What is the purpose of having a livecam?

[Adam Lucio]

Adam, you def. got ripped off. Neeeever give your stuff away to a big network like that. They have the money, and you spent the money getting the shot.

Damn.

Me = sucker. O well, it was my first run in with the big media. Lesson learned.

Guess all I have to do now is ride my bike into a tornado to make up for that!

 

[Matthew Fischer]

Adam, you can take the laptop and put it on the handle bars! Since the laptop is dying! I also told you to ask for money. So we can get a new laptop!!!

 

[Andrew Pritchard]

Damn.

Me = sucker. O well, it was my first run in with the big media. Lesson learned.

Guess all I have to do now is ride my bike into a tornado to make up for that!

Not to get even more off topic, but I think this a fair enough place to mention that when giving your video to a network like that if you didn't get money/sign a contract I'm pretty sure it's fair game for them to sell the footage to any other network they want now. You have to be very careful when dealing with the major networks and your hard earned footage.

 

[Stephen Levine]

I'm all for live cam coverage. The more the better. In fact I think that it would be splendid if storm watching attained the same notoriety as, say pro football games during pro season.

It would be splendid if contests could be had of the best storm action plays during chase season, then aired in a nationally televised telethon sponsored by some major corporations. This would be equivilant to the "superbowl of supercell events".

The more money made, the better.. The superbowl winner(s) could get several thousand of miles of free gasoline vouchers so that a major expense of their next chase season would be sweetly and deservedly taken care of.

Major newspapers and news feeds across the nation could carry winning video stills of the contestants, plus interviews of top rated camera men and women.

Perhaps there would need to be some qualifications made in advance to make sure that the film submitters were truly "pros". This would include zero blocking throughways to get the action, zero running red lights, etc. as well as basic storm spotter training and at least basic knowledge of meteorology.

I have found an amazing fascination in severe weather among the average public now. I think this is good, and for me this is a powerful healing.

We have come a long ways from the early 60's when I was teased ruthlessly in grade school for my interest in weather, and the 70's when I felt ashamed to tell my acquaintences that I was a storm chaser.

In my public school teaching and subbing experience, I find storms to carry the same fascination for students that dinosaurs have always carried.

Let's capitalize on all this interest!

 

[Shane Adams]

I'm all for live cam coverage. The more the better. In fact I think that it would be splendid if storm watching attained the same notoriety as, say pro football games during pro season.

It would be splendid if contests could be had of the best storm action plays during chase season, then aired in a nationally televised telethon sponsored by some major corporations. This would be equivilant to the "superbowl of supercell events".

The more money made, the better.. The superbowl winner(s) could get several thousand of miles of free gasoline vouchers so that a major expense of their next chase season would be sweetly and deservedly taken care of.

Major newspapers and news feeds across the nation could carry winning video stills of the contestants, plus interviews of top rated camera men and women.

Perhaps there would need to be some qualifications made in advance to make sure that the film submitters were truly "pros". This would include zero blocking throughways to get the action, zero running red lights, etc. as well as basic storm spotter training and at least basic knowledge of meteorology.

I have found an amazing fascination in severe weather among the average public now. I think this is good, and for me this is a powerful healing.

We have come a long ways from the early 60's when I was teased ruthlessly in grade school for my interest in weather, and the 70's when I felt ashamed to tell my acquaintences that I was a storm chaser.

In my public school teaching and subbing experience, I find storms to carry the same fascination for students that dinosaurs have always carried.

Let's capitalize on all this interest!

Hey, I'm all for self-promotion baby...and I'll even say so

 

[HAltschule]

Edit: Since criticizing, blasting and chastizing other people for doing really stupid things while stormchasing is not allowed here, I will take back my comments and leave it at this.

BTW...I love the streaming video...especially given the high gas prices. I don't have to drive!!!

 

[Kory Hartman]

Sorry to dredge up a thread. Especially one 13 pages long that has so much negativity against us.

I am not here to comment on the video, our actions, or this thread... I only wanted to say the full video is now up on www.severestudios.com so you can watch it and judge for yourselves. We had a little problem with our website freaking out at a 5-minute video. Sorry it took so long to get it right.

I will say Kenny and I have learned a ton from this close call. Hopefully we can move on.

Also, we have begun "72 for Little Sioux". We are raising money for the Little Sioux Scout Camp until Sunday at Midnight. I hope you will donate a few dollars. The camp's Needs List is very long.

Thanks,