Joel Taylor's family identified his body after he was found dead on a cruise ship. Bedford and other scouts were allowed to bring their families to the event. Phone: 402-444-1038. [4] Tim Samaras was reportedly relieved when the show was cancelled as he thought it focused more on interpersonal drama than on the storms themselves.[5]. Sept. 12, 2011:The three Omaha Storm Chasers outfielders, David Lough, left, Jarrod Dyson and Lorenzo Cain. Per TMZ, witnesses reported seeing two men carry off Taylor from the dance floor earlier in the night. Timmer's team is known as "Team Dominator" in the show, referring to the name of their own armored chase vehicle, the SRV Dominator. McKeon led the Chasers to back-to-back American Association titles in the franchise's first two years. Sept. 16, 2011: The Sacramento River Cats and the Omaha Storm Chasers stand on the base line during the opening ceremony in Game 3 of the PCL Championship series at Raley Field in West Sacramento, Calif. Sept. 10, 2011: The Storm Chasers react after defeating Round Rock in the 10th inning. Ill sure miss your passion for weather & aviation. Legal Statement. Tim Samaras, 55, founder of the tornado research project, called Twistex, based in Lakewood, Colo.; his son Paul, 24; and their chase partner, Carl Young, 45, all died after they were overtaken by a multiple-vortex tornado that sharply changed direction near El Reno, Okla., The Weather Channel first reported. But a unique brand of folks called "storm chasers" is looking to lower the number of victims with information and photos they're collecting out in the field on the trail of the killer storms. On May 31, 2013, three members of the TWISTEX team, Tim Samaras, his twenty-four-year-old son Paul Samaras, and California native Carl Young (aged 45), lost their lives while chasing an EF3 tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma. Deadly Oklahoma tornadoes still stand out in record books - AccuWeather July 3, 2009:Alex Gordon prepares to bat. McGill got a chance to see first-hand what these storms are like. RIP my best friend and storm chasing partner, Joel Taylor. But these powerful weather systems can be incredibly unpredictable -- as McGill and the "Storm Chasers" found out. The main purpose of the TWISTEX team is to deploy their "turtle" probes into the path of tornadoes and deploy mesonet vehicles around the twister. In season four, Dr. Wurman was also shown to be involved in the funding of Casey's IMAX film, when he addressed Casey about a video showing reckless driving by TIV2. [citation needed]. Aug. 31, 2011:Players, coaches and team employees party in the club house after the Storm Chasers learned that they clinched their division. The the twisted chasers-episode 1 (the tubes from the sky) Canadian County Undersheriff Chris West told NBC News that the men were in a small Chevrolet that was found upright in a ditch about a mile from Interstate 40 southeast of El Reno. 'We're going to die, we're going to die': Storm chaser's last words as
