- Big weather chasing tornadoes in the heart of america movie#
- Big weather chasing tornadoes in the heart of america series#
Big weather chasing tornadoes in the heart of america series#
This is a reality TV series about presenting the life of storm chasing, without glossing over the less-dramatic bits like, oh, needing to eat or use the necessities. This isn't the Discovery Channel series, nor is it the multiple one-off spin-offs with dramatic voice-overs and apocalyptic descriptions of tornadoes as unfathomably vicious, near-sentient destroyers of worlds and eaters of belongings and pets, complete with the same repeated stock footage with different filters and dramatic zoom levels. I plan on using it with my sons who are in home school. This show is family friendly, educational, and all around a very well done production filmed live during actual weather events. I HIGHLY recommend this for weather enthusiasts, reality TV junkies (who are tired of scripts), and for anyone who enjoys a good Adrenalin rush. I enjoyed this show so much I watched all the episodes in less than 24 hours. There are no other shows like this and it is refreshing to see something different. Being a storm spotter for the National Weather Service I can relate to a lot of what I see on this show but they take it to the next level. This series not only shows you severe weather but you get a glimpse of the lives of those involved from the chasers to those whose lives are forever changed by the storms. It is like watching two kids on Christmas morning. It is quite amusing to watch Reed and Jim get so excited. Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel rides along with the crew for his first actual storm chase. Throughout this season you will see another familiar face. You will be able to ride along with them in the "Dominators" (specially modified vehicles that allow them to enter inside of a tornado) as they travel up and down tornado alley filming all the wrath mother nature has to offer. Meteorologist Reed Timmer and his crew report for 4WARN Storm Team at KFOR in Oklahoma City. This series is web only but if you liked Storm Chasers you will LOVE Tornado Chasers. and most recently the TV adaptation of Training Day.Īdditional reporting by Mashable science editor Andrew Freedman.Ride along with Reed Timmer and the rest of the TVN Weather crew as they film tornadoes up close and personal. Paxton died unexpectedly on Saturday following complications from heart surgery.īesides Twister, he also starred in many Hollywood blockbusters throughout the 1980s and '90s, including Titanic, The Terminator, Apollo 13, Aliens, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Some people revived the nickname for Paxton's character in Twister: "The Extreme." In 2011, he followed up on Twister by narrating an IMAX documentary Tornado Alley, also about storm chasers.Īlong with GPS maps, meteorologists also shared more personal messages reflecting on the actor's impact on their own lives. Paxton remained in touch with the weather community throughout his career. Shortly after the film's debut, he reached out to the National Weather Service office in Paducah, Kentucky, to ask about a twister in the region. Dorothy, the tornado-chasing contraption from the film, now sits in the lobby of the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma, a major center of atmospheric research into tornadoes and the home of the Storm Prediction Center.Įven before Twister, Paxton said he was fascinated by tornadoes, which strike fairly often in his home state of Texas. Weather experts still cling to Twister memorabilia. "Twister was kind of the first time in a mass media place the meteorologist became cool, if only for a little while," he said.
Big weather chasing tornadoes in the heart of america movie#
"There are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of meteorologists today - myself included - who were impacted by the movie Twister and the role Bill played in that," John Wetter, president of the nonprofit that tracks the positions of tornado chasers, told the AP. The actor also inspired nearly 200 storm chasers to spell out the initials "BP" using GPS coordinates on a map showing the heart of Tornado Alley, the Associated Press counted. Paxton was so beloved in the weather community that his unexpected death on Saturday sparked a rare tribute tweet from the National Weather Service's official Twitter account. In the movie, Paxton and Hunt play a struggling couple that teams up to create an advance weather alert system, putting them square in the path of violent tornadoes. Bill Paxton, star of '80s and '90s genre films and TV, dead at 61
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