Freezing stuff in the crazy stupid -30F below sub zero cold weather
In this video, we take a look at the extreme cold “Polar Vortex” sub zero weather where we freeze items that you would think should be safe from the cold weather.
Shot in Minnesota during the overnight hours where the outside air temp was -28F.
We did a time lapse of summer blend or non treated Diesel fuel in the extreme cold and you can see it freezing and jelling up into a thick sludge that looked like wax. Imagine that in your fuel tank and in your fuel system.
Also included along side the diesel freezing, we froze old antifreeze that was rated for -10F to show that if you do not have the properly rated antifreeze in your engine, you will be in big trouble as this expanded. In a sealed system, this could ruin your engine.
We also revisited the freezing 40 Proof Vodka and freezing 35 Proof Rum to show the time lapse of the alcohol freezing.
As a control, we did freeze a bottle of water and last but not least, we froze time. Ok not really time but a scuba diving watch / dive computer in a large glass where it became a huge block of ice.
Special thank you to the staff at GATR Truck Center in Sauk Rapids, MN for finding the impossible to find non treated summer blend of diesel fuel that I used in this video.
Check them out at their website and Twitter at :
https://www.gatr.net
https://twitter.com/gatrtruckcenter
Also check out our TeeSpring Merch below the video.
Yes, with the insane cold temperatures here in Minnesota, it was no fun going out to try and document the extreme cold when in the middle of the night there is nobody out and every thing is closed due to the weather. It is just stupid cold out.
So what did we do here at the office of StormChasingVideo.com ? We froze some stuff in the stupid cold temps. Come On, it was just shy of -35F out side.
The video is two parts where we do a short fast clip and then we put in the behind the scenes funny stuff. We will be doing another video tonight of the stupid cold so let us know what you think we should freeze in the -35F temps.
Saint Paul, MN Extreme Cold Polar Vortex – 1/29/2019
The Polar Vortex of extreme cold weather is moving into the upper Midwest with noon time temps in the negative double digits.
Footage from around downtown Saint Paul where the Saint Paul Winter Carnival is going on this week but several of the outdoor activities are canceled due to the extreme cold including the outdoor skating rink at Rice Park.
Shot Description
Clip 1-2 Time and Temp just before 11Am showing -15F
Clip 3 What you could call a “Polar Vortex” of snow blowing between buildings in downtown Saint Paul.
Clip 4 Flags blowing in the wind.
Clip 5 Sign outside the skating rink showing the rink is closed due to the weather.
Clip 6 Empty skating rink.
Clip 7 Man running in the cold.
Clip 8 Sign outside the Saint Paul Tech College saying it was closed due to the weather.
Clip 9 Signs outside the Saint Paul Winter Carnival Ice Carving display showing the park is closed.
Clip 10 People out checking out the ice sculptures from the sidewalk.
Clip 11 Cold person
Clip 12 – 17 Various ice sculptures on display
Clip 18 Saint Paul Winter Carnival flags
Clip 19 Someone cold walking
Clip 20 Blowing snow
Clip 21 Blowing snow with the State Capital in the background
Winter storm hit the Twin Cities metro area during the overnight hours with anywhere for 2-5 inches of snow depending on the location around the metro.
Footage includes cars that are in the ditch, vehicle stuck in deep snow and trying to be pushed out by a state trooper, lots of MnDot snow plow crews out clearing the roads and heavy snow falling.
Last two clips were shot in Saint Cloud, MN of MnDot snow plow crews on Highway 23.
Motorists need to take extra care around the snow plows as there is reduced visibility with the plows and the blowing snow.
Shot Description
Clip 1 Minneapolis, MN Skyline with the snow falling.
Clip 2 Car stuck in heavy snow on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis as a police SUV passes them.
Clip 3 Minnesota State Trooper tries to give the stuck vehicle a push to help them get out of the dangerous area where they are a hazard at an exit ramp.
Clip 4 State Trooper checking under the vehicle to see if they are just stuck in snow or on a sign. Trooper almost falls in the deep snow while walking around the vehicle.
Clip 5 Car in the ditch on Interstate 94
Clip 6 POV drive by of vehicle being pulled out of the ditch
Clip 7 Flags blowing in the heavy snow.
