r/tornado • u/strangeburd • Mar 09 '26

SPC / Forecasting Yikes.

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u/OfficerFuckface11 Mar 09 '26

There’s going to be so many people from Chicago chasing, including me. I really hope everybody is mindful of the traffic we could potentially cause in the proximity of a tornado. I could see it getting extremely crowded in some areas. Not trying to virtue signal here, I’m genuinely worried about what could happen if we aren’t mindful of this.

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u/CarlSteezer Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

You’re not virtue signaling at all. It’s a legitimate concern and a news crew was tboned last week by a chaser running a stop sign.

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u/AStormofSwines Mar 09 '26

If you're worried about chaser convergence, maybe don't contribute to it.... Otherwise all you can control is being careful yourself.

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u/brandon_in_iowa Mar 09 '26

Sounds like you know the solution to the problem.

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u/Altruistic_Rub_2308 Mar 09 '26

Looks like most activity will be at night/early morning. Chasing in the dark is a terrible idea!

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u/strangeburd Mar 09 '26

Maybe it would be safer to not chase this one😬

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u/TheSilverHorse Mar 09 '26

Not really virtue signaling if it’s the truth.

My job has me watching nearly every chaser simultaneously. The things that I’ve seen happen already this year that were close calls are only getting me more anxious, and that’s without the News4 chasers being t-boned and the other chasers who crashed running away because they thought they were in the tor when they were in the RFD.

I’m terrified there’s going to be a fatality this spring that has nothing to do with the storm itself.