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Watch former WLOSer Mike Bettes chase twisters for the Weather Channel

Jason Sandford June 8, 2009

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Former WLOSer Mike Bettes is doing some kick-ass reporting on tornadoes for a Weather Channel special called VORTEX2: The Great Tornado Hunt. Here’s the promo:

VORTEX2 is the largest field experiment in history to explore the origins, structure and evolution of tornadoes. The VORTEX2 teams will be looking to understand how, when and why tornadoes form. Answers to these questions will give researchers a better understanding of tornadoes and should help increase warning time for those in the path of these deadly storms.
Beginning May 10, Mike Bettes will be bring you live reports from the road as these scientists continue a 5 week journey to hunt for tornadoes.

You need to check out some of the video footage Bettis and his crew have collected. This video shows the formation of a tornado and, in a wild twist, you can see down the mouth of the monster. Incredible. Thanks to loyal reader Shope for the alert.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Russell July 2, 2009

Mike Bettes has been filling-in for the vacationing Al Roker on NBC’s Today show this week. He is getting prime exposure on NBC as a result of that network buying The Weather Channel. Congrats to Mike. Well deserved.

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Russell June 9, 2009

Mike Bettes was always good, even when he was at WLOS some years ago (5 years maybe?). He may even get a chance to do some weekend work on the "Today" show now that The Weather Channel has been bought by NBC Universal.

Another ex-WLOS weather personality who has done well is Jason Boyer. Jason is now doing the forecasting in Denver.

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