"Recreational chaser" What's the difference?

[Rob Wadsworth]

The old grind of spotters vs chasers.
The idea that there should be animosity twards each other is anything but smart. Certainly not at all wise either. Did this episode of 'Storm Chasers' accidentally and unknowingly irritate and old wound that doesn't seem to heal? I think they accidentally opened up a can of worms on that episode.

Would there have been that many people in that traffic If it was only chasers and spotters on that road? Some of them had to be locals and the naturally curious. I remember Collyer Kansas in May 23rd, 08 - it seemed to me that there were a lot of lookie-loo's more than chasers and spotters.

Chaser convergence - is it destined to become worse?
Especially now that 'Storm Chaser' is a very popular series?
Uggghhh; I think so...

 

[Jason Boggs]

Chaser convergence - is it destined to become worse?
Especially now that 'Storm Chaser' is a very popular series?
Uggghhh; I think so...

Sure, it will only get worse. That's why it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all if gas was back to $4 a gallon. Then, only the serious chasers would be out.

 

[Stephen Locke]

-I'm a professional

Stormchasing is like prostitution. Get paid for it once and you are a professional.

 

[Damon Scott Hynes]

Stormchasing is like prostitution. Get paid for it once and you are a professional.

Hunter S. Thompson should have been a stormchaser: "I suspect it's a bit like (sex) — which is fun only for amateurs. Old (hookers) don't do much giggling."

 

[Stephen Locke]

Hunter S. Thompson should have been a stormchaser: "I suspect it's a bit like (sex) — which is fun only for amateurs. Old (hookers) don't do much giggling."

Exactly. Whenever commerce is a factor it becomes difficult to remind one's self, "This is recreation, this is recreation, this is recreation."

 

[JF Massicotte]

Hunter S. Thompson should have been a stormchaser: "I suspect it's a bit like (sex) — which is fun only for amateurs. Old (hookers) don't do much giggling."

It's all the same; on my first tornado I didn't know what the hell I was doing and everything ended way too fast. Just like my first sex experience.

 

[Chad Berryhill]

Wow...Really ? Labels, Drama, Drama, Drama, Are you getting my point, Drama, Drama.

Okay seriously, I watched two episodes of SC and turned it off. Discovery is portraying it just like they do with Deadliest Catch, DRAMA !

I personally don't give a damn what was said. To be honest, I have better things to do i.e. get ready for the 2010 season, watch football, grill out, etc...

For the record, I am not bashing anyone on the show. It's like golf, I will play it, but I can't stand watching it on T.V. Another thing is how the personality's are portrayed. T.V. can make you look like a hero or a zero.

 

[Jason Bolt]

"Recreational chaser" seemed like it was intended to be a derogatory term. What I thought was funny is the fifty or sixty "recreational chasers" who DOMINATED on finding the right place to be before the TIV, DOMINATOR, ELIMINATOR, INCUBATOR, ELEVATOR, ALLIGATOR, or any of the other "professional" chasers.

 

[Joel Taylor]

I wouldn't read too much into anything said during the show by anyone. Remember, there are hours upon hours (litereally hundreds) of footage condensed into a 42 minute show. And I guarantee that the narrator or the person writing the narration does not have a set agenda against any of the other chasers out there.

As far as "recreational chasers"... quite honestly I consider myself in that group. I've been chasing for 12 years, made money doing it, called in reports, have a Bachelors degree in meteorology, but honestly the only reason I'm out there is because I enjoy it and have been fascinated by storms and tornadoes since I was 4 years old. The second I stop enjoying chasing for chasing is the second I stop doing it. It is a recreation for me.

And finally, the "right place" was actually several hundred miles west in the Denver area as the Missouri storm failed to produce anything of significance (other than hail). I'm sure most everyone would've preferred to actually have been watching a tornado or five rather than sitting underneath a dead base/wall cloud.

 

[Andrea Griffa]

I think we have to keep in mind that the show is oriented towards common people and not towards chasers, that's the reason why the narrator speaks about recreational chasers. I mean the common people that watch the show, and look at groups of scientists working with tornadoes and storms, have to know that not all the chasers are scientist or go around with Dows or probes but there's a lot of people chasing for recreational purpose.That's it. For this reason I wouldn't read too much into those terms.

 

[Robert Edmonds]

Sure, it will only get worse. That's why it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all if gas was back to $4 a gallon. Then, only the serious chasers would be out.

I chased when gas was $4 a gallon, but give this guy's wallet a break. If it goes back up to $4, maybe I could go buy back my scooter and go chasing on that.

Back to the subject of this thread... It's like the debate about whether Pluto's a planet. In the end Pluto is still just gonna be some ball of ice floating around, and I'm still gonna be roaming the plains in May and June ( and modeling downbursts for fun in the off season).

 

[Mike Hollingshead]

Damn recreational chasers.

 

[Jeff Duda]

For what it's worth, I chased with the TWISTEX team for part of the season this year, was involved in that June 7th cluster---- in Missouri, and even I would consider myself a "recreational chaser". One thing that did annoy me, though, was when people would follow us in every single turn we made while chasing. I'm sure it's possible they could've just had the same chasing strategy as the team did, but when they pull into the same gas station as the team did, especially when there are tornado warned storms nearby and are also other gas stations nearby, it makes you wonder what their plan was.

 

[Marcus Hicks]

I don't think it's the term "recreational chasers" so much but how it was presented gave the impression that one group should be out and the others are just in the way. That was how I took it. But again I don't care about the label, but I am having fun with it.

 

[Steve Worthington]

I`m glad I was on a south road and not being bothered by you recreational chasers J/K but it was nice being by myself and not having to make it through the cluster till I made it to town