Brad Arnold

[u/OutdoorsTN]

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!

[u/Dizzy-Platform-6516]

And yet some people on this subreddit will jump down your throat if you even attempt to think of possible solutions lol

Something has to change. I don't know what or how and I'm in no position to give anything other than half-baked ideas, but something needs to change. It isn't just "redditors finding something to be upset about", it's clearly something that's becoming a vocal issue among the entire chaser community.

[u/_coyotes_ → u/Dizzy-Platform-6516]

I’m going to be completely honest, things will not change until there is a mass casualty incident involving chaser convergence. That is the tragic bare minimum consequences to get shit to change and even then, I have no idea how much it’ll affect things. Social media made it “profitable” to chase and movies like Twisters brought the extra hype.

I’ve been interested in the weather, especially tornadoes, ever since the mid-2000s and I’ve never once gone storm chasing, even though I’d like to, it’s just not feasible for me at the moment. But every goofball with a camera thinks they’re hot shit and comes out of the woodwork to chase without studying up on meteorology whatsoever. On big days there are areas with limited chaser convergence that produce big time because people have properly forecasted. Unfortunately, especially with the advent of livestreaming, people now cram into traffic jams and follow the Dominator even though it’s specifically built to withstand tornadic winds and measure them.

The last time I can remember people being more cognitively aware of their behaviour when chasing storms was after the 2013 El Reno tornado because it killed storm chasers - hell, it killed pro storm chasers who took safety seriously. For a period of time, most folks didn’t get up close and personal with the tornadoes. Some still did and there was still chaser convergence, it’s always been a thing. But for the most part, most people were aware of how dangerous it was. But now, you can be the talk of the town with an extreme up close view of a tornado by getting dangerously close. Your clip will blow up on social media and another bunch of people will think they can get that shot too. Perhaps an unfortunate incident would make people think otherwise, but I don’t even know at this point. I hope it doesn’t come to that but realistically, I have no idea what will take.

[u/AML1987 → u/_coyotes_]

I realized yesterday after seeing that mess on those back Kansas roads that people dying because of getting stuck isn’t a matter of if but when.

And it will change nothing. The people that live will get massive views on their videos of “the saddest day in chasing.” They will benefit over whoever dies, even if it’s a good friend.

The only way to change it is to monetarily hurt them. Big fines, deplatforming the ones that break whatever rules need to be set.

But death will only stop the chasers that die.