Using APRS via ham radio, you can track our location through the trip (this will be available for the duration of the trip from mid-May to mid-June). Updates may be sporadic if we are in remote locations.
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- Monument Rocks, western Kansas.
- Mesonets at sunset in western Kansas.
- Storm intercept in western Kansas with two gustnadoes and intense outflow.
- Headed west…
- Vehicle prep is fully underway…ready to roll soon.
- Travel messes: Getting there and back can be a big headache, but we always want to be SAFE
- April 10, 1979 Wichita Falls TX Tornado and Highway Safety
- Franklin County Supercell 3-24-12
- Eastern Kentucky Supercells
- Intense supercells crossing southern Indiana
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Ahhh Nebraska…my favorite state!! Wish I was out there with you guys! Happy hunting today!
Jim Stroup – Nice job on the multimedia clips.
Keep them coming!
Craig & Gail Smith ( Andrew’s parents)
Yes, video clips and images are a great asset to the site and us “followers” appreciate the terrific visuals! Thank you, Jim.
Way to go guys. Its a lot of fun tracking you, and you are making all VT geographers proud!!!
SD…definitely fun watching the storms ‘train’ Yankton thru Salem and Brookings or further west as they come Hot Springs, thru Ellsworth and Phillip. Bravo, gentleman.
Former SD native, now NRV’er
Good luck guys and be safe!
I missed my first tornado in SD. Be safe!
So, looking at where you are when I type this (north of KC), I’m guessing you passed that big roller coaster for the 3rd time in 4 weeks!
Good hunting, be safe
Taret area already heating up severe storms easts of LBB moving SE at 35 mph wnd gusts up to 80 mph easts of LBB Tops near 51,000 ft.Area from S-E of LBB too N-W OF Austin under severe weather watch.
BC
Looks like you are in the heart of it now! You arrived just in time for the Tornado Watch. Good luck and stay well.
Greetings from Texas. Hello Thomas. Been watching your videos. We are heading west Monday. Hope you find what you are looking for and nothing else.
VT 76, Thomas’s Uncle
What percentage of the time is the GPS tracker working? It’s been showing Pierre, SD for a while now.
It can be hit and miss depending on where we are. It relies on the HAM radio network to get the signal out so it all depends on the coverage. South Dakota was very miss. It seemed to only want to work along I-90. Colorado was a bad area too.
Russ – Just wanted you to know we are all very excited for you and your team!! We are also following your travels on the website. Antonia thinks this is really cool and likes to sit in my lap as we check out the website to see what weather you have experienced and your latest location. Take care and we will look forward to hearing about your experiences when you get back!!
Its not so much that it relies on the Amateur Radio network coverage as it relies on other Amateur Radio stations set up to receive position beacons and report them to the internet. Amateur Radio is entirely ad-hoc so there are no towers or coverage to deal with. When you get into sparsely populated areas the chances that theres a station there to beacon your position to the world goes down.
Team, your trip is covered here.
http://newsicare.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/how-about-chasing-the-storm-the-hokie-student-team/
More update will be tracked!
dad i think you are in the right line of storms today.ben
HEY GUYS,
HOPE YOU GET SOME GREAT PICTURES AND I AM LOOKING AT THE
RADAR OUT OF SPC AND IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY ACTIVE NIGHT.
BE CAREFUL AND STAY ALERT.
SKYWARN SPOTTER FOR ROANOKE, VA
KS4UW
JUAN BARR
Thanks for the T-shirt you gave me today at Belleville, KS. I really like it.
5/19/12
Dakota…you are welcome! We may be out your way again in a few days… -Dave