Largest High-Tech Tornado Chase Set To Begin 112
coondoggie writes "Next month, with the help of a variety of high-tech gear, researchers will begin a wide-ranging project to better understand the origin, structure and evolution of tornadoes. The National Science Foundation has given $9.1 million to the project called Vortex2 (of course it has a convoluted backronym), which will take place from May 10-June 13. Researchers say Vortex2 is the largest attempt in history to study tornadoes, and will involve more than 50 scientists, 40 research vehicles, and 10 mobile radars, and will cover 900 square miles in southern South Dakota, western Iowa, eastern Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, the Texas panhandle, and western Oklahoma."
Re:TIV (Score:3, Insightful)
Wow, what a big pile of shit. The second edition is extra-retarded, they actually convered a 4x4 to a 6x6 instead of just buying one of the many 6x6s available all over the country. The idea is cool, the implementation is stupid.