NSCC (National Storm Chasers Convention)

The 10th annual Storm Chasers Convention. Its a pretty cool get together of chasers from all over. We had two guys come from England this year, which is really neat. At the conference there is a room dedicated to exhibits, and a room for lectures. I did learn a little which is always important.

This year the keynote speakers were Dr. Josh Wurman and Sean Casey. I didnt take alot of pictures but I did manage a few of the TIV and one of the older DOW trucks.

This is a picture of a couple probes. These probes can be seen on the Discovery channels show Storm Chasers. If you havent seen the show its all about Sean Casey whos goal is to capture footage from inside a funnel using a special Imax camera. He is teamed up with Dr. Josh Wurman whos goal is to place Sean in the right place at the right time, as well as collect data from various instruments scattered throughout his entire team. Of course that is a really watered down explanation but you'll just have to watch the show.
Below is a Dow (doppler on wheels)truck. The sole purpose is to collect doppler based data from out in the field, close to a tornado for example!

TIV stands for Tornado intercept vehicle. It has instrumentation on a mast that barly visible in this picture. It was built as a kinda armored tripod for the IMAX camera.

This is my world I can easily see how alot of people might think that chasers are crazy. But if you have ever had a passion you might be able to relate in some way. There is still alot of stuff to learn out there. We understand so little about the world around us, but little by little we are starting to unravel the mistery!!!