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PhrankPower opened this issue on May 07, 2003 ยท 17 posts


PhrankPower posted Wed, 07 May 2003 at 1:35 PM

Hi everyone. Havent had a chance to stop by here in the last few days. Weve had a lot going on! This is the 4th day in row weve had tornados all around here in the Memphis area, and the entire southeast region too. At night the tornado sirens wail amid flashes of light, thunder, and pouring rain. Some of the best cloud and sky shots Ive missed by either not having my camera or being too scared to stop. Our company has a TV station in Jackson Tennessee. The station studios, and a good part of Downtown Jackson are now gone. There were 12 deaths in that one storm alone. Weve had major tree damage even in areas where there havent been any tornados (yet). Anyways, as I was leaving work Monday evening I took these 4 shots. It was right at sunset, and there was a break right on the western horizon allowing the setting sunlight to momentarily hit the dark storm clouds. Most unusual combination since sunsets are usually associated with white puffy friendly clouds. These werent friendly skies. In fact, they were more frightful than these pictures show. You cant feel the wind, and hear all the strange sounds from looking at these. Later in the evening, tornados came from this very storm. The first shot is the first thing I saw when walking out the door!