Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Stop It!

For the past few weeks, our television and computer screens have been filed with amateur and professional tornado video.

Are we really learning anything here?  Is the video an attempt to study the storms, or have storm chasing yahoos achieve their moment of fame.

Three died, and few got hurt over the weekend.  A  crew from the Weather Channel-- the bunch that seems to enjoy it when hurricanes slam in to the U.S. coast, is among the injured.

I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner.

I suppose the video can help us study how tornadoes form and move.  I'm okay with that.  The problem is tornado chasing has turned in to a sport, a game, and this one has deadly consequences.

Tell the fun seeking storm chasers to put down their cameras, and do what reasonable, sensible people do when a tornado approaches-- seek shelter.