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  • A tornado that has touched down in an open field.
  • Ben Fogle explains how hurricanes form in oceanic areas, in the tropics.
  • Host Ben Fogle describes how heavy rain combines with descending cool air that makes the super-cell spin faster, dragging it back towards the earth.
  • A tree crashes through the roof.
  • The fans are pointed at the roof. At speeds of just 50 mph, the roof shingles are loosening.
  • Damage inside the house after the simulated storm.
  • After the storm, inside the house.
  • Damage to the house after the simulated storm.
  • The crew assess the damage or our manmade tornado.
  • The wind starts using fans and an air cannon to try and replicate the onslaught of hurricane force winds. We start with a gentle 10 miles per hour wind, just strong enough to kick up leaves.
  • One of the house's 'residents'crash test dummies, there to help us visualize the human impact of a massive wind storm.
  • The flying car demo. Set up to examine how much damage a flying car can do when projected by tornado force winds.
  • The Storm City Wind house - before the storm...
  • Ben and Jeff in the shooting gallery. Ben is using a speedometer to monitor flying debris speeds.
  • Ben in the shooting gallery.
  • Host Ben Fogle, our wind expert, Jeff Piotrowski, and our crash test dummies, who will be in the house during the final storm demonstration.
  • The Forecast Disaster house being destroyed by our man-made wind storm.
  • Tornado survivors Reggie Eppes with his son DJ, who was sucked up by the Alabama Tornado of April 2011.
  • A Forecast Disaster dummy explodes. The dummies are used in experiments too dangerous for host Ben Fogle to take part in.
  • Jeff Piotrowski - Storm chaser and program expert.
  • The aftermath after the manmade storm.

  • Tornado Touchdown

    Photograph by Storm Stock

    A tornado that has touched down in an open field.

  • How Hurricanes Form

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Ben Fogle explains how hurricanes form in oceanic areas, in the tropics. 

  • Super-cell Spin

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle describes how heavy rain combines with descending cool air that makes the super-cell spin faster, dragging it back towards the earth.

  • Tree in Flight

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    A tree crashes through the roof.

  • Flying Shingles

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The fans are pointed at the roof. At speeds of just 50 mph, the roof shingles are loosening.

  • Busted Windows

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Damage inside the house after the simulated storm.

  • Windy Problems

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    After the storm, inside the house.

  • Simulated Storm Damage

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Damage to the house after the simulated storm.

  • House Damage

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The crew assess the damage or our manmade tornado.

  • A Light Wind

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The wind starts using fans and an air cannon to try and replicate the onslaught of hurricane force winds. We start with a gentle 10 miles per hour wind, just strong enough to kick up leaves.

  • Test Subject

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    One of the house's 'residents'crash test dummies, there to help us visualize the human impact of a massive wind storm.

  • Airborne Car

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    The flying car demo. Set up to examine how much damage a flying car can do when projected by tornado force winds.

  • Calm Before the Storm

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The Storm City Wind house - before the storm...

  • Debris Speeds

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Ben and Jeff in the shooting gallery. Ben is using a speedometer to monitor flying debris speeds.

  • Ben Fogle

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Ben in the shooting gallery.

  • Storm House Exterior

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle, our wind expert, Jeff Piotrowski, and our crash test dummies, who will be in the house during the final storm demonstration.

  • Tornado Simulation

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    The Forecast Disaster house being destroyed by our man-made wind storm.

  • Tornado Survivors

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Tornado survivors Reggie Eppes with his son DJ, who was sucked up by the Alabama Tornado of April 2011.

  • Dummy Implosion

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    A Forecast Disaster dummy explodes. The dummies are used in experiments too dangerous for host Ben Fogle to take part in.

  • Tornado Expert

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Jeff Piotrowski - Storm chaser and program expert.

  • Wind Damage

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The aftermath after the manmade storm.
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