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Posts And Comments For July 2013

Posted: Jul 27, 2013, 5:10 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


May 31, 2013 in El Reno, Oklahoma ... Towering cumulus goes up and is toppled over by the vertical wind shear! As I took this picture, Howie Bluestien was next to me - Also taking a picture ... He said "Get ready - This is the 'start of it'."

Posted: Jul 27, 2013, 8:41 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


One day I was crying in the 4th grade at Cherokee Elementary school - My favorite lunch box was GONE. I asked a few people for it - No one knew ... Then the school bully came up to me - Ha ha ha!! Someone BURIED it ... I cried more - Then thought about THIS (the picture / diagram) - Earth science rock layers - And my lunch box embedded in the ground and part of the earth - Forever (sigh)! Bad kids!!

Posted: Jul 24, 2013, 6:11 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Crazy week ... Insane work load and pissed off boss. Oh well, I just booked tickets to California for Aug 22 weekend (using the newly found credit card I thought I lost) ... Refundable too (in case I need to bag a cat-3+ hurricane that same week)!

Posted: Jul 22, 2013, 7:33 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Found the elusive credit card! Found it at the pizza restaurant I ate at Saturday night! Honest folks there held it for me - left it right on the table ;)

Posted: Jul 22, 2013, 10:16 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Just went to pay for a God damn sandwich and found my credit card is not in the wallet. The last time I used it was for gas late Saturday ... The time between then and now simply has me 'blacked out'. Replacing that card now is gonna be a pain in the ass ... Dozens of billing and on-line sites (Rent, electric, etc) run through that card. WTF happened to it?

Posted: Jul 22, 2013, 8:12 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Finally got my true 'initiation' and currently on the verge of being fired this Monday morning at my job here ...

... Certainly was not a rewarding 'career' (it never was), just a job I had to take and keep cuz there's nothing else around in my line of work.

With the EXTREME stress of me doing THREE people's jobs, support, development, AND project management (simultaneously), combined with the stresses of my mom's condition the past couple years, and most recently the sadness from my last chase trip ... I left an important comment out of a piece of code, and it caused a glitch that costed one of our clients 100 grand. Oopps!

Even worse, my boss THINKS I covered it up, when I simply forgot (or I was F_CKING interrupted by the phone or some other end LOSER who cannot learn to use our software)!

But it happens for A REASON ... If you try to get help from someone who's underpaid and being pushed over his "heart's" edge ... You get JUST THAT ... What you "paid for". Firing me will do me a favor, and hopefully the company will fold up into the 9/11/2001 "graveyard"...

... Things happen for a reason :(

Posted: Jul 21, 2013, 2:40 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Exiting aircraft 14,000 feet over Clewiston, FL on a rainy south Florida day ... Nice and clear 'upstairs'! Open the parachute way up high and find a hole to fly back down through! July 21, 2013.

Posted: Jul 21, 2013, 2:40 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


There it is ... Fly through the 'keyhole' in the clouds and NOT get wet! July 21, 2013 over Clewiston, Florida. It's so sweet flying through and down into a TCU field!

Posted: Jul 21, 2013, 9:46 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Hole in rain shield opening over Florida - lets see if I can skydive through it?

Posted: Jul 19, 2013, 3:53 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Thank GOD it's Friday ... Busy week behind me for at least a couple of days!

Posted: Jul 17, 2013, 6:38 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

I sure am getting my 'ride' on the health insurance premium sky-rocket ride! For the second time in a year my rates were jacked-UP more than $50 a month, claiming "rising healthcare costs" to be the blame. This is total BS because I never get sick (outside of a cold) and don't smoke. Wonderful country, ey?

Posted: Jul 15, 2013, 6:05 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Just wrapped up with TWC / NBC crew shooting some B-Roll of me driving and nice interview on my storm chasing stuff! Funny seeing my apartment "transformed" into a studio for a couple hours!

Posted: Jul 15, 2013, 7:59 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Sunday (7/14) we actually found a brief hole to skydive through in a nearly solid shield of rain covering FL. Once we landed, the dark clouds returned. So cool falling past a half dozen layers of clouds from 14K down to 3K or so.

Posted: Jul 13, 2013, 9:17 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

No skydiving today (rain) ... Because I feel better (last week it didn't rain once cuz I was sick). Remember to 'BLOW' and never 'SNORT' to get rid of a cold...

Posted: Jul 12, 2013, 6:41 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Nothing like a clean 'pinch' or 'clean break' every morning ... Fiber is awesome! Take a teaspoon of Metamucil (fiber supplement) and the amount of toilet paper you save will pay for itself in a few days! One wipe and yer done!

Posted: Jul 11, 2013, 6:24 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

With Chantal no more (to NO surprise) and happy nothing tropical coming our way (cuz I probably cannot take off work if a hurricane DID come to the US anyway)...

...My boss is back this week but still has me handling all this dreaded support crap. I'm a computer programmer (developer), have NO people skills, I'm a geek (and proud to say that too), simple as that. I love coding and making new programs - I hate following up on customers that simply don't wanna talk to me, lengthy voicemails (good for my throat) that go un-answered, emails not returned, then a customer gets angry cuz somethings not fixed.

I was supposed to go back to development only last week on my boss's return ... But nope, he wants me to do development AND support. Imagine working on a cool program, in deep thought - Bbbbrrriiing!!! The phone rings and you gotta DROP everything. Then (if) you get back to the program, you have NO IDEA what you were doing? Or, you are working for 5 minutes, then check support and there's 5 urgent messages in there with 'Hey Chris we need this done ASAP...'?

Since I still managed to kick off a nasty bug (cold) while doing all this, I guess my immune system is still working - Jeez.

Posted: Jul 10, 2013, 8:01 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

The slow process of recovery starts ... Finally feeling slightly better after 4 days of yuck... When I cough it feels like I'm getting punched in the chest.

Posted: Jul 8, 2013, 9:02 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Still SICK as a freaking dog ... Whoever brought this crap here better wear a god DAMN mask next time (jeez, just look at what SMART sick people do in Tokyo - They wear a mask to NOT pass it)...

... Working while you're sick just sucks donkey ass.

Posted: Jul 7, 2013, 5:06 PM


This should clear up the end of my cold!

Posted: Jul 7, 2013, 3:14 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jose Luis J's post.

Posted: Jul 6, 2013, 3:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHeRQ_M-OIQ

Posted: Jul 6, 2013, 3:22 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXK0rXquYVU

Posted: Jul 6, 2013, 3:18 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

After extremely busy week ... My "body's" required relaxation was spent in BED most of the time. No skydiving, not even visiting mom ... Just sick as hell - I HATE stress...

... This is why if you are sniffling or brandishing your Kleenex - I hate to be mean ... Just "stay the f__k away from me" cuz I simply don't WANT what you GOT :-(

Posted: Jul 6, 2013, 8:37 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


July 4th fireworks - Sunrise, Florida - July 4, 2013.

Posted: Jul 4, 2013, 8:23 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Happy July 4th ... 2013 is already half over!

Posted: Jul 2, 2013, 5:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV6KNmp0Skc

Posted: Jul 2, 2013, 5:20 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYb3kNK-ufw

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