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Posted: Aug 31, 2017, 5:12 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Not to mention how many times the wind almost picked us up and threw us.

Posted: Aug 31, 2017, 5:11 AM

Chris Collura commented on Aaron Tuttle Meteorologist's post.

The main goal of INSURANCE is to TAKE your money and sleaze their way to NOT PAY when you b need them.

Posted: Aug 30, 2017, 7:35 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Aug 21 total solar eclipse - Leaving Foshee Recreation area near Spring City, TN.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 30, 2017, 7:35 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Aug 21 total solar eclipse - "Chase map" and target area near Spring City, TN.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 30, 2017, 7:35 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Aug 21 total solar eclipse - Foshee Recreation area near Spring City, TN.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 30, 2017, 8:28 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 29, 2017, 8:00 PM

Chris Collura commented on Cheryl Schumacher Chang's post.

Posted: Aug 29, 2017, 3:13 PM

Chris Collura replied to Dave Lewison's comment.

Also Katrina weakened from a strong category 5 to a 3 at landfall. The wave setup and surge was already well established, which continued ashore.

Harvey (like Charley in 2004) was intensifying rapidly and smaller. Category 2 to 4 rapidly, so lack of duration for wave and surge setup.

Posted: Aug 29, 2017, 11:37 AM

Safely back in south Florida after chasing Harvey. Got a brief glimpse of the disorganized center of Harvey passing north of it en-route from Dallas to Fort Lauderdale (Florida) on a bumpy flight.

Posted: Aug 29, 2017, 8:25 AM

Chris Collura commented on Cheryl Schumacher Chang's post.

Wow ... That's what I call Camo!!!

Posted: Aug 29, 2017, 7:25 AM

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

Posted: Aug 29, 2017, 7:23 AM

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

Posted: Aug 29, 2017, 6:48 AM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's photo.

The last time I saw any clear sky was late Friday night in Rockport ... Inside Harveys cat-4 eye, lol.

And happy birthday

Posted: Aug 29, 2017, 5:32 AM

There you are sol. Forgot how good you looked with your blue backdrop.Note Harveys cloud deck in distance to SE (right). View from near Dallas.

Posted: Aug 28, 2017, 10:08 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's post.

Posted: Aug 28, 2017, 9:59 PM

I'm safely evacuated to Dallas. Returning car there and flying out of there 8/29 in the morning. Water was rising again leaving Houston earlier so I decided to leave this evening (8/28).This was water literally spilling over the median barrier from left (southbound) to right (my northbound) lanes of I-45 north of Houston near Spring, Texas. Note to the left the water is over topping the median wall and jetting through the cracks.Place: Spring, Texas (30.0541, -95.387) Address: Spring, Texas 77373, 77379, 77389, 77388, 77386

Posted: Aug 28, 2017, 2:34 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Foster's comment.

Yeah, Harvey was.

Posted: Aug 28, 2017, 2:25 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Posted: Aug 28, 2017, 2:09 PM

I'm evacuating to Dallas. The rain is bad again and I'm on my way up there to fly out of Dallas tomorrow morning. Houston is a VERY bad place to be in right now.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:09 PM

Terrifying rushing water across Shepherd Drive with swollen streams and rivers west of Houston this evening. This was like class 5 rapids at times.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 10:36 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Awesome! Nice job too Josh! I was gonna message Josh to see if he plotted this!

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 2:26 PM

Chris Collura commented on Bill Hark's post.

Yeah. I'm seeing it first hand.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 12:31 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

This is just unreal. I just shot video of submerged vehicles and even a family being rescued by a USCG helicopter (the Coast Guard this far inland can't be good) :/

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 12:29 PM

Chris Collura commented on AccuWeather's live video.

Gotta do it by FOOT :/

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 12:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on Nick Nolte's post.

I think the GRLevelX forums has special color pallets for these extreme cases.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 12:25 PM

Chris Collura commented on Heather Watkins Skagen's post.

This is a picture of a waterspout off the Tampa area a few years back. And this is definitely NOT Texas. This same image was used for Chicago a couple years ago (there's no palm trees in Chicago, duh).

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 12:17 PM

Chris Collura commented on Nick Nolte's post.

I'm curious too. Houston vs Harvey is "pegging" it.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:56 AM

Chris Collura replied to Bill Hark's comment.

No. Thank God.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:56 AM

Chris Collura replied to George Kourounis's comment.

Yeah, no time or work constraint for me. Wish you were there for the landfall. That was just sick.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:55 AM

Chris Collura replied to Lori Ferguson's comment.

Thanks ... Hard to see these folks underwater. I put the camera down a few times to help. Sad...

