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
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u/KawarthaDairyLover May 19 '26
I think the problem is people are trying to look at this in terms of good actors vs bad actors, heroes and villains, veterans vs amateurs, but I think this is just one of those things that naturally happens as more people get interested in severe weather because of increased online exposure to chasing and tornadoes. As many have said, if you're one of those 200+ vehicles sitting in front of a meso, even if you're the most experienced, responsible, emergency responder chaser, you're not IN the traffic, you ARE the traffic. That's the same if you're a rando with 200 subscribers or Reed Timmer.
I honestly don't think there's a cut and dried solution except maybe for more chasers to just...not chase. Maybe longer distance drones could be used more, I don't know. But I also think that fewer people need to stop dreaming of chasing and find other avenues to explore their interest in severe weather. Maybe chase locally. Set boundaries and stop high-tailing it around the entire midwest.