The Royal Moi
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I've never really been storm chasing [ I would like to] , but I can say a few storms have chased me on trips out. in 2005 I went for a run to the seaside from doncaster to bridlington on my motorbike. I knew it was goin to be a bit thundery south of donny but no one said anything about a storm starting near scarborough. I had enough time to plod around country lanes upto the sea front, get some rock, admire a Harley Davidson and the Indian Chief next to it even more so and go. With a top speed of 65 mph, or 70 on the flat I couldn't out run it, just watch it creeping up on me. The next thing my handlebars feel fuzzy like static from a balloon and lightning struck a field just next to me. I've had this dream more than enough times over the years since it happened. Its odd to wake up feeling like I'm wearing a wet jacket and clothes and find I'm in bed dry.
I've had similar dreams about when I went to manchester on my other bike, and racing the rain clouds home, riding in snow, in october on the A57 on snake pass on the way back. it was so peaceful, me and 2 other bikes, no cars, no lorries, or stray sheep. I call it sunny snow. Since it was a bit sunny still, nice and warm. I don't know how you'd explain it in weather terms. Not that it matters.
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Hi NL, just found the news vid with a brief clip on there with footage from the van which Dave, Lorraine, Chris and Gareth were in:
http://www.klkntv.com/global/video/popup/p...mp;rnd=26202990
Hi. Is there another place I can view this footage? Its not imac friendly at all
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That video is epic. How come your jeep didn't turn over or at least wobble? Must be all the gear inside. Yeah the sound of the wind at 100 mph is something else. I've been on a motorbike and the edges of your vision try to get a bit blurred etc. I think you might have been safer in the car instead of the building " wheres that house gone?" Was funny when u said "not goin to believe this" and someone said "u goin to get out?" Lol.
Whats the damage to the cars then? New side panels from hail? Must be costly hobby. I thought repairing old motorbikes were expensive enough..
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Aww. How many days u all got left there?
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Now we have some time from the Rainbow chasing of 24th May, some pics from when was it, erm, oh yeah Thursday - Classic Supercell Stage near to Garden City - Driving under the HUUUGE Meso just before the Hoxie Tornado - Dave absolutely Mud Ridden after the Tractor Saved Us - What about that for a Storm, Amazing Colours!
This day started in Burlington and we saw 2 Tornadoes, some serious road problems with roads turning to Quicksand, the boys managed to get my car out by rocking it and pushing me fishtailing down the road, the tractor saved Daves car and Chris the Itv Cameramans car, we then had a Tornado bearing down on the guys stricken on the dirt road, this Cone Tornado destroyed a House in front of us and littered the road with Powerlines, another couple of Intercepts with rain wrapped Wedges before we ended the day in Hays, before we got to hays we encountered Hurricane Force RFD Winds along I70, With a rain wrapped Tornado in there somewhere near Wakeeney it felt like we were driving through a Thunderstorm in an Aeroplane, the car fell silent and they wondered how I could see off the end of the bonnet of the car, Golfball sized hailstones and debris were getting slammed against the side windows of the car, it still was not over as when the overnight storms came through the storm at 6am was the most incredible storm I have ever seen, the Cg Barrage was putting down Lightning in our car parking lot, I was so worried at one point that I thought a Bolt was going to come through the roof, Chris spent time in Afghanistan with the Marines last year (You may have seen the programme on tv) and he said he has never heard anything like it even from Mortar shells landing nearby fired from the Taliban!
These 2 chases have been the most incredible of my life and all of us have been left with mouths wide open, the footage from these 2 days will be shown on Tv next year and we have all signed Waiver forms for the programme. Watch out for it!
Paul Sherman
its all well and good storm chasing, but I hope you have footage of it!
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Is this the one that nearly killed you?
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300 miles? Wow. I can't imagine going that far on my little bike. There must be some damn vast distances to travel out there. I want to go.
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If you had a bike licence you could have hired a Harley or something for a few days....
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Great photos. The Brookhaven pic is the best.
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Maybe they are trying to scare it away. Did you watch inside a lightning bolt?
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A rumble and the odd flash here in doncaster. Its going north/east, mainly east by the looks of things. This is sort of good cos I have motorbike lessons in an hour. I hope it comes back tonight tho like it says it might.
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Ok. Where has the 7 day forcast gone to?
US storm pics.........
in Archived weather photography area
Posted · Edited by The Royal Moi
I hate those clouds, for the reason that they tend to develope as if by magic when I'm many miles from home when I'm out on the bike. Last set I saw like them threw a lightning bolt that landed in the field next to me. The steam and fire that shot up was something else - they s
:shok:t me up a bit. Got a right bad pain in my left half of me too, like i'd been smacked.
Good capture all the same. They don't half look mean. I hope i don't see any soon.