Ahhh, yes. Mayf clued me in and then it came back. Mind like a steel sieve.
It was built as a tornado chaser. Here's a link to a writeup on it
and a coupla other chase vehicles (it's called IMAX):
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/tornado-intercept-vehicles.html
I love gettin old and forgetting what I already forgot. I think.
RtR
At 08:08 PM 2/21/2008, BWANA343@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 2/21/2008 9:56:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>rbuck@xmission.com writes:
>I found out what it really was and then promptly forgot it. It's
>built on a Ford F350 chassis, I think. I have no idea what it was
>doing in that parking lot in Mesquite, though.
>
>Coincidentally, there was a show on a PBS station a few nights ago
>featuring that very vehicle. It's a tornado chase rig, designed to
>withstand a direct hit from these types of storms. I'm sorry I don't
>recall exactly which/where I saw this, but I'm hoping another Lister
>also saw it.
>It does look like something you'd expect to see parked near Roswell
>or in Vegas.
>Bob W
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