The night before, my car was
totaled. I had Tia pick me up in We returned around, 3 I think. I hit
the sack, and woke up around 2 PM.
I called the doctor and setup an appointment to get my neck checked out
as it was now much more sore. It even hurt to yawn. I had Tia drive me
there as well, and as soon as I walked in the door, Mark gave me a call
informing me of a supercell 30 miles west of town, heading right that
way. *eye roll* Luckily, the appointment was quick. I didn't see my
regular doctor, but this guy was hilarious. He told me what I assumed,
that I was just dealing with some muscles strains for the impact, and
that if it got worse to come back in. I was given a prescription for
muscle relaxers, and sent on my way. Stepping out, I could see the
crisp anvil from the supercell overspreading town. Tia was up for a
chase, so we stopped by and picked up my cameras and headed out. My
laptop was damaged in the crash, so I'd be without radar or gps. I did
not even have my paper maps, because those were in my car.
I
don't really feel like writing up about the chase right now, perhaps
later. I luckily met up with Mark and Darin, who had gps running and
was able to travel with them. We followed a nice supercell that came
very close to producing a tornado into Indiana. The kicker on this one?
We sat almost directly under a rapidly rotating funnel cloud with the
sirens sounding near Westville. An incredible scene! A tornado was
actually reported but I could not confirm this myself. Either way it
was something to see. Getting home to
watch this on video... I realized I had done it again. The camera was
on stand by the entire time. Of all the scenes I filmed that day! Or
even all year! In a tornadoless year, this was easily the best thing
I've seen all year, and also the ONE thing I have no documentation of!!
I couldn't believe it. I shut the camera off, and went to bed.
I
waited all week for these two chase days. What did I get? My car is
trashed, my laptop is broken, my phone is not working any longer, I
have a sore neck that hurts me to yawn, I finally saw a decent attempt
at a tornado and a beautiful scene altogether, and returned home to see
I did not film any of it. A great 48 hours!
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