The days are getting longer. More time to heat the ground. The jet stream is beginning to change. Indeed, springtime is coming...

Storm chasers are driven by passion. Most of you are experiencing a rather funny feeling inside. It is January, and in most places it's very cold out, or dry if you're located in the southern plains. One looks to the sky searching for the first sign of a cumulous cloud. We turn to websites looking for guidance that shows the first surge of warm, moist air from the gulf. We feel the first SE breeze of the season. Digging our camera equipment out, we charge the batteries, check the supplies of tape/film. We email our friends, chase partners, other storm addicts to help build the anticipation. The days are getting longer. More time to heat the ground. The jet stream is beginning to change. Indeed, springtime is coming.

For me, by the time January comes around, I go crazy. I watch tornado video...DARK TIMES...LOVE...WEATHER PERMITTING I-XXX...TAKEN BY STORM...HARPER COUNTY PDS....STORMS OF 2004...STORMWATCHER...but dammit...its NOT enough!

Long ago, I invited a few friends over to my home for beer -n- pizza on a cold January evening to talk....remember. We watched videos 'till the wee hours of the morning. We peek outside. Light snow continues to fall. Rats. That wonderful night was  nearly 11 years ago. It was just enough to feed the passion while the wait continues 'till spring.