Almost silver.....the results of today's water hunt...

[Pete in MI]

in fact they said they will close two. Jackson was one and I forgot where the other is...but our politicians decided to have a meeting...they decided it should be held in Hawaii. No wonder our economy is messed up with decision makers making these kinds of frivilous journeys at our expense.

I still belong to the club even though I can't make it either...they do have a website so you can keep up with what is being found and all.

Hope things continue to go well for you out there in OK.
Keep coming back here to let us know what you find out that way.

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Too many tornados out there for me!
Be safe and visit here often!

 

[Pete in MI]

or the flag flaps in my face

BTW what is your feeling about using the diving flag? Should I use the stand by French flag - the white flag of surrender j/k

 

[AllenOK]

We had a small t-storm cell form just SW of Tulsa yesterday, and it moved across the northern part of the city, where we live. Laurie called me and said she thought she had just see a small tornado start to move down out of the clouds, but never touched down. She did get a picture of the wall cloud, as she carries a small digi-cam with her in her purse. Here's the pic:

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I'm not exactly sure where the wall cloud was in respect to the main part of the storm cell. Sometimes, you'll get a small F0 twister that forms on the front (leading) edge of a storm, instead of towards the back. This "Gustnadoes" are they're called here rarely cause much damage.

Sure enough, just after Laurie came home from running an errand, the chief meteorologist for the NBC affiliate here said that this particular storm cell (the only one over Tulsa) was rotating, but hadn't produced a tornado (no reliable reports from weather spotters and/or cops. When I saw the radar image, the storm cell had a "hook" to it, where the back edge of the storm gets "bent" around the meso-cyclone that produces the wall cloud and tornado.

Now, I've lived here most of my life. You sort of develop a tolerance for "Watches", and only pay attention to "Warnings", and then, only if they're in your area. In my time here, I've see exactly ONE wall cloud, and one POSSIBLE tornado.

HH from Allen in OK

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

That's one tooooo many for me!

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

n/t

 

[warthog]

,,,Join you at one or other of them places for a hunt together...I think those beaches are well-guarded secrets;'cause I have never even heard of 'em....There is a rumor at my work that we might have the 4th of July week off-And I also got 2 weeks off at the end of July and into August-Im going up to Aloha State Park for a few days starting July 28 and I got it reserved through the 2nd of August-BUT- I am thinking of shortening that stay-Or canceling it altogether-Just stay in West Branch with my in-laws,and go off to a different detecting locale every day.(I will save a TON of money by doing that;believe me!!)I do want to go to Aloha for a couple days anyway-I will be searchiong at another lake in the Cheboygan area for a ring the owner of a motel I have stayed in lost Father's Day of 2005-a $900.00ring;no less-I will be taking him with me,so he can show me the EXACT spot he dropped it-His wife told me when I searched for it last year they went out there with a garden rake and RAKED the bottom lookin for it..I told 'em BIG mistake-Probably just buried it deeper.ANYWAY:we will have to make plans to DO IT TO IT!!!