Clip 8 POV Passing a snow plow and major whiteout conditions from the snow being kicked up.
Clip 9 Near whiteout conditions with the blowing snow.
Clip 10 Snow plows on 394 and 94 in downtown Minneapolis with the skyline barely visible in the back ground.
Clip 11 Tight shot of snow plow blade.
Clip 12 Plows with the skyline in the back ground and the 94 signs and Basilica in the back ground.
Clip 13 Snow plows on 94 and entering the Lowry Hill Tunnel.
Clip 14 Snow plow kicking up a lot of snow.
Clip 15 Near whiteout conditions as a plow passes by in the other lane on Interstate 94.
Clip 16 – 18 Plows on 94 with near whiteout from the blowing snow.
Clip 19 Plows on Interstate 35W
Clip 20 Crash on 94 at the Lowry Hill Tunnel entrance.
Clip 21 – 22 *** Note *** Filmed north of the metro in Saint Cloud MN of snow plows on Highway 23 coming towards the camera.
Extreme cold weather along with a wind chill advisory is blanketing the Upper Midwest this morning. Footage shot in Minneapolis, MN from 11:30 p.m. to just before 1:00 a.m 1/24-1/25 2019 in the over night hours.
Additional footage shot in the afternoon of the Sun Dogs on Interstate 94 in the Twin Cities metro area.
Shot Description
Clip 1-2 Time and temp sign with tight and wide showing -16F at 11:42
Clip 3 someone walking across Hennepin Avenue that is dressed for the weather and it bundled up.
Clip 4 Two men at a bus stop at 7th and Hennepin looking pretty cold.
Clip 5 Someone walking past the camera and looking pretty chilly.
Clip 6 In the sub zero temps, someone is still hard core enough to ride their bike at night down Hennepin Avenue.
Clip 7 Man waiting in the cold at a bus stop and trying to shelter from the brutal winds that are also with the brutal cold temps.
Clip 8 Several people at a bus stop.
Clip 9 People looking cold walking past the camera.
Clip 10 Man walking towards the camera and looking cold.
Clip 11 Man and a woman that look like they were not ready for the cold weather walking down Hennepin Avenue.
Clip 12 Three people walking past the camera, one is not dressed for this weather.
Clip 13 Wide and Tight time and temp sign showing at 12:44 A.M. it was -16F.
Clip 14 Traffic on First Avenue outside of the Target Center Arena.
Clip 15 Traffic on Hennepin Avenue.
Clip 16 Traffic on 7th Avenue.
Clip 17 Traffic on Hennepin Avenue.
*** two additional clips shot earlier in the day while in the Twin Cities metro area of the Sun Dogs and blowing snow ***
Clip 18 Driving on Interstate 94 and bright blinding sun dogs fill the sky.
B-Roll footage of the Super-moon Lunar Eclipse just before the full eclipse and at the height of the eclipse totality where the moon was a very dim red orb in the sky.
Shot Description
Clip 1 just prior to the totality of the eclipse with a sliver of the sun still hitting the moon.
Clip 2 The final sliver of the sun hitting the moon as the moon begins to turn blood red as it is almost completely in the shadow of the earth.
Clip 3 – 5 The Moon is in the shadow of the earth and appears blood red. If you look close, you can see stars in the video near the moon as it passes through the shots.
Wow, what an incredible storm system shaping up that is moving off to the east coast this weekend. Today I got a pretty late start out of the office as I have been working on another major headache of Copyright Violation’s. No I did not nor did my company violate any copyrights but we found several clients and major stock footage companies violating the copyrights of StormChasingVideo.com LLC crews work.
Long story made really short, we sold some footage to a network client years ago and one of their news affiliate’s was The Pentagon Channel. Now that the Pentagon Channel is a US Government entity, most of their work is subject to being Public Domain for footage that is or was shot and produced by government employee’s.
Now here comes the problem, the news B-Roll that was shot was NOT public domain and should have never made it into the government defense department video archives, but it did by mistake. Now the saving grace for them is their own website disclaimer that says ” No Representations or Warranties. DoD makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding the suitability of using DoD VI for non-DoD purposes. Use of DoD VI is at the user’s sole risk. “
So Doug, what the heck does this have to do with the winter storm? Well I’m getting their. Like I have been writing, I am not posting this to Anti-Social media and saving the good stuff for my personal blog.
