Are there many female chasers/spotters?

[kmreid]

I am curious as to how many females there are out in the storm chasing/spotting community. I have been interested in severe weather for MANY years, but I haven't came across many other females that share my interests.

 

[Skip Talbot]

There are lots of women chasers and spotters, although the demographics of the chase community are fairly narrow as the community is overwhelmingly white males. If I had to guess, I'd say the percentage of women that comprises the "actively chasing" chase community is somewhere between and 10 and 20%. It's probably similar in makeup to other very technical or science oriented groups like ham radio operators, mechanics, engineers, or IT technicians. Basically, we're a bunch of stereotypical nerds.

 

[Adam R Davis]

Among the better known are these two: http://www.twistersisters.com/

 

[Rob H]

Allison Marshall: http://allisonwonderlandphotographie.com/myblog/
Jennifer Brindley-Ubl: http://jenniferbrindleyphotography.com/storms/

are some others, but yeah its a lot of fat, male nerds (myself included).

 

[Christina311]

Here

And I also work in IT

 

[Wes Carter]

I've chased with three women: Nancy Bose, Jennifer Capps-Palmer, and Sue Melena. I've learned a lot from all three.

 

[Marcus Diaz]

My girlfriend drives for me when we chase. I'm also teaching her about chasing as we go. Maybe she will get to the point of being able to chase by herself.

 

[Hannah.Taylor]

I am curious as to how many females there are out in the storm chasing/spotting community. I have been interested in severe weather for MANY years, but I haven't came across many other females that share my interests.

im a chaser

check my signature for links.

 

[Karen St John]

Raises hand. More a spotter due to location and money, but will chase when the opportunity is afforded me.

 

[Scott Olson]

There are lots of female chasers, those are the girlfriends of the guys who make them come along on 'vacation'. God bless 'em.

 

[Stephen Levine]

My wife and I had a five day storm chase vacation for our honeymoon and have enjoyed a few anniversary chases since then. She doesn't chase, but enjoys going with me. I'll never forget the day during our honeymoon when she conducted her first core punch! Head leaning forward, she looked like a goose behind the steering wheel

 

[Adam Reagan]

Lorraine Mahoney: https://www.facebook.com/CapturedbyLorraine

 

[Paul Knightley]

My girlfriend and I come over from the UK each year to chase - I think she likes chasing!

 

[ELY M.]

I just watched youtube video of this woman who come to USA to chase storms every year.
very good movie about her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrglKJZ2Izk

 

[Timothy Finn]

My wife serves as ground support when we have no data, and need an update. She's pretty well versed at radar, but doesn't care to learn all about meteorology.

Tim