Someone saw a statistic that men are considerably (not sure of the percentage) more likely to get hit by lightning, and they stated " I wonder why that is"
Easy I said, the sirens go off and what is the first thing a guy does? Grab his camera and go outside to see it...
wow Thats Me all the way But I know when its time to Yell for Help to hold the Umbrellia or lightning rod as you called it LOL!! Hay Nick come hold this for me!!! :wink:
Go to a 2 hour class, take a quiz. It helps to have your HAM radio license, otherwise you don't get a spotter number. That's mainly because they don't have a phone number to call reports into. You can either submit a report via a radio (that's when you use your spotter number to authenticate yourself), or now you can submit reports online at the National Weather Service website. Still, you can take the class regardless and get "certified".
More like "Certifiable". You just went through that training to justify the reason why you sprint outside with a camera every time the sirens go off. :wink:
Still, of all the volunteer / civic duties out there, Storm Spotter has got to be one of the coolest.
Lol actually, out of all the volunteer positions around, it's probably the easiest/laziest one to get into.
I have yet to actually make a report on a radio or even on the internet, and I've been certified for a few years. The first thing they tell you in the class is the major difference between a storm spotter and a storm chaser is that a spotter reports conditions from where they are, they don't run out to where the action is.
So essentially if I want to be a storm chaser, all I have to do is get in my car and drive off in the direction of a storm. Heh.
I would love to go chasing with them!!! I have heard about them before and The one is just a few years older then me and HOT!!! I woundr if she is Single??? Not like I need to look for another Heart ack right now!!!! :confused: :confused:
Yeah, kinda spendy vacation for chasing storms. Plus, you don't really get the same feeling when you're in a tour bus.
Of course, they only take a couple people at a time. I've seen some chase tours that take vans or buses. To me, that would just be too much.
I do know if I went chasing on my own, I'd want some beater of a vehicle that got decent gas mileage. Given all the hail and what have you, I just wouldn't want to take a nice car/truck.
Mikey - You've seen the Wizard of Oz? The pictures of the Hugo tornado this spring? You think a heavy SUV would be safe?
During the first of a powerful thunderstorm a couple years ago, we saw a fairly large car get blown off the road into the ditch along 35 just north of the Pine City exit.
I wacthed a show on I want to say Weather Chanel that was about the life of a storm chaser and they had a car they called Dillo it was slow as hell and heaver then a fully loaded tank!!! but it was also built like one!! lol and it had tank tracks on it!!!
Some twisters have grabbed RAILROAD cars and tossed them. Some twisters have PEELED ASPHALT OFF ROADS. Face it, unless you can get BELOW ground level (culvert or under a bridge), you might as well be driving a bicycle.
Power was obviously out in Columbia Heights last night.
Of course, that doesn't surprise me, this building is on such a bad circuit anyway. All it takes to knock the power out here is a butterfly landing on one of the power lines in the area.
The storm knocked out my cable last night. I think I had a panic attack because I was unable to end my evening with cable news and Huffington and Politico online. :cool:
Hmm.. you know, I really ought to look into getting a job in a field that gets affected by the weather.. I mean, it'd probably be awful when you have extra to do during that time, but it seems like it would be semi-stable employment. Maybe..
Little Johnny is running around the house making life miserable for his mother. She says, "Johnny, why don't you go across the street and watch them build that house. Maybe you can learn some neat things." Johnny disappears for about four hours and returns later in the afternoon. "Did you learn anything interesting today?" his mother asks. "I learned how to hang a door," Johnny replies. Mom says, "That's great! How do you do that?" "Well, first you get the son of bitch. Then, you slap the piece of shit up there but it's too damn small. So you shave a cunt hair off here and a cunt hair off there and put the damn thing up." Johnny's mom is floored by his language. "You go to your room and wait until your father gets home!!" Later, Johnny's dad goes into his room and says, "I understand you got in a little trouble today." "All I did was tell Mom how to hang a door." "Why don't you tell me," Dad asks. "Well, first you get the son of bitch. Then you slap the piece of shit up there but it's too damn small. So you shave a cunt hair off here and a cunt hair off there and put the damn thing up". Dad screams, "That's it young man. You go get a switch from the back yard." Johnny looks at his dad and says, "screw you, that's the electrician's job!"
