Storm Chasers Were 3 Of The 9 Killed In Recent Oklahoma Tornadoes

tim-samaras-resized-story-bodyThree of the people killed during the tornadoes on Friday were from the former Discovery Channel show “Storm Chasers”. Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras, and Carl Young were killed while following a tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma, relatives told CNN on Sunday. Tim had founded TWISTEX, the Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling in Tornadoes Experiment, to research the storms and tried to improve warning time.

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