It was about 2.5 miles away at the time I snapped that. I was out in the yard watching it form. Went to the house and told the kids to take cover and then went to the back door. It took me a couple second to recognize that it was not moving left or right, which meant it was either moving directly away from me or directly towards me.

Turns out it was moving right at me. I took cover after snapping the picture. The NWS damage path the next day showed it got about a mile from us and then cut hard to the southwest and dissipated.

That first one is pretty scary. I hope you survived.

We don't really see big storm fronts in Denver. The mountains are to our west and they tend to disrupt things. While approaching storms are sometimes scary looking, they were interesting to see when I was growing up in the Midwest.

None of those storms hit us directly. The last one that did was the August 10th derecho.

I wasn't home when it happened but I do have pics like this:

Well, shit. Looks like a lot of Estes is getting evacuated. Hope you're well.

Mandatory evacuation called around noon. Holy crap, coming down that mountain was a surreal experience. You have to be able to see smoke cloud, it was like driving into the night.

Yeah, we've been able to see it more days than not lately. You good? Let me [know if (weird autocorrect there)] you're stranded without a place to stay.

Boom.

Oh yeah, we're in a nice suite up in Wyoming now, all good. Appreciate that though...seriously.

Tonight's sunset:

https://i.imgur.com/CW7nNnD.jpg

My South Dakota sunset.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/pictu...pictureid=2074

Wow.

Lightning storms rolling in are awesome. Blizzards not so much.

Wintery day in Phoenix.

https://i.imgur.com/OQl5W1x.jpg

And I sat next to Mazie Williams yesterday after the game.

https://i.imgur.com/xjTG0WB.jpg

Very cool... any strange experiences up there?