With the help of ham radio we have avoided a couple good ones.
EB one day on Hwy 2, ND. we noticed a very large black cloud following us in the distance. A check on the weather channels revealed severe storm warnings for places that we had only just been through. We did not have a smart phone at the time so we got in contact with a local ham with internet service to have a look for us. Sure enough the storm was on the same track as us & gaining on us.
Well, if you find yourself on train tracks & a train is coming, what do you do? You step aside & let it go by. Precisely what we did. First decent road we turned N & went about 10 or 15 miles, found somewhere to pull over, & watched the storm roar by to the S of us.
We went back S & spent the rest of the day following the storm.
