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Hopefully this wont be another chaser nail in the coffin for 2020 (!)
Posted: Apr 18, 2020, 2:05 PM
Ofcourse ... Who else?I guess you're not gonna see it unless you're inside it :)
Posted: Apr 19, 2020, 5:34 PM
Grilling during the lockdown and self isolation.
Posted: Apr 20, 2020, 5:44 PM
Sickening. Esp after people question me about social distancing.Akin to being in Florida and seeing so many people still out and about (this pic was today. On beach, no masks, everyone the same as a year ago). WTF?
Posted: Apr 25, 2020, 9:36 PM
You just gotta do some things yourself :)
Posted: Apr 27, 2020, 9:55 AM
I dont get this... Any thoughts?I worked at a W2 employer IN FL (who placed me in CO and directly told me I was eligible) and this layoff was because of COVID-19.So what is Gov DeSantis saying everyone gets unemployment? Say what, mister DeSantis?Duh,? Huh? Booee?
Posted: Apr 27, 2020, 12:44 PM
Just about over Tulsa, OK (6:35 or so).
Posted: Apr 28, 2020, 4:46 PM
Near Haskell, Oklahoma (4/28) near dusk.
Posted: Apr 29, 2020, 5:19 AM
Interesting twist to eating at the Big Texan :)Outside picnic table dining and order pickup.
Posted: May 1, 2020, 5:55 PM
HCRs (horizontal convective rolls) in stable layer north of Lamar, CO. Targeting marginal setup near Denver area later.
Posted: May 2, 2020, 11:21 AM
Cute little bow segment east of Denver international airport.
Posted: May 2, 2020, 6:43 PM
Severe storm west of Wray, Colorado.
Posted: May 3, 2020, 5:12 PM
Tornado bullseye in extreme NE Oklahoma. Let's do this :)
Posted: May 4, 2020, 10:34 AM
Wicked HP supercell notch and rotating wall cloud with tail earlier south of Salina, Oklahoma (Lake Hudson). Note the splashes in the water in the foreground (hail up to 2")!
Posted: May 4, 2020, 5:59 PM
Near Chetopa (extreme SE Kansas). Beautiful yellow wildflower "carpet". Picture un processed.
Posted: May 5, 2020, 10:53 AM
Asps ... Very dangerous. Just kidding - But here are some asperatus cloud formations over Geronimo Oklahoma with an AC castellanus field overhead.
Posted: May 7, 2020, 10:39 AM
The mothership (west of Chillihothe, TX) :)
Posted: May 7, 2020, 5:08 PM
Use Pops-A-Dent :)
Posted: May 8, 2020, 9:00 AM
Nice LP supercell north of Emporia, Kansas.
Posted: May 14, 2020, 5:02 PM
So May was supposed to pick up? The major trough will sit off the W coast for over a week with a blocked pattern INSTEAD. DISGUSTING :[#YouMissedApril22
Posted: May 15, 2020, 7:47 AM
Near Calhan, Colorado (May 15).
Posted: May 15, 2020, 5:23 PM
Come on ... It's just an extra 10 or 15 feet to toss the used glove in the trash can (the structure a few feet in the background in case you can't see it) :/
Posted: May 17, 2020, 1:59 PM
Close but no cigar ;)Near Forrest, Illinois earlier (May 17). View is WNW.
Posted: May 17, 2020, 4:33 PM
Rainbow and flooded cornfields (May 17 in IL).
Posted: May 17, 2020, 5:32 PM
Flooding in the Chicago Suburbs. That's a car floating in the street in DuPage County.
Posted: May 17, 2020, 7:31 PM
OK ... So the Florida DEO sent me an email saying I need to logon and enter some information. The new claim (the THIRD ONE) I entered on May 16 was also denied (ineligible).Who the Hell do you think I am? WTF am I supposed to do with this???And if anyone tells me this is a glitch and I have to wait and will eventually get these benefits = You got the WRONG information. The Covid-19 statistics are more accurate than these lying skanks.
Posted: May 20, 2020, 5:50 PM
Beautiful tornado warned HP supercell south of Lankin, Kansas. May 21, 7:25 PM.
Posted: May 21, 2020, 5:34 PM
Towers going up (south of Frederick, Oklahoma) - May 22.
Posted: May 22, 2020, 1:53 PM
Just west of Grandfiekd, Oklahoma. May 22 (5:50 PM).
Posted: May 22, 2020, 3:54 PM
While penetrating a weak core of a storm in NW Missouri there was a different type of traffic. Not storm chasers, but horse drawn buggies! There apparently is a substantial Amish community in NW Missouri / SW Iowa.
Posted: May 25, 2020, 5:56 AM
Looks like these storm chasers (red dots) simply ran out of room. Tornado alley is big but not that big. Learn Spanish and have a passport (and body guard)!
Posted: May 25, 2020, 3:43 PM
Brief funnel northeast of Cedar Rapids in (where else) Iowa (May 25).
Posted: May 25, 2020, 4:20 PM
Well, looks like I'll be in Iowa today (for possible tornadoes). Dont lie to me, lie owa!
