May 10, 2015

Post date: May 10, 2015 2:14:09 PM

Sunday, May 10, 2015 @ 0900 CDT: Yesterday's chase in southwestern Kansas didn't cooperate, but we DID get some very pretty photos west of Dodge City, KS... before heading to the Applebee's there. While waiting for our food to come out, the TVs and loudspeaker system there suddenly started announcing that there was a tornado warning in our area. We quickly checked our cell phones and tablets, and found that there was no danger in our location. (...and, in fact, there was no indication on radar that a tornado had ever existed with that wave of storms to the west. It was likely a false alarm --- what we refer to as a sheriff-nado --- and the National Weather Service had likely just taken the "Better safe than sorry" approach to it.) We did our best to calm down the restaurant staff, and even though half of the restaurant cleared out, we had a wonderful meal! THAT was a first for me! Ha!

Photos from yesterday aren't ready yet. Sorry. Hopefully I will be able to process them along the way today and get them uploaded later. As for today, I'm really not sure what we're going to do. Initially I thought that this would be a down day, or at least a travel day, but then I saw today's forecast. Will we go for the northern split? The southern split? Or do we just blow it off and head to the laundromat to wash some clothes? Time will tell...

In the meantime, a very HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you muthas out there! Hug 'em if ya got 'em!

Sunday, May 10, 2015 @ 1150 CDT: ...and it's gonna be option 3. We're not chasing today. Instead, we're leaving Dodge City now and are headed back to Norman. It sounds like the Days Inn escaped the tornado unscathed, so we are spending the night there.

I neglected to include yesterday's travel map, so here it is:

Sunday, May 10, 2015 @1420 CDT: On the ride back to Norman, I was able to process the pictures from yesterday. To see them just click HERE.