I was lamenting how I would like to have been out there chasing yesterday. I stand by that, given that I haven't seen a tornado since 2007 (Elie), but a couple of things brought to my attention have lessened my jealousy.
First off, there's a video out there about how some chasers were driving extremely irresponsibly.
Then there's this post by Josh Wurman, which I present without any commentary.
Maybe living this far north, away from Oklahoma, has its advantages.
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Ahh...looks to me like not only are there tornadoes, but also drama on the plains.
ReplyDeleteNo offense meant or anything, but was it just me, or did Josh Wurman's little post seem hard to read at times? I mean, the grammar and spelling was atrocious! I could write better than that in grade school, years back.
Yeah, I suspect he wrote it a) in the heat of the moment and b) on the road with only a small window of time to write. I have been the victim of typing badly on the road myself. But yes, I noticed it.
ReplyDeleteReally, I can understand being upset, but Josh's writing...
ReplyDelete"Oklahoma has the most. It has big universities and there are lots ofstudents graduating from those universities who are graduating from theirclasses now and they’re out there. But there are also chase tour companies who arevery interested in the weather. I thinkit’s great people appreciate the weather, I support storm chasing. It’s likehiking or rafting. People are out appreciating nature but please let the sciencevehicles by. We have an importantmission. We’re trying to make the towns you live in safer by learning how tomake better warnings."
The only way that's acceptable is if he was typing it on a tiny iPhone on-screen keyboard going 70 down an incredibly uneven road.
I checked out the video you posted and that is just nuts. People going who knows how fast, passing while heading up a hill on a two-lane road? Ridiculous.
The convergence on this storm was unreal. You had to be there to actually see how bad this was. There were people everywhere. People not pulled off the road, people standing on the side of the road, it was unsafe to be out there. We had a very rewarding day early on with the storm, from watching it initiate on the dryline, to watching it tornado 1/4 - 1/2 mile away with no chasers around. We abandoned the storm for safety reasons because of the chaser convergence and dropped south. I have to agree with you Dave regarding your comment about living in Canada. Lets hope the hordes stay away. We (COD) are in Garden City, KS and are heading north towards the Goodland, possibly SE Nebraska/NE Colorado area tomorrow.
ReplyDeletethat sounds crazy! Thanks for the videos Dave. Sounds like storm chasing sold out . . . decided to join reed on the fame bandwagon.
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