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I'm craving community after the older autism spaces became unsafe or fractured. I'm 27F and I like BTS, tornadoes and collecting information into lists. I've been feeling very lonely since the other spaces became unhealthy and harmful. I'm very burned out these days and it's difficult to find things to be happy about.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes! I too would like to learn tornado facts. Also welcome to the group!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Something I loved learning about stormchasers is that the professional ones are also first responders to destroyed houses and some have training in first aid and bring chainsaws with them. I love ethical storm chasing, it's considered good etiquette to stop an exhilarating chase the moment a place is hit and go into first response mode instead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I am very happy you're joining us. this is the best content I've found on Lemmy so far.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Oh man, I used to love watching Storm Chasers back in the day! Though I wish it focused more on the storms and less on the drama. I get the itch to rewatch it every now and then, but I can't bring myself to do it after Tim's death. He was always my favourite.