Thanks for the comments guys. While I was chasing this storm, I had forgoten my camera bag on the top of my car and drove off with it on the top of my car opened... Well of course it fell off and I didn't notice until my mom and I were packing to leave for our camping trip. Long story short, a sherif got a call from a resident in the area that had seen a storm chaser leave with his camera bag on the top of his car and saw it fall off and picked it up. It was full of water when the sherif had gotten it and was letting it dry out when I went to pick it up. Miraculously, everything that was in the bag still works fine. I had a 580exII, ST-E2 wireless speedlight transmitter, 50 f1.8, two battery chargers, and various other stuff.
J.P. - you make it sound as if I have little concern for the destruction that these leave, but I do very much care for the people that are victims of these amazing forces of nature. In fact, this storm caused a tremendous amount of hail damage to a lot of my friends wheat fields. This is particularly sad since this year was going to be an above average yield for them, and they are having a hard enough time as it is with the drought these last 10 years or so. I figure since I can't stop them from doing their thing, I might as well enjoy what I can from them. I would have a hard time especially, if I was chasing a storm like the EF-5 Greensburg tornado two years ago. Chasers that were chasing that storm were some of the first people on the scene to help rescue people from their houses. They were giving first aid and helped locate people from there blown away houses. Sure we chase for the fun of it, but we are out there for research as well, so that we can not only warn people of the danger from these storms, but also develope better warning and forcasting systems.
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