With a blizzard warning in effect for the Saint Cloud, MN area and most of west central Minnesota, the snow started to fall during the overnight hours.
While the high winds for the Blizzard Warning are still hours away, the several inches of light and fluffy snow that are currently falling will make it perfect for another ground blizzard.
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B-Roll footage of various scenes around the Saint Cloud, MN area during the overnight hours.
1/24/2014 Stearns County MN i94 Snow Storm And Wrecks
Today was another day in this frozen paradise called Minnesota. The temps got over 32F today. But the roads turned to crap as the wet snow froze to the extremely cold road surface.
Warm wet snow combined with the cold road surfaces created an ice covered road conditions on Interstate 94 in Stearn County, MN on the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities metro area.
Dozens of car crashes were reported during the afternoon rush hour drive from Saint Cloud to Clearwater Minnesota.
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Clip 1 Road sign warning of crashes ahead
Clip 2 Drive by shot passing a snow plow.
Clip 3 Suv fish tails while switching lanes then recovers.
Clip 4 Drive by shot of a crash with EMS and ambulance on the scene.
Clip 5 Drive by of a car that crashed into the cable barrier .
Clip 6 – 7 Drive by of clip of MN State Trooper on the scene of the spin out.
Clip 8 Snow plow driving past the camera
Clip 9 POV clip following MNDot Snow Plow
Clip 10 Close up of MnDot putting salt on the Interstate
Clip 11 Close up of MnDot snow plow blade clearing the snow.
Clip 12 Passing MnDot snow plow driving towards the camera.
Clip 13 MnDot Plow driving away from the camera
Clip 14 Drive by of an SUV in the ditch
Clip 15 Stop sign covered in snow
Clip 16 – 17 Driving in heavy snow.
Clip 18 POV shot driving past a car that smashed into the center cables.
Clip 19 POV shot driving past a Jeep that smashed into the center cables.
Clip 20 POV shot driving past a car that smashed into the center cables.
Clip 21 POV shot driving past a car that smashed into the center cables.
Clip 22 POV shot driving past a SUV and a car that smashed into the center cables.
Clip 23 State trooper passing on the side of the road to get to the next wreck.
Clip 24 Car in the ditch and stuck in the snow
Clip 25 Passing several cars that crashed into the center cables. State Patrol blocks the left lane as tow trucks clears up the wrecks.
Clip 26 Car stuck in the snow.
1/23/2014 Saint Paul Winter Carnival Ice Carving In Sub Zero Temps
The next wave of sub zero weather is hitting the Midwest with temps at noon in the negative teen’s as the Saint Paul Winter Carnival starts in Saint Paul, MN.
Footage from Rice Park in Downtown Saint Paul with people out in the cold weather while the competitors get ready for the annual ice carving competition.
SID: Douglas Kiesling
1/22/2014 Central Minnesota Ground Blizzard, Part 2
B-Roll footage from the late afternoon of the ground blizzard in central Minnesota around the Sauk Centre, MN and west of Sauk Centre.
Various clips of blowing snow in the high winds that caused the ground blizzard.
1/22/2014 Pope County, MN Ground Blizzard
B-Roll footage of Ground Blizzard condition from Pope County which is in the west central part of Minnesota.
With winds gusting over 40 mph, the fresh snow from the other day combined with the high winds is creating another ground blizzard.
Footage of white out conditions and blowing and drifting snow making travel this afternoon extremely hazardous.
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Clip 1 Blowing snow over hay bales
Clip 2 Flags blowing in the winds gusting to over 40 mph.
Clip 3 Driving in blowing snow with a VO talking about the conditions.
Clip 4 Blowing snow obscuring the highway 28 sign
Clip 5-6 Blowing and drifting snow is covering up side roads with over a foot or more of snow drifts. Clip 5 POV, Clip 6 Outside
Clip 7 Blowing snow over highway 28
Clip 8 Snow drifts
Clip 9 Blowing snow and snow drifts
Clip 10 Blowing snow with blue sky causing blinding conditions with the bright sun.
Clip 11 Blowing snow with traffic
Clip 12 Blowing and drifting snow
Clip 13 Low shot of the blowing snow
Clip 14-17 Traffic in the blowing snow
Clip 18-20 POV driving in blowing snow
1/16/2014 Alexandria, MN Ground Blizzard & Crashes Shut Down Interstate 94
Winds gusting near 50 miles per hour around the Douglas County, Minnesota area today it made for hazardous travel conditions. Footage shot around the city of Alexandria, MN on Interstate 94 of the high winds and white out conditions that caused numerous accidents. The interstate was shut down for most of the afternoon as crews worked to clear out several Jack Knifed Semi Trucks and cars that went into the ditches.
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1/15/2014 Minneapolis, MN Rush Hour Snow Cold B-Roll
Snow fell over the Minneapolis, MN area on the eve of the latest Blizzard that is forecast to hit the western part of the state on Thursday.
