THE BEAST OF COLORADO!

I REALIZE WE HAVEN’T GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF NAMING SUPER CELLS YET. SNOWSTORMS YES. HURRICANES SURE. BUT NOT THESE BIG, BAD BEAUTIES THAT SUCK UP THE ENTIRE SKY WITH THEIR OVERBEARING PRESENCE.

SO I AM GOING TO START THE TREND. HERE AND NOW. TODAY THE TSWAILS.COM “INTO THE STORM” CHASE TEAM CAME UPON MARGOT THE MAMMOTH SUPER CELL.

MARGOT WAS LITERALLY SUCKING UP ALL THE ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND HOARDING IT. STRAY INNOCENT CLOUDS. GONE. INTO MARGOT’S GULLET. WARM MOIST AIR. SWALLOWED. ELECTRICAL ENERGY POOF. THIS SUPER CELL WAS JUST ABOUT PARKED OVER THE ENTIRE AREA OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. WITH OUR CRACK TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS, STORM CHASERS, AND JUST ALL AROUND WEATHER ENTHUSIASTS, WE SKIRTED AROUND MARGOT ALL DAY. SHE TRULY GAVE US A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOKS. IN FACT I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT MARGOT AND HER ILK ARE THE ORIGINAL RE-INVENTORS. YOU SEE SUPER CELLS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING THEIR LOOKS AND EACH NEW REINCARNATION IS AS FABULOUS AS THE LAST.

WE FIRST CAUGHT UP WITH MARGOT JUST OUTSIDE OF FORT MORGAN, COLORADO. SHE WAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST. HER FIRST LOOK FEATURED COWS IN THE DISTANCE. WITH MOODY, DARK CLOUDS SHE HUNG LOW IN THE SKY TENSE AND FOREBODING.

WHEN WE NEXT CAUGHT UP WITH MARGOT SHE HAD ONCE AGAIN MORPHED INTO SOMETHING EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL. NOW HER MOODY LOOK HAD BECOME A DRAMATIC BLACK AND BLUE STYLE…SIMPLY COUTURE. SHE HUNG IN THE SKY LIKE A DARK WARNING TO ALL TRAVELERS. WE STAYED WITH HER AS LONG AS WE COULD DURING THIS PHASE. IT WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL TO STAND ON TOP OF THE RIDGE AND WITNESS HER SWIRLING BLACK SKIRTS ENCOMPASSING US.