r/EF5

Been a few days since the "storm chasers incident" and for real, I would like to appreciate the guy who was mistaken for Nick Gorman and probably became the face of the situation (the subreddit picture says it all).

Because to be completely fair, also thanks to Max Velocity stream, this guy, who had literal dozens of thousands of people on the edges of their seats, brought an incredible footage of a huge tornado (possibly being the best footage of the year) to all people for free and got what?

Yes, a fair amount of recognition and views, but also an incredible amount of hate from all the SJWs, telling him all kinds of horrible stuff just for being excited to see a thing that was probably a peak of his chasing life and career. With amounts of adrenaline most of them never felt in their lives. Like he could do anything about the situation, stop or redirect the tornado or something. In my opinion, that hate was almost completely undeserved. He became a target of an angry mob along with Sarah Kassabian, just for being online and their name visible. But there were dozens of other amateur chasers doing stuff even way more dangerous (as we have all seen on the streams, those guys had no idea what they were doing and where they wanted to drive). Professionals like him can calculate risk to a huge extent, whether some couch experts believe it or not, but of course, a freak tornado accident could happen to literally anyone.

I personally appreciate his work, his bravery and dedication to bring us all an incredible raw footage of the situation. Hoping that I am not the only one feeling this way and also maybe hoping he might see this, because the hate he got for living his dream was just not fair at all.

Is it just me or does it feel like this year is very consistently busting with predicted outbreaks? It’s not as if there’s been no outbreaks or strong tornadoes but the rate of “bust” events feels higher relative to the last few years.