[Skywarn] Amateur Storm Chasers Cause Congestion in Severe Weather [feedly]

[George Streeter]

Me as well.  It is why I am also involved in the city CERT and the 
county SAR group.  It is through this SAR group that I have followed 
three cases of people watching TV shows and thinking they can survive in 
the wilderness.  One young man after watching Into the Wild is still 
missing and it is going on three months.  That is not going to turn out 
well if the family ever does get closure.  All the shows give warnings 
that most people never read or consider will ever happen to them.

Here is the story of the missing young man.

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Teen-inspired-by-Into-the-Wild-missing-in-Eastern-Oregon-203503111.html

I'm not suggesting that these shows are bad but I do wish that people 
had better critical thinking skills so they would understand that it can 
happen to them and watching a TV show does not give you those skills.  
You have to practice them as they are never as easy as a pro makes them 
look.


On 05/27/2013 02:29 PM, Deb Bebout wrote:
> Knowing I may be able to help someone IS the only reason I do this.
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> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Kev <mcgrathk1 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mcgrathk1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     I would agree regarding all the exposure; social media as well.
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>     I'm all for awareness and education.
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>     Thanks,
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>     Kevin
>     PAwx
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>     Sent from my iPhone
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>     On May 27, 2013, at 11:16 AM, George Streeter <kb8kmm at gmail.com
>     <mailto:kb8kmm at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     > I'm betting the very TV shows that are bringing so many people
>     to the skywarn training classes (we set a record this year in our
>     skywarn class) are the same TV shows that are encouraging people
>     to attempt to storm chase.
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>     > So what is the answer?  Teach people how to chase more safely
>     and encourage the behaviour and cause traffic jams or have people
>     think that they can do anything because they saw it once on TV?
>     The mentality is amazing to me.  I see the same thing in the
>     survival community.  We have people who think because they watched
>     Man vs Wild that they could survive in the wilderness.  Most have
>     never even spent a single night in the woods let alone a night
>     without any supplies or food.  TV makes things look easy that are
>     very difficult and for some reason people don't seem to understand
>     that.
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>     > On 05/26/2013 11:03 PM, Lloyd Colston wrote:
>     >> Amateur Storm Chasers Cause Congestion in Severe Weather
>     >> http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=12473189&utm_source=feedly
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>     >> via feedly.com <http://feedly.com>
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>     >> Just sharing for discussion.
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>     >> Lloyd
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