Aug 22, 2010
Target: Huron, SD Miles Driven: About 300 (I drove to Sioux Falls, Marcus drove the rest) Chasers In The Car: Marcus Hicks, Joe Miller, Greg Rardin Tornadoes: 2 Almost Tornadoes: 2 The storm that was infamous for the record setting hailstone made the news but the Tornado was in the storm just to it’s south! Started the day off not really thinking I would...
May 26, 2010
I’m going to post my chase log and video from 5/22/10 in the near future and talk about all the great things that happened that day. For now I am going to address the “Field Incident” and what prompted what we did. Ben shared this photo with me tonight. At first I wanted to be all macho storm chaser dude and say please don’t share...
May 4, 2010
What a horrible day that ended in complete success! Adam Lucio, Danny Neal & Ben Holcomb spent the night at Hotel Bennett, we knew we would be chasing the next day but I was determined to get a 1/2 day of work in. About mid morning someone in our Lincoln office got a virus on their machine so I had to run down there, figured we would be setup for my...
Apr 22, 2010
What a SPECTACULAR chase! Went to OKC to meet up with Steve Miller OK and Ben Holcomb on Wed night to setup for Thursday. Hans Schroder picked up Steve and I and we headed out with a target of Childress, TX. In the end we were near Goodnight, TX where we were tracking the storm that did produce all the tornadoes. We were intreguied by the southern end of...
Apr 6, 2010
From 04/06/10 Grinnell Waking up in St. Joseph in a NASTY Days Inn, not the worst MOTEL I had ever been in, but a new low for a named chain we went and grabbed some lunch. I think all spirits were low this morning Ben Holcomb, Adam Lucio, L.B. Laforce and L.B.’s Dad (Bill) all stayed the night. Looking over the forecast we need to be closer to Des...
Apr 5, 2010
Hiawatha… The plains largest data hole exists between Sebetha, KS – Falls City, NE and St Joseph, MO. (Ben Holcomb will disagree) I hate chasing here but as usual we find ourselves sitting and waiting. Data is so bad I typically hang out in Sebetha at the Mc Donalds but Chris Rice has Barron so we chilled here. Met up with Steve...