Inside the Wyoming, IA tornado today!

ngl I feel like I'm missing a big chunk of myself without my trusty steed and it feels really bad. Being an animist gives this an extra layer of grief for me. But I recognize how privileged I am to be in my position, there are worse things going on right now. I am chin up and trying again

Sucks because I asked directly if it was good to drive back to Texas, but in person, the dude was extremely hesitant about taking it over 45mph and the transmission ground trying to just barely accelerate. So now I'm exhausted and without a car still. Time to become an art hermit for a while 👻

I found a really cool looking element on marketplace Friday, then immediately drove 800 miles to Tucson overnight to have a look at it, only for it to be mechanically unsound.

Well, the GOAL is still the same, but now I've got everything except for the car itself after insurance decided it was Crosstalk's time to go out to pasture. Might be spending the next couple of months grinding to get a replacement vehicle, the market is full of lemons within my budget currently 😐

Amazing positioning 👌 Seeing the sun lit side from a dirt road is next level

More of Crowell 2022 in the cone stage #txwx #tornado

My first plains tornado, after seven years of study and real world practice. Will never forget that day.
Crowell, TX, May 4th 2022 #tornado with @sabarika.bsky.social

Have a good flight! Gonna be a good season 🌪

paintover edit of a honda element to look like Crosstalk with a few additions

Car is in the shop, so while I anxiously wait like a parent with a child in surgery I'm editing a photo to see what the rig might look like with a roof rack and all the lights
I kinda love it

Thank you!

Nowhere I'd rather be
#txwx #stormchasing

Storm season is here

I get knocked down, but I get up again
#hondaelement #carcrash

Dramatic thunderclap

The roads were just beginning to get rained on, they were definitely at that slick stage

I keep watching the footage and I can only guess I hit an oily patch or something the way my tires slid, it was completely unexpected. Annoyed at myself for not being more cautious! I am fine, it wasn't too hard of a hit thankfully.

The chaos Element has sadly been injured in battle. We will resume storm chasing possibly by mid April

Some footage from the stormchase yesterday around north central Texas #txwx #stormchasing #hondaelement

Possible tornado today, 9 miles south of Baird TX #txwx #tornado

I had an escape route in mind, but when I tried to take it, it didnt exist. I had not realized there was a whole massive military base to my east, so I ended up committing to riding it out in the bear's cage

Cautiously zero metering a broad rain-wrapped tornado near Gatesville. Wanted to get a glimpse of this monster and avoid the forward flank baseballs. Got as close as I could by watching for the clear slot and rotating raincurtains, but it passing still spooked me with its shadow #txwx

More footage from the 2024 El Dorado tornadogenisis #okwx #tornado

El Dorado multi-vortex tornadogenisis
May 23, 2024 #okwx

Reach out any time and I'd be happy to chat about getting into chasing

goosebumps

So when I jokingly talk about touching grass, there's really more to it, and it's completely serious. If you can get out there and connect with the people around you, take in the world, exist in it, appreciate it, it helps settle your nervous system like nothing else.

Interacting with real people across the country face to face has brought me clarity on how people really -are- good despite how the algorithms online curate a different story for each of us that divides us. That new perspective has kept me whole and sane through this current era.

When everything comes together right, it's frission. It's awe at power and beauty I can barely comprehend. It's an incredible sense of being a very small part of this world and a grounding perspective for me that heals my fear of being seen, which has been a large stumbling block for me.