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Photojournalist Michael Beard

@MichaelBeardWX

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LSM stringer, NPPA, Freelance photojournalist, Getty images/istock photos Freelancer, 107 pilot

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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 months
Arlington wasn't safe from the selfish stupidity as drivers shut down west bound I-20 at center st to hide under the bridge from hail. This caused back ups for nearly a mile. @ArlingtonPD
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1 year
Multiple people have been killed after a major tornado hits Matador, TX Wednesday evening. @NWSLubbock @LiveStormsMedia
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2 months
Multiple people started the day trapped in flood waters on 635 Tuesday morning. @NWSFortWorth @TxDOTDallas @LiveStormsMedia
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3 months
Both houses that where impacted by last night's huge anticyclonic tornado north of Grandfield, OK remain standing. 1 did take a decent amount of damage. A neighbor says the retired military veteran that lived here survived and was taken to a family members home last night.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
@rawsalerts Just like the Allen bodies yesterday..... nobody needs to see this. I expected better from you man.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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2 years
Major damage to wind turbines in Southern jack county caused by the same tornado that hit Jacksboro Monday afternoon. #txwx
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2 years
Homes complelty leveled in Bowie, TX from tornado. #txwx
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
A major wildfire has erupted on Mustang Island in Corpus Christi, TX. Several homes are reportedly threatened as strong winds from the cold front push the fire.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
@FOX4 He did exactly what he signed up to do when he took on the job. He ran towards the danger at risk of his own life instead of seeking shelter. He stopped the threat with no hesitation or waiting for hire ups to give permission. He is a true hero & we all thank him.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 months
The Hollister/Loveland tornado was not a wedge. This is the path of the tornado. This is about a 1/4 mile west of the home it passed over.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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2 years
Major damage to Jacksboro high school after a tornado goes through the heart of town. #txwx @DFWscanner @NWSFortWorth
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2 years
@DFWscanner Didn't even bother to get out and check
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@MichaelBeardWX
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5 months
Multiple homes where destroyed after winds shifted & pushed the fire back towards Canadian, TX. The fire rushed across the western edge of the city & moved south along 83 towards wheeler.
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2 years
Golf ball size hail nails New Fairview as a storm tries to get its act together to drop a tornado. @DFWscanner @AlaStormTracker @NWSFortWorth
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@MichaelBeardWX
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9 months
The WX community lost a young man to suicide. His last post on X & FB was literally a last minute cry for help. Yet nobody commented on either untill 12+ hours later when the news came out that he took his own life. Then the "why didn't he ask for help" & "we love you" 1/
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
Well this is awkward
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
Short video of the record breaking drone show for the family 4th fireworks show in North Richland Hills.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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3 months
The Knox City, TX wedge as it plowed through farm fields.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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19 days
@FuddBusters Best way to blind in with a crowd is to wear what they would. But I do agree demo should pull this immediately.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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2 years
Haltom City's "little fossil creek" isn't so little Monday morning after rapidly rising & causing evacuations in the heart of the city. #txwx @DFWscanner @NWSFortWorth @KRLDWeatherDan @AliTurianoFox4 @LiveStormsMedia
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2 years
@fortworthpd are on scene of a major accident at the intersection of N Riverside and Heritage trace after a stolen vehicle lead Officers on a chase & crashed at the intersection. Multiple people have series injuries. @DFWscanner
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@MichaelBeardWX
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2 months
Aren't you the same dude that live streams up close houses being torn apart by a tornado & then continues that same lives stream perfectly angled to catch upclose views of the destroyed home as you pretend to do S&R? What about the privacy of those families as people watch live?
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
Crews continue to do S&R all across Matador, TX making sure everybody is accounted for. Crews also continue to slow pick through a collapsed dollar general after getting 911 calls from somebody saying they are still inside. #txwx @NWSLubbock @LiveStormsMedia
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@MichaelBeardWX
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2 years
@PaulyB303 This doesn't need to be public
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
Massive tornado headed directly for bowie tx @NWSFortWorth @AlaStormTracker
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2 years
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
If you claim to have storm PTSD but then go on to post you showing where a tornado killed a bunch of kids..... you don't have PTSD. You are just desperate for attention.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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2 months
Tornado se of kosse tx @NWSFortWorth
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
Shortly before midnight the #EastlandComplex fire reached the city of Groman, TX and has already claimed 2 houses. Can hear cows in the distance screaming trying to get away from the fire. The fire appears to have been stopped before making to main the roads.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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7 months
@06Kiu @EndWokeness Dude, check your source....
