Local Storm Report 5/24/2012

Last night we had storm that had struck Bucks County PA with a punch.   Reports documented that there was wind damage and 1 inch hail.

I received a message that there was a lightning strike that hit a tree in Buck County at about the same time where I was reading about flooding in Quakertown and hail in Chalfont.

Later that evening just before sunset I went to Chalfont and took a few pictures.  I called the Mt. Holly office at the National Weather Service, spoke with the meteorologist on call, and reported this storm damage event.   I sent several pictures and one of them ended up on Mt. Holly's NWS Facebook page.

Here is the caption they used with the photo;

Here is a photograph one of our Skywarn Spotters sent to us of a tree that was struck 

by lightning in Chalfont (Bucks County). 

The bark and splintered branches scattered around 100 feet around the tree.

 

 Below is an animated Radar image from wunderground.com that shows the progress and strength of the storm.

Lightning in Horsham Part III

Here is the last shot where I was facing east with the camera, that night the storms moved from west to east.

 
Tropical Storm Alberto will wake up the East coast to be ready for the Hurricane season. 

Are you prepared for bad weather?

Lightning in Horsham Part II

Here is the next photograph that I took from my balcony that night.
Taking these shots requires an unusual amount of patience and determination.

As you can tell I love watching storms, hope you enjoy my work..

Remember that Hurricane season starts soon.

Lightning Photos in Horsham Part 1

Here is the first picture I took on the storm that passed through our area on May 16th.

More to come soon

Just to help your memory, here is a time lapse radar image of that storm from wunderground.com

Meteor Miners of 2012

 NASA Metor Miners now -  Miner 49ers of then...

Sutter's Mill 1848 a historic place and time, this is where everyone came to search for Gold also known as the Gold Rush.   Now fast forward 164 years later to the present and you will find out that on April 22nd a somewhat large meteor fell from the sky that scattered meteor fragments in a horse pasture owned by the de Haas family.  The land owner kindly allowed NASA scientists to collect and study the fragments of this rare meteorite, and scientists say that possible microbes in the fragments may help to understand how life began on Earth. Many samples have been collected and more may be found in the near future.  A fantastic discovery, we wait to see what is found and how this will impact our understanding of life on Earth.

Meteors are the New Gold Rush!

Click on the video below to see how the search was conducted.

For more details, please visit the source; http://www.nasa.gov/ames