Thanks for the comments Ann & Daniel. Regarding stormchasing - Yesterday I received my iPad 2 (didn't see the sense of popping for an iPad 3 since we only have 3G in most of outstate Nebraska). I bought a like new, open box and saved close to $300 over a refurbished unit. It is a black 64GB Verizon 3G and I'm in love with it already. The first app I *bought* for it was Radarscope, which (once I purchase the Verizon data plan for it) will give me radar and my location relative to the storm in the car. AWESOME GIZMOSITY.
Reviewing the recent PDML conversation regarding handy iPad photo apps now. : ) DCA On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks pretty formidable... > I'm sure you told us,but I didn't remember that you were out there storm > chasing - thanks for the pix > > ann > > > On 4/16/2012 17:01, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Thanks for asking, Rick. Depends were not really needed in Nebraska >> after all. We got severe weather, but none of the "strong, long-track >> tornadoes" promised. Kansas and Oklahoma verified, but it was really a >> blown forecast as far as Nebraska was concerned. The SPC said that the >> surface low would track into Nebraska, but by sundown it was still in >> SE Colorado. >> >> That being said, we chased with success although it took a lot more >> patience. We positioned ourselves near what looked like the best >> conditions and finally a little cell showed up on radar near Norton, >> KS with a vector right toward us. It continued to grow and became a >> decent supercell. We met up with it near Oxford, Nebraska where it was >> putting down some promising looking wall clouds. So we pulled over, >> got out our gear and watched. We didn't have to wait long. The tornado >> that we observed was pretty brief. I also have the whole thing on >> video, from birth to death. >> >> A couple shots of the "elephant trunk" tornado. The village of Oxford >> is obscuring the ground/contact point, unfortunately. Although it >> doesn't look like much it tore a metal grain bin off its foundation >> and tossed it like a piece of paper (as seen from another chaser's >> perspective). >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6938986418/in/photostream/lightbox/ >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7085063203/in/photostream/lightbox/ >> >> I also have a panorama that I took of this cell before it "produced" >> and the multiple lines of inflow bands streaming into it, along with >> the rugged landscape in that part of Nebraska, are (i hope) >> impressive. May be a while before I get to put that together. Per >> usual, my son-in-laws shots are better, so keep an eye on his >> photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/digicana/ >> >> While it wasn't the HUGE day that we had figured on, we took some >> solace in the fact that tornadoes were rare in Nebraska that day, and >> yet we bagged one. >> : ) >> We're also happy that this storm wasn't a powerhouse, as it was on a >> vector to threaten possibly threaten Kearney if it became a >> right-turner. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