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
@DFWscanner Put that on the list of "things I didn't know SWAT would be called to"
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1 year
@rawsalerts This didn't happen
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
Alabama's state bird migrated to North Fort Worth yesterday. @spann keep your birds in your state please.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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2 months
@evan_ourada11 Only takes 4 morons
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 months
Just left valley view after a long night. The damage is up there on some of the worst I've seen in a while. It still amazes me how a tornado will explode one house, but barely move a shingle on its neighboring homes. First light video up shortly on @LiveStormsMedia #TXwx
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
@ChrisJacksonSC You know there's some cruise ship out there freaking the hell out lol
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 years
Crews continue to truck in water as a 20 cars from a train derailment continue to burn near Oklaunion, TX next to U.S. 287. @BNSFRailway is on scene guiding the efforts to contain, extinguish and control this massive fire.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
@stuartpalley If you have to ask, then you have your answer. Always play it safe and prepare for the worst just incase.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
2 hurt and transported to a local hospital after a semi jack knifes and slams Into bridge pillar. Drive of semi had to be cut out of the truck according to Bowie FD. @ryanhallyall @AlaStormTracker @LiveStormsMedia @AliTurianoFox4 @ARomero_WX @WxManDanHenry @NWSFortWorth
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2 years
@FoxNews Wait until she discoverers wrestling.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 months
After droning the area, it appears the most of the debris ball we witnessed was from trees, crops and hay bales. A barn near by did take heavy damage & it's sheet metal was tossed into near by trees.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
What in the hell.....
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
@IntelPointAlert Laughs in Android
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 years
I-35W north bound is down to 1 lane at Dale Earnhardt way after a car rear ended a house. @DFWscanner
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@MichaelBeardWX
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2 years
@DallasTexasTV Insurance is going to love this
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
8 months
And here's why you don't embed. Dude stole the video from Twitter after seeing it on Jordan halls tweets and thinks it's his. So he gave him credit instead of the actual dude who took the video.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
While driving southbound on 35E just south of Denton, TX I watched a SUV loose control & slam into the center median. A few other cars couldn't get stopped & hit the SUV. no major injuries according to @DENTONPD @DFWscanner
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
@WatsonAndPrick @austinfiredept So you have an issue with a fire department paying respects to a fallen member of the fire department? And the fact that it made you have to sit in traffic for a few extra minutes gets so far under your skin you decide "I'm gonna tell them off on twitter"? Not that's some #&@/
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2 years
@RadioDallas @ChiefArlington @DFWscanner On the upside, they used their fist instead of guns.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 months
@WxScholl He started deleting comments that called him out.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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3 months
That was fun
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
@rawsalerts A NOAA weather radio can fix this from being an issue. Social media is merely a back up for breaking news/weather alerts.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
7 months
@DFWscanner I'd be more worried about winds taken down power lines rather than ercot shutting people off.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
9 months
Comments began. The RT's, shares, tags, memories began as people started saying goodbye. It annoys the crap out of me & it's something I've talked about for over a decade. The signs are there, they are always there, you just don't care enough to pay attention to them. 2/
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2 years
@DFWscanner This is not the boat ramp you where looking for.
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
11 months
@HotshotWake I have a feeling we have 1 in the Wichita falls area of TX. Some of these fires are starting in the most random of places & when nobody is working in the area etc etc.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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3 years
@DFWscanner How the fuck does an infant fall out of a moving vehicle?
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
6 months
Check out this video from the W 7th pursuit on 1/27/2024 in Fort Worth. This shows just how fast Andrew Guerra was going after he hit an ATM barricaded at a bank that ripped off the left front wheel of the truck and then headed back west toward University. V/C Logan Alverson
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
5 months
The wall cloud associated with the Frisco, TX tornado warning @NWSFortWorth @Fox4Weather
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
Fort Worth NYE @sundancesquare from high above
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
@OnlyBangersEth The "I've had enough of your #$%&" side
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
Some of the damage around Leonard, TX as a reported Tornado destroys a barn and wraps a trampoline around a tree Monday evening. @ARomero_WX @NWSFortWorth @AliTurianoFox4 @Fox4Weather @KRLDWeatherDan @EvanAndrewsFox4 @DFWscanner
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
4 months
Hot damn I finally got my dream shot after 10+ years of taken pictures of the @BlueAngels
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
Truck after truck full of live stock continue to move north away from the #bigLfirw as it approaches Lipan.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
A semi fell off the 287 over pass for bonds ranch rd in NW Fort Worth Monday morning after a surprise batch of freezing precipitation hit areas of North Texas. Medstar says they've responded to 59 MVC's with in 2 hours.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
9 months
If you're close enough to somebody for their death to actually hurt, you were close enough to see the signs. As a man we are told to hide our emotions. To stand strong & suck it up. Tomorrow is a new day. It's not that big of a deal. But that all piles up inside. 3/
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 months
@cd_hooks So you're upset that a cop arrived to a large gathering ready to protect that large gathering with the history this country has of shootings at large gatherings?
