On the board with the first tornadoes of the season, but this chase will forever be known for the Illinois record-breaking hail over 5″ in diameter, largest hail I have ever seen! And the best single lightning clip I’ve ever shot!
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Nikon Swap Worked!!!
YAY! Success! Not sure what the turn-around time would’ve been for a straight-up repair, but my work-around to just return the original purchase back to B&H paid off; certainly faster than the alternate, which would’ve seen me send the camera back on MONDAY, and likely still would be in transit…
Facebook Live Party Friday Night
Welp, the YouTube launch happens on Friday! At 6:30pm, the first NEW video of the NEW rebrand premieres! It’ll be the first time ever online I have detailed out my first chase and first tornado all the way back in 1997. It was the chase/tornado that started this whole thing…
The Regular Season To Commence?
If you’ve followed me for a long period of time, you know I compare chase season to football season; with March being the pre-season chsaes, April through June the regular season, the summer into early fall the post-season, and the winter the off-season. If you believe the long-range models, the…
Career Stats
Tactical Weather-Instrumented Sampling in/near Tornadoes Experiment
HAIL CHASES
FLOOD CHASES
LIGHTNING CHASES
MY CHASING HISTORY
The first chase, the first tornado, the May 14, 1997 Ohio-chase that started it all.
The number of Washington Redskins great, Art Monk, becomes a storm chasing icon.
In 22 years, 2 months, and 2 days, I drove half-a-million mile chasing storms across…