Posted: May 26, 2020, 6:47 AM
Earlier near Ogden, Iowa. May 26, 2020.
Posted: May 26, 2020, 1:46 PM
Dug up this radar image showing the Wichita County area about the time the coconut sized (and larger) hail was pummeling Burkburnett, Texas during the evening of May 22. It is for echo tops, showing a return from at least 65,000 feet (blue square)! That's between 18 to 19 km into the lower stratosphere. Without a full pressure suit, blood boils at only 62,000 feet (under a midnight blackish-blue sky in broad sunlight) :/
Posted: May 27, 2020, 8:09 PM
So nice to get back in the air and go skydiving up here at Chicagoland Skydive CSC near Rochelle, IL! What a mental "fix" this can provide :)
Posted: May 30, 2020, 10:13 AM
Now a flat tire? What else, God?Fixing it and low and behold TWO nails were in it, not ONE :(Then air compressor dies ... Blows ciggie lighter fuse. Now hunting for fuses. Jesus.
Posted: Jun 1, 2020, 9:40 AM
Wicked. Near Geneva, Minnesota earlier (June 2, 2020).
Posted: Jun 2, 2020, 5:56 PM
This afternoon in north-central Nebraska. Better than no storms! June 3, 2020.
Posted: Jun 3, 2020, 5:31 PM
Majestic supercell near Faith, SD (June 4).
Posted: Jun 4, 2020, 4:28 PM
South of Wall, SD (June 4).
Posted: Jun 4, 2020, 6:50 PM
Beautiful. If you look closely there should be a pot of gold somewhere at the rainbows end!
Posted: Jun 4, 2020, 6:58 PM
Looks like Rapid City, SD got some hail earlier (June 4).
Posted: Jun 4, 2020, 7:26 PM
🎵🎶 "...THESE were the days, my friend, we thought they never end ... " 🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵 "...The days, oh yes those were the days ..." 🎶🎶🎵
Posted: Jun 5, 2020, 7:42 AM
Spending storm chasing off time at Mount Rushmore area (June 5) :)
Posted: Jun 5, 2020, 10:47 AM
Safelite has some good deals on auto glass this month. Hint: It appears a few chasers are about to get "cored" by this hailer in NW Nebraska!🎶🎵 Safelite repair, Safelite replace 🎶🎵
Posted: Jun 5, 2020, 7:08 PM
Full Throttle Saloon (NE of Sturgis, SD). The places storm chasing takes you past :)
Posted: Jun 6, 2020, 12:02 PM
Line echo wave pattern (LEWP) and incredible shelf cloud (June 6)!
Posted: Jun 6, 2020, 6:11 PM
ACCAS (Altocumulus Castellanus) clouds high over North Dakota west of Fargo as I head east and eventually northeast. June 7.
Posted: Jun 7, 2020, 10:18 AM
SE of Grand Forks ND on the Minnesota side of the Red River on Highway 75 now. I'm keeping a visual on the warm front!
Posted: Jun 7, 2020, 12:52 PM
So are all these people gonna bust today?#youmissedapril22
Posted: Jun 7, 2020, 2:16 PM
When you basically run out of space. Letting the storm go into Canada. Not worth it.
Posted: Jun 7, 2020, 4:37 PM
Looking SW near Arnold, NE at 7:45 CDT (June 8). From 25 miles out.Probably part of the shelf cloud.
Posted: Jun 8, 2020, 5:56 PM
That's crazy ;)Near Arnold, NE (June 8).
Posted: Jun 8, 2020, 6:13 PM
Brief view of it (near Arnold, NE) ... June 8. Photo enhanced a bit.
Posted: Jun 8, 2020, 6:55 PM
The whoes and vein pops of chase season 2020...
Posted: Jun 9, 2020, 6:49 PM
Despite the lack luster chase day. It was great to come across a few great storm chasers. Jeff Piotrowski Roger Hill, @[593242850:2048:Caleb Elliott], @[689630476:2048:John Thomas III Moon], @[100001812439498:2048:Greg Ansel], among others. A rough year indeed. We are in this together.
Posted: Jun 9, 2020, 8:30 PM
This is stupid, ridiculous, and a f'cking joke. I am on my 5th claim trying to get unemployment in FL and trying for PUA as well. The website clearly says that weeks do NOT need to be claimed with at least 5 work contacts.Yet once it the system it still forces you to enter them (the screen in the image should not even have come up). Meanwhile I'm still waiting for a lousy penny from them. What idiots!I guess it's easier to see a photogenic wedge tornado in 2020 than FL to get its unemployment system fixed?
Posted: Jun 11, 2020, 7:31 AM
After all that red tape and entering nearly 6 (six) claims since mid March ... I am awarded with a whopping $125 a week in unemployment!Question ... Where and how does the CARES act come into play? I assume its automatic and comes as a separate check / deposit like the stimulus?
