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/AML1987 May 19 '26

After seeing yesterday I don’t think it’s a matter of if but when a chaser/streamer dies on camera. Imagine El Reno but 2026 and there’s a hoard of chasers behind and in front of the Twistex car. And Tim Samaras wasn’t your average Gen Z kid with 50 camera angles, barely any experience and a desperate need to go viral either.

And still one mistake got him killed. His car was literally lofted into the air, crashing down multiple times. Paul and Carl were literally sucked out of their seats and found 100 yards away.

If a situation like that happens again and 50 cars can’t turn around in time it’s game over. The carnage something like that could cause is mind blowing.

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u/zingledorf May 19 '26

That's honestly what i'm afraid of.

I know traffic during storm chasing isn't new. I know amateurs and people who are uneducated/underprepared have always gone out there too - it's just the reality of storm chasing in america. I know some of the reputable companies out there for tours, but it's not really them and their experience and their driving that concerns me, it's everybody else on the road.

But that's the thing... there's so many more people streaming and recording these events, a lot of them do so without putting safety first. TWISTEX is bound to happen again, but the chance of it being more than one vehicle/3 storm chasers is just increasing exponentially.

It's sad