I have several pictures of severe thunderstorms, flash floods, wall clouds and tornadoes which I've taken while storm chasing.
One storm, a "stove pipe" tornado, was about 1/3 mile away when I took the picture. It's called a "stove pipe" tornado because it resembles an old fashioned stove pipe. That picture seems to bother people a lot.
The ones which most bothers people are part of a set of about 40 pictures I took while vacationing. After 4 1/2 inches of rain fell on frozen ground, the White River went into massive flooding. I was able to get to an old, cast-iron bridge over the river where the bottom of the bridge was about 1 foot from the flood, so I crawled out onto the bridge, laid belly-down on the road, and took photos of the flood, debris floating under the bridge, etc. The bridge was creaking, groaning, shuddering and shimmying the whole time I was lying out on it (of course, the bridge was closed, but that didn't stop me!) but I got some terrific shots.
The particular photos in question are where the roof of a house, which was floating downstream, crashed into the bridge and disintegrated. The first picture shows the roof approaching, the second picture shows the roof hitting the bridge (while I was standing on it), the third picture shows the roof disintegrating, and the fourth picture shows the roof moving past the bridge (in pieces).
My friends tell me I have a death wish. I don't know if I agree, but if there's a good storm nearby, I'll do whatever it takes to get into it so I can get my pictures!
