I am currently in a situation I’m not sure how I’ll end up getting out
of. I am okay, but the farm road I was following dead-ended with the
tornadic supercell coming straight for me… well us… because there
are 6 other chase vehicles stuck in a drenched farm field northwest of
Ipswitch. Tornadoes were bearing down on us, and it was a fog of
war.. we didn’t know what to do… it was the worse-case scenario
situation… dead end road with no escape route and the bears cage
coming right at you. There were several tornadoes dancing about the
fields northwest through west coming in our direction…. in a last
ditch move, we all decided to head south into the farm field to escape
the tornadoes… which we did…. but now we are all stuck … I think
all of us are… it’s still raining… I never anticipated this…
otherwise, this was an incredible chase day… amazing images…. but
first thing’s first… how do I get my Jeep back on pavement? I’ll
keep you updated… at least I’m in company!
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May 22, 2010
northwest of Ipswitch… road dead-ended with tornadoes coming at us.
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Well, at least being stuck in the mud is better than being rolled or anything worse. Glad you guys are safe!
Comment by Kendra Reed — May 22, 2010 @ 10:23 pm
Mike!! Glad your ok but that story sounds pretty scary. I was watching the streaming online today and saw some good size tornadoes! I hope the wedge wasn’t bearing down on you. That was a petty good descriptor…..”the fog of war”…..and it is certainly not a situation I or anyone else would want to get in. So…i hope yo have video driving though the field. Probably we can all laugh at it later on (now that your ok)….but hey…you did what you had to do. So congrats on seeing the tornadoes, congrats on getting into the field and out of the way of the tornadoes,,,,,,,,,,,,,and hopefully you will get out of the field. You have a couple more chase days coming up so don’t take to long in getting out of that field.
KP
Comment by Kevin Polston — May 22, 2010 @ 11:06 pm