Check out the animation above right now. It's like a northern hurricane with rain on the front end and snow behind it.
Was anybody out there today when the big winds hit? Man was that a crazy 20 minutes as the front came through. All kinds of things knocked over in my neighborhood.
If just so happens there's a lot more golfing done in Florida than other states - and a lot more old farts who can't move very fast... :wink:
Easy I said, the sirens go off and what is the first thing a guy does? Grab his camera and go outside to see it...
they're supposed to protect against bright light, and lightning is pretty bright, man....
seems logical to me.
plus, I look cool when i'm out in the rain that way too...
:: takes off god complex suit now ::
does a key, attatched to a string, for a kite work?
And I thought it was because KC has the Ham Radio and we could go storm chasing!!!! I love to do that!!!! :eyeroll: :eyeroll: :wink: :wink:
Still, of all the volunteer / civic duties out there, Storm Spotter has got to be one of the coolest.
I have yet to actually make a report on a radio or even on the internet, and I've been certified for a few years. The first thing they tell you in the class is the major difference between a storm spotter and a storm chaser is that a spotter reports conditions from where they are, they don't run out to where the action is.
So essentially if I want to be a storm chaser, all I have to do is get in my car and drive off in the direction of a storm. Heh.
http://www.twistersisters.com/
That could be an interesting vacation.
dunno if I'd shell out that kinda loot though, to chase storms, with a group and stuff....
Of course, they only take a couple people at a time. I've seen some chase tours that take vans or buses. To me, that would just be too much.
I do know if I went chasing on my own, I'd want some beater of a vehicle that got decent gas mileage. Given all the hail and what have you, I just wouldn't want to take a nice car/truck.
During the first of a powerful thunderstorm a couple years ago, we saw a fairly large car get blown off the road into the ditch along 35 just north of the Pine City exit.
I don't want to be anywhere near a tornado!
Metal Roofing Beam "Power" Driven Into the Asphalt by Twister
Patched Road After Twister Tore it Up
Tanker Railroad Cars Torn off Their Wheels
BoxCars Tossed off the Tracks
He can defeat one of those beasts, in a jiffy.
I heard that hurracans are from when he sneezes!!
and tornadoes are from when he spins a roundhouse kick!!!
Of course, that doesn't surprise me, this building is on such a bad circuit anyway. All it takes to knock the power out here is a butterfly landing on one of the power lines in the area.
But I got to bed early.
so we end our evenings, as soon as every channel turns to infomercials... :coolfrown:
Little Johnny is running around the house making life miserable for his mother. She says, "Johnny, why don't you go across the street and watch them build that house. Maybe you can learn some neat things." Johnny disappears for about four hours and returns later in the afternoon. "Did you learn anything interesting today?" his mother asks. "I learned how to hang a door," Johnny replies. Mom says, "That's great! How do you do that?" "Well, first you get the son of bitch. Then, you slap the piece of shit up there but it's too damn small. So you shave a cunt hair off here and a cunt hair off there and put the damn thing up." Johnny's mom is floored by his language. "You go to your room and wait until your father gets home!!" Later, Johnny's dad goes into his room and says, "I understand you got in a little trouble today." "All I did was tell Mom how to hang a door." "Why don't you tell me," Dad asks. "Well, first you get the son of bitch. Then you slap the piece of shit up there but it's too damn small. So you shave a cunt hair off here and a cunt hair off there and put the damn thing up". Dad screams, "That's it young man. You go get a switch from the back yard." Johnny looks at his dad and says, "screw you, that's the electrician's job!"
Rapid City is reporting 11" so far with high winds. Deadwood has 36" with more to come. This storm is heading your way so get ready.
Love Dad.
tell him he can keep the snow! :coolfrown:
Going to Arkansas again next week may be a good thing :ooh:
Was anybody out there today when the big winds hit? Man was that a crazy 20 minutes as the front came through. All kinds of things knocked over in my neighborhood.
Last time we got one like that up here, we got 5.5 feet of snow during a non-stop four-day snowstorm/blizzard.
Same thing with rains that hang in one place for awhile - those dang counter-clockwise weather patterns make for some concerning weather.
One of my sons was driving on Military Rd heading to Afton today when the winds hit and he said he saw some trees blowing over.