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Posts And Comments For December 2016

Posted: Dec 31, 2016, 9:25 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Happy new year everyone!

Posted: Dec 31, 2016, 12:34 PM

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

Just a cloud. It looks like a low shelf cloud so I'll venture under it. Need to "cool off" on that hot early summer day!

Posted: Dec 31, 2016, 12:32 PM

Chris Collura commented on Willoughby Owen's post.

Posted: Dec 30, 2016, 6:19 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Had a similar "sudden dip" like that last Christmas chunking up many $$$ helping a family member keep his house (not buying one) due to gambling "mistakes" :(

At least mine "bounced back" like yours did -eventually.

Posted: Dec 30, 2016, 10:22 AM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Foster's comment.

Definitely Jason Foster! I was just thinking of that in the wake of Jim Leonard passing. That would be so cool if we can get a group like that together again!

Posted: Dec 29, 2016, 7:54 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jack Corso's post.

Why do "Wheel Chairs, Assisted Living, Foley Bags, and Long Term Disability, etc" come to mind?

Posted: Dec 29, 2016, 7:35 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo to Jason Foster's timeline.


Wishing you a happy birthday!

Posted: Dec 28, 2016, 12:27 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

Third woman (from left) is either kneeling or her legs are hidden behind those next to her?

Why are they all in a man cave?

Posted: Dec 27, 2016, 9:44 AM

Chris Collura commented on Justin Baker's photo.

Posted: Dec 27, 2016, 9:43 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

...Words, they cut like a knife
Cut into my life
I don't want to hear your words
They always attack
Please take them all back
If they're yours I don't want anymore...

--Madonna (Erotica 1992)

Message: Just WATCH what you say before opening you're f'cking mouth. LOL

Posted: Dec 27, 2016, 9:22 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

You said "behind Scott Peake", right?

So that should be his headlights INSIDE the tornado :)

Posted: Dec 23, 2016, 2:35 PM

It's "only water"?

...Just don't get your hand in its path!Updated Dec 23, 2016, 2:35 PM

Posted: Dec 23, 2016, 11:04 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Looks like "a mirror image" of the Atlantic in September.

Posted: Dec 22, 2016, 4:56 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

https://youtu.be/j22VSFfCsM8

Posted: Dec 22, 2016, 9:58 AM

Chris Collura commented on Lori Ferguson's photo.

Sky hasn't looked like that here (S FL) much lately. Too grey.

Posted: Dec 22, 2016, 8:27 AM


For anyone in South Florida: Plan on indoor activities for the most part.While it's clear and cold up north, South Florida really hasn't got a shot of cool air. Instead, the Canadian high pressure slides east instead of SE, causing these cold fronts to STALL over south FL and only cause dreary and wet weather - Taking a week or more to clear out!Looks like skydiving WON'T happen until well into the new year... 2009 / 2010 anyone?Place: Deerfield Beach, Florida (26.3182, -80.0993) Address: Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441–33443

Posted: Dec 22, 2016, 7:47 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's post.

It's a horrible time of the year (in that respect). I go to store to pick up one or two things, have to wait in long lines after spending a LONG time just trying to park.

The other day some old guy was standing in the middle of a parking spot (holding it) for a good 5 minutes. I'm surprised he didn't get shot. But someone threw a half-cup of coffee at him :/

Tis the season ... Jingle all the way...

Posted: Dec 20, 2016, 8:52 PM

Chris Collura commented on George Kourounis's photo.

F'cking awesomeness! Damn you are one heck of an interesting guy all over!

Posted: Dec 20, 2016, 1:56 PM

Chris Collura replied to John Moser's comment.



Posted: Dec 20, 2016, 1:16 PM

Chris Collura commented on Bill Hark's photo.



Posted: Dec 20, 2016, 12:29 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's post.

My dad as a kid took my telescope gift and shattered it on the curb of the street in front of me screaming "Nooooooo...."!

I disrespected him and my grandparents (misbehaved) and I honestly deserved it.

Posted: Dec 20, 2016, 12:27 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's post.

Lichenberg pattern!

Posted: Dec 20, 2016, 7:40 AM

Chris Collura replied to Robert Balogh's comment.

Posted: Dec 19, 2016, 4:35 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Dec 19, 2016, 9:09 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's post.

The body fat probably saved his life, and he probably lost a pound or two in the process.

Posted: Dec 19, 2016, 8:56 AM


It's always quite scary when the IR satellite (colorizing only the high altitude clouds as colder) reports similar colors on the ground - In the absence of high clouds!

Posted: Dec 19, 2016, 8:48 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jerry Prsha's post.

Posted: Dec 19, 2016, 7:51 AM

Chris Collura commented on Josie McKinny's post.

I'd say A ... Most evenly distributed center of mass.

Posted: Dec 19, 2016, 7:29 AM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.



Posted: Dec 19, 2016, 7:27 AM


Jeez ... What a weather geek I am.I happen to wake up early looking at the surface obs (with 83 deg F in S Florida - sorry) and I see -5 deg F west of Chicago, IL.So I message an ex co-worker of mine (before she goes to work) there to boil a pot of water and toss it into the air outside their house and send me pics of it.Thanks for doing it! Now I'll see how the waves are at the beach :)

Posted: Dec 19, 2016, 6:46 AM

Chris Collura commented on Derek Sibley's post.

Your gonna freeze your balls off.

Posted: Dec 18, 2016, 4:39 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

If you see my posts please take it with a joke or with a grain of salt...

...Not seriously as if you're trying to know where I'm at or what I'm doing!

WTF has this app called Facebook "become"?

Posted: Dec 18, 2016, 3:04 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's video.

I thought after 1979 garages weren't used for cars :)

Posted: Dec 18, 2016, 2:59 PM


Did you just love the 80s? Who remembers CineMax? Art of Noise?Awesome era!Place: Miami, Florida (25.7751, -80.1936) Address: Miami, Florida

Posted: Dec 18, 2016, 8:38 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jeffrey Lâm Hùng's post.

Posted: Dec 18, 2016, 8:10 AM

Chris Collura commented on Brian Stertz's photo.

Awesome cold weather throat clearing drink! One of my faves!

Posted: Dec 17, 2016, 9:04 PM

Chris Collura commented on Chris Kridler's video.

Diffraction grating?

Posted: Dec 17, 2016, 5:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on Rachel Brashar's post.

Posted: Dec 17, 2016, 8:31 AM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's post.

Thank god you pulled through this. God bless.

And screw anyone who makes bad remarks (if I was you those would be unfriended, not just deleted).

Awareness needs to be raised about ANY signs of depression. Not ignorance and certainly not any stigma.

Posted: Dec 17, 2016, 8:31 AM

Chris Collura wrote on Debbie Cascio Skelly's timeline.

Happy birthday !

Posted: Dec 17, 2016, 8:28 AM

Chris Collura replied to Larry Valdez's comment.

Thanks buddy. I remember we used to joke about her funnyness back in the day. You even met her. Wonderful woman.

Posted: Dec 16, 2016, 7:32 PM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's photo.

This can be the main cover of a help guide for anti depression / suicide brochure. Nice work. You have an awesome eye for photography!

Posted: Dec 16, 2016, 7:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Shoveling snow and piles blew out?

Posted: Dec 16, 2016, 5:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jeff Piotrowski's post.

Okay ... Only to find most of their flights cancelled?

Posted: Dec 16, 2016, 4:54 PM

Chris Collura commented on History Uncovered's post.



Posted: Dec 16, 2016, 4:47 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.



Posted: Dec 16, 2016, 9:41 AM


I see my mom in my dream last night. She tells me she's "going away" but takes her hand and puts it in the middle of my chest saying "I'll ALWAYS be here".Besides waking up crying uncontrollably like a baby, I know she just "visited" me from heaven in my dreams.

Posted: Dec 16, 2016, 6:33 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's post.



Posted: Dec 15, 2016, 10:26 AM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's post.

At least they hooked up my cable TV on time. Idiots.

Posted: Dec 15, 2016, 10:24 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's post.

People who die young (such as Steve Jobbs, Mike Jackson, even my mom, etc) were also good people - Served their purpose and had to leave. Angels come in any form.

