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Post by chech on May 27, 2017 11:12:16 GMT
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Post by californian on May 28, 2017 14:35:46 GMT
Are we going to see you in the Weather Channel? I'm looking forward to your tale, it will be interesting! Give us a hint which cities, states will you be visiting? (I have relatives/friends all over Tornado Alley)
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Post by chech on May 28, 2017 15:18:04 GMT
We start in Denver and then go where ever there are storms. No itinery, no meals included. Hotels are whatever they can find at the end of the chase day (Super 8 etc) and meals are McDonalds and mom-n-pop diners. We could hit Nebraska, Dakotas and even go into Canada. Depending on the systems, we might even go into Kansas or as far south as Oklahoma and Texas. When I go again in August, we might hunt the Arizona monsoons before we head north to the sit under totality of the 21 Aug eclipse.  |
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Post by californian on May 28, 2017 15:57:51 GMT
Nice! It must be a small group then? Luckily there are many "complexes" with several hotels next to each other or close enough to accommodate even a big group. My family/friends are in Wichita Falls, TX; Enid OK; St Louis Mo; Mattoon, Il; Colorado Springs, CO; Huntsville, AL; Virginia and Pennsylvania. so I hope you don't go near any of these places! I'll be thinking of you and watching the Weather Channel!
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Post by purvis on May 28, 2017 17:39:30 GMT
Chech: Mom & Pop Dinners and McD's are the type of places I like to eat in. As for accommodations I must say that I like 4-5 star but have stayed in much less over the years. Sounds like a very unusual type of tour but also very exciting. Purvis
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Post by chech on May 28, 2017 18:23:57 GMT
Yeah...looks to be only two vans on this tour. Our van has six of us with the staff and we do the whole ten days. The other van splits the tour with a group of seven for 5 days each. Apparently, we can mix and match between the two vans. I'm looking forward to trying the mom-n-pop diners. I don't mind the hotels. These are clean and comfortable and apparently we get in at like 10 pm if we chase that day and can be up early and gone. And given that we could end a chase in the middle of Nebraska, they'll put us up in the best that is available. The start hotel at the Denver airport region looks nice. I spend two nights there and will figure out how to get down to Park Meadows Mall on my pre-day to check out LL Bean...and believe it or not...a real Wrangler Store! LOL |
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Post by californian on May 28, 2017 19:49:04 GMT
Chech, write a good tale please (well, same as you have us accustomed to read) my son in law is crazy about chasing storms, I have been in the car with him and my daughter and going out of the way and wait and wait for the storm to get closer, lots of heavy rain and hail, no tornadoes, thank you very much. Now sometimes we watched simultaneously the weather channel and text each other when the storms get closer where the grand kids live. A couple of weeks ago they were intense and close to them. Good luck, hope you see interesting things and the driver keeps you safe!
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Post by chech on May 29, 2017 15:28:09 GMT
I definitely plan a good tale. It'll most likely be a different format since the itinerary is not set. Depending on how it runs from day to day, it might be one like the Arctic which went by landing with a general page on the usual day to day activities. Depends on what we intercept. |
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Post by chech on Jun 3, 2017 20:21:19 GMT
A week to go....and nope, Boop, I'm not packed. |
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Post by Tulips on Jun 4, 2017 1:33:03 GMT
Have you seen the video of the tornado in Alberta today?
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Post by Owen on Jun 4, 2017 4:25:44 GMT
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Post by chech on Jun 4, 2017 15:43:34 GMT
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Post by californian on Jun 4, 2017 16:03:35 GMT
A week to go....and nope, Boop, I'm not packed. Well, what's to pack?....a few of the hundreds T-Shirts you have, a couple of jeans and rain gear and you are ready to go...if there is an easy tour to pack, this is it! |
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Post by chech on Jun 4, 2017 23:08:32 GMT
LOL...you got that right! I'm packing more camera gear than clothes. Even my tripod is coming along. I just dumped back in the same clothes I wore in Egypt. And I get a day of shopping in Denver. |
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Post by 1jhwks on Jun 5, 2017 0:09:45 GMT
Whoa!!!!!!!!! No thanks!! |
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Post by 1jhwks on Jun 5, 2017 3:33:01 GMT
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Post by chech on Jun 5, 2017 14:31:58 GMT
Yeah...that as so cool! |
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Post by chech on Jun 12, 2017 12:09:05 GMT
Well, I walked into my hotel room last night and looked out the window to this.  Nice way to start. I got an email too saying that we'll be starting two hours earlier tomorrow because there looks to be severe weather developing in eastern Nebraska. But today, it's shop till I drop.  P.S. I can't believe that I forgot a toothbrush! LOL |
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Post by 1jhwks on Jun 12, 2017 12:33:43 GMT
OMG!! You will almost be in KC area. just a couple of hours south. We will be in the 90s here.
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Post by californian on Jun 14, 2017 13:56:48 GMT
Lots of activity yesterday around Wyoming, Nebraska, the Dakotas, hope Chech is enjoying it.
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Post by chech on Jun 14, 2017 17:21:18 GMT
I missed out on the Wyoming storms on Monday. The tour didn't start until Tuesday, but they sent out an email inviting any of us who were in town to go....but I was down at the mall...an hour away by train and couldn't make it back. They saw several tornadoes. Yesterday, we headed into Nebraska and met up with some great thunderstorms near York, Nebraska. Got a few nice shots including lightning. I love the colours!  |
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Post by chech on Jun 14, 2017 20:44:12 GMT
Heading to south eastern Kansas now.
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Post by californian on Jun 14, 2017 20:53:37 GMT
Great picture Chech! |
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Post by californian on Jun 14, 2017 21:08:09 GMT
Keep them coming... |
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Post by 1jhwks on Jun 14, 2017 22:53:36 GMT
Chech, tell them you got a friend in KC! Don't they need a local guide? They said next chance will be Saturday night. In the meantime, 95 tomorrow with heat index 104!! |
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Post by chech on Jun 15, 2017 0:33:17 GMT
Looks like we're sticking to Kansas area tomorrow. Something looks to pop up in the afternoon.
Sitting outside Wichita now waiting for the storm to develop. Lots o rain and thunder.
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Post by 1jhwks on Jun 15, 2017 1:07:05 GMT
Wichita is about 3 hours from KC. See if they can take you to Greensburg, KS. It is west of Wichita. The town was hit by an EF5 tornado ten years ago. They are rebuilding the town. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8pDRogNJSE |
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Post by chech on Jun 15, 2017 16:41:14 GMT
Headed to central Kansas today. If you saw the lightning video on the Weather Channel this morning in Mulvane Kansas...we were right under that lightning.
Spectacular.
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Post by 1jhwks on Jun 15, 2017 18:00:04 GMT
Did you get pics/vid?
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Post by chech on Jun 15, 2017 18:13:51 GMT
Yup....can't post from my phone but I'll post from laptop later
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