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Archive for February, 2014

Winter keeps giving us very cold temps.
Scene 1 Bank temp.
Scene 2. Car being jumped.
Scene 3. Ducks on river with steam.
Scene 4. Ice on river with stream.
Scene 5. Icicles.
Scene 6. Closer view of icicles.
Scene 7. More icicles.
Scene 8. Very high snow plow ridge.
Scene 9. Yield sign buried up in a snow ridge.
Scene 10. Stop sign in snow ridge.
Scene 11. Ice build up.

SID: Dirk Miller

B-Roll footage from around Minneapolis, MN of people around the uptown area and Lake Harriet in the sub zero weather around noon today.

Various shots of people out and about looking cold.

TRT 2:36

The powerful ground blizzard and sub zero temperatures are still impacting much of central Minnesota this evening with wind gusts near 50 miles per hour.

The blowing and drifting snow is making travel around the region dangerous as many of the rural roads have become impassible due to the drifting snow.

Clip 1 Tight shot of a Stop Sign blowing and twisting in the wind.

Clip 2 Wide shot of the stop sign blowing in the wind.

Clip 3 Stearns County snow plow driving towards the camera and the camera pans with the snow plow as it passes and drives away.

Clip 4 Blowing snow over a snow drift on the side of the road.

Clip 5 Snow plow driving towards the camera.

Clip 6 Blowing snow with high winds over an open farm field.

Clip 7 Tighter shot of the high winds blowing snow over a field with farm buildings in the background.

Clip 8 American flag in the distance blowing in the high winds.

Clip 9 Blowing snow with snow drifts covering the roadway.

Clip 10 Blowing snow with high winds and snow drifts covering the roadway.

Clip 11 Blowing snow with the setting sun in the back ground.

Clip 12 Blowing snow with the golden setting sun in the back ground over an open field with a treeline in the back ground.

Clip 13 Low shot of blowing snow over a road and snow drifts in the background.

Clip 14 Setting sun on the horizon with a sun dog on the right that was caused by the blowing snow from the ground blizzard.

Clip 15 POV Driving shot in low visibility

Clip 16 POV Driving shot in low visibility

Clip 17 POV driving shot with high winds blowing snow over the road.

Clip 18 POV Driving shot with blowing snow and snow drifts covering the road

Clip 19 POV Driving shot as a snow plow drives toward the camera in the other lane.

Clip 20 POV driving shot with high winds blowing snow over the road.

Clip 21 POV driving shot with the sun setting and blowing snow over the road.

SID: Douglas Kiesling

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A powerful weather system is hitting the upper midwest area again with winds up to 45 miles per hour across Minnesota and causing ground blizzard conditions.

Various footage shot on the Stearns County and Polk County area from Sauk Centre to Glenwood, MN.

Clip 1 MNDot Snow Plow on highway 71 trying to clear the snow drifts growing across the road.

Clip 2 Bank sign with temp of -10F outside this morning.

Clip 3 Bank sign with a temp of -2F an hour later.

Clip 4 Blowing and drifting across highway 28

Clip 5 Massive snow drift behind a group of trees

Clip 6 Polk County snow plow removing snow drifts.

Clip 7 Winds gusting up to 40 mph out in the open country of western Stearns County with a stop sign in the shot.

Clip 8 Near whiteout conditions along a north south road.

Clip 9 Near whiteout conditions along a north south road with a car in the distance that is lost in the blowing snow.

Clip 10 Blowing snow

Clip 11 Blowing snow and a yeild sign in eastern Polk County, MN.

Clip 12 Blowing snow across a road

Clip 13 Blowing snow and poor visibility with whiteout conditions.

Clip 14 Huge flag blowing in the wind.

Clip 15 Snow blowing across highway 71

Clip 16 Tight shot of a wind sock blowing in the high winds.

Clip 17 Wide shot of the wind sock blowing along highway 71 with blowing and drifting snow across the roadway.

Clip 18 Traffic and blowing snow

Clip 19 Heavy Blowing snow across Highway 71

Clip 20 Heavy Blowing snow across Highway 71 with traffic

Clip 21 Blowing snow across an open field

Clip 22 Heavy Blowing snow across Highway 71

Clip 23 – 25 POV Driving shot of blowing snow across a roadway

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As the month of February is coming to an end, the weather is normally suppose to be warming up in Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural ice fishing house removal deadline is only a week away on March 3rd.

