Big news y’all! The complete recorded package for Spring Training 2024 is now available for purchase. 🤓
If you missed your chance to register, snap this one up!
Link in thread ⬇️
Big news to share today: We're joining forces with the American Meteorological Society in a new partnership to amplify our efforts to inspire, empower and equip girls and women to pursue storms, the sciences & their passions. 💜🌪️💜
Welcome,
@ametsoc
!
More-🧵⬇️
Today's the day. Today is OUR day.
Now live:
🌪️Our badass promo video ⬇️
🌪️First 3 podcast episodes
🌪️GWC YouTube Channel
🌪️GWC Patreon community
Links at
Huge thanks to
@outskrts
for the perfect music. 🙏🏼
Girls who chase: this is for you.
💗🌪💗
When we shine a light on the big, hairy, no-good issues, they shrink, shrivel & disappear.
When we collectively pool our content & skills, there is no algorithm that can hide us.
You don’t have to be big to play big.
THIS IS WHAT PLAYING BIG LOOKS LIKE. 🔥🌪💜💥
@chaser_summit
The moment we’ve been waiting for…it’s here. 🌪💜
Presenting our 2023 GWC video. It premiered at the Summit this weekend, and now is ready for the world.
We hope you love it.
💥GWC: we’re diversifying the “face” of weather & the sciences.💥
It’s here.
It’s about all of us - the fantastic community that built the place we can all belong, & the powerful movement GWC has become today.
Dedicated to our community, our 2024 video: “Safe in the Storm” 💜🌪️💜
Our engagement has dropped to zero on this platform. Thanks, Elon.
I’m gonna try posting about wine & see what happens. If you see this post, give us a thumbs up. 🥂
Then, stick around. We’ve got some big stuff coming.
We’d like to announce that alongside Maddie, Gizmo has been appointed as an official GWC mascot. We, too, would like to yawn in the cutest way imaginable 🥹 Does she give lessons?
Check out
@Sierra_Lindsey3
dominating before, during and after
#tornado
intercept. High-resolution, steady video captured from inside the tornado as a huge compliment of the thermodynamic data collected.
@GirlsWhoChase
GWC friends:
It brings such great joy to share with you the formation of our first INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER, Girls Who Chase Canada. 🇨🇦
Please read on for more info about this major addition:🧵⬇️
Pink tornado will meet REAL tornado this season as both Dominator 3 & the TIV are now sporting GWC stickers!
Thank you for taking us along for the ride
@ReedTimmerAccu
&
@AStormofPassion
!
💜🌪️🤘🏻
We’re quite excited to announce our first-ever PHOTOGRAPHY ART COMPETITION: Storms, Transformed - in partnership with the amazing storm artist
@JayIsPainting
!
This isn’t your normal photography competition. 💜
Pls see the following 🧵 for specifics. ⬇️
📸:
@lorigraceaz
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! 💥
We’re proud to inspire, empower & equip girls & women globally to pursue storms, the sciences & their passions.
💜🌪️💜
🚨TOMORROW - 7pm CT - we’re LIVE talking chasing tornadoes🌪️ safely & the collective knowledge in this group will blow you away (but not literally).
Hear from:
@ReedTimmerAccu
@SkipTalbot
@stormdoctor
@CameronJNixon
Yes, we’re recording. 🗒️🎙️💜
Two years ago today, an Instagram page leveled up.
Two years ago today, we released a certain video & a small but mighty platform into the wild.
Two years ago today, our community said it’s time. It’s OUR time.
Happy birthday to all of us Girls Who Chase. 💜🎈🌪️💗
Today's the day. Today is OUR day.
Now live:
🌪️Our badass promo video ⬇️
🌪️First 3 podcast episodes
🌪️GWC YouTube Channel
🌪️GWC Patreon community
Links at
Huge thanks to
@outskrts
for the perfect music. 🙏🏼
Girls who chase: this is for you.
