We had a fun day in Southeast Kansas today... between the amazing structure, insane dercecho, and incredible CGs, we had a helluva day which looked to be busting pretty bad for a while.
The group of us Amos mentioned hung around in the same Best Western parking lot which I am sending this from here in Emporia til nearly 7pm. We finally took off after the first cell. We got a great treat..
Cell 1: Incredible Structure
Cell 2: Awesome CGs
Cell 3: The derecho from hell which obviousll cleared I-35 north of where we were..
I'll have a complete log up shortly, but I have to post these lightning pics... I took these on 15 second exposures with my Canon A85 as the lightning was literally right on top of us! These were the crazy CGs we saw in the second storm after sunset.
Shots of my life so far and pretty well are the report... I'll post storm structure shots and maybe a quick video of our derecho experience later on!
Great chase with friends as I've been lucky to enjoy the last couple weeks with. It does appear we're gonna take a break and return to Denver for a day or so to refuel and reload. We intend to be back as soon as the weather warrents (in a couple days it looks), so hopefully I'll be able to enjoy the time with friends again!
One last picture... below is a hilarious shot I took of Jon Van de Grift and Eric Nguyen while we were chillin' at the Emporia Best Western... not sure what they were looking at, but it can't be good! Give it a caption; I'm sure you can get pretty creative!
Another great day!!!
Today, looks like we're gonna return to Denver for a couple down days before heading back out again over the weekend. Today will be a travel day getting back to Denver from here in Emporia; looks like Friday and possibly Saturday will be spent at home relaxing before heading back out for what could be a potentially good week next week! We shall see! Anywoo, I'm stealing Wifi again from this Best Western, so I am gonna head back across the street to our Wifi-less Days Inn (which was $15 cheaper) and begin to pack up and get ready to return home for a couple days. My car is slightly wounded (slight tire damage and windshield wiper) and could use an oil change. As is sits right now, I should easily surpass 4,000 miles for the Mayathon before reaching home tonight, probably doubling that next week. On May 28, we're going to head to Wakita for the Stormtrack Picnic and Twister reunion (aren't we just a bunch of nerds) which barring any chasable weather, will likely be the end of the Mayathon. So far; 6 chase days; 5 tornadoes; awesome structured storms, incredible lightning, and only 1 bust!
KICK ASS!!!! :o)
