Weather Radio time

Last night's storms in the Southeast included two confirmed tornadoes -- damaged 108 homes and injured 24 people, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Operations Center. The region has continued to get pounded all day including the town of Enterprise, Alabama bringing back memories from two short years ago when the town was wrecked by a tornado outbreak.

Folks, last night's issue was that these storms came in the dark after most were sound asleep...NOW IS THE TIME to be getting that weather radio out and tuning it up. Get fresh batteries and make sure it is placed in your home where the family will hear it. Please don't screw around this year when it comes to this!

Statistics show that in today's society the majority of citizens get their severe weather information from television, but what about the times when your television isn't on, say for example in the middle of the night while you are sleeping? This is where a working Weather Radio can save your life during severe weather...day or night. These radios are affordable, and are well worth the investment.

We have pretty strict rules for our chase team that include speed limit adherence and seatbelt use. It's because we care about each other. Weather radios are no different an issue- look at your family and ask yourself if they are worth $30. if you don't have a radio, then go get one; you don't have to spend much to save them all.

The March 23rd chase day

If you would like to hear the story of the March 23rd storm chase as told by Peter McConnell, visit http://www.severewxchaser.com/ and go to the forum or simply click on http://www.severewxchaser.com/forum?func=view&id=17&catid=9#17 to go directly to the story. Nice post, Peter...and you're right...we've only just begun!

Spring marches on...

Well, last night we tracked storms through Southern Missouri and in to Pontiac, Illinois and it was good to have the tracking center busy again. Still warming up all the parts after a cold winter, but it has been a bit chilly here at home! With snow on the way and no hope for any good chases in the next two weeks, it is a good time to let you all know that a new fan club site is on its way and we have several great events coming up in the next two months and hope to see you all out there!

To the kids at Eagle...We have been thinking a lot about you today and want you to know that we hope to see you all soon. We are trying to put together a day trip to visit you all.

While we are experiencing this chilly weather here at home, make some time to put together hat home disaster kit and make a plan for tornadoes with your family!

We have some more dates available on this present tour schedule, so if you have been thinking about a Chasing4Life event, now is the time to act. Contact us at tour@chasing4life.org as soon as possible.

The first Nebraska chase

Hey Nebraska! Wake up and get ready! Season's here!

We hooked up with Pete McConnell of http://www.severewxchaser.com/ yesterday for a romp around Nebraska and it proved to be a great day! The day started out normal enough near Miller, Nebraska, but soon, we were in Hastings after picking up KHAS TV Meteorologist Travis Klanecky and Channel 5 reporter Adam Lefkoe.

Hours into the day, while heading into Giltner, Nebraska, Zephyros lost a rear window to hail, we lost side mirrors, lost lights, got wet and had an absolute blast together! The greatest reward has been watching it on the Weather Channel who picked up some of the footage from our outing!

Pete was great to travel with and we enjoyed having both Travis and Adam along for the ride. All in all it was a great day and really got us excited about the possibilities of this year's season.

This was Cheyenne's inaugural run in her own vehicle and it has officially become a chase vehicle with repairs to be made! Congratulations Cheyenne, not everyone can get that much hail INSIDE their rig on their first run!

the storms have started, and if you haven't noticed, we have been kinda out-of-touch the last two months. The blog has run dry, and I want to apologize. We have been EXTREMELY busy getting the trucks ready and we have a few more things to do now as we make some last minute changes to the vehicles and even the drivers.

Cory has a new ride, so watch the site for pictures, and make sure you check out the new pictures of Cheyenne's new "Aura" in a few weeks as well!

Dan's "Windrider" was in a serious accident just days after we finished getting it ready for storms this year, but it has already been completely repaired and is out in Illinois storms as I write this.

We have some new stuff for you this year including an activity book coming out before March's end and a full line of Chasing4Life Team apparel! If you would like to receive an early order form, just email us at info@chasing4life.org for now. We have some of the shirts in stock already.

If you have not seen the new commercials, Viaero wireless came aboard as our communications provider, so make sure you watch for the new ads!

We'll start updating here regularly, I promise...in the meantime...stay safe and get that weather radio on!