We admit we’re conflicted by the video provided by storm chasers in tornado alley.
There’s a certain beauty in the unfolding disaster and an impressiveness in its power. On the other hand, driving toward a tornado is only encouraged by showing storm chasing video. And yet… we can’t look away.
This tornado in Oklahoma yesterday killed two people.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins