Village idiots and tornado chasers Tim Samaras, 55, his son, Paul Samaras, 24, and Carl Young, 45, were blown to death! What a way to go! - 3 veteran storm chasers head for the big funnel cloud in the sky.... they were among 13 killed by Oklahoma tornadoes

Three storm chasers were among 13 people killed by tornadoes that rampaged through central Oklahoma on Friday, underscoring the high risk of tracking tornadoes and forcing the media to rethink how they cover deadly twisters.

Tim Samaras, 55, a leading storm chaser and founder of the tornado research company, Twistex, was killed in the Oklahoma City suburb of El Reno along with his son, Paul Samaras, 24, and Carl Young, 45, a Twistex meteorologist, according to a statement from Tim Samaras' brother, Jim Samaras.

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