Log entry delayed.
Summary:
520 miles
Weak, brief tornado east of KS177N, midway between Altavista and Council Grove.
Photos, maps follow:
ALL TIMES ARE LOCAL (MDT)
[editor’s note: entering WordPress blog entries via iPhone is pure hell. It took almost 2 hours to write this entry!]
ALL TIMES BELOW ARE LOCAL (MDT)
I’ve reverted to using paper chase logs, transcribing them after the fact. My log for 24 April follows:
The weather is being totally uncooperative . As we wait, we feed one of my apples to a horse behind the general store and toss a frisbee with our Spanish and Portugese guests. My impression: it’s a new experience for them.
Travel: 270 miles
Yesterday morning, my netbook computer charged up (by outward appearances), but when I tried to use it, it would not power up.
Last night, it did not even light up when I attached the AC adapter. As it stands, I will be without my computer for the remaining 8 days of my chase trip. As a career computer professional, I find it very trying to be without a computer; as a storm chaser (who needs constant data updates), I feel like Fred Astaire trying to dance with no shoes!
I can use hotel lobby computers and my iPhone to update my blog (as I am doing right now). I can probably improvise a solution for getting my photos into those blog entries, but will be hard pressed to incorporate my forecasts and nowcasts into the blog ‘in the moment.’
[All times are MOUNTAIN time (MDT) unless noted otherwise]
0700 – Check email; pack
0800 – Return rental car
1000 – Return to hotel via courtesy shuttle; breakfast
Saw Bill, Rob, and Martin talking business
1100 – Introduction and greetings. I soon acquire two new
jobs: MiFi diagnostic technician and [informal]
translater for our guests from Portugal and Spain.
I am reminded of my small Spanish vocabulary. Still,
we become fast friends and manage to communicate.
1200 – We depart for the Texas Panhandle, to position our
group for slim chance to see storms tomorrow.
1600 – stop at Albany, TX; we watch the last30 minutes of a local classic car competition
1630-1700 – we stroll around town and photos of its 1883 courthouse and other local attractions.
1730 – we stop at the Beehive Saloon for root beers and a dinner of standard Texas fare.
???? – we head west toward Lubbock.
???? – We stop to photograph the first of many wonderful
western sunsets
???? – We arrive at the Days Inn, Lubbock, TX
Travel: 331 miles