Posted: Dec 15, 2016, 4:46 AM

Chris Collura commented on Derek Sibley's photo.

https://youtu.be/QVjTTcEuhtM

Posted: Dec 14, 2016, 12:50 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Go chase it

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 8:13 PM

Chris Collura replied to Neva Andersen's comment.

Yeah, yeah ... I know

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 7:44 PM

Chris Collura replied to Dalton Do's comment.

Proposals? Really?

Who on earth will marry ME?

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 7:43 PM

Chris Collura replied to Dalton Do's comment.

Hahaha. The last one was when I got stuck storm chasing and a cop rode me to a phone. So I can't lie, I was in the BACK of a police car :)

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 7:05 PM

Chris Collura commented on Skip Talbot's photo.

This is awesome and glad you're working on that project. Anton S is an awesome guy and definitely knows his stuff.

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 7:03 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Here's something my buddy shared, copy and paste into you're own status...

Tattoos......................................0
Piercings..................................0
Marriages.................................0
Divorces..................... ..............0
Proposals.................................0
Children.................................... 0
Surgeries...................................1
Shot a gun................... .............yes
Quit a job...................................yes
Flown on a plane........................yes
100+miles in a car...... ...............yes
Hit a deer....................................no
zip lining...................... ...............Yes
Cried over someone.... ..............yes
Fallen in love............... ...............yes
Watched someone give birth... yes
Watched someone die...............yes!
Been to Canada......... ..............yes
Rode in an ambulance..... .........yes
Visited Las Vegas.....................no
Sang karaoke.............. ............yes
Been downhill skiing...............yes
Rode a motorcycle... ................yes
Rode a horse....... .....................yes
Stayed in a hospital....................yes
Donated blood............. .............no
Rode in the back of a police car....yes

Hold your finger down and select copy... Then go into your own status and paste. Change the answers

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 7:01 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's post.

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 6:44 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own post.



Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Sorry to hear that. I remember few years back having a stuck valve where basically you have no way to put air in it. Wound up replacing the whole tire (during last polar vortex, 2014 I think in Chicago).

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 6:12 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own post.

This f'cking shit gets to me. Just Christmas. What else can go wrong?

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 6:11 PM

Chris Collura replied to Walter Park's comment.

Thanks ... Plus being stuck down here (in the "land of no") don't help (2 months ago I was SUPPOSED to be either in Chicago or California). Jeez

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 6:10 PM

Chris Collura replied to Cheryl Schumacher Chang's comment.

Thanks ... I'll be fine. This shit happens to be once in a while.

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 6:09 PM

Chris Collura replied to Dalton Do's comment.

Very hard. Nothing will fill the hole in my heart (and my dad's heart) she left by departing us. I cannot stand feeling like this...

...AND where the f'ck is that stupid bluetooth speaker?

Posted: Dec 13, 2016, 11:40 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

You can take "cancer" and shove it up its ass on a silver platter...

...Stop by my storage earlier today (looking for a bluetooth speaker - that I never found as it was buried under a bunch of shit I don't need) and I come across pics of my mom instead...

I see her blue night gown in front of the Christmas Tree (from early 80s) with white bold words saying "SuperMom". I just collapsed and started crying and it hit me like bricks in the chest.

I'm really sick and f'cking TIRED of her gone and these "moments" getting to me. It's too much. Sometimes these merry times aren't so "merry" :(

Posted: Dec 12, 2016, 6:43 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's link.

That's crazy. I wonder of the winds are being funneled through something (kinda like all the flipped cars in downtown Fort Lauderdale in Wilma in 2005)?

Posted: Dec 12, 2016, 6:41 PM

Chris Collura commented on Brandon Molyneaux's photo.



Posted: Dec 12, 2016, 10:29 AM

Chris Collura replied to Brian Stertz's comment.

Yeah maybe :)

Posted: Dec 12, 2016, 7:41 AM

Chris Collura wrote on James Vo's timeline.

Happy birthday, stranger :/

Posted: Dec 12, 2016, 6:29 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.


Fireballs loom over the crowd at the Miami Dolphins game(a 26-23 last SECOND win) against the Cardinals on Dec 11, 2016.

