2020 steps up the game

2020 has stepped up the game this month. Southern Louisiana now has two tropical systems heading for our coast. As of writing this post, Louisiana has Tropical Storm Laura and Hurricane Marco on the way. Hurricane Marco will hit first sometime on Tuesday. Southeast Louisiana is the target for this storm. The track has it moving west and I will probably get to see it. Here is the latest graphic from the National Hurricane Center.

The second system, TS Laura, is the one to watch. She has the potential to become a Category 2/Category 3 before landfall. If you look at the graphic below, south central Louisiana is on the east side of the storm. The east side of the storm is the dangerous side of the storm. If she comes in during the day, I will get to see it. Here is the latest on Tropical Storm Laura from the National Hurricane Center.

I will give updates during the week if we don’t lose power/cellphone usage. I’m hoping to get storm footage as each system comes through.

Have a wonderful week. Shalom.

Storm watching/chases - Six straight days

I have been busy either watching storms come in or going out storm chasing from May 23rd to May 28th, six straight days of footage. Most of the storms came through close to my house so I didn’t have to drive anywhere. There were a couple of storms where I drove to storm watch and I got to chase one storm. With the storm chase, I had to get home quickly because I was getting chased by the storm. Below are the best shots from each day. I hope you like them.

May 24th - southeast of Eunice, Louisiana

May 27th - southeast of Eunice, Louisiana (taken while under my carport)

May 28th - south of Eunice, Louisiana (two lightning strikes a frame apart from each other)

I am currently working on a video highlighting all of the lightning strikes from each day. I have several hours of footage to go through.

I hope you enjoy the pictures. If you haven’t subscribed, please do so. I am going to shut down my social media at the end of June. This website and YouTube will be my only focuses.

Thanks and Peace.

Day 7 of my 365 Project

John here.

Here is Day 7 of my 365 Project.

Storm chase shots...

John here.

There was a nice thunderstorm yesterday that was producing some really nice lightning. Since I had to run to the store for medical supplies, I decided to do a bit of storm spotting. I finally found a spot where I could get some nice video footage and these shots were pulled from the video.

When I got the video, I didn’t know I had gotten these lightning strikes. I love getting lightning shots when I can.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Take care.

I’m outta here.

John

Giveaway #3 and an update...

John here.

It’s time for Giveaway #3. Here is the blog post from MKRM Author explaining how to enter this week’s giveaway. Good luck.

Now an update on Tropical Storm, then Hurricane, now back to Tropical Storm Barry. It came on land yesterday late morning/early afternoonish. We had dry air come in and break the storm up so we didn’t get that much rain. As the storm started moving north, the backside of the storm started dumping rain on us. Forecasts are saying we may get 6-10 inches of rain (I hope not). Follow my Instagram for updates on the weather.

Lightning strike from incoming storm July 11, 2019

Good luck on the giveaway. I hope everyone has an outstanding week. Have a good one.

I’m outta here.

John

Waiting on Tropical Storm Barry to arrive...

John here.

We are patiently waiting for an unwanted visitor this weekend - Tropical Storm Barry. He has been sitting in the Gulf of Mexico just chilling, taking his sweet time to get here. We had the day off of work because of the potential for severe weather. It was actually a beautiful day. It was nice and breezy which helped make the humidity a bit bearable.

Yesterday evening, we had a nice storm come through. Here is one of the shots I was able to get.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe weekend. The giveaway winner announcement may have to be postponed. It will depend on what happens with Barry. The forecast has us getting lots and lots of rain. We shall see.

I’m outta here.

John