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The surreal scene was photographed Tuesday northwest of Midland, Tex., by storm chaser Mike Olbinski.

On the way to Lubbock, Texas, from New Mexico, the storm chasers caught a quadruple microburst as it came down with large hail in a "spectacular" storm. A microburst is a localized column of sinking air, usually about 2.5 miles or less in diameter, according to the National Weather Service, but at sunset Tuesday, Olbinski captured four massive downdraft plumes fanning outwards from a central point, painted in the pink, purple and blue of the sky.  Yesterday happened so fast right in front of m...

The surreal scene was photographed Tuesday northwest of Midland, Tex., by storm chaser Mike Olbinski.

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Premium Content Subscriber only A MOTORCYCLE rider who failed to stop for police has been hit with a $6072 fine and jail terms after being caught driving while disqualified three times. Brett Wright received jail terms of six months each for each of his three disqualified driving charges, all to be served concurrently and with immediate parole, when he appeared before Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence on Friday. Brett Kevin Wright, 24, a labourer from Carina Heights, pleaded guilty to a se...

Boyd Buchanan Rolls Past Silverdale, 69-41, In DII-A East Region Semifinal Win Sets Up Saturday Rematch With Notre Dame For Region Title Thursday, February 18, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus Boyd Buchanans Jacob Shockley shoots a free throw during a region semifinal game against Silverdale Thursday night at Jett Gymnasium. The Buccaneers defeated the Seahawks 69-41 and will move on to play Notre Dame in the DII-A East Region championship game Saturday night. - photo by Dennis Norwood Would...

Silverdale Presses Past St. Andrews In DII-A District 2 Opener Seahawks Scramble Past Mountain Lions, 73-38 Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus Silverdale’s Sam Bambrey is short and stocky, not exactly the prototypical basketball archetype. But darn, can he make things happen with the ball in his hands. Midway through the second quarter of Silverdale’s 73-38 demolition of St. Andrews Sewanee School in the DII-A District 2 tournament, Bambrey ruthlessly pulled up for a wing tri...

Tornado matures, greensbo are. o, manchester, 2003, the one that hit cleburne the other day. >> hey, reed, can you hear me? >> yes. >> youre cutting out. >> okay. i can hear you. >> are you doing it again? >> can you hear me now? >> yeah, i can hear you. brett, you would are risk your life again to do this? >> me? most definitely. i love chasing tornadoes and i will continue doing it as long as i can. >> obviously, reed has a little trouble there. we want you guys to be as safe as possible. we a...

[ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> are you okay? >> yeah. >> were fine. >> duck down. duck down. go forward if you can. youre good. drive. [ bleep ]. >> my goodness. think you had a hard day at the office with everything coming at you? not like that, literally. smashed windshields, debris flying everywhere. obviously its pretty scary stuff. brett wright joins me on the phone. reid timer on the phone shortly, as soon as we can get him. and chad myers, oklahoma city, too. chad first i want to go to brett. th...

Brett, are you the one driving in this video? >> yes. >> yes, okay. so your partner there, who is your partner with you thats screaming? >> brandon sullivan. >> okay. so brandon is screaming, brett, lets go. i mean, youre under an incredible amount of pressure as hes trying to shoot this video, to get them out of harms way. whats going in your head as he is screaming at you and you have the tornado come iing at you an right in front of you? >> its a life-threatening situation. i just tried to st...