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Posts And Comments For October 2014

Posted: Oct 31, 2014, 3:20 PM

Chris Collura commented on a photo.

Posted: Oct 31, 2014, 8:51 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

A bit of snow on the pumpkins this morning up here in NW Chicago suburbs. Main force of snow belt passing north through WI.

Posted: Oct 31, 2014, 7:14 AM

Chris Collura commented on Luis Alberto LLense's post.

You dont look for trouble ... Trouble looks for you.

Posted: Oct 31, 2014, 7:12 AM

Chris Collura commented on Luis Alberto LLense's post.

Chicharones?

Posted: Oct 31, 2014, 6:23 AM

Chris Collura commented on Mark G. Farmer's photo.

If it was May 22, 2008 then that was near Grinnell kansas just north of I-70. Kinda creepy how we can recognize a storm date and location just by a picture of it :)

Posted: Oct 31, 2014, 6:18 AM

Chris Collura commented on Luis Alberto LLense's post.

Junk en da trunk?

Posted: Oct 30, 2014, 3:20 PM

Chris Collura commented on Mark G. Farmer's photo.

Was this may 22 2008 in KS or may 24 2011 in OK?

Posted: Oct 30, 2014, 12:36 PM

Chris Collura commented on Stephen Barabas's post.

Posted: Oct 30, 2014, 12:32 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

I hope this is like you stated, Dave Lewison, a joke. Next year we may have this disease affecting our families if it does not get contained.

Posted: Oct 30, 2014, 7:06 AM

Chris Collura commented on Theodore Teddy Garcia's photo.

Posted: Oct 30, 2014, 6:59 AM

Chris Collura commented on Brad Emel's post.

Posted: Oct 30, 2014, 6:47 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Jeez ... living in California would have solved a lot of missed chases (even W Pacific). I remember considering the Odile chase in Cabo myself a couple months back. Tickets at last minute from Chicago (or FL) were at least $1K with 2 stops! LA to Cabo (probably JoshMorgerman ' s flight) would have been around $300 non stop. Now watch I'll move to California and the Atlantic would blow up like 04 / 05 :P

Posted: Oct 29, 2014, 8:51 PM

Chris Collura commented on Brad Emel's photo.

Posted: Oct 29, 2014, 8:04 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's post.

Posted: Oct 29, 2014, 6:57 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own post.

Yeah ...some people at my job here have shitty tempers - HR seemed to take care of 'em. If it's broken just fix it... don't damage it beyond repair :(

Posted: Oct 29, 2014, 6:42 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Sad when people get angry and break things. Workers and engineers work so hard to make something, then someone gets angry and chunks it at the wall, breaking it. As for me, being an avid storm chaser, seeing tornadoes and hurricanes level / destroy entire towns and communities (most recently PILGER, NEBRASKA) - SO, seeing someone lose their temper and break something is - well - just plain depressing :(

Posted: Oct 29, 2014, 2:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's post.

Posted: Oct 27, 2014, 8:14 PM

Chris Collura commented on Stephen Barabas's post.

Posted: Oct 27, 2014, 10:23 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's post.

Not sure if related (possibly) was the perfect storm going on just offshore of the Eastern seaboard. With such a powerful Canadian air mass pushing up against a powerful ocean hybrid storm (subtropical) .. 80 to 100 mph winds prevailed over a 1000 mile fetch producing extreme waves and surges! West Palm Beach in Florida had 30+ foot destructive waves that shattered seawalls and flooded the area under near perfect clear skies there. Ofcourse the Andrea Gail fishing vessel was lost off Massachusetts in waves 100 feet high.

Posted: Oct 26, 2014, 4:49 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Gammons's photo.

Posted: Oct 26, 2014, 12:10 PM

Chris Collura commented on Mike Hollingshead's photo.

Looks like Hill City, KS ... June 9, 2005?

Posted: Oct 26, 2014, 12:10 PM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Bennett's photo.

Not in Chicago...

