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It depends, it has to be very promising. As you know, Wisconsin has a lot of hills and trees. Trees are bad. A group of us were in the Sparta/Lacrosse area back in 2011 chasing. It was a bust, but we almost died. We we're going up a hill about 60mph and there was a 90 degree turn right past the top. Of course there was no sign. A couple summers ago, I was going to meet up with some friends of mine in Galena, Ill, but they decided to chase in Waterloo. But I went anyway. Followed some other student chasers from Oklahoma I think. All I saw was some rotation, and some nice hail, but no tornadoes. It was hard to keep up with the, they did about 80 all the time. I actually went around a car stopped at a RR crossing while the gates were coming down. I could see the train coming and knew I had plenty of time, didn't want to lose the other chasers.
But anyway, the only way I would chase around here if there is a high risk. I always picked the wrong chases to go on in school.
My goal is to hit all of the old NL Central, including Houston. Then expand from there. Maybe I will swing up to Miller this summer.
Miller, Busch in 2005, US Cellular. Will hit GAB, and hopefully Dodger. I do need to hit up Wrigley before it finally crumbles.
you chased near Galena? Where? Or just Galena? Hearing that people are storm chasing close to your home is unnerving, ha! We always said if we saw the TIV drive by, to the basement we go.
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TICKETS!
LET ME KNOW!
I NEED TO PUT THE DAY IN THIS WEEK IF I AM GOING!
I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE MY DAD!
Actually I stopped in Stockton I believe to wait for storms to fire. Then I went down around the Forreston/Polo area and made my way up through Byron into Rockford. If I saw TIV drive by, I would get in my car and follow.
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yep, that's close enough. We've had a couple close hits at home. The year of the Parkersburg tornado we were at DH's cousin's grad party and ended up watching the news alerts in their basement...........Good ole Terry Swails was talking about a tornado warning in our county and said if you are between rinky dink gravel road and this other rinky dink road....that is where the circulation is right now. It was literally the roads on either side of our farm. I was about 15 minutes away and was texting my brother. Never thought I'd hear those road names on the news! They didn't end up seeing anything, but at the worst, my (very smart) brother opened the door outside and said the drive in front of the barn kept getting those little swirlies and the air just felt eerie. Like he could hear the tree in the yard blow one way and then the other. The next day they found a bunch of swirly patterns in the grass field below the barn. So no confirmed touchdown but you could definitely tell stuff was circulating.
I was driving up to Sioux Falls from Nebraska to attend my SIL's college graduation, and had one of the TIV's pass me, along with a scout car. They were en route to where the storms were going to fire, but it was still unnerving.
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IMO, history, and history education, are awesome.
CycloneErik was not only my inspiration to major in history at Iowa State, but he is my idol, and I would give my left nut to one day call 6th floor Ross my home.
CycloneErik was not only my inspiration to major in history at Iowa State, but he is my idol, and I would give my left nut to one day call 6th floor Ross my home.
There are still dead/busted up trees from the Parkersburg tornado's path near where my cousin lives just north of Waterloo. Someone my cousin knows told them that they were outside at the time heading out to the barn with a can of soda. This guy opens the can of soda and before he takes a sip, he looks over and sees it coming. He quickly sets the can of soda on a table and gets his family to take shelter. After it passes, he goes out to assess the damage. Not sure what the extent of it was. But he couldn't believe that the can of soda was still on table, standing straight up. He goes over to it and I **** you not, the thing was empty. The tornado sucked the soda out of it but left the can.
History is what you make it. And history is is neat. Also, watching Unbroken for the first time tonight. Pretty good flick.
Mostly excited for Cardinals baseball. Can't wait for April 5th to kick off the season with Cardinals-Cubs.
I usually spend most of the summer with a passing interest in baseball until August or so and then I really get into it right as football starts. This year I think I'll try to pay more attention during the summer.
I usually spend most of the summer with a passing interest in baseball until August or so and then I really get into it right as football starts. This year I think I'll try to pay more attention during the summer.
back in 98 or 99 we had some bad ones come through and a friend of my parents had a machine shed lifted up and moved over about 15-20 feet. The milk jugs they had inside were left sitting in there place on the dirt. The investigator people called it straight line winds.
It's just crazy what that stuff can do.
I grew up just south of New Hartford. Tornado missed my house just barely. Went to help friends in NH clean up. One family we helped clean up, their mailbox stood in place, the front and back of it ripped off, but the mail sat in the box untouched.
