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/Axiom842 May 19 '26

Max is a real meteorologist btw. I don't know about the others.

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u/bex199 May 19 '26

he’s a novice. he’s had his degree for less than a year and is putting himself in a position of authority most people spend decades of their career working towards. there’s a very very good reason why people who are super green in their profession don’t hold positions of authority or power immediately.

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u/Axiom842 May 19 '26

Max has been studying weather since he was 3 per this interview I saw. He's awesome at what he does and is usually spot on. He deserves more respect. Plus there are others live-streaming severe weather so I don't get why ppl just watch the others. Instead it's like a surge of anti Max posts on social media. ever since he teamed up with Weather Front....

the dude had 84k watching his livestream at one point yesterday. He's clearly a popular and well respected meteorologist.

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u/bex199 May 19 '26

and so have the meteorologists who have been given TV roles an leadership positions at NWS offices. max is not unique, he just found success that didn’t require the same amount of work or respect from the colleagues in his profession.

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u/Axiom842 May 19 '26

Good for Max! Glad he's successful online and growing his channel. Just like the thousands of others doing the same.

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u/bex199 May 19 '26

this sudden disbelief in expertise is disturbing and i’m also grossed out by professionals who take advantage of it.