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Storm Chasing!

Jay+MarissaJay+Marissa member
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in Texas-Dallas and Ft. Worth
Guess who's going storm chasing today! Hopefully I'll come back with some good pics and videos tomorrow!
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  • bdettecrowbdettecrow
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    edited December 2011
    Have fun!!! You are so brave. But I can't wait to see pictures.
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  • Jeff and DeepthiJeff and Deepthi
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    edited December 2011
    Be safe!! Good luck getting the pics you want!
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  • BanannaPBanannaP member
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    edited December 2011
    That's awesome! Courts says he wants to do that, but he's such a weenie I don't think he ever really would.
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  • shandarsshandars
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    edited December 2011
    HAHA, I thought about you when they said there was a tornado that touched down near Norman. 

    How is it only one month until your wedding? AHHH! Time sure does fly!
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  • JessAndColtonJessAndColton member
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    edited December 2011
    I used to want to be a storm chaser so bad when I grow up. haha.  I have always been facinated by them. :)  Can't wait to see pics and videos.
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  • fallbride1109fallbride1109 member
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    edited December 2011
    Are you all right??!!  I just saw 5 people were killed in Oklahoma.  Please check in!  :)
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  • Jay+MarissaJay+Marissa member
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    edited December 2011
    I was fine--we only saw a few spin ups and dust clouds--pics below. Shanda--I got to chase with one of Gary England's Chasers--ironically a dude from England. He brought his "mum" here a year ago, promised her tornadoes never hit Norman, and ironically one went through their neighborhood (minimal damage, but it wiped out houses less than 1/4 mile away). We ended up not seeing much because the storms were simply moving too fast for us to catch them!

    I was in Stillwater at the time of the OKC/Norman tornadoes. Jay actually saw the debris cloud go by his apartment--ironically right next to the National Weather Center. Thank goodness I yelled at Jay not to go on a bike ride earlier--his two favorite spots to ride were hit horribly. We had a hard time getting back because we kept hitting downed power lines and roadblocks. There was some really bad damage out in the boonies, and a country grocery store collapsed--it looked bad.

    Below--scud and a dust cloud near the spin ups we saw--those happened too quickly for me to get a pic, but the other people might have some








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  • Jay+MarissaJay+Marissa member
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    edited December 2011
    Oh, and haha, I wouldn't call it "brave" or "dangerous"--I chased with this guy:

    http://oustormchasergbc.moonfruit.com/

    and other meteorology majors and grad students who know what they are doing. We had internet, radars, radios, contact with the weather stations and we actively avoided the dangerous areas--we just want to see them! I would never go with people who didn't know what they are doing. It actually is probably the safest place to be on a day like this!
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  • bdettecrowbdettecrow
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    edited December 2011
    Those pictures are great, Marissa! Sounds like you had a good time, if that's what you call it. Tough hearing about the damage the tornados did, but I bet it's an interesting time!
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  • bdettecrowbdettecrow
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    edited December 2011
    http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/deadly-tornado-alley-dead-dozens-injured/story?id=10612080

    Just watched this video. About brought me to tears!
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  • serlaceserlace
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    edited December 2011
    Oh my gosh - I'm glad you are okay.  Crazy girl!  I thought about you, too, when I heard about the tornadoes.
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  • kristinalilykristinalily
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    edited December 2011
    I'm sooooo glad you got to go!!! :) (even though the action was in Norman lol)
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