DISCOVERY CHANNEL LAUNCHES STORM CHASERS,
EXCITING NEW SERIES IMMERSING VIEWERS IN THE SCIENCE
OF TORNADOES
October 2007
Discovery Channel brings viewers
into the heart of "Tornado Alley" for a firsthand look
at one of nature's most destructive forces in the all
new-series STORM CHASERS, premiering on Wednesday, October
17, 2007, at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) and airing on Sunday
nights at 10:00 p.m. after the premier. Viewers join
research meteorologist Josh Wurman and filmmaker Sean
Casey in an expedition to capture valuable scientific
data and rare footage from inside tornadoes.
Every spring, across 700,000
square miles of flatland between the Rocky Mountains
and Appalachian Mountains, changing weather patterns
and colliding air masses combine to create a recipe
for catastrophe. However, storm chasing is an annual
rite of spring for scientists and enthusiasts, including
Wurman and Casey, who are trying to achieve the impossible
and actually go inside a tornado.
Casey and Wurman make an unlikely
team. Filming from the turret of his self-designed and
self-built Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV), Casey risks
his life to get the most elusive tornado footage ever
shot. He and his battle-hardened team will risk everything
as they drive his 14,000-pound TIV straight into the
unknown heart of a deadly twister.
As the leader of the team,
Wurman guides the TIV from his mobile command post,
the Doppler on Wheels. Wurman makes split-second life-or-death
decisions based on information from Doppler radar, as
the safety of the entire team rests on his shoulders.
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