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:54 AM

Chris Collura replied to Tyler Metcalf's comment.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Myself standing in near hurricane conditions arrive. Hurricane Harvey - Rockport / Fulton, Texas on Aug 25, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

New "view" from fouth floor of Rockport, Texas Mariott ... Staircase and side of building collapsed.From hurricane Harvey - Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Eyewall winds in hurricane Harvey - Rockport, Texas on Aug 25, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Hurricane conditions arrive. Hurricane Harvey - Rockport / Fulton, Texas on Aug 25, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Damage in Rockport, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Rockport, Texas on Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Highway 35 flooded NE of Fulton and ner Tivoli, Texas after hurricane Harvey - Rockport, Texas on Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Damage and surge in Rockport, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Damage in Rockport, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Hotel third and fouth floor damage. Staircase and side of building collapsed. Rockport, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Aug 25, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Hotel third and fouth floor damage and flooding (roof was torn off hotel). Rockport, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Overturned trailer. Rockport / Fulton, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Visible satellite image of hurricane Harvey making landfall late on August 25, 2017 near Rockport, Texas as a category 4 hurricane. Eye nearly perfect - Like a cup!Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Here is my location (cross hairs) inside the eye after landfall late on August 25, 2017 near Rockport, Texas as a category 4 hurricane.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Damage and collapse on Mariott east side. Viewed while inside calm eye. Rockport, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Aug 25, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Destroyed boat storage - Port Aransas, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Flooded streets in south Houston, Texas - Tropical storm Harvey on Aug 27, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Coast Guard rescue in south Houston, Texas - Tropical storm Harvey on Aug 27, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

This is the calm eye of hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas on the eveninf of August 25th. I'm "seeing stars"!Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Cars stuck / flooded street in south Houston, Texas - Tropical storm Harvey on Aug 27, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Hotel third and fouth floor damage. First step is a BIG one! Staircase and side of building collapsed. Rockport, Texas from hurricane Harvey - Aug 26, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 10:23 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 10:12 AM

Looks like I'm stuck here until at least Wednesday. This flooding here is catastrophic and these pictures don't do it any justice because I'm in an area that is not "normally prone" to flooding. But this storm is NOT "normal" :/

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 8:04 AM

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

On Airport Road near Houston Hobby Airport.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 8:03 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Yeah a gay hurricane with a nasty attitude too, Charlton Gio Villanoz-Prepeña.

Posted: Aug 27, 2017, 7:41 AM

Green does NOT mean "go" in this case. This is the road to Houston Hobby Airport. Radar estimates of 42 inches of rain is just rediculous. Looks like I'll be here for the next few days :)

Posted: Aug 26, 2017, 6:53 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Glad we all stayed safe. That entire hotel was shaking. Never been in a building you can physically FEEL moving and shaking.

That radar image of the eye looks like a flower or clover. Incredible.

Posted: Aug 26, 2017, 5:08 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

What a great storm and what a heck of a torn chaser convergence too!

Glad we made it out of there in one piece. Just a nail in my foot, so I faired pretty well.

Great job again! #joshcantbust

Posted: Aug 26, 2017, 3:02 PM

Chris Collura replied to Bill Hark's comment.

Just happened upon on of those supercells.

Posted: Aug 26, 2017, 2:54 PM

Chris Collura commented on David Gold's post.

Posted: Aug 26, 2017, 2:53 PM

Passing through Houston and see this tornado warned TCMS (tropical cyclone mini-supercell) hanging near the city.

Posted: Aug 26, 2017, 11:48 AM

Chris Collura marked himself safe during Hurricane Harvey.

Place: Corpus Christi (29.1456, -96.22495)

Posted: Aug 26, 2017, 1:11 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

I assume no gas, hah!

Posted: Aug 26, 2017, 1:09 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Just letting you know I'm OK and rode out the storm in the Marriott here in Rockport, Texas. Category 4 storm, lightning, and stars visible with birds flying and even a tornado inside the eye. Unbelievable. Getting sleep a bit now in a destroyed hotel!

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 11:00 PM

Chris Collura commented on ChaserTV's photo.

I saw birds overhead and stars. Wow.

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 9:29 PM

In eye now. Dead calm. Stars and milky way visible at times overhead with birds flying.

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 6:03 PM

Chris Collura was live.

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 4:19 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own live video.

Funny ... phone wet and video ended

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 4:09 PM

Chris Collura was live.

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 3:41 PM

Chris Collura was live.

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 3:39 PM

Chris Collura was live.

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 1:18 PM

Sitting here in Aransas Pass and may adjust northward a bit to near Rockport if necessary. First contact with main eyewall is less than 30 miles away (~3 hours).This will be the first major hurricane to hit the USA in almost 12 years.

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 10:37 AM

Chris Collura commented on Kory Hartman's post.

I got grounded for a month by my parents for doing that (surfing in hurricane surf).

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 10:34 AM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's photo.

What's that gonna do? Hah!

Posted: Aug 25, 2017, 6:17 AM

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

Posted: Aug 24, 2017, 11:29 PM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Currently in Victoria Texas for the night, with options to go south to Corpus Christi, if needed, or to Port Lavaca to my east. If storm goes in well south of Corpus Christi then it will be very difficult to get the core of the hurricane. Right now getting some sleep and continue in the morning.

Posted: Aug 24, 2017, 4:59 PM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Peake Weather's photo.

