Incredible Video: What It’s Like Inside A Violent Tornado -- Washington Post
It might strike you as foolish, but storm chasers Brandon Ivey and Sean Casey literally rode out a raging tornado with winds to 175 mph from inside a motor vehicle on Memorial Day.
Watch the astonishing, “ear-popping” video below…
But the vehicle, positioned intentionally to bear the brunt of the raging Kansas vortex, is no ordinary vehicle.
Called the Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV2, the second vehicle of its kind), it is designed to withstand a top of the scale EF-5 twister, with winds over 200 mph.
Wikipedia offers the following details on this 14,000+ pound, armor-reinforced machine:
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My Comment: What a terrifying experience lasting two minutes.
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