Feb 5, 2012
We lost a Father, Son, Friend and Storm Chaser today whose passion for chasing will never be matched ever again. This “kid” would drive all night, every night to see a storm… most times alone just to see natures fury unload. I cried for a little while, I talked with friends, I joined in the “SN Tribute” like everyone else but in...
May 29, 2011
I have said time and again I don’t want to be on TV. Monday over the lunch hour I received an interesting email from a news producer in D.C. Apparently NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Company) wanted to do a story about Joplin and Storm Chasers and wanted to know if I could meet them in Joplin for an interview. Obviously I was not chasing Joplin...
Mar 23, 2011
So I have been hard on Iowa over the years… And as I have to write that in fact there are Tornadoes in Iowa I decided to make a map of all the FAIL I can remember… Lets face it there is a ton of fail in Iowa… sure there is a little bit of WIN but not much. Today was a day with a ton of WIN and a small amount of fail. Met up with Tony Laubach...
Mar 16, 2011
It’s not often I get to share “The Chase” with my family and a trip to Chicago seemed to be a great way to do it. We left Des Moines in the afternoon after I did some work there and got into Chicago for a late dinner. Tried to pick up a new ipad 2 at the Verizon store after the guy “Qualified” me informed me that they...
Feb 13, 2011
Well it’s time for the annual pilgrimage to Denver for ChaserCon! Unfortunately some friends wont make it this year but others will (and new ones I am sure too!) The trip won’t be long since I am cheating and flying again so the in car antics will be lost. ChaserCon is however the Mecca of all things chase related, a place where some of the most...
Feb 3, 2011
(Photos Credit Steve Miller OK) So I just returned from my first Oklahoma Blizzard and it was “Interesting” If you have not been following along my day job has opened and or purchased companies in Tulsa & OKC so I have been making trips down there about once a month. I needed to be in our Tulsa office on Monday morning so I would arrive just...