VORTEX2: June 14, 2009 - day 35. Operations provided for in the field: travel.
Miles traveled today: 471. Miles traveled total: 12,339.
Today is the last day of this long adventure lasts 35 days. Last night ended with a final draft VORTEX2 data collection and deployment of all equipment. To date, there are particular programs than to bring the resources of the Center for Severe Weather Research based in Boulder, Colorado.
At ten o'clock in the morning The small caravan of CSWR then starts up: five and three mobile radar probe. Someone this morning left the group to reach Norman and from there fly to destion.
We leave Amarillo in the north-west choosing a route through the northwestern part of the Texas panhandle and the north-eastern New Mexico. The choice turns out to be great as the landscape of New Mexico is very beautiful, very diverse and characterized by the presence of a few volcanoes, lava fields with outbuildings.
Once on the Interstate I-25 that leads us to the north soon reach the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado with a whole new landscape for our eyes accustomed to the great rolling plains the central plains and gentle ups and downs of the northern regions.
Together with the short time that accompany us on the journey north to traffic soon near Colorado Springs and Denver. For arrival in Boulder but is waiting for the setting sun, then there is nothing left that set up the barbecue farewell hangar. The evening concluded between greetings, hugs and pictures of the ritual.
Being part of the largest research project on tornadoes that was never meant for me was a great honor and a great experience that I will keep forever, not only in my cultural background but also in my heart. In those six weeks I have lived side by side with top scientists and researchers the tornado, I met many special people, close friends and lived days of great intensity.
was definitely not easy for anyone, all we have sacrificed holidays, love, comfort, time in the name of science but is absolutely worth the effort. The immense amount of data that was collected during the fieldwork campaign will new life to research on tornadoes, a field where even nature has decided to keep the secrets, secrets will be discovered if one day would save lives human whose value is immeasurable.
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