Does anybody here like to chase naked?

[Jimmy Deguara]

Hi,

I'm a minimalist chaser (I won't say I'm a naked chaser, since they may conjur up some disturbing images for some folks

I was almost going to say I chase without gear then remembered that I have the NOAA radio. This is only handy in the meteorological district though and you have to get yourself in the area. No cell phone access to data and no updates from others - hey I am an Australian chasing abroad.

Here in Australia, no updates once again - we don't have much useful data anyway and so have to rely on the naked eye. Check here for some of the Australian and US chases:

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/stor...news/index.html

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/phot...aphy/index.html

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/phot...otos/index.html

http://www.thunderbolttours.com/ includes some of our US chases

I do agree data access is good but sometimes it can serve as a distraction.

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

 

[Laura Duchesne]

I will be honest... I consider myself a very simple chaser. No fancy laptops, spinning anemometers, more than one radio, GPS, or a bunch of antennae that make the vehicle look like a porcupine I find I am pretty happy with a video camera and cell phone on hand. We also use the scanner sometimes to tune into canwarn nets and wx radio. And having a map book is pretty obvious as well, instead of those GPS systems. Not that I really have the choice... being limited on cash seems to have an effect LOL. I don't mind actually... I would hate to be caught up in the moment of an impending tornado or a spinning wall cloud and find myself trying to struggle with all the other equipment... it would become too overwhelming for me. I just like to sit back and enjoy and learn from just watching.

 

[David Sallee]

We also chase sorta "naked" for the most part... the only thing we have and used for the April 21 2005 SE Kansas chase (our 1st this year) was a scanner (with NWS)

Pics of our chase can be seen on our new website here:

http://www.tornadopursuit.com/chaseday.php...?chase=20052104

 

[Tony Laubach]

I actually had my first "naked" chase this passed Saturday in Eastern Colorado when all I took along with me was a WX radio and my cameras... of course, it was in my own backyard and didn't consist of having the need for data and everything else... nice to do from time-to-time, but hard to do if its not as local as I was...

 

[Marc Grant]

Weather radio, gazeteers and a cell phone.