Well....I'll tell y'all my side of the story......I discovered the live feed by accident while trying to find some charts, on 29th Apr. (First stroke of lightni..oops, mean luck) Realised they had just got into the swing of tour 1, and there were to be TWO MORE tours as well. I had just started 3 weeks holiday, and not planned to go anywhere. (2nd stroke of luck.) Recently made a decision to concentrate on more generalised forecasting away from my "safe" area of the uk and especially looking at severe wx. (Yep, 3rd stroke!)
You can understand my obsessive behaviour then towards NW chase 2009, as not only had i stumbled upon live virtual chasing (which honestly never occurred to me previously) but a group of "local lads" (and ladesses) and their experiences, to boot, coupled with my love of America.
I feel as if i've been on the night shift, with things starting around 15-1600 BST going until the same time 12hrs later. The mod's and regulars have probably noticed my name lurking around the chase forums sometimes 18-20hrs a day. It has certainly been an experience from this end of the stream. Yes, there have been times when i've felt like kicking in the screen when the stream drops, like when they were approaching the Breckenridge cell and the next thing i saw was the after dark CG/IC's at the back edge.
And the TWO lessons i've learnt...........
i) I now know where Childress and Abilene is
ii) Never try to eat a 72oz steak AND shrimp! Only Ian can do that.
Seriously guys, thanks for putting on a great show. You ALL contributed to making a great experience.
Roll on next year, and i'm still consulting my accountant about feasibility studies to go in person. :winky: