Chase StormDawg Posted in VORTEX2 Gallery on May 2, 2010 by Susan Cobb. First day on the job. Credit: Susan Cobb I took time to smell the flowers. Achoo! Credit: Susan Cobb Kristin Kuhlman works at NSSL, too. Credit: Susan Cobb Julie Malingowski was helping with the mobile mesonets. Credit: Susan Cobb Still watching the computer! Credit: Susan Cobb This was right before things got muddy. Credit: Susan Cobb It was a bumpy ride last night. Credit: Susan Cobb Dr. Yvette Richardson helped plan VORTEX2. Today was Mother’s Day, and she has two kids she misses! Credit: Susan Cobb A bathtub under a mattress is a good place to be in a tornado if you don’t have a basement. Away from windows too! Credit: Susan Cobb The Storm Prediction Center makes a map of the areas with the highest risk for bad weather. Uh oh. Right here! Credit: Susan Cobb These are good websites to watch when severe weather might be coming. Credit: Susan Cobb NSSL’s Ted Mansell drove the NO-XP radar. Credit: Susan Cobb Dan Dawson and Robin Tanamachi, OU, were not too proud to have their picture taken with me. Credit: Susan Cobb This is the computer we used to watch what VORTEX2 teams were doing and what was going to happen next. I liked it. Credit: Susan Cobb The NO-XP radar is scanning a thunderstorm that has a tornado. I couldn’t see it, but I’m not sure I wanted to. It was very very windy. Credit: Susan Cobb Chase StormDawg reporting from the storm! Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb Balloon launch! They do this to sample the air around a thunderstorm to help figure out what it will do next. Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Amy Buchanan Credit: Amy Buchanan Credit: Amy Buchanan Credit: Amy Buchanan