I was just wondering if there are any policemen on here who live in tornado alley because I was wanting your views on storm chasers...
The reason I ask is because I was going 85 in a 45 yesterday with a group of about 10 other chasers, and I looked in my rear view mirror and there was an Oklahoma state trooper tailing the last chaser...he never hit the lights or siren, he just tailed us for the rest of the chase and I couldnt tell if he was trying to scare us into slowing down (because he was tailgating pretty close ) or if he was just escorting us?

 

Was there a tornado chasing you???? If not, why would you be going 85 in a 45, seems kind of wreckless to me. If I was the state trooper I would have stopped the first car then made the entire line pull over......would have wore out my ticket book..

 

No Storm Chaser run towards the tornados... most of us with common sense run and hide from them

Hub

 

yeah ive always been a little short on the common sense thing...storm chasers take things seriously, we were chasing a storm that had the possibility of producing a tornado and it was headed straight towards bartlesville..the storm was going 50+ mph and with all the turns we had to make and the towns we had to slow down through, 85 was what we used to catch back up with the storm. We dont always go 85 though..most of the time I will go find a spot just south of the storms path and wait for it to come to me, then chase it. Ive been on the local news a couple times...its pretty fun!

 

What makes you think you can go 85 MPH anytime in a 45? I don't car if you are a storm chaser, you are not "special". You morons out looking for a tornado driving 85 in a 45 are going to get people killed. How do you justfy breaking the law, endangering me and my family just because you are an adrenilan junkie? Do us all a favor and stay home and play with your X box.

Escorting you? You think the cop was escorting you cause you are super storm chasers? Give me a break!

If you want to do something important, stop playing and join the Army.

 

Maybe he was subscribing to the "If you see me running, try to keep up" line.

 

Bedford Indiana is getting twisters and 2 1/2 inch hail right now.

Nexrad is ugly.

Ed

 

Soooo is there licensing or anything in Oklahoma for stormchasers? Driving courses? Special equipment options on the vehicle for high speed? Is the vehicle a desiganted emergency vehicle? It may seem too close for comfort, but I'd certainly rather have a trooper behind me at that speed than someone watching the clouds, much less a pack of them. I'm sure he's had the driving courses, much less speed rated tires. Maybe you got lucky and he didn't consider the conditions too dangerous that time for what he figured you guys were doing.

 

Or maybe he was just alittle too BUSY to be messing with 10 morons driving recklessly during an emergency situation.

"If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem".

Janis Joplin

 

Oh trust me Geico, they get hammered, some think they are above the law and that is the ones that get it the most. I have a couple of highway patrol buddys who just love to nail the storm chasers and the ones who they stop and try to impress them that they are out trying to save the world is the ones who get it the most. It seems that every since the tornado movie, the wannabe's have came out of the woodwork. Goodluck,,Rick

 

We just got back from aweather spotting run with the fire Dept. Spotted two funnel clouds, no damage reported though... Seriosly 80 in a 45, not cool at all.

 

This is a pet peeve of mine....the idiots who think a storm gives them some "special priviledge"
One of the situation I got in that actully made me loose my temper on duty one time was a bunch of storm chasers trying to get into the town of Rossville immediatly after a tornado had gone right done main street. There was only one clear road left into the town, and we had it shut off, emergency vehicle access only..... trying to get ambulances, the power co. trucks and gas service trucks in there.
This bunch of chasers blocked the road arguing with me about " their right" to chase the storms, and the great "good" they were doing....
Had an ambulance waiting behind them while they argued. A Trooper and I finaly "assisted" the gentleman in to a prone position across my hood,and had to threatened to do worse to the rest, just to get them to let the ambulance pass.....

Have absolutley NO USE for anyone " chasing" a tornado....


bunch of jerks..........

 

It is getting to be a serious and very sore subject to the LEO's around here in Oklahoma too!! As it should be, now one other pet peeve of mine is or was {now that I am retired Fire Dept} the news media, they tend to think they have domain at a emergency scene also and what I hear it is getting worse every year with the news media and the wanna be's storm guys and I know the news media is pushing and encouraging the wanna be's to get out there for thier ratings with the photos of the storms and all, but that is no excuse for endangering the public and I would hope that they get nailed each time they travel above the law. Goodluck,,,Rick

 

DOG PILE !!!!!!

Seems pretty reckless to me as well. Particularly since not everyone hunkers down during that kind of weather ... some folks load up their families in the truck and get the Dodge out of town (I've been in that situation).
All the while the driver might have one eye to the sky and the other on the road .... (note that NEITHER eye would be peeled for a band of knuckleheads chasing after tornados).

Please consider a new hobby.

PISTOL

 

Ah the DOG PILE, that is a true!! We do seem to do that from time to time, but hey a good ole dog piling on sometimes make us think things with a new light tho!!! Maybe just maybe it will keep someone from hurting themselves and others. Goodluck,,,Rick