Wow, That Is A Beautiful Tornado!

I was watching some local evening news when they began showing video from the recent outbreak of tornadoes that have plagued the region.  During one of the videos that they showed, I realized that there are a host of new morons who chase these storms.  Storm chasers used to be limited to scientists, meteorologists and university professors all of which hope to collect useful data to help better understand the storms and hopefully save lives.  But today, if you own a car, a video camera, a GPS and not a lick of sense then you are a “Storm Chaser”.  Even the local television weather people have started chasing storms.

I decided to go find some videos that would help explain this craze.  Some of these people have been doing this for a while and try to catch footage to broadcast on the web’s most popular video channel and receive pay for advertising.  The newest of the bunch is the jackass generation of idiot thrill seekers who try to get as close as they can to the base of the cyclone without getting killed.

During one of the videos, you would have sworn that the husband and wife team were having sex as the constant “oh my god” and moaning sounded like they were having an orgasm.  Then there was this complete moron who was watching an apparent tornado form and he is trying to lure the funnel down by screaming “come on baby drop”, I wasn’t sure if I was watching a storm video or the birth of his first child.  And then, there is this, one of my favorites, this guy spots the tornado and yells “what a beautiful tornado!”.  Do these imbeciles not realize that tornadoes are responsible for several deaths each year?

As a customer of local news broadcasts, it is even more irritating now as they have to send out one of their faux meteorologists to chase a potential twister.  Recently during an outbreak of storms, I tuned in to a local channel and all throughout the broadcast the in-studio reporter weather person remarked numerous times that “they have to make sure that their colleagues are safe”.  I’ve got an idea; keep their happy asses in the f—— studio!  There are already enough goofballs running around trying to get close to a storm and running into each other.  In fact, two storm chasers were killed last year when they t-boned another car, if the storm doesn’t get you, the traffic will.

It just seems insane to me that so many people try to themselves in the path of something that we are warned is coming and is dangerous.  I guess we have run out of reasonable hobbies and sense.

Talk to Ya Later

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