💗🌪💗
🚨CALLING ALL GIRLS WHO CHASE🚨
Want to be in our 2024 promo video? 📽️🎞️🎥📹
For a chance to cameo, we want VIDEO AND STILLS OF YOU CHASING, BY JANUARY 12. DO NOT POST/DM US CONTENT - plz send all content to girlswhochase[at]gmail.
If you sent content previously, we have it!
We are SUPER excited to announce our first virtual education event in partnership with
@COMETMetEd
!
Spring Training (pun intended) offers foundational and in-depth info for storm chasers at all levels. ⚾️🌪
More info & to register:
(⬇️🧵)
Today, Feb 11, is the International Day of Women & Girls in Science! Today, we honor significant achievements in science by women & place a much-needed focus on girls entering STEM careers. GWC empowers & inspires girls & women to pursue the sciences.
#WomenInScience
#WomenInSTEM
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️
TWO DAYS UNTIL SPRING TRAINING!!
If you are waiting to register…why? 😂
Join the 500 (yup, you read that right) ppl registered on Saturday for a top-notch storm chasing education event! Link to details/register ⬇️ below!
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: JAN 25 🚨
🌀 PODCAST LAUNCH that day!
🌀 GWC Twitter space at 8pm CT, cohosted with fab GWC contributors
@MetzStormMedia
&
@lorigraceaz
!
🌀 Video promo release!!
IT’S HAPPENING! 💗🌪💗
🌪SPRING IS ALMOST HERE…ARE YOU READY?🌪
It’s nearly time for the inaugural VIRTUAL storm chaser training event of the year! Join us Saturday, March 4!
➡️ For speakers, schedule & to register:
Girls Who Chase is for everyone…and so is our presentation! If you missed it this weekend, don’t worry. We’ll be running a virtual re-do via live stream here soon - stay tuned for a date & time. 💜
Happy International Women’s Day! We stand on the shoulders of giants: today we celebrate those who came before us & worked to create a more equal & just society. 🙏🏻
💥💥And, today, we’re excited to share the launch of our NEW WEBSITE, ! 🥳
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The (hard copy) is out of the bag!Several talented female chasers, photographers & researchers, along with GWC, have been featured in
@Cosmopolitan
’s May issue. 🤩
Because, as we’ve been saying - WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING. 💪🏻💜
We’ll share out the digital version when it’s out!
THE DATA IS IN: 570 people representing 16 countries* registered for Spring Training 2024! WOW!! 🥳🙌🏻
We absolutely LOVE seeing that a passion for weather and chasing truly transcends states, countries and even continents! 💜🌪️💜
*click in to see full list!
One year ago today, our journey began.
One year ago today, the storm chasing community said it was time. Time for something different, that looked different and held respect differently. And we did it together. 💗🌪
Today, we know that you don’t have to be big to play big. 💥
🏆WINNER WINNER!🥳
CONGRATS to our 2023 Storms, Transformed photo art competition winners! 💥💜
1ST PLACE: You voted & the winning image - & Jay’s next painting, to be auctioned off in Nov - is from Ike Jaroszuk in Poland!
✅⬇️ for the 2nd & 3rd place shots & all the details!
Happy Women’s History Month! 🥳
This month we stand up extra high to celebrate the roles & contributions of women in all walks of life, & of course in weather & storm chasing! ⛈️🌪️⚡️
Together, we rise. 💪🏻💜
Reed Timmer (
@ReedTimmerAccu
): “Everyone should have access to this beautiful hobby/profession.” 🌪
You can hear Reed’s complete interview on S2 Ep3 of the Girls Who Chase podcast!
Find it on Apple & Spotify, & don’t forget to subscribe!
➡️
This comment is why we exist.
Jo is 26 years old, & not real.
If you had one (1) outdated/fictional person representing an entire gender, would that be enough for you?
It’s real easy to write off gender inequality in the sciences as a non-issue, if it’s never impacted you.
@GirlsWhoChase
@NycStormChaser
Is this really a stereotype that storm chasers face often? That it’s a male profession? Considering the movie Twister was the first time many heard of storm chasing, I can’t imagine this is a big injustice that needs fought. Now if it was blue fin tuna fishing, I might buy it.
