Dr. Chuck Dowsell:
I can chase with a clear conscience because I serve a purpose beyond myself in doing so. How many of today’s “extreme” chasers can make such a claim and be credible in doing so? I hope they’ll use this occasion to reconsider just why they chase and decide to spend little or no time focused on themselves, but rather seek to achieve some more worthy goal than self-aggrandizement and boastful bravado. Let them become more sensitive to the anguish of tornado victims. Let their cameras be turned away from them and remain on the phenomena they claim to seek. Let them take pains to give something meaningful back for all their fun and excitement. Let this day of infamy mean more chasing with safety, responsibility, and courtesy.
Doswell aptly sums up my feelings following this month’s storms in Oklahoma. I don’t have anything else to add.