Tony Laubach
EF5
Hey Gang!
Bordom has got me thinking.. what about some cheesy annual awards for storm chasing.. and some are a bit cheesy. As you'll see, this doesn't really focus on the storm chasers themselves, so its not like we're voting for best chaser. In some talk with a couple friends, here are a few awards we came up with...
Best Dressed Chase Vehicle - Awarded to the chaser and his/her vehicle whom has the most bumper stickers, the best vehicular artwork, etc.
Road Warrior Award - For the chaser who logged the most road miles (flying does not count).
Best Tornado State - Awarded to the state which yielded the best success for chasers, not just with the most tornadoes.
Worst Tornado State - Awarded to the state which was cursed more than any other.
Play of the Year - Awarded to the best "play" for the year. This can go to a single chaser or group of chasers. This is awarded for whomever made the best tactical/forecasting/lucky decision over the chase season, no matter how big of a fluke it might've been.
Day of the Year - Awarded to the single day of 2004 which yielded the greatest single chase day for chasers.
Dent of the Year - Awarded to the chaser/chasers whose vehicle suffered the worst storm-chase damage of 2004.
Fluke of the Year - Awarded to the single chase day which shouldn't have been. For example, a day when things weren't looking good at all, you went out and banked! Basically, a who'd of thunk it award!
Oops of the Year - Awarded to the biggest whoopsie moment of 2004. To use myself as an example, I would've voted me driving my car into a flooded ditch during a night chase in 2003. This doesn't have to mean dangerous stuff, it could even be driving 150 miles in the wrong direction, or filling your unleaded tank with diesel.
I'm open to suggestions, and we're not really voting here.. but if this gets good response, I'll open it to voting and I'll put up a page on my website and create graphic awards that the winners can put on their website. I'm also open for other categories or changes to those above.. again, this isn't a "Chaser of the Year" thing, so nothing like "Best Tornado Chaser", "Who got the most tornadoes" type things.. these can be dictated by nature herself, but at the same time, has a bit of chase moments in them.
If this gets good support, I'll do something like this..
Preliminary voting, getting the canidates and such, voting may last 2 weeks..
After prelims, narrow down to the top 3 to 5 in each category, then will do polls for a couple weeks, talley the results, and then name the winners.
Suggest on!
***EDIT*** Oh yeah guys.. have some fun with these... Be humerous.. just not too over-the-top, and keep it chase-related!
Bordom has got me thinking.. what about some cheesy annual awards for storm chasing.. and some are a bit cheesy. As you'll see, this doesn't really focus on the storm chasers themselves, so its not like we're voting for best chaser. In some talk with a couple friends, here are a few awards we came up with...
Best Dressed Chase Vehicle - Awarded to the chaser and his/her vehicle whom has the most bumper stickers, the best vehicular artwork, etc.
Road Warrior Award - For the chaser who logged the most road miles (flying does not count).
Best Tornado State - Awarded to the state which yielded the best success for chasers, not just with the most tornadoes.
Worst Tornado State - Awarded to the state which was cursed more than any other.
Play of the Year - Awarded to the best "play" for the year. This can go to a single chaser or group of chasers. This is awarded for whomever made the best tactical/forecasting/lucky decision over the chase season, no matter how big of a fluke it might've been.
Day of the Year - Awarded to the single day of 2004 which yielded the greatest single chase day for chasers.
Dent of the Year - Awarded to the chaser/chasers whose vehicle suffered the worst storm-chase damage of 2004.
Fluke of the Year - Awarded to the single chase day which shouldn't have been. For example, a day when things weren't looking good at all, you went out and banked! Basically, a who'd of thunk it award!
Oops of the Year - Awarded to the biggest whoopsie moment of 2004. To use myself as an example, I would've voted me driving my car into a flooded ditch during a night chase in 2003. This doesn't have to mean dangerous stuff, it could even be driving 150 miles in the wrong direction, or filling your unleaded tank with diesel.
I'm open to suggestions, and we're not really voting here.. but if this gets good response, I'll open it to voting and I'll put up a page on my website and create graphic awards that the winners can put on their website. I'm also open for other categories or changes to those above.. again, this isn't a "Chaser of the Year" thing, so nothing like "Best Tornado Chaser", "Who got the most tornadoes" type things.. these can be dictated by nature herself, but at the same time, has a bit of chase moments in them.
If this gets good support, I'll do something like this..
Preliminary voting, getting the canidates and such, voting may last 2 weeks..
After prelims, narrow down to the top 3 to 5 in each category, then will do polls for a couple weeks, talley the results, and then name the winners.
Suggest on!
***EDIT*** Oh yeah guys.. have some fun with these... Be humerous.. just not too over-the-top, and keep it chase-related!