Posted: Jun 15, 2020, 3:28 PM
I'm from this point on, taking Covid-19 just as the common cold or the flu. Basically it is never gonna go away and we all have to live with it - For the rest of our lives.The only hope will be better treatments, or, hopefully, a vaccine. The second wave, as expected, is well underway - Especially in places like S Florida. This second wave WILL be WORSE than the first one, forcing us to probably lock-down a second time. Warmer weather doesn't slow it down either like the flu. People won't change, and it's just not going away. Period.It will continue to kill (albeit a small portion of those infected) but the social impacts will be devastating and long lasting. So far, It ruined things we love, lost our jobs, corrupted our government, canceled events, and even disrupted things ranging from airshows, concerts, sports, and even storm chasing.Merely shaking hands, church, and going to a buffet in Las Vegas is something we have to live without now. I wish I can say something good but I don't know what to say. Everywhere I look its not anything good.Like the image ... Anything "Less than 2%" with this stupid pandemic would be nice (let alone tornado probabilities) :/
Posted: Jun 15, 2020, 3:54 PM
Six years ago today (June 16, 2014) near Pilger NE.No dust bunnies of 2020 (to retard moisture return or raise the heights) to be found :(
Posted: Jun 16, 2020, 8:48 AM
We're not doing all that great right now - God bless us all...#YouMissedApril22
Posted: Jun 18, 2020, 12:43 PM
The secret "sauce"!#GrillOn
Posted: Jun 18, 2020, 3:38 PM
Near Purdum, Nebraska (June 20).
Posted: Jun 20, 2020, 2:52 PM
South of Purdum, NE (June 20) around 5 PM CDT.
Posted: Jun 20, 2020, 3:19 PM
Take that 6/20/2010!Brief rope tornado north of Halsey, Nebraska (around 5:20 PM CDT).
Posted: Jun 20, 2020, 3:30 PM
The Big Texan steakhouse. Open and alive and well. Just separated seating. A must for any storm chaser!
Posted: Jun 22, 2020, 10:16 AM
Not sure whats up with ALL the hotels in Liberal, KS?Really? Booked solid? Why?Chasers? Lol
Posted: Jun 22, 2020, 10:26 AM
Finally making my way back home after storm chasing on and off since April 26. It's certainly been a lack luster year (2020) but it had some moments. It was a pleasure seeing those who made it out there!(Picture From 6/22 in TX Panhandle)
Posted: Jun 23, 2020, 12:48 PM
Last setup looks like is will be a "shelfie" opportunity. I'm not out there but this seemingly hyped setup looks like a surging cold front now. Twenty twenty vision?#YouMissedApril22
Posted: Jun 25, 2020, 7:39 AM
2020 just keeps getting better. And not in a good way. @[1530543922:2048:Doug Kiesling] and I were working on a great project for hurricane Michael in 2018 and the producers just yanked it and pulled the plug. All our work for nothing (sound familiar?) ... Yes its 2020. The year of NO.Probably caused by the pandemic and people cutting back - OR - Some A hole low-balled us with footage. This year and its shattered dreams / cancelations can shove it.#YouMissedApril22
Posted: Jun 26, 2020, 1:14 PM
How I feel about Florida in a sense. Pathetic.
Posted: Jun 26, 2020, 3:56 PM
Just a funny thought for the 2020 Spring storm chase season...
Posted: Jun 29, 2020, 3:44 PM
Finally and after rather long delays due to the pandemic, a book of mine is finally available entitled "Storm Chasers - The Wild and Violent Skies Of Kansas". It is being setup on several major sites including Amazon. This is my first full illustrated book on storm chasing.
Posted: Jul 2, 2020, 2:33 PM
Florida's the only "Rhyme that Bites"! Just look along any sidewalk or street :)
Posted: Jul 8, 2020, 3:07 PM
Near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado (July 12, 2020) at 6:25 MDT. Area of rain wrapped rotation.
Posted: Jul 12, 2020, 5:37 PM
Well I am happy I didn't get suckered into chasing the moderate risk today (7/17). These are the car rental rates in Denver. YES this is for ONE DAY and economy / compact. Feel free to comment.
Posted: Jul 17, 2020, 7:03 PM
A couple of weeks ago ... I was shopping in a local Walmart and looking for some pork / beef to grill. This older white dude comes up to me with two packages of beef and says "hey, this is $30 in meat ... Its 'yours' for $10"!I declined. Wait a minute. This was IN the store. So what do I pay him $10 then the $30 at the register? It clearly was meat from the same Walmart. I looked and they were out of beef and I got pork anyways. I reported this guy (giving this picture to security) and he was arrested. Don't do "low life" things :(
Posted: Jul 18, 2020, 7:31 PM
I HATE "gout" :(((
Posted: Jul 21, 2020, 2:32 PM
I heard Walmart (and I HOPE) many other stores are closing on Thanksgiving and much of black Friday......Thats good to hear. Thanksgiving was one of my favorite times to enjoy with food and family. My mom (RIP) hated black Friday and all the mayhem and always tried to bring family together on Thanksgiving. I know I'm old school by today's standards but Thanksgiving certainly isn't a holiday to whittle out of existence and turn everyone into selfish, discount hungry maniacs.The last straw for me was a couple years ago when I pulled tons of strings to make sure I was home in Florida (work was out of state) to enjoy Thanksgiving with my dad and his girlfriend, only for them to leave town and I was literally by myself. I was so sad, and my boss wasn't happy either (flew down to FL and back, making an extra trip, only for my own family to cancel it, so it was all for nothing).My buddy, Derek Sibley and his mother Dana Kavner Sibley, kinda saved my sanity having a great get together for Thanksgiving instead. Watching football and enjoying great FOOD and friendship. Not some DEAL on a TV. That evening we went to Walmart to see if we can see anyone fighting (to laugh at).Hats off to Detek and his mom. And if it was up to me, EVERY STORE should be CLOSED and locked up on that Thursday. And open up at 9 AM Friday (not 3 AM). The goods can wait for sale and won't go anywhere those extra hours. Is it really THAT f'cking important? No. Family I think is.https://youtu.be/ZsR-SFcIbtk
Posted: Jul 22, 2020, 12:19 PM
Interesting meso-vortices on eastern eyewall of hurricane Hanna showing up on the CRP radar.
Posted: Jul 25, 2020, 12:47 PM
Twenty twenty being 2 0 2 0 I guess :(Sorry, @[1530543922:2048:Doug].
Posted: Jul 25, 2020, 9:17 PM
A similar radar view presents itself this afternoon off Hawaii in the Pacific basin (as we had off S Texas yesterday) - Without all the spotter dots.Looks like the southern (weaker) eyewall of hurricane Douglas with 85 MPH winds, may graze the N tips of Oahu and Kauai as it moves towards the WNW. The storm is on a gradual weakening trend.
Posted: Jul 26, 2020, 5:50 PM
Oh that second wave?Just ride it. No hurricanes (Hispanola in "the way") and shear / dry air? Covid-19 can provide big waves No need for hurricanes ;(Just be a Floridian and refuse to stay at home / jam beaches and hair salons = And you'll catch the (second) "wave" :)
Posted: Jul 29, 2020, 6:23 PM
LFMAO ... Check this out (funny) and think about this the next time you get a ticket or fine for something stupid :)https://youtu.be/rwyz-yWniGs
Posted: Jul 30, 2020, 12:54 AM
For many in Florida it looks like a possible minimal hurricane will be affecting the area from the Palm Beaches northward, especially during the night into Sunday morning.This storm has been a tricky call track wise with the western (weaker left) side grazing the coast and the worst staying offshore. Ofcourse one little westward track change will bring the stronger side in.Most likely this will be a 75 or 80 MPH hurricane if it hits S Florida directly, but unlikely much more than that. The attached image is from the Bahamas radar (reflectivity), showing the developing eyewall at 6:05 (in the lower right insert) then at 6:45 (main image).The storm is already struggling with impending shear and drier midevel air to the west (left). And the eye at 6:45 is showing that. But still too early as this may be just internal dynamics of the storm.It's a delicate balance between very warm water and mediocre upper air support. Let's see which one wins out?
Posted: Jul 31, 2020, 3:55 PM
Waiting on the 11 pm EDT advisory. Decision will soon be now or never to head to E/C Florida :/
Posted: Jul 31, 2020, 7:14 PM
Like supercells and tornadoes under a jet stream in the central USA - Vertical wind shear can be a powerful force. But the opposite applies for tropical cyclones, which are destroyed by shear (and avert a disaster).Hurricane Isaias this morning (near Andros Island in the Bahamas) fought hard against increasing wind shear, and the infrared satellite shows it! The main image shows the hurricane around sunrise with cold (-85 C) cloud tops, meaning high cloud tops and a stronger storm.The inset to the lower right was just a few hours later and only shows blue colors, denoting the tall thunderstorm clouds, called "hot towers", basically evaporated into nothing, because of drier air in addition to the shear.Also the storm is moving more NNW instead of NW, and slowing down. With a storm barely skirting the east coast of FL, leaving the western, weaker side (left), to affect FL. The west side will have little weather on it, in fact, no hurricsne forced winds were even found in the SW quadrant.I'm wondering if this storm will actually make weather in Florida BETTER than the norm? Albeit windy, but probably with less rain than a typical day in Florida away from the offshore core of Isaias!Note: I am most likely NOT chasing this.
Posted: Aug 1, 2020, 7:51 AM
Where is Isaias? Find the center ... No, not the T Storm cluster.
Posted: Aug 1, 2020, 8:41 PM
So whats going on here (Sept 6-19)? Some special event??? A hurricane? Butterball convention? LolWHY the only week I need to be down there?
Posted: Aug 3, 2020, 6:59 PM
The feeder band ahead of Isaias is backing the surface flow and interacting with the upper trough / jet stream to the NW with multiple tornadic HP supercells.The radar image is the base reflectivity with the bottom insets Doppler velocity (lefr) and CC / debris (to the right). Please take these storms seriously as there is most likely a large rain wrapped tornado (just passed very near Suffolk and E of Windsor. You will NOT see this tornado visually (rain wrapped and it night) - Seek cover if you are in the tornado warning area!
