Living in Central Indiana my entire life, I have numerous close calls with driving on ice while in traffic. In fact, I had a person spin out literally in front of me during a snowstorm here in Central Indiana back on February 5, 2010:
Video: Storm Chasers On A Tornadic Storm While Snow Is Still On The Ground!!
October 30, 2011 By 3 Comments
One of the interesting things that can happen while storm chasing in the early part of the Tornado Season is that the seasons are in fact “In Transition”. In some cases, there are such rapid weather changes happening that some of the transitions don’t get a chance to totally take place.
That was the case here with this Tornadic Supercell Near Eau Claire, WI on April 10, 2011. Storm Chaser Andy Gabrielson and company were chasing this particular storm while there still was snow on the ground. And in some cases almost TWO FEET OF IT! The wild state of the atmosphere being totally out of balance led to a day that saw many large, destructive tornadoes in the state of Wisconsin for so very early in the year (Wisconsin’s peak tornado season isn’t usually until late spring/Early Summer):
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YES! Russian Tank Treads for Your Minivan (or Car… Whatever)!
March 7, 2010 By 4 Comments
Why don’t American’s come up with unbelievably cool crap like this? I mean you know all those record snow storms we were whining about? They wouldn’t matter if your car had its own set of tank tread snowshoes!
Essentially you just drive your Volkswagen bug, or Ford F150 up onto these tank treads and then remove the tires and bolt it in place. The steering, braking and acceleration function like normal – except that you can drive over your neighbors (literally) and anything else in sight.
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