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    Tempest Tours brings tourists to tornadoes

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Well we've seen a lot of video -- twisters taking out homes and businesses and many of them like some of it we showed you today.

Come from Storm Chasers who go where few would dare.

One company actually gives tourists a chance to go along for the wild ride conducting sold out tours all over -- tornado Alley.

My militias owns what those companies he's the president -- -- tourists and a storm chaser himself so Martin.

Lots -- questions treat today you this is kind of like on -- fishing trip.

-- -- Well and if you wanna go catch fish and you're not very good -- -- yourself you at higher fishing guide.

And hopefully the best -- you could find and down most of the time it probably catch fish if he's a good guide but occasionally you wouldn't and -- is seen as.

-- like that so when you take people overseeing had been banned on the screen you see people in a van and you.

You you look for tornadoes to chase.

That's exactly what we do our goal is to forecast tornadic super cells.

And intercept them how successful are you actually chasing a tornado with the -- Pretty successful.

Last year we had 92 hours and only 12 or did not see a tornado.

The rest that you are solved.

One or more tornadoes -- Since not since 2003 we send us seen over a 140 tornadoes unbelievable how much is that -- going to -- stores.

The -- are prices range from about -- 100 to about 3100 dollars depending on the link.

And so what is that 2100 dollars what would I get me -- weekend that that storm chasing.

Now a little bit more than that you get six days of storm chasing seven nights of lodging so how how many close calls that he had -- he had anyway had -- tour and.

Tornado takes an intern.

What's at risk like.

Well there is risk of course I think our biggest risk is with driving because we have to drive hundreds of miles a day.

We're on the highway near the highway a lot that's really our biggest concern we've.

We make sure that guests stay off the roadway and that sort of thing.

As far as being too close to a tornado.

I am I don't recall anything where we are so close that it was seriously dangerous.

Tornadoes generally don't.

Turn on -- -- They're attached to very large super cell.

That that just can't possibly moved that quickly.

Well that's good to hear I think most of us that they gonna -- he does have a tornado coming at you and not know it is -- -- Davis storm chasing since 1987.

As -- curious have you ever seen a season like this.

No I haven't.

I've seen you know the seasons are different every one of them are different some are very -- some are.

An -- -- -- -- what we call normal are moderate and this is exceptional.

And what makes it did the number of tornadoes as exceptional and the fact that we've had to.

Violent tornadoes hit pretty significant -- -- -- -- Tuscaloosa and Joplin that even makes it more incredible.

It really it's really has been standing to all of us and I understand that your.

Your -- were sold out for this year is -- adding a few more.

-- great success for you and with this business and we appreciate learning more about it tempest -- Martin thank you so much for joining us.

Think you.

Would you go on one -- Wait -- somebody gets hurt what.

No I don't lawyer talking that yeah I mean -- staring lawsuits in liability exposure -- all kinds this does an interesting point said that really the danger is on the road and driving and a danger that most of us confront every day.

So if you wanna try it out there make sure your life insurance our premiums paid up that's my advice.

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