I had a great time and it was a pleasure meeting everyone. Lanny's presentation on his experience with being an unprepared first responder to the Greensburg tragedy really brought it home. I feel fortunate that he was gracious enough to tell his story and reveal to us the pyschological impacts of the experience. Thanks again, Lanny.
Jeff Smith's "Mission of Compassion" sounds like another great organization geared towards disaster relief and is not only an example of the character of storm chasers, but also of Jeff's character on a personal level. We are all truly blessed that people like Jeff are willing to go out of their way to help others in their time of greatest need. Thanks, Jeff!
The Catoosa fire deparment was kind enough to lend us their chief and Capt. Sean Pitezel, who offered to provide us with first responder and CPR/first aid training. After Lanny's presentation, I was very much moved to prepare myself for these situations, so Capt. Pitezel's offer was very appealing to me, personally.
George Flickinger showed us some of a his best chase video from the past few years. His video and photos from Attica, KS on May 12th 2004 are awesome and his video from May 24th, 2008 is some of the better video from that event. Thanks for sharing, George.
It was great speaking with Bruce Sumner, Bob Rohloff, and Tom Stroud.
Thanks again to Jeff and Lanny for organizing this event and for you presentations.