Tom Lynch

Hi Andy I booked my insurance with "Go walk about" 0845 3450 327 they do a storm chasing cover. Ross came on the tour this year and got his through Dirct on line. Yoy could get quote from both. Also don't forget you need to apply for an on line visa. You will need the address for the motel in Dallas for that. I assume it will be the same as this year. You may need to confirm that with Paul Sherman. Tom

Hi Ross ve Nice to hear you are ok. Hope you can get chasing. DVD didn't arrive so I guess must be by your front door. Naughty chap!. I still have a lot of work to do on highlights mysellf. Tom No problem Craig. It seems that there is another insurance company that also do storm chasing cover. See other messages. Tom

Hi Ross Hope you are ok. I might look at them, worth trying a couple. Tom

No problem Harry the link to the Visa site is below-: https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/esta.html?_flowExecutionKey=_c2CA70179-055C-5833-0A61-F5D3F7ED0231_kD69267B8-D0CA-F285-150C-FB2AA13BC085 Just copy, paste and go. You can print off the waiver number that they give you but you dont need to show it. You may also still need to fill in a form on the plane, we did this year. You will need to put in the name and address of the hotel that you will be staying on the first night in the states. I can find that out for you too. I guess it will be the same one as this year. The phone number for the travel insurance is 0845 3450327. They are called "Go walkabout" and they are the only company that I have found which will cover stormchasing. This year cost me £80 ish but I was there longer and I am already old and falling to pieces Yours might be cheaper but you need to ask for a quote. Tom Hello Craig , see below. https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/esta.html?_flowExecutionKey=_c2CA70179-055C-5833-0A61-F5D3F7ED0231_kD69267B8-D0CA-F285-150C-FB2AA13BC085 Just copy, paste and go. You can print off the waiver number that they give you but you dont need to show it. You may also still need to fill in a form on the plane, we did this year. You will need to put in the name and address of the hotel that you will be staying on the first night in the states. I can find that out for you too. I guess it will be the same one as this year. The phone number for the travel insurance is 0845 3450327. They are called "Go walkabout" and they are the only company that I have found which will cover stormchasing. This year cost me £80 ish yours might be cheaper but you need to ask for a quote. Tom

Hi Smokes Like the colour of the car. Nice meeting you both. Next time we can chat without the stress of cooking for thousands I hope Laura is ok and got over death by storm chasing video. Tom I am glad to hear that you are on the mend, if only a little. Yes next year will be great. Once the dvds are sorted you can have one without doubt. You were missed at the BBQ and once again Stu let himself down. Tom

Hi Pat You were missed , get well soon Tom Nice to meet you. Tom Nice to hear you got home safe and sound. My three BBQ burger butties saw me home safely too. Will try to arrange a meeting. Tom

Pat We really missed you yesterday. Hope you are on the mend and I will look forward to catching up with you. I was also looking forward to meeting you again. Tom

Nice to meet you both. I hope you had a safe journey home. I have seen the colour of your car on the photo. Nice car as you say. Paul has given me two hours of tapes from your tour. I will add them to my dvd if you want a copy please let me know and I will post one to you.Tom

Hi Harry Nice to meet you, hope you got to work on time. Do you need the travel insurance and on line visa details? Tom Lynch

Yes I agree Snow Queen. It was nice meeting people and putting names to faces. Look forward to meeting everyone again. Th Northern Monkey

Hi Pat I was working in garden in Windermere and watched towers building most of the day. but no action. Until I got home to my own garden and storms developed east and west of my house. I laid back on the chair in the garden with my grandson watching as the thunder rolled by. One cell that passed over Ambleside gave me grief because it caused a flash flood and I had to arrange sandbags to be sent to one property Tom

Ve haff ways of making you talk, you swine. Tom But agreeing to being Irish, really Pat. But John has you banged to rights old chap. Tom

Pat you thought it was immigration asking you the questions. I said where are you from and you said "Ireland." I asked what you were doing here and you said " Sightseeing" Bloody sightseeing! Cookie, it is not a bad thing to be cautious with lightning it can kill but with us you are in safe hands , lightning is treated with respect. As for flying, flying is one of the safest forms of transport. Get a bottle of red wine and a good movie and jet away to a fantastic experience. Tom (Northerm Monkey)

John says that the English have been raping and pillaging the Irish for 900 years I guess being half Irish I have suffered for 450 yrs . Tom Lynch

Pat what are you leaving Chelt at ? Tom Paul You will be pleased to know that I actually had my camcorder on at Childress and have found the close lightning strike outside the motel. I also caught whatever caused the rotation well north of Childress. It will all be on my dvd for the bbq . Tom

Hi yes there were actually about 5 I think, some like myself were just cameo roles i.e. walk on, walk off (a few times) Paul S, Nick, Ian (72oz man) Andy & me. Paul S of course had a bigger role, but then he is. We did get on Chris's ITV footage MORE THAN a few times but were left on the cutting room floor! Tom

Looking forward meeting you again you Pat Tom

After a cameo appearance on Natures Fury I expect to be nominated for an Oscar and I am ready and waiting So I may grace the BBQ with my presence. :huh:

Paul What town do you live in? Tom

Hi Ross Where abouts in Florida are you? Tom

Do you know I miss it too . Maybe get a chase here in the UK who knows. Tom

Hi Hail fog forms when you get millions of tonnes of hail falling into warm air. I lays on the ground whichis also warm andiIt creates a thick cold fog , which can and does cause lots of road accidents. Its like when you open the fridge door in a warm room only 100s of times thicker. Tom

Hi Paul thanks fo reminding me about Buddy Holly it had almost slipped my mind "That'll be the day" We never some some of the cloud structures like the one below this year it looked slightly familar Just want to be your teddy bear! Did you know where Elvis was born? Tom .

Nice one Phil Tom

I am so pleased that everyone enjoyed either taking part in or following the chase. Going the extra mile is what it is all about. Storm chasing requires lots of patience and bags of stamina. e.g We set off from El Reno and drove 200 miles to Childress Texas in the hope of severe storms. However they did not develop and I was informed at 5.00pm that we had rooms booked at a hotel in Wichita , Kansas. This was a trip of 395 miles back through El Reno. We arrived some time around 2.00am and checked into our motel. Time for a couple of Buds as a night cap and then bed. Life on the road is fun and living out of a suitecase for the duration of your stay interesting to say the least. There was an element of rotation i.e worn clothes put at the bottom of the case and you put on clothes from the top of the case etc etc. I met so many nice people and have so many fond memories of the tours I wouldn't know where to start. At the Days Inn in Childress I swapped the door numbers and managed to confuse everyone as they all went into the wrong rooms. I even confused myself because I too went to the wrong room and couldn't figure out why Paul was in my room. Whilst Ian was in training for the 72oz steak challenge he had to drink 3.5 litres of water per day and it was a funny moment when we realised than he had drunk so much water he would be affected by the gravitational pull of the moon. Above is a photo I took of the passing storm whilst staying at the Days Inn Childress. The manager there gave us a full box of Bud that he didn't want, nice chap. I didn't change his door numbers over that night.