Ha! Thanks, Don!
I'll be sure to let you know if I'm ever in the area.
I suppose there's one good thing about living out there on the plains
during tornado season: you can at least see the tornadoes before
they're in your lap. We don't get them quite as often in Kentucky,
thankfully. I've never seen one in person, though I've seen the damage
they do. There was a particularly bad one just across the river in
southern Illinois a few years back -- an F4 that cut a an unbelievable
path through part of the Shawnee National Forest.
As much as I'd love to chase storms, I don't think I'd want to be caught
outside in a hail storm. That's got to be painful.
-- Walt
On 3/7/2011 12:56 PM, Don Guthrie wrote:
From: Walter Gilbert <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: March PUG is up!
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There are some really great shots in this set. One of the things
I've always wanted to do as a photographer is to head out into the
central planes of the US and do a little storm chasing. I don't know if
I'll ever get that opportunity. But, I've always had a fascination with
"Big Weather".
Walt,
Living in a "Plains" state I can say that chasing isn't always needed.
Sometimes the storm chases you. I was playing golf when I saw a
tornado about 3 miles away. Before we could take shelter a hail storm
hit us. When we came out again we had to wait for the hail to melt to
find our golf balls. On the way home we found out the storm had
destroyed roughly half of the nearby small town.
The other tornado I saw was from my back porch and I watched split
into two funnels as it it the river valley and both storms missed me
but laid waste to an area 3 miles NE of me. My father got a
commendation from the VA for going to the area to inspect damage on VA
insured loans.
The season starts soon May & June are prime storm weather here. So if
you ever get to IA let me know but I always forget my camera when I
head to the basement.
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