Posted: Oct 25, 2014, 2:14 PM


Some peace and prayer here in Chicago after skydiving today and before dinner later.

Posted: Oct 23, 2014, 3:54 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

When I spend too much time fucking around with camera settings I should already know, and the sun peeks through a tiny hole in a solid cloud deck over Illinois ... Yup that's it. You missed the eclipse shot. Weather once again wins.

The good thing is I SAW it with my eyes (half crescent sun briefly).

Posted: Oct 22, 2014, 2:59 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Jalapeño poppers?

Posted: Oct 22, 2014, 6:46 AM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Peake's post.

Posted: Oct 22, 2014, 6:45 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Also ... MOST of the track are over land.

Posted: Oct 22, 2014, 6:42 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

It's just a model ... computer generated. Nothing wrong with posting it. Jeez ... don't shoot the messenger.

Posted: Oct 22, 2014, 6:39 AM

http://youtu.be/QLfrT0dcBVI

Posted: Oct 21, 2014, 4:54 PM

Chris Collura commented on Kathy Williams's post.

Posted: Oct 21, 2014, 4:53 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

I've noticed pressure fluctuations (2 to 5 mb) inside large eyes (Ivan in 2004, Wilma in 2005) with near calm winds the whole time.

Posted: Oct 21, 2014, 12:56 PM

Chris Collura commented on Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist's photo.

Posted: Oct 21, 2014, 12:54 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

Planned obsolescence and iTunes required to sync (even a single photo or song was a PAIN) caused me to leave the market.

Posted: Oct 20, 2014, 11:02 AM

Chris Collura commented on his own post.

Yeah, Doug Kiesling ... I'm convinced SW airlines is the only airline who has ALL their shit together.

Posted: Oct 20, 2014, 6:50 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Gotta love flying SWA out of FL ... Maybe 25 pre-boarders (those are the "wheelchair" guests - A lot of them), then about 50 screaming kids between A and B groups ("family" boarding). So that means my B9 position 'should' be a middle seat way in the back - But actually still got window in row 2 in front! ... SWA is the better airline ... Imagine if this was Delta or American? Or - Even worse, how 'bout Spirit? :)

Posted: Oct 20, 2014, 6:36 AM

Chris Collura commented on George Kourounis's album.

Wow ... what an interesting place!

Posted: Oct 20, 2014, 6:34 AM

Chris Collura commented on Josh Morgerman's photo.

Posted: Oct 19, 2014, 1:49 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Skydive Space Center (Clewiston, FL) out of Skyvan (13,500') on Oct 18, 2014.

Posted: Oct 19, 2014, 1:49 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Skydive Space Center (Clewiston, FL) out of Skyvan (13,500') on Oct 18, 2014.

Posted: Oct 19, 2014, 1:49 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Skydive Space Center (Clewiston, FL) out of Skyvan (13,500') on Oct 18, 2014.

Posted: Oct 19, 2014, 1:46 PM

Chris Collura commented on Josh Morgerman's photo.

Posted: Oct 19, 2014, 8:01 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's post.

Good move...

Posted: Oct 19, 2014, 8:00 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Awesome ... I even remember 122 MPH gust at hilltop during Igor there in 2010 with 80 to 85 mph sustained winds (cat 1). Amazing how being 60m or so up can make such a dramatic difference.

Posted: Oct 18, 2014, 6:25 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Officially a high end 2 or minimal 3 ... the Ike effect.

Posted: Oct 18, 2014, 6:24 PM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.

Missing Pilger NE on 6/16 ... now that's something o would have just ended it all over :/

Posted: Oct 18, 2014, 6:22 PM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.

Yup ... glad it's over. Skydived from sky van today if that's a consolidation ;)

Posted: Oct 18, 2014, 4:09 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

The 140 gust ... would that be elevated? I heard some terrain there is 200' and marine exposed. Or maybe a tornado / eyewall meso vortex?

Posted: Oct 18, 2014, 4:07 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.

Well it's over now. We weren't there ... period. Let's not diss this storm and those who made efforts on chasing it. Yes ... big congrats to Edds and Suddath.

