Morbid Hobby

I called a friend tonight is Mississippi. I was watching the Weather Underground radar from here in TX and told him to take cover. I had seen the debris ball and a tornado for sure on the ground. He blew me off. A little later he called me back telling me how the tornado tore up the trees and the police had all the roads closed off.

I was a storm spotter for years and took classes and I find I am vexed. I am constantly yelling at the TV telling them to call a tornado warning before the sirens go off here at home. 

So chalk another up for the amateur meteorologist who has personally seen the carnage and yes the deaths caused by tornado's. I have a love-hate relationship with bad weather.

One in a Million

I was a storm spotter, not a chaser that worked with the National Weather Service. Saw dead bodies, mangled cars, houses blown 200 yards away, but there was nothing like the El Reno tornado.

Tips: if you are a motorcycle rider put on your helmet, put the bike helmets on the kids, put goggle on if you got them. You know the rest. 2X4 shards sticking through the heads of victims, none of them survived. You know the safety rules, follow them, don't be a hero.

Tornado season is well under way: