Other types of chasing

[Graham Butler]

Being a geologist I would love to chase volcanoes although at the present time funds are lacking. Besides storms: trains, wildlife, lightning, and accidents/fires are a couple of my favorite subjects.

A couple samples:

Graham Butler

 

[Greg Blumberg]

Sunset chasing is fun too...eats up a lot of gas though.

I did some cloud chasing the other day, worked to get into a good position to see some pretty interesting colors from stratus, cumulus, and cirrus clouds. Other than that I haven't done much.

 

[Stephen Levine]

Have been on some unusual chases. When living in Boston, I chased a developing thunderhead by subway. Got out of the subway near it's southern most end, and intercepted an exploding thunderstorm that produced one of the best hailstorms and lightning storms that I had ever seen up to that point in my life. Watched from a subway platform...My body felt invisible in the crashes of thunder and the hail made music as it clanged on the cars in the parking lot below.

Other interesting chases occurred when I chased downpours by foot. On my side of the street nothing; less than one block away - blinding rain. Of course that rain has to move at some point, and in at least one occasion it overtook me and got me quite drenched.

Happily married now; however in my other life, began chasing girls in kindergarten (!)
Nowdays, I ask my single friends if they are seeing any TCU's building over the horizon (that being a potential relationship) I wish them a spectacular supercell and that the cap in their romance life will be broken..

 

[Robert Balogh]

WILDLIFE - Been to Katmai/Brooks Lodge in Alaska to see the grizzlies in '06 (and got entirely TOO close to a sow with her two cubs rounding a bend in opposite directions on a trail between checkpoints. Saw a cassuary with chick on a nature trek in northern Queensland in '05, and going on a gorilla trek safari to Uganda in late Sept-early Oct this year. And I always retain the hope of seeing a mountain lion someday on one of my occasional snakehunts in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, which is a little jewel right near home.

Of all the other things mentioned I must say getting up close to a glacier is an awesome experience. Was up in Alaska mid-summer '06 and got to Kenai Fjords. From the ocean, it's like standing in front of an open freezer and hearing the snaps and pops and then when pieces break off and fall into the ocean it absolutely sounds like the roll of distant thunder (the pieces look small but are probably the size of a Volkswagen). Also got to fly up and land on a glacier and do some dogsledding - very cool

And if anyone is into out-there road trips, I highly recommend a trip up the Dalton Highway in Alaska. AMAZING wilderness

 

[MJ Poore]

I've been trying dust devil chasing and I can tell you it's really hard. You've got to pick a wide plain area with minimum fences and wait for the afternoon heat to peak. They spring up at random all over the place. They only last for about 30 seconds at best and you've got to be really quick. I'd like to jump into one. Moto X googles are definately reccomended because of the sand flying everywhere. I saw this vid on the net, with this Australian guy doing it, he was sprinting after it. It's hard work.

Another thing to chase are good waves. I used to surf a lot. Very simliar to predicitng tornados because you track the troughs, but over the ocean. There's a global NOAA site that shows swell height and when you can expect landfall.

 

[Menno van der Haven]

What about halo-chasing?
I spot them, but don't chase them. However, I know that in Finland (best halo-country of the world, besides Antartica) they actually chase them, in particular the odd-radius halo's. They phone eachother when they occur and then drive to the areas near the cirrostratus-fields....

 

[Dann Cianca]

If the last two times out are any indication, I would say that I am really into chasing wild geese ...

 

[Phil Kurimski]

Looks like someone went through the trouble of printing up shirts for rainbow chasers:

 

[Mike Krzywonski]

I chase rainbows when they're photogenic enough (e.g. color depth, contrast, etc.). Here in Hawaii, we frequently have trade wind showers blow in from the east while the sun is shining brightly out of the west. Hence, rainbows are a common occurrence in Hawaii. However, due to the nature of these fast moving isolated showers, the rainbows they create tend to be sporadic & short lived. Therefore, I've actually had to chase them in order to maintain favorable positioning & angles for photographing.

 

[Jason Foster]

Looks like someone went through the trouble of printing up shirts for rainbow chasers:

Talking about T-Shirts....I have been meaning to take a few pictures of myself wearing my storm related shirts...then start a thread called "Weather Fashion Show"....perhaps in a few days.

 

[Jason Boggs]

As a guy, I'm not sure I'd be caught wearing a t-shirt with a rainbow on it, if you get my drift.

 

[Jason Foster]

yeah...we get your drift

As a guy, I'm not sure I'd be caught wearing a t-shirt with a rainbow on it, if you get my drift.

Dude...I thought that was you in the picture....haha...just kidding.

Maybe a qualifying statement about that if your a little nervous.

Of course I half think that was half the joke about the whole...chasing rainbows think was about.

 

[Jason Boggs]

Oh yea, I'm sure it was a joke, but I'm just saying...

 

[Chris Kennedy]

Lunar Eclipse

High Surf

Wildfires

and Chicks

 

[Charles Kuster]

I have "chased" heat before. I basically looked at conditions for Death Valley and when it looked like it was going to be really hot, we drove their and stayed for a few days. It actually turned out to be quite interesting. Last year we experienced a temperature of 129 degrees F. It would have hit 130 if it had not been for a few very annoying clouds. We also drove around the valley looking for lower/hotter places than where the official temperature is taken. I recorded 130.8 near "Mushroom" rock which is south of the visitor center in a low area with a lot of black rocks. This was obviously not an official temperature, but it was very hot!

I would also like to chase a big CA snowstorm and an ice storm some day.