Posted: Aug 4, 2020, 12:42 AM
I've been seeing a lot of posts on here looking like this ... I will not read them as I simply do not trust any news or politics on Facebook. Luckily when I see these they look like this (warns its false information). Be careful what you view (or share) on here :)
Posted: Aug 5, 2020, 7:07 PM
My general feelings about the wonders 2020 did to our lives.All the things we love and "cannot wait for" = CANCELED.F'ck you Twenty-Twenty ;(
Posted: Aug 12, 2020, 10:26 AM
Okay. My turn ... Just for fun?
Posted: Aug 13, 2020, 11:35 AM
Looks like the monsoon has begin in the California desert. @[1594340536:2048:Will Wilkens]? Haha!
Posted: Aug 15, 2020, 1:25 PM
Oh well ... We all tried :)
Posted: Aug 16, 2020, 8:22 PM
Head's up, S Florida. You are in that all to familiar place of being in the middle of the forecast cone :)
Posted: Aug 20, 2020, 10:59 AM
A bit of a "mystery"?Come on NHC. Look at your calendar and note the year (2020)! Duh.No mystery to me :(#2020Sucks
Posted: Aug 21, 2020, 3:00 PM
🎶🎵 ... You can feel it! It's the 'HypeTrain' ... 🎶🎵🎵🎶✂️ (Shear) ✂️🎶🎵🎶🎵 ... Wookie! Wookie! Wookie! ... 🎵🎶#2020Sucks
Posted: Aug 21, 2020, 6:17 PM
Hurricane Marco lurking offshore and its edge visible flying into New Orleans.
Posted: Aug 23, 2020, 1:17 PM
Meh (cool beach though). Grand Isle, Louisiana. #NeedLaura
Posted: Aug 24, 2020, 3:09 PM
Beach day at Holly Beach, LA earlier. Now I get the heck out of there (before Sh*t Happens).
Posted: Aug 26, 2020, 12:14 PM
Sitting here in Lake Charles (Louisiana USA) and probably (and unfortunately) before the demise of this town.These pictures are earlier (around 2 PM CDT) near Holly Beach. Storm surge flooding is already occurring well in advance of hurricane Laura. Being stuck here as the storm hits will mean certain death.
Posted: Aug 26, 2020, 4:15 PM
Laura is saying "Land Ho" near Cameron, Louisiana :(
Posted: Aug 26, 2020, 10:24 PM
Almost in the calm eye...
Posted: Aug 27, 2020, 12:09 AM
In the eye of Laura (around 3 AM CDT) in Lake Charles, Louisiana :(
Posted: Aug 27, 2020, 1:21 AM
Waking up after sleeping (during the ferocious backside of hurricane Laura) in the car in a parking garage in Lake Charles. Morning should reveal extent of the damage.
Posted: Aug 27, 2020, 5:26 AM
Left Lake Charles safely this morning. Now got two flats from debris along I 10. Put spare on front and just "rim" it east until I got a cell signal to be towed. Its a rental so, oh well.
Posted: Aug 27, 2020, 11:14 AM
Cool seeing a thunderstorm from an airplane on final approach into Houston (Texas) :)
Posted: Aug 28, 2020, 5:57 PM
Nice rainbow departing New Orleans :)
Posted: Aug 28, 2020, 5:58 PM
And - Esplooooosssshhh!!!Lady spills her purse in the plane :)
Posted: Aug 28, 2020, 6:33 PM
I want to apologize if I offended anyone with a pretty bad remark I posted about a video I was deeply disturbed and angered after seeing.The video was from the September 11 attacks in 2001 and showed one of the planes impacting the buildings with a audio recording of a phone call of a woman on the plane crying and scared for her life (then going silent after saying "I see buildings...").September 11 and anything reminding me of it gives me bad post traumatic stress and nightmares. Even worse, the after effects ruined my career at the time, I lost me home, financial welfare, stocks lost, and even my partner at the time didn't understand and she left me (even blamed me that was laid off because "how I dress"). It took almost a decade to recover from this.Anyway. I am not a prejudice person and in anger after seeing this, some bad stereotypes and remarks "slipped out", and, naturally I was put in "FB jail" for 24 hours. I am extremely sorry about this and if I offended anyone I promise it will never happen again.Note: The post had the physics equation in it (picture) but has been deleted. Please PM me if you need to talk to me.
Posted: Sep 3, 2020, 10:01 PM
Fish food...
