"Tornado!"
Kirsten is an official member of the tornado club after driving the intercept vehicle right towards a tornado in Nebraska. She spent the summer hoping for bad weather — and storm chasing — with Ron Gravelle.
Ron is an Environment Canada NET controller, storm predictor, forecaster, and certified "chaser" in both Canada and the USA. He is one of only two Canadians to own Baron Threat Net and has seen 98 tornadoes.
You might have seen Ron’s video footage on CNN or other projects on Discovery channel. On the first week of chasing Ron and Kirsten crossed 17 states. In the second week, they crossed 14 states — covering 19,900 kilometers!
During both weeks, Ron predicted the most powerful storms in North America and Kirsten punched through them. (Good bladder control and love of laughter are beneficial traits to the chaser.)
Yes, it's kind of like Twister without the flying cows — and there is the odd platter of fried bull testicles at the end of the day.
Kirsten is an official member of the tornado club after driving the intercept vehicle right towards a tornado in Nebraska. She spent the summer hoping for bad weather — and storm chasing — with Ron Gravelle.
Ron is an Environment Canada NET controller, storm predictor, forecaster, and certified "chaser" in both Canada and the USA. He is one of only two Canadians to own Baron Threat Net and has seen 98 tornadoes.
You might have seen Ron’s video footage on CNN or other projects on Discovery channel. On the first week of chasing Ron and Kirsten crossed 17 states. In the second week, they crossed 14 states — covering 19,900 kilometers!
During both weeks, Ron predicted the most powerful storms in North America and Kirsten punched through them. (Good bladder control and love of laughter are beneficial traits to the chaser.)
Yes, it's kind of like Twister without the flying cows — and there is the odd platter of fried bull testicles at the end of the day.
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Kirsten goes local in her back yard: Read her tornado-chaser article on page 3 of Leap Local.
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