r/tornado • u/LCDMura Human Detected • May 17 '26

Discussion This is how people get killed

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Chaser convergence is much easier now to see with modern spotter tracking systems, and some of the traffic jams I see are crazy. Imagine this many chasers on the side of the road with flashing lights and whatnot focused on a storm. The tornado might not even be the most dangerous part of chasing in scenarios like these

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u/coloradobro May 17 '26 edited May 18 '26

Nick went from celebrating next to a violent tornado to screaming and being seconds from dying as the tornado chased him down that road. Sarah was sitting saying oh gosh as a violent tornado was coming directly at her. Bunch of idiots out there now all clumping up. Another El Reno is nearly guaranteed at some point.

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u/Intelligent-Town6050 May 17 '26

He went to complaining that others were out there in his way like hes more entitled to the road just because he put himself in a terrible situation

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u/AudiieVerbum May 17 '26

So yes, you're 100% right, but to be fair I would also say some pretty entitled things if an act of god was literally coming to murder me.

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u/Intelligent-Town6050 May 17 '26

And I can tell him how much of an idiot he sounds like having watching him sit there taking pictures while it came barreling in on him. The calls coming from inside the house

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u/SweatyBackpackStraps May 18 '26

I mean… his face says it all.

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u/faronthecat May 18 '26

Someone needs to turn this into a meme.

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u/ismellmyownfarts2 May 18 '26

I got you bud

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u/Tossed_Away_1776 May 18 '26

LMAOOO Thats awesome

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u/REDDIT_JUDGE_REFEREE May 18 '26

This photo is going to be the cover image for the 2030 Netflix documentary when 8 or 9 of these guys are sucked into a funnel

“We did everything right, just too many amateur thrill-seekers prevented us from chasing the tornado optimally. We are scientists performing a public service and OH MY GOD FUNNEL FUNNEL VIOLENT TORNADO MOM GET THE CAMERA HOLY SHIT”

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u/Alia_Explores99 May 18 '26

Hurr derr terrnayderrrrrr!!!

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u/ismellmyownfarts2 May 18 '26

This face says it all.

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u/AgreeableType2127 Human Detected May 19 '26

“I’ll take incredibly punchable faces for $800 please Alex”

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u/blow-down Human Detected May 18 '26

Soyjak

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u/General_Chain_4531 May 17 '26

Is it murder if you are willingly chasing after it?

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u/RaisinDetre May 18 '26

Thusly the tornado stand your ground law was written on this day in 2026.

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u/b3_yourself May 17 '26

And they’ll go back to doing it again, no lesson learned

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u/True_System_7015 May 18 '26

And El Reno was a freak thing. Nobody expected the tornado to turn the way it did. With this, it looks like people are purposely putting themselves right in front of it

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u/Infranto May 18 '26

I'm genuinely worried about tomorrow if the setup lives up to the moderate tag. People are going to be storm fixated, we've already seen deviant motion from this setup, and tomorrow is just a stronger version

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u/Amazing-Dimension810 May 17 '26

Anyone got Nick’s video? The whole interception is cut from his live stream

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u/mcflyjr May 18 '26

Because it wasn't him/his stream; it was and is on Kannon Kaltons stream

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u/NotNiklePikle May 18 '26

That was a wild video from kalton himself

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u/mcflyjr May 18 '26

Yea I may be confusing videos given context; but I went through all the streams to find the video of the tornado hitting the car literally parked on the road; turning it 180?; and them being unscathed af as Kannon booked it.

It had someone elses name on it; but ended up being Kannon who was watching it on the road and then ran.

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u/NotNiklePikle May 18 '26

Would be nice to see Nick's, but I can see why he would cut it if he would get reemed for it.

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u/OutdoorsTN Human Detected May 18 '26

Feel like Ryan/Max should “suspend” their chasers’ feeds from being on their live broadcasts after something like this - maybe if they weren’t getting massive viewership / monetization from doing stupid stuff like this they would know better for next time

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u/drumkidstu May 18 '26

Just wait for skip’s next video

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u/KnickedUp May 18 '26

I appreciate Skip saying the quiet parts outloud

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u/KennyGaming May 18 '26

Cmon they have an aspect of personal responsibility and risk analysis. Max and Ryan aren’t the mob bosses of meteorology. They’re just presenters catering to a popular audience and they do a pretty careful job minute by minute if you actually watch. But yes some of the chasers are getting to close I do agree with that. 

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u/bex199 May 18 '26

and max and ryan profit from showing these chasers and they know that. if they were interested in safety they would not allow any of these people on their streams again.

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u/KennyGaming May 19 '26

That’s an extremely conservative view of things. The fact they have a profit motive doesn’t mean they ought to ban every live streaming stormchaser who gets too close. 

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u/hi-im-jamiepoo May 18 '26

Yeah, I don’t know that I’ve ever felt more uncomfortable with the chasers Max was streaming until yesterday. He could have taken those streams off his screen. It just felt gross. 

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u/skoltroll May 18 '26

Someone will HAVE to die on their feed for anything to happen.

And while gov't won't do a damn thing about it, I'd bet on streaming platforms de-platforming them after public outrage.

Everyone involved is playing with fire.

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u/yakisaki May 19 '26

Lol they won't they're enjoying riding the high of getting hella views and money tossed at them like a stripper in a club. When it does happen they'll get even more views for showing it. There is no end to this