Posted: Sep 8, 2020, 9:00 AM
This is a picture taken from inside the inner eyewall of hurricane "Irma" as it was making landfall in Marco Island, Florida at roughly 3:15 PM EDT on September 10, 2017, three years ago, with @[1610340277:2048:Derek Sibley]!The ferocious winds here are blowing with gusts exceeding 130 MPH, tearing apart palm trees, throwing debris across the area, and nearly tearing my shirt right off my body.This scene was lit by a brilliant flash of lightning and thunderclap barely audible over the roar of the wind. This was about 10 minutes before entering the calm eye of Irma (which had some sun peeking through).http://sky-chaser.com/irma17.htm
Posted: Sep 10, 2020, 3:51 PM
September 11, 2001 was one of the darkest days in American history. It has been exactly nineteen (19) years since this attack happened..This year (and every year) is a good time to remember those who lost their lives because of a hostile and down-right cowardly act of terrorism inflicted on the United States by the Al Qaeda / Taliban groups.Who can forget the heroes that fateful day? Those on the ground, those on the planes (except the perpetrators, of course), the firefighters, the innocent people TRYING to do nothing more than going to work to support a family ... The list goes on.Always remember and never forget.
Posted: Sep 11, 2020, 1:36 PM
Today was the day in 2013 (Sept 12) my beautiful mom passed away. Sad day for me as always for this Sept day.
Posted: Sep 12, 2020, 4:53 PM
The Atlantic Ocean is huge. Bermuda is tiny... ...Kansas and Tornado Alley is huge. Mobile home parks are also tiny......Murphy can have his laugh :)#2020Sucks
Posted: Sep 13, 2020, 4:13 PM
Please try to read this... Good day everyone. As you can imagine, this week was a very busy week. California fires, hurricane Sally, politics / Covid-19, and - Of course - Facebook. I was eager to post cool images of fire smoke and comment on hurricane Sally - As I flew over it heading to Florida (no, I could not chase Sally because of family, medical, and work commitments this go around). But Sunday night I tried to click the "like" button (from a funny post from @[100001500549445:2048:Lindsey Fowler] on a Russian Covid-19 vaccine joke post) and was displayed a screen that I cannot post or comment for 3 days. This was SUNDAY NIGHT.The so called "offending post" was to @[100000618937370:2048:Adam Cooley] on a hilarious post about a radar image and Buffalo Wild Wings. And there were even responses and such, since right after posting the totally legit response I was almost instantly flagged, but not blocked nor banned. My so called "offensive post" was SATURDAY AFTERNOON.An annotated screen shot of Adam's funny post and radar image, some messages, and a screen shot of the banned message I got Sunday, are shown in the picture associated with this post.As soon as I posted my response to Adam on Saturday - Within seconds - I got a message it was in appropriate. I promptly deleted it. After many other posts of skydiving and weather, late on Sunday, and many hours after, I was banned for 3 days.I am simply putting this out there ... As my post had no racism. No offensive pictures. And no cuss / vulgar words. In fact, the actual phrase that GOT ME BANNED is in the first few lines of Adam Cooley's post ... I won't repeat it here but it was NOT a bad word. So why was I kicked off? How come Adam wasn't kicked off if he had the same word in his post (again see the picture)?Did someone report me? If so, I have a messenger on here, and email - And I am more than happy to explain (or take for) any criticism someone may have against me. It's 2020 after all, so I'll understand. If not, why on earth would I be banned and put in "Facebook jail" for 3 to 4 days? I'm asking because of a very innocuous phrase (I'll just say it here, it was "b_tt h__e") that was in response to Adam's funny message with that SAME phrase in it. So what happened?This is all besides far worse comments and attacks I have been seeing on here - Some directed at me and others. I never see those posts banned. Also, many people start this - I understand these are rough times for all of us - But the political and anti-peaceful / fake-news posts in here are just ridiculous. These "stir up" rather harsh emotions and reactions. Maybe THOSE are the folks that should get banned? Not the ones reading them and getting hurt / offended?I know some posts before I slipped up and had some bad wording in them and deleted them. But not this time.Anyway I am just putting this out here for you to see. This time I seriously didn't do anything. I think its unfair I was banned - And at a worst time with the weather events and such going on that I was eager to share - I messaged some folks on those!I'll take any opinion with no defense but to be honest I am not going to even respond to anything interesting or funny on here until the people and managers on this app straighten up their act. Its more like ANTI social media at this point.Thanks for reading if you made it HERE ;)
Posted: Sep 16, 2020, 10:42 PM
You do not have to be Jesus to walk on water. Fisherman do it all the time :)
Posted: Sep 23, 2020, 2:57 PM
Surprise !!!!Pay for sandwich / fuel and just now my credit card is MISSING!Just more hassles. Unbelievable. Most likely it fell out of my wallet, in my pants somewhere, or it was stolen (after leaving it somewhere). F'ck stress.#2020Sucks
Posted: Sep 26, 2020, 10:16 AM
Oh Florida ... Lucky Florida. The land of "not interested", you're "not my type", alligators in my storm drain / lizards on my roof, and "no hurricanes" for you too :)
Posted: Oct 6, 2020, 8:29 AM
Please SWA ... No more of "these" please ;)#ChasingHurricaneDelta
Posted: Oct 8, 2020, 2:25 PM
Enroute to Texas (and SW Louisiana). Finally...#chasinghurricanedelta
Posted: Oct 8, 2020, 5:36 PM
Find the US / Mexican border :)#chasinghurricanedelta
Posted: Oct 8, 2020, 8:44 PM
View of Baja from the air. Happy to be on the way to Texas!#chasinghurricanedelta
Posted: Oct 8, 2020, 8:45 PM
Currently near Creole, Louisiana on an elevated concrete slab (left over from destroyed building from Laura). Looks like another Sally with all the stuff on one side of the storm. Should be fun.
