Comments on: Chasing Storms in the Midwest Last Week

By: Pam Messinger

Pam Messinger — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:09:00 +0000

Scott!

You have to see this…this is one crazy freakin (video) photographer! Talk about guts!
http://www.brightcove.tv:80/title.jsp?title=1438490562
Play full screen and go with the sound, it is AWESOME!

By: james

james — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:31:06 +0000

Great post Scott! Love your blog!

By: Thomas Daviet

Thomas Daviet — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:32:37 +0000

Hello Scott!

I actually live in Colorado, and I have some photos of the May 22 tornado damage (couldn’t get too many though, cause we got another tornado the day I was taking photos). If you would like to see them, I will post them online and give you the link. Thanks for reading!

Your biggest fan,
Thomas Daviet

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:11:24 +0000

I see that they offer private tours.

How about a Kelby “Storm Workshop”?

By: Jeremy Schultz

Jeremy Schultz — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:10:59 +0000

All I can say about this is to be careful and consider if the fascination is worth it. I don’t feel much one way or another about storm chasing and I have a brother who is a meteorologist and enjoys storm chasing, but years ago my wife was caught in her home when a tornado came down on it and there’s no way to predict what a tornado will do. So if Kalebra feels compelled to chase storms then more power to her, but for me it is not worth it.

BTW, I live in Iowa where the big Parkersburg tornado hit a couple weeks ago.

Jeremy

By: kramon

kramon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:51:16 +0000

I’ve got one song for your lady Mr. Kelby:

“A Perfect Day To Chase Tornados” by the excellent Jim White

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S3D1U0/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk6?ie=UTF8&qid=1212569232&sr=8-1

enjoy!

By: Byron

Byron — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:46:06 +0000

Hey Scott-

Not even closely related to your post but thought you might be interested in this.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/02/howto-spot-a-photosh.html

Byron

By: SamT

SamT — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:33:56 +0000

What? I thought marrying you was enough a lifetime “storm chasing” for her? I guessed that you weren’t wild enough

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:05:56 +0000

Living in eastern Nebraska, tornado’s are a yearly event. Wall clouds are an awesome thing to have drift over you! In my 48+ years of living here, we have had them all around us, but not one (knock on wood) has touched down in Lincoln. I hope the odds hold up!

The tour sounds like a waaay cool time!

By: Seim Effects

Seim Effects — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:41:39 +0000

Pretty cool stuff. That’s a pretty ominous shot she got. I’ve always wanted to do some storm chasing. Not many tornado’s out here in WA.

I can just imagine what I could do with a tornado and some HDR technique… Fun stuff.

Gavin

By: William

William — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:18:07 +0000

Scott: Love your web site and photoshop and photography insight. But, but, but, Tampa Bay is the lightning capital of the US, not of the world.
It’s a common mistake and trivial, but it’s the only thing about your site that I’ve ever noticed was “wrong”.
Everything else is always RIGHT ON.
Thank you!

By: Dr. David Jones

Dr. David Jones — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:42:51 +0000

After all the death and destruction that Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma have already had this year from tornadoes you really have to admire the work that the storm chasers do to help protect us here in “Tornado Alley”.

She was way to close to that one for my personal comfort, but living here in Oklahoma it is a fact of life. Glad the weather co-operated with the tour!:)

Dr J