All Ice houses in the southern two-thirds of the state must be removed before midnight on March 3rd but with the extreme cold weather and the large amount of snow still on the ground and on the lakes, that may make for a difficult task this weekend.

B-Roll from Grand Lake, just south of the city of Saint Cloud that shows dozens of Ice Fishing houses buried in the deep snow with no easy way to remove them. Additional footage of people in Saint Cloud in the near zero temp.

Ice on the area lakes is about 4 feet thick on average.

Clip 1 Driving on Grand Lake through 4-6 foot high snow drifts on the side of the ice road.

Clip 2-4 Ice house’s on Grand Lake with large snow drifts around them and no way to access them to pull them off the lake.

Clip 5 Wide shot of people drilling holes in the ice to try and go fishing.

Clip 6 Man starting up an Ice Auger to drill a hole in the ice.

Clip 7 Man drilling a hole in the ice.

Clip 8 Close up of the ice auger going into the ice that is 4 feet thick.

Clip 9 Fisherman walking through the snow.

Clip 10 Looking down into a frozen hole that shows just how thick the ice is. It is over two feet down to where the ice cap froze in the hole.

Clip 11 Flag blowing in the wind.

Clip 12 – 16 People looking cold in downtown Saint Cloud, MN.

SID: Douglas Kiesling

Wildcat Creek, a tributary to the Wabash River becomes a dangerous flood zone after an Ice Jam prompts emergency managers to evacuate several residents along Barton Beach Road just outside of Lafayette, IN.
Several homes and vehicles are damaged as enormous chunks of Ice were forced down the flooded creek.

Scene 1: Ice rests against a truck after pushing it from its owners driveway.

Scene 2: A portion of fence sits in a large field of ice.

Scene 3: Zoom out to Wide shot of Cadillac and truck both damaged by a violent Ice flow.

Scene 4: A pile of ice and rubble lines the driveway of an unfortunate homeowner.

Scene 5: Damaged house and truck.

Scene 6: Damaged playground set near Wildcat Creek.

Scene 7: Road Closed sign on Barton Beach Rd.

Scene 8: Ice and tree debris fill a low area near Wildcat Creek.

Scene 9: Large chunks of ice lay near the swollen Wildcat Creek.

Scene 10: Road Closed signs on Indiana SR 225 stop motorists from crossing a bridge on the Wabash River as Ice Jam concerns grow.

Scene 11: A bridge over the Wabash River remains closed due to Ice Jam concerns.

Scene 12: A bird rides the ice flow down the Wabash River.

Scene 13: Close-up of icebergs as they move rapidly downstream.

Scene 14: Close-up of icebergs as they move rapidly downstream.

Scene 15: A caution sign warns of potential waste water pollution during flood conditions.

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Midwestern residents teased by a brief warm up endure freezing temperatures to enjoy a sunny Sunday afternoon at the West Lafayette, IN ice rink. The swollen Wabash River overflows its banks nearby as snow melt and rainwater from recent storms continue to run off.

Scene 1: Locals enjoy a beautiful sunny afternoon at the Wabash Landing Ice Skating Rink.

Scene 2: Close-up of Ice Skates as people dance around on the ice.

Scene 3: A child slips on the ice as he learns to master the art of ice skating.

Scene 4: All ages come out for a warm Winter day as temperatures hover around 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

Scene 5: Close-up of Ice Skates as kids circle the Rink.

Scene 6: A Wide pan from the Ice Rink to the Swollen banks of the Wabash River in the greater downtown Lafayette area.

Scene 7: A pan up from the ice covered flooding showing the strong current where the river normally flows with downtown Lafayette in the background.

Scene 8: A wide shot of the ice covering the flood zone of the Wabash River.

Scene 9: View of the Wabash River from the pedestrian bridge showing the sun dial bathed in late afternoon sunlight.

Scene 10: A small lone iceberg floats down the Wabash as warmer weather melts the once ice covered river.

Scene 11: An agricultural vehicle fights a snow covered field in an attempt to get a jump start on the approaching crop season.

Scene 12: An agricultural vehicle navigating Winter hazards as snow rapidly melts.

Scene 13: An agricultural vehicle bounces around in a snow covered field as the ground becomes wet and uneven.

