What makes a "veteran" chaser.
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Joey Ketcham
I think webster.com explains it quite well:
2 : a person of long experience usually in some occupation or skill (as politics or the arts)
Seems good to me.
2 : a person of long experience usually in some occupation or skill (as politics or the arts)
Seems good to me.
Greg McLaughlin
EF5
Number of lightbars on your vehicle.
I guess I knew that, but at the same time, I hear people call themselves veteran chasers after seeing their first tornado, etc. I mean has it really ever been intensely discussed on what the personal feelings are and what makes a veteran chaser.
I think for a first time poster, this is a very loaded question.
You will be a veteran chaser by around June of 2019 by my calculation.
You will be a veteran chaser by around June of 2019 by my calculation.
rdale
EF5
Of course not... If you want to call yourself a veteran after one tornado, so be it. There's no law against it. I doubt others would consider you a veteran, but then again - who cares?
It isn't a loaded question, I've just been around enough chasers that call themselves veterans after their first tornado like already stated, or the I guess the more true veteran who has 20 years chasing and 200 plus tornadoes. I see the one as 200 plus tornadoes as the veteran chaser and not the one with a year of experience. Might be quite a post for it being my first post here, but I am very involved in a another chasing forum, I have had this account for a few months now and this site has way more members then the other, so I am interested in a larger interest group, that's it.
Bob Hartig
EF5
1. Really, really knowing what the heck you're doing.
2. Many years of experience doing it.
3. Plenty of successes and plenty of failures to show for it.
My opinion as a non-veteran chaser.
2. Many years of experience doing it.
3. Plenty of successes and plenty of failures to show for it.
My opinion as a non-veteran chaser.
Joey Ketcham
Yes, it is a loaded question when asked on here. Your first post on here, why would it be to ask that? But as Rob said, why does it matter if someone is considered a veteran or not? Chase because you want to, not because you want to be considered a veteran.
mikedeason
EF5
If labels are important to you then call yourself whatever you want. I think "chaser" suffices for most of us though.
labels aren't important to me, I am just interested mainly in why a select group call themselves "veterans" and yet everyone else is happy without calling themselve a veteran.
This qualifies Mike as a veteran...
Those who call THEMSELVES a "veteran chaser" probably are the ones who are the furthest from being so.
I think "veteran" a moniker that is issued by the populous once a certain level of accomplishment is attained. There is no set of criteria as every individual chases differently and is focused on different aspects of the hobby.
Joey Ketcham
Who cares if someone wants to label themselves as a veteran? If they want to call themselves that than hooray for them. They can call themselves the "Goddess of Storm Chasing" for all I care. David Hoadley is a veteran chaser, you aren't. There you go, now you know.
Ben Holcomb
EF5
What about if you chased with a Veteran chaser? Does that make you a 1/2 Veteran Chaser?
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