Posted: Oct 18, 2014, 4:05 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.

It's over and we were not there ... period. Let's move on and stop dissing something we decided not to chase. I'm sure if we were there we would have been happy. Congrats and bragging rights to Edds and those who did go.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 7:29 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

OK ... that's all folks ... Hurricane season 2014 is over for the Atlantic. For what it's worth...

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 7:11 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.



Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 7:10 PM


Crazy shot of Bermuda just exiting the eye now of Gonzalo. What a perfect dead center hit. Screw you, Murphey. ..

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 7:04 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own post.

Despite crappy presentation, I assume winds still crazy due to inertia. Pressure rises and wind takes time to wind down.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 7:02 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Yeah Lori Ferguson ... I backed off chasing this and I already had 4 drinks here in FL ... go figure.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 6:59 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Perfect dead center hit.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 6:37 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Yeah Lori Ferguson ... just joking ... the frogs do sound like 1989 motorola beepers though.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 6:35 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Tree frogs in Bermuda = Thousands of rich snobs with beepers going off...

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 6:35 PM

Chris Collura commented on Live Weather Radar Page's post.

In the eye...

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 5:56 PM


Wow ... Bermuda dead center in the eye of Gonzalo. Speaking about Murphey's law paying off chasers who went...

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 5:49 PM

Chris Collura commented on Josh Morgerman's photo.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 4:02 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jerry Prsha's post.

Noh ... called off that chase night before last night ... Edds and Suddath is there.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 3:58 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Night time now in Bermuda and Gonzalo looks like crap over the island. 115 mph does seem "generous" as jack John Beven would say. Hope anyone there got something worthwhile.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 3:56 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jerry Prsha's post.

A catch? I didn't catch anything ... just a cold maybe...

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 3:55 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Murphey's law :)

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 11:56 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's link.

Also see a more NE movement as well. Hopefully not the LEFT side of the storm?

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 9:29 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Yeah Dave Lewison ... True. The past couple of weeks I enjoyed some aerobatics and then off to California where I caught the fleet week / blue angels in SFO. Being a rather difficult chase for Gonzalo to pull off, in retrospect I can see why many did not go.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 9:27 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Yes Ben Holcomb ... can't chase if you are not working (for MOST people)!

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 9:17 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

As for storm chasing ... W-O-R-K is a 4 letter word.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 9:12 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Jeez ... if I'm crying over this? If I missed Pilger? I cringe to think about it ... I probably would have jumped off the sears / Willis tower ... Can anyone who DID miss Pilger give advice on any storm chasing support topics? :)

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 8:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on Lori Ferguson's post.

There is CRAP going around. Mine was strange as it was a deep cough where I'll have a slight fever and nasty cough at bedtime ... then wake up with it gone in the morning ... then the same thing at bedtime again ... for a week almost.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 8:51 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Missing a direct hit on Bermuda while in Florida today ... Not a very easy thing to "stomach". Family there will NOT see a very happy Italian man from NY who chases storms :(

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 8:48 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 8:44 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 8:09 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

NOTHING compared to Bermuda now.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 7:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

By the looks of that image it almost looks like the storm may bump a bit east of the island?

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 7:52 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

I'm pissing in my coffee this morning I didn't go. I would be tumbling down (deliberately) a flight of stairs had I not chased Arthur back in July. Amazing how that tiny speck "attracts" cores of storms like that (Murphey's Law?) .. lol.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 7:49 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 17, 2014, 6:07 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

How a hurricane manages to hit such a small target directly is beyond me ... Good old Murphey's Law!!

Planes DO collide (with all that space) bad cars perfectly TBone another on low traffic roads when someone misses a stop sign.

Now I'll praise Murphey every time I'm in Bermuda chasing.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 6:34 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Gammons's photo.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 4:38 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

I know ... the problem would be all the change of work plans, plus my trip to FL was cancelled / re booked so many times (from the ATC fire), plus I was just returning from California. A flight was available this morning at 6 am but it looked like a west miss .. until I saw the 8 am when it was too late. Whoever made it there looks like they will get 2 aces and a royal flush...

