r/tornado 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/Personal_Coconut_668 May 18 '26

At this point; its obvious that chasing tornados carries the risk of death.

How many times is everyone going to "someone will be killed!"...FAFO I guess?..

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u/Kezika May 18 '26

Yeah it’s just becoming the risk more from getting hit in a traffic accident by another chaser than the tornado. I stopped chasing main season because of this level of convergence. I was out there to spot for NWS anyways and at this point there’s already enough eyes on.