Feb 5-6 Tornado Outbreak

So far - it has been determined that 25 tornadoes touched down in Kentucky with our 'little' outbreak this week. That is approximately the same number of tornadoes KY (huh-huh) saw in the 1974 Super Outbreak. Wow. Anyways, 17 of those touched down in the area of responsibility I forecast and warn for at the National Weather Service in Louisville. Yikes...

Anyways - my damage was part of a lengthy path of straight line winds that stretched in parts over a damage path of 15 miles. The last 6 miles (due east of my house) or so of that was a tornado that peaked at EF-2 strength. I consider myself very lucky.

Just for fun - this is what an EF-3 supercell tornado looks like on radar. This cell had an EF-3 (165mph winds) on the ground for about 60 miles and went very close to downtown Nashville, TN before crossing into KY (smirk). I have included one picture of the damage it caused in Monroe County, Kentucky (there were zero deaths in Monroe Co.). I hope to have more damage photos from across KY (c'mon) posted somewhere soon.

Tornado Outbreak

Hey All-

Major tornado outbreak - I got called in to work and ended up pulling a 8pm - 5am Overtime shift. We dealt with several super cells as well as a very dynamic squall line that dropped tornadoes in many of the 59 counties that are the responsibility of the NWS in Louisville.

I managed to survive the event without a scratch. My house however did not. Just some of my siding along the roofline was ripped off. Look closely at the photo below and you can see some of that siding dangling from both the left of the roof on the side of my house, and the right of the roof in the front of the house. So...since i'm taking care of that while trying to prep for mids, the license plate decision will have to wait until next week. So keep voting!

HELP ME!!!! Please Vote

Hey Everyone...I figured since I moved here in June I should probably get Kentucky license plates.

I did stall a little because of the $900 sales tax they wanted to charge me since I bought the car in MT. Post Jan 1, that went down to around $700. So I figured I might as well save a few bucks.

Anyways, personalized plate decision forthcoming and I could use some help. I have narrowed it down to 4 options- anyone and everyone vote and help me out PLEASE!!! If you don't like any of the options, you can visit the following link below to test new ones.

Kentucky DMV to see if your idea is available

Thanks for playing everyone! Would like to go Tues or Wed this week...so vote fast!

What's a blog?

Apparently...I have no idea what a blog is. Guess that's why I haven't done any updating in a while.

Here's the scoop on my last three months....

- Celebrated my birthday/Thanksgiving at work and at BW3s
- Celebrated Christmas on mids
- Celebrated New Years by working til 11pm and then talking with the Zelt's at 12am EST and 12am CST. Chatted with Mr. Hooley as well
- Made a couple trips up north - Dayton, Akron.

I also spent a little time helping console two friends of mine who both lost parents in the last couple of months.

Last weekend, I used some frequent flyer miles from Northwest to visit the Zelt's in Aberdeen, SD. Also got to see Mr. Scarlett and enjoy some football, beer, Wii and a backyard game called cornhole that we played in the basement since it was below zero 95% of the time I was there. Zs took a couple of pictures of me...but I haven't gotten them yet. Perhaps soon...

Am pumped for my next trip - which is to Denver to see the injured and star-less Avs get crushed by the unstoppable Red Wings. At least i'll get to spend some time with Carp and the Richmonds (from Billings).

Hopefully I'll get better about this blogging thing soon - but lack of inspiration since say September says probably not.

Hope everyone is doing well....