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 4:32 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Wish I did go after all, regardless of the contigencies.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 12:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist's photo.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 12:20 PM

Chris Collura commented on Live Weather Radar Page's photo.

Bermuda's screwed ... Whoever took the plunge and chased this hit the jackpot.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 12:18 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Scary forecast for that tiny speck in the Atlantic! Will be hard for anyone who did not chase this.

Bermuda Weather Service...

Marine Synopsis - Hurricane Gonzalo is making its turn to the northeast and a hurricane warning remains in effect. Southeasterly winds will be increasing through today and preparations should be complete before this evening. Seas will be rapidly building up to 35 feet on Friday as dangerous winds reach destructive hurricane force. Please continue to monitor our products for future updates.

Friday - Winds southerly 60 to 80 knots gusts to 100 knots, morning winds southeasterly 45 to 55 knots gusts to 75 knots, increasing southerly 60 to 80 knots gusts to 100 knots by noon, increasing southwesterly 70 to 90 knots gusts to 110 knots in the afternoon, decreasing westerly 45 to 55 knots gusts to 65 knots in the evening, further decreasing 35 to 45 knots by midnight then 20 to 30 knots overnight... Widespread showers with isolated thunderstorms and poor to very poor visibility, becoming isolated to scattered showers overnight with fair to poor visibility. Building southerly swells... Seas inside the reef 3 to 6 ft... Outside the reef 15 to 25 ft, increasing during the morning inside the reef 3 to 6 ft... Outside the reef 20 to 35 ft, decreasing during the night... Sunrise: 7:24 am; Sunset: 6:44 pm.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 11:46 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.

Yeah Doug Kiesling ... Sorry to say it's looking more and more like a direct hit. Yeah its a small target but as Murphey's law has it ... it tends to get hit more often than Florida and the Gulf combined. I think I really dropped the ball on this one.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 11:41 AM

Chris Collura commented on Brett Wright's link.

Some fresh "propina" (tips).

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 11:30 AM


Screw you Gonzalo ... Why won't you kick Murphey's law in the nuts and MISS Bermuda. No one there needs you and chasers who didn't / couldn't go won't be too happy either! Just MISS you bastard!

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 6:35 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 6:27 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.

It's trending RIGHT again ... because our chase window is closed and Jim Edds is a lucky magnet for these things.

Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 6:24 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.



Posted: Oct 16, 2014, 6:22 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Well I'm finishing up my California trip for work and heading directly to Florida. The Bermuda chase just was too difficult to happen. I decided a NO GO for that last night with the storm clearly missing the island. Now this morning Gonzalo re strengthens and looks like it will go DIRECTLY over Bermuda at a 120+ MPH hurricane. Our buddy Jim Edds is the only one there. WHY now? Next week would be so much better ... I'm gonna throwup.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 5:38 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 2:48 PM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's photo.



Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 2:42 PM

Chris Collura commented on Matt Crowther's link.

No its not a threat ... YET.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 2:18 PM

Chris Collura commented on Randy Denzer's post.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 1:58 PM

Chris Collura commented on Mike Hollingshead's post.

I had one and it got messed up. GO TO A GOOD DENTIST and make sure it's DONE RIGHT!!!!

Mine was back in 2012 and was done with an oversized cap and my dentist cut corners ... if $1500 was cutting corners. The temp cap after the RC was good but the permanent cap never felt right, but was bearable.

In late 2013 I was told that it needs to redone and would cost $2500, then $1500 six months after that, and my insurance does *NOT* cover it (not a surprise).

So what did I do? Just left it alone and used sensodyne. When it falls out 5 years from now is when I'll drop $4000 on it...

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 1:47 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 1:32 PM

Chris Collura commented on Randy Denzer's post.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 1:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on John Thomas Moon III's post.

