Rich on the Road

Eastern Colorado

We've been on the road forever! Or at least it seems like forever. Eastern Colorado is flat and as unscenic as any place I've encountered in America. It makes Iowa look like the Swiss Alps. And, so far at least, it's not producing any weather --though Bill R. assures us the conditions remain ripe for the development of super cells. If it's going to happen it needs to happen soon. As I write this it is approaching 5pm and the skies are still very blue with just a few friendly looking clouds off to the north and west. We need angry-looking, huge thunderheads, roiling with black and gray clouds -- anvil shaped monsters to terrify the locals and produce our perfect, photogenic twisters. Preferably, in some flat stretch of wheat fields with good emergency-exit highways.

We'll keep you posted.

Rich