NWS Changed Safety Procedures

Looks like the NWS changed emergency procedures if you are running from or caught in a Tornado.

If you are caught outdoors, seek shelter in a basement, shelter or sturdy building. If you cannot quickly walk to a shelter:
• Immediately get into a vehicle, buckle your seat belt and try to drive to the closest sturdy shelter.
• If flying debris occurs while you are driving, pull over and park. Now you have the following options as a last resort:
· Stay in the car with the seat belt on. Put your head down below the windows, covering with your hands and a blanket if possible.
· If you can safely get noticeably lower than the level of the roadway, exit your car, and lie in that area, covering your head with your hands.
• Your choice should be driven by your specific circumstances.

If you would like to read this on the NWS page, here is the link: NWS

Extreme Chase Tours

Extreme Chase Tours just released their schedule for 2010. Check it out and a book a chase tour before they book up !!!!!

Yummmm

Over the Fourth of July weekend, my storm chasing partner Lanny Dean, threw some steaks on the grill. I have to say they were very tasty. I shot a photo of this and thought I would share it with you.


Lanny also turned me loose with his Nikon D80 Camera. BIG MISTAKE !!!! lol I was running around like a wild man shooting photos. I think he uploaded some where around 400+ photos. Great camera as you can see with the pic. I owe a big thank you to the Deans. They allowed my wife and I to spend the holiday weekend with them. Thanks guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check This Out !

Okay, according to NOAA El Nino is firing up. NOAA is questioning how El Nino is going to affect the winter. They have posted a good article. Be sure to read it and tell me what you think !

I am very excited to announce that I am part of the Extreme Chase Tours Team. I would like to thank Lanny Dean for offering me a position. Lanny also brought Shane Adams on board. I look forward to working with the both of them during the 2010 chase season. If you would like to go on a storm chasing tour and witness the raw power of mother nature, go to the link below and book a tour !

https://www.extremechasetours.com/Home_Page.php

June 9, 2009 Chase Vid

This vid shows some structure and some Scud Clouds lifting. There was some rotation, but most of it was very broad. This was a good test for the new vid game. I am not real happy with the quality from the upload. It looks great on the pc. Oh well, it's video I guess. The best rotation I seen, was the area I called spin (a little vortex). Not sure why I said spin....lol.

June 3, 2009 Chase

Yesterdays chase didn't produce any tornados, but I had fun none the less. Lanny Dean and I decide to chase west of Tulsa, close to I-35. The models indicated some potential, so we loaded our gear and hit the road.

As we got west of T-town we could see CU Towers going up, but they would soon die out. After further observation, we could see this would happen most of the afternoon. So we decided to wait until late evening, hoping things would pick up.

After a two hour wait, we decide to drive to a good vantage point to view anything trying to form. We watched more CU Towers going up most died out, but some of them took hold. They turned out to be multi-cell and not super cell, so we decided to take some structure shots.

Even though we busted regarding tornados, I had a great time. Thanks for taking me along Lanny !

Here are a couple of pics. I did tinker with some settings, let me know what you think.