Mike Hollingshead
Thought of this as a topic the other day after a chase. What do you hate about chasing?
In no particular order:
-When the only radio station options are, religious, country, or classical. Often out in the sandhills there will be just ONE station that will come in and it is always classical. Do the majority out there prefer that over country or something else? I can't hardly see that being true. Anyway I really hate it when that happens. I usually take note right when I'm noticing the day is going to be a complete bust. I start throwing fits at some of the silly country music out there. Waaa waaa waaa get over it! At least that is how it is after/during a bust. If it was a good day, well then I can sing it just as good as them.
-People that SLOOOOWLY pass you on the interstate while you have your cruise set. They then pull infront of you and pretty soon you are sneaking up on their bumper!!
-People you pass only to have them come up on your bumper shortly there after.
-The person in the left lane just driving right next to the person in the right lane for what seems like hours. UGGGGG. Why would you even like to be in that spot? Some cases it seems like people are trying not to let you have room to go by. Man so many stupid road habits bug me.
-Killing any animals.
I always wonder if chasing should be so important to me and feel guilty having my chasing end its life.
-Mosquitoes in the Dakotas/Minnesota
-Being without data and seeing anyone with antennas going the other direction.
-Having data and seeing anyone with antennas going the other direction.(that is worse than the above)
-Seeing someone with car troubles as a tornado approaches their location and I'm not to a hill without powerpoles yet. Hmmmm.
-40 miles after you already REALLY had to go and someone is in there already.
-Tornado warnings from the storm you just left.
-Using xm to watch the best storm of the day instead of your own eyes as you are 100 miles away.
-Being so tired you start to see things and you're still just too close to home to get a dang motel.
-Having to guess early storm motions right away due to roads. Will it go east with the boundary, or will the boundary not move and the thing drop straight south on it?
-Oh jeez almost forgot number 1. Recording something, then thinking you fully pressed stop and setting the cam down but it is still recording and you dont' know it. Then picking it back up and pushing the button again to record but you are shutting it off. Man this happens all the time in the best, higher adrenaline times. I've had some pretty long strings of doing that and not knowing, like half a tape and several instances.
-People saying your storms were photographed in several countries.
-Not being able to get to or use your camera equipment in all the dreams.
-DVD production.....grrrrrrr.
-The second you say "this is going to be a good day, or tornado day" and know you just jinxed it all to hell.
-Gas costs, DOH!
-Motels now securing their wifi.
-Varying quality of "gravel" roads when wet from place to place.
-People that would rather drive 30 mph in the rain forever instead of doing 60 and not having to keep driving on wet roads as long. I hate that because I usually know how much longer I have to go to get out of the rain while joe public ahead of me insists on driving the same speed the storm is moving. Like, dude go and life will be much better.
Guess that is a start.
In no particular order:
-When the only radio station options are, religious, country, or classical. Often out in the sandhills there will be just ONE station that will come in and it is always classical. Do the majority out there prefer that over country or something else? I can't hardly see that being true. Anyway I really hate it when that happens. I usually take note right when I'm noticing the day is going to be a complete bust. I start throwing fits at some of the silly country music out there. Waaa waaa waaa get over it! At least that is how it is after/during a bust. If it was a good day, well then I can sing it just as good as them.
-People that SLOOOOWLY pass you on the interstate while you have your cruise set. They then pull infront of you and pretty soon you are sneaking up on their bumper!!
-People you pass only to have them come up on your bumper shortly there after.
-The person in the left lane just driving right next to the person in the right lane for what seems like hours. UGGGGG. Why would you even like to be in that spot? Some cases it seems like people are trying not to let you have room to go by. Man so many stupid road habits bug me.
-Killing any animals.
-Mosquitoes in the Dakotas/Minnesota
-Being without data and seeing anyone with antennas going the other direction.
-Having data and seeing anyone with antennas going the other direction.(that is worse than the above)
-Seeing someone with car troubles as a tornado approaches their location and I'm not to a hill without powerpoles yet. Hmmmm.
-40 miles after you already REALLY had to go and someone is in there already.
-Tornado warnings from the storm you just left.
-Using xm to watch the best storm of the day instead of your own eyes as you are 100 miles away.
-Being so tired you start to see things and you're still just too close to home to get a dang motel.
-Having to guess early storm motions right away due to roads. Will it go east with the boundary, or will the boundary not move and the thing drop straight south on it?
-Oh jeez almost forgot number 1. Recording something, then thinking you fully pressed stop and setting the cam down but it is still recording and you dont' know it. Then picking it back up and pushing the button again to record but you are shutting it off. Man this happens all the time in the best, higher adrenaline times. I've had some pretty long strings of doing that and not knowing, like half a tape and several instances.
-People saying your storms were photographed in several countries.
-Not being able to get to or use your camera equipment in all the dreams.
-DVD production.....grrrrrrr.
-The second you say "this is going to be a good day, or tornado day" and know you just jinxed it all to hell.
-Gas costs, DOH!
-Motels now securing their wifi.
-Varying quality of "gravel" roads when wet from place to place.
-People that would rather drive 30 mph in the rain forever instead of doing 60 and not having to keep driving on wet roads as long. I hate that because I usually know how much longer I have to go to get out of the rain while joe public ahead of me insists on driving the same speed the storm is moving. Like, dude go and life will be much better.
Guess that is a start.