I got a motel booked in Victoria for some quick sleep when I get in there after midnight tonight.

Posted: Aug 24, 2017, 1:20 PM

Chris Collura was in Houston, Texas.

Place: Houston, Texas (29.7602, -95.3694) Address: Houston, TexasPlace: Houston, Texas (29.7602, -95.3694) Address: Houston, Texas

Posted: Aug 23, 2017, 4:43 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Appears to be a rather weak system (mainly a big rain maker) and probably barely a hurricane at landfall.

Posted: Aug 23, 2017, 2:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Vasquez's photo.

Foshee Pass Recreation Area (About 2-3 miles SE of Spring City) in Tennessee. Picnic area with $5 all day permit. Totality visibility was 10 (out of 10)! One small cloud from nearby power plant cooling tower lasted 2 minutes but 7 minutes before totality.

Posted: Aug 23, 2017, 2:19 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 23, 2017, 8:12 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's post.

South Florida to near Spring City, Tennessee. Total was 1563.9 miles total.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 8:43 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jarrod Schoenecker's post.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 6:14 PM

Chris Collura commented on ChaserTV's photo.

HPT = Hurricane Protection Trough for US east coast.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 6:12 PM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's photo.

This was beyond cool. The dimming light was almost laser like, so specular (dim with crisp shadows). The wave shadows were cool too! Loved that 360 degree gloaming sunset on every horizon!

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 6:09 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Let's see if Harvey can compete with Hato!

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 6:07 PM

Chris Collura commented on Randy Becht's post.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 5:58 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jim Cantore's post.

Fish storms.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 5:57 PM

Chris Collura commented on Mike Hollingshead's photo.

I hate construction delays :/

Probably 3 lanes going into 1 lane. Digging a hole or something.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 5:56 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 5:55 PM

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

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 5:30 PM

Chris Collura commented on Randy Becht's post.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 5:16 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jason Foster's photo.

My combination of TV and Internet went from $138 to $146 a month in 2012 right after they (Comcast) yanked two of my favorite channels (one I was watching my favorite show that just "went off").

In a rage, I returned the box, cancelled everything except the Internet ... $38 a month for a year, $69 after. Much better with the HD antenna providing the local channels.

It was humorous bringing the box back. The lady surrounded by returned boxes and an hour wait (take a number and all). The pile of boxes with plugs bent as if it was yanked from the wall before they returned it. I guess the rate hikes pissed off "a few" other people too (?)

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 9:55 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tony Mesias's post.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 9:19 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Hey Bill Hark, I think I have that on video. I had 4 cameras going, even a time lapse, but need to go through tons of footage.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 9:16 AM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's post.

Not more difficult. Just "against the grain".

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 6:56 AM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 6:39 AM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Yan's comment.

It tends to do that over there.

Too bad they don't have planes to sample it.

Could have a tiny 115+ mph wind radius in there and no one would even know it.

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 6:37 AM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's photo.

360 degree sunset!

Posted: Aug 22, 2017, 6:36 AM

Chris Collura commented on Bill Hark's post.

This was quite an experience for me as well. Thanks for sharing this.

I saw the shadow waves you described ... Withering across the small lake beach I was at.

So much going on and no time to take it all in in 2 minutes and 36 seconds.

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 10:35 PM

Magical!

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 10:26 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Total solar eclipse just southeast of Spring City, Tennessee. August 21, 2017.Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 10:26 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Total solar eclipse entering "diamond ring phase" just southeast of Spring City, Tennessee. August 21, 2017. Note stars to far left!Place: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)Address: Taken at Various Locations (Mainly Central USA)

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 7:32 PM

Avoid some areas on 75 south out of Atlanta and near Macon. And it's NOT post eclipse related traffic.They're shoving 3 lanes into one in areas 10 miles apart (20-30 min delay per segment). All construction related.

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 4:18 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tony Laubach's photo.

Photos don't do anything. Trust me. You just have to see this stuff in person.

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 4:17 PM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Bennett's post.

Taking back country roads. But yes, after one heck of a "concert" :)

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 2:56 PM

Chris Collura commented on Nick Nolte's photo.

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 1:21 PM

Littered along the roadside! I'll grab a few!

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 1:11 PM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's photo.

Basically a 360 degree sunrise?

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 12:50 PM

Chris Collura commented on George Kourounis's post.

Insane experience and great choice for a target too!

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 11:45 AM

Wow ... Just wow is all I got to say!Photos don't do any justice. You have to be there. Period.Place: Foshee Pass Recreation Area (35.661509631338, -84.757008073679) Address: Ten Mile, Tennessee 37880

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 11:43 AM

Chris Collura commented on George Kourounis's post.

Jeez. Photos don't do shit ... F'cking BE THERE!!!!!

What an experience!

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 11:04 AM

Almost time!

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 11:01 AM

Chris Collura commented on Skip Talbot's photo.

Move 150 feet and you'll be fine!

