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Posts And Comments For August 2016

Posted: Aug 31, 2016, 9:05 PM

Chris Collura replied to Neva Andersen's comment.

Good chance well have a full on hurricane tomorrow before landfall.

Posted: Aug 31, 2016, 8:58 PM


I guess I'll sleep on THIS!Place: Tallahassee, Florida (30.4391, -84.2836) Address: Tallahassee, Florida 32300–32399

Posted: Aug 31, 2016, 7:16 PM

Chris Collura commented on Derek Sibley's post.

Lol ... I'm down here simply because I'm OUT OF WORK now. Don't worry, it all works out in the end - School is MUCH more important.

Posted: Aug 31, 2016, 6:59 PM

Chris Collura replied to Margie Kieper's comment.

I'm there :)

Posted: Aug 31, 2016, 6:50 PM


Settling into hotel in Tallahassee for the night. Hopefully something interesting with Hermine affecting the coast late tomorrow to my south. Seeing THIS on my desk after checking in was comforting!

Posted: Aug 31, 2016, 11:46 AM


Arrived at Orlando, Florida. Headed west and northwest soon to near panhandle area. Tomorrow late in the day is the time!

Posted: Aug 31, 2016, 8:44 AM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Foster's comment.

Thanks Jason Foster, that might be an idea!

Posted: Aug 31, 2016, 8:02 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Currently headed to Orlando, Florida this morning (returning late Friday or Saturday morning) to chase TS Hermine if he can get his act together in the FL panhandle late Thursday. Huge blowup of persistent convection around the center of TD9 this morning. Rolling dice. Rather be there and bust then not be there at all.

Posted: Aug 30, 2016, 4:57 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Should I go chase a tropical storm or possible minimal hurricane on the FL big Bend / panhandle on Thursday. With free flight points what do I have to lose?

Posted: Aug 30, 2016, 12:55 PM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's photo.

Good. .. we better eat it before shear and dry air make it "naked and stale" by the time it nears FL.

Posted: Aug 29, 2016, 4:27 PM

Chris Collura commented on Greg Nordstrom's photo.



Posted: Aug 29, 2016, 4:25 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 29, 2016, 4:12 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Build a tropical storm wall and save some $$$.

Posted: Aug 29, 2016, 4:12 PM

Chris Collura replied to Brian Stertz's comment.

No need to. Shear is natural.

Posted: Aug 29, 2016, 6:50 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo to Charles Edwards's timeline.


Happy birthday! Have some icing on your cake :)

Posted: Aug 28, 2016, 8:46 PM

Chris Collura commented on William T. Reid's photo.

May 24, 2010 tornadoes?

Posted: Aug 28, 2016, 8:45 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 28, 2016, 8:10 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's post.

Nice dinner, music, and awesome event, guys! Nice way to wrap up my Chicago job.

Posted: Aug 28, 2016, 1:10 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's post.

Posted: Aug 28, 2016, 8:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on Paul Armani's post.

Posted: Aug 27, 2016, 2:21 PM

Chris Collura commented on Bill Hark's photo.

Like rent ... Goin' Up?

Posted: Aug 27, 2016, 2:20 PM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's post.

For what?

Oh 99L is coming... OMG

Posted: Aug 27, 2016, 1:32 PM

Chris Collura replied to Margie Kieper's comment.

I just might!

Posted: Aug 27, 2016, 10:58 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Might take a break from Facebook again. With the end of my Chicago contract this coming week and a load of mixed personal feelings I'm a bit confused on what to do.

I HAD a very good "encouragement" to spend the late summer and fall up here at an apartment close to the city but backed out of it when that "encouragement" (no names, sorry) went another "way".

Probably head back to S Florida (facing my daemons there for a bit), and hoping for hurricane chasing prospects, before heading west eventually to California.

Posted: Aug 27, 2016, 10:52 AM

Chris Collura replied to Ja Nathan's comment.

Posted: Aug 26, 2016, 2:43 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's photo.

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 7:20 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dagmar Kress's photo.



Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 4:31 PM

Chris Collura replied to Tim Marshall's comment.

Oh I know. A new LLC can form on the wave axis esp if the shear relaxes as progged.

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 4:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Probably.

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 3:40 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

So much for 99L ... Sheared to nothing. Exposed center. All the T Storm anvils racing NE with the cells moving W hundreds of miles west of 99L.

11 years is a LONG time folks. For most people this pattern probably SAVED thousands of lives by now.

