Spotter Network activity movie for 4/24

[Tony Perkins]

The following links to a movie of Spotter Network activity for the entire day of 4/24/08. It's interesting to watch the southward creeping during the day, and then the decisions to go for it or go home once the storm initiated.

http://antcam.f5chaser.com/archive/2008-04-24/index.html

 

[Brendon Lindsey]

Ha

Ha I happened to target Pratt, Ks . Nothing but blue skys =/

 

[Van DeWald]

That is a great movie! Kind of reminds me of that clip from a couple years back of the Fedex planes flying into Memphis, trying to fly around/beat the squall line that was also moving into the area.

 

[Chris Frost]

Yeah, I was watching SN last night too. Not only was interesting to see people choosing their respective targets, but, it was also fun to see how long chasers were gonna hang with the N Kansas supercell.

 

[Jonathan Whitehead]

That is a great movie! Kind of reminds me of that clip from a couple years back of the Fedex plains flying into Memphis, trying to fly around/beat the squall line that was also moving into the area.

My dad might have been one of those flying the plains. I never heard of this video. Where and when is it?

 

[Van DeWald]

Chris,

Here's a link:
http://www.fugly.com/videos/5255/fedex_thunderstorm_ops_memphis.html

Tony, you should put some great music to that SpotterNetwork video.

Van

 

[J Kinkaid]

Ants marching by Dave Mathews Band would be great for that video

 

[Bob Schafer]

Dang it! I would love to watch that vid, but WMP says it is missing a codec (Vista). As I said in my report from last night, I swear it seems like every 30 minutes I found myself 5 miles NE of a new "hook". I wish I could watch myself getting chased clear across NE/KS all night long on there. I believe I'd be the one starting near McCook. I spent at LEAST 4 solid hours driving through 50+ mph gusts and blowing dust and tumbleweeds. No joke. It got old.

 

[Dustin Wilcox]

Thats awesome... Is there any way it can be slowed down?

 

[Mike Peregrine]

Bob - looks like you'll need the Xvid codec ... you can download it here: http://www.xvid.org/

I was also paying attention to the positioning last night. There were a lot of good choices, even in the bust zone. I had windows with most of the live feeds open together. All of them were entertaining, even the blue sky tour of Greensburg.

I'm impressed with how long people stuck with the Hill City storm ... I checked back really late (had to have been close to midnight), and there were still several chasers on it.

 

[J Kinkaid]

Download VLC player cause it will play anything

 

[Tony Perkins]

Google for the Xvid codec and you should find one. I'll get a wmv version on there too.

Note: The video resolution is too big for MPEG1 (1024x768)

 

[Shane Adams]

Seems like it'd be easier to just make the video in MPeg format.

 

[Bob Schafer]

Bob - looks like you'll need the Xvid codec ... you can download it here: http://www.xvid.org/

Well, thanks, Mike, but I went to download it, and geez, it wants to install shortcuts and everything. Never mind.

 

[Mike Hollingshead]

That is funny. The Hill City storm makes me think of Pac Man for some reason.