Posted: Dec 12, 2016, 5:54 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Wow ... that image almost looks like doppler velocities (red and blue) but I'm thinking it's just a reflectivity image and all the deep convection is south of the center (?). Still that's a lot of rain and wind in quite a densely populated area! Is there mountains there (hopefully no severe mudslides)?

Posted: Dec 11, 2016, 2:19 PM


One second left ... Miami Dolphins kick winning field goal for 26-23 win over the Aruzona Cardinals!Football at its finest!Place: Hard Rock Stadium (25.958025380406, -80.239259004593) Address: 347 Don Shula Drive, Miami Gardens, Florida 33056

Posted: Dec 11, 2016, 9:50 AM

Chris Collura replied to Rob Jones's comment.

No one here yet, game starts at 1 pm

Posted: Dec 10, 2016, 9:32 PM

Chris Collura commented on Caryn Hill's post.

Posted: Dec 10, 2016, 4:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on Emma DeBoard's life event.

Picking your way through so much TRASH paid off ... You found a GEM :)

Posted: Dec 10, 2016, 3:35 PM

Chris Collura commented on Kathy Williams's post.

Posted: Dec 10, 2016, 3:31 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jerry Prsha's post.

He looks Asian.:/

Posted: Dec 10, 2016, 3:26 PM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's post.

I was talking with Doug Kiesling few weeks or so ago about this and he was talking about getting a new SUV, but first stripping out all the usable stuff from the old one here before 'scrapping' it.

Posted: Dec 10, 2016, 9:44 AM

Chris Collura replied to Walter Park's comment.

Yeah but I don't know what's worse here. The people or the lousy weather.

Posted: Dec 10, 2016, 9:15 AM

Chris Collura replied to Walter Park's comment.

I don't like this weather here. And I miss being up there. Single here and creepy FL people don't help either.

Posted: Dec 10, 2016, 8:42 AM


Damn I miss the 4 seasons and Chicago. This is early winter in S Florida :(Rain every weekend. No outside activities, and accidents (people in S Florida never learned to drive in drizzle). 2009 !!!!Place: Oakland Park, Florida (26.1741, -80.1322) Address: Oakland Park, Florida 33304

Posted: Dec 9, 2016, 1:24 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

That was 1996... 20 years back (see my mullet?)

Posted: Dec 9, 2016, 1:22 PM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's photo.



Posted: Dec 9, 2016, 10:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on Lucille Smith's post.

Posted: Dec 9, 2016, 10:50 AM

Chris Collura replied to Scott Weberpal's comment.

Posted: Dec 9, 2016, 10:42 AM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Weberpal's video.

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 10:41 PM

Chris Collura replied to John Farley's comment.

Much more interesting. Always liked the 4 seasons. Not this wet and dry nonsense in the subtopics.

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 8:37 PM

Chris Collura commented on Cassity Rena Lebicz's post.

Yup ... My mom and dad would have done the same thing had I done that!

I once played with fire as a kid and my dad threatened to burn me with a cigarette. Scared, I learned, and NEVER did it again.

In this case - Hopefully she learned her lesson!

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 8:35 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sAsDqE3UKI

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 6:56 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's video.

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 5:24 PM

Chris Collura replied to Dagmar Kress's comment.

You're welcome. The video also had Freddy Cabanas from Key West in it (RIP) and Tsunami Aviation (Chris McDonald) in Hawaii. Both unfortunately were lost.

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 1:26 PM

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

As long as it gets cooler and clears out. I hate when it's that cool grey dreary rain and clouds that hang around for a week (since there's nothing to "kick" out the front).

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 1:01 PM

Chris Collura commented on Bill Hark's post.

Wow ... Glad to hear he had a long life (95 y/o). He deserved a long life. Great guy. RIP

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 11:34 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

There goes my outdoor plans for this weekend - FROSTA (front stalls there in S FL).

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 11:33 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

All about this major cold front ... All it's gonna do by the time it reaches S Florida is stall and rain / cloud out the entire weekend. So no outdoor fun probably. Basically a 2009 / 2010 pattern. Yuck.

Before Friday afternoon and after Monday morning it should be perfect weather.

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 11:28 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jim Cooley's post.

http://www.sky-chaser.com/pittsvid.htm

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 11:25 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jim Cooley's post.

Wow ... I remember that Extra 300 2 place! What an awesome machine!