When you gotta accept this is NOT the west Pacific - Again :(

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 3:27 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

That's right, Jack Corso! Hahaha!

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 3:15 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Piotrowski's post.

I gotta join up with you Jeff Piotrowski, if I need to chase the west Pacific. I'm really getting tired of the Atlantic doing this for the past 11 years.

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 3:11 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jack Corso's comment.

Unreal ... How stealthy they were!

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 12:39 PM

Chris Collura commented on Skip Talbot's photo.

With my crappy and stupid comments from yesterday aside (yes, Skip Talbot was correct I was upset due to such a backyard event I missed). It appears no one except God himself could have seen this coming. It appears that when everything came together tornadoes were already occurring. I hope cases like this get studied!

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 7:02 AM


Just a heads up on an app called "Personal Capital". It's a seemingly cool app showing a dashboard of your bank and investment monies all in one "glance". A friend showed it to me last month and I tried it. It seemed really handy...Until...BEWARE because this app SHARES your personal information - I know because I soon started getting sales calls and emails from people nagging me to put money in stocks. I mean sometimes a half dozen calls a day!Even scarier was that these sales calls or emails would have my balances and even bank accounts in them! Do NOT give this out - EVER!I removed the app and deleted my account for it. The calls continued for a while until I declined them and they dwindled down. Still getting spam though ... Just be CAREFUL of these things.Would you want strangers to see what you have in your bank / portfolio? ...Exactly.

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 6:39 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Just an apology as I was quite pissed yesterday having tornadoes so close to me without even knowing until it was too late to chase them. I said pretty crappy things about the SPC I shouldn't have. Nothing personal. Nature was just telling all of us how much we still can't figure out about our atmosphere.

Posted: Aug 25, 2016, 5:19 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.

A dud. Indiana was the place that should have been hyped.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 8:53 PM

Chris Collura replied to Abbie Morton's comment.

Much better

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 8:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on Meteorologist Tony Laubach's live video.

Mother Nature says: "you'll never know what kind of BITCH I can be!"

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 8:28 PM

Chris Collura replied to Heidi Farrar's comment.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 6:33 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 6:27 PM

Chris Collura replied to Paul Armani's comment.

Dark now.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 4:36 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 4:27 PM

Chris Collura replied to Skip Talbot's comment.

SPC = Shamed Prognostic Consensus

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 4:25 PM


There's the violent storm! 200 miles away. Hopefully not killing innocent people :(Place: Indiana State Line (41.581417192217, -87.681367777628) Address: Homewood, Illinois 60429

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 4:22 PM

Chris Collura commented on Skip Talbot's photo.

SPC = Shamed Prognostic Call

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 4:22 PM

Chris Collura replied to Justin Baker's comment.

Indiana

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 4:20 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Off work now. Should I make a run for Indiana?

I just MIGHT make it. Lol

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 4:19 PM

Chris Collura commented on Skip Talbot's photo.

Yeah. She was a FUCKING BITCH today :(

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 3:39 PM

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

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 3:37 PM

Chris Collura commented on Brian Stertz's post.

Murpheys law .. the MOST IMPORTANT radar during an unexpected tornado OUTBREAK is always DOWN.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 3:19 PM


Good ... you folks finally noticed :)

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 3:15 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Full on TORNADO OUTBREAK on going in Indiana now. Why weren't we "MEMO'd" on this?

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 3:06 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 3:02 PM

Chris Collura commented on Meteorologist Tony Laubach's photo.

I could have EASILY chased this (had I known).

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 3:01 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jonathan Parker's comment.

Kokomo Indiana

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 2:40 PM

Chris Collura commented on a link.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 2:38 PM

Chris Collura commented on Stephen Sponsler's post.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 2:36 PM

Chris Collura commented on Brandon Molyneaux's post.

Trolls? 2% "eastern edge" of tornado probability was 250 miles to the west of HERE. Storm chasers are the best forecasters!

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:45 PM

Chris Collura replied to Heidi Farrar's comment.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:36 PM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's photo.

Wow. Just needs a good sand blasting and / or paint job.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:32 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Looks like we had a particularly significant (or even violent) tornado near Kokomo, Indiana today. This is why the SPC outlooks and probabilities are seemingly useless in a case like this since small scale boundaries and anomalies cannot be picked up! Nature sure pulled a fast one today to say the least.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:27 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:15 PM

Chris Collura commented on Lindsey Fowler's post.

