Wednesday, May 22, 2013

2013 Storm Chase, day 2: Squall line inhibits any tornadoes.

On day 2 (5/21/13), we chased a squall line that produced no tornadoes. Essentially, a squall line is a line of storms that congeal together to make a rainy, windy mess that is not photogenic at all. So I have zero photos from that day. So we've had two chase days so far, but they were a bust. Not much else to say here.

2013 Storm Chase, Day 1: Heavy heart

On May 20, 2013, we chased south of Oklahoma City, and thus missed the carnage of the EF5 rated tornado that destroyed parts of Moore, OK. We won't chase in cities, and I'm glad we didn't. What we "saw" was one rain-wrapped tornado that was too difficult for me to make out, though others of our party saw it. We didn't know how bad the destruction in Moore was until we got back to our hotel. I was devastated. I don't know what else to say about it.