Various scenes from around Minneapolis, MN with additional footage starting at the 2:51 time code of a Jack Knifed Semi Truck in Avon, MN.
Clip 1 Skyline shot of Minneapolis with haze and snow obscuring the scene.
Clip 2-3 Driving on Interstate 94 with blowing snow.
Clip 3 Woman walking on Hennepin Avenue looking cold with her face covered.
Clip 4 Woman covering here face in the cold wind on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, MN
Clip 5 Street lights on Hennepin Avenue with snow falling.
Clip 6 Police officer directing traffic from a parking garage is ready for the cold with barely any skin exposed except for his eyes and lips.
Clip 7 Woman waiting to cross the street wearing a parka.
Clip 8 Woman wrapped up to avoid the cold.
Clip 9 Woman walking in the cold.
Clip 10 Man walking across 6th street in the cold weather looking cold.
Clip 11 Man walking along 6th street in the cold and his face is covered.
Clip 12 Low traffic shot with the snow on Hennepin Avenue.
Clip 13 Group of people walking across Hennepin Avenue.
Clip 14 Low traffic shot with the snow and someone rides past on a bicycle.
Clip 15 Woman walking in the cold with a Parka
Clip 16 Woman walking looking cold on Hennepin Avenue.
Clip 17 – 18 Snow plow on Interstate 35W kicking up sparks from the blade while dumping salt on the roadway to clear the latest round of snow.
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Extra footage from Avon Minnesota starting at TC 02;51;01
Clip 19 POV drive by shot of Minnesota State Trooper putting flares down on the ground and drive by a jack knifed semi truck in the ditch.
Clip 20 Big rig tow truck drives on the scene. Pan shot of the truck moving in and pans to wreck.
Clip 21 – 22 Tight and medium shots of the jack knifed semi truck.
Clip 23 State trooper squad car on the road behind the wreck.
Clip 24 POV drive by shot in the east bound lanes of the wreck.
Freezing Antifreeze
The other day I did a video from the back yard here in Minnesota.
With the prolonged extreme cold temperatures in the Upper Midwest, and double digit negative highs for most of Minnesota, here is an extreme cold example for vehicles that do not have strong enough Anti-Freeze in their cooling system.
The antifreeze used in this video was from a vehicle that was purchased from Kansas and was not winterized for the extreme Minnesota winters.
Clip 1 Showing current temp of -23F
Clip 2 Look live shot describing how cold it is and the anti-freeze
Clip 3 Setting up the freezing shot anti-freeze shot
Clip 4 A thirty minute time lapse in 9 seconds
Clip 5 Exit out of time lapse to show the frozen Anti-freeze
Clip 6 Look Live shot explaining what just happened to the Antifreeze
Clip 7 Truck that has it’s block heater plugged and starting the engine which sounds rough
Clip 8 Exhaust from a tail pipe in the -20s temps
Clip 9 Blooper, never drink out of a glass bottle in -22 temps, you will freeze your lips.
1/6/2014 Saint Cloud, MN Extreme Cold Wind Chills and freezing ice cubes in 20 minutes
With more extreme cold and wind chill values dropping down into the minus 50F range tonight, the extreme cold is starting to get old for the upper midwest.
Clip 1 Dressed in what looks like a space suit, I open the door to the outside air and the clash of air from inside and outside creates fog in the doorway.
Clip 2 In the truck, the outside air temp reads -24F
Clip 3 Look Live shot talking about the cold and making icecubes
Clip 4 Timelapse of water that was 80F freezing solid in the -23F temps at the Saint Cloud Airport. Time lapse is about 20 minutes in 8 seconds.
Clip 5 Look live shot holding up the ice cube tray and the ice cubes.
Clip 6 Outside temp reading showing -27
Clip 7-8 Flags blowing in the wind.
Clip 9 Outside air temp showing -28F
Clip 10 Flag blowing in the wind.
Good Bye Dad
One of the hardest blog posts I have had to write. While I was out on assignment up in International Falls, MN earlier this month, my sister called me as I was setting up for the daylight -42F video package and told me that I needed to head back to Minneapolis as soon as possible today since my dad took a turn for the worse.
My father was in the hospital for Phenomena and COPD for the last half of December and the start of this month. When the doctors did an X-Ray on this chest, they found several blockages of his heart along with the phenomena and the damage from the COPD.
It was not looking good but he had come back form this before several years ago so I thought maybe this time he could beat it again. This time we were told several times to come on down to say goodbye and then when we were there, they just said they wanted to update us on his condition and it was not serious.
So on the morning of January 2nd, this time the tone was different in my Sisters voice and after wrapping up the last of the video, I headed back from the Canadian Boarder to Minneapolis in record time. I was not able to make it back in time before he passed away and missed him by 45 minutes.