a tornado chaser is someone who researches tornadoes and follows track to take pictures of the tornado.
I wouldn't recommend you being a tornado chaser, because it can result in bad harm, and it may be fatal :/
but.. anyone can be a tornado chaser.. if they dare. All they need is a camera and they can start working.
But it depends really. Do you want to be one? You can study about weather and work your way up.
A tour given by a storm chaser who takes ordinary people to see tornadoes.
It does not appear that he was ever inside a tornado, but as a professional storm chaser he has experience many tornadoes with a few close encounters.
Yes. A few people have been killed while storm chasing. Though oddly, no storm chaser has yet been killed by a tornado.
They usually first call in and report it to the National Weather Service office of the area they are in then they will take pictures and video and some chasers try to get data on the tornado.
A meteorologist would be someone who would qualify someone to be a tornado chaser. Tornado chasing is such a dangerous task to be in. It can be scary but a lot of people have been qualified.
You are best qualified for being a storm chaser if you are a meteorologist with spotter training or at least some education in meteorology. However, there are no formal requirements.
Based on the accounts of Reed Timmer, a storm chaser, a tornado often smells like a mix of rain and fresh cut wood. Generally speaking though, if you can smell the tornado you're probably too close.
Some people would, but not every many. Interestingly, storm chasing has a surprisingly low mortality rate.
It is not known. Only four storm chasers have ever been killed by a tornado, and all of them were killed in the same event in 2013. One fatal event does not provide enough datato calculate the probability of dying, though it does appear that the chance is very small.
Yes. Mike Bettes, a meteorologist and reporter for the Weather Channel, suffered minor injuries when the car he was in was tossed by a tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013. His driver suffered severe injuries. The same tornado killed well-known storm chaser Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras, and coworker Carl Young. Celebrity storm chaser Reed Timmer suffered minor cuts when a tornado near Aurora, Nebraska blew out his driver-side window on June 17, 2009.
a male chaser = rodef (רודף) a female chaser = rodefet (רודפת)
Reed Timmer has: Played himself in "Good Morning America" in 1975. Played himself in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in 1992. Played Himself - Storm Chaser in "MythBusters" in 2003. Played himself in "Tornado Glory" in 2004. Performed in "Storm Chasers" in 2007. Played himself in "Storm Chasers" in 2007. Played Himself - Storm Chaser in "When Nature Strikes" in 2008. Played himself in "Piers Morgan Tonight" in 2011. Played Reed in "Tornado Chasers" in 2012. Played Himself - Meteorologist and Professional Storm Chaser in "CBS This Morning: Saturday" in 2012. Played Himself - Storm Chaser in "Outrageous Acts of Science" in 2013.