2004 CHASE SEASON

A rare October sight in the night skies over Denver as storms moved off the mountains and across southern Denver leading to an amazing fall lightning show. This was one of my last lightning ventures with my film Canon AE-1.

Today was a career day that nearly doubled the tornadoes I saw back on May 12. An unbelievable day which kicked off from Denver at 5:30am. I drove into Salina and conversed with fellow chasers including Roger Hill about the day’s prospects. After a Wendy’s lunch, I elected to head south and meet my chasing [...]

Omigod! I can’t even begin to describe which will likely become a historical storm. Starting shortly after 7 and going well passed dark, I ended up wrapping up the day with at least seven different tornadoes. The South-End Charlie served us well as it developed meso after meso, cycling through about every 15 minutes and [...]

What a day! And in March none-the-less! Early morning checks of data weren’t looking too promising, and although hopes were high to see something, this was about the furthest thing to expect. What started out as a high end SLIGHT RISK was later upgraded to a MODERATE RISK when storms began to fire and go [...]