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Earth: Tornado Chaser Talks Lightning
As if tornado chasing wasn't dangerous enough, there's bolts of lightning to worry about. Storm Chaser Reed Timmer talks about everything you're not supposed to do in an electrical storm.
Added: Nov 23, 2009
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Runtime: 02:40
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