Posted: Oct 9, 2020, 12:23 PM
Inside the eye (dead calm). 972 mb measured north of Creole, LA. Water like a mirror.#ChasingHurricaneDelta
Posted: Oct 9, 2020, 4:18 PM
Enjoying unexpected airshow here near Ellington Field southeast of Houston in the perfect weather behind hurricane Delta. What an awesome way to wrap up the chase trip.#ChasingHurricaneDelta
Posted: Oct 10, 2020, 1:20 PM
Happy Halloween!
Posted: Oct 31, 2020, 9:34 PM
This is beyond disgusting and out of hand now. Dozens of robo-galls daily with offers to lower interest rates, auto repair warranty, and NOW I will be arrested for fraud and illegal activity with both the BBB and IRS!!!How on earth is someone a world away in India going to come to my door and arrest me?Maybe I can pay them with Steam cards? Lol!
Posted: Nov 4, 2020, 9:12 AM
Regardless of who is in charge, just STOP the hate and abusive comments of "2020" ... We are all RED on the inside.I may be old but I'm not as stupid as I look.
Posted: Nov 4, 2020, 5:47 PM
None of them wearing masks is what makes me sad...
Posted: Nov 7, 2020, 12:29 PM
God is giving you all another chance. Dont FIGHT the forthcoming lockdowns or curfews. Just STAY the fug HOME!IF you are a storm chaser you'll miss everything in 2021. And forget about the government too.
Posted: Nov 19, 2020, 4:33 PM
St Louis style ribs. Boil first then grill!
Posted: Nov 22, 2020, 2:41 PM
And I enjoy!!!!Boil first then grill!
Posted: Nov 22, 2020, 2:44 PM
Its been a long time coming (1988) but I'll figure I will get it out in the open. And quite frankly. I am gay (bisexual). I'm not gonna hide this and lie about it anymore. But I am what I am. Take it anyway you want. Block me. Unfriend me. Call me whatever horrible names you like.. Tell me the F word. I don't give a sh*t. Compliment me, or say you "don't care" or "that it doesn't change anything" = Then you are just f'cking AWESOME. Stop the hate and let's all get along regardless. I'm STILL the same storm chaser and IT guy I was since my first post on Facebook in 2007. Surprised? Fine. But please take me for what its worth.
Posted: Nov 26, 2020, 4:10 PM
Through these tough times it's difficult for everyone. Church is simply closed in many areas and mass is out of the question. So on Sunday do I just not go? No! Insteas I try to bring the "mass" home - often inviting and sharing it with my friends and family. Thanks to this yearly mass book that really helped me stay right spiritually every week (before I read from it if I was traveling and couldn't make it to church).
Posted: Dec 20, 2020, 10:58 AM
Wow ... I thought these things were $329 or so. Seems like a typo or someone on eBay accidentally misplaced a decimal place when they posted it :)Don't hit "buy it now" by mistake?
Posted: Dec 20, 2020, 12:58 PM
Someone sends me friend request then quits chatting with me when she asks how old I am. Classy.Says "mutual friends with @[100000442610383:2048:Daniel Shaw]" so I inadvertently accepted their friend request.Be CAREFUL with the SPAM crap on FB guys.
Posted: Dec 23, 2020, 7:41 AM
With the subject of some people in bad car accidents and walking away relatively unscathed (or without life lasting injuries), I had such a close "brush" with death on Dec 23, 2006. Even @[1028447103:2048:Evan Hatch] would cringe seeing this (BTW, glad he made it as well).I was returning home to my place in S Florida, having driven a mere 2 miles to the post office to send out a last minute Christmas gift. A flat bed tow truck, with a driver simply not looking to see me in his right lane before changing lanes, struck my Ford Focus. My drivers side door was ripped off and I rolled several times. I was airlifted to a hospital for an overnight stay.Despite the sheer violence of the crash - You go figure how I "stumbled out of THAT" in the picture (other than God standing in my shoulder) - I escaped with just a big cut across my face and some bruises (and probably 8 lives to spare out of the 9 I had). Lucky enough to convince me to go back to church ever since!The very next day and after leaving the hospital I first saw my family and gave them all a hug hug ... If you are interested, I have a web page at the link below.http://sky-chaser.com/accident.htm
Posted: Dec 25, 2020, 2:36 PM
Only a few more days and we can toss this year and recover ;)#2020Sucks
Posted: Dec 28, 2020, 5:31 PM
Enough said...
Posted: Dec 31, 2020, 9:07 PM
Let the insanity of 2021 begin (in a good way). Skydive Lake Elsinore out here in California did an awesome job flying their helicopter! Good times.