Posted: Dec 8, 2016, 8:11 AM

Chris Collura commented on Kevin Buinowski's post.

Posted: Dec 7, 2016, 7:22 PM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's photo.

Wow ... Awesome composition!

Posted: Dec 7, 2016, 6:29 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

This would be so cool (chase wise) if it was stronger and you got to chase it (well, not so "cool" for the people in its path).

Posted: Dec 7, 2016, 5:30 PM

Chris Collura replied to Lori Richards's comment.

Posted: Dec 7, 2016, 5:27 PM

Chris Collura commented on Angie Norris's post.

Posted: Dec 7, 2016, 5:26 PM

Chris Collura commented on Michelle Jessen Gold's video.

Crying now. This is just overwhelmingly sad.

Posted: Dec 7, 2016, 5:20 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Just a heads up ... Mona Lowenthal Krimsky probably knows this all too well...

...Avoid any IT job interviews or offers from BA Aerospace in Miami, Florida. It's like a "failed date" with an Asian woman at Starbucks :(

They interview people and then you NEVER hear back. Even the head hunter is like "sorry I don't know what happened..."

If you interview people, don't f'cking disappear afterwards. Idiots.

Posted: Dec 7, 2016, 8:13 AM

Chris Collura commented on Allan Lamar's post.

I hope that's the punk who jacked Willoughby Owen"s gear in California. F'cking idiot...

Posted: Dec 7, 2016, 6:04 AM

Chris Collura commented on Angie Norris's post.

Posted: Dec 6, 2016, 9:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Eugene's post.

Posted: Dec 6, 2016, 9:42 AM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Weberpal's post.

Posted: Dec 5, 2016, 8:45 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jack Corso's post.

Thanks so much! This is so thoughtful.

Posted: Dec 5, 2016, 8:44 AM

Chris Collura commented on Angie Norris's post.

Posted: Dec 5, 2016, 8:41 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

I remember that frame grab on StormTrack. Everglades City. Florida was more active than the west Pacific those 2 years (04 and 05).

Posted: Dec 5, 2016, 3:23 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Nice.

Posted: Dec 2, 2016, 12:57 PM

Chris Collura commented on Colt Forney's post.

Happy for you Colt Forney ... It's awesome when the chasers who missed many of the tornadoes get a redemption like this at the end of the season. And this photogenic too!

Posted: Dec 2, 2016, 12:54 PM

Chris Collura commented on Colt Forney's post.

Don't be fooled! Back on May 9 (in 2015) in Colorado (Cheyenne Wells) and Kansas (Grinnell) ... Prolific tornado producers, cold core like setup, and tops barely 30,000 feet high.

Posted: Dec 2, 2016, 8:36 AM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.



Posted: Dec 2, 2016, 7:28 AM

Chris Collura replied to Thomas Debaillon's comment.



Posted: Dec 2, 2016, 6:52 AM

Chris Collura replied to Roy Britt's comment.

I remember seeing this. Scary realizing these huge stones were high up in the clouds!

Posted: Dec 2, 2016, 6:49 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

If you go, I wonder how the data availability would be like there.

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 7:52 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dalton Do's live video.

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 4:18 PM

Chris Collura replied to Scott Peake's comment.

Mike, STOP!!! lol

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 3:57 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's post.



Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 1:03 PM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Peake's photo.

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 12:47 PM

Chris Collura commented on Neva Andersen's post.

Yuck.

"I can smell it now!" (Mike Rowe 2008)

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 12:45 PM

Chris Collura commented on Daniel Shaw's photo.

"Shared" is OK, but did he just download the video and upload it saying it was HIS?

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 12:40 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 12:20 PM

Chris Collura commented on Bao Luu's photo.

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 12:18 PM

Chris Collura replied to Chris Novy's comment.

Oh my. Did I start a flame war?

Damn trees. Does it every time :(

Maybe I'll leave facebook soon. Sad it got THAT bad.

Posted: Dec 1, 2016, 6:55 AM

Chris Collura replied to Chris Novy's comment.

I've seen the Hattiesburg video from Feb 2013. That was Scott Peake's video. Incredible stuff and close to it. But horrifying at the same time.

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