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Chasing
Nature's Most Violent Storms
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Phil
& Kathy Henry Chasing Storms in Tornado Alley Since 1993
(See Car & Driver May 1994
"Chasing The Wind" by Phil Berg)
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Phil and Kathy
have been chasing severe storms and tornados since 1993 when Phil
built a project car for Car and Driver Magazine, a storm chase pursuit
vehicle. Editor Phil Berg came along and spent a week with
the Henry's covering thousands of miles in Texas, Oklahoma, and
Kansas. The result was an article entitled "Chasing The
Wind" which appeared in the May 1994 issue of Car and Driver.
After
that trip Phil and Kathy were hooked. They now regularly spend
2 to 3 weeks each spring in Tornado Alley chasing after the ultimate
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Phil is the
Support Team Leader for Warren Faidley's  Storm
Chase Team. Warren is one of the world's foremost storm chasers
and over the years has accumulated the world's largest collection
of severe weather photography, stills, videos, and motion picture
film. You may visit Warren's website at: www.stormchaser.com
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When
out chasing, Kathy does most of the driving while Phil, a GPS
mapping and navigation expert, is the team's Chief Navigator.
The Navigation vehicle, a supercharged 2000 Oldsmobile Bravada
is equipped with a full roll cage, fire extinguisher and first
aid kit for safety of the Chase Team and and victims of severe
weather that the team may encounter. The other chase team
vehicles carry first aid supplies as well.
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The third vehicle
in the Team is the Communications vehicle piloted by Melin Bernard
while husband Jeff monitors everything from DC to Daylight in the
radio spectrum using some of the latest, state-of-the-art communications
equipment. |
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When
available, radio scanner expert Richard Barnett assists Jeff with
the monitoring and communications duties. All
of the team's chase vehicles are equipped with long range amateur
radio equipment, as well as FRS 2 way radios, CB radios and radio
scanners.
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