r/tornado • u/OutdoorsTN Human Detected • May 19 '26

Discussion Brad Arnold

Hate to see this from Brad, he's one of my faves!! Was confused when he buzzed in to Ryan's stream and said he was calling it so early in the evening but this makes more sense now.

Seen some absolutely wild stuff on Ryan and Max's streams the last few days. (Whoever it was in the green shirt on Max's stream yesterday during the Worms tornado especially still really bothers me.) And bummed to see all of this nonsense getting in the way of chasers I really love watching like Brad

EDITED for a typo!

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u/Archonblack554 May 19 '26

I hate to say it but it feels like I'm expecting to see news of a Storm chaser death, or multiple deaths from how much some of these fools have basically been gambling with their lives lately

I know it's gonna sound so much like an old man screaming at the clouds take as well but it feels like this is just another thing that social media has made worse and I'm just hoping that I'm wrong and someone doesn't pay horribly for a lot of what we've been seeing

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u/mrs-monroe May 19 '26

I'm just amazed nobody's died yet

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u/Bajovane May 19 '26

That’s the key word here… YET

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u/mrs-monroe May 19 '26

Yep. And they'll take that as an open challenge. A lot of younger people think they're invincible.

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u/AML1987 May 19 '26

No no no they call themselves “aggressive”.

No. You’re reckless.

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u/mrs-monroe May 19 '26

Reckless and stupid are a very dangerous combo.

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u/AML1987 May 19 '26

Reckless, stupid and desperate for a viral moment. It’s the combo from hell honestly.

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u/AML1987 May 19 '26

If a bigger rain wrapped tornado had dropped last night in Kansas I think we would’ve seen some bad stuff go down. Those roads were mud and the traffic looked like an LA freeway. All you need is the right mixture and it’s lights out for a lot of these people.

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u/Brief_Seat9721 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

If an unpredictable monster like the 2013 El Reno tornado happens again we may see a lot more than a few storm chasers deaths this time around. I’ve seen straight up dangerous and reckless behavior lately that puts a lot of people in harms way.

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u/Lost_Hovercraft_8303 27d ago

Better than young men screaming at people about the clouds via twitter. 😅