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 9:20 AM

I think I found a "good spot" ... Well worth the $5 park day permit!Place: Foshee Pass Recreation Area (35.661509631338, -84.757008073679) Address: Ten Mile, Tennessee 37880

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 8:16 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's link.

Big difference 10 years makes, ey?

Posted: Aug 21, 2017, 8:07 AM

Chris Collura updated his status.

Made it here to just southeast of Spring City, Tennessee. Pretty much right under the axis of totality. Quick early lunch then off to the shadow zone!

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 7:39 PM

Chris Collura commented on ABC 7 Chicago's video.

That's Chicago at its finest!

Takes 10 times as long to go from point A to B, eclipse or not!

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 7:39 PM

Chris Collura replied to Randi Taylor's comment.

It's serious if it's Chicago.

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 5:29 PM

Chris Collura commented on Mark Robinson's post.

Hope to see you folks out there ... Good luck!

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 4:37 PM

Chris Collura replied to Tony Mesias's comment.

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 3:47 PM

Heading north and in northern Atlanta for the night. Tomorrow is the eclipse to the northwest most likely in Tennessee. Heading there tomorrow!Meanwhile I spot possible waterspouts far to my east while passing through Fort Pierce. Enough to get quick cell shot from overpass (sorry for the blur).

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 3:43 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jack Corso's photo.

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 3:36 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tony Mesias's post.

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 10:44 AM

Chris Collura replied to a comment.

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 10:41 AM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Stransky's post.

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 10:04 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Oh that Murphey's law

Posted: Aug 20, 2017, 7:24 AM

Chris Collura commented on George Kourounis's post.

Heading to near Ocoee Tennessee as possible eclipse target.

Posted: Aug 19, 2017, 9:27 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dave Lewison's photo.

Dude it sprayed on your seat too. Lol

Posted: Aug 19, 2017, 9:11 PM

Chris Collura replied to Matt Williams's comment.

The Atlantic Ocean has been hostile for hurricanes the past 10 years due to trends in climate cycles.

Posted: Aug 19, 2017, 9:10 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

The Atlantic basin has run out of "flowers" long ago...

Posted: Aug 19, 2017, 12:53 PM

Chris Collura commented on Scott Bennett's post.

Tell those money grubbing officials to jam their "permit" up their a---

Posted: Aug 18, 2017, 2:31 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tony Mesias's photo.

Gougery. Glad I kept mine from 2012 in New Mexico. Person there was giving them out!

Posted: Aug 18, 2017, 1:28 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 18, 2017, 7:53 AM

Chris Collura replied to Bill Read's comment.

12 AM (6z) is at night. Again.

Posted: Aug 18, 2017, 7:51 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

NHC took down the H's expecting a much weaker system. 2017 in the Atlantic ain't much yet.

Posted: Aug 17, 2017, 6:33 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dustin Price's photo.

How much did this all cost?

One implant from a failed root canal costed me almost $5,000 plus permanent pain I have to deal with.

Posted: Aug 17, 2017, 6:25 PM

Chris Collura commented on Eric Treece's post.

This is a loop. The gust front never passes!

Posted: Aug 17, 2017, 4:33 PM

Chris Collura replied to Bill Hark's comment.

I think I'm done with these threads too. I want some real "news" I can CHASE (like a storm or something) ... Not news that reminds of people at their worst.

Posted: Aug 17, 2017, 1:34 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Ok, sorry Bill Hark. This whole situation in the USA angers me and I don't handle it well. I want to see people accepting each other and not doing this.

Seeing the news and something similar in Barcelona this morning ain't striking my good nerves.

I've left this app before and I'll do it again...

Posted: Aug 17, 2017, 1:20 PM

Chris Collura commented on Bill Hark's post.

Big fatass guy with long hair and a ladder. Can't even tell if he's black or white...

Posted: Aug 17, 2017, 1:17 PM

Chris Collura commented on Chuck Lynn's post.

I was thinking an online dating app...

Posted: Aug 17, 2017, 12:58 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Probably I can't chase this one. Waiting for another hurricane should be much less than waiting for the next total eclipse across the USA.

Posted: Aug 17, 2017, 10:05 AM

Right now my eclipse "chase" appears to be heading to the NW side of Atlanta by Sunday afternoon. No problem booking any hotel there. Then on the 21st head north to the southern Appalachians in either Tennessee or Kentucky. Cloud cover may be an issue farther NW into places like S Illinois. Totality will be around 2:35 in my area. This is still flexible and subject to change. The picture is from the 2012 annular eclipse in New Mexico just before total annularity. This one will be a total eclipse (not annular) where the moon is closer and sun completely covered.

Posted: Aug 16, 2017, 10:05 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 16, 2017, 3:48 PM

Chris Collura replied to Steven Jennings's comment.

Let the corrUPtion begin...

Posted: Aug 16, 2017, 9:22 AM

Chris Collura replied to Lori Ferguson's comment.

Yeah it was a nice little storm spitting out clear air bolts (positive strokes) every minute or two at one point. Unfortunately the rolling shutter made the frame grabs difficult. That white band. It was from smartphone MP4.

