El Reno Violent Tornado Tribute (6/2)

We have lost three fantastic storm chasers and friends of mine and many others - Tim and Paul Samaras, and Carl Young - Perished on Friday, May 31, 2013 in the violent El Reno, Oklahoma tornado while they trying to document it. These three were the cutting-edge of the storm chasing community and our hearts and prayers will always go out to them and their family.


THE CITIES OF MOORE OKLAHOMA AND EL RENO HAVE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT TORNADO DAMAGE ... BOTH TORNADOES RATED EF-5 WITH THE EL RENO TORNADO BEING 2.6 MILES WIDE WITH 296 MPH CORE FLOW WINDS ... THREE GREAT CHASERS HAVE BEEN LOST ... PLEASE KEEP OKLAHOMA IN YOUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS



In addition to these three, the El Reno EF-5 tornado claimed more lives in the city itself - This was a dark and tragic day to say the least - With the tornado itself not only rated EF-5 (the strongest on the enhanced Fujita scale of tornadoes), but was an awe inspiring 2.6 miles wide with winds in its core at least 296 MPH! The El Reno, Okhaloma tornado is the widest / largest tornado in US history.

A documentary video of this extreme tornado event, as well as myself being nearly killed in it, has been provided at the link below!

http://www.sky-chaser.com/m14vid2.htm