Author: Doug

I tried to get some sleep but the storms re-fired this morning and I was able to shoot some cool lightning from home this morning. I love my new home with the perfect view!!

I was also out shooting lightning video for TWC this morning in Fairbault, MN.

7/21/2004 Video of police and traffic driving through flooded roads.

7/21/2004 Lightning Video, Cloud to Cloud – Cloud to Ground.

7/21/2004 Vivid Lightning video at sunrise with lots of cloud to ground bolts.

At home in Minnesota waiting on the storms, not much is happening so not much to talk about.

Up chasing up north for some lightning.

7/16/2004 – I Drove Over 400 Miles Yesterday And Nadda.

No Storms, BustOla, Waste Of Time. I Get Home And A Storm Fires Just Off To The West Of My Home And What Is This That I Catch Off To My South West?

Yeah It Sure Looks Like It But I’m Not Going To Say It Since I Wasted 6 Hours Driving Around For Nothing, Only To Go Home And Catch This Off My Master Bedroom Deck… Hmmm, Next Time I’ll Just Stay Home And Sleep In…

Here is the YouTube video

Out storm chasing today but looks like a bust.

7/11/2004 Out Chasing Storms For The Weather Channel This Morning.

Caught Some Great Footage Of A Water Drain Backing Up.

The video of the water backing up on Interstate 35W at 35th street in Minneapolis, MN. Below is the video that I shot and I also found a video from MNDot of the same event that shows me backing up.

7/9/2004 Home In Minneapolis, MN after making the fast trip to Cherry County Nebraska to storm chase. It was great to get out into the mix of the storms again after way too long of boring cold weather here at home in Minneapolis. 

You know your in the middle of nowhere when you get NO cell phone coverage in the middle of South Central South Dakota in the middle of an Indian Reservation. 

Lightning striking in front of me as I try to avoid the core as it passed over Southern and Central Cherry county. Drove to Hyannis Nebraska in Grant County and got caught some wicked winds that rocked the truck but lucky I was a few minutes late because this just blew into the road right before I showed up.

Drove back north into Cherry County just south of Valentine Nebraska and this Semi Truck was blown over by Hurricane Force Winds. When I got out got film this, the winds were blowing me around. It was hard to get out of my truck and hard to stand up.

Home In Minneapolis Playing Weather Channel Photographer / Videographer All Day Long. First Video, 0445 AM, Last Video, 1830 PM. It Was A Long Day…

Its The Middle Of Summer, The Temps Are Suppose To Be In The 80s to 90s.

But No, High Temps In Minneapolis Today Were In The Low 60s. As You Can See In The Video Capture From My Late Afternoon Video Shoot, It Was Cold Out. People Expect Me To Shoot Scenes Like The One Above In March or November, But In July? Global Warming, Yeah What Ever!!! Try Global Smoke From Some Forest Fires Screwing Up The Jet Stream, NOT MY SUV!!!

Chasing Storms In Eastern South Dakota Wall Cloud And Brief Funnel Cloud Near Ward South Dakota.

7/1/2004 All Moved Into My New Home, The Penthouse Apartment Where I Can Now Storm Chase Off My Deck. SWEET!!