USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 16 May, 2009


Welcome to the twister museum.


The DOW truck. (Doppler Radar on Wheels)


Some the of the many instruments up top.


There is around 40 of these vehicles.. (You'll see the circus on the next storm chase day)


Hail?  (I would love to see the insurance report)


Some of the many probes that will be deployed.


Brad and the Meteorologist lifting the device.


I tried... It was way too heavy for me.


Inside on the chase cars.


Me & DOW..


More probes.. .(These are the larger ones)


Someone is going to slip a disk deploying these.


Another Vortex2 crew member arrives.


Inside the Twister Museum.


Popular place, considering it's in the middle of nowhere.


The movie Twister, memorabilia.


Props and things.


Location photos and research.


I see dorothy.


Photos for re-creating the damage.


A thank you letter from Bill Paxton.


Autographs and stuff.


Opening night.


Very busy today with the vortex2 crews and cloud 9 tour.


Debris!


Oh....  Yes... Indeed... We have debris.


Look familiar?


I give you "Dorothy I"


|Inside...  I know you are wanting to know what was in here..


Hollywood magic.


The famous Tim Marshall posing for the cameras.


Look at what I have found....


George and Mike can't help themselves.


A lot of commotion going on here.


It's me with my new toy.


An official replica...  (Lets see if I can get this in a tornado)


Unplugging Dorothy I


A fun day.


All eyes on who???


Aha.


The famous Herb Stein inside the Dorothy Capsule.... (Is this allowed?)


This was a real laugh.. I think Herb always wanted to do this.


The famous Wakita water tower, as seen in the movie.


Damn... It's not even a chase day and we nearly run into one of the Vortex2 crews.


There's more of them. (Hi Herb)..


There they go.. (See you in a week or so)


Cloud 9 Tour1 over.. everyone unpacking.


What to do now?


Hi George.... So... How's things..


I've never seen George scared in my life..  When 30 odd chasers crowded around him with items behind their back there was no where to run or hide.


Incoming.


Charles was no where to been seen.. Normally, George is a secondary target.


Oh well..  Gotta aim at someone.


He has no chance.


Really... No chance at all.


He's down for the count.


George.....  Are you still alive?


Hmmmm.


George??


Aha.. he's not dead.


He's a zombie though.


Ewwww...


There he is...


The official Cloud 9 poker team. (P.S. I'm bluffing)
From L-R
(Nathan, UK)
(Brad, Adelaide, AUS)
(Rick, Connecticut, USA)
(Rosemary, New Hampshire, USA)
(Me, Sydney, Australia)
(Ray, UK)
 


Or am I? (Inserts pinkie into mouth... Evil laughs heard...)
 

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