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Hurricane Katrina starts to hit the Lake Pontchartrain Levee in Kenner, LA with the storm surge as the winds push the lake to the south into the shore line.

The winds from Hurricane Katrina start to pick up and the water startss to rise as the hurricane pushes the water to the south side of Lake Pontchartrain. Video shows the water starts to rise into a parking lot and over the wall on the lake shore.

Shots include tree’s blowing in the wind and a stop sign being torn apart by the hurricane. Footage also includes video of the Kenner, LA police out in force patrolling in the middle of the storm to secure the area around the Pontchartrain Center.

Catalog ID: Katrina_Raw_Master_04
Total Run Time: 10;58;10
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8/13/2004 Last minute preparation work in Saint Petersburg, Florida before Hurricane Charley was suppose to make land fall in a couple of hours. The hurricane was still forecast to hit the Tampa and St. Petersburg area as a Category 2 hurricane.

Catalog ID: Hurricane_Charley02
Total Run Time: 03;39;00
Format 4×3 SD

New footage in from Lake Michigan at a great lakes freighter was sailing through the 12-15 foot waves in the middle of the lake caused by the outer winds from Hurricane Sandy.

The numbers on the front of the bow are in feet with wave heights reaching up to 30 feet along the ship which normally would have a water line at 13 feet.

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PART 1 (0:00-1:41) – Nighttime Snow Squall

The first official snow of the 2012/2013 winter season fell early Friday morning in Denver with a quick half-an-inch of snow falling across the metro shortly before 5am on Friday. The snow lead to the first Front Range chain law on I-70 for the season as well. The snow was a quick hit with more possible early Saturday morning. Most areas saw snow falling less than 30-minutes, but many areas received an inch or less of accumulation on grassy surfaces.

Denver’s average first measurable snowfall is October 19, so this was two weeks early. The official Denver measuring site, DIA, measured 0.40″, recording it as the first official snow of the season.

Video includes shots of heavy snow falling in the lights. Several shots showing snow accumulation on vehicles in a parking lot. Couple shots of vehicles driving in the snow.

PART 2 (1:41-4:08) – Daytime Snow/Foliage

B-roll shots of foliage in Denver after the first snow. Opens shots of metro-area foliage with remnants of snow that survived the early morning sun. Various shots of the trees finally getting into fall now that the first snow is out of the way. Part ends with skyline shots of Denver with the low cloud ceiling.

Footage from the early morning snow that fell over interstate 29 between Fargo, ND and Grand Forks, ND.

Various clips of heavy snow and motorists dealing with this first big snowfall of the season.

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When you look up the definition of what the perfect fall colors viewing weekend in Minnesota, this weekend would be it. With high temperatures today and tomorrow in the low 80s and a light wind, it is the perfect time to get out and view the fall colors around the Twin Cities on this last weekend of September.

The fall colors are becoming vivid along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN. The colors are intense and one needs to do is take a drive along Minnehaha Parkway in Minneapolis or Sheppard Road in Saint Paul.

In this video from along the banks of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in Saint Paul you can see all the Oaks, Maples, Birch and various other tree’s changing colors this weekend.

There is a surprise at the end of this video. I wanted to check out one more spot and it was in the Fort Snelling State Park where the two rivers merge. That’s when I got the shot, a young buck (Deer) in the wild, and up close eating. I added those shots to the end of the video. The park rangers say not to feed them or get out of your car if they are nearby but they will come up to people in the park even though they are wild since is like a sanctuary for them in the heart of the metro area.

October is only a day away, get out and enjoy the weekend.

Clip 01 Overlooking downtown Saint Paul with fall colors in the foreground.

Clip 02 Overlooking Cathedral Hill in Saint Paul with vivid colors.

Clip 03 Rack Focus shot with red / brown oak leafs in the foreground and racks to the shot of Cathedral Hill in the background from the park outside the Science Museum of Minnesota. The Science Museum is on the north side of the Mississippi River bluffs in downtown Saint Paul, MN.

Clip 04 – 05 Ultra Wide and Medium shots of the fall colors from the upper deck of the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Clip 06 – 08 Yellow foliage with blue sky outside the Science Museum of MN.

