Karen Burdick
EF0
Hello Everybody,
I have been hanging around Stormtrack for a while now, and I have certainly learned a great deal. I just graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver with a double Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and Language Arts as well as a double Secondary Education Licensure in Theatre and English. I will be teaching technology at a middle school next year. Hopefully when I go back for my Master's Degree I will be able to include a few more meteorology classes - I was able to pick up some at Metro.
I have always loved weather...well, I guess that is not entirely true. I used to love watching lightning with my Dad when I was little, but if a storm got too close (yes, even a very weak thunderstorm) I would go hide in my basement. All too quickly though (or maybe not quickly enough?), my curiosity and desire to understand overcame this fear.
I have not been able to go on an actual planned chase as of yet, as a result of school - both as a student and a teacher - as well as $. Oh well, I still have often ended up in the right place at the right time. I have a friend who lives east of Denver, and several times driving to and from his house I have seen some beautiful storms including several funnel clouds and some amazing lightning. Then, last summer I was up in Minnesota on a camping trip with my family near Lake Bronson. This would have been on June 24, 2007. Seemingly, completely by coincidence, my family and I ended up tracking several tornadic storms right from the beginning in North Dakota and into Minnesota. They did not tornado until they were beyond us, but I was able to have an excellent view of the meso and a very well developed funnel as well as the storm cycle and formation of the new meso across Lake Bronson. All of this was punctuated by the sound of the tornado sirens of course. I would have chased these storms further, but with it getting dark, no data, little experience, my family, and our family van and trailer, it was not the best idea. Oh well, still a rather beautiful show for an unplanned chase. If anyone has any more information on these storms, I would love to have it.
Anyway, enough for now. Thanks for letting me be a part of Stormtrack!
Karen Burdick
I have been hanging around Stormtrack for a while now, and I have certainly learned a great deal. I just graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver with a double Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and Language Arts as well as a double Secondary Education Licensure in Theatre and English. I will be teaching technology at a middle school next year. Hopefully when I go back for my Master's Degree I will be able to include a few more meteorology classes - I was able to pick up some at Metro.
I have always loved weather...well, I guess that is not entirely true. I used to love watching lightning with my Dad when I was little, but if a storm got too close (yes, even a very weak thunderstorm) I would go hide in my basement. All too quickly though (or maybe not quickly enough?), my curiosity and desire to understand overcame this fear.
I have not been able to go on an actual planned chase as of yet, as a result of school - both as a student and a teacher - as well as $. Oh well, I still have often ended up in the right place at the right time. I have a friend who lives east of Denver, and several times driving to and from his house I have seen some beautiful storms including several funnel clouds and some amazing lightning. Then, last summer I was up in Minnesota on a camping trip with my family near Lake Bronson. This would have been on June 24, 2007. Seemingly, completely by coincidence, my family and I ended up tracking several tornadic storms right from the beginning in North Dakota and into Minnesota. They did not tornado until they were beyond us, but I was able to have an excellent view of the meso and a very well developed funnel as well as the storm cycle and formation of the new meso across Lake Bronson. All of this was punctuated by the sound of the tornado sirens of course. I would have chased these storms further, but with it getting dark, no data, little experience, my family, and our family van and trailer, it was not the best idea. Oh well, still a rather beautiful show for an unplanned chase.
If anyone has any more information on these storms, I would love to have it.Anyway, enough for now. Thanks for letting me be a part of Stormtrack!
Karen Burdick
