Dec 5, 2010

One of those almost “Must Have” items anymore is a GPS on your computer. Many people confuse this with a TomTom or other GPS device with a screen you put on your dash, this it is not. Some Garmin models do feature the ability to use the GPS chip in the device but I am not going to cover that since it’s so cheap to have a dedicated unit. GPS...

Figured I would continue on with my “Chasing Stuff” blogs with a series of blogs on Chasing Technology. This Week… Choosing A Chase Laptop One thing people have a misconception about with what you NEED for chasing is a killer insane laptop.   One of my cardinal rules in chasing is never take anything you are not afraid to loose. Danny Neal...

Sep 12, 2010

Nothing can kill a chase faster than the death of a critical piece of chase gear.   One thing that amazes me is how people will go cheap on their power inverters or even just 1/2 way to doing it right.    Before you buy that new Quad core laptop spend a little cash on a good quality inverter and wire it up right. First off 90% of the stuff you buy at the...

I was talking to a friend tonight and he really helped me come to terms with what a time suck Facebook is. There are a ton of good uses for FB but it is a drag on me. In this I need to find the balance between my Family, Business Associates, Storm Chasers and people who like to look at my photos. Now I am by no means cool enough to justify a “Fan...

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...

Jul 27, 2010

Ahh the blankie, we all had one at one time and what it’s like when they are not close at hand. You can see Dani here with her beloved “Taggie” last fall.  (And Nick with the Boy version) Last week (as in a week ago today) Taggie was left behind by accident at the Hampton Inn Lakewood in Denver.  The missing taggie was realized just a...

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...

Ok lets talk about this crap… people seem to read my blog so hopefully some people can put the pitchforks away. It’s a grey area, was that vehicle in the infamous video with CSWR on it V2?  No. Do I think V2 has their own share of traffic blunders?  Yes. The vehcile in the picture from what I hear was in fact a vehicle attached to the TIV. I...