Well, I didn't end up having any natural disasters to cover as a result of Ivan a week ago, but we did come under a tornado warning. I've been busy, so I haven't posted since then.
I don't think I'd ever been under a tornado warning, and it was an experience.
I looked out the window. There was no rain. There were clouds, but they weren't unusual--until I noticed up in the clouds as far as I could see were leaves and pieces of leaves floating around. Kinda scary.
Towns around our area were hit by tornados, but none came closer to us than probably 30 miles. The storm that came through our county did have wind shear and circulation, but no tornado developed.
Kudos to meteorologist Topper Shutt at WUSA TV in Washington DC for his coverage. He constantly tracked dangerous cells on Doppler while predicting subdivisions in danger, while talking to eyewitnesses on the phone, etc.
Posted by JRC at September 23, 2004 03:09 PM | TrackBack