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Nada
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Post by Nada on May 19, 2011 5:54:49 GMT 11
Howdy everybody! Can't sit and stay for long, but I'll try to use this thread when I can to give you guys updates on things for me and my experience thus far as a storm chaser.
First few days, we dicked around outside Oklahoma City, doing not much of anything. I did some training with placing equipment around in front of a test tornado (van) to get used to moving stuff around. I also learned some of the surveillance equipment and we had lots of pizza.
Lots and lots of pizza.
The weather was clear mostly everywhere in tornado alley with only small storms popping up that wouldn't be worth while to chase since they'd be gone by the time we got there. More systems have been popping up since yesterday and we've been on the move. Currently now somewhere in northern Kansas. Grabbing a bite to eat, then gassing up.
No tornadoes as of yet, but have seen some cool cloud formations.
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Nada
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Post by Nada on May 20, 2011 13:06:40 GMT 11
DAY 2 (kinda)
I'm back in my own house, getting to sleep in my bed for the evening. I'm here only for the night though and it is only because we just happened to be nearby thanks to the current storm systems. The rest of the team who also live in the greater Wichita area are also staying at home for the night since it is much cheaper than getting motel rooms. Tomorrow, we're meeting up again and hitting the road. Depending on the weather, we may or may not be coming back home tomorrow night as well.
So, how about those tornadoes? We got to see one. It wasn't a very big one and lasted only about 15-25 seconds, but it was a tornado none the less. It didn't damage any property, so that's good. We saw three possible funnel clouds, but they didn't form well enough to even touch the ground and quickly vanished.
And... peanuts.
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Post by Nada on May 21, 2011 10:55:33 GMT 11
Day 3.
While on another quick break, I got online again. Ever wonder what a bunch of young storm chasers talk about? We just had an interesting and intellectual discussion that I think you all would find quite informative as to how our team operates.
Greg: Is everybody strapped in? Everybody's radio's working?
Brenda: We're good to go and I can hear you.
Nadia: Affirmative. I copy that, over.
Brenda: What?
Nadia: I said I copy you. Over.
Greg: Why are you talking like that?
Nadia: What, don't you want me to?
Summer: (in the back) Lighten up, you should have fun with this! We're not a military operation, yawl know.
Nadia: …daisy red rider, this is the one winged falcon. Circling the premises with a maneuver of a whaka-whaka-doo. Hing sing the zero and out comes the cookie jar.
Poker: PFFFFFFTTTBAHAHAHAHA.
Greg: Jesus Christ, you broken Poker's face! Coffee is spewing out of his nose!
Summer: Can't read my, can't read my poker face~
Nadia: But I can break it.
Brenda: NO GAGA FOR YOU.
Number of Us: NO SOUP FOR YOU.
Greg: Oh, son of a *****.
Brenda: Poker face?
Greg: No, in front of us. Its a bunch of *****ing newbie storm chasers and they're all parked in the middle of the road, those dipshits.
Nadia: I'm a newbie storm chaser…
Greg: No you're not you don't park in the middle of the god damn road.
Nadia: I can if you want.
Poker: Do that and Greg will have your ass, girl.
Greg: It's seriously one of my pet peeves; Dumb as ***** amateur storm chasers parking in the middle of the road. Its alright when there's just one of us, but when you have fifty teams out here, it becomes a clutter***** nightmare. Park on the side of the road! You're going to get us all killed if the tornado comes our way.
Summer: Easy Greg.
Brenda: Well I do agree. I'mma gonna to be honest-
Nadia: (in the back) -I'mma firin' mah lazer.
Brenda: No, shut up. Seriously, what I was gonna say was… shit, I forgot.
Poker: SHOOP DA WOOP.
Brenda: STOP DOING THAT JOKE EVERY GOD DAMN TIME SAY I SAY I'MMA.
Summer & Nadia: FIRIN' MAH LAZER BLAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!
Brenda: We're meant to be professionals.
Nadia: *in a silly voice in the background* I'm helping!
Greg: DOCTOR OCTAGONAPUSS BLAAAAAAARGH!!!
Poker: Shh, shh, shh, shh. Wait you guys, wait wait wait wait.
Summer: What?
Poker: The, no quite. The NWS is broadcasting.
Brenda: We've need to listen to this.
*we all turn into the warning and listen*
Nadia: Sounds like Hutchison is where things are going on at, y'all. Where we at in proximity? Over.
Greg: We're about north-north east, I'd say. We're right on the suburbs of Inman and the systems coming right towards us.
Summer: Inception?
Nadia: That was an awesome movie.
Summer: *laughs* No, shut up, Nads. I meant do we inception it?
Poker: Intercept.
Summer: What?
Poker: You mean intercept.
Summer: That's what I said. Give it an interception.
Nadia: You were saying Inception…
Summer: No I wasn't.
Nadia: Yes you were!
Summer: No I wasn't
Greg: Yes you were.
Summer: Shut up, Gregory!
Brenda: *makes monkey sounds*
Summer: Shut up, Bubbles!
Poker: YAAARGH!
Summer: SHUT UP, BOJACK!
P.S.
Joey. I'm watching you.
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latani
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Post by latani on May 21, 2011 12:51:57 GMT 11
You guys are random as ***** LOL.
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Ultrascrublord
Alex
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Post by Alex on May 22, 2011 1:32:11 GMT 11
I think she replaced us guys! D: The horror! Also, you're not watching me?
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