Storm and Scandal Chasers

Storm chasing and scandal chasing are not just limited to the media these days, even though it is through the media that info about storms and scandals alike tends to get out. Chasing either can be dangerous territory too.

Storm chasing is actually a tourism draw and there are groups that safely (?) guide interested amateurs on expeditions to chase and view tornadoes during tornado season. Several such groups post videos too. I am imagining arguments in favor of this nonsense and all I can say is I've survived taking my own life into my hands crossing the street each day to get to the other side, and I've even survived jumping out of an airplane for fun, but I am not planning to take on the force of Mother Nature by chasing tornadoes anytime soon. Even veteran storm chasing can come to a sad end as was evidenced in the deaths of three experienced chasers who were killed by the destructive power of the F-5 tornadoes that tore up Oklahoma this season.

Scandal chasing, another timely subject, think the IRS scandal, Benghazi, or the NSA leaks, although sensationalized by the media is actually a function of the very same government that creates the scandals. That’s right, the government investigates itself. The scandal chasers in the government go by varying names, Special Counsel, Independent Counsel, and Congressional Hearing Committees come to mind. Often times scandal chasing can be a killer too, a political or military career killer.