8/9/2004 Dog Days Of Summer? Yeah What

8/9/2004 Dog Days Of Summer? Yeah Whatever, Its Hella Cold Here!!!!

Brrrrrrrr Chilly And Windy In Minneapolis Minnesota. This afternoon I was out shooting video for The Weather Channel of the cool, no, COLD and windy weather in Minneapolis. What is up with this weather? If this weather pattern keeps up, its going to be a hella evil winter in the upper Midwest and Minneapolis is going to have one of those old school hella cold and snowy winters. I guess that’s good and bad. Good because I will be busy all winter but bad because I will be a frozen videographer all winter… Oh Yeah, I got the new laptop working now.

Windy Minneapolis, MN

8/7/2004 ugh

Still Banging My Head Against The Wall With The New Laptop Computer Issues. I had a nice break after midnight this morning and was able shoot some lightning from home again.

Lightning over the Minnesota River Valley
Lightning over the Minnesota River Valley

So I was able to play Videographer for The Weather Channel while I was shooting the photographs.

Below is the link to the video that was aired. After I shot the lightning footage, I had to go back out after sunrise to shoot some daylight video for the morning shows. All in all a very busy morning.

8/7/2004 Lightning video at night.

8/6/2004 Sun Dogs.

Sun Dogs. While banging my head on the wall trying to get the new laptop setup for on the road video editing, I took a break and relaxed on one of my decks that faces to the west. The next thing I know I’m  seeing some Sun Dogs.

I thought it was kind of odd since I normally see them in the middle of winter and its the first week of August. And “NO” that is not a UFO in the photo but an airplane. I put in a zoomed in image next to the plane that shows that it is a plane.

What is that strange light in the sky?
Sun Dogs

8/6/2004 The work never stops…

8/6/2004 The work never stops… I got called by one of the producers at The Weather Channel to see how fast I could get some video out of Minneapolis.

I normally get the call in the middle of the afternoon but today it was already after 4pm with a 6pm deadline and I still had to deal with major Minneapolis grid lock traffic. Yep, I pulled it off and ended up making someones day by getting a quick video clip of them getting their wedding photos taken in the Rose Garden on TV. It was kind of funny because after I shot the video, they asked what I was doing and then the bride was hella happy and saying she loves that channel 🙂

8/6/2004 out in the park

8/4/2004 It’s cold out in Minneapolis, MN

Another Cold Morning In Minneapolis Minnesota with temps back down in the low 60s at sunrise this morning while I was out shooting video for The Weather Channels, First Outlook morning show. Not much weather coming this way for a few days, looks like I can focus on more BNVN stuff to get that site updated.

8/2/2004 it was a bust…

Ok, the storms were a TOTAL BUST and nothing happened. But I was able to get out and play with the new digital still camera some more and take some cool scenic photographs near Henderson Minnesota.

Rare self image of me
Pre chase sky conditions
8/2/2004 Open fields and sun set near Henderson, MN
8/2/2004 Open fields and sun set near Henderson, MN
8/2/2004 Open fields and sun set near Henderson, MN
8/2/2004 Open fields and sun set near Henderson, MN
8/2/2004 Open fields and sun set near Henderson, MN
8/2/2004 Open fields and sun set near Henderson, MN