How much of a hazard is wildlife and livestock on a chase?
Enough to kill — as a terribly unfortunate college student and storm chaser found out back in the mid 1980s. In his case, the animal prompted him to swerve, causing a fatal crash. Several chasers have had close encounters with cattle in roadways; and even a deer can do serious damage to a vehicle and/or cause a nasty wreck. Chasers should also be careful when wandering the roadsides of the plains. The southwest parts of Tornado Alley, particularly in parts of western Oklahoma, the Permian basin of Texas and the Caprock Escarpment near Childress, are infested with rattlesnakes and copperheads. Chasers David Hoadley and Mark Darrow have had close calls with rattlers. From north-central and west-central Texas across the Gulf coast states, innocuous-looking dirt mounds may contain millions of fire ants; they can rise in seconds from the disturbed soil and leave the unsuspecting intruder’s feet and ankles covered with hundreds of swarming, stinging ants. One of the authors (RE) even acquir
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