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Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)
7. Nonsense.
Tue May 21, 2013, 04:14 PM
May 2013

Whether they're storm chasers whose job it is to provide valuable on-the-ground info to county and local officials, or just hobbyists, it's not anyone else's business. This is such a non-issue. If someone wants to be in harm's way, whether in front of a storm or climbing a treacherous mountain, it's nobody else's business.

How are they having to deal with them? Walk away May 2013 #1
I've seen numerous videos taken by people in speeding cars looking at a hedgehog May 2013 #5
"Surprised that collisions haven't been reported." Daemonaquila May 2013 #12
Most of the storm chasers are far gone by the time the recovery is begun csziggy May 2013 #2
I still think that they can provide HappyMe May 2013 #3
If officials are assessing the damage, premium May 2013 #4
I don't see any reason to stop the storm-chasers who are meteorologists. winter is coming May 2013 #6
I agree that no cop is going to be going out there to ticket drivers hedgehog May 2013 #9
What would you do? premium May 2013 #14
Most of the meteorologists out there are conducting research. laundry_queen May 2013 #17
Believe it or not some chasers know more about tornados.... Logical May 2013 #10
this plus how many meteorologists are out there, enough to cover every cell loli phabay May 2013 #20
Nonsense. Daemonaquila May 2013 #7
If you have a link to where a storm chaser "got in the way" then maybe. Nye Bevan May 2013 #8
Most of our storm chasers are coordinating with the tv stations CBGLuthier May 2013 #11
There are two types of storm chasers - professionals and disaster tourists. GreenStormCloud May 2013 #13
+1 Blue_Tires May 2013 #15
The ones I see here in western NE and CO are not the looky loo types newfie11 May 2013 #16
No Bluenorthwest May 2013 #18
storm chasers are pretty much out of the way when the time comes to assess damage fishwax May 2013 #19
The pursuit of knowledge sometimes compels people to take extraordinary personal risks. Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #21
I could not disagree more. Storm chasers such as Reed Timmer ... 11 Bravo May 2013 #22
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