Florida storm chaser party a warmup for Tornado Alley

Boynton Beach storm

This storm rolled over Boynton Beach, Florida, during a storm chaser party on March 31, 2012. Photo by Chris Kridler, chriskridler.com

May is a month away – and for me, that means my annual Tornado Alley trip is about that far away, too. I’ll likely head out with the first good system, but it will be after May 1, when I am speaking to the Camera Club of Brevard about photographing storms and storm chasing.

Saturday was a good warmup. That’s when Jim Leonard played host to a storm chaser gathering in Boynton Beach, Florida. There was good food, lots of good storm video, and lots of tale-telling, of course. Enhancing the experience were some pretty little storms that rolled through.

I posted a few photos on my sister site, SkyDiary.com, where a lot of my old chase logs live. You’ll notice a lot of cross-linking, and this blog feeds to ChrisKridler.com and SkyDiary.com. But I’ll still post chase photos from day to day at the Sky Diary site while blogging in both places, come May. May, when a girl’s thoughts turn to tornadoes.