What makes a "veteran" chaser.

[swilson]

I look at people like Tim Samaras and think 'veteran" of the field.

I've been in I.T. for nearly 13 years and I wouldn't call myself a veteran of my field (if one even could take such a claim).

Just my 2 cents.

 

[David Drummond]

I would say if you have actually been chasing long enough that there are people now chasing that weren't even born yet when you started chasing, you can probably consider yourself a veteran chase.

 

[Martin North]

I always associated the term veteran with age. There are some ancient storm chasers out there...

Then there are the very experienced and expert....they know who they are.

 

[Jeff Duda]

Finally, a veteran chaser is one who chased when stormchasing wasn't cool.

That's my vote for #1 quality of a veteran chaser.

We could always pool all of the minds of Stormtrack to come up with an operational definition of "veteran chaser" (yeah...right )

 

[Jim Rood]

Ridiculous that this thread has so many replies.
Steve Miller (OK), you kill me, Jack Daniels is on me this spring.
We all know that we are only veterans if Rob Dale deems us worthy of the title.

 

[David Mikulec]

My label: Old phart who likes to watch storms.

Mostly alone. Sometimes without a camera! Doing it long enough to have a permanent crook in my neck. Lived through SuperOutBreak '74 and the lesser known Outbreak of '85. But since I don't live in the official "tornado alley" zone I guess it really doesn't count.

Who cares. Just have fun.


(tongue planted firmly in cheek)

 

[Jerry Prsha]

I always associated the term veteran with age. There are some ancient storm chasers out there...

Then there are the very experienced and expert....they know who they are.

If that's the case, I've been chasing longer than most of you have been alive...

I just telling someone that I started chasing back in the mid-eighties and had no idea anyone else did such a thing until about ten years later. I certainly don't consider myself a "veteran" chaser though....

 

[David Mikulec]

I took some of my first storm pictures (with a Kodak Instamatic) of systems over Lake Erie back in the early 70s. My first lake effect blizzard shots were taken in Albion, Pa in '75. I just thought I was nuts.

If that's the case, I've been chasing longer than most of you have been alive...

I just telling someone that I started chasing back in the mid-eighties and had no idea anyone else did such a thing until about ten years later. I certainly don't consider myself a "veteran" chaser though....

 

[swilson]

I took some of my first storm pictures (with a Kodak Instamatic) of systems over Lake Erie back in the early 70s. My first lake effect blizzard shots were taken in Albion, Pa in '75. I just thought I was nuts.

You remember the blizzard of '79 in the Erie area? I was born in that mess. Maybe that's why I am storm crazed.

 

[David Mikulec]

I remember receiving over 24" during the Blizzard of '77. We were living near Edinboro, Pa at the time and wound up stranded at home for almost a week before they came and dug us out... with a humongous rotary blower if I recall correctly.

You remember the blizzard of '79 in the Erie area? I was born in that mess. Maybe that's why I am storm crazed.

 

[swilson]

Funny! I grew up in Edinboro. Well just outside in Washington Township up 6N.

 

[David Mikulec]

Small world. We lived on Plank Road (now old 86) about a mile north of Kinter Hill.

 

[Martin North]

If that's the case, I've been chasing longer than most of you have been alive...

I just telling someone that I started chasing back in the mid-eighties and had no idea anyone else did such a thing until about ten years later. I certainly don't consider myself a "veteran" chaser though....

I can trace my interest and studies of severe storms back to the mid-eighties too. I couldn't give a fiddlers who is a veteran, wants to be classed as a veteran, or aspires to be a veteran. Classing someone as a veteran doesn't mean they or either good or bad. It's rather pointless really.

http://www.flame.org/~cdoswell/

Maybe this guy is a veteran.....

 

[Dennis Sherrod]

You remember the blizzard of '79 in the Erie area? I was born in that mess. Maybe that's why I am storm crazed.

OH Crap. I may not be a veteran, but I was graduating from college when you were born.

 

[MatthewCarman]

I am probably repeating what others have said but I consider alot of people to be experts because they know what they are doing and have alot of experience in the field. The same can be said for meteorologists. People like Mike HollingsHead, Lanny Dean, RDale, Josh Wurman, Chuck Doswell, Tim Vasquez, Dr Greg Forbes, Steve Lyons, Tim Samaras, Tim Marshal, David Hoadley, Gene More, Tom Gruzaulis, Verne Carlson, David Drummond, Jim Cantore etc would be people I consider as Experts at what they do. A Veteran is someone who has practice and experience at what they do and that could be almost everyone who chases and does forecasting etc.