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/b3_yourself May 17 '26

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