Other types of chasing

[Michael Thompson]

This is going to sound lame and sad to you mid west folks, but SNOW chasing is a favourite off season chase for most Aussie storm chasers.

Due to the climate snow has never lost its novelty value here. Sydney for example has not had snow since 1830 something, So as soon as thicknesses start plunging Aussie chasers look for rare falls on mountains close to home.

For me that is once every 3-4 years on the 700m mountain range just to west.

This weekend has real chance of brief snow about 2 hours west of Sydney anywhere over 1000m. A very early fall if it comes off!

Next to that is chasing large surf during East Coast lows - while it is not Hawaii , the wave size is comparable to a Californian winter storm.

Video of some huge surf below

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3XTt81yCTA

 

[Dean Baron]

I chase sunsets and on occasion sunrise, especially along the north shore of Lake Superior. I've done the train thing too, but only when i'm down at my aunt's house in Red Wing, not very photogenic up here in the Twin Cities. I wouldnt mind doing the volcano thing, but it seems like it wouldn't happen very often and my patience wears thin with these kinds of things.

 

[Damon Scott Hynes]

How do you chase a volcano?

You got to sneak up on their blind side.

 

[Simon Brewer]

Other chases besides squall-lines, MCS's, supercells, single cells:

1. Hurricanes (tropical cyclones)
2. Snowstorms (blizzards, icestorms, lake-effect, synoptic, etc.)
3. Fires (grass and forrest)
4. Dust Storms (caused by outflow, dryline, or high wind events)
5. High wind events (all kinds, ex: chased a high wind event at 2am in Western Oklahoma in November of 2006 and experienced winds above 70mph in a surging polar airmass well behind a cold front)
6. Floods (large river floods and flash floods)
7. astronomical events
8. Dustdevils

Would like to chase:
-volcanoes
-Noreasters
-tidal bores
-earthquakes (theorhetically one can chase the aftershocks of a major earthquake: just hop on a plane ASAP to the region, which has recently recieved the earthquake, but you'll miss the 'big-one')

 

[Angie Norris]

Dustdevil chasing is good when you're either on the way to your target area or you're totally bored out of your mind. I love watching duststorms coming in (I think that's because I never saw them when I lived back east).
If I was going to try volcano chasing, I think I'd start small with checking out Kilauea (that's the ONLY reason I'd ever go to Hawaii).
I think waterspout chasing would be pretty cool, but hurricane chasing doesn't really interest me all that much.

 

[Brian Emfinger]

I've "chased" much of whats already been mentioned. Outside of the norm I really enjoy "chasing" afternoon summer thunderstorms, flash floods (only chased a real one once...actually followed it down the creek), river flooding, ice/snow storms, forest fires, waterfalls, and wildlife

The volcano/earthquake chase sounds fun but that will be pretty expensive/difficult.

The one "chase" I have been thinking about doing is going over to the the Eastern Arkansas area where they think they have seen the Ivory Billed Woodpecker (it was thought possibly to be extinct). Winter is probably the only time I will go over there though (because of visibility, water levels since kayaking will be the main mode of transport while in the immediate area, and of course bugs!).

 

[Dennis Sherrod]

The one "chase" I have been thinking about doing is going over to the the Eastern Arkansas area where they think they have seen the Ivory Billed Woodpecker

Isn't that the same one Monica Lewinski saw with Bill Clinton when they were in the White House Chase?

 

[Eric Flescher]

Chases and Hunts my listing

I chase storms, supercells, tornadic systems; total solar eclipses eclipses (7 & counting- Nova Scotia, Africa, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Hungary, S. Africa); comet chasing/hunting; monsoon chasing (AZ); volcano chasing (I helicoptered into and videotaped/ photographed inside the crater of Mt. St. Helens), lava tubes (Bend, OR); cave chasing/hunts all over US ; waterfalls ; Hummingbirds in S. AZ ; spelunking/ cave chase/hunting (AL, NH, others); sea/aquarium chasing/hunting (S.Africa, Vancouver, Boston, Nebraska, CT etc); chasing /hunting for good restaurants for unusual and different foods; National Park chasing / hunts (Yellowstone , Grand Tetons others).

 

[Brian Emfinger]

Isn't that the same one Monica Lewinski saw with Bill Clinton when they were in the White House Chase?

haha funny and original... well 10 years ago that is.

 

[Ed Schoenborn]

I have chased hurricanes, earthquake aftershocks, a solar eclipse in Mazatlan, MX. and will chase monsoons this summer with Silver Lining Tours.

 

[Darin Kaiser]

I am surprised no one has posted this....guess you would have to live in small town USA. We used to chase fire trucks when we had nothing going on.

 

[Tony Laubach]

Other types of chasing...

1. My cats around the house
2. Flooding, Hail, Lightning (falls under storms, but I have gone out specifically for any of those alone)
3. Wildlife (wolves in particular)
4. Beach
5. Sporting Events

 

[George Kourounis]

In addition to tornadoes and other severe storms, I also chase all aspects of nature at her most extreme, especially over the past few years, including:

Hurricanes:

Volcanoes:

Northern Lights:

Monsoon Lightning:

Avalanches:

Fires:

Winter Weather:

Waterspouts:

And much more including floods, drought, lake effect snow squalls, caves, wildlife, waves, you name it. There is a lot to see out there. A full gallery of photos is online here:

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Galleries.html


George Kourounis
www.stormchaser.ca

 

[Dennis Sherrod]

haha funny and original... well 10 years ago that is.

and
As funny and original as running pigs in a picture.

 

[Jeremy Lemanski]

waterspouts, on fall days with the chance i usually go to the lake huron shoreline and move up/down the shoreline as showers move within viewing range.

High wind/gale events. Again, usually along the shoreline for max wind gust chances and also pics of waves.

Not really chasing, but i like to drive around the rural areas and just see each bridge that crosses a river. Its interesting, ok maybe scary, to see the conditions of some of those bridges.