High Plains Drifter

Last Night was another night I won’t forget.  ~70 local residents, many of which from Greensburg, showed up at the Project Greensburg storm chaser fundraising event in Pratt, KS.  I was invited by Greg Stumpf and Mick Ptak, the event organizers, to give a 15-20 minute presentation on Greensburg in between the showing of chapters from the "Storms of 2007" DVD.  A $3100 check was presented to Greensburg Greentown from profits of the previous year’s DVD.  70-80 copies of the 2007 DVD were sold at the event last night at Pratt Community College, all the profits of which will also be donated to Greensburg Greentown.  A few other showings are planned, including the Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium in Lincoln, NE at the end of March.

Believe it or not, today is a chase day!  I have the day off, and today is a good day to get the storm chasing feet wet again.  A strong storm will eject out of New Mexico later on today and it looks like the best focus for possible supercell storms will be west central or southwest Oklahoma.  The tentative target right now is the Mangum-Altus area.  Storms may develop fairly early, which for early in the season, may not be a bad thing given early sunset.  I plan to depart around 8:30am or so.  I will put the website into "chase mode" probably by early afternoon or so.