Three
tornado chasers were killed Tuesday night, raising new
safety questions
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Chasing tornadoes is **t exactly a low-risk activity, between the hazards the atmosphere can throw at you and the challenge of driving while keeping an eye on the sky.*
However, until recently, there had never been a recorded death of a
tornado chaser, despite the activity's increasing popularity in the wake of the 1997 film
Twister.*
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On
Tuesday night, the tight-knit community of professional storm
chasers suffered a wrenching loss when
Three well-k**wn storm trackers, Gene Williamson, Randall Delane Yarnall, and Corbin Lee Jaeger,
were killed in a high-speed collision while chasing a storm near the rural Texas community of Spur.*
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