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George R. Garrett © 2004 Decatur - Macon County - Illinois |
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George R. Garrett © 2004 Decatur - Macon County - Illinois |
These are just some of the pictures I've taken
over the years
click on each thumbnail to see the full size
picture
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Two Pictures from May 15, 2009 Storm!
We left very quickly to the SOUTH! ;-)
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A real neat picture of a storm blowing over
Findlay Illinois!
I'm impressed because it was taken by a grandson!
Dillon Walker
Another storm spotter possibly, when he gets
old enough.. ;-)
Thanks for the picture Dillon!
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The pictures above are from the April 19, 1996 - F3 tornado that came through
our area in Central Illinois. As it progressed to the East
I took 8 pictures of the tornado and then I backed up closer to the I-72
berm to get away from the high winds off the tornado! The incline
at the right side of picture is the I-72 berm!
We had quite a bit of damage here in town. We did have one of our local storm spotters hurt in a house where he went to help a Mother and her two young boys, they huddled together under a stairwell in the basement and the frame of the house was moved over by Wyckles road. The roof was gone, the chimney fell on Lonnie! (a very large section), and he was hospitalized for a long time with injuries. No doubt in my mind that Lonnie had a big part in saving the Mother and her two sons lives! |
AHA! found some pictures I took, but lost on some old disks... lol enjoy!
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Shortly after we seen this, we spotted two little tornado's out in a
field
just East of Niantic, Illinois. We called the EMA office and
they had the
outdoor warning sirens sounded. No damage, but was neat to see
two at once! ;-)
So, this pic is coprighted by ME and linda! ;-) high fives!!
I'll TRY to find the other pictures and add them WHEN I do find them...
lol
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Popdown
with Striation above it!
July
13, 2004
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Painted
Tower with Overshoot!
Reminds
me of the Pillsbury doughboy!
August
9, 2004
Emery
Road North and West of Forsyth, Illinois
Neat
one wasn't it Paul! ;-)
Click
on the pic for larger version!
WAND TV INTERVIEW- MAY 12, 2000
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good for a STORM! |
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Scot England, WAND TV reporter met me to do the interview here at my house, also drove out to a couple of spotter positions on the West side of town and also by the Niantic overpass. Did storm good that day... right Scot! :-) These pictures are ones I cut out of the video that was shown on WAND TV at 5, 6, and 10 pm! May 12, 2000! |
WAND TV INTERVIEW 2005
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WAND TV INTERVIEW 2007
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A
very nice plaque I received from the
good
folks at Macon County EMA!
Made
a very nice Birthday present!
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MORE
WEATHER PHOTOS
March
20, 2003
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Looked
promising for awhile...but no major rotation that I could detect,
but
it sure was fun to watch for awhile! Just a little pop down and pop
up
funnel tip! This was up on Emery Road going East not far from Argenta!
May 14, 2003
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May 2003
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June
2003
Click
on the pictures for larger view!
Neat
curly deal out over the road..
later
I noticed the longer curl over by the tree.. wierd! ;-)
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Nah...
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June 2, 2008
Stacked motorists parked behind me as a bow
echo storm was hitting pretty hard...
60 to 65 mph winds... dust foots.. rain foots..
lot of rain... arrrgh! ;-)
Muggs!
Thunderstorm
Alert System by Boston Terrier!
~ She did
not joke about storms! ~
Muggsey passed
away in 2007!
She woke me up
for quite a few thunderstorms! ;-)
DECATUR/MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS Webpage by: George R. Garrett - LINKS -
Info about me & Storm Spotting
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Please do not use them for anything other than personal viewing! George R. Garrett - Decatur, Illinois |
