Tim Vasquez
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- Dec 4, 2003
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Thumbing through some back issues of Stormtrack I can't help but wonder about some of the chasers who have seemingly disappeared. Or maybe they're just not on the board.
* Scott Woelm. This Minnesota chaser made some outstanding chase video masterpieces back in the 1990s. The last I heard of him was about 2003 or so.
* Phil Sherman. Well, seriously all I'd have to do is remember to ask Tim Marshall, who he chased with, but Phil's name appears regularly from 1985 to 1995 or so. He was there at Canadian TX 5/7/86.
* Bruce Haynie. To me, Bruce is synonymous with Lubbock area chasing (well, David Drummond too). Bruce caught the photogenic Claude tornado in July 1995 and played a big part in bringing the West Texas mesonet online. The last I heard of him was years ago.
* Carson Eads. This Plano area chaser with the names of two interesting southeast Colorado towns had THE chasemobile of chasemobiles in the early 1990s and featured prominently in a couple of Martin Lisius productions back in the day. Anyone seen him?
* Matt Crowther & Betsy Abrams. Matt at least used to be a regular on WX-CHASE and ST before 2007. I know he's a CFDG regular so I'd be willing to lay some odds that all his posts are over there.
* Tom Grazulis. The king of tornado climatology -- does anyone know how he's doing? I don't think I've ever seen him online except perhaps briefly on WX-CHASE 10 years ago. I don't even see references to him, yet I know he's aging so I can only hope he's doing well.
There are many others... I know I'm just scratching the surface.
Any news about them? Any chasers from days of yore that you've wondered about lately? Anyone remember WX-CHASE and the folks from there?
Tim
* Scott Woelm. This Minnesota chaser made some outstanding chase video masterpieces back in the 1990s. The last I heard of him was about 2003 or so.
* Phil Sherman. Well, seriously all I'd have to do is remember to ask Tim Marshall, who he chased with, but Phil's name appears regularly from 1985 to 1995 or so. He was there at Canadian TX 5/7/86.
* Bruce Haynie. To me, Bruce is synonymous with Lubbock area chasing (well, David Drummond too). Bruce caught the photogenic Claude tornado in July 1995 and played a big part in bringing the West Texas mesonet online. The last I heard of him was years ago.
* Carson Eads. This Plano area chaser with the names of two interesting southeast Colorado towns had THE chasemobile of chasemobiles in the early 1990s and featured prominently in a couple of Martin Lisius productions back in the day. Anyone seen him?
* Matt Crowther & Betsy Abrams. Matt at least used to be a regular on WX-CHASE and ST before 2007. I know he's a CFDG regular so I'd be willing to lay some odds that all his posts are over there.
* Tom Grazulis. The king of tornado climatology -- does anyone know how he's doing? I don't think I've ever seen him online except perhaps briefly on WX-CHASE 10 years ago. I don't even see references to him, yet I know he's aging so I can only hope he's doing well.
There are many others... I know I'm just scratching the surface.
Any news about them? Any chasers from days of yore that you've wondered about lately? Anyone remember WX-CHASE and the folks from there?
Tim