Yes, he was just ahead of me on the highway and I have a sneaking suspicion that he called the Sheriff's office and had them close down the highway for those behind him. Pretty smart way to get an exclusive if they fall for it (and they did).
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: > These guys were a lot crazier in chasing that beast.. > > http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/05/09/extreme-close-up-video-takes-you-as-close-as-youll-ever-want-to-be-to-huge-tornado/ > > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dramatic stuff Darren! >> Hope you have a sharp eyed lookout scanning the skies when you're >> fiddling with a camera under such conditions. >> >> J >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Darren Addy" <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 10:47:32 AM >> Subject: GESO: Yuma County Colorado tornadoes, Saturday May 7, 2016 >> >> I had my most successful chase day ever on Saturday (saw 3 tornadoes), >> but not my most photogenic photographs. >> >> I left North Platte, NE at 4 PM hoping to get to Holyoke or Wray, CO >> to see some Colorado Front Range tornadoes. Got to the rest area at >> Julesburg, CO (on Interstate 80) and grabbed a free Colorado road map. >> Then proceeded south of Julesburg on Hwy 385. A line of supercells was >> already forming just west of 385 and they were moving to the N/NNW as >> they were close the surface low. My target was the southernmost storm >> that was moving N/NNE. >> >> The cell just north of that one had been tornado warned once already >> (as I was leaving Julesburg) but I did not want to target it for long, >> fearing I would be run over by the hail core of the storm coming up >> behind it. Still, I thought I would keep an eye on it as I went by it >> on my way to the more southerly cell. >> >> I saw what appeared to be a Rear Flank Downdraft (RFD) cut in that >> storm as I came along side. When it was clear that a funnel was >> forming I pulled off the highway (there was no shoulder) and jumped >> out to take pics. Here is the tornado, which I believe is in contact >> with the ground (but can't be positive because of a hill in between >> us). >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/26880136486/in/dateposted-public/ >> >> While I was taking the photos of this tornadoes entire life cycle, the >> CSWR convoy of radar trucks went flying north past me up the highway, >> with a bunch of chasers following them. ( http://www.cswr.org/ ) Their >> target did not affect mine, I still thought that the storm approaching >> Wray would be the most interesting of the day. It was. >> >> The tornado that made national news began over the city of Wray as a >> tiny little funnel in the sky that I captured as I was traveling back >> through Wray after exploring a bit to its west. In the amount of time >> it took me to reach the intersection of Hwy 385 again, it has already >> reached the ground with a needle-like appearance: >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/26847394921/ >> >> Quickly it morphed into a larger tornado: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/26309615994/ >> >> Fortunately, this part of the front range is sparsely populated, but I >> did see one house along the highway that lost its roof, drove over >> downed powerlines across the highway (driving around a 5th wheel >> trailer that had been deposited directly in the highway) and captured >> this image of the receding tornado with some parked semi trailers that >> it tossed around. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/26915145455/ >> >> I later saw a 3rd tornado out my passenger window, but by the time I >> got off the road it had already lifted. I have no idea how long I was >> oblivious to it as I drove along side it, but it was a good couple of >> miles away and moving away from me. >> >> All in all, I was very happy with my forecast, my route, and my >> targeting. I only wish I had gotten some more photogenic images, >> rather than documentary ones. >> >> -- >> “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” >> ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