George Kourounis WAS down in THAT pit ;)

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:13 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Tell the folks at SPC that they need to move their 2% tornado probability over Indiana. The watch box was a bit more fitting.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:10 PM

https://t.co/tfyrdlXu2F

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:08 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Piotrowski's post.

Show this to SPC ... Fail!!!!

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 1:05 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 12:59 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Piotrowski's post.



Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 12:58 PM

Chris Collura commented on Heidi Farrar's post.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 11:12 AM

Chris Collura replied to Margie Kieper's comment.

He was knocked down, got back up, and took another hit off the booze bottle!

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 11:10 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Right now I think the Atlantic will never match up to the W Pacific. Maybe going to Japan would be better (and even CHEAPER) than going to the Gulf. At least that's the way I see it now. 99L will go into the mountains of Hispaniola. Then we can stick a fork in it. But save the fork for some sushi before a big typhoon intercept! !!!

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 11:06 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Piotrowski's post.

Still an open wave. Weakened alot in past 6 hours (concentrated convection gone for now).

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 11:04 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tony Laubach's photo.

When the weather sucks boringly to the extreme ... Cat pictures are a welcome SDS relief.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 10:01 AM

Chris Collura replied to Margie Kieper's comment.

That's what I was thinking. Notice there are two guys clearly visible, but there's a third, engulfed in the wave, to the left. Crazy.

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 10:00 AM

Chris Collura commented on Lori Ferguson's post.

Red sky at night = Sailors delight!

(Aka, no hurricanes... lol)

Posted: Aug 24, 2016, 9:14 AM


From back in late September 2005 when Florida used to get hurricanes ... And more people partied IN them than those who CHASED them!Hurricane Rita brushes Key West, Florida around September 20, 2005 as locals there drink rum in the storm surge!Place: Southernmost Point in the US, Key West, FL (24.547535561354, -81.796975699059) Address: cornor of Whitehead Street and South Street, Key West, Florida 33040

Posted: Aug 23, 2016, 5:06 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.



Posted: Aug 22, 2016, 8:37 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jeff Piotrowski's comment.

Fish storms !!!!

Posted: Aug 22, 2016, 8:25 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jeff Piotrowski's comment.

Ironically I got sick from food with "fish" in it :(

Posted: Aug 22, 2016, 4:50 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Pretty much spent my first day back here in the Chicago area ALL DAY in bed (and / or sitting on the toilet). Severe food poisoning. Leg cramps, sweating, diarrhea, headache. Aweful. I only wish THIS on people I hate.

Posted: Aug 20, 2016, 5:25 PM

Chris Collura commented on Blake Naftel's photo.

Watched the event on radar. Broad (but strong) couplet. Massive rain wrap.

Posted: Aug 19, 2016, 9:16 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Thanks George Kourounis. A Dehaviland DHC-3 basically. The nose looked like a porter.

Posted: Aug 19, 2016, 5:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on George Kourounis's photo.

Looks like a Pilatus PC6 Porter aircraft.

Posted: Aug 17, 2016, 8:05 AM


I got a chuckle seeing this ad on my doorstep for a milk farm / delivery. Not interested in the ad itself, but what's in the sky in the background!Maybe stock photo or the sky scape that a storm chaser quickly would recognize :)

Posted: Aug 16, 2016, 7:09 PM

Chris Collura commented on Lindsey Fowler's post.

Posted: Aug 16, 2016, 7:07 PM

Chris Collura commented on Thad Bowling's post.

Someone had to park a mile away with an angry wife and ---screeeeech! Just keyed it!

Posted: Aug 16, 2016, 5:18 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

With the Atlantic the way it is I was considering chasing this one :(

Posted: Aug 16, 2016, 1:37 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's photo.

Paid 2.03 the other day. IN Chicago suburbs. Damn, not bad!

Posted: Aug 16, 2016, 12:17 AM

Chris Collura replied to Samantha Stepter's comment.

No deal here. Move along.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 12:00 PM

Chris Collura replied to Dalton Do's comment.

That's just what apple needs, a utility like that. Thanks for the advice as that seemed to "see" the hidden "camera roll". Wish I knew that yesterday.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 9:27 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.



Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:47 AM

Chris Collura posted in RadarScope Users Group.


Skydiving at Chicagoland Skydiving Center (CSC) over the weekend in Rochelle, IL. Great weather (Sunday, Aug 14) all day and 3 planes turning loads (a PAC-750, Twin DH-6 Otter, and Shorts Skyvan)! Jumped from 18,000 feet on one of the loads. In this picture, I am setting up to land on that tiny X somewhere in that green fields near the runway and hangar!

