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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Inspirational moment of the Day
Do something tomorrow that will change next week.
Do something next week that will change next month.
Do something next month that will change your life forever.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Moon
I may try to make these into one print.
June 16th 2011 storm
I always know something's afoot when a friend texts me and asks what's going on in a certain area.
McPherson - 80mph winds, large hail, maybe rotation. Too good to pass up. Left the house and headed about two miles to the north and then a quick jog east. The lightning was incredible, this storm looked very much alive and somewhat angry.
The lightning crawled all over this storm. Constantly with the fine little bolts.
I thought about heading up to Newton to see this storm, but the way the lightning spread out from this, I didn't want to get any closer and take photos.
The storm moved slow and I did notice the anvil making progress to the south. Before long Sedgwick Co. was under a thunderstorm warning.
I love photographing lightning with digital camera. I know it's a functional Darwinism exercise.
Also people would drive up to the intersection and watch us for a long time. If you do that and notice they have a camera . . . please turn off your brights (at least).
I know I look like a sasquatch with a tripod in a lightning storm.
The fronts stalled out near the city so tomorrows clash could mean more chasing.
McPherson - 80mph winds, large hail, maybe rotation. Too good to pass up. Left the house and headed about two miles to the north and then a quick jog east. The lightning was incredible, this storm looked very much alive and somewhat angry.
I thought about heading up to Newton to see this storm, but the way the lightning spread out from this, I didn't want to get any closer and take photos.
The storm moved slow and I did notice the anvil making progress to the south. Before long Sedgwick Co. was under a thunderstorm warning.
Also people would drive up to the intersection and watch us for a long time. If you do that and notice they have a camera . . . please turn off your brights (at least).
I know I look like a sasquatch with a tripod in a lightning storm.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
06/09/11 chase Part II The Real Deal
I ran home.
Wall cloud heading to the house, circulation tightening, rain starting to come down and not allow me to see what's happening clearly.
I made it, everyone was hanging out in the basement.
I ran outside to lash myself to the deck like Lt. Dan screaming at the hurricane.
The storm passed through Kechi quickly running into Bel Aire. I know I saw a very brief funnel, but it did not touch down and dissipated after trying to form.
Kechi was hit by heavy rains, light hail (pea to dime sized), and 50-60 mph wind. Luckily, in the city we had minimal damage.
I waited for the main storm to pass, but a cell near Goddard (west of Wichita) strengthened up while this one started east again. There was some very chaotic movement in the storm and I believe it was due to the storms feeding off one another.
I waited for about thirty minutes for the deluge to stop. Wichita was experiencing some flooding. I grabbed the cameras and headed back out. The sunset was awesome showing some mammatus clouds, the pic below didn't do it justice.
Wall cloud heading to the house, circulation tightening, rain starting to come down and not allow me to see what's happening clearly.
I made it, everyone was hanging out in the basement.
I ran outside to lash myself to the deck like Lt. Dan screaming at the hurricane.
The storm passed through Kechi quickly running into Bel Aire. I know I saw a very brief funnel, but it did not touch down and dissipated after trying to form.
Kechi was hit by heavy rains, light hail (pea to dime sized), and 50-60 mph wind. Luckily, in the city we had minimal damage.
I waited for the main storm to pass, but a cell near Goddard (west of Wichita) strengthened up while this one started east again. There was some very chaotic movement in the storm and I believe it was due to the storms feeding off one another.
I waited for about thirty minutes for the deluge to stop. Wichita was experiencing some flooding. I grabbed the cameras and headed back out. The sunset was awesome showing some mammatus clouds, the pic below didn't do it justice.
I shot some lightning in the field but the occasional rain and horizontal lightning bursts overhead made me decide to head back home. I shot lightning out of the garage until the memory card was full. I did a time lapse video of the lightning last night. All in all, exciting evening, no tornado injuries or fatalities in the city of Wichita, and an amazing light show afterwards.
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