Posted: Jan 2, 2021, 4:55 PM
Pretty hefty pruning of Facebook friends done to remove irrelevance and noise. If you see this post then you are not one of those removed. The hammer was dropped!Happy New Year 2021 :)
Posted: Jan 4, 2021, 7:51 AM
Be proud, it's beautiful NOW isn't it?
Posted: Jan 6, 2021, 8:32 PM
I guess I'll just put this common phrase I hear all the time out there - And apply it to the way I feel about the predicted violence and other "demonstrations" expected today (1/20) :)
Posted: Jan 20, 2021, 4:36 AM
Hopefully we will have another 4 years with some degree of normalcy. Today's inauguration seemed to go by without the feared violence and such. Ofcourse there will be ups and downs, but the election is over and time to accept it (like it or not).
Posted: Jan 20, 2021, 12:58 PM
Haha ... Surprised he didn't lose his mask doing this :)
Posted: Jan 22, 2021, 9:56 AM
Always a cool view from the topside!
Posted: Jan 23, 2021, 7:58 PM
I see old white guy pushing cart of junk along the sidewalk (in broad daylight) here in S California while getting out of my car in the driveway - Offers me crack and gets angry when I politely decline his illegal drug deals. And people diss MY WAYS of "getting high"? LFMAO
Posted: Jan 30, 2021, 3:52 PM
Never EVER click on these! This is a scam ... Also if it asks to send read report just cancel that too. Just delete it. It's sickening seeing how much personal information gets compromised because of these fraudulent thrives :(
Posted: Feb 4, 2021, 7:13 AM
Way to go, FaceBerg :)Removing the ability to choose a gallery when attaching a picture so now I gotta SIFT through thousands or randomly ordered pics on my phone......Thanks for doing this to FB messenger too along with breaking the voice messenger there 👏 👎👎👎
Posted: Feb 14, 2021, 9:42 AM
Ever wondering WHY I'm not on here as much? Because of remarks like THIS. A simple response to a thread saying I don't hurt animals. Yet people on here who post like this never get banned nor go in "FB jail". This app has some folks making it more toxic than a shallow dating app :(Hey ZB, did you see that?
Posted: Feb 25, 2021, 8:50 AM
We all know the drill - Don't do it ;)If you didn't order something - And you see something like this, just delete it.
Posted: Mar 3, 2021, 3:49 PM
Exactly a year ago (yesterday, March 3) was such a sad day. But looking up as I was hired back by E*Trade / Morgan Stanley as a remote IT guy. Hope these good trends continue!
Posted: Mar 4, 2021, 1:11 PM
Remember... no matter how you see it. Facebook will always be MEANT as a SOCIAL app......Sociopath (or a "Shane Gray") app maybe?
Posted: Mar 8, 2021, 5:07 PM
Strange seeing this looming over the 405 in Southern California :)
Posted: Mar 11, 2021, 2:59 PM
This is a crazy couplet. Either broad intense rotation or a violent 5 mile wide wedge?Hopefully it will miss the traffic jam!
Posted: Mar 13, 2021, 3:26 PM
I asked for "Acrobat Reader" ... The installer said "Acrobat Reader" too :)BUT I never asked for McAfee (bloat ware memory hog) security. So please don't TRICK ME into installing it ;/
Posted: Mar 14, 2021, 4:34 PM
Not good! Anyone on the eastern side of Tuscaloosa - Especially Cottondale area ... A tornado is approaching! Please stay safe!
Posted: Mar 17, 2021, 12:42 PM
Fraud: Theft with a smile :)
Posted: Mar 20, 2021, 10:23 AM
Oh Lake Ronkonkoma. A good neighbor and friend of mine posted a peaceful picture of the lake (it's in central Long Island, SE New York in Islip / Suffolk County where I grew up).Legend has it that there is "The lady of the lake" and a Native American curse attached to it ... Where once a year a man (usually young or in his teens) would drown in that lake each year. It nearly claimed my life in the early 80s with a run in with some school bullies over the winter.I didn't drown but was tossed into a hole in the thin ice and beat up. After that, family problems ensued - Especially with my stern dad at the time. Yet others not so lucky contined to drown or die there - The summer following that winter where I was pushed into the ice hole, someone was murdered after a lovers quarrel. And you guessed it, it was a young man.We used to swim there all the time. Never knowing what danger lurked beneath the dark green waters. On a hot summer day, my friends and I would swim down deep, and just 6 feet down or so it would be bone chilling cold, enough to take your breath away.Some thought the lake was bottomless (ofcourse it's not!), and connected to the Long Island Sound, explaining strange rises and falls in the lake level unrelated to rainfall. Sometimes people who drowned were never found. Scary....You decide if this chilling Algonquin legend is really true. I certainly ain't going near there!See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ronkonkoma_(lake)
Posted: Mar 21, 2021, 7:43 PM
Fraud = Theft with a smile......Or using an important phone number from my brother's care facility so I HAVE to answer it (spoofing) :(
Posted: Mar 24, 2021, 2:33 PM
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