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Exiting Skyvan at 14,000 feet over CSC.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Passing the clouds after jumping from the Skyvan over CSC in Rochelle, IL.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Myself after exiting the Skyvan 14,000 feet over CSC. Yes, I'm upside down!

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Group falling away (looking down off tailgate of Skyvan) over CSC (note the I-88 and I-39 interchange to the upper left)!

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Group exits tailgate out of Skyvan at CSC.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Door open (that dude must be COLD) at 18,000 feet MSL over CSC. About 10 deg below.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Tandem landing at CSC.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


View looking down over I-88 towards landing area at CSC.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Breathing supplemental oxygen on a jump from 18,000 feet MSL over CSC.

Posted: Aug 15, 2016, 8:43 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


View after take-off from CSC on a PAC-750 aircraft.

Posted: Aug 14, 2016, 8:58 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own post.

Yeah, Jason Foster, I can bet the issue was more Windows and not the iPhone. I found it strange seeing everything in "Camera Roll" that wasn't visible in Windows (?). Not sure what that was about.

Posted: Aug 14, 2016, 6:23 PM

Chris Collura commented on Brian Merkel's post.



Posted: Aug 14, 2016, 2:06 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Gawd ... Apple iPhone is a total piece of GARBAGE when it comes to copying pictures to your PC !!!

I just love seeing 267 images in the "camera roll" and "1 image" in the USB window. Literally took 2 hours of finaggling and trying to finally get the "hidden" pics to show up, after uninstalling and re-installing iTunes and copying / recovering! Jeez. Seriously?

Meanwhile I plugged my Samsung Galaxy s5 into the SAME computer and played all my videos, pictures viewed, right from "removable disk D:" ... no magic, no finaggling, it JUST WORKED and all the files were there.

No offense for you Apple folks out there ... But if you're an IT guy and moved from Apple to Android (like me), Apple is a fruit, not planned obsolescence :/

Posted: Aug 14, 2016, 12:33 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's post.

Posted: Aug 14, 2016, 10:51 AM

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

Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 5:11 PM

Chris Collura commented on Skip Talbot's photo.

Awesome ... Nice ride. And you got it "christened" it with its first middle finger too!

How did you like driving that through Chicago's wonderful and non-linear (also occurs outside of rush hour) traffic?

Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 5:07 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

OK, we're NOT GONNA get a hurricane anytime soon in the Atlantic ... SO ... Let's just dump all the precipatable water available in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico onto the state of Louisiana instead?

Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 4:57 PM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's photo.

Yup. 12 years is a long time. 11 years without a major landfall is even longer.

Ok, so what about global warming, now?

Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 1:34 PM

Chris Collura commented on Greg Nordstrom's post.

Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 1:33 PM

Chris Collura commented on Brandon Molyneaux's photo.



Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 1:31 PM

Chris Collura replied to Katharina Faleovalu's comment.

Don't flame this guy ... he is a very respectable storm chaser / in a avid scientific group.

Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 1:29 PM

Chris Collura replied to Bernie Kearney's comment.

Once anything develops the shear will be back (or a east coast "vaccination" trough will protect all life ... unless you're a fish or marine mammal).

Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 1:27 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.



Posted: Aug 13, 2016, 7:16 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Laying here in Chicago with an empty broken heart and an Atlantic hurricane season to match.

Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 5:04 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Piotrowski's post.

A.A.A to the rescue?

Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 5:03 PM

Chris Collura commented on Joseph Barton Comstock's post.

Looks like the Asian Pacific area ... Josh Morgerman will be on it (if it happens).

The tropical Atlantic is a joke anyway.

Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 4:55 PM

Chris Collura replied to Scott M Bryant's comment.



Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 4:49 PM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's post.

Don't feel so bad ... in Florida I've seen some punks stealing from the poor box. Sooooo WRONG. Watch out for that bolt from the blue!

Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 4:46 PM

Chris Collura commented on Groupon's link.

It's a major rip off. $25 just to park. THEN $40 discount to get in, great. If you don't wanna wait in line for "127 minutes" you BETTER get a flash pass, for just $90 more :/

Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 4:43 PM

Chris Collura commented on Lori Ferguson's post.

If you're pregnant it's a problem. Other than that Zika is a mild flu.

Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 4:35 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Hey Brian J. Spencer ... some money grubbing jackasses do.

Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 8:41 AM

Chris Collura commented on Chris Kridler's post.

