PHOTO: Weather Channel's Storm Chaser Mike Bettes' SUV Thrown

[Hissyspit]

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@SeanSchoferTVN: The @weatherchannel vehicle just got thrown 200 yards by tornado. We stopped to help & they are OK. @jimcantore http://t.co/AayAhvuBwA

Reports are they were scraped up some, but o.k.

Bettes: "What we were trying to do was get away from it."

[femmocrat]

1. Holy Moly!

I hope he gets hazard pay for that!

[Coyotl]

2. Such is the nature of their "sport"

[NYC_SKP]

3. Glad they are well. Kind of the tornado goddesses to just muss 'em up!

If you're gonna write "Tornado Hunt 2013" on your vehicle, the hunter may just become the hunted!

[BlueJazz]

4. His car says: Tornado Hunt 2013 ! I believe it found one.

[NoPasaran]

5. DUzy!

[FarCenter]

7. Yes, the tornado hunted them down.

[Major Nikon]

11. I was thinking the hunter became the prey

I'm guessing the tornado was not much the worse for wear.

[sakabatou]

8. Well, he certainly found his hunt

[Behind the Aegis]

9. JIM CANTORE is in the state?! The end is nigh!!!!

I swear when I see that man, you know the shit is bad!

ETA; He better stay the hell away from my part of the state!

[malaise]

13. The world knows it's bad when Cantore shows up

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. They even made a commercial on that line

It was humorous.

[Behind the Aegis]

22. I used to have a hugh crush on him.

But damn if he isn't a harbinger of doom!

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. I am glad he is allergic to firestorms

Nobody ever tell him s firestorms create their own weather.

[Behind the Aegis]

24. LOL!!!

[LovingA2andMI]

27. And here's the proof-- STAY FAR AWAY for JIM CANTORE....

[Behind the Aegis]

29. LMAO!!! Ain't it the truth!

[MNBrewer]

10. Tornado chasing...

So what will you do with it when you catch it?

[malaise]

12. Jim Cantore???

He's bad news

[FreeState]

14. And thats a car designed to go into tornados... n/t

[1-Old-Man]

16. No, that is a car painted with idiotic shit and reinforced to little or no advantage.

No car was ever designed to go into a tornado. That one may have been modified somewhat, but as to its suitability to drive into a tornado, well, it just ain't there. For one thing, what is designed into it to hold it on the ground?

[FreeState]

18. Im watching the Weather Chanel and thats what they said

they said on air it had been reinforced to go into them if it needed to. They also have another car still out there thats basically a reinforced tank that had its hood ripped off.

[Warpy]

28. Some have been designed to survive EF 1-3 tornadoes

They tested them on Mythbusters a couple of years ago, using a 747's engines as wind generators. Such cars are heavily reinforced and a couple of models grip the ground if they've got time to drive onto the shoulder.

A slightly reinforced SUV is no match for one, though. That thing looks like a 1972 station wagon that some idiot chopped and channeled.

[1-Old-Man]

15. "Tornado Hunt 2013"? Well, I guess they found one.

[Junkdrawer]

17. What's the old saw about fishing for whales?

Who is hunting whom?

[Hissyspit]

19. @BreakingNews: Report: Mother, child killed in vehicle on interstate after tornadoes hit near Oklaho

@BreakingNews: Report: Mother, child killed in vehicle on interstate after tornadoes hit near Oklahoma City - @KFOR broadcast

[young_at_heart]

25. He was the senior meteorologist here in Asheville several years ago

He left WLOS about 10 years ago to go The Weather Channel.....he was great!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

26. I Actually Went To High School With Mike Bettes

He was in my graduating class. When I see him on the Weather Channel now, it's hard to believe, because he looks so different now. He was kind of tall and skinny and gawky with bad acne. He has certainly aged well. Probably the biggest star (currently, anyway) to come out of my small Ohio hometown.

[MzShellG]

30. I've like him ever since he covered the Joplin MO. twister......

The tornado that emotionally shook him up. This tornado shook him up, literally. So glad he's ok. Im a wearher buff he and Jim Cantore are my two faves. How cool that you knew him.

[Zoeisright]

31. I am amazed no one was seriously injured.

[Blue Owl]

32. TornaDo'h Hunt 2013

n/t