What's going on? If it's a woman around the world teasing you let her go. I feel your pain.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 1:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's link.

Do you think me being far away in California had anything to do with that? Never fails.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 11:39 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 10:36 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's link.

This was Oct 13, Guys...

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 9:44 AM

Chris Collura commented on Brett Wright's photo.



Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 9:27 AM

Chris Collura commented on Brett Wright's photo.

Basically we have a NEW THREAT here in this country we DONT need ... In addition to many other problems (like smoking and obesity). We have the chance to STOP THIS in its tracks NOW but too many idiots have their heads up their asses to act correctly. Apologizing for lying about your health and an "oops" from a nurse is unacceptable. I can see this Ebola crisis is well on its way to becoming a senseless and BIG problem.

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 6:56 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Hurricane Gonzalo looking like a very close call for Bermuda on Friday afternoon. Models trending more and more west with a potential miss to the island to the west.

I'm hoping for that just because rushing in from CA then to FL with Bermuda in between will be a nightmare of changing tickets and reservations, not to mention a costly gamble (with high bust potential).

Don't want to not go and miss such a great storm, but at the same time I don't want to go and the storm is "look and can't touch" and just out if reach. This sport stinks in a sense!

Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 6:49 AM

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Posted: Oct 15, 2014, 6:18 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 8:48 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 7:33 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

The only thing working against me is my travel situation ... flights were cancelled in chicago the past few weeks (thanks to some disgruntled idiot who torched an ATC facility over a relocation to - you guessed it - Hawaii)! I have not been to FL in nearly 2 months, plus I'll need to get back from California first. Change car rentals and rebook tickets. Do Bermuda, then FL after. Not a good time for a hurricane.

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 7:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

Hey Ben Holcomb ... and this is a much stronger candidate.

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 7:27 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

Look for cancellations ... the last time I chased Igor there in 2010 I nailed a room for $89 at Ann Neas guesthouse (3 cancelled). Also yes it's a tiny speck but gets hit notoriously frequently (Murphys law?)

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 6:36 PM

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Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 3:43 PM

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Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 3:00 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 2:46 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 2:44 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 2:39 PM

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Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 11:56 AM

Chris Collura commented on his own post.

Yeah Scott McPartland, the hotel that you folks stayed was rediculous. The one I stayed at was a 15 minute walk from beach on NE side and was $89 a night ... YES $89. It's not cheap there and if I go I have to change a lot of red tape and plans.

Posted: Oct 14, 2014, 8:10 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Decisions ... decisions ... Should I hop from California to Florida this week or GO to Bermuda THEN Florida in the interim? Hurricane Gonzalo may take a direct daytime hit on the island Friday. Ofcourse tornadoes in IL yesterday ... Can't be in two places at once I guess.

Posted: Oct 13, 2014, 8:37 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's post.

It kinda sucks in that sense, Jason Foster. Tiger Direct is your best bet but you find lots of stuff online then they don't carry it in the store. Also beware of their dickey return policy ... where they charge a 15% fee to restock! They first did that only for cameras a few years back ... But obviously thought it was such a "good" idea they now do it on anything returned (not just cameras) ... say cheese :(

Posted: Oct 13, 2014, 8:32 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's post.

Just that ... that cough can actually turn into bronchitis or even pneumonia (HIV, cancer, diabetes, etc if immune suppressed). I had mine for a month after one of my colds last year near Miami. I have chronic post nasal drip. Luckily the one I had here in chicago lasted only a, day or two and had no cough. Hope you feel better Jason Foster! Remember that the Zicam stuff ONLY works at the very first signs of a cold. I sometimes take it even if my throat is dry and scratchy ... long before it's a raging sore throat - just to be safe!

Posted: Oct 13, 2014, 1:47 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's post.

That fucking crap going around again! Luck has it that anyone NEAR me is hitting the Kneenex and sick as a DOG! I don't want what you got! They cough without covering their mouth and all that! Never fails ... But GET THIS: After being in Chicago for nearly a year I got a cold JUST once. Before that ... in S FL where you least expecting colds ... I got sick once (or even twice) a month.