I get that crap all the time on my videos, and it's usually nothing to worry about.

Posted: Aug 12, 2016, 6:33 AM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's post.

Posted: Aug 11, 2016, 11:32 AM

Chris Collura commented on Michael W. Rogers's post.

These planes are designed for extreme (tactical) descents. An ASCENT like this without a high horizontal initial speed ("zoom" climb) nor JATO (rocket assisted) takeoff isn't possible on a large aircraft of such mass. Maybe fake?

Still cool, though.

Posted: Aug 11, 2016, 11:29 AM

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

Posted: Aug 11, 2016, 11:25 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jeffrey Lâm Hùng's post.

Big "sac" !

Posted: Aug 11, 2016, 11:24 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jerry Prsha's post.

Posted: Aug 11, 2016, 11:22 AM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's post.

Jeez. Life is just amazing. Hands down.

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 5:00 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jack Corso's post.

Dust devil. Rare for Chicago, possibly the lake breeze boundary played a role?

No deep convection around, just a 3,000 foot cloud base of stratocumulus.

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 4:37 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Yeah mine is CRAZY granular! Kind of like a huge dictionary. Skip Talbot 's is great cuz it's simple and quick reference.

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 4:36 PM

Chris Collura commented on Stephen Sponsler's post.

Barking but no bite?

Still amazing!

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 4:31 PM

http://sky-chaser.com/schpri.htm#TERMS

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 4:29 PM

Chris Collura commented on Skip Talbot's photo.

http://sky-chaser.com/schpri.htm#TERMS

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 12:33 PM

Chris Collura replied to Karla Dorman's comment.

My website page had a description of this, Karla Dorman...

This is a picture of the abandoned Sacaton open-pit copper mine to the southeast of Casa Grande. Arizona taken from a Boeing 767 flying from California to Florida at an altitude of about 35,000 feet. These open pit mines can be hundreds of feet deep. In this mine, the spiral terraces allow large trucks and earth movers to haul the tons of raw copper ore out of the "hole" and to the refinery. Note the "lake" at the bottom of the hole where the water table is reached by the great depth. The mine is about 900 feet deep and has been abandoned since the 1980's.

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 12:29 PM

Chris Collura replied to Tim Marshall's comment.

Wow ... Cicero. Awesome, Tim Marshall!

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 11:26 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Piotrowski's post.

The old one was total garbage. You couldn't zoom or anything on most phones or tablets.

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 11:24 AM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's post.

You mean I got to restart the WHOLE FREAKING COMPUTOR ???

Posted: Aug 10, 2016, 2:17 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Piotrowski's post.

Yeah ... and I landed there minutes after that stuff happened :(

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 8:20 PM


Flying in a thunderstorm environment is no joke. Here we are carefully routing around and to the north of a severe storm west of Fort Lauderdale, FL during the afternoon of August 9, 2016 while heading to a stopover in DC then Chicago. The view to the west after takeoff is ominous!

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 8:17 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Severe storms over south Florida (Aug 9, 2016) from airliner. Note lightning flash just below wing to lower left!

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 8:17 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Severe storms over south Florida (Aug 9, 2016) from airliner. Pileus clouds on over-shooting top (at least 50,000 feet up)!

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 8:17 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Severe storms over south Florida (Aug 9, 2016) from airliner. Powerful explosive updraft to 50,000+ feet.

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 8:17 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Severe storms over south Florida (Aug 9, 2016) from airliner. View after departing Fort Lauderdale of severe storm over western sections of eastern Broward County.

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 8:17 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Severe storms over south Florida (Aug 9, 2016) from airliner. View looking south from over northeatern Broward County with lightning captured from video frame grab!

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 3:35 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Can it save me 15 percent or more on car insurance? :)

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 3:33 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jen P-One's comment.

I saw tons of those in the Bahamas.

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 3:30 PM


The view was worth a stopover in DC heading to Chicago earlier today!Place: Washington D.C. (38.8951, -77.0367) Address: Washington D.C.

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 3:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on Lori Ferguson's photo.

I flew over that puppy!

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 12:37 PM

Chris Collura replied to Andrew Carroll's comment.

God made both the Dolphins (after 1974) and the Atlantic hurricane seasons (after 2005) fom the same "mold" :/

Boooooorrrrrrriiiinng!

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 12:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on Caryn Hill's post.

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 12:28 PM

Chris Collura replied to Mark G. Farmer's comment.

