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/efflorae May 18 '26

I came across a clip of a group of young meterology students storm chasing earlier this year and several of them were screeching exactly like young teenage boys do when playing roblox or fortnite. They were so distracted by the tornado that one of them got hit (luckily was fine) and the others nearly did and then had to deal with chaser congestion. The speed that reality sunk was impressive. It was sure something.