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Oh he’s got a lot of em.

Had Pfizer and the arm soreness started near the injection site and about 8 hours later progressed to my joint. Also had fatigue and nausea. All good in ~24 hours.

Rough period for chasers out there. Though I’m sure normal people are happy about that. I’m considering a trip to the northern plains this spring. Maybe I can get in front of a high risk derecho . Anyway—on topic. End week looks robust lol. Nice signal but I worry about rug pulling inside 24h. Berks look nice though.

In Oklahoma

What was your search process if you don’t mind my asking? I’m thinking to get a drone before I start hitting the road for chase season but I don’t know where to start.

Awesome pics!

Literally my first thought

Retired and fully reanimated now lol. In all seriousness though, I think we see a similar setup to last season in that the environment looks more favorable in the western Atlantic than the MDR. Given how hyperactive the Caribbean was, we might see more activity in the Gulf and off the SE coast rather than big Caribbean systems. The 180 ACE predicted by CSU is just shy of last year’s season. Fewer storms but longer lived this season?

Just get me in the center of a strong 2 with a tractor tire eye and I’ll be good.

BREAKING: CSU calling for a well above average season. 17 named storms, 8 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes, 150 ACE.

You know I’ve felt this for a while, but I really consider this subforum blessed to have your presence and contributions. We never know what wonders or calamities life will throw at us, but we always have the choice to spread darkness or light. You choose the latter. At least when you’re not joining into the bad food conversations @H2O inflicts upon us.

2010? I agree with Phin that WFH is tough for a less mature professional. There's a lot that's lost in terms of mentorship and example setting when a new professional or someone that hasn't acquired higher level time management and communication skills. Those first years are really critical, especially in spaces where someone can quickly be overtaken or fall behind due to the pace of the job. The goal should be to become great in a career, not adequate at a job. That requires some discomfort which can be lost when a boss puts you on cruise control in a virtual environment. The loyalty piece is interesting. I've kind of always viewed that as conditional. With the exception of one job, I've never really felt the need to island hop jobs because when I interviewed with each I made sure we were both clear on expectations and opportunities for growth. I've turned down much higher paying jobs because a current employer was clearly investing in me via mentorship, challenging work, etc.. It's business at the end of the day, but it's generally a bad idea to jump at the first or second sign of discomfort to make what's basically a lateral move. I see a fairly significant amount of that with some of my cohort.

The thing I like about chasing tropical is that usually you have a sense of something 5-10 days before gametime. I've gotten good enough sniffing out potential that I can reshape my calendar one or two weeks out and put in notice to take time off about 5-7 days out. Still tough because the peak of the season falls during our peak season, so my trips end up being quick turnaround, but it does make planning a lot easier. Quite a bit harder for blizzards and even more for LES, but still workable.

I feel like I have a foot in two different generational mindsets. On one hand, I'm old school in the sense that I love work. I like being challenged, I like fighting to be the best at my craft, and I like being part of a team that's serious and purpose driven. Sitting idle is hard for me. I can't imagine stopping work to do something like retire early. On the other hand, I'm definitely of the mindset that environment and flexibility matter. The goal is to find fulfillment and happiness at the end of the day. Very millennial lol. Having done 100% WFH twice now in my career, I like being in the office more. There's just a lot of value to the daily formal and informal interactions and ease of person to person communication in my space. Ideally, things would be a hybrid for me with WFH but what's most critical to me is the flexibility to take accrued leave or go virtual whenever I need. That's been critical to my ability to pursue storm chasing and other passions, and will be helpful when I start a family. That said, you gotta be able to flip the switch back and forth to be a reliable team member. Not everyone can do that.

If not for the pandemic I probably would have gotten 1-2 more chases in. I still got two in safely though. Can’t wait to hit the road this season.

Isaías?

Don’t mind me, I’m just here waiting for the CSU hurricane season forecast to be released.

Oh con law...those were the days

Got shot 1 yesterday and was surprised by how much it put me down for about 12-16 hours. All good now.

One of the great college basketball games of all time. Incredible.

Congratulations. Hope you and yours have a happy and healthy summer.

I also find it fascinating (after not knowing this until last year) how predictable the annual mortality number is, among other things. In a country of 330 million with a variety of health conditions and causes of death, just a slight variation year over year. We’re a lot more predictable as a species than we think, which is incredible to me when looking through an individualistic lens.