SID: Terrence Cook

SCV stringer Doug Kiesling is live on the winter storm hitting the Twin Cities in Minnesota tonight. Live winter storm chasing live video.

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The Twin Cities metro area is surrounded by blizzard warnings but in the metro area, the winds were slightly calmer but the roads were still a mess.

Footage shot in Minneapolis, MN and Burnsville, MN were the roads were hazardous to drive on.

Clip 1 Skyline shot of Minneapolis, MN

Clip 2 Reverse POV shot in front of a MNDot Snow Plow on Interstate 35w in Burnsville, MN

Clip 3-7 Whiteout Conditions in Minneapolis on the east side of Lake Calhoun.

Clip 8 Sign in Minneapolis showing a snow emergency was declared.

Clip 9 Close up of a tire spinning in the snow in Burnsville on Nicollet Avenue.

Clip 10 Car spinning its wheels trying to get up Nicollet Ave in Burnsville.

Clip 11 Flags blowing with part of the Minneapolis skyline in the back ground.

Clip 12 Snow plow on Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis

Clip 13 A rear wheel van spinning its wheels trying to get up a hill on Nicollet Ave in Burnsville.

Clip 14 Wide shot of the van spinning its rear tire.

Clip 15 Car getting stuck on Nicollet Avenue in Burnsville. Shot from dash camera.

Clip 16 People helping to push a car out of the snow on Nicollet Ave. One of them is wearing shorts in the winter storm.

Clip 17 Car spinning its wheels.

Clip 18 Car getting unstuck but still spinning its wheels on Nicollet Ave.

Clip 19 Snow plow on Nicollet Ave in Burnsville.

Clip 20 Car crashed on the side of interstate 494 and 169 on 494.

Clip 21 Someone riding their bike in front of the truck in the winter storm in Minneapolis.

Clip 22-23 Minneapolis Fire Truck on the scene of a power line down.

Clip 24 Powerlines sagging in the heavy snow and ice.

Clip 25 – 29 Tree’s down on power lines and side walks in Minneapolis.

SID: Nick Elms

Major severe weather event threatens the Mississippi Valley following two months of brutal cold and winter storms. Tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms threaten areas from Louisiana to Illinois. Meteorologists and storm chasers capture a dangerous wall cloud from a tornado-warned supercell thunderstorm as it passes over Memphis, TN at rush hour.

All shots were taken during the daylight afternoon and early evening of February 20th, 2014

Scenes:

1-3. wide and pushed in shots of wall cloud from Tornado-warned supercell thunderstorm over Memphis, TN with heavy rush hour traffic

4-7. various shots of heavy rush hour traffic in Memphis, TN as tornado-warned supercell thunderstorm passes over city

8. pushed-in shot of colorful clouds from sunset over Memphis, TN following passage of tornado-warned supercell thunderstorm

9. pushed-in shot of “Tennessee” welcome sign near Memphis

10. pushed-in shot of Memphis, TN radar image with tornado-warned supercell thunderstorm over city and storm chaser’s position

B-Roll footage of the start of the powerful winter storm system as it makes its way into the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities metro area. Various shots of snow plows and snow falling scenes around Saint Cloud, MN along Interstate 94.

SID: Douglas Kiesling

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Strong winds impacted the Colorado Front Range across the Denver metro area overnight Monday and caused scattered damage to trees, fences, and other structures. Wind gusts up to 85mph were reported near Boulder with those hurricane force gusts impacting the Ken Caryl area in Littleton, Colorado on the southwest side of the Denver Metro Area where this package is shot. Denver International Airport measured a gust of 59mph overnight with many areas across town reaching up to 75mph.

More strong winds are expected overnight Tuesday as a HIGH WIND WARNING remains in effect for the Front Range and western suburbs of Denver through Tuesday morning.

Package shot in the Ken Caryl area of Littleton, Colorado.

Scenes 1-8: Various shots of two large pine trees that were downed overnight in the winds and destroyed a fence. Both trees came down along Chatfield Avenue in Littleton. Shots include angles of the downed trees, including a pan shot of parts of the fence that were blown into the median.

Scenes 9-10: Shots of a trampoline that was hurled over a fence in the Ken Caryl neighborhood.

Scenes 11-12: Shots of the Chatfield Avenue sign at Ken Caryl Road that was bent off the light post.

