In the 1990s heydays of weather-discussion e-mail groups WX-CHASE, WX-TALK, and the private storm-observing listserv CFDG (now defunct), I had built up quite a collection of odd and funny storm-chasing quotes uttered from the mouths of assorted companions afield, anonymized so as not to implicate the guilty. A few more were added to the stack in the 2000s as CFDG shifted to a web forum (also defunct).
Fellow storm observers found plenty of amusement in these “.sigs”, one of which I pasted at random at the bottom of each post. That no longer is possible following the extinction and/or my disuse of those listservs and fora.
So that they may re-amuse the nostalgic, and for posterity’s preservation sake, and before I toss my old PC and/or the hard drive finally fries, I offer all the old quote signatures here that I could find. These represent the most memorable quotes, on chases, by folks I’ve chased with. The full .sig lines are reproduced below, in no particular order. Enjoy!
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“It was sort of almost maybe in the place you’d want to see for a storm like that.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2012
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“I FEAST ON THE SMORGASBORD OF ATMOSPHERIC VIOLENCE.”
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“Torn between two towers, feeling like a fool. Chasing them both is breaking all the rules.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2011
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“I FEAST ON THE SMORGASBORD OF ATMOSPHERIC VIOLENCE.”
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“Give me 40 acres and I’ll turn this Meatwagon around!”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1993
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“I FEAST ON THE SMORGASBORD OF ATMOSPHERIC VIOLENCE.”
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“Just the angular momentum has to @$#%& do it! Come on!!!”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“I FEAST ON THE SMORGASBORD OF ATMOSPHERIC VIOLENCE.”
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“Let’s forget this tornado chasing and go look for Bigfoot.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2006
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“I FEAST ON THE SMORGASBORD OF ATMOSPHERIC VIOLENCE.”
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“You got me outflanked with this granola-chewing, hippie-loving phone.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2009
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“There’s a deadly tower right in front of us–totally deadly.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2011
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“I don’t understand, meteorologically or common-sensically, what the deal is here.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“Roger’s been farting all the time.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2005
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“We have a lot of generic hail for no apparent reason.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2003
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“Hey Geraldo, is there a toilet over there? My pipes are backed up, man.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2005
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“If I get killed, it’s my own fault. Now gimme the damn camera.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“Something out of this is gonna do whatever’s going to happen.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1998
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“We’re west of Hays. Hays is east of here.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2005
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“I get the impression a lot of people go to jail around here.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2010
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“I’m a f%$%@!* legend!”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“A Meatwagon in motion tends to remain in motion.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1996
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“Look at this, right overhead — MOOOOOOOOOOOVE”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“I’ve got a granola-loving, hippie-chewing phone.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2010
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“You have no common sense at all!”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“Stop, for the sake of my sanity!”
— 2 different storm-intercept partners, 1986 and 1991
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“Into the mud, scum queen!”
— Storm-intercept partner talking to arcus cloud, 2004
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“Let’s follow this sheriff. He’ll get killed before we do.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“The atmosphere just grilled us up a sphincter burger.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1998
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“At least I got my toenails cut today.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2005
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“If we had a Wichita Falls type tornado, that would turn my underwear inside out with a turd brick.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2008
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“Forget multiple vortexes, I want a single vortice.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 2013
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“What IS the hell is that?”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“If you stop, stop slowly; or I fly back into the windshield.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“You don’t understand what the deal is with these wires and my leg!”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1989
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“A Meatwagon at rest tends to remain at rest.”
— Storm-intercept partner, 1996
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