Piotrowski: We all talk, and we all have certain forums that we belong to. TAW: How does the storm chasing community mobilize when a big system hits? You have to decide: Do I go down this road? How much fuel do I have left? Do I have time to make a one-minute stop? Do I go down this road? If I go in this direction, am I going to get cut off by debris? I thought it would be helpful to show people the split-second decisions you have to make while storm chasing. I knew yesterday was going to be a really really bad day, worse than usual, and I thought it was critical that I stream what unfolded as it unfolded. I've always known that if you can show somebody a picture or a livestream of a particular tornado coming in their direction, people are a hundred times more likely to respond to a visual element versus.
Back in the 80s they developed an analog technology that allowed you to shoot a still picture from out in the field and send it back to the station where somebody can see it.
Piotrowski: Yesterday, I did something I normally don't do. Can you tell us about your decision to livestream yesterday's storm? The Atlantic Wire: Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Through the third day of search and rescue efforts found no new surviors, Rohr vowed to continue the search. In addition to tracking yesterday's storms, Piotrowski witnessed the tornado touch down in Joplin, Missouri on Sunday night, narrowly survived his truck being brushed by the twister and was one of the first witness on the scene of devastation the storm left behind. This evening, Joplin's city manager Mark Rohr reported that the death toll had risen to 125 and more than 900 people are injured. With about 35 years of experience chasing storms, he's seen some of the worst tornados in recent memory, but nothing could prepare him for what's he's witnessed this week. Piotrowski is a professional storm chaser who's been featured on National Geographic and the Discovery channels and won an Emmy for his work covering storms in the Midwest.
Yesterday, thousands of people watched storm chaser Jeff Piotrowski stream his experience following a series of tornados across Oklahoma. This article is from the archive of our partner.
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