Hello readers! Yesterday I got to see some amazing beauty in
nature. I wanted to share with you all what I got to experience. Every Thursday
evening Chris parents come and pick up my son to have some Grandma and Grandpa
time aka give mommy and daddy a little rest. About 4 o’clock Chris started to
notice the weather pickup in intensity in Oklahoma. He got that look in his eye
that was a mix between hurry up lets go and sad puppy eyes so… naturally I said
sure why not! After all, I still have yet to see a tornado touchdown in real
life. We did what any amateur storm spotter would do drop the kiddo off at the
grandparent’s early and studied what
storm cell we wanted to chase first. We picked the closest one to us if we
would have picked the one father into OK we probably would have missed out on
both storm systems due to travel time. We didn’t even have time to see if
anyone wanted to join us we just scrambled and left. Traveling into Oklahoma
the clouds were absolutely gorgeous and huge! Full of fluffy white absorbing
and reflecting the sun adding in the dark rain filled clouds it was a sight to
see in just itself. Nature is always beautiful, but watching a storm from the
beginning small cell grow and pull energy from all around you is just something
else! Most to the time when we go we have the good radars to refer to we just had
our phones to rely on yesterday. For those that are scared of storms they are
scary and you have every right to be concerned when we are out chasing, but I
have to make you aware we are always safe when chasing. We always follow the
storm that’s why it’s called chasing. The TV shows you see those professional
their goal is to want to get into the heart of the storm punching the core
(driving through heavy rain and hail) because they are there to take measurements
and study more of what the actual tornado does and where it will go. The
professionals have done an amazing job of making us aware and giving everyone
time to take cover when needed. Social media I believe has helped people become
more aware, everyone should take the advice and like the weather pages/storm
spotter pages to keep updated. Here are a few I follow https://www.facebook.com/ReedTimmerTVN,
https://www.facebook.com/NorthTexasWeather,
https://www.facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Norman.gov,
https://www.facebook.com/TxStormChasers
Here are the shots Chris and I captured yesterday. Hope you enjoy! They are in random order. What I love about these pics more than any other is the rainbow in many pics. It was so pretty combined with the storm. Such beauty! Some pics are hard to see the rainbow panoramic pics you see it better.
