5-19-10 Irresponsible Chasing TIV

Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV) and support vehicles endanger local citizens and other motorists on May 19, 2010 chase in central Oklahoma. Multi-camera view.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• TIV
• irresponsible
• storm
• chasing
• tornado
• intercept
• vehicle

[kitty33256]

If it wasn't for the amateur storm chasers causing the traffic, the tiv would not have to pass like this. The tiv is made for intercepting tornadoes, not the cars and trucks of these amateur chasers who should just stay at home and out of the way. These chaser wannabies are going to get someone killed or themselves killed.

[ModulateThis]

@kitty33256 Sean is as "amateur" as any chaser --no formal training and fancy vehicle. So what if TIV is "made for intercepting tornadoes". Does "special purpose" mean "special privileges"? No! The so-called "chaser wannabies" were all waiting their turn for a four-way stop ahead. So who's more likely to get someone killed, chasers obeying traffic laws or a guy in the speeding tank driving down the wrong side of the highway? How folks fail to see this truth is beyond me.

[wbuttry1]

well honestly i could care less it is a tv show whoopie do no body got hurt no harm no foul i bet if reed done it nothing said

[ModulateThis]

@wbuttry1 For you iIt's a TV show but I live here! A speeding tank driving down the wrong side of a busy highway IS a big deal. Are you saying it's OK to drive drunk as long as you don't cause an accident? If TIV had hit an oncoming vehicle it would have been fatal for its occupants. Sean would have had a lot more to worry about than just losing his funding. When people (especially famous) endanger others they are fair game for public criticism and law enforcement targeting.

[thekazan]

@ModulateThis i'd be more worried about the Tornado. if you see the TIV heading north, you should be heading south.

[TheSymbioteVenom]

whats more important when it comes down to a Tornado and the possible chance of it coming towards traffic...would you still follow the rules & law if a Tornado was chasing you in heavy Traffic? i think not...besides, the TIV was made to intercept Tornado's and help Sean Casey Film his Imax Movie....and in the process they can gather some data....Sean Casey's TIV wasn't made for playing "lets drive extremely slow and miss our chance to intercept this Tornado and waste my Imax Film Funds"...

[EliteAmericans]

@ashe021182 Bullshit. I actually live IN KANSAS and when "sean" drives like that it puts me and my entire family at risk. I swear to god if i see "sean" driving like that on the road he's going back to hollywood on a stretcher. I'll go TIV hunting.

[EliteAmericans]

Those TIV people are douche bags (just the one dude who sounds like a female, everyone else is koo). I would have blocked the road and beat the holy shit out of him for doing that. He's going to get someone killed.

[ModulateThis]

@ashe021182 A lot of people care, but apparently not fans of the show. Had there been a cop on site he TIV would have been ticketed. Sean has illegally placed a standard police siren on his vehicle. It's not a tornado siren. When people hear police sirens they come out of their homes instead of remaining inside where it's safe. Sean is liable for any deaths that may occur. He's setting bad examples with every turn.

[ashe021182]

@ModulateThis Once again, you go off like you know it all. YOU and maybe a handful of people care that Sean Casey drove on the wrong side of the road. I didn't see him get a ticket by the authorities, I wonder why, oh that's right they could'nt care less. Jump off your high horse and actually enjoy the show and excitement. Instead of trying to tear other people down. And yes Storm Chasers do save lives. In the new season Sean put a tornado siren on the TIV to warn towns that haven't one.

[ModulateThis]

@ashe021182 Emergency managers, police, fire, and ham radio save lives. TIV films tornadoes for commercial purposes. They do not do research nor they do they save lives --despite what the show depicts. All storm chasers "film these exciting wonders" but most of us obey the laws and don't risk other people's lives simply for the sake of the shot. Sean is lucky he didn't lose his funding. It wasn't my video seen on Discovery that caused this mess. It was TIV's reckless driving.

[ashe021182]

@ModulateThis Oh please they are Storm Chasers who do research and film these exciting wonders. Its people like them that save your life and its people like you that try to give people a bad name. Also, he almost lost his funding because you were upset that he passed you. Get over yourself!