It's July already!?!?! WOW, that's hard to believe, this year has flown by. Looking into this past severe season I am super proud of myself and the rest of the team/members that I've chased with and now-casted for.
I have my updated 2010 stats on the side of the home page and I am very happy with how 2010 turned out. By far the best chase day that I had was May 22nd in Bowdle, SD we witnessed 7 tornado's that day and one of those was a massive wedge that we were sitting no more than 1/4 mile from. Every other chase that I went on was a CAP gamble but I never did have a blue sky bust. One was close and that was April 29th, we were on our way to the target south of Omaha but while we were eating in Missourri Valley there as a discrete cell SW of Sioux City, this cell had rotation well defined within it so we baled on the South target (oops bad mistake) by the time we intercepted the updraft was really struggling and as soon as it hit the Missourri River it completely died so being it was 7:30ish we packed up and went home.
2010 was also more than a big year for me it was a huge year for Extreme Weather Chase Team we have gained a ton of knowledge, intercepted over 20 tornado's this year and made national media! Marc Hicks deserves a huge pat on the back because he was super agressive this year and really got the team rolling. We are also associated with Black Cloud Media so we will most likely be making national media more often.
I just want to say thanks to everyone and especially Jill for supporting this hobby of mine. The rest of the year I'm planning on staying very local unless there is a great setup which I'm sure there will be one or maybe two more this year but I won't hold my breath. I will make an account later with all of this years greatest pics.
Thanks for following!
Joe
About Me
- Joe Miller
- I started gaining interest in storms when I joined the local Volunteer Fire Department, ever since the first time spotting I was hooked. My first storm produced no tornados but straight line damaging winds and I was out with the FD until 5:00AM that morning guarding downed power lines and downed trees. The same storm also ripped a grain bin off the foundation at my parent’s farm and blew it across a road where it came to a halt 2000 feet from its foundation. Since then I have traveled tons of miles chasing storms and have gotten to see some absolutely amazing sites and storm structure. Some people ask me why I devote so much time and energy to chasing; my answer to that question is another question. “What other passions allow you to protect lives?”
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