Scene 13-14: Shots of a power crew repairing the intersection area from the wind damage.

Scene 15-19: Various shots of damaged fences in the Ken Caryl area.

Scene 20: Shot of large branches in the median of Chatfield Avenue.

Scene 21-22: Shots of Ken Caryl Plaza sign bent off the platform at a nearby shopping center.

SID: Tony Laubach

A large winter weather system played havoc with the morning commute in central Iowa as up to 5-inches of snow fell across parts of the Des Moines area.

Shot 1, Rest Area on I-80 EB near Waukee, IA

Shot 2, Same location- i-80 Traffic

Shot 3,4,5 Traffic on Jordan Creek Parkway in West Des Moines

Shot 6, Drake University Campus- Des Moines

Shot 7- Hotel snow removal Holiday Inn Des Moines (6th Ave)

Shot 8- 31st St and I-235 traffic

Shot 9- Pedestrians in snow 7th St, Des Moines

Shot 10- 235 near 8th St, EB

SID=Brennan Jontz

Video Footage Highlighting the Intense and quick hitting Winter storm impacting the Twin Cites Metropolitan Area right at the top peak of the Morning Rush Hour travel commute!

Video footage features include;

1.Extreme Close up Shot of 2 Minneapolis snow plows fighting to keep the city streets clean during a heavy snowfall burst.

2.Multiple POV Close ups of County and State snowplows working and plowing highways and major roadways in the intense snowfall and gridlock traffic.

3.Local snowfall removal operations footage shot featuring a large snowblower blowing snow as well as a very large snow plow clearing the streets full across.

4.POV shots of the snarled slow moving gridlock traffic on Interstate 35 in the Minneapolis area at the peak of the intense snowfall bursts.

5.People shoveling the heavy snow and struggling to keep up with the 2 inch per hours snowfall rates in St.Paul MN.

6. Shots of difficult travel conditions and heavy snow covered roadways along with the poor visibility in Minneapolis.

SID: Nick Elms

Video Footage highlighting the very heavy snowfall bursts that impacted the Twin Cites Metro area in the mid to late afternoon hours dropping 1-3 inches of snow in a short time and catching motorists and travelers off guard!

Video footage includes;

1. High speed large MNDOT snowplow oncoming and close at the cammera POV.
2. SUV spun out in the ditch median with a flatbed tow on the scene while very heavy snow falls.
3. Multiple POV shots of the crash scene as well as the slow traffic and ice and snow covered roadways while heavy snow falls in the shot.
4. Shots of single and multi vehicle crashes in the Minneapolis area with troopers and tow trucks on the scenes.
5. MSP Airport snow removal and major deicing operations while under a temporary break in the delay ground stop on the field. , Shots include multiple POV’s of deicing on the main runway, departure backups, blowing and drifting snow on the taxiways as well as major runway snow removal operations at close range near the main runway.

SID: Nick Elms

Icy winter conditions lead to slow driving along I-70 in the mountains west of Denver where travelers were left sitting on the interstate at times because of the conditions.

Scenes 1-2: POV shots of C-DOT electronic signs warning drivers of icy conditions.

Scene 3: Pulling up to the scene of a stopped Highway Patrol vehicle behind a semi stuck on the ice.

Scene 4: Cool shot of Highway Patrol in wind-driven snow along I-70 in Clear Creek County.

Scene 5: Driving by the highway patrol on the highway that is blocking the right lane.

Scene 6: Close-up of semi-truck wheels spinning on ice as camera passes on the left. The semi was unable to proceed due to the ice on the highway.

Scenes 7-8: Shots of stopped traffic on I-70 taken from the backup.

Scenes 9-10: POV drive shots of interstate conditions east of the Eisenhower Tunnel in Clear Creek County.

Scene 11: EB snowplow on I-70.

Scene 12: Shot of snowplow on local road just off I-70 in Clear Creek County.

Scene 13: Shot of ICY ROAD sign on local road just of I-70.

SID: Tony Laubach

Historic ice storm cripples the Southeast prompting a “Civil Emergency” to be ordered for most of South Carolina. Barnwell, SC takes brunt of ice storm receiving over `1 inch of accumulated glaze ice from freezing rain taking down utility lines and trees. Roads are treacherous if not impassible and there are power outages surrounding Barnwell. Utility crews work hard to fix downed lines and remove trees to get power restored to the area.
All scenes shot in and around Barnwell, SC during the morning of February 13, 2014.