🚨CALL FOR VIDEO & STILLS🚨
Hey, friends -
You may recall a little video that came out just under a year ago. 😎
Guess what? We’re working on a sequel. 🥳
If you’re a female/identified chaser & regretted not sending in that footage of you chasing, it’s redemption time.
💥THIS IS HOW IT’S DONE, YA’LL.💥
Looking forward to many more from the capable & experienced
@WxLiz
, & the MANY more women sure to follow in her footsteps. 💜💜🔥🔥
#Pride
Month is an opportunity to celebrate each other with mutual love and respect. The diversity of the NWS family, including those in the LGBTQ+ community, bring the vital skills and perspectives that allow us to meet our mission of protecting a diverse nation.
Happy International Women’s Day. 💪🏻
Today, we celebrate the achievements of women globally as we continue to pursue an equitable & just society.
We do it for us, & we do it for them. 💜🌪💜
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomeninSTEM
#girlswhochase
Today, 6/17/23, I became the first woman to drive into a confirmed tornado in Laverne, OK in a tornado intercept vehicle (TIV 2)
Incredible Thanks to my team whom made this possible today!!!
Making history one chase at a time!!!
#okwx
#wxtwitter
Our hearts go out to the people in Mississippi who were impacted by last night’s tornadoes. Events like this are a sobering reminder that the weather is in control. 💔
💜CHASE LIKE A GIRL💜
We are unironically quite excited to share with you a special clothing line in collaboration with producer
@TheWXStore
! 🌪️
Shirts, tanks, & hoodies - for adults & kids - available at the link below. GET YOURS 🧵⬇️
WE CAME, WE LEARNED, WE GREW… AND WE’RE BACK. SPRING TRAINING 2024 IS OPEN FOR REGISTRATION! ⚾️🌪️
Spring Training (pun intended) offers foundational & in-depth training for storm chasers, all ages & genders, at ALL levels.
More info/to register:
(🧵⬇️)
🚨Calling all Girls Who Chase — If you haven’t been in a video yet but wish you had… let’s make 2023 the year we all get great video & photos of us chasing! Then 2024 is in the bag. 👑
The moment we’ve been waiting for…it’s here. 🌪💜
Presenting our 2023 GWC video. It premiered at the Summit this weekend, and now is ready for the world.
We hope you love it.
💥GWC: we’re diversifying the “face” of weather & the sciences.💥
FOUR OGs OF WOMEN IN CHASING at
@chaser_summit
! From left: Shawna, Kendra, Bridget & Anna.
These ladies have been at it over a collective 60 years. This is the real deal, y’all. CHEERS TO THE OGs. 💜
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Today, we recognize the vital role women & girls play in science & technology. 🙌🏻💥👑
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
📸: Nichole Damian
TODAY IS THE DAY! IT'S SPRING TRAINING DAY! 🌪️🌪️🌪️
Registration has closed for our first global virtual storm chasing training - & we can't wait to see all 321 storm chasers under the virtual meso during today's training! It's going to be a great day! 🤓
#GWCspringtraining
Draft mission... thoughts?
Girls Who Chase is an online platform designed to elevate the content and voices of female and female-identified storm chasers. The platform exists to empower and inspire girls & women globally to pursue the sciences, the weather and their passions.
Happy meteorological Spring! 🌪😎
March is also Women’s History Month, to commemorate and encourage the study and observance of the vital role women have played throughout our history. And a vital role it has been. ✊🏻💜
Jessica & Lily Moore (
@JessicaMooreWx
) on stoking that flame of passion for your work - especially chasing.
💥Episode 6, S2 of the GWC podcast is out now!
🎧 You can find the podcast on Apple & Spotify, & don’t forget to subscribe!
For the past 27 years, Jo from Twister was the only female face on storm chasing. But Jo isn’t real. However, Jen Walton is very real and
@GirlsWhoChase
is changing the face of chasing.
#AMS2024
We’re kicking off S2 of the podcast with a banger -
@WxLiz
of the NWS SPC talks about overcoming self-set barriers & imposter syndrome - and that anything is possible. 💥🌪💜
👇🏻 Find the podcast on Apple & Spotify, & don’t forget to subscribe!
➡️
🎙️TONIGHT (Thurs) 8:30pm CT - we’ll be chatting with
@girlswhochaseCA
lead Jenny Hagan (
@LostInSk
) LIVE on IG under the handle girlswhochase.
Come hang out as we chat about plans for GWC Canada, Jenny’s start in chasing & her passion for getting lost in the storm! ⛈️💜
Well what do you know…best storm chaser of 2021 was a Girl Who Chases. 😎💗🌪🔥
@MetzStormMedia
you’re a badass & we’re so thrilled for you. Congratulations! 🌪🌪🌪🌪🌪
Do you know what happens when you put six incredibly smart & career-diverse meteorologists in the same room together to chat with YOU? 👀
We ain’t telling, so you’ll have to find out at Spring Training on March 4th!! 🌪
➡️ Speakers/schedule/register:
250 (!!) people have registered for Spring Training THIS SATURDAY - are you one of them? 🥳🤓🌪⚡️
➡️ Speakers/schedule/register:
If not, here’s 5 reasons to get on it (🧵):
Hey. ⚾️🤓⛈️
Guess what?
Over 400 people have now registered for Spring Training. 🥵
That must mean March 2 is going to be damn good.
Are you one of those 400+ or do you have some business to take care of? We’ll drop all the details below for ya. ⬇️⚾️
🚨HEADS UP!
Just got word from a little birdie 😏 that Dr. Karen Kosiba (
@karen_kosiba
) will be on NBC’s Nightly News tonight to discuss the NSF PERiLS project, airing approx mid-show (check local airtime). Karen is the PI of this endeavor to study QLCS storm events. 🧵⬇️
Presenting our first training available from the new GWC COMMUNICATION SERIES: MEDIA TRAINING! 🎙️🎥
This training will be held virtually on Oct 19 from 7-9pm CT. Register at the link in the graphic, or go to our website.
Honestly – you can’t not go to this training. 🧵⬇️
🚨SPRING TRAINING IS IN 10 DAYS! Have you registered yet? 👀
Spring Training (pun intended) offers foundational & in-depth training for storm chasers, all ages & genders, at ALL levels.
Details about our speakers & panels + link to register, in thread 🧵⬇️
Like the GWC logo? The now infamous pink tornado met its DESIGNER in person for the first time today at
@chaser_summit
!
Meet the amazing
@gabecox
, who took a concept & created a phenom. 💜🌪️💜
Well y’all, tonight has been educational on a variety of fronts.
We hear you.
There is always something to be learned. And what we know for sure is that learning can certainly happen best by respectful engage.
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The reason we recommend
@SkipTalbot
's videos on our education page is because he is one of the foremost experts on positioning to chase safely. His videos have trained scores of chasers. Let's all give this a careful read, and his videos another review, before the next setup.
This is an issue of competency on the most basic level
1. Escape as soon as you recognize you're in the path.
2. Escape away from the path, not across it.
Failure may result in death. All chasers need to understand this before they ever take to the road.
Seven countries were represented in yesterday’s Spring Training analytics.
While we have work to do in making our offerings truly global, our impact & reach is already evident in the data.
This is something we’re truly proud of. Thank you for trusting us in this role. 💜
Spring Training offers two all-female panels for Q&A, & here is our expert METEOROLOGIST panel for 2024! ⛈️❄️⚡️
Kathryn Prociv (
@KathrynProciv
)
Liz Leitman (
@WxLiz
)
Dr. Jana Houser (
@WxMomOU
)
Andrea Smith
Full bios & register:
We are SO thrilled to welcome the American Meteorological Society (
@ametsoc
) as our title sponsor for Spring Training. 🥳
Spring Training (pun intended) offers foundational & in-depth training for storm chasers, all ages & genders, at ALL levels.
