Monthly Archives: June 2008

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June 11th, 2008 tornado outbreak

Both of these images were taken in very low light. Everything today was wrapped in rain. It was a somewhat dangerous chase day for this reason, with two very experienced chasers getting hit by a tornado to our south. Both were ok. Both of these images were taken in northwest Iowa. Our prayers are with the families of the boy scouts killed in today’s storms.

June 7th tornado outbreak

I didn’t expect this day to do much, but by noon, I was out the door for a relatively close storm chase. I headed out to southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa for an unexpected tornado outbreak. It wasn’t the most beautiful day, and everything seemed to be concealed by rain, but more than not, I ended up in the right place at the right time and saw between two and four tornadoes. I saw two tornadoes, strongly rotating rain bands which could have been a tornado, and 4 minutes of ground rotation, which could have been either a tornado or gustnado.


Sunset in Iowa


Images taken June 5th in central Iowa, while returning from a storm chasing trip in Nebraska will Bill Doms.

Home Sweet Love Nest

David recently moved to our new home.  It’s a two level apartment with street access in the middle of Burnsville’s “Heart of the City” development.  It has space for a large office upstairs, and the 800 sq. ft. lower level should be great for entertaining, meetings, and view parties we intend to begin hosting this fall.  Of course I will be joining him in July after the wedding! We have dubbed our new home ”The Love Nest.” It’s still a total mess of boxes and unassembled furniture, but it’s starting to look a little more organized.

We are planning to have a house warming party sometime in Aug. for all our close friends, but for now, here’s the new address where contracts, cards, payments, etc can be sent:

Onsite Minnesota
12700 Nicollet Ave #110
Burnsville, MN 55337