{"id":980,"date":"2018-11-07T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=980"},"modified":"2018-11-05T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:37:12","slug":"a-reader-asks-for-reposts-of-my-tornado-chase-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/07\/a-reader-asks-for-reposts-of-my-tornado-chase-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"A reader asks for reposts of my tornado chase videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reader Drew Foster was hoping I could resurrect some videos from a tornado chase I went on in 2008, and he asked me about it via the <a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a> link:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Fred: Please re-upload your videos of the Quinter tornado. Part 2 is available on YT but that&#8217;s it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sure, Drew!<\/p>\n<p>In a week\u2019s chasing from Texas to South Dakota and Iowa to Colorado &#8212; thousands and thousands of miles of driving! &#8212; we connected with many powerful storms and one honest-to-god serious tornado, which we were able to observe from the moment of its birth to its dissolution and death.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, we were within about a quarter-mile\/400m from the funnel.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing!<\/p>\n<p>I admit that, in viewing these videos now, I wish I had today&#8217;s current tech on hand back then: The resolution of these 10-year-old pix and videos is a little lame by today\u2019s standards! Oh well &#8212; it\u2019s still fun to see!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what a professionally-led commercial stormchase is like, this will give you the idea:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VtPdYbBiXQI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quinter Tornado, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KMkQAK1wq1Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quinter Tornado, Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/piCVYvqubkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quinter Tornado, Part 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AvJIbIGvWpM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quinter Tornado, Part 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><small><small><strong><em>Permalink: <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-fO\">https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-fO<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/small><\/small><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Want free notification of new content like this? 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In a week\u2019s chasing from Texas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-reader-asks","category-science-and-tech","category-weather"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-fO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1036,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/11\/found-the-missing-part-5-to-the-tornado-chase-videos\/","url_meta":{"origin":980,"position":0},"title":"Found! 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