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(June 3)STORYWhile most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public from a twister's fury or amateurs armed with little more than a smartphone, a digital camera and a desire to sell 15 seconds of video to the nightly news.But the deaths of three respected researchers near Oklahoma City have renewed questions over whether the risk of dashing off into violent storms in Tornado Alley is too great _ regardless of the adrenaline rush.Longtime storm chasers Tim Samaras, his son Paul and colleague Carl Young were killed Friday when a powerful tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma, turned on them as they were conducting research. The National Weather Center issued a statement saying they are likely the first \"storm intercept fatalities\" among researchers.Oklahoma is considered the \"mecca of storm chasing,\" Tim Samaras told National Geographic just last month, and there are often hundreds of storm chasers lining the roads. Seasoned storm trackers provide critical field data that can't be gleaned from high-powered Doppler radar, veteran meteorologists say. But they're increasingly competing with storm-chasing tours, amateur weather enthusiasts inspired by cable TV shows and tornado paparazzi speeding from storm to storm.Samaras' colleagues said he took numerous safety precautions, spending hours looking at weather models and developing safe escape routes and rendezvous points. All were done in case his crew would have to pull away from a tornado and use well-maintained roads that wouldn't turn into \"pancake batter\" in rain. \"Storm chasing isn't about what you see on TV. It's about forecasti ng and safety preparation,\" said Ben McMillan, a storm chaser from Des Moines, Iowa, who teamed up in 2011 with Samaras and Ed Grubb of Thornton, Colo., for the Discovery Channel show \"Storm Chasers\"Many amateur storm chasers are looking to capture heart-pounding video of a massive, dangerous twister and cash in by selling the footage to television stations or documentary filmmakers. Television stations and other news outlets generally pay up to $500 to use certain video, and storm chasers will reach out to several different ones. Sometimes, they're not even after money, but hearing their name read aloud on the air.Friday's storm was particularly treacherous because the rotation was wrapped in rain, made frequent sudden turns and spawned multiple tornadoes. Storm chaser Paul Stofer says storm chasers always have to stay aware of their surroundings when on the job. \"You've gotta constantly have your head on a swivel,  you've gotta be watching where the tornado is,\" said Stofer.\"You've be looking out for satellite tornados that are rotating around the parent tornado. you've gotta be constantly be watching your mapping software and always keep an escape route open. \" At least 14 people died, including several who were in their vehicles when the tornado hit.Both Grubb and McMillian said they would continue chasing storms, despite their colleagues' deaths. Grubb, who started chasing storms in 1974, acknowledged the thrill was part of the attraction.SHOWSMANDATORY COURTESY: BEN MCMILLANEl Reno, Oklahoma - 31 May 20131. Wide shot of tornado passing over cityAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYThornton, Colorado - 3 June 20132. Various shots of computer tracking model for tornado in carMANDATORY COURTESY: BEN MCMILLANEl Reno, Oklahoma - 31 May 20133. Wide shot of tornado passing over cityAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYThornton, Colorado - 3 June 20134. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Ben McMillan / Driver and EMT, TWISTEX\"It was a really wild tornado, rapidly evolving, there were multiple tornados that turned into one larger tornado and then the larger tornado went one way, then switch directions very quickly and then went another way, it was just a really hard storm to track.\"AP PHOTOS -  NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE Location Unknown - 26 May 20065. Still photo of Tim Samaras6. Still photo of license plate on truck of Tornado chaser Tim SamarasMANDATORY COURTESY: DISCOVERY CHANNELLocation Unknown - 10 May 20107. Still photo of Carl Young and Tim Samaras watching skyAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYThornton, Colorado - 3 June 20138. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Ben McMillan / Driver and EMT, TWISTEX\"I\"m not sure exactly sure where Tim was at, but I think that is what everyone wants to know rigth now, where exactly he was in relation to the tornado, how the winds got to Carl, Paul and TIm in their vehicle and just what happened after that and at what point, stage Tim's research was in when the tornado impacted them.\"9.  Various shots of computer model in car10.  SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Ed Grubb/Navigator and driver, TWISTEX\"Most of the researchers out there want to learn, to see what that magical component that may exist, to cause one storm, one thunderstorm, put the tornado down, where as another thunderstorm that is equally as intense, does not put that tornado down, what is that component.\"AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYUnion City, Oklahoma - 1 June 201311.  Medium shot of badly damaged Weather Channel tornado hunt vehicle. 12.  Wide shot of another car overturned near the Weather Channel vehicle 13.  Closeup of tow truck driver hauling Weather Channel vehicle14.  Medium shot of vehicle being hauled in.15.   Wide shot vehicle being hauled in. AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYAddison, Texas - 3 June 201316.  Various shots of moving out of parking space17.  SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Paul Stofer / Storm Chaser\"I know Tim, Tim was really good about staying calm in tough situations. he really knew what he was doing. He didn't chase for the notoriety for television or for selling video. He chased because he genuinely wanted to learn more about severe weather. He wanted to understand how tornadoes formed, why they formed. what happened that day is just heartbreaking.\" 18.   19.  SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Paul Stofer / Storm Chaser\"You've gotta constantly have your head on a swivel,  you've gotta be watching where the tornado is, you've be looking out for satellite tornados that are rotating around the parent tornado. you've gotta be constantly be watching your mapping software and always keep an escape route open. \" MANDATORY COURTESY : STORMPURSUIT.COMTexas - 201220. Dashboard video of Stofer and his partner chasing a storm from 2012.HEADLINE:  Storm chasing critical, profitable and dangerous--------------------------------CAPTION:  The deaths of three respected tornado researchers near Oklahoma City have renewed questions over whether the risk of dashing off into violent storms in Tornado Alley is too great, regardless of the adrenaline rush. (June 3)STORYWhile most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public from a twister's fury or amateurs armed with little more than a smartphone, a digital camera and a desire to sell 15 seconds of video to the nightly news.But the deaths of three respected researchers near Oklahoma City have renewed questions over whether the risk of dashing off into violent storms in Tornado Alley is too great _ regardless of the adrenaline rush.Longtime storm chasers Tim Samaras, his son Paul and colleague Carl Young were killed Friday when a powerful tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma, turned on them as they were conducting research. The National Weather Center issued a statement saying they are likely the first \"storm intercept fatalities\" among researchers.Oklahoma is considered the \"mecca of storm chasing,\" Tim Samaras told National Geographic just last month, and there are often hundreds of storm chasers lining the roads. Seasoned storm trackers provide critical field data that can't be gleaned from high-powered Doppler radar, veteran meteorologists say. But they're increasingly competing with storm-chasing tours, amateur weather enthusiasts inspired by cable TV shows and tornado paparazzi speeding from storm to storm.Samaras' colleagues said he took numerous safety precautions, spending hours looking at weather models and developing safe escape routes and rendezvous points. All were done in case his crew would have to pull away from a tornado and use well-maintained roads that wouldn't turn into \"pancake batter\" in rain. \"Storm chasing isn't about what you see on TV. 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Storm chaser Paul Stofer says storm chasers always have to stay aware of their surroundings when on the job. \"You've gotta constantly have your head on a swivel,  you've gotta be watching where the tornado is,\" said Stofer.\"You've be looking out for satellite tornados that are rotating around the parent tornado. you've gotta be constantly be watching your mapping software and always keep an escape route open. \" At least 14 people died, including several who were in their vehicles when the tornado hit.Both Grubb and McMillian said they would continue chasing storms, despite their colleagues' deaths. 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