Mike Bettes in Tornado Accident

[Anistorm]

oh my goodness, no words to describe this but THANK GOODNESS THEY ARE SAFE. <3 This just happened minutes ago.

[Mr. Rainman]

There is evidence that they were just north of the main circulation, which is a very stupid move when it comes to chasing. There was also evidence they were core-punching, which is also moronic. This has not official news. This is gathered from where I heard they were when it happened, relative to the storm's location. I'm glad he's okay, but that was irresponsible of the team if this turns out to be true.

Stay south of the storm, and don't core punch. With a storm as violent as this one, give it several miles of berth. Getting right up on a circulation like this one is just asking for trouble.

[Localonthe8s]

I heard about it. The tornado hunt car got destroyed as it was thrown 200 yards across the road. This could have easily been fatal but thank heavens they're safe.

[brandonmahaffey85]

I'm glad Mike Bettes and the Crew are safe!!!!!!

[TWCCraig]

That's crazy. Glad that they are safe. Goes to show the real dangers of being a storm chaser.

[gt1racerlHDl]

just got out of work and saw the OK Tornadoes crawl, Glad Mike and the Team are fine. Also i read that multiple vehicles were overturned too?

all i got to say is hopefully everyone is alert and accounted for from the El Reno Tornado.

[toxictwister00]

Well you know what?! When I created the Topic I looked in every part of this website to see if there was a post about it already and there was NOT!!! So I created one!!! Thank you very much!!!! 

Dude, chill. It's not that serious. He was just letting you know there was already a discussion thread on this topic already. The two threads can be merged.

[brandonmahaffey85]

Well I'm just saying it's annoying before I created this topic I looked all over this website and found NOTHING about The Tornado Hunt Team. So I created a topic because there was NOTHING posted! And I am being positive. That's why I used the Censored emoticon because I will not say anything bad on here. 

[Eric]

I have to agree with Brandon.  It seems that there are certain people who will give someone a lot of grief for a duplicated post or thread, a response that isn't quite "kosher," and so on, and it doesn't need to be this way.  In my opinion, the best way to handle this would be for a moderator to simply say that this topic was being merged with one that already existed, and that's that.

[brandonmahaffey85]

I have to agree with Brandon.  It seems that there are certain people who will give someone a lot of grief for a duplicated post or thread, a response that isn't quite "kosher," and so on, and it doesn't need to be this way.  In my opinion, the best way to handle this would be for a moderator to simply say that this topic was being merged with one that already existed, and that's that.

Eric thank you! At least someone agrees with me.   

[Trevor]

That's crazy. Glad that they are safe. Goes to show the real dangers of being a storm chaser.

Not if you know what you're doing. It's funny how Mike was complaining about storm chasers going too far a few years ago, and now look at him. As far as I know this has been the only storm chaser's vehicle destroyed by a tornado.

[WeatherWitness]

Brandon, I understand it may be frustrating to create a topic only to find out there is a duplicate one after searching but that outbreak was completely unnecessary.  I am not trying to attack you personally, but posts with multiple exclamation marks and all caps are treated as shouting and not welcome here.  As you are a new member, I remind you to please look over the forum rules again.

Thank you.

[twcclassics]

In my opinion, the best way to handle this would be for a moderator to simply say that this topic was being merged with one that already existed, and that's that.

Which is exactly what Patrick did. While I can understand his frustration, he totally overreacted.

[phw115wvwx]

I've merged the topics together here and unlocked it.  Everyone, please don't try to act like a moderator unless you are one.  Members don't like to be called out by someone who doesn't have the authority to do so.  When I checked, the other duplicate topic was only two hours older than the one Brandon created, so I'm not that upset at all.  I have way bigger issues to handle in my own life than this little problem if you read my Front Porch post.

Brandon, we do try to help others if you allow it.  Please don't feel offended as it only makes things worse for everyone.  If you have any problems, just PM anyone in the moderator/administration team.  I'm certain you will try harder to look around and read the rules more as you get comfortable here.  Thanks!

[gt1racerlHDl]

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