Thank you, AMS!
Link below! ⬇️
During our Summit presentation, we told folks that securing GWC’s future is a critical goal for 2023.
Since our launch in Jan 2022, Jen has clocked about 1700 hours, mostly for free. That doesn’t include her paid work. We’re talking 80-hour weeks now, for over a year.
🧵-
BIG NEWS: We’re on The Kelly Clarkson Show! The episode airs TODAY, 9/14, & we’re talking storm chasing & women in chasing. Our segment is at the end. 💜🌪💜
To watch:
@KellyClarksonTV
💥Episode 6 of the GWC podcast - on supporting women in storm chasing - is out now!💥
Our friends
@SkipTalbot
@NycStormChaser
@StormChaseTV
@CameronJNixon
paid a special visit to help us break it down. This is no ordinary episode, y’all.
🌪 Find us Apple & Spotify!
THATS’S A WRAP, Y’ALL! 🌪💜🌪
Thank you to EVERYONE who participated today - to our speakers for sharing your wealth of knowledge, panelists for your expertise, & participants for sharing your passion, creativity & backgrounds with us! We had a blast!
More soon… 🤓
Today was a first of many more to come in my career as a meteorologist… I issued my first Severe Thunderstorm Warning(s) and Special Weather Statement(s). Am beyond grateful for all I have learned and will continue to learn with each severe event. 🎉
Hey y’all! GWC is going offline for our first break since last Christmas. We won’t be on social media or responding to DMs during this time. Hope you have a great rest of your week & we’ll see you soon! 💜
💥YOOOOOOO DON’T FORGET!💥
🏮Launch party tomorrow!!🏮
Tuesday, 8pm CT. Stop by, meet some of our fab contributors, share your ideas, it’s going to be 🔥🔥
Set a reminder now! ⬇️
Hi ya’ll! 🙋🏼♀️
With the bulk of chase szn winding down, it’s time for us to rev back up! 👀
We’ve got some great trainings in the works for the fall 📸🎙️🎥, will be hosting Twitter spaces, are launching our photo art contest, & look for your favorite chasers on our IG lives! 🧵⬇️
It’s today!
Today our PROMO VIDEO will premiere for everyone at the Storm Chaser Summit! 🤓🤩🌪💥
@MetzStormMedia
will be talking tornadoes & all things GWC at 4:15 pm CT. Don’t miss it!
#girlswhochase
Today we’re honored to be featured in a Wash Post article about the rise of women in weather & storm chasing next to two badasses who helped pave the way,
@Ginger_Zee
&
@KathrynProciv
. 💗🌪💗
Big TY to
@islivingston
for digging into this. It matters. ⚡️
Please take a moment to listen to this important message from
@CharlesPeekWX
regarding taking the severe weather threat seriously & finding somewhere safe to ride out a storm.
Over the last 10 days I have seen and experienced some horrific scenes especially with those in mobile homes. If you or someone you know lives in a mobile or modular home would you PLEASE take 2 mins to hear me out.
@DrRickKnabb
@JimCantore
@weatherchannel
#tornado
🚨 SPRING TRAINING SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Liz Leitman (
@WxLiz
), SPC Forecaster extraordinaire, will be joining us to deliver a joint session on: “Intro to the SPC/NWS & Its Relationship to Chasers” 🤓🌪
➡️ Speakers & schedule:
🚨HEADS UP!
Just got word from a little birdie 😏 that Dr. Karen Kosiba (
@karen_kosiba
) will be on NBC’s Nightly News tonight to discuss the NSF PERiLS project, airing approx mid-show (check local airtime). Karen is the PI of this endeavor to study QLCS storm events. 🧵⬇️
A BIG congrats to chaser Shannon Bileski (
@shannbil
) on this fantastic story on her love of storms, chasing & photography - and psssst check out what she’s wearing in her interview! 😎
Thanks
@KMacTWN
&
@weathernetwork
for this great piece! 💜🌪💜