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May 28, 2013, Tornadic Supercell by Grand Ledge, Michigan 14 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
Tornado season is now long past, and the sting of missing great storms either through bad targeting or having to head home one and two days before two major events has eased. Maybe next year will be b...
Remember When . . . ? 17 Jul 2013 | 09:38 am
Remember when tornado photos were all black-and-white, and you only saw them in the newspapers? Remember how rare it was to see them? Remember newspapers? Remember how fascinated and delighted you...
Getting the Feel of a Key 13 Jul 2013 | 10:09 am
Before I launch into the topic of this post–a quick tip of the hat to Big Band Nouveau for Thursday night’s outstanding performance at The B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids. I think this was our best sh...
Missing Out on Moore 2 Jul 2013 | 10:25 pm
I haven’t posted in this blog for several weeks. Behind my lack of motivation lies a depression over how this storm season has turned out for me, which reflects a broader sense of personal failure as ...
June 12 Chase in Northwest Indiana and Michigan 14 Jun 2013 | 02:56 am
There’s nothing fancy about these pics. They are what they are. But after a tremendously frustrating May–a rant I won’t even bother to get into right now–it is nice to have at least something to show....
Why I Chase Storms: A Storm Chaser’s Manifesto 6 Jun 2013 | 12:03 am
I posted the following message on Facebook, but it really belongs here. It is one of what I think will be a number of very personal, reflective posts on storm chasing as I process the impact of a diff...
The Deaths of Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young 3 Jun 2013 | 10:26 am
When last I wrote about this year’s storm season, it was non-existent: a cold, cold April and early May with teaser setups shot to pieces by crashing cold fronts. Funny how fast things can change–or ...
Video Tutorial #3: Circular Breathing 18 May 2013 | 06:14 pm
Circular breathing has something of a sensationalist aura about it, but its mystique exceeds its mystery. There’s no secret to acquiring the skill other than to learn how it’s done and then work at it...
A Crummy Storm Season and an Upcoming Video Tutorial on Circular Breathing 9 May 2013 | 08:39 pm
Well over a month has elapsed since my last post. I look at the date of that post, April 1, and think, Right. April Fool, everybody. It sure fooled me. My exuberant expectations for this storm season...
Are the Great Plains About to Open for Business? 1 Apr 2013 | 07:54 pm
Last year’s abnormally balmy March opened for storm chasers with a lion-like roar on the 2nd with a deadly outbreak of tornadoes along the Ohio River southward. But from then on, with the exception of...
