Today was the second day in a row I got to enjoy a shelf cloud and strong storm (today’s was severe) as it swept through the Space Coast. Even better, we got a lot of rain. My parched plants, after several rainless, extremely hot days, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief – except for …
I haven’t done much in the way of storm chasing this summer, at least not yet. I’ve caught shelf clouds moving through our neighborhood. One even approached as I caught the bat flight out of our neighborhood bat box, which has become two boxes. The new one is supposed to lure the bats out …
May 30 was another day of chasing scraps — and being in the vicinity of a tornado but not actually seeing it. Alethea and I chased with Jason, heading into Nebraska and following one storm after another. We got separated, and Alethea and I had the pleasure of being gassed by a farmer near Imperial who, …
On May 29, 2026, Alethea Kontis and I headed east out of Denver with Jason Persoff, hoping to catch landspouts and maybe lightning in Colorado. But the Colorado storms were lackluster, and the chase pulled us into Kansas. At the border, we paused in Kansas, looked west and watched a line of storms gusting …
On May 27, we woke up at our cute vintage hotel in Santa Fe, enjoyed their lovely fresh breakfast and wrote some postcards, then headed north toward Colorado and Great Sand Dunes National Park. We made a stop in Taos for an oil change and a quick spin around the touristy downtown. As we …
Minor weather, or no weather, forces storm chasers to be creative when we don’t have a quick commute home. But sometimes those quiet days yield magical moments. On May 24, Alethea and I followed a sun halo to Liberal, Kansas. Sun halos seem to follow us around – or perhaps we’re just extra sensitive …
