I believe as noob myself and hindering on science that could save lives, i believe all chasers without proper communications to nws or of any official capacity should move over for V2 and maybe V3 in the future.
After hearing and seeing the pics of the chase convergence, it's ridiculous and will end up someone getting hurt or killed.
Ryan,
I think your perspective is clouded at best. I was out on several days this year when we came across V2. It was really no big deal. For the most part they were not where the chasers really wanted to be. They are out on picket duty with the mesonets and the radars stand off a good distance so it isn't a problem. If you chase like we do you are going to be on the county road grid and close into the meso. V2 wasn't there so it really wasn't a problem. The real issue is pre storm. We were in Limon CO a week or so back and were out playing football waiting for initiation as we got there early. We saw V2 rolling in and we repositioned to make sure we didn't get caught in their convergence. It just takes a little thinking and planning.
As far as Josh's comments I really think it is a tempest in a tea pot. One thing I have learned with age (not that old, but...) is that the opinion of others is really not that big of a deal. Who cares what he says or thinks? Sure people that follow the Discovery channel and maybe TWC will buy into his thinking but those of us that actually get out there don't care what he thinks and spend more time trying to figure out how to stay out of their convergence than anything else. I for one hoped the best for V2 and appreciate the effort. That said, the only reason for the convergence on the 19th was proximity to OKC, the TWC live feed, and Josh's own efforts to promote whatever it is that he thinks is important. Anyone that was out there that day knows darn good and well it was not a chaser convergence it was a locals / TWC / people close to OKC that thought what the heck and gave it a try convergence. Take away the TWC coverage of V2 and it would never have happened. I will be happy to take bets that it doesn't happen again next year because there will be no coverage and the storms will be left to those of us that forecast and chase.
Again, this is much a do about nothing. Josh will go back to his hole and try to re up with Discovery. V2 is done and we won't have that problem again in the near future. Without mainstream coverage we just go back to the normal convergence that we see in OK in May. It is a bit of a pain, but not too bad.
One last thought. Think of the picture that was posted in the other thread with 300+ vehicles on the road as that HP mess wound down. First question is why were they there. Second question is where would Josh expect them to go? Just disappear? There is no room for that and it couldn't have happened. He got what he deserved and what he created. Sure maybe V2 suffered from it but that is on him, not the chasers.
For the record, my team was headed south at a pretty good clip before that convergence happened. That storm was toast and there was nothing to see. We knew it, He knew it, and anyone that chases knew it. Whose problem is it that Josh was still sitting under it?