Posted: Oct 13, 2014, 1:37 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's post.

Never heard of em. Tigerdirect is what I use.

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:45 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Awesome arial demonstrations by various arishow performers - Especially the Blue Angels - Over the SF Bay during the Fleet Week! Time off well spent checking them out!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angel transonic "sneak" pass.

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). Skydiving.

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). Cruise ship departing.

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 6:43 PM

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Fleet Week event and air show over SF Bay (October 12, 2014). USN Blue Angels, ships, aerobatics, jet demonstration teams, and more!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 2:01 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Greetings from sunny SF Bay on a beautiful Sunday with prefect skies for the air show on Fleet Week! Looks like the long awaited Blue Angels will soon be seen! Already got crazy footage ... Pictures to be posted soon!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 1:14 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Nailed it!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 12:14 PM

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California coast south of Pacifica, CA - October 2014.

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 12:14 PM

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Abandoned "pill box" military post atop cliff (Near Pacifica, CA) - Oct 2014.

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 12:08 PM

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Sea lion in SF Bay - October 2014.

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 8:39 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Yeah ... forgot about that, Josh Morgerman ... With the storm itself aside, you can make a vacation out of it ... Interesting places you folks have been to!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 8:36 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Atlanticitis? LOL ... that's a good one!

Posted: Oct 12, 2014, 8:35 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Still a job well done, Josh Morgerman! Busts can and do happen ... I've had my share of them. Yes it's tough but that's chasing! Each time we go out we are rolling dice. Sometimes were lucky, many times nature deals us a short hand! I remember Rina in the Yucatan few years back!

Posted: Oct 11, 2014, 10:15 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Jeez ... that's a painful bust in a way.

Posted: Oct 10, 2014, 8:21 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Yosemite Valley viewed from the air on approach into Oakland, California in mid October 2014. The valley and haze can be seen, along with Half Dome (a peak near 8,000 feet) as a "knob" to the left side of the valley.

Posted: Oct 10, 2014, 6:55 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Man .. Sorry to hear that (so the "pilot said 'no'?") ... Hoping you folks get some footage from the other island. Gotta strike the iron while it's hot.

Posted: Oct 10, 2014, 6:52 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Hey Allen Cherulnik ... I beleive it's because they are in California and flights like this are not that crazy expensive. I'm not chasing this but checked for the fun of it and a flight from chicago to Atlanta is actually MORE than a flight out of LA to Japan!!! Plus these folks (especially Josh Morgerman) seem to have this Asian / Pacific chasing pretty much dialed in. I really enjoy following these threads and chase reports! Jealous? Heck yeah! Amazed? Even more so ... Keep up the great work!

Posted: Oct 9, 2014, 8:59 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Awesome ... definitely looking forward to the great footage! Good luck and stay safe.

Posted: Oct 9, 2014, 3:00 PM

Chris Collura commented on Olivier Staiger's post.

That's the base jumper epic fail dam!

Posted: Oct 9, 2014, 2:56 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Hope you guys get something. May weaken and turn right ... but you folks are some of the best of the best! I'm in N California now (not chase related) so this is highly tempting. Just the weakening and right turn throws in the discouragement ... But who knows ... Odile looked iffy too and look what happened!

Posted: Oct 9, 2014, 6:59 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Hey Jason Elser ... the airbus 380's have a cool tail cam for outside view I believe.

Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 10:01 PM

Chris Collura commented on Live Weather Radar Page's photo.

Already moving NW ... It'll fish long before it even nears Puerto Rico.

Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 9:57 PM

Chris Collura commented on ViralNova's link.

Extrapolated image ... takes a 2D image and tries to make a 3D imitation of it, using shadows and angle of lighting and such. Things like supports under bridges may not get picked up.

Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 6:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Wow .. what a privilege !!!

Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 6:21 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

I remember a flight where I was at the window ... taking pictures of storms. Then the old lady on the middle seat asked me to close the shade because the lightning scared her. I halted and told her "this really means A LOT to me" .. And for some strange reason, she seemed to understand. It was on a flight to New York on a Boeing 727 .. Remember those?

Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 6:15 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jeffrey Lâm Hùng's post.

I fly out from Oct 9 through 13 to see them! Work a bit but hopefully see them Saturday! Haven't seen them since 2007 ... Thanks to bad weather and last year's sequestration.

Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 4:55 PM

Chris Collura commented on Mark G. Farmer's photo.

Some candy and trick or treats should make him go to the next house :)

Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 4:43 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.



Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 4:39 PM

Chris Collura commented on Greg Stumpf's post.

Posted: Oct 8, 2014, 6:20 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Hay Marie Mariani ... Cannot pray these things away. They are called acts of God but it's just an act of physics...

Posted: Oct 7, 2014, 7:27 PM

Chris Collura commented on Metaspoon's link.

Turbidity current. ..

Posted: Oct 7, 2014, 5:37 PM

Chris Collura commented on Live Weather Radar Page's photo.

Wow...

Posted: Oct 7, 2014, 5:35 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Drop everything here guys and look at the REAL THING over the west Pacific (typhoon VongFong)...

Posted: Oct 7, 2014, 2:57 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Hey Marko ... This is a tricky call for Okinawa as thats a possible starting point ... But right now this storm is just Nutz! Probably (with night time diurnal max due to cooling of cloud tops fostering heat Flux from warm ocean below - kind of like storms on Jupiter) undergoing more intensification . .. 175 mph sustained winds with higher gusts is basically an EF4 tornado 40 miles or more wide!!! Hope you guys get an intercept on this one. Almost tempted to go myself ... but probably won't hit any land like THAT (fortunately)...

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 6:19 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Wow ... I'll be in FL on Oct 17, let's see ... but REMIND ourselves that this is NOT the Pacific ... and there IS something called "shear" lurking 6 km above the WATL and Gulf.

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 6:16 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

And you know something? Little kids who meet like that usually become lifetime friends ... maybe 20 years from now they'll be cheering on their favorite team over chips and beer in a man cave !

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 6:13 PM

Chris Collura commented on John Thomas Moon III's post.

Awesome ... did you get a sore throat too! I know that feeling (FL Marlins in 2003 for me ... lost my voice)!

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 2:52 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

Amen!

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 11:28 AM

Chris Collura commented on his own album.

Yeah Jason Foster flying is just so darn cool!

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 10:38 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's link.

Great work! These chases really help the scientific community too!

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 10:10 AM

Chris Collura commented on FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay's photo.

Artery glue material ... or once a year would not hurt!

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 10:09 AM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Yes I do!!!

Posted: Oct 6, 2014, 10:08 AM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Hey Caleb Elliott ... Yup ... we did that like 3 or 4 times. The first time I was rusty and was like "what is this place?" for a few seconds! Then came to an realized I was in a cockpit :) The few more times I grunted and squeezed my legs and I was good!

Posted: Oct 5, 2014, 8:05 PM

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Extra 300 Aerobarics over Sugar Grove, IL with Gauntlet Warbirds on October 5, 2014.

Posted: Oct 5, 2014, 8:05 PM

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Extra 300 Aerobarics over Sugar Grove, IL with Gauntlet Warbirds on October 5, 2014. Above the clouds swirling below us.

Posted: Oct 5, 2014, 8:05 PM

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Extra 300 Aerobarics over Sugar Grove, IL with Gauntlet Warbirds on October 5, 2014.

Posted: Oct 5, 2014, 8:05 PM

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Extra 300 Aerobarics over Sugar Grove, IL with Gauntlet Warbirds on October 5, 2014. Me standing in front of the German Extra 300 aircraft.

Posted: Oct 5, 2014, 8:05 PM

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Extra 300 Aerobarics over Sugar Grove, IL with Gauntlet Warbirds on October 5, 2014. Hard 6-8 G pull ... My eyes are slanted and I'm almost blacking out!

