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Fueled by courage and armed with technology and a van, the tornado ponies are on Earth to both study tornados for the benefit of humans and gather data to improve predictions. Dusty's a grizzled veteran of storm-chasing, and the ponies were born for it, but neither pegasi nor humans can totally predict where a tornado will go or what it might do.
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rip meatloaf
He said the thing!
Happy to see the tornado team again! They're always a joy to read!
I really liked this fanfic.
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Such a fun time. Bravo to your work and involvement.
IMO, the ability to speak the local language would be a BIG help.
Man, a van full of ponies would hit ridiculous choral harmony on the fourth "whoa-oh-oh" of Kyrie. But I finished the fic to the tune of St. Elmo's Fire after the phenomenon showed up. Surprising how relevant some of the lyrics are.
Not quite a title drop, but I'll take it.
Your Ponies on Earth stories are always good reads, and this one was more exciting and action-filled than most!
Good to see Dusty made it with minor injuries. Shorted-out equipment packs and vans chewed up by a tornado can be replaced, but people, human or pony, can't.
I really do like your storm/tornado chaser series! I like it so much. I love how Silver Glow was responsible for it... and I wonder how she feels about it?
11771102
This many years later, with the portal rules surely less strict, I like to imagine that Silver still visits Earth from time to time.
This was such a nice read after having a tornado pass through town myself today. Just hoping everyone is ok.
Awww
...
note to self since my wings cant handle st elmo's fire figure out a solution to avoid crashes
Heeyyy!!
Another round of tornado chasers, wooooo!!!
11770715
ROFL.
Your anti-brony rant, followed by your anti-furry flag made me laugh.
Not that I consider myself a furry, (I just watch this show for the plot, as the saying goes), but what is up with the Islam crescent and German cross on your furry flag of hate?
If it is just for +2 Edginess with a minor buff of +1 Teenage Angst then I will be very disappointed.
I didn't know I needed an Admiral fic today, but here I am and oh was it good. Especially this crew, amd ESPECIALLY the Twister references. That movie was part of my childhood.
Good job Admiral. Wonderful story.
I wouldn't think I'd be all that interested in Dusty and the tornado ponies, but I've enjoyed reading about their adventures. This was a gripping reminder of the dangers they race toward every day.
I'm glad that it looks like all the pegasi now realize that Dusty isn't just a glorified chauffeur, although it's too bad this had to happen for them to come to that understanding.
11771928
Do they though? They may care about him but some might still think that he's basically a chauffeur, albeit one willing to take risks.
I overall really liked the fic. There’s just a couple nitpicks that were a little jarring to me. The first is that while the technology seems to be at least on par with what we have today, if not a little more advanced, they’re still using the old outdated fujita scale. Was this a conscious choice (i.e. it’s easier to say “F3” than “EF3” as an in-universe explanation), or is that unintentional? The second is that you described the radar as being all red, but that shouldn’t necessarily be the case unless someone really unlikely is going on. Generally tornadoes will show up as velocity couplets on radar (red and green next to each other to show that air is flowing away from the radar right next to air flowing towards the radar). Of course this could also have an in universe explanation as a freak event of some kind. Other than those two minor nitpicks I think you really captured the chaos of storm chasing really well! Kudos!
I do NOT envy those pegasi. Flying in the high-shear zone of a tornadic storm sounds like a BAD TIME.
As you can see by studying tornadoes up close, they aim to unravel the mysteries surrounding these destructive forces of nature, ultimately benefiting humanity in its quest to Find safety and be prepared.
2 player games
11770632
Not only a great singer, but also a good actor who played some . . . interesting roles.
11770643
At least one somebody would have been upset if Dusty didn't say that.
The other big reference line was one AlwaysDressesInStyle suggested; in one episode in G1 Firefly said "Danger is my life, Medley" and I just had to have a nod to that in this story.
They're a lot of fun to write, too
If you missed it, there's a tornado team story in the Tales from the Con, too . . . I don't remember the story number off the top of my head, but it's the one titled "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service."
11770661
Thank you!
11770747
Thank you!
Yeah, but as long as they've got a couple of ponies who can they can work with it, and the rest can learn, or not.
Although I will say I missed an opportunity back in the day by just assuming they could all speak English. It'd make for some interesting storytelling opportunities if they couldn't all . . . and a bit of light comedy if a pony or two on the team could speak an Earth language, but not English (i.e., maybe Rocky Storm is fluent in Spanish, or Prism Glider speaks Ponish, Draconic, and Hebrew).
11770754
Thank you! It was joy to participate in, and to see all our work come to fruition at the con. I'll be honest, I did have some worry that nobody would want to use the app or buy the book, but we got good app usage and also sold out of the books.
11770899
A van full of ponies would hit ridiculous choral harmony on just about anything, which I think would make it a real treat to have them all in the back of the van. Well, unless you hated musicals and power ballads, but then what's the point of living then?
Also semi-related, if we accept that ponies like being musical, than it stands to reason that some of them might sing other genres or other ways, something I was thinking about just recently as I was listening to the live version of Anna von Hausswolff singing Ugly and Vengeful . . . when I have time I might write a blog on the subject.
