Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Looking back at all of my storm chasing videos in the context of a global pandemic, There was a certain aesthetic that seemed vaguely familiar. No Motels, No restaurants, sleeping in the truck and wearing something over my head to cover up the self-cut crazy mop on my head.
Photogenic, fully condensed Tornadoes this spring were very hard to find, in spite of 13 separate storm chases. A pretty darn low ratio. But, some of the reasons why Tornadoes were so hard to find lead to some top notch storm structure for the year. Shelf clouds, Mothership Supercells, Mammatus, Sprites, 2020 had it all in that regard.
Les Stroud (Survivorman) pioneered the concept of producing an (almost completely) unscripted 'reality style' TV show all by himself. However the techniques pioneered and the concept of recording yourself in an unscripted matter were catapulted into popularity by Survivorman. In many ways 'inventing' YouTube or Vlogging before that was even a thing. Today, it's an ubiquitous practice: recording oneself, telling a story, sharing an experience, and self-marketing that experience. At any rate, I've drawn inspiration from Survivorman in the past, and so have several other survivalist or bush craft YouTubers that I follow. But this time I couldn't avoid straight up mimicking the look, feel, and mood of an episode of the TV show in this parody. I try to check all the boxes, Moody science, time-lapse photography, down-paced, science /instructional content, Eerie and folksy music. Even the dual-pane shots.
13 Storm chasing events:
May 12 in the Texas Panhandle
May 13 in the Texas Panhandle and Sayre, Oklahoma
May 14 in the Northwest Oklahoma
May 15 in Southwest Oklahoma
May 20 in Central and Eastern Colorado, Southern Wyoming
May 21 in Southwest Kansas
May 23 in Northwest Kansas
June 3 in Northern Nebraska
June 4 in Rapid City, South Dakota
June 5 in the South Dakota Badlands
June 6 Western South Dakota bust
June 7 North Dakota and South Dakota
June 26 Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado
Spring 2020 season and storm chasing review.
Looking back at all of my storm chasing videos in the context of a global pandemic, There was a certain aesthetic that seemed vaguely familiar. No Motels, No restaurants, sleeping in the truck and wearing something over my head to cover up the self-cut crazy mop on my head.
Photogenic, fully condensed Tornadoes this spring were very hard to find, in spite of 13 separate storm chases. A pretty darn low ratio. But, some of the reasons why Tornadoes were so hard to find lead to some top notch storm structure for the year. Shelf clouds, Mothership Supercells, Mammatus, Sprites, 2020 had it all in that regard.
Les Stroud (Survivorman) pioneered the concept of producing an (almost completely) unscripted 'reality style' TV show all by himself. However the techniques pioneered and the concept of recording yourself in an unscripted matter were catapulted into popularity by Survivorman. In many ways 'inventing' YouTube or Vlogging before that was even a thing. Today, it's an ubiquitous practice: recording oneself, telling a story, sharing an experience, and self-marketing that experience. At any rate, I've drawn inspiration from Survivorman in the past, and so have several other survivalist or bush craft YouTubers that I follow. But this time I couldn't avoid straight up mimicking the look, feel, and mood of an episode of the TV show in this parody. I try to check all the boxes, Moody science, time-lapse photography, down-paced, science /instructional content, Eerie and folksy music. Even the dual-pane shots.
13 Storm chasing events:
May 12 in the Texas Panhandle
May 13 in the Texas Panhandle and Sayre, Oklahoma
May 14 in the Northwest Oklahoma
May 15 in Southwest Oklahoma
May 20 in Central and Eastern Colorado, Southern Wyoming
May 21 in Southwest Kansas
May 23 in Northwest Kansas
June 3 in Northern Nebraska
June 4 in Rapid City, South Dakota
June 5 in the South Dakota Badlands
June 6 Western South Dakota bust
June 7 North Dakota and South Dakota
June 26 Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado
Spring 2020 season and storm chasing review.
