This. One of the best life lessons people can learn.
I'm ecstatic. This is the second 12"+ event here this season, and the first time I've had anything like that in over a decade. Sure, I didn't do as well as I'd hoped, but I'm happy.
I'm happy for everyone that cashed in.
I don't feel that way about snow events, but when I'm chasing high end tropical, I've felt that afterward. Less that the storm is ending because it's so intense when you're in it, but to the point @wxsniss made, it's more about the chase being over.
I'll never forget coming back after hitting Helene dead center and I'm walking down this airport hallway alone in the middle of the night on my way back to the car. Just hours ago I was Superman, standing in the eyewall of one of the baddest storms to ever hit the U.S. and doing what very few people on the planet can do, and then the next thing you know I'm just a guy with a suitcase walking to his car.
Even with the letdown, I can't get enough of it.