That is awesome! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
