Jordan Lopez
Hey all,
I'm am finally able to really storm chase, because I live in a place that actually gets severe storms! I'm currently in Austin, Texas where we are getting a bit of a buck, rainfall wise by Tropical Storm Hermine, but what do you chase in a storm like this?
What do you chase? Is the goal to find the "heart" or "eye" of the storm? Or areas with highest precipitation/powerful winds?
Here is another big question: How do you stay safe while chasing a storm? I realize that there is risk no matter what, but how do you go about chasing the right and smart way? I'd like to purchase a tough built camera and start chasing for pictures and videos of storms we get for the rest of 2010, but I don't want to go out there like a fool.
My idea of chasing back when I was in Southern California, was to head to the darkest part of the storm, with the harshest conditions I could find, in a 1970 Mercedes benz Diesel no less haha... Although now I'm in a more versatile MB here in Texas.. Another thing is, storms here can produce Tornados, and this is something I've never had experience with.
What is the right course of action if you see a funnel cloud starting to form, but yet you still want to keep chasing/photographing.
Any info and tips are greatly appreciated. Before I would just drive to a storm to see what I could find, I want to do that now, but this time, the right way and safe way as well. Are there any members who have group chasing here in Austin??
Thanks!
I'm am finally able to really storm chase, because I live in a place that actually gets severe storms! I'm currently in Austin, Texas where we are getting a bit of a buck, rainfall wise by Tropical Storm Hermine, but what do you chase in a storm like this?
What do you chase? Is the goal to find the "heart" or "eye" of the storm? Or areas with highest precipitation/powerful winds?
Here is another big question: How do you stay safe while chasing a storm? I realize that there is risk no matter what, but how do you go about chasing the right and smart way? I'd like to purchase a tough built camera and start chasing for pictures and videos of storms we get for the rest of 2010, but I don't want to go out there like a fool.
My idea of chasing back when I was in Southern California, was to head to the darkest part of the storm, with the harshest conditions I could find, in a 1970 Mercedes benz Diesel no less haha... Although now I'm in a more versatile MB here in Texas.. Another thing is, storms here can produce Tornados, and this is something I've never had experience with.
What is the right course of action if you see a funnel cloud starting to form, but yet you still want to keep chasing/photographing.
Any info and tips are greatly appreciated. Before I would just drive to a storm to see what I could find, I want to do that now, but this time, the right way and safe way as well. Are there any members who have group chasing here in Austin??
Thanks!