Posted: Oct 5, 2014, 3:09 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own post.

Today about 60 or so. Nice cool fall day. Yeah Debbie Cascio Skelly ... It's been very hot by you folks down there. I should be down there Oct 17 to 20.

Posted: Oct 5, 2014, 3:09 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

Lol

Posted: Oct 5, 2014, 1:08 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Hats off to the great pilots at Gauntlet War Birds near Sugar Grove, IL for an awesome ride on their Extra 300 aircraft in a narrow weather window. Video will be posted soon ... including me blacking out in 6 to 8 G's!

Posted: Oct 4, 2014, 10:24 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Still cool and nasty this Saturday in the windy city. I had an aerobatic flight that had to be pushed to tomorrow just before noon. I saw snow flurries this morning. Winter is well on its way here!

Posted: Oct 4, 2014, 6:41 AM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Hammel's link.

Great job...

Posted: Oct 4, 2014, 6:38 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Rough past week. A bit sad early in week and busy after that. Cant meet buddy of mine from work tonight. This stalled cold and raw system ruined any chance of air sports I had lined up for Saturday ... I guess I'll go back to sleep until sunday morning...

Posted: Oct 3, 2014, 7:03 AM

Chris Collura commented on Olivier Staiger's photo.

http://youtu.be/Wl2UHkgEnfU

Posted: Oct 3, 2014, 6:46 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Tokyo should be fine with the substantial buildings there. There may be some surge if the wind funnels the water into the bay (venturi effect). But the storm will be taking a glancing approach (not coming straight in as if it moved NW into Tokyo, it's moving NE at that point), so surges will be minimal, especially if the storm is farther out and they get the weaker left side. Similar track in many ways to Arthur this year (July) on the Atlantic (yes there was a storm near 85-90 kts / 100 mph there in 2014) in NC, but Japan in this case with the NE motion (probably with the cyclone core farther out relative to land as with Arthur).

Posted: Oct 2, 2014, 12:55 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

I remember a very interesting explanation on how those rocks move. They need a thin sheet of ice that's mobile over a half inch or so of water, which turns the desert sand into slippery mud. Wind pushes the ice sheet, which pushes the rock across the slimy bottom. The end result when it dries back up is the (moved) rock with the trail. I love earth science!

Posted: Oct 2, 2014, 12:02 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Wow ... reminds me of Wilma in 2005 (Caribbean) and Charley in 2004 ... pinhole eyes with 3 miles wide or less.

Posted: Oct 2, 2014, 8:52 AM

Chris Collura commented on Joseph Barton Comstock's photo.

June 12 2005?

Posted: Oct 2, 2014, 6:48 AM

Chris Collura commented on Luis Alberto LLense's post.

Wow ... I remember that and at a price that was out of my (and most peoples) reaches until 1987 or around then! I was stuck with FM, MTV (with FM simulcast if I was lucky), and cassettes.

Posted: Oct 2, 2014, 6:39 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

This would be so awesome to head out and chase ... No shear here ey? But will there be a good land mass to do so on? The recurve is a bit discouraging.

Posted: Oct 2, 2014, 6:36 AM

Chris Collura commented on Verne Carlson's photo.

Fly it right by your snooty rich neighbors' kids window...

Posted: Oct 2, 2014, 6:33 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's post.

Yes ... I was thinking about 'outbreak' but that movie had a much happier ending that what we all WILL SEE over the next few years. It's begun folks, and it's real.

Posted: Oct 1, 2014, 3:47 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Wednesday ... Feels like it should be Friday. I'm beat ... busy week! Can't wait for weekend!

Posted: Oct 1, 2014, 1:18 PM

Chris Collura commented on Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist's photo.

Posted: Oct 1, 2014, 1:16 PM

Chris Collura commented on Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist's photo.

Posted: Oct 1, 2014, 1:15 PM

Chris Collura commented on Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist's photo.

Posted: Oct 1, 2014, 1:14 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

And that will probably be a hurricane and hit Iceland or something. ..

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