Chasing Clout

“Bro culture” and storm chasing make a toxic mix

A supercell thunderstorm ingests dust in eastern New Mexico on May 28, 2021. Photo taken just north of Roswell, NM, by Barb Mayes Boustead.

There’s something in the air around storms in the last few years, and it isn’t just moisture and helicity.

It’s in the increasingly aggressive and dangerous driving — blasting through stop signs, whipping around slow cars on rain-soaked shoulders, making reckless no-look passes in no-passing zones. It’s in the disruptive flashing lights and “look-at-me” decals…