June 11, 2009
Last night seemed like any other normal quiet evening. Well, up until the tornado sirens started going off throughout the city! Below is a simple little video I threw together illustrating the speed with which Tornadoes pop up in Texas. Luckily, in Frisco we have an early warning system to notify people when a serious [...]
September 13, 2008
Hurricanes are always serious, but it’s rare that they actually have direct strikes on highly populated city centers. Well, Ike may turn out to be another one for the records. After weaving his way through the countries in the Gulf of Mexico, Ike headed straight for Texas and came ashore in Galveston while making a [...]
There have been many close calls over the years when it comes to storm chasers being near large tornadoes. For instance, these chasers were too close to one of the worst tornadoes in United States history was bearing down on them near Moore, OK on May 3, 1999. This tornado had winds recorded just over 300 m.p.h.:
