The storm chaser is hosting his own podcast. He interrupts one of hus guests when a tornado is about to form. There is enough down time when storm chasing to make this possible- he has a whole team helping him. The show is broadcast straight from his van, where all his meteorological technology is, and once a storm hits, the camera in his car turns on so that his fans can watch him as he's driving. Reed Timmer meets Art Bell. The show becomes the most popular podcast in history, mainly because of the chaos involved in cutting off an exciting topic for an even more exciting chase, and the possibility of seeing his reaction to a tornado taking form.
One day his wife calls on the air just before an F4 tornado touches down. He tries to cut her off but she becomes agitated. She exposes him for cheating on her, totally live, right as everyone sees the tornado he is chasing. The humiliation causes him to change direction, putting him right in the path of the storm. He forgets all safety protocol in a futile attempt to passify his wife. He can't even listen to his crew because he is trying to "explain" his side of the story an ultimate panic mode. Finally he realizes the gravity of the situation; the F4 tornado is about to send his van flying with the whole world watching as his wife continues to chastise him.
He tries to interrupt her one more time, and in the back of her mind she can hear him saying he is about to die. She doesn't care. The tornado accomplishes her revenge. What makes it funny is her complaints seem trivial to the actual cheating. Very little is said about the true offense. A garden variety domestic quibble has turned into a viral sensation as the awesome forces of nature tear it apart. The storm chaser becomes the first person in history to die on the air from driving into a tornado.
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