Tag: weather

  • Tropical Storm Lee flooding photos

    Yesterday, the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee blew right through Birmingham transitioning into what our local forecaster, James Spann, called “the perfect storm” as it turned into an extratropical storm when it collided with a low pressure system just north of us. We ended up with almost 8 inches of rain and some pretty amazing…

  • Last tornado pics (Vestavia) plus Athens Twilight prep

    We drove over to Athens yesterday for the Twilight crit tonight. Before we left, I biked a different route through Vestavia on my way back from school. So many people there are still without power, and the pic below is one of the reasons why. It does confirm though the general direction I think the…

  • More tornado damage pics

    In between my morning and class and my senior presentations this afternoon at the student research showcase, I was able to bike over to Cahaba Heights and Dolly Ridge and get closer to where the tornado went through. I was only able to snap a few pics, though. Again, these pictures represent the damage from…

  • Tornado damage

    I am writing this post from my parent’s house. We lost power this morning at 5:45AM, and I would estimate that we won’t be getting power back for several days. This morning a tornado passed over our house and touched down about a mile away. Trees and powerlines down everywhere from about a mile north…

  • Don’t mind the snow!

    I just saw this new feature on wordpress so I thought it would be fun to enable it — especially since there is a chance of snow here today! It looks like it will be an indoor ride for me with heavy rain expected the rest of the day … massive storm system … check…

  • Don’t mind the snow!

    I just saw this new feature on wordpress so I thought it would be fun to enable it — especially since there is a chance of snow here today! It looks like it will be an indoor ride for me with heavy rain expected the rest of the day … massive storm system … check…