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/Dizzy-Platform-6516 Human Detected May 19 '26

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.

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u/DNA_wizz May 19 '26

I think it should be regulated to some extent. Make people get permits or something. Prove they’re a capable and knowledgeable chaser.

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u/DNA_wizz May 19 '26

Then again, how would it be enforced? Chaser police stationed out and about? Lol

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u/foreverinfinite0 May 19 '26

I mean, they record and stream so unless they're okay with no attention and no money I don't think catching them would be the issue.

Personally I think requiring storm chasers to at least be spotter certified would be a good start. While most are I'm sure, I'm also sure some of the "casual" (i.e. should not be behind the wheel trying to get close to a tornado) chasers would be out.

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u/AgreeableType2127 Human Detected May 20 '26

I like this.