Travis Davis
EF1
I'm with the group that states if someone wants to be close, let them. My other hobbies include diving. More divers are killed a year than chasers.
Almost looks like he couldn't stop and was having as hard a time as you...so his only way out was getting around you
Clearly going a bit fast for those roads...again 4WD and AWD do NOT give you traction at speed, only help traction from a stop. The only thing that makes a difference is tires
Was it a black Chevy Cavelier with a yellow hood? Said "Storm Stalker" on the back?In the three days I have been out this year, I've only noticed a single car that did not completely pull off the road. It's was on the storm by Pampa/Wheeler.
I still have a hard time believing that my actions are giving Warren Faidley a bad name. They really aren't, but it's interesting you think they are.
Not too sure who this was but 04/22/2015 just outside of Floydada this guy parked in the left turn lane of a divided highway then ran across the lanes to get some shots. Not a very safe spot considering there were quite a few other places to pull completely off the roadway.View attachment 7993
This one? lolWas it a black Chevy Cavelier with a yellow hood? Said "Storm Stalker" on the back?
This is once again an issue of people caring how others chase when it REALLY doesn't affect them at all.
Not too sure who this was but 04/22/2015 just outside of Floydada this guy parked in the left turn lane of a divided highway then ran across the lanes to get some shots. Not a very safe spot considering there were quite a few other places to pull completely off the roadway.View attachment 7993
This Storm Stalker guy is a whole new thread. I'm surprised we haven't dug anything up on him or has been mentioned previously. I've had 3 run ins with that guys, all with him showing some irresponsible driving and parking.
Was it a black Chevy Cavelier with a yellow hood? Said "Storm Stalker" on the back?
It is my suggestion that if someone is breaking traffic laws we report them with video to the law enforcement that covers the jurisdiction. And I dont even mean speeding, but I mean flagrant blocking of traffic lanes.
It'd help I think. It's something and like said doing nothing is just as problematic as you're letting it happen
That way, you get called out on it, take the heat, and you either learn from your mistakes or you get pissed off and cry about it on your Facebook page
Personally of you guys catch me doing something stupid out there I'd love to be called out on it. The last thing I want to do is be storm stalker. I might not realize I'm screwing up until someone says something. They could be the case for a lot of chasers doing that...the others are probably just douchers
You make a good point here that should be clarified. We are talking about two separate issues here. One or two chasers doing a few silly or dangerous things does not generally make a difference in the overall chase community. I think we can agree on that. I personally don't care how close someone gets to a tornado, that is their own business and it's not my business to tell them what to do. They may kill themselves and their passengers. It's also up to them to decide if their actions will endanger someone else like other drivers and EMT's or land them in prison for manslaughter -- an ignored but reality-based possibility. I treat all threats on the highway equally; be it a local nut racing towards a twister or a drunk driver. The second issue is the overall public, media and government view of storm chasing as a pursuit. I would say that 99.9 percent of chasers do not have enough publicity / power to actually effect the image unless they did something really tragic. No one cares (you are right) about the average Joe chaser who posts some crazy footage on YouTube. It is from the 1 percent that most people judge us as a group. It does not matter if you are a major sports team, a Fortune 500 company or a small community of storm chasers --- when the top of the heap is rotten, it tarnishes the entire group and trickles down to everyone... eventually.
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Uh Joshua, I believe the forum had, as of late, focused on the obviously poor judgement decisions a few people are making like parking on the roadway, setting up on the roadway, passing cars while approaching a hill that they have no idea if there is oncoming traffic coming etc....these kind of things I think we all can agree should be shamed upon. There's no excuse or defense for them except ignorance, which if pointed out they might change their behavior if realize how it affects others.
As far as Reed, some people love and some people hate him. People's opinion of him is pretty subjective and are all across the map. I can't sit here and say "Reed bad" or "Reed good" because in the end, it's only my opinion, which half the people on this board would disagree.
Now, someone parking their car in a roadway I have no trouble saying it's a bad idea because not only is it illegal, it's stupid too.
It just seems like we are getting two separate issues rolled into one here. As long as it's legal and doesn't negatively affect others, I think most of us are cool with it
Just read through this thread. I haven't seen many movies and I'm sure there is a better example, but has anyone seen that John Wayne movie where he rides straight at these three bad outlaw types, with guns blazing? Yeah its a movie, but there are people not too far off of that in every walk of life. I'm sure everyone's seen some of Randy Hicks "Outlaw Chaser" videos. He says in one vid I watched, "they ain't got balls as big as mine" or something like that, lol Anyone that thinks maybe John Wayne should have worn a helmet when he got on a horse are just not going to understand. .
As much bickering as we do sometimes (I'm guilty), it's nice to see us as a community come together and try to make our hobby as safe and enjoyable as possible.