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 months
Hundreds trapped on I-35 in Marietta, OK after tornado tosses sections of a warehouse onto the highway while also flipping semi's. Downtown Marietta remains shut off to not emergency personnel. #okwx
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@MichaelBeardWX
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5 months
850,000 acres and its still slowly expanding as hot spots flare up. These numbers are just the #SmokehouseCreekFire
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
@ilove_aviation Wonder how fast they reached for that deactivate switch.
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1 year
@NikkiTorresTV @uhaul I'm surprised rental trucks like this don't have GPS trackers on them these days as often as they get stolen.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
9 months
Of men being weak for needing help. Stop telling people "it'll be ok" & help them heal so you can show them why it'll be ok. Words to somebody with these thoughts are just words. Showing them somebody actually cares means more than you'll ever possibly know.
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 years
Partly cloudy skies today and lots of humidity. Good day for vapors at the @AllianceAirShow today.
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@MichaelBeardWX
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1 year
Short video from today's 1,200 acre #hawkeyefire in Wichita County, TX. Nearly 2 dozen homes threatened, last check none where destroyed. #txwx @LiveStormsMedia @NWSNorman
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
9 months
What gets me mad though, is in a week, this will all be just a faint memory to 99.9999% of the world. Nobody will have learned anything from this young man's death & the stigma will carry on, the ignoring of the signs will continue.
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
Damage in the town of Hermleigh, TX after a tornado crosses through town injuring 2 people after the windows in their vehicles are blown out by debris. @NWSMidland @AlaStormTracker
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
9 months
Then you add alcohol, drug use, mental illness, trauma to the mix & it's a ticking time bomb. People will reach out for help but get ignored. They all do but nobody pays attention to the signs. If you truly care, don't wait untill they are gone to show it. Stop the stigma of 4/
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
A @TxDPS Trooper was hit while clearing an intersection during a chase friday night. 2 people from the white sedan where taking to an area hospital for non life threatening injuries. @DFWscanner
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1 year
@PappenheimWx You're going to spend money just to have an attorney send a random dude a letter? Just report the dude on Twitter.
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3 years
Many areas in the city of Chickasha, OK are under water tonight. @LiveStormsMedia @AlaStormTracker @WxManDanHenry @ARomero_WX
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 years
Y'all know this #&@$ is illegal and extremely dangerous right? I've watched several people nearly get t-boned right here on 820 in just the last 5 minutes. Cement haulers, box trucks, 18 wheelers, motorcycles etc etc crossing this median causing road rage etc. @DFWscanner
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Air tractors drop retardant on farm houses and barns as a fast moving fire destroys another farm near Canadian, TX Saturday. #smokehousecreekfire #txfire
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1 year
@agleader "Some one stole my truck, filled it with dirt and parked in the levee during a flood"
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2 years
3 alarm fire guts abandoned 2 story strip club in North Dallas. @DFWscanner
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Video of 1 of dozens of ashnado's that spun up in eastern Hemphill County in the burn scar of the #smokehousecreekfire sunday #txfire #txwx #phwx
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5 months
The #smokehousecreekfire is just minutes away from jumping the Canadian river. #txfire @NWSAmarillo
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3 years
Fort worth on scene of a 2 story with heavy fire showing on arrival on the 5300 block of Hollister @DFWscanner
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1 year
@DFWscanner Can't park there
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2 years
Here's the video of the flat bed semi hauling the toy truck up I-35 in Waco. This was just as we entered the area.
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
11 months
@BradArnoldWX Was looking at that area this morning to see if there's any parking garages etc, our usual hiding spots. Not a single one. Not even a bridge to slowly creep up on to avoid flood waters. Social media clout chasers are going to end up getting hurt on this one.
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
3 years
3 semi's have been destroyed in a fire in Haslet near Willow Springs and 287.
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1 year
Can somebody screen record the spotter dots as today goes on then make it into a gif? I think it would be interesting to see everybody move around.
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
2 years
Several homes and vehicles have been destroyed along 277 in Taylor County, TX by the #Mesquiteheatfire @EvanAndrewsFox4 @KRLDWeatherDan @AlaStormTracker @LiveStormsMedia
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
Can we stop saying "tornado on the ground" as a community? If it's not on the ground then it's not a tornado, it's a funnel.
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2 years
This was the shallow end of the pool that is Airline Rd next to 358. It went from a few inches to a few feet with in 10/15 minutes. @NWSCorpus @LiveStormsMedia
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
A few photos from this afternoons 2 alarm on the 12000 block of Alysse Way in NW Tarrant County. @DFWscanner
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1 year
A confirmed lightning strike causes a 2 alarm fire on Augusta in East Fort Worth Tuesday afternoon. #txwx
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@MichaelBeardWX
Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
Watch as 2 takeover cars slam into eachother at a Fort Worth takeover.
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Photojournalist Michael Beard
1 year
@Homer33c It's gotten the local news attention. Let's see where this ends up.
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