[As an aside, I heard the song for the first time at work a few days ago, it's over sixteen minutes long, and I actually said out loud to a co-worker that I didn't even know what was happening in my ear but I was very much enjoying it.]
Also also it just now occurs to me that one of the ponies in the van is named Medley, and I bet she can sing.
Y'know, I knew that song but I'd never paid any attention to the lyrics . . . you're right, they're relevant
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11771095
Thanks! I don't write enough action, and I really should.
Totally agree. The van's nothing, it's easy to find another. The equipment packs are a little more difficult to replace, but they're expendable (after all, they're being used in tornadoes, anybody who thought they wouldn't have a high attrition rate is a fool). Human or pony life is far more valuable than either.
11771102
Thank you!
She'd be right onboard with it, and she'd totally understand. After all, she knows what it's like to be on the ragged edge in a storm, a thrill like no other.
11771240
I hope you're okay and things didn't get too damaged. The only one I've been through wasn't very powerful and barely touched down in town; no injuries and minimal property damage (although it was about a week before all the power lines got fixed) . . . we got lucky and I hope you did as well
11771209
She might, just to catch up with friends or maybe visit Meghan's parents (with Meghan). Probably still gives the airplane directors headaches (although I'd assume Dori and the grumpy man would be happy to hear her on the radio again).
11771437
Maybe avoid intense electrical situations in the sky (including volcanoes, 'cause they can cause electrical disturbances), and maybe also keep a parachute as a backup?
11771619
Tornado ponies are best ponies
Especially Paradise, she's the best of them all. And Dusty, he's pretty cool too.
Funnily enough, I never saw the comment. But he's been banned, what a shame.
11774513
Good idea!
Backup Parachute is something so simple how did i not think of that?
11771689
That's a darn good movie. Can't go wrong with it, honestly. And I do love writing the tornado ponies . . . once I get other stuff sorted out, imma publish the uncut version of this story which is at least twice as long.
Thanks!
Also, we really gotta get together soon . . .
11774518
Yeah! I'm trying to plan a beer, pizza, and chainsaw party at my dad's house. Let me know when younare free.
11774480
Was it you who suggested that EQ had contact with the ancient Greeks? Ponish could be related to Ancient Greek (pre Alexander the Great, Greek was a MUCH more complex language). Linguists could work this out.
Also, Johnathan Swift had Gullible travel to a land of talking horses... (4th voyage.)
11774468
I loved him in rocky horror that movie fucking rocks.
11774573
Now that sounds like my kind of party!
I’d probably do the chainsaw part of the event prior to the beers , though!
11771209
I'd like to think so as well!
11771928
Thank you! I like to think that they grow on you as you learn more about them (both Dusty and the ponies). Or else it's just the thrill of tornadoes, the most Lovecraftian of weather.
Well, like 11772112 said, I'm not sure that this would entirely change their view, since Dusty can't fly and can't experience a tornado the same way that they can. At the same time, he'll have certainly earned more respect since he's now been in one, about as up close and personal as a human can get to a tornado. And I do think that they appreciate both his chauffeuring and the insanity that is chasing tornadoes, and getting in front of them on a van that's limited to roads.
This is kind of complicated and maybe I'm not explaining my thoughts quite right. :P Like, I think that some of them would instinctively view him as not an equal just because he can't fly, he can manipulate clouds and weather--even for all his scientific instruments (which they, of course, don't have), he can only ever experience weather as a bystander, not one who can actually affect it. And being hit by a tornado doesn't change that, although of course it's good for team bonding.
On the other hand (or hoof
) some of them might have always had more respect for him just because he can't experience weather like they can, he can't change it, and he puts himself in danger to study it anyway. One of those crazy human things (I think that Paradise falls into this camp).
11772260
That was laziness on my part, honestly; I'm used to the non-enhanced version, or else I just unconsciously ignore the "E" part of "EF-x." Comes as part of the system being changed during my adulthood, I suppose.
I know that now
I was actually watching some tornado footage and it showed a radar return which was exactly how you described it. I probably should have sent this story to a pre-reader who knows more about weather . . . hopefully I remember to make the change in the embiggened version of this story which will show up later (I'm putting in a note in the document right now 
)
Thank you!
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They're right where they want to be--the worse the weather is, the more they want to be up in it. It was what some of them were born for (you don't get a name like "Stormbreaker" by staying home when it's rainy, after all).
11773918
Yes, that is basically their goal.
11774515
The simplest solutions are often the best.
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11775193
Indeed thanks!
11774573
Could do a Friday after Christmas, I think. That's pretty much the only night I don't have obligations and tend to get out of work at a reasonable time (weekends can be hit or miss; sometimes I've got Sundays free and sometimes I don't).
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I don't think that I came up with that, although I have put some minor Greek references in here and there. I think you might be thinking of Riverdream at Sunset by GroaningGreyAgnoy (that's the first fic that comes to mind, anyway).
He did, the Honiyhyhhbauglkiou8ins or however it was spelled :P
11774771
Yup, and I love that they ate Meatloaf for dinner. He was also good in Black Dog, a movie that is both good and bad in equal parts. (With Meatloaf, Patrick Swayze, and Randy Travis playing a wannabe country singer)