I am a Severe Storm Spotter/Chaser and have been for quite some time. In our own group and for the Bureau of Meteorology. I dont claim to know anything about forecasting Severe weather events (I keep that for the ones that like to study numbers and charts), but I do read the sky that in most cases I can get to where I need to be to capture a storm or observe a good Funnel, or waterspout etc... My main passion is Lightning photography, with vortex chasing second on the list. In South Australia we have our own group which is a part of the Australian Severe Weather Association Inc. but as a group of people that love the same thing we have become quite good friends with one another and have regular social gatherings, aswell as a good chase when conditions are right.
Norm; not sadistic at all, its what makes it interesting, and the fear of the unknown attracts us
