff Chris West said Sunday, “They put themselves in harm’s way
so that they can educate the public about the destructive power of these
storms.”
The
Associated Press contributed to this report.
Please pray for all who lost loves ones.
John 14"18, "I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you."
God's Best 2 U, Joy J
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