Clip 09 Fall Colors reflecting along water on the river bluff on the south side of the Mississippi River Valley over Pickerel Lake.

Clip 10 Tighter shot of the fall colors on the south side of the river valley.

Clip 11 Pan shot of the colors along the south side of the Mississippi River valley in Saint Paul.

Clip 12 Contrast in Colors Red/Orange and Yellow, wide shot.

Clip 13 Red/Orange and Yellow, Rack Focus to Yellow in background

Clip 14 Contrasting colors with Oak and two pine trees under a perfect blue sky.

Clip 15 Colorful trees along the side of the road outside the Science Museum of MN

Clip 16 – 18 Wide, Medium and Tight of bright and vivid Maple Leafs with the blue sky sneaking in from behind the tree.

Clip 19 More vivid colors from the park outside of the Science Museum of MN

Clip 20 – 23 Wild Buck along the banks of the Mississippi River in the Fort Snelling State Park. The dear is feeding on vegetation about 20 feet away from the camera and does not seem care if we were there filming him.

Time Lapse footage of the great lakes freighter Wilfred Sykes coming into and leaving various ports on Lake Michigan.

Footage available in real time. Music track in this video provided by Youtube and is not in the master time lapse stock footage clip.

Catalog: Sykes_Timelapse_ET2
Total Run Time: 03;24;19
Format: SD4x3

HD B-Roll Time-Lapse of the freighter Wilfred Sykes Inbound into port in Chicago

Stock footage of the SS Wilfred Sykes heading
into the South Chicago port.

Real-time footage available upon request.

Catalog ID: Sykes_Inbound_Chicago_TimeLapse_ET1
Total Run Time: 04;01;06

Stock footage from a Great Lakes Freighter from Northern Lake Michigan in Heavy Sea’s as ice is forming on the deck of the ship.

Video shows “Green Water” crashing over the deck, ice forming on deck, heavy seas and the bow crashing into heavy seas as water crashes over the side of the ship.

Catalog ID: 01012011_ET1
Total Run Time: 09;58;27
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Raw footage shot in southern Louisiana starting in the overnight hours of Hurricane Isaac as the eye of the storm moves on shore south of Houma, LA to Chauvin and
Cocodrie, LA.

Footage show high winds in the eye wall along with the calm winds in the eye and storm damage on the road back to Houma and New Orleans, LA.

Footage ends with large waves and storm surge back along the Mississippi coast.

Catalog ID: Isaac_CC3
Total Run Time: 15;12;25
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5/3/2012 Wilfred Sykes – Amazing Shelf Cloud while at sea. Time-Lapse and real time footage of a high contrast shelf cloud over the Lake Michigan.

Clip 1: Time-Lapse footage from the bow of the ship
Clip 2: Real time clip of the time lapse footage.

Catalog ID: 05032012_ET1
Total Run Time: 12;42;13
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Stock footage of the tornado that started near Geneseo, KS and turned into a violent wedge tornado.

Several B-Roll video clips of the tornado and storm chasers.

Catalog ID: 04142012_CC2
Total Run Time: 09;37;22
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Stock footage of several destructive tornadoes near Cherokee, OK. At one point there are two tornadoes on the ground at the same time and video of a tornado destroying a building and farm equipment.

Also footage of buildings in an oil field and equipment being hit and thrown into the air.

Catalog ID: 04142012_CS1
Total Run Time: 06;24;05
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4/14/2012 Salina, KS tornado B-Roll, Stock footage of the Elephant trunk tornado in the distance as the camera approaches from the south.

Tornado becomes a long skinny rope tornado as the camera crew continues to chase it. When the camera is tripoded, the zoomed in shots show the tornado as a Drill Bit Tornado before it dies off.

Catalog ID: 04142012_VC2
Total Run Time: 04;23;00
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B-Roll footage of Hurricane Isabel hitting the North Carolina coastline. Footage shot in Davis, NC and Beaufort, NC with shots of high winds hitting houses, street flooding, damage to buildings and flying debris.

Catalog ID: Hurricane_Isabel_2003_BR
Total Run Time: 04;27;23
Format: SD 4×3

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B-Roll footage from the 2007 Saint Paul, MN Winter Carnival snow and ice sculpture at the Harriet Island park.

