{"id":523,"date":"2006-05-29T03:45:17","date_gmt":"2006-05-29T03:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2006\/05\/29\/may-29-2006-saline-county-ks\/"},"modified":"2008-01-24T03:56:17","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T03:56:17","slug":"may-29-2006-saline-county-ks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2006\/05\/29\/may-29-2006-saline-county-ks\/","title":{"rendered":"May 29, 2006  Saline County, KS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Storms finally developed just prior to sunset, but a nice isolated supercell was not evident.<\/p>\n<p>I made reservations for rooms at the Days Inn in McPherson, and we had dinner at the Applebees across from the Days Inn.\u00a0 There was a problem, though.\u00a0 After I had made the reservations, I had it in mind that the Days Inn that I had called was in Hutchinson, about 30 miles away.\u00a0 I had made calls to several motels in both towns prior to finding rooms at the Days Inn in McPherson, and I mixed up the two towns.\u00a0 So, after dinner we drove right past the Days Inn and headed southwest to Hutchinson.\u00a0 There was a spectacular lightning display halfway there, with &#8220;spider&#8221; lightning occasionally spreading upward from a nearby radio or TV tower.\u00a0 When that show was over, we drove into Hutchinson and looked for the Days Inn.\u00a0 We could not find it.\u00a0 I called the number again, and the motel clerk was giving me directions with certain offramps.\u00a0 There were no offramps or exits here.\u00a0 He was next to impossible to understand, with a thick Indian or Pakistani accent.\u00a0 And, his directions made no sense at all given that he thought I was looking for a motel in McPherson, and I was looking for a motel in Hutchinson.\u00a0 After several minutes of exasperation, I figured out that my motel was back up the road in McPherson.\u00a0 I announced to the guests on the HAM radio that I had goofed.\u00a0 As it turned out, though, we might not have witnessed the nice lightning if we had not gone towards Hutchinson (by mistake) when we did.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1064.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pics-1201145715]\" title=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1064.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1064.jpg\" class=\"imageframe imgalignleft\" height=\"110\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1066.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pics-1201145715]\" title=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1066.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1066.jpg\" class=\"imageframe imgalignleft\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1075.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pics-1201145715]\" title=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1075.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1075.jpg\" class=\"imageframe imgalignleft\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1086.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pics-1201145715]\" title=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1086.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1086.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1086.jpg\" class=\"imageframe imgalignleft\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1091.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pics-1201145715]\" title=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1091.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1091.jpg\" class=\"imageframe imgalignleft\" height=\"122\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1103.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pics-1201145715]\" title=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/29may_hutchinson_ks_1103.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"29may_hutchinson_ks_1103.jpg\" class=\"imageframe imgalignleft\" height=\"107\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storms finally developed just prior to sunset, but a nice isolated supercell was not evident. 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