Olivia
Online
Sam Sagnella ⚡️
@SamSagnella
Meteorology geek, storm chaser, law firm assistant, dryer vent cleaner, stringer for @LiveStormsMedia. Smiles are contagious☀️
Connecticut, USA
Joined September 2010
4K Following
1.7K Followers
14.1K Posts
Pinned Tweet
It’d been ten days since my most recent tornado.
Prior to that it had been several years, and a time zone.
Chasing has always been in my blood.
If you saw someone flash you the peace sign ✌🏻today with CT plates, that was me.
Be well.
This question mmn is for chasers only.
Soundtrac
@JoelDMWx Wow.
Nothing will ever amaze me more than when Mother Nature hits full send.
0 to 60 in no time flat is sometimes an understatement
@wxkylegillett Kyle, what an awesome photo and also love the context. Nice!
Who to follow
Erik Creighton
@ecreightonwx
Atmospheric Sciences ☈ Stony Brook University PhD Student. BS UAlbany ‘23. Come find me on bluesky: @ecreightonwx.bsky.social.
Sydney Walters
@sydneyw_wx
meteorologist and hurricane nerd
ohio u bs ‘22, und ms ‘26, und phd (coming soon)
emotionally invested in the columbus blue jackets
Blake Brown
@BlakeBrownWx
Extreme weather photographer and videographer!
@devinwxchase Devin. YES.
@cassiefrey_wx It wasn’t my first thought (😅), but something about this reminds me of “Nope” (great movie)
@SimonStormRider It’s fatty time.
@PaulMSmithphoto Paul, I GASPED.
This picture is worth thousands of words.
Wow,
I’d rather get into a fistfight with a velociraptor than play the game with a gentleman called Geoff.
I get a bit spooked by people with really long necks.
It’s my weaknesses
But please tell no one.
Another prompt:
What’s the strangest place you’ve made a friend?
I made several friends on this dirt road.
Ain’t that something.
Trimont, MN
April 2026.
*gravel
When the sky falls 🎶
a tornado gets its dirt
I made several friends on this dirt road.
Ain’t that something.
Trimont, MN
April 2026.
This photo still gives me goosebumps because it’s hard to capture the delicate balance between instability and shear in a single frame.
Better to be lucky than good ;)
Show me your favorite initiation photos.
I’ll go first.
Shattuck, OK in 2007.
Kaboom.
This photo still gives me goosebumps because it’s hard to capture the delicate balance between instability and shear in a single frame.
Better to be lucky than good ;)
Show me your favorite initiation photos.
I’ll go first.
Shattuck, OK in 2007.
Kaboom.
@CRyanMauk I still remember the smell of the natural gas from Cactus, TX in 2007.
That experience shook me to my core.
I still cringe a bit when I hear my own excitement when the tornado came out of the rain.
Not all chases are fun, and yet we’re slowly shaped by each event.
15 years ago today 🤯.
This is far from A+ footage, but was one of our most educational (re: what NOT to do while filming) chases. It was the biggest tornado I had ever seen at that point and was in and out of the rain.
2min snippet of the 3/4-mi wide 4/21/07 Cactus, TX EF2:
@Erin_Kwx Congrats!! 🫶🏼❤️
@CRyanMauk The hardest part of chasing for me is reconciling the notion that my best day is perhaps someone else’s worst.
Ultimately that disconnect guided me to becoming an EMT.
I love tornadoes, but I hate what they sometimes leave behind.
🫶🏼
I was ten years old when this tornado occurred; I probably would’ve said ten and a half if asked.
This tornado has lived rent free in my head since I was a tiny lil’ Sam.
May 12, 1997:
A widely-documented F1 tornado impacted Miami, Florida. The twister produced over $500,000 in damage and injured a dozen people. Images from this event have been used in several documentaries and other educational material.
#wxhistory
Last Seen Users on Sotwe
Most Popular Users
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
240.3M followers
Barack Obama
@barackobama
119.2M followers
Donald J. Trump
@realdonaldtrump
111.6M followers
Cristiano Ronaldo
@cristiano
109.7M followers
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
106.9M followers
Rihanna
@rihanna
97.5M followers
NASA
@nasa
92.1M followers
Justin Bieber
@justinbieber
90.7M followers
KATY PERRY
@katyperry
87.2M followers
Taylor Swift
@taylorswift13
81.1M followers
Lady Gaga
@ladygaga
72.6M followers
Kim Kardashian
@kimkardashian
69.6M followers
Virat Kohli
@imvkohli
69.2M followers
YouTube
@youtube
68.6M followers
Bill Gates
@billgates
63.6M followers
The Ellen Show
@theellenshow
62.5M followers
Neymar Jr
@neymarjr
61.9M followers
CNN
@cnn
61.9M followers
X
@x
60.9M followers
Selena Gomez
@selenagomez
60.3M followers