CASEY VS. THE TORNADO; Storm chaser builds an armored Ford F-450 to drive into tornados.(Sean Casey)

Byline: PHIL BERG Earlier this year near Paducah, Texas, cinematographer Sean Casey got the scary part of his wish. "The holy grail of all footage is to get a tornado coming right at you-filming with a wide-angle lens, and having the tornado hit you, impact the camera-and that shot really hasn't been gotten yet,'' says the seven-year storm-chasing veteran.

"If we can get that on IMAX, it would be a really nice, nice shot.'' Because of heavy rain, his bulky IMAX camera didn't get the shot. Casey was hit by a tornado twice that day, events he recalls with a calm, ...

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