increase the warning times a lot sooner, or a lot later, so that people in harm s way can get out of the way much, much quicker. lanny, you were going to go over some of this data over the weekend with tim. what exactly were you going to go over with him? i tell you, tim and i, as you mentioned earlier, had been friends for many, many years, and as ed had mentioned tim was certainly a scientist first and foremost. so the data we were working together on was regarding acoustics, infrasonics in and around tornadoes. as some people may or may not know, supercell thunderstorms, much like tim was referring to and ed, they generate an infrasonic sound. our atmosphere around us generates infrasonic sounds. so most particularly tim and i were going to kind of look at and research some of the possible infrasonic sounds in
about other people than he did himself. ed, i want to play a clip from friday, an interview that tim did about the storm. we are looking for the very special type of storm called a supercell. a supercell is a very violent storm that is very capable of large hail and pretty destructive tornadoes. pretty destructive tornadoes. ed, explain to us, what is the data that you all get when you go on these missions? why is it so important? well, from our standpoint, it s extremely important because we can utilize the data collected and figure out why one particular supercell thunderstorm which tim was referring to in your clip, why one particular supercell thunderstorm, will produce a tornado and why one will not. and if we can find that it common denominator as to why it does put down a tornado, if we see that little denominator in a storm sooner than later, we can
but i think of course the scientific level i mean, tim was a very smart individual, probably one of the smartest people that i know. but ultimately i will remember his caring attitude. i mean, this is a man that i very hard to describe to you. you would almost have to meet him. he truly did care more about other people than himself, and that certainly showed anytime you spoke with him. you could be a novice chaser or what have you or just somebody off the street, and tim would take time to visit with you. and i think that caring attitude and that just that aura about him really i m going to miss dearly. that s what i m going to remember. i m going to hold on to those i m going to hold on to those memories. and, ed, lastly, what will you remember most about tim, having been a member of his team? well, just the knowledge that
for those of us who cover these storms, as they happen, their work is irreplaceable. but is the data and the footage storm chasers collect for us worth the danger to them? let s talk to someone who does it for a living. ed grub is a storm tracker who was part of tam im samaras cre. he was not with him on this trip. lanny dean was also a close friend. lanny, i want to start with you. you knew him for more than 20 years. what was he like? i ve got to tell you tim was a very passionate individual, probably one much the most passionate individuals that i had ever met personally. he was certainly very scientific and probably more importantly tim had a care about other people that i had never met in my life. i d never seen that type of a caring individual. he was truly, truly caring more