Severe weather outbreak – January 2005

View from home
When I wake up and it looks like this outside, it’s usually not a good sign. It’s also usually April or May. In this case it was in the middle of January.
Othello
For obvious reasons, Othello didn’t want me to leave him and go to work.
Chloe's tail
Chloe was already keeping a watchful eye on the sky from the bedroom window.
the rest of Chloe
If you need a weather report from her, just pull the tail and ring for service.
Xena
I spared Xena yet another bad storm by letting her into the utility room before we got much more than just drizzle. Just a little note in case you hadn’t guessed: this dog is so freaking spoiled. I don’t think she’s had to be outside through more than a couple of bad storms since she’s lived with us.
View from work
This is how the sky looked when I got to work.
View from work
Before going to the station I dropped off a payment on our house insurance, and when one of the receptionists mentioned a radio report tornado near Tahlequah, I took off out of their office at a dead run.
Tornado warning
Tornado warnings and storm warnings were a-poppin’ by the time I got to work…
Tornado warning
…including for Crawford County, where my home is.
Salser
One of my many work functions is to get weathercasts and other reports on the web as quickly as possible. Since we don’t have the capacity to stream this stuff straight to the air, there’s a bit of a lag time while I reformat stuff for RealPlayer, Windows Media, Quicktime…you get the picture.
Phaedra
Some of the stories breaking on the station’s web site, along with a few examples of my less-than-serious filenaming system for still photos. Gotta break the tension somehow.
Work
Another idea of how many warnings and storms hit on this unusual day: here’s a look at roughly one hour’s worth of weather warning backlog at my work terminal.
Everybody Loathes Raymond
We mercifully save viewers from yet another repeat of Everybody Loathes Raymond by covering 1/3 of the screen with the weather watch map.

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