Blowin in the Wind
- Sober Duck
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Blowin in the Wind
Something I came across while rackin up some miles.
It went through around 4:45pm over the Chesapeake Bay.
It went through around 4:45pm over the Chesapeake Bay.
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Hurricane Gilbert’s remnants spawned 29 tornadoes over Texas on September 18th, 1988.
Everywhere I looked there was one, I kept driving looking for someplace to hide.
Tornados look different in west Texas. I have never seen one in a blue sky.
The worse ones were at night. Out in West Texas, they got this thing called a wall cloud. Just blackness on the horizon. And when a bolt of lightning lit up the sky I could see the shape coming out of the wall. Then back to darkness. No idea where they were. All I could think to do was keep on driving. No place to hide.
West Texas jimboloco
I love that picture. Makes me feel homey
But probably not what jimboloco was feeling at the time. He was hard travelling
Everywhere I looked there was one, I kept driving looking for someplace to hide.
Tornados look different in west Texas. I have never seen one in a blue sky.
The worse ones were at night. Out in West Texas, they got this thing called a wall cloud. Just blackness on the horizon. And when a bolt of lightning lit up the sky I could see the shape coming out of the wall. Then back to darkness. No idea where they were. All I could think to do was keep on driving. No place to hide.
West Texas jimboloco
I love that picture. Makes me feel homey
But probably not what jimboloco was feeling at the time. He was hard travelling
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Twister picked me up
enlisted me like the draft
he was on a war path –
put my head in a spin,
made me end and begin
again and forced me
to be part of destruction
at the junction
of roads when he stopped
reassess his load in order
to combine hot and cold
resources,
i got off
my feet gotta stay grounded.
Twister's got a nasty cough,
spit me out like a virus
got lucky that day.
sometimes storms can pull you
into the eye and defy your desire
to flee but sometimes they
can inspire us
by finally letting us be.
enlisted me like the draft
he was on a war path –
put my head in a spin,
made me end and begin
again and forced me
to be part of destruction
at the junction
of roads when he stopped
reassess his load in order
to combine hot and cold
resources,
i got off
my feet gotta stay grounded.
Twister's got a nasty cough,
spit me out like a virus
got lucky that day.
sometimes storms can pull you
into the eye and defy your desire
to flee but sometimes they
can inspire us
by finally letting us be.
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more power to ya richard, that is a good feeling.
I thought it was kind of strange too. The sky seems so blue, I was wondering if it was a water spout.
I only wish to be left alone
I have the peace of years of solitude
I do not wish to let it go
I do not want to wake next to someone I do not love
And pretend I want to be there
"Lovers who promise forever
Speak mindless of time's constant prowel"
My heart book is balanced
The lust circles me like a storm
But I am calm as the dead in the eye
I lie like a rug
this is one screwed up post it probably fits some where but not here. an orphan post, I supose I should delete it
I thought it was kind of strange too. The sky seems so blue, I was wondering if it was a water spout.
I am Greta Garbosometimes storms can pull you
into the eye and defy your desire
to flee but sometimes they
can inspire us
by finally letting us be.
I only wish to be left alone
I have the peace of years of solitude
I do not wish to let it go
I do not want to wake next to someone I do not love
And pretend I want to be there
"Lovers who promise forever
Speak mindless of time's constant prowel"
My heart book is balanced
The lust circles me like a storm
But I am calm as the dead in the eye
I lie like a rug
this is one screwed up post it probably fits some where but not here. an orphan post, I supose I should delete it
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- Sober Duck
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- Sober Duck
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- Joined: September 11th, 2004, 6:48 pm
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- Sober Duck
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Ironically, while stuck on the Rappahannock River bridge due to repairs, I couldn't help but notice what seemed to be a severe storm just north of the bridge about to hit White Stone. The approaching storm appeared to be strange and unusually eire casting unique shadowy colors on the river below. Truckers on the CB were reporting fifty mile an hour gusts and large hail. The last place I wanted to be was on top of the rather shaky and high Rappahannock River Bridge. Finally, minutes before the storm hit the traffic was allowed to pass. As I headed for Ware Neck I kept an eye on the sky because I felt this one coming. Shortly after turning on to Highway 33 I noticed a cloud that was pointing down in an unusual way. Within seconds it began to take on the tell tale shape of a tornado. I had no choice but to pull off the road and take a few photos. I watched in amazement for I know fifteen minutes while the funnel warped and swayed. I had become a storm chaser if just for an instant.
The funnel cloud didn't seem to be moving, staying stationary for it's duration. It may have been moving toward or away from me which would give a false appearance of being stationary.
As swift as it formed the tornado faded back into the heavens from which it was spawned while the storm that created the tornado gave Deltaville a good thrashing.
Thursday April 13, 2006
Richard Moylan
The funnel cloud didn't seem to be moving, staying stationary for it's duration. It may have been moving toward or away from me which would give a false appearance of being stationary.
As swift as it formed the tornado faded back into the heavens from which it was spawned while the storm that created the tornado gave Deltaville a good thrashing.
Thursday April 13, 2006
Richard Moylan
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