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Eric and I went tornado chasing today. Yesterday I was contemplating it. There were touchdowns about 2 hours away around Austin, and also on the other side of us, in the county east to Houston. There would have been enough gas to get to either of those places but probably not enough to get back. So I didn't go. This afternoon Eric got out of work a little bit minutes early. When we got home I was watching the clouds. There was a decent line of thunder clouds, the frontmost one in particular, and there was updraft around it. I did my usual tornado prayer, kind of like a Sioux rain dance. I pointed it all out to Eric. There was updraft, and the cell was definitely tall enough to spawn a tornado. I said that if there was going to be somethng, it was coming out of that. We went inside and within 10 minutes there was a tornado warning flashing on the tv screen. There was a confirmed touchdown in Sugarland, which is the suburb that borders the one we live in. The actual spot was about 5 miles away. While this was going on Eric was on the phone with the other guitarist in his new band who was saying that practice had been cancelled for tonight. I was already changing my clothes and finding the camera.... I knew he didn't really want to come with me but I think he did mainly to make sure I didn't jump head first into a twister. We headed out to where the touchdown occurred but the storm had moved on. It was only going 10 mph so it was easy t catch up with. The tornado had already disapated but the storm was still roaring strong. We followed it for about an hour hoping it would spawn more tornados. It didn't happen. The storm was still incredible, I got some great pictures that I'll post once developed.

Always remember to quit while you're ahead.

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