On Friday, we (Jim, Jacob, Richie, Nancy, Irma, and I) are heading up to the farm to do a little tidying-up work. Among other things, there are lots of branches & twigs that need to be cleared off the property before new tree saplings can be planted. The temperatures up there have been fairly nice lately, but, of course, cold (40s!) and wet weather is predicted for Saturday. Ick!
Speaking of weather, Adam is now in Norman, Oklahoma prepping for the official start of the VORTEX2 tornado project. Mike Bettes from the Weather Channel is in Norman, and plans to cover the entire 5-week-long event, although I don't know how many live feeds will be shown on television. I know that they plan numerous taped stories and interviews, as well as "live streams" on the internet. I have also heard that TWC intends to broadcast as the armada of VORTEX2 research vehicles and scientists depart from Norman on their storm quest on Sunday. They have also promised to break into Weather Channel programming whenever a tornado is actually spotted, so maybe we will see Adam & his group scurrying their tails off after plunking down some tri-pod-shaped computer probes ("sticknets") in the path of a twister. Adam has said that he will send pictures, including some of these high-tech "sticknets" that his group is responsible for positioning during storms.
I just wonder if there are Oklahoma-shaped waffles at his current hotel.
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