Watching the Skies » Flickr http://www.watchingtheskies.com an enthusiast website for severe weather... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:44:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Quick update with pictures http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/11/23/1972/ http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/11/23/1972/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:45:07 +0000 Sean Toner http://watchingtheskies.com/2009/11/23/1972/
Dense fog the morning of 11/23/09 in Frisco, TX


Thousands of birds flying around on a cool calm evening in north Texas.

]]> http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/11/23/1972/feed/ 0 Severe storm pictures from October 1 http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/10/02/severe-storm-pictures-from-october-1/ http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/10/02/severe-storm-pictures-from-october-1/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:10:43 +0000 Sean Toner http://watchingtheskies.com/?p=1864 Took these using my G1… not the best camera, but with beautiful shots like these its hard not to see the beauty. The first three are about 40 minutes before the store arrived, the last one is 30 minutes after the storm passed by.

]]> http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/10/02/severe-storm-pictures-from-october-1/feed/ 0 33.152866 -96.78764733.152866-96.787647 Flickr: Tree down in my apt complex http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/06/11/flickr-tree-down-in-my-apt-complex/ http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/06/11/flickr-tree-down-in-my-apt-complex/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:21:48 +0000 Sean Toner http://watchingtheskies.com/?p=1340

This is the scene all around the Frisco Bridges area where I live and work, numerous trees down in the area. The tree limb pictured here appears to be about 8 inches in diameter, snapped at the base.

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Now lets just see if i can snap a tornado! This’ll be my first storm chasing trip so I hope to make the most of it.

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I am not sure what kind of birds these are but they were everywhere. Never got birds like these in Florida, anyone know what kind they are?

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]]> http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/04/29/picture-of-some-of-the-storms/feed/ 0 33.1067342 -96.821713733.1067342-96.8217137 Part of my WtS business card http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/04/28/part-of-my-wts-business-card/ http://www.watchingtheskies.com/2009/04/28/part-of-my-wts-business-card/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:24:19 +0000 Sean Toner http://severethunderstorms.net/?p=833 Part of my business card… this is linked from my Flickr

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