Lawsuit proceeding against The Weather Channel due to fatal car accident

[Marc R. O'Leary]

In the case of these guys I don't think it was finances that motivated them, at least in the beginning. Maybe I'm wrong, but they were chasing long before they were hired by TWC. They were hired because people liked watching them. They were entertaining and of all the chasers broadcasting live, they always seemed to get on the storm. Two things TWC wanted... followers and storm footage live.

Right, but if they were chasing for fun, would they have taken these kinds of risks? Some do, thats for sure. Ive had close calls with daredevils (dickheads)...thus i steer clear.

All that being said, the most teetotaling chaser can still crash on the way home, be it fatigue, wildlife, drunks or cellphone users.

Just be careful everyone. Live for another season. If you have a deathwish..try not to take anyone else with you.

 

[Devin Pitts]

This is something I learned many years ago growing up in rural Oklahoma. If you can't see clearly, it's better to stop anyway. Even when there isn't a cloud in the sky, many of the locals blow right on through as well. It's not just chasers you have to worry about on those rural intersections with no form of traffic control. Not by a long shot. It's something I've always been very cognizant of since I started driving in general, which carried over to when I started chasing nearly a decade and a half ago.

Yeah, being someone who works in rural Illinois I have to deal with it quite a bit once the corn starts going up in the summertime. As such it has carried over to chasing for me as well.

 

[Gavin Groth]

This is not unexpected though I am surprised it has taken this long.

$125 million lawsuit against Weather Channel in Lubbock for deadly crash

This is typical for profit BS from The Weather Company. I really don't think that they honestly care about keeping people safe and I'm sure the employees that work for them are very nice, but I have never liked the direction that The Weather Company has headed. The truth is all of these nation and worldwide companies don't have the empathy for the local people that a local TV station might have. All the company cares about is getting the shots, getting views, and making money. That's not the only problem I have with them, they are also huge drama-queens, they name practically every storm system as if its a once in a lifetime event.