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Hurricane Irene Virginia Beach, Virginia

William Coyle — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:56:52 +0000

We were lucky in the Hampton Roads area, hurricane Irene could have been far worse then it was. After my chase with the storm hurricane Isabel was much more destructive to our area and a large swath of the East Coast. Most of the time I like to be at land fall during a hurricane but since the eyewalls path was ploted over the area I live in, I made the choice to stay local and look over my family and property. I have posted a video that shows what I saw in my travels in Virginia Beach and Sandbridge area that took a big hit from a waterspout that came ashore and damged about five to six houses which is shown at the end of the video. It also has an interview with the man that lost his house from the damaging tornado/waterspout. I can tell you I will be cleaning sand out of my ears for a week or longer and if you stayed inside,, here is some footage of what you missed.

Moon Halo

William Coyle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:48:52 +0000

On December 1 ,2009, the moon was not its usual self. The moon came with an extra bonus and one that was very beautiful call a Moon Halo. Now I have seen these halos before but on this night it was very defined and even had color on the outer portion of the halo. A moon halo is a ring of light surrounding the moon. The halo is caused by light from the moon passing through ice crystals in high thin clouds. Usually, the light is reflected rather than scattered, which causes the ring to appear white. Sometimes, the light shining through the ice crystals is scattered and the rings are then colored. Often there is a bright white area immediately surrounding the moon that is edged with a colored ring. At other times, there is another larger ring outside of the first one and this one had a very faint one if you look closely.

A Different Twist On The Wedding Platform

William Coyle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:25:53 +0000

There are not to many people I look up to and when I say that I mean height wise. For those who have met me I am pretty tall, stacking up about 6’6″. I stayed with my sister over the weekend in Ohio and her boyfriend Mark is close to 7′. So Saturday Mark asked me if I wanted to go to a wedding and I was like of course I want to go to a wedding but I did not fully understand what his purpose was at the wedding and assumed it was a friend and he was attending. I took my gear along as I always take it to weddings( ha ha ). When we went in we were directed to a room and Mark took a heavy load of something in a large case in with him. I did not ask about what it was and helped to get everything in that he needed to get to the location. As I came back to the room some time later I found about six guys undressing and gearing up in different Star Wars outfits. This turned out to be a surprise to me but a far better surprise to the wedding party and families that were attending the wedding rehearsal and had no clue that it was about to be crashed for fun. Mark belongs to an organization that does this sort of thing and all money and donations go to help children in different areas that have cancer and other illnesses which is very cool. So here I am helping Mark get in his Darth Vader outfit which I might add is very heavy with all the gear he wears. It was a hoot when they started to announce the wedding party with the song “The Imperial March” and six guys come out fully decked out in Star Wars outfits with laser guns and light sabers. Here is a shot of Mark with his outfit on.. Thanks Mark for taking me and it’s a very cool thing you guys do. I don’t think I will ever see something like that again..

Stars And Strikes

William Coyle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:36:35 +0000

There is nothing more I would rather do then sit and watch storms go up over the Chesapeake Bay and a nice blanket of stars as the backdrop. As I talked about on my last post storm season has been slow but Wednesday night provided storms that reported having waterspouts and micro burst that sent a tractor trailer crashing into the rails and almost over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel near the second island. The first photo shows a lightning strike close to the tunnel and a microburst of wind and rain to the right side of the photo. No more then 5 mins after this shot was taken fire trucks and rescue squads were racing to the second island where the accident took place. I am pretty sure the downburst of rain and wind caught the driver off guard as these situations happen without warning sometimes. I hope for more opportunities at this location before the season ends. I hope everyone enjoys the 4th with family and friends and please be safe out there.

Conclusion To Wallops Island Rocket Launch

William Coyle — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:26:15 +0000