Storm system in central Oklahoma, May 1, 2008

The first picture (above) is underneath the system, the second photo (below) is approximately 15 miles south of the system.

In the top photo you can kind of see the cloud formation in the right-hand (dark) side of the photo.

This system moved northeast and produced a lot of golf-ball size hail, but the tornados came later at night from a different line that moved through the state.

This one was such a massive system, and the local TV stations had gotten people in a huge panic that a lot of drivers had pulled off alongside the road (or were driving towards it) to take photos of it, thinking a tornado might drop down from it at any minute.

Yay for camera phones.

Bigger hurray for meteorologists at local TV station KSBI for accurately reporting on the storm and keeping viewers calm.

EC-130 Hercules static display at Tinker AFB

In Oklahoma it's 85 and sunny and windy, in Utah it's 34 and snowing. Same day!

Colorful shack

This is a colorful rusting shack and pickup truck

Clothier

Clothier is an unincorporated community in Oklahoma, and this is the Clothier schoolhouse.

Snowing again

A light dusting of snow in Oklahoma, it just served to make the roads very slippery and reduce visibility. What a great combination!

Hollywood Corners, Oklahoma

Hollywood Corners is an unincorporated community in Oklahoma, and this is the Hollywood Corners store

Wall of fire

The wall of fire is lots bigger than it looks, the flames were about 8 feet high and moving very fast. The office complex had to be evacuated. It was scary.

Beautiful Oklahoma Sky

Beautiful Oklahoma Sky

'Mobile Home'

I don't understand why the ugly homes get moved, but, oh well

Oklahoma Sky

Afternoon cloud formation, Oklahoma City, June 2007, taken with phone camera, while driving. Wait, it's kinda dangerous to do that, isn't it