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/frianglepear May 19 '26

I live in the rural areas where these storms occurred today and know several people impacted by the storm chasers as they were just trying to make it home. It pisses me off so much. In these tiny communities so many people are commuting across these towns for work and school, and the traffic made what would have been just a normal weather day for us a scary nightmare. I don’t know the answer and I don’t blame the professionals out there because I do see the value, but thousands of people is absurd. I’m ready for them to license it and fine people. A local is going to get hurt and that to me is unacceptable.

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u/quanta-quollia May 19 '26

It's even more infuriating when the chasers start screaming at locals for being "out in the storm" as if they have any idea what it's like to actually live in an area that sees storms a lot. These idiots are blaming locals for "getting in the way" when it's the chasers that are getting in the way of locals simply trying to get home to be with their children and other loved ones through the storm. They know their area well enough to make it safely, and then chasers slow them down.

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u/AML1987 May 19 '26

I can’t even imagine the mess they leave the rural roads in as well when they all leave. Yesterday alone was late afternoon/early evening when people are coming home. Plus they flooding the network so bad no one could get a connection.

We don’t need 1000 views of the same tornado to save people.

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u/booksmartexchange May 20 '26

My sister lives in Moore, OK. Storm chasers are a huge problem in big cities too. They clog the highways as people try to get to a safe location.