What an interesting night last night! I had a 18 hour break from work and so my friend Brad and I decided to head to Linville Gorge for some hiking, camping, and maybe some storm chasing. We started out the trip by trying to figure out where to camp. This was a new area of … More Thunderstorms & Hiking
What a great week for summer storms! The atmosphere has been prime and producing towering monster storms with tons of lightning and rain. This means a lot of driving and a lot of chasing! This first picture is from Thomasville NC. My comrades and I were tracking some thunderstorms close to lexington and happened to … More Towering storms and sunflowers
A successful storm chase yesterday! I am still going through pictures and video, but aside from tornadoes, we were able to catch everything else we were looking for. The position of the threat send Nic Roberson and I up to Petersburg, Va, to wait out the storms. While we were waiting, we made the most … More A lot of chasing, a lot of driving… 6/13/13
Still i the wake of horrible news (see last post), I set forth to cheer up by chasing some medium strength storms around NC. Usually around this part of the U.S. storms tend to have an abundant amount of moisture, usually restricting visibility of the storm structure. However, I was in for a pleasant surprise! … More Wide Open Storms
It was an interesting week for storm chasing and storm chasers alike. The week started out with some very hard news about the death of 3 incredible storm chasers and researchers, with a cumulative 40+ years of chasing experience. There names are Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young, taken by the EF5 tornado in … More A tribute to the real stormchasers 6-6-13
My first post about an adventure! I ended up chasing a storm that popped up near Galax Va early this week (5/20/13). I started off by hitting the blue ridge parkway and set off to find a foreground. I often forget how hard it is to find a foreground when you need one…but I drove … More First Post and Early Week Storm Chase 5/24/13
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