Ex-midwesterner, Jimmy Kammer. @TeamLSM. Supporting chasers & the weather community through the capture & promotion of cool videos & weather information.
This is the extremely scary moment fishermen Brian Johnson, his friend Tony, and his dog Sam found themselves inside of a massive EF3 tornado near Port Arthur, Texas saturday. They all survived with minimum injuries
🎥: Brian Johnson
#tornado
@tropicalupdate@tropicalupdate I left for 4hrs after putting H20 in the pool, then 3”+ fell since I left & it’s overflowing. Unseasonal #FLwx here. Also, I have Tropicana Field roof in a picture frame for you as I ran into you during Milton. Hope all is well.
@tropicalupdate Much deserved! I had breakfast with some at the St. Lucie Fairgrounds FPL staging area this morning. 700 crewman at that one location. 12-16 hour days for many who have been working non-stop since Helene - from NC to FL. So impressive. True dedication. Happy to read this!
Heading out to meet with the crews leading the recovery efforts in Lucie, Martin, Okeechobee, and Indian River areas of #Florida hit by #Hurricane#Milton
LIVE HURRICANE FUNDRAISER STREAM to raise more funds for the relief effort from back-to-back devastating Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Thank you @ChrisHallWx and @TheShawnHendrix for taking time out of their active relief effort. Please donate here: https://t.co/SKeR1YChPZ
I want to take a moment to personally thank each of the following people who took their time to so thoughtfully share radar imagery at a time I no longer had access to the latest updates…during my #hurricane#Milton intercept:
@IPTCWCDirector, @CycloforumsPR, @NateMurdock2, @michaelsalimben, @Nurzleslie, @seckhardt, @nick_barbieri71, @CanaanForrest, @234SimonSays, @234SimonSays
In addition, I want to publicly thank fellow meteorologist and chaser extraordinaire, @SimonStormRider, who DM’d me to let me know where gas was still available after I posted about the lack of fuel availability within 100 miles of the Tampa area.
Similar gratitude applies these other chasers who extended their thoughtfulness in one way or another during this particular expedition: @reid_lt, @NimbusStorms, @NadoVision, and @Storm_Chaser_O. Please forgive me if I am inadvertently leaving out anyone.
There are few things in life I appreciate more than one’s own time and their selflessness in sharing that with others. Thanks again to each of you, above, and ALL of you who take the “time” to read and/or comment on my posts! Your thoughtfulness never goes unnoticed or unappreciated.
@tbrite89 No how many times end up in the “right place” for an intercept, it is the expertise of those like you to on which I rely. Ty for the msg & the work you do for the wx community. We’ll be picking up the pieces here in FL for a while, but will always be here if you need anything.
If you're seeing the Northern Lights tonight, here's an explainer of how the different colors can appear! We are currently seeing a vivid display of pinks and greens here at the office!