Saturday, April 14, 2012

Are you ready to be a storm chaser?

Read this article and see if you have what it takes to be a storm chaser.  What are some good reasons to be a storm chaser.  Read this article and go to the other links in the article such as Storm Chasers on the Hunt, The Basic Gear for a storm chaser, and Why Chase Storms.  Then play the video.  How long do chasers have to wait to get to see a storm?  Do they always get to see a storm?


how storm chasers work

14 comments:

  1. There is a lot of things you have to do to be a storm chaser. To be one you have to have a lot of training in meteorology and must know about the storms they are following. Also you could be out driving around up to 12 hours just finding a storms and probably finding nothing. They carry cameras, phones, and computers. This allows them to get updates on weather. These people do more than just chase storms they are scientists that take risks to gather data to understand these storms.
    In the long run I would not be cut out to be a storm chaser. I get sick when those sirens sound. I would be the one sitting in the back of the vehicle and would be yelling at you to turn around and get out of there. Also I would probably be screaming.

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    1. Alex Stevens and Julia GlennApril 16, 2012 at 5:51 AM

      I wonder how much data they are actually able to gather, when they are unable to find a storm.

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  2. Alex Stevens and Julia GlennApril 16, 2012 at 5:49 AM

    Good reasons for being a storm chaser include scientific reasons such as to capture pictures of the storms and sell them. Storm chasers have to drive for about 12 hours and sometimes they don't even see a storm.

    We think that storm chasing could be a very fun, exciting, and dangerous job.

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  3. Jalynn Johnson, Rheanna Barry, Maddie LindemannApril 16, 2012 at 5:50 AM

    Some good reasons to be a storm chaser is first of all research and second of all some people make a living from selling pictures of certain storms. Chasers have to 8-12 hours driving around, but they don't always encounter a storm.

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    1. Alex Stevens and Julia GlennApril 16, 2012 at 5:54 AM

      Storm chasing could be a fun way to research because (when you find a storm) you get very close to it, and can see all of the details that others couldn't ever dream of seeing.

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  4. Jalynn Johnson, Rheanna Barry, Maddie LindemannApril 16, 2012 at 5:52 AM

    @Alex and Julia:
    We think being a storm chaser would be really cool too, and dangerous. We all agree it would be really cool to see the inside of a storm, but we wouldn't want that as our career. We wouldn't because if something goes wrong, you could be seriously injured or even die.

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  5. Jordan(; and Kamal(;April 16, 2012 at 6:22 AM

    It would be a lot of work to do, plus you have to be able to get close to storms and not be scared about it. So to be a storm chaser you have to be able to get close to like tornadoes and tsunamis and stuff like that, and you would have to be really good with data and science tools so you don't mess up on your work

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  6. Good reasons to be a storm chaser would be for scientific research.
    Also, to capture pictures of the storms and sell them. Chasers have to wait 8-12 hours to see a storm, and sometimes they don't always get to see a storm. Storm chasing sounds like fun job, but I don't think I would like to do it. It seems like it could be a dangerous job, especially if a storm was able to produce a tornado.

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  7. They drive for 8 to 12 hours without seeing a storm so it may not always happen. Storm chasers use radar & technology to locate storms. Some of them might even film them for it to become a movie one day.-Dominic Deutsch

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  8. i would be a strom chaser and chase tornados

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  10. how do funly clouds come to the ground

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  11. you get good money for selling photos of storms.also its good for scientific reasons.they drive 8to12 hours and there might not even be a storm

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