Ron and I traversed Kansas into Nebraska and back into Kansas. About 800 or more kilometers. Things just didn't pop and everything was really fast moving. Surface winds reached 30 knots in several places (and that is what we measured with my Kestral).
We pulled into North Platt for lunch with this screeching coming out of the rear of the car. Sounded like a break had fallen apart. We had lunch and then decided to take the wheel off just by a Napa Auto Parts just in case we needed parts. After all, how hard can a drum brake be? Good news is that it turned out to be just some rust that had fallen into the drum. We found that doing 130kph down I80 to the West for a few hundred K's seemed to solve the problem.
Now, today, should be a great day for later in the day. We are going to head into eastern Kansas.
If your headed down here at some point, we have found that the Econo Lodge has been really inexpensive (under $50 a night and even less) and their Internet really rocks. Don't stay anywhere where you have to pay for Internet, as there is always an option just down the street.
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How did you guys do on Monday's chase??? I was looking at the models and couldn't believe the screaming winds and everything. I was tracking you during the day and figured you met up with that tornado warned supercell near Wellington KS... can't wait to see your blog post about this one!
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