Auntie Em! It's a Twister!

Meet Brian Barnes. Brian is a Storm Chaser, one of those crazy guys that runs around the Midwest's "Tornado Alley" studying storms. He also runs storm watching tours through Violent Skies Tours where you can go with them, and see these monstrous thunderstorms first hand.

Brian made the news recently while working in Crane's County Texas. A sherrif's deputy decided that Brian was endangering himself and others while parked on the side of the road taking data on the storm for the NWS (National Weather Service). After explaining what he was doing there, he was told by the officer said the he didnt care, and that he needed to go.
Brian didnt go... so he was arrested and later released on a $2000 bond. Here is a link with a bit more depth from KWES News I think that this is a blatant abuse of power, and was completely unnecessary. I wasn't there, but I think I have a pretty good idea of how that went down, and i think its bullshit.

Anyway, the other reason I posted this, is that I have always wanted to record a good thunderstorm. Both Audio and Video. Now my plan is to someday record a storm out on the plains in HD video, and record the audio to mix to Surround Sound. How awesome would it be to watch that on a huge flatscreen TV with 5.1 ? Super Awesome, thats how.