"We're deeply saddened by the loss of his son Paul, and their colleague Carl Young. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno with a masters degree in atmospheric science. Young started out working on Hollywood film sets until he was inspired to study the science of tornado dynamics. The pair met while Young attended a meteorlogical conference. Young was chasing tornadoes with Samaras every spring since 2003 and together they tracked more than 125 tornadoes, according to his bio on the "Storm Chasers" website. "There is some comfort in knowing these men passed on doing what they loved. I ask that you keep the families in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time," Tony Laubach, meteorologist and TWISTEX collaborator posted on the TWISTEX Facebook page. "This is a devastating loss to the meteorological, research, and storm chasing communities.
Samaras also founded TWISTEX (Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling in Tornadoes EXperiment) research group and appeared on the Discovery Channel show "Storm Chasers." This is an enormous loss for his family, his wide circle of friends and colleagues and National Geographic." "Though we sometimes take it for granted, Tim's death is a stark reminder of the risks encountered regularly by the men and women who work for us. Tim's research included creation of a special probe he would place in the path of a twister to measure data from inside the tornado his pioneering work on lightning was featured in the August 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine," Garcia said in a statement. "The National Geographic Society made 18 grants to Tim for research over the years for field work like he was doing in Oklahoma at the time of his death, and he was one of our 2005 Emerging Explorers. Terry Garcia, Executive Vice President, National Geographic Society said Samaras was "a courageous and brilliant scientist who fearlessly pursued tornadoes and lightning in the field in an effort to better understand these phenomena." RELATED: Scientists Put an Eye in the Heart of the Storm The probe allowed Samaras and Young to document the tornado from different angles and speeds when they deployed the device in the path of a twister on Jnear Storm Lake Iowa. Samaras also built a special probe equipped with cameras that "are able to look inside of a tornado safely." Samaras holds the world record for "measuring the lowest barometric pressure drop (100 millibars) inside of a tornado that destroyed the town of Manchester South Dakota, on June 24, 2003," according to his website. This is a guy who was not just a meteorologist, he's an engineer, he's one of the smartest men I have ever met in my life," she said. "He was a pioneer, he was getting things and teaching us things that no one else could do. Zee said Samaras left behind a legacy of work. Watch the "Nightline" 2012 interview with Tim Samaras on the mystery of how lightning forms. He is not, you know, a young gun running around making bad decisions person, so I am so sad and shocked, it is such a loss for the community," Zee said of Samaras. "Out of all storm chasers he doesn't take chances, he's the one that puts the probes in the path of the tornado to learn more about them. I look at it that he is in the 'big tornado in the sky.'"ĪBC News meteorologist Ginger Zee knew Tim Samaras well and said his death was a reminder of the power of the storm. "They all unfortunately passed away but doing what they LOVED. Our hearts also go out to the Carl Young family as well as they are feeling the same feelings we are today," the statement said.
"It truly is sad that we lost my great brother Tim and his great son, Paul. Samaras' brother, Jim Samaras posted a statement on Tim Samaras' Facebook book early Sunday morning: Perhaps it's to witness the incredible beauty of what Mother Nature can create" Samaras said in a Youtube video posted on his website. "I'm not sure exactly why I chase storms. Tim Samaras, 55, dedicated the last three decades to learning about tornadoes while he successfully combined his passion for storm chasing and an engineering career. "They put themselves in harm's way so that they can educate the public about the destructive power of these storms," Canadian County Undersheriff Chris West told the Associated Press. One of them was found dead a half mile away. Paul and Young were pulled from a car by a tornado.
Tim Samaras was found inside his car with his seat belt still on. Samaras, 55, his son Paul, 24, and Young, 45, were all killed while trying to document and research the storm.
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