Scenes:

1-5: shots of utility Crews working to fix power lines in Barnwell, SC

6: large tree branch hanging on power lines

7 & 8: pushed in shot of ice covered power lines and pole

9. pushed in shot of utility truck navigating around fallen trees and low hanging ice covered power lines

10. emergency crews clearing trees and debris from roads

11 & 12: shots of car trapped in ditch

13 & 14: shots of large uprooted tree smashing a residential fence in Barnwell, SC

15: shots of vehicles navigating treacherous roads with fallen and falling trees

16. pushed-in shot of ice covered power lines and trees along treacherous road

17. shot of “Barnwell, SC” sign surrounded by fallen tree branches

18. point of view driving shot navigating around fallen trees on road

19. point of view driving shot of ice-covered fallen trees on side of road

20. quick point of view driving shot of debris falling from a tree

21. shot of Barnwell water tower, ice covered trees & power lines, and traffic

22. pushed in shot of many ice covered trees

23. pushed in shot of frozen American flag

24. shot of ice covered branches

25. pushed in shot of ice-covered branches

26. pushed in shot of “Hurricane Evacuation Route” sign covered in ice, hurricanes are typically disasters in this part of the country, not ice storms

27. wide shot of many bent and fallen trees covered in thick ice

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A second historic powerful winter storm paralyzes the Deep South. Incredibly heavy snow fall causes I-95 to become very hazardous near Rocky Mount, NC. Many vehicles are caught stranded in ditches along I-95 after losing control on the ice and snow covered road. All scenes were captured along I-95 near Rocky Mount North Carolina during the afternoon and early evening of February 12, 2012. This winter storm has been named Pax.

Scenes:

1. pushed-in shot of Woman walking away from stranded with car in ditch with heavy snow falling near Rocky Mount NC

2. Point of view shot of SUV quickly going off road on snow and ice covered roads near Rocky Mount NC

3. point of view shot of vehicles driving in heavy snow storm near Rocky Mount NC

4. pushed-in shot of vehicles driving on ice and snow covered roads with heavy snow falling in Rocky Mount NC

5. point of view driving shot of near white-out conditions with heavy snow and highway sign on I-95 near Rocky Mount, NC

6. pushed-in shot from above of traffic driving in nearly white-out conditions on I-95 near Rocky Mount NC

7. pushed-in shot of traffic driving in very heavy snow on I-95 near Rocky Mount NC

8. wide shot of traffic driving in very heavy snow on I-95 near Rocky Mount NC

9. wide shot of police cruiser next to car in ditch with driver inside with heavy snow falling on I-95 near Rocky Mount NC

10. pushed-in shot of police cruiser on I-95 with heavy snow falling near Rocky Mount NC responding to a stranded vehicle

11. pushed-in shot of car and driver stranded in ditch after sliding off I-95 with heavy snow falling near Rocky Mount NC

12. wide shot with police cruiser responding to driver stranded with car in ditch off I-95 near Rocky Mount NC

13. wide shot of truck trapped in ditch with hazard lights on in with heavy snow falling next to I-95 near Rocky Mount NC

14. pushed-in shot of truck with hazard lights on trapped in ditch off I-95 near Rocky Mount NC with heavy snow falling

15. wide shot of police officer exiting and then entering his cruiser at scene of multi-car accident on I-95 with heavy snow falling and heavy traffic near Rocky Mount

16. pushed-in shot of 2 of 3 cars in a large accident on I-95 with heavy snow falling near Rock Mount

17. wide shot of heavy traffic lined-up on I-95 due to multi-car accident with heavy snow falling near Rocky Mount

18. pushed-in shot of heavy traffic lined-up on I-95 due to multi-car accident with heavy snow falling near Rocky Mount

19. wide shot of “I-95” sign covered in ice from powerful winter storm

20. pushed-in shot of “I-95” sign covered in ice from powerful winter storm

21-24. shots of very heavy large snow flakes falling on I-95 near Rocky Mount NC

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Powerful historic winter storm covers Manning, South Carolina in glaze ice from heavy freezing rain. A “Civil Emergency” is issued for most of South Carolina as it will be paralyzed by this storm. Some areas around Manning have .75 inches (3/4 inches) of ice on trees, powerlines, grass, and signs. The heavy ice is causing power outages and bringing down large trees blocking portions of heavily trafficked Interstate 95 making travel very treacherous and sometimes impossible. Police and fire crews race to cut, move, or mark the fallen trees. This area is the northern territory for the American Aligator, yet it’s being hammered by a fierce winter storm.
All the of the scenes were shot in or near Manning, SC in the late evening and night of February 12, 2014.

Scenes:

1. wide shot of emergency vehicles with lights reflecting off fallen ice-covered trees on I-95 near Manning SC; large loads of glaze ice from freezing rain was bringing down large trees over the Interstate Highway

2. wide shot of policemen and firemen attempting to move a large tree blocking a southbound lane on I-95, emergency vehicles with lights reflecting off fallen ice-covered trees on I-95 near Manning SC

3. wide shot of policemen and firemen with flash lights attempting to move a large tree blocking a southbound lane on I-95, emergency vehicles with lights reflecting off fallen ice-covered trees on I-95 near Manning SC

4. wide shot of policemen pulling a tow cable around a fallen tree in a failed attempt to move a large tree blocking I-95 near Manning SC

5. wide shot of fallen tree on I-95 with ice covered limbs lit my emergency vehicles as they try to move the large obstruction

6. wide shot of car and ice covered limbs of a slowly falling tree on I-95 near Manning SC

7-10. shots of police and firemen cutting a large fallen tree with a chain saw in an attempt to move the obstruction from I-95 near Manning SC

11. shot ice-covered trees threatening I-95 with limbs illuminated by emergency vehicle lights near Manning, SC

12. pushed-in shot of ice-covered “Paxville and Manning” highway exit sign off I-95 in Manning SC

13-15. pushed-in, pulled-out, and panning shot of road sign covered in .75 (3/4) inch glaze ice from freezing rain near Manning SC

16. pushed-in shot of street lamp with icecicles with heavy freezing rain falling in Manning SC

17. wide shot of water, ice, and sleet covered roads in Manning SC

18. pushed-in shot of ice-covered road with car and pedestrian crossing near Manning SC

19 & 20. pushed-in and pulled-out shots of ice-covered palm tree near Manning SC

21-23. shots of tropical plant covered in ice near Manning SC

24-26. shots of massive ice-covered American Flag flapping with force in the high winds near Manning SC

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The road’s in Raleigh today were so treacherous to drive on, our photographer did not even have to leave his front porch to witness several vehicle crashes and even a semi truck sliding backwards on the road in front of his home.

Clip 1 The driver locks up their breaks and slides into another car.

Clip 2 Someone walking on the street and falls down.

Clip 3 Vehicle pulls out into the road and smashed into the curb on the other side of the street.

Clip 4 Vehicle tries to turn into a parking area and slides into the side of the road and curb and barely stops before hitting the fence.

Clip 5 The weather is so bad, even the dog wont leave the porch.

Clip 6 Pickup truck spinning its wheels and can’t get up the little hill.

Clip 7 Another pickup truck slides down the hill with the front tires locked up and wheels turned but misses hitting any cars and bounces off the curb.

Clip 8 Cars stuck in the middle of the road blocking traffic.

Clip 9 Car sliding down the road with its breaks locked up.

Clip 10 Silver car spinning its wheels and going nowhere

Clip 11 Pickup truck stuck in the road.

Clip 12 SUV spinning its wheels and not moving.

Clip 13 14 Several cars and vans stopped in the road and not moving with people walking around.

Clip 15 Semi truck sliding backwards down the small hill towards another car but the car moves out of the way before getting hit.

SID: Matt Robinson

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Video Package 1 of 2 highlighting a large Hot Air Balloon Rally & Festival in the city of Hudson, Wisconsin during frigid single digit temperatures with below zero wind chills.

Daytime video footage 1 includes;

Complete perspective of the master Hot Air Balloon launch field with a huge Mass lift off of over 50 Balloons in 1 hour over the St.Croix Valley of western Wisconsin.

Close range POV footage of up inside the Balloon tower from near the basket with high fire and heat lifting it into the air.

People dressed heavy covering their faces for the cold arctic air during the festival.

Many shots of multiple, colorful Hot Air Balloons taking to the winter skies over Hudson.