Hahaha ... I know that! Just wondering what KIND of lizard :)

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 12:22 PM


This view never gets old. Chicago arriving via Midway Airport.Place: Chicago Midway International Airport (41.786565823141, -87.745887418182) Address: 5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60638

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 12:00 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

This is awesome. Never knew they were doing a roof like that.

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 11:59 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo to John Thomas Moon III's timeline.


Happy birthday!

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 11:55 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's post.

As Derek Sibley and I love these posts during an inactive season (again) ... Let the anniversaries BEGIN !!!!

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on Derek Sibley's post.

Holy cow... roof covering the whole stadium?

F'ck the Atlantic :)

Posted: Aug 9, 2016, 10:53 AM


These are all over South Florida. Not sure what they are called.Place: Deerfield Beach, South Florida, Usa (26.31805142145, -80.12800978555) Address: Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442

Posted: Aug 8, 2016, 6:00 PM

https://youtu.be/Oye1T6R0SRU

Posted: Aug 7, 2016, 2:58 PM

Chris Collura commented on Lori Ferguson's photo.



Posted: Aug 6, 2016, 8:46 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Helicopter jumps at Skydive Chicago (during their Summerfest Boogie) in August 2016. Non-terminal "weightless" free fall!

Posted: Aug 6, 2016, 8:46 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Helicopter jumps at Skydive Chicago (during their Summerfest Boogie) in August 2016. Hanging off skids and letting go!

Posted: Aug 6, 2016, 8:46 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Helicopter jumps at Skydive Chicago (during their Summerfest Boogie) in August 2016. Getting ready to exit.

Posted: Aug 6, 2016, 8:46 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Helicopter jumps at Skydive Chicago (during their Summerfest Boogie) in August 2016. High speed low approach and pull-up over the Fox River after take-off!

Posted: Aug 6, 2016, 7:17 AM

Chris Collura commented on Derek Sibley's post.

And that image. Oh my ... looks like something off the Asian coast (only after 2005) :/

Posted: Aug 5, 2016, 5:02 PM

Chris Collura commented on Derek Sibley's photo.

I wanna see how THAT "behaves" in 120 mph winds :/

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Posted: Aug 4, 2016, 7:04 AM

Chris Collura commented on Extreme Nature by Mike Theiss's photo.

This is upward positive lightning. Nice shot BTW !

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Posted: Aug 3, 2016, 11:06 AM

Chris Collura commented on George Kourounis's photo.

Where I passed you on the shoulder of the road in Ike?

We always taunt each other on that!

Same vehicle, right?

Wow!

Posted: Aug 3, 2016, 6:25 AM

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Chris Collura commented on Jeffrey Lâm Hùng's post.

This was right here in the USA ... In Maryland a few nights ago.

Posted: Aug 2, 2016, 12:44 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

1). BAD News ... I cleaned up my friends list on here, again, removing a LOT of people!

2). GOOD News ... You are seeing this, so that means you are still on my "friends" list!

Posted: Aug 2, 2016, 10:18 AM

Chris Collura commented on Margie Kieper's photo.

Booking tickets from Chicago to Belize now...

Flying out tomorrow morning and returning Saturday. $1267 round trip!!!
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Posted: Aug 2, 2016, 8:03 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Yeah I'm sure it's not cheap there. It's an island, like Bermuda or Hawaii, and much is imported. Fuel I'm sure is the highest there. My point was the tourism and overrunning I see when I was in Niagara Falls, kinda like Las Vegas. Out there it's so pristine and un spoiled. I hope you see the Aurora too!

Posted: Aug 2, 2016, 7:43 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's post.

What a place! And unlike Niagara Falls with every gouging tourist trap, this place seems unspoiled. I'm sure buying a water bottle there ain't $10 USD plus a time share ad!

Posted: Aug 1, 2016, 7:53 PM


Basically you have two types of people (suffering from a problem with their life, health, etc) that handle their limited time left in two ways...1). Drag everyone around them down to the same miserable mental state (preferably lower) as they are using guilt, anger, and just being down right rude. You'll lose whatever friends you have, die alone (and faster), and no one will miss you.2). Try to live day by day, enjoying that time with the friends and family you love. Making them love you more (and when your gone leaving good memories). Also, such good energy may actually make you live longer!I've personally (and unfortunately) seen #1 above. Doctor told him he had 5 to 10 years, but he lived only 2, and the death was slow and agonizing. I also seen #2, and after being told six months to live, she lived 4 more years with a quick and peaceful passage at the end.

Posted: Aug 1, 2016, 5:59 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's post.

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