TIV2 communications tools

F3 tornadoes produce a deafening sound. A CB radio hooked up to the sound system allows the people riding in the truck to communicate with their remote team members amidst the roar of storms.

A laptop mounted on the center console (not shown in this photo) gives the team their own GPS mapping and topography system as well as real-time weather reports and information from the roof-mounted tools to measure and record wind speeds, relative humidity, and barometric pressure.

Other communications tools, such as a public address system and sirens, are mounted on the outside and allow the team to communicate the eminent danger of an approaching storm to sometimes unaware people nearby.