Our third Mystery Minute story begins today with a true story from Steve Marshall, Meadville (PA) Fire & Rescue:
Thunder and Lightning
by
Steve Marshall
Part One
Long before I became a professional storm chaser, it had been my habit to head for the fire station when severe storms threatened. Having grown up in northern Virginia, I was used to afternoon thunderstorms in the summer heat causing numerous “alarm bells sounding” and lightning strikes.
When I moved north to Pennsylvania, I thought that was all history. They just don’t get storms like Virginia…or so I thought.
On one unusual day in June a few years ago, Mother Nature and Father Time teamed up to mess with my head in a serious fashion.
When my weather alert radio sounded, it caught me by surprise. As a television news storm chaser, I stay on top of the weather situation and there was a near zero chance of severe weather today. I immediately fired up my trusty computer to check the our weather radar.
What I found on the radar display was completely unexpected.
Read Part Two HERE.
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