Posted: Aug 16, 2017, 9:20 AM

Chris Collura replied to Karla Dorman's comment.

Posted: Aug 16, 2017, 9:18 AM

Chris Collura commented on I Love Math & Science's video.

At first I was thinking this was a new fruit.

Posted: Aug 16, 2017, 9:16 AM

Chris Collura commented on Bill Hark's post.

I blaming ANYTHING subsequent like this on the jackasses who started it. Someone does a hateful act, and the repercussions and anger can go on for months.

Think about it. A few years back some deranged kid shoots up a church in the south. Then months later confederate flags were banned after many riots and conflicts ... STARTED by the young punk who shot people at the church in the first place.

Posted: Aug 16, 2017, 8:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on Caryn Hill's post.

Posted: Aug 15, 2017, 8:46 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Look closely to.the far right .. a big boy jet is trying to compete with its bigger BOY to its left, Jack Corso!

Posted: Aug 15, 2017, 5:49 PM

Chris Collura added 3 new photos.

Posted: Aug 15, 2017, 3:50 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Thanks Skip Talbot ... Jackfruit it is!

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 6:01 PM

Chris Collura commented on Chris Novy's post.

And as WHITE as you can get. WTF is up with every time a "bomb threat" or attempt, so many people are "the Muslims?

This whole country needs to wake up before it's too late.

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 3:26 PM

Chris Collura commented on Kory Hartman's post.

Glad I don't smoke ... Avg smoker spends at least $100 a month. $1200 a year just on the smokes.

Nice signs though.

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 3:24 PM

Chris Collura commented on Bill Hark's post.

There's a lot of hateful people who deserve the death penalty for shit like this.

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 1:51 PM

Chris Collura commented on Skip Talbot's post.

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 9:52 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 9:50 AM

Hate and racism needs to just STOP NOW!For Christ sakes, the USA is supposed to be a melting pot - So get f'cking OVER it!

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 9:25 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jillian Jones's post.

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 9:17 AM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Foster's comment.

I remember that in 2002. Had to tear mine up after having it there for 2 years. HOA's suck big time.

The same HOA where someone but "concentrated weed and grass killer" in the HOA president's stain / fertilizer tank for his lawn watering system!

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 9:14 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jim Cantore's link.

GFS showing nothing but open wave on this a week out on 12z and 6z runs.

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 8:57 AM

Chris Collura replied to Donna Coppinger's comment.

I've seen heart valves needing replacement because of a tooth problem and septic blood from it.

Posted: Aug 14, 2017, 8:56 AM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's post.

The $$$$ you're gonna have to spend is causing the pain to feel 10x worse.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 7:57 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Surprised with all the eyes you been in, you don't have better shots of the clearing.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 7:34 PM

Chris Collura commented on Colt Forney's video.

Corona / air glow discharge?

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 7:30 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Thanks ... After hanging on for dear life the calm came quickly. We measured 942mb in the eye of Charley (~4:30 PM on 8/13/04). This was at justice center in Punta Gorda looking straight up.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 7:26 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 12:12 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's photo.

Love Field ... So much better than the crazies at DFW.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 12:11 PM

Chris Collura commented on Doug Kiesling's post.

https://youtu.be/ylcDVDFj8Vg

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 11:19 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Towering cumulus (skydiving over Clewiston, FL) - Aug 12, 2017.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 11:19 AM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Towering cumulus (skydiving over Clewiston, FL) - Aug 12, 2017.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 9:13 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's post.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 9:01 AM

Chris Collura replied to Mark Blue's comment.

Depends on who you fly with. Carriers Delta and American don't even allow you to pick your seats when you check in, so usually no window. PLUS if you want to sit wherever you want to, they charge you (at least $26). Others like SW Airlines work on open seating.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 8:57 AM

The all to familiar Atlantic hurricane pattern.

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 6:52 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's post.

You never get good sleep when hurricane chasing. It's expected. Job well done. #joshcantbust

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 12:02 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's post.

If I don't get a window seat I go "verbally postal"!

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 12:02 AM

Chris Collura replied to Caleb Elliott's comment.

Bad that's why I'm a skydiver :)

Posted: Aug 13, 2017, 12:00 AM

Chris Collura commented on George Kourounis's photo.

Happy to see you got a beard going too! Glad you made it out of there.

Posted: Aug 11, 2017, 10:59 PM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's post.

I actually hear people saying "Hurricanes? Florida doesn't get those anymore cuz of climate change..."

Partly true but this lack of major storms won't last forever, and this kind of complacency is not good.

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 9:19 PM

Chris Collura commented on Neva Andersen's post.

Yup - F words mean a dead Atlantic hurricane season. AND winter, yes.

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 9:17 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Foster's comment.

Jason Foster, I'm not in this for the money anyway. What I need is to be around people who enjoy my passion and what I return - Not DISS me on it. That hurts. Seeng these other rich chasers is just salt in a wound. Stupid people who don't like what I do opened THAT wound.

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 5:20 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Foster's comment.

Or hes backed by news / media sponsorship since Haiyan.

Wish what's left of my family would support (not financially, but commedingly) my hobbies and be proud of it (my mom dying in '13 still wrecks me so bad - She loved what I do).

Watch my dad pass away and leave me with lots and lots of bills. A trust fund wud be nice so I can chase like he does. But I'm not from that kind of family.

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 5:19 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Foster's comment.

I don't know yet. This just opened the hole ripped in my heart (by my mom passing away) big enough to drive through.

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 12:48 PM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 12:47 PM

Chris Collura replied to Lori Ferguson's comment.

Yeah, but priority is to get AWAY from people who make me feel worthless.

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 12:42 PM

Chris Collura commented on a link.

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 12:24 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jim Cantore's link.

Just rain for Florida. No hurricanes to chase there - As a matter of fact, that elongated trough may actually deflect 99L AWAY from the USA of it develops. A silver lining to a dark cloud (unless your a storm chaser, then you're SOL).

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 10:59 AM

As people like iCyclone and Timmer score left and right with tropical systems - I'm sitting here preparing for ???? In the USA. Spending time at my dad's place and he pulls up in a bad mood, I say hi, silence and he murmurs how sick and tired he is working on my Jeep and cargo rack (for fuel cans). And for what?He asks me to leave, and now I'm looking for cheap apartments. My mom was proud of my chasing - But cigarettes and cancer ripped her from my life.Should I continue working on my vehicle for chasing? Or just move to Taiwan or something? Take the Atlantic (since 2006) and shove it...

Posted: Aug 10, 2017, 10:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's video.

As I mentioned, #joshcantbust.

Posted: Aug 9, 2017, 7:15 PM

Chris Collura replied to Andrew Carroll's comment.

Yeah, Andrew Carroll, I wouldn't be surprised.

Posted: Aug 9, 2017, 7:14 PM

Chris Collura replied to Andrew Carroll's comment.

Since late May a hurricane striking the SE USA was being shown 340 hours out, for many months.

Okay, where is it, it's Aug?

Guess I'm not her type, lol...

Posted: Aug 9, 2017, 7:12 PM

Chris Collura replied to Andrew Carroll's comment.

I'm not. Models don't mean anything 240 hours+ out.

Posted: Aug 9, 2017, 7:10 PM

Chris Collura replied to Andrew Carroll's comment.

Cock tease, Derek Sibley, that's what they are.

Posted: Aug 9, 2017, 7:00 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Good. Those aren't cheap.

Posted: Aug 9, 2017, 6:58 PM

Chris Collura commented on Billy Wade's photo.

$$$$$$

Posted: Aug 9, 2017, 6:38 PM

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

Sheeeeeeaaaaarrrr

Posted: Aug 9, 2017, 6:38 PM

Chris Collura commented on Derek Sibley's photo.

Not Asia. No cat 5 for the next 100 years there. Move along.

Posted: Aug 8, 2017, 8:04 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

75 mph landfall late Wednesday night / early Thursday morning. Humm. Tough decision. If it was 120 mph on daylight I'll be there. Good luck if you do go. You never know.

Posted: Aug 8, 2017, 7:05 AM

Chris Collura replied to JJ K Hounshell's comment.

But none of this increase hurricanes. Boooo

Posted: Aug 8, 2017, 7:01 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Incredible. Flight from Miami to Veracruz are like $1000 r/t and the flight is barely 2 hours. God bless you that you get the time and funds for this. The intensity is questionable though.

Posted: Aug 7, 2017, 12:48 PM

Chris Collura commented on Diana Van's post.

Posted: Aug 7, 2017, 12:41 PM

Chris Collura commented on ChaserTV's link.

Got the velocity image?

Posted: Aug 7, 2017, 10:08 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Yeah, Nick Drieschman, it was a 777 from Taipei to LA over the Pacific Ocean in a 200 kts tail wind (jet stream route).

Posted: Aug 7, 2017, 9:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on Nick Drieschman's post.

Posted: Aug 7, 2017, 6:17 AM

Chris Collura commented on Mick Everett's post.

Blue. Your youth is priceless.

Posted: Aug 6, 2017, 2:40 PM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 6, 2017, 2:33 PM

Chris Collura commented on No more Gase in This place's photo.

Derek Sibley isn't gonna like this...

...The Atlantic hurricane season ain't gonna show much either.

Posted: Aug 6, 2017, 10:04 AM

Chris Collura commented on George Takei's post.

Posted: Aug 6, 2017, 9:44 AM

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

Posted: Aug 6, 2017, 9:43 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tony Laubach's post.

Posted: Aug 6, 2017, 7:16 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

It also appears the storm missed you head on ... So it's smart you relocated.

You got the left (weaker side) of the typhoon core of a minimal typhoon (65 kts or ~75 MPH).

I guess better than nothing. You did the best any one could have done.

I know you've almost mastered this but finding land out there looks difficult (hopping with flights, getting into a hotel only to check out moments later, lack of sleep, aka "chasing")!

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 6:44 PM

Chris Collura replied to Jack Corso's comment.

And even an airplane can't get over those multilayered clouds to FL450

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 3:15 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Groups exiting Skyvan tail-gate over Ottawa, IL (Skydive Chicago) at Summerfest 2017 (July 29).

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 3:15 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

My view exiting Skyvan over Ottawa, IL (Skydive Chicago) at Summerfest 2017 (July 29).

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 3:15 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

My view in free fall looking down at the flooded Fox River over Ottawa, IL (Skydive Chicago) at Summerfest 2017 (July 29).

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 2:49 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Flying around each other in Sit-fly jump over Clewiston, Florida (Aug 5, 2017).

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 2:49 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Hop and Pop - Clewiston, Florida (Aug 5, 2017).

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 2:49 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Landing right on target - Clewiston, Florida (Aug 5, 2017).

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 2:49 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Linked "horny gorilla" exit from C-208 over Clewiston, Florida (Aug 5, 2017).

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 2:49 PM

Chris Collura added a new photo.

Flying around each other in Sit-fly jump over Clewiston, Florida (Aug 5, 2017).

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 12:43 PM

Chris Collura commented on Charles Edwards's photo.

That should stop Atlantic hurricanes too. The cake you can't eat has also been taken away.

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 4:58 AM

Chris Collura commented on MSU Denver Aerobatic Team's photo.

I remember when we got that needle to over 9 G's positive and -4 G's negative in Florida way back! Fun fun fun...

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 4:53 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

I'm wondering if the terrain where you are is mountainous or flat coastal?

Mountains create down slope and dry air that may disrupt the storm core --Like Taiwan.

Posted: Aug 5, 2017, 4:50 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Sounds good. I heard the food in those little places is very good there.

I'm worried about the storm weakening more before coming in late tomorrow (the 6th).

Pressure seems rather low at your location. I've seen pressures like that in the eyes of minimal hurricanes. I wonder if the circulation is broadening - like a spinning ice skater extending their arms?

Posted: Aug 4, 2017, 8:03 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Looks like it will be stronger than you previously thought yesterday (I'd say 110 mph).

Hope you don't mind me making a hashtag: #JoshCantBust

Posted: Aug 4, 2017, 3:28 PM

Chris Collura replied to Tim Marshall's comment.

Every birthday candle is a coffin nail or premium hike. Jeez...

Posted: Aug 4, 2017, 9:04 AM

Chris Collura commented on Cheryl Schumacher Chang's post.

He's in the Pacific near typhoon Noru with his paper umbrella and tall drink --Laughing at the Atlantic :)

Posted: Aug 4, 2017, 7:01 AM

Chris Collura is feeling annoyed.

Should I even bother celebrating my birthday late next month?

With my skyrocketing health insurance premiums I don't think I should.

BTW: "Where's my raise"?

Posted: Aug 4, 2017, 5:38 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jim Dempsey's post.

F

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 7:17 PM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Yeah it's quiet here now. It could do two things: Remain quiet like past few years OR go ballistic like it did in 2004 with Charley!

Glad you were able to get at least a warm up chase out in west Pacific. I wonder if Noru will get sheared if it hooks NNE.

But for some reason the shear rarely seems to be an issue out thete. That part of Japan your in is similar to the waters off the Carolinas here in the US.

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 7:02 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

Stay AWAY from the Atlantic :/

The Pacific is the PLACE 2B

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 7:01 PM

Chris Collura commented on The Vintage News's link.

George Kourounis was all over this crater and was INSIDE it as well. He's probably the only explorer who stepped inside (in a fire suit ofcourse) and brought back samples and even extremophile bacteria from it!

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 2:14 PM

Chris Collura commented on Jack Corso's post.

There's two songs...

1). "It's a small world after all..."

2). "Shear and dry air once again..."

Try to sing both with the Disney jingle. Since 2006 that's been the Atlantic's "incessant" song...

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 8:50 AM

Chris Collura commented on Mike Snyder's video.

Ironically many of the survivors were smokers. The smoking section (yes, back then you can smoke on a plane) was in the rear of those tri-jets. In a crash that was the most likely place to survive (in the empennage).

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 8:45 AM

Chris Collura commented on Monica Holst-Karall's photo.

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 8:39 AM

Chris Collura commented on John Brent McLaughlin's post.

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 7:23 AM

Chris Collura commented on Jack Corso's post.

If that happened TODAY there are so many buildings the tornado would have been blocked from that vantage point.

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 7:21 AM

Chris Collura commented on Tim Marshall's post.

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 7:19 AM

Chris Collura replied to Greg Allyn's comment.

VFR over the top?

Posted: Aug 3, 2017, 7:15 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

You're very lucky to be in LA. Asia, although far, is easy along with Mexico since that's almost your back yard. And being in California paid off.

