Beau’s Home 2009
Beau lived on the farm between the years of 1970 and 1988. In 1988 the farm was lost during the farm crisis that swept the country leaving many farmers bankrupt. In 2007 Beau returned to visit the property on Christmas morning only to find a realtors lock on his old home place. The family living there having moved out Beau took the opportunity to purchase the old home place back from a regional bank.
Having studied weather since he was eight years old, Beau had been looking for a place to buy or build a house that had a view of incoming weather. That dream was realized in 2009 when he rebuilt on the family homestead. Building a complete weather center with instruments and weather cameras he opened this web-site for others to view and learn more about local weather conditions and events.
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The house where Beau grew up in was torn down during the fall of 2009.
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The beginning of the project.
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The third floor is equipped with an observation deck.
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Summer of 2009
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Cumulus clouds tower over the site during the late summer of 2009.
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Summer of 2009 – the project continued.
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A beautiful sunset during the late summer of 2009.
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Thunderstorm brought heavy rainfall during the summer and fall of 2009 – slowing work on the project.
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Jason and Jess Darnall helped install weather cameras and emergency management radio antennas.
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The weather views are what brought Beau back to this location.
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Installing weather cams on top of the 60′ tower.
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Beau placing weather instruments on top of one of the towers.
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One of several towers located on the property that holds tower cams and weather instruments. Spring 2009.
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Looking down on some of the weather instruments.
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Rain gauge.
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Instrument shelter – spring of 2009.
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Summer of 2009.
