I'd have to say my biggest disappointment for 2004 was that I chose to not chase some of the bigger events even though I forecasted them well.
Why? Hell I don't know. Some crap about balance in my life or something. Apparently balance is the bullshi~t that keeps you from getting to the storm! LOL!
In keeping with my track record, most of the supercells I go to don't produce good photogenic tornadoes it seems. I pound these things time after time, and the wierdest things happen. Of course the events I chose not to go after were the better photogenic ones. Sometimes it seems as if I am cursed.
There were some issues though. There always is. On the Sapulpa tornado, there was no place to pull off. The thing had just started producing but didn't stay down long. I saw it but by the time I got my cam on it, and the damn thing malfunctioned it killed my shot. This isn't the first time this has happened to me. (I remember Caldwell Tx back in '95 was it - just as I was shooting the torn - time to replace the camera.).
The day of Mulvane I couldn't get internet data in Kansas so most of the day I had no idea what was going on. So I showed up late.
I got Calumet, but picked the wrong side of town. I thought it was headed straight for the town and was about to eat it. Instead the tornadic portion passed just to the north of town. Of course, had I been on the storm just north of Calument, I would have gotten the tornado producing wonder on the Kansas border. However that day I had pulled the antenna out of my cell phone so no data to figure out what to do. I was just going full visual and based off an older forecast.
This is the short list, and maybe you just shouldn't bring it up - LOL!
I did see some cool things and some great storms though. How could I complain? You get what you give I suppose, and this last season I no doubt pulled back.
What does the 2005 season hold for me? Hard to say, but I'm tempted to not hold back since this burned me so bad last season. However Murphy's Law rules in my life it seems at times. If I choose to go all out then it will be a non-tornado producing year. The only reason the rest of you got any tornadoes last season is because I didn't chase some of the events so Ma Nature just let all Hell break loose, and it may break all records now.