As for the Atlantic (I'm in Florida) don't even bother. For you it's March. Imagine the wasted muscles I FEEL?

WILMA was my last MAJOR hurricane. Yes, 12 (Twelve) years ago almost. Work and other things prevented me from getting to California to live. Stinks.

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 7:01 PM

Chris Collura replied to Mathew Chandler's comment.

Basically a whole body dose of such a high level or radiation KILLS all your DNA and stem cells (from ionizing and chemically altering them). You're a dead person walking from that point on.

Your skin is replaced by new cells every day or so. Since the stem cells are gone, that STOPS happening. So in about a week, you still have your old skin rotting off, and when that's gone, it doesn't come back.

Thereafter, other parts of the body, such as muscle, also replaced and refreshed naturally but at different time scales (muscles every month, blood 90 days, etc) ... So those organs and tissues fail and rot away at different times.

Brain and nerve cells are the longest lasting (years before being replaced), so unfortunately at the time scales of other systems failing in ARS (acute radiation syndrome) ... You'll feel it. All of it.

All the while there's NO immune system, not any way to fight infection. With no skin to protect the body, fluid loss and sepsis is normally the cause of death. Usually 30 to 60 days after the radiation flash. Sometimes 80 days with extreme medical support.

Ouchi probably felt immediate effects after the criticality. Probably headache, dizzy, fainting, nausea, and a burning or hot sensation like a sunburn.

Beleive it or not - After that, maybe for a day or two, he actually would feel better. Even walking and talking, much like recovering from cold or flu --However, the DNA / stem cell damage is already done ... And this temporary phase of well being is known as the "dead man walking" or "ghost phase".

After this period of false wellness, the windfall into an inevitable (and slow) horrific death begins with skin rashes and sickness that just keeps getting worse and worse until you are basically a "living skeleton" like in that picture.

Danglian (a worker on the "demon core" in the 1940s) actually continued "working" after a fatal radiation dose, and noted the dismay of his body as the unthinkable unfolded. He was a scientist and little was known of these effects.

I am horrified to hear that they kept Ouchi alive just to see the effects ... but I hope they at least learned what they can or can not do for such a radiation victim. If someone wants to be relieved of their suffering ... Jeez, let it end. There's nothing anyone could have done (obviously) :/

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 11:27 AM

Chris Collura commented on a post.

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 10:22 AM

Chris Collura replied to Robin Frady's comment.

It sure is.

Look at the Atlantic hurricane season. No major hurricane hitting USA since Wilma in 2005. Who would imagine?

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 10:20 AM

Chris Collura replied to Greg Stumpf's comment.

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 10:01 AM

Chris Collura replied to Greg Stumpf's comment.

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 9:42 AM

Chris Collura commented on Greg Stumpf's post.

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 8:12 AM

Once again ... As we enter August, it appears the hurricane season will be quite dry and quiet (for now at least)!"How dry I am, how dry I am. It's plain to see just why I am. No alcohol in my highball. And that is why so dry I am. Waiter, Waiter."

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 7:15 AM

Chris Collura replied to his own comment.

Awesome view. You were to the south of a mid level Canadian ridge of high pressure, so yes, that would cause a tailwind (easterly component).

Posted: Aug 2, 2017, 7:09 AM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

I love all these crazy eye sizes. I compare the proportions to everyday objects...

For example (assuming a 10 nm mile high eyewall), a 25 nm mile wide eye is like a stadium or "teacup".

Tiny eyes (like Charley in 2004, Wilma in 2005, or Forrest in the 80s) at 3nm wide are more like the inside of a toilet paper or even paper towel roll (aka "pinhole" eyes).

This one (Noru) and others such as Isabel in 2003 or Frances in 2004, with 70nm wide eyes are akin to an "ashtray" or frying pan!

Posted: Aug 1, 2017, 6:34 PM

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

Posted: Aug 1, 2017, 6:33 PM

Looking at a cluster of storms east of Florida from an airplane at 39,000 feet. These are associated with tropical storm (now a depression) Emily interacting with a low pressure trough. The towering cumulonimbus in the image center is approaching 60,000 feet.

Posted: Aug 1, 2017, 6:00 PM

Chris Collura commented on iCyclone's photo.

This is an ANNULAR typhoon.

Posted: Aug 1, 2017, 12:23 PM

Chris Collura commented on Dagmar Kress's photo.

Wow ... Dagmar Kress, What's the best cruise speed and altitude for that type of trip?

Posted: Aug 1, 2017, 12:17 PM

What's good about living in south Florida is that it's never hard to find your gate at any airport if you're flying there!

Posted: Aug 1, 2017, 7:34 AM

Chris Collura replied to Jason Foster's comment.

Ok ... Glad you were on the good side of the storm.

Posted: Aug 1, 2017, 6:59 AM

Chris Collura commented on his own photo.

Glad I wasn't chasing that garbage. So sick of hearing the "shear and dry air" song since 2006.

Rather go to Disney World and hear "It's a Small World after All..." (gimme a drill for my head)!

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