Strong winter storm strikes the nation’s Heartland, especially the Ohio Valley. Cincinnati is hit hard with heavy snow on it’s North side, heavy sleet in downtown, and freezing rain on the south side. The mix of wintry conditions has made travel dangerous and accumulations of glaze ice on powerlines and trees causes serious problems with utilities in the region.

Scenes:

1. driving night shot with traffic in very heavy snow on north side of Cincinnati, OH

2. rest area near Cincinnati full of trucks in very heavy snow at night

3. pushed-in shot of heavy snow in street light in Cincinnati, OH

4. pushed-in shot of semi-trucks and driver in heavy snow near Cincinnati, OH

5. pushed-in shot of Ohio State Flag near Cincinnati, OH with heavy snow and high winds

6. pushed-in shot of car driving in deep sleet covered-road with Cincinnati Skyline in background at night with sleet falling

7. pushed-in shot of night Cincinnati skyline with sleet falling near street light

8. pushed-in shot of powerlines and street lights with glaze ice accumulations from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

9. pushed-in shot of Interstate 75 highway sign with glaze ice accumulations from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

10. pushed-in shot of ice-covered power line from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

11. pushed-in shot of transformer and power lines with glaze ice accumulations from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

12. pushed-in shot of tree with glaze ice from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

13. pushed-in shot of sagging powerlines from freezing rain accumulations in Cincinnati, OH

14. pushed-in shot of tree with glaze ice accumulation from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

15. wide shot of ice-covered bush from freezing rain with hand crunching ice in Cincinnati, OH

16. wide shot of ice-covered car from freezing rain and sleet with windshield wipers up. People do this to keep wipers from freezing to the windshield in Cincinnati, OH

17. pushed-in shot of ice-covered powerlines from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

18. pushed-in shot of ice-covered car door handle from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

19. pushed-in shot of ice-caked American Flag frozen down from freezing rain in Cincinnati, OH

SID: Simon Brewer

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One of the most powerful and widespread winter storms of the year paralyzes states from the Great Plains through the Ohio Valley, and the Northeast. Heavy snow buries eastern Indiana along major Interstate Highway 70 near Indianapolis and Greensville, IN. The deep snow causes many motorists to lose control and slide into ditchs becoming stranded. Police and wreckers have to work late to clear roadways of the stranded cars.

Scenes:

1. daytime point of view driving shot of blowing, heavy snow and traffic on Interstate 70 east of Indianapolis, IN

2-3. daytime pushed-in shots of traffic in very low visibility heavy snow with blowing snow on Interstate 70 east of Indianapolis, IN

4-5. daytime pushed-in and pulled-out shots of car trapped in ditch in heavy snow with blowing snow on Interstate 70 east of Indianapolis, IN

6. night pushed-in shot of street light and heavy snow falling along Interstate 70 in eastern Indiana near town of Greensville

7. night pushed-in shot of Indianapolis and Columbus, OH sign on Interstate 70 with heavy snow falling with traffic in background near Greensville, IN

8. night pushed-in shot of snow plow with heavy snow falling near Greensville, IN

9. point of view night shot of heavy snow falling while driving in hazardous conditions near Greenville, IN

10-13. pulled-out and pushed-in night shots of wrecker loading stranded car with police officer and vehicle present on Interstate 70 near Greeenville, IN

14. pushed-in shot from above looking at slow-moving traffic in heavy snow along interstate 70 near Greenville, IN at night.

15. pushed-in shot of I-70 sign near Greenville, IN with heavy snow falling at night

SID: Simon Brewer

Accumulation reaches 6″+ around Tippecanoe County, Indiana as road crews continue working into the morning.

Scene 1: Snow Emergency route sign with traffic.

Scene 2: Snow Emergency route sign, wide shot with no traffic.

Scene 3: Snow plow with bright lights drives through snow covered downtown Lafayette, IN.

Scene 4: Snow plow with Wind Turbines in back ground.

Scene 5: Bobcat clearing hospital parking lot in Lafayette, IN.

Scene 6: Railroad employees clear the snow from switches on the railroad.

Scene 7: Close shot of worker clearing snow form railroad switch.

Scene 8: Snow plow on bridge.

Scene 9: Traffic in snow covered intersection.

Scene 10: Snow covered intersection.

Scene 11: Traffic on bridge.

SID: Terrence Cook
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