Welcome to 2005
Hey, thanks for visiting. This weblog is our first and something totally new for us at stormeyes.org. It’s also part of an ongoing redesign of the whole stormeyes site. We wanted something that would make it easier for us to share the fun and update friends of adventures from the road, in libraries or using our new laptop. The first year went pretty well (see below), at least till all the miles got the better of our will to write during two weeks of chase vacation. I (Elke) am actually enjoying learning the format and the MT application quite a bit.
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Mostly this blog will be used during the main storm season and perhaps the second season in fall — when we get a second season. We might add related posts and updates at other times, too, but look for most of the activity to occur between March and July.
Frogs
We had big fat drops against the west window just now, but there were stars out there and overhead. I went outside where all the cu are brightly lit by the moon and got treated to a splayed hand of lightning slapping the belly of a tiny cell that had just raced off and left it’s rain hanging in air behind it. The runoff from the roof began making a racket, but there was something different tickling my ear. The rain had already stopped falling, so I walked down the drive to listen to better hear the night. Oklahoma winter nights are absolutely still compared with cacophony of summer-time bugs. Tonight, it’s so warm that Southern Leopard Frogs have come out of their burrows and are calling ; first time in just about four months that I have heard them :-).
Time to get the gear ready.
Weather or Not
Roger has decided to take the plunge and have some fun blogging. You can read his entries here:
Weather or Not