We would like to know a little about you! Name: City/State: About You:

Ill start it up!

James Houghton
Burlington Iowa
I am the VP of this site. I am also a member of the EMA mandated SKYWARN group here, and have been to training in both basic, and advanced weather spotting. I also am training to become an instructor for CERT, or Community Emergency Response Team.

Hello my name is Erick Schrier. I am the owner and Present of this site. I currently reside in Cumberland Iowa. During my free time I like to spend time watching the weather and I love to hunt and fish. I am pretty easy to get along with so don't be afraid to ask any questions or even shoot me a call. If you have any questions or anything you can email me at midwest-skywarn @ hotmail.com or call me 712-779-0426.

hello i am Kraig Wilford the crazy sob that built this site for erick. i still say he is nuts but o well. i wanna welcome everyone to probably the biggest secondary storm chase / track site on the net. if you experience any problems just come to me as i am the one that'll be in charge of fixing it. also i am looking for help. help wanted ads have been posted in our job listings. also if there is anything else you think we need hit me up so i can get it on here.

Hello Everyone! Name is Bryan and I currently reside in Kansas City. I graduated from OU in 2004 with a degree in Atmospheric Science. My main interests are Severe Weather, and Severe Winter Storms. I work for a local utility company in Kansas City providing weather forecasts for the day to day operation of the utility and informing the utility of severe weather that may impact the service area. I am enlisted as a ESM on the site and look forward to adding tons of severe weather coverage for Kansas and parts of Extreme Western MO.

BRyan

Hello, my name is Andy. I live in Palo, Iowa. I work for Hunters Specialties in Cedar Rapids. I have two kids, my step daughter is 16 and my pride and joy is 17 months. I love to track the weather and also planning to join our VFD. I have attended both sessions of spotter class. It is my works busy season, but I try to visit the site at least once a day when I can.

Hey I'm Justin from Pratt, KS. I'm only a student in high school and I'm 16, but dont let that fool you. I have already been chasing severe weather for 2 years, and have been studying it since I was at least 5 years old. I have already witnessed alot of severe weather events, such as the Greensburg Tornado. I have been to multiple NWS Spotter Training. I love the weather and also love to talk about it. When I graduate from high school, my goal is to major in Professional Meteorology at Oklahoma University. (I dont know why everyone copied my intro)

Hello my name is Kyle Holaday and I am an Admin for Midwest-Skywarn. I am 16 years old and I live in Atlantic, Iowa. I am a Junior at Atlantic High School and I will graduate in 2009. I love chasing and tracking severe weather, even if it isn't always in my area. I have been interested in weather since I was about 5 years old and I have lots of memories from some really cool storms. I love talking about weather so if you want you can add me to your msn my email is holaday6 @ hotmail.com

I just wanna say welcome to all the new people that our joining us. It is great to know that there are more people like me out there. I've been chasing for 7 years now and it never stops being a trip. Chasing is just like Pringles - Once ya start ya cant stop! lol

Haha we are not the only ones anymore kraig! Nice to see you all reply and hopefully more will. I want to meet all the new people that join my site.

Hell, my name is Chris and I currently reside in Urbana, Illinois. I'm 15 years old and currently a student at Urbana High School. My plan when I get out of school, to major in Meteorology. And don't let my age fool you all...I've been interested in weather since 5 years of age. In 1996, we had an F3 go through the south-east corner of Urbana, then completely level the small town of Ogden. This event was what sparked my interest in tornadoes.

The events in Urbana are always a part of my spotter training, as the NWS has a lot of great footage of these events.

I want to take the time to welcome all the new members to the site, and say hi to the vets that came over from I-S. Its good to see so many young people who hold such a strong interest in weather, and I am looking forward to working with all of you! (Not a pre-written speech.... i swear it!)

I didnt realize that you talk about the events at Urbana. I also didnt know the NWS has footage...thought is was something not taped. Would you happen to have that footage? That day will be burned into my memory forever! Such a scary day that was...

I have another quick thing to add about that Urbana tornado. I was in the basement taking cover while my moron dad was on the west side of the house looking for it. Lets just say...he saw it! Cleared a 70ft. house in 3 steps

HAHA! oh well I don't blame him for being out....I would probably be out chasing the storm myself. Don't know if I would be out there on foot watching it. I feel much better on four wheels.

Hey all-
I'm Whitney and I am a freshman meteorology student at Iowa State University (Go Cyclones!! ). I have been interested in the atmospheric sciences since I was very little and would always go watch as t-storms rolled across the Southwest Iowa skies with my dad- and I still do. I would like to become a broadcast meteorologist some day, either that or do something with agricultural meteorology. I don't know. So yeah, that's me!