OK, to make things more complicated, their are companies that troll the DoD websites for footage to use as public domain and then resell that footage to production companies and the public. Anyone can get the footage from the DoD of the footage produced by the DoD staff for free if they know what they are doing but these companies pull the footage and resell the footage on their websites and several micro stock footage websites.
Going back to the DoD disclaimer, they make NO WARRANTIES… which means if you are going to use the footage, you better contact the DoD and verify rights and clearances before doing anything with the footage. BOOM!!!
So, the footage was picked up and we have found that it has been sold for several years as royalty free stock footage that was shot by the government that was actually shot by my crew and nobody bothered to check the author or ownership of the video with the DoD prior to turning around and selling the footage. WHOOPS!!!
While trying to get out the door to chase the storm, I had to make a few phone calls about this and sure enough, it was labeled by the network as limited license and DoD messed up by posting the footage in the first place but now they are in the process of pulling the material and anyone we catch using the material, which we already have a few which is why I found this in the first place, are liable for copyright violations. So this looks like it could be hundreds of violations we get to track down and go after.
Yeah, my day started off just so fun… Anyway, I was able to get out the door to chase but since I was not almost 2 hours behind my departure time, I had to change my target from southwest Minnesota and head down to Albert Lea, MN for the storm.
While driving south on Interstate 35 from the Twin Cities, it was amazing as to how sharp the cutoff was for the heavy snow. In Minneapolis, MN there was no snow at all and in the southern metro in Burnsville, MN it was just lite snow at the most.
Once I got south of Owatonna, MN is when the heavy snow started to really pick up and just north of Albert Lea, MN is the worst of the snow that I was in for the day and I did not need to go far for my shoot once I was at the intersection of I-90 and I-35. I just passed a wreck scene . It took a few minutes for me to drive back up to the scene and get on the frontage road where I could safely park to document the pile up.
Here is the extended edit from the crash scene footage.
https://youtu.be/rdJNrm-MqJ8
Albert Lea / Freeborn County MN I35 pileup extended edit 1/18/2019
Interstate 35 Major Pile Up and closed at Albert Lea, MN 1/18/2019
B-Roll of the major pile up on Interstate 35 just north of Albert Lea, MN
Currently the interstate is still shut down as several tractor trailers jack knife at the scene of another wreck that EMS was trying to get traffic to slow down for.
Shot List:
Clip 1 – 3 Jack Knife Semi Trucks with EMS
Clip 4 Ambulance racing to the scene
Clip 5 Ambulance on scene
Clip 6 Wide shot overlooking the scene
Clip 7 – 8 Road Closed to the interstate as crews clean up the scene
Clip 9 Traffic exiting at Clarks Grove exit on i35
Clip 10 Ambulance leaving the scene
Clip 11 Driving in heavy snow
Clip 12 First crash scene before the pile up
Clip 13 – 16 Pile up from the other side of the interstate
Clip 17 – 21 Clarks Grove EMS truck stuck in the ditch with a tow truck trying to pull it out.
I am still working on the site. If you are seeing this, then you are seeing all the blogs slowly moved over to the new setup, one by one. This is an extremely slow and tedious task but looking at the old site, it needed it really bad.
So many broken links, spelling and grammar errors and just garbage coding. As of right now, I am down to just over 400 pages left to transfer to the new setup. After the blogs are moved over, I will then rebuild my personal photo gallery on MY SITE with MY TERMS and the way I want it to be and look and feel. This is the huge step away from social media and back to bring the fans to my site where you can view the high quality images.
If I can maintain a 50 page per hour average tomorrow, I should be able to get all the pages moved over by the end of the day, provided no I do not have any distractions.
So this weekend I was not able to get much done since I was at home with Laura while Neva was at work. What I did get completed was a project I have been working on for a while now to build a massive sort server drive Bay. Massive, as in I now have a 40tb drive to sort out all the drives and work of my life.
40 Terabyte Hard Drive
So now the long task of copying EVERYTHING over and then spending time to clean up and delete stuff that is no longer needed or required for me to keep. This is something that I have been looking forward to for a long time and finally technology has caught up to my idea’s and dream’s.
