Indiegogo Chase and School Safety Campaign

[Jason Boggs]

Good that you stepped up and apologized. Stepping up and admitting any wrongdoing will get you a lot of respect from most members of this forum. Like others have said, just go out and enjoy chasing and don't worry about what others think.

 

[brendanschaperwx]

Thanks Jason, I truly appreciate it. Ready to move on and see what success everyone has this year!

 

[Rodney Nonamaker]

Good on ya, best way to gain respect...not trying to beat a dead horse here...but, is calling yourself out on mistakes, (be it verbal or on-chase), writing up what you've learnt from it, and what you plan to do next time. I honestly have only been "actually" chasing for 2 seasons, and I have made my noob mistakes, quickly diagnosed what I did and what I plan to do in future. It not only betters yourself, but also helps anyone else who hasn't yet been in any particular position by the "learn from others mistakes" aspect.

On another note, to segue off Marcus' "go out, make your own target...you'll fail, but you learn" ... Another thing I've done to make chasing more enjoyable and yield a more powerful high-five moment was: my first year(2013)...I was an SPC chaser, loved the sights it afforded me to see, but it wasn't my own doing that got me in position. Plenty of online tools to teach yourself forecasting, if you're willing to put in the "wrench time". In 2014, I forced myself to not once look at spc outlook page, only tool there I utilized was the mesoanalysis for nowcasting. Every target was my own, every bust was my own, and every tornado was again...my own. The busts oddly felt better than a successful spc chase, cause I myself failed, and learnt from it.

 

[Shane Adams]

I've taken the video from last night's broadcast down. I more than made my point, and Brendan has clearly learned and moved on as well.

I'm always exicted to see new, young, passionate chasers stepping out into this great adventure. Just be true to who you are, do your own thing, and eventually, the success will happen. Best of luck moving forward.

 

[Adam R Davis]

That's one of the unfortunate side effects of the sudden surge in crowdfunding campaigns, it has the potential to lead newcomers to believe "this is how it's done". Similarly, I've had a few discussions with folks that have either a passive interest in chasing, or have just started to take notice, and they've been genuinely puzzled why I don't have things like an armored car or lightbars and sirens. It seems there's a belief among the inexperienced that some of the things we roll our eyes at, are actually required to chase, like some kind of regulation or accepted norm.

 

[Chris Heater]

You've learned a major lesson in the chaser community but you did the right thing by owning up to your mistakes. Like you - I thought I was hot stuff starting out from the get go even though I was very new to storm chasing and had a TON to learn. Back then I thought I knew everything. I'm glad people jumped in and had some tough criticism for you as it helped (I think) in the long run. You've owned up to your mistake and learned from it - that's what matters. That's what differentiates between someone that really doesn't want to learn and someone who does. Good luck in 2015