Footage shot during the record cold temps where the air temp was -20F and the windchill factor was -40F and colder.

B-Roll video of people and animals out in the park checking out the ice and snow sculptures in the extremely cold weather.

Catalog ID: #: STP_Winter_Carnival_2007_A
Total Run Time: 7:00
Format: 4×3 SD

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10/28/2011 Stock footage of Excel Energy doing “Implosion Welding” with a new high-voltage transmission lines along Interstate 94 in Saint Cloud, MN.

Footage shot from across the Interstate with three camera’s for a tight, medium and wide shot of the implosion as traffic continues to drive on Interstate 94.

Also footage after the implosion that shows the crews setting up the charges for the implosion.

Catalog ID: #: 10282011a
Total Run Time: 03;48;12
Format: HD

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7/11/2008 Severe storms with high winds and large hail hit the south metro area of Burnsville, MN just south of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Footage of a storm moving into the area, video of high winds and hail hitting the area and picking up large debris and throwing it through the air. Power flashes as the storm front moves into the area.

Video ends with aftermath of flooding along Burnsville Parkway and downed tree’s, power-lines and damage to structures.

Catalog ID: #: 07112008a
Total Run Time: 06;53
Format: SD 16×9

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Stock footage of the historic “Covered Bridges” of Madison County, Iowa.

Various shots of the remaining covered bridges and a drive through POV or Point Of View B-Roll on the last remaining working bridge.

Catalog ID: MadisonCty_IA_Covered_Bridges
Total Run Time: 00;13;00
Format: HD
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Stock B-Roll footage shot while chasing Hurricane Wilma in 2005 through the Broward County, Florida area. The video shows Point Of View (POV) shots while driving and while taking cover as flying debris hits the windshields.

Lots of footage of high winds and debris blocking the roads as welling as flying debris.

Catalog ID: Hurricane_Wilma_CC3_2005
Total Run Time: 09;59;28
Format: 16×9 SD

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Hurricane Ike – Galveston TX, Part 7, Aftermath fires.

Video of aftermath and damage to the Galveston, TX area the morning after Hurricane Ike hit in 2008. Footage shows homes on fire, damage to buildings and out of control fires in the tropical storm force winds.

B-roll video of fire crews trying to contain the fires that destroyed several houses.

Catalog ID: Hurricane_Ike_CC_7
Total Run Time 9;46:27
Format: HD

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Hurricane Isaac highlights from Chris Colluras dash camera as he traveled along the Alabama and Mississippi coastline from north of Dauphin Island, AL where the road was washed out, to Waveland, MS where the storm surge became almost impossible for him to escape.

Total Run Time Is Just Under 28 Minutes.

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Various shots during Hurricane Isaac as the storm surge to the east of the core of the storm push the

StormChasingVideo.com Senior Hurricane Chaser, Chris Collura was out today in Key West, Florida for the first round of the tropical system called Isaac. Currently Isaac is a Tropical storm with winds of 65 MPH and moving at NW at 15 miles per hour.

In the video that Chris shot around Mallory and the Pier on the south side of Key West, it shows the impacts of Isaac on the United States mainland.

At this time, Tropical Storm Isaac is forecast to become a hurricane later this week and making land fall along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The forecast track and intensity beyond 36 hours is pretty much a guess best. There is an upper level low pressure system that is over the Mexican Yucatan which is feeding in dry air to Isaac

Video shot Description: 1). Boat Ramp Shot (Off Mallory).

2). Floating Boat Dock / Surge.

3). Storm Surge flooding in Street.

4). Seawall.

5). Pier on S Side of KeyWest with breaking waves.

6). Man taking pictures.

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Severe storms with large hail and very vivid and dangerous lightning impacted the area of Central MN south and southwest of the city of Willmar, MN.

Footage shot along State Highway 23 between the town of Clara City and the city of Willmar.

Video shows POV shots of lightning static shots of lightning. Additional footage of severe storms with high wind and heavy rain hitting the ground and crops.

To license this footage, visit http://www.StormChasingVideo.com