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With everyone Social Distancing and now many locations issuing Shelter In Place, some in the northern states might be tempted to get in one last day of Ice Fishing. Here is a warning, please don’t because it may cost you your life or your very expensive out door equipment along with the cost of thousands of dollars to recovery your vehicle if it falls through the thin ice.

Footage shot during the mid afternoon 3/25 on Ann Lake in Ann Lake Township, MN of the staff of Andy’s Towing out of Saint Cloud, MN recovering a Polaris Side By Side ATV.

According to the crew recovering the ATV, a Grandfather and two Grand Children where out Ice Fishing and drove into an area of thin ice. All three where able to make it out of the ATV unharmed and make it to shore for help on 3/24/2020.

The ATV fell into about 14 feet deep water in near zero visibility due to a current from a nearby river that feeds the lake.
Shot Description

Clip 1 Drone shot showing the tracks of the ATV as it drove over the thin ice over the river channel in Ann Lake.

Clip 2 Scuba Tank B-Roll

Clip 3 Interview with Josh Athmann of Andy’s Towing and he describes the scene and what is happened.

Clip 4 B-Roll of the tracks of the ATV up to the open water.

Clip 5-6 B-Roll of Andy’s Towing vehicles.

Clip 7 Tracked recovery vehicle driving on the ice.

Clip 8 Dive crew gearing up.

Clip 9 – 11 Crews cutting a hole in the ice about 150 feet away from where the vehicle went in to drag it under the ice and lift it out at an area where the ice is stronger.

Clip 12 Dive crew getting ready to go into the water.

Clip 13 Drone pull back shot starting out with a tight shot of a diver ready to enter the water and then fly away to wide shot to show the whole scene.

Clip 14 – 15 Diver enter the water.

Clip 16 Diver in the water monitoring a second diver under the water directly below him.

Clip 17 Both drivers in the water after hooking up a cable to the ATV.

Clip 18 Tight wide shot on the winch pulling the ATV out then pans right to the A Frame rig used to lift the vehicle out of the water.

Clip 19 – 23 Pulling the ATV out of the water and back up onto the ice.

Clip 24 – 25 ATV on the ice after it was recovered.

Cruise ships look like “ghost ships” as they depart Miami without passengers during one of the biggest cruise weekends of spring break season. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cruise industry in Miami to suspend passenger cruises for at least 30 days in an attempt to slow the contagion of the coronavirus by fostering social distancing. Erie rare video of cruise ships leaving the Port of Miami without passengers. Coronavirus ghost ships.
Shot Description

12,3) Shots of Norwegian Pearl departing the port of Miami cruise terminal without cruise passengers and heading to the turning basin to turn around before heading out to sea.
4) Close long duration shot showing the upper deck void of passengers as Norwegian Pearl approaches the turning basin.
5,6) Two shots of upper deck areas completely empty as the ship turns in the basin.
7,8) Upper deck basketball court empty.
9,10) Stern dining area empty except for 3 officers in white uniforms.
11) Duplicate shot of #9. Oops.
12,13) Norwegian Pearl heading out towards the Government Cut.
14-19) Six varied shots of the ship Explorer of the Seas leaving the dock in ghost ship mode and heading out to sea without any passengers.

Shelves usually full of canned goods, toilet paper, and other supplies are as employees try to keep up with demand on March 14, 2020 at Walmarts across Colorado Springs, Colorado. On March 13, 2020 President Trump declared a national emergency over the Coronavirus, Covid-19 after the W.H.O. declared it a pandemic.
Shot Description

0:00 – An isle normally filled with toilet paper and paper towels is mostly empty at Walmart

0:17 – Mostly empty shelves usually containing pasta and pasta sauce

0:32 – Another shot of empty shelves usually containing pasta and rice

0:41 – Closeup of empty shelf usually containing canned goods

0:49 – A note asks customers to limit purchasing of Babywipe products

1:06 – Empty shelves of hand soap

1:24 – Closeup of Empty shelves of hand soap

1:31 – Shoppers pick out items near an empty shelf

1:51 – Shoppers shopping

2:05 – Empty meat shelves

2:17 – Empty shelves normally stocked with eggs

2:29 – Closeup of empty shelves normally stocked with eggs

2:40 – More empty egg shelves

2:46 – Walmart employee tidy’s up egg shelf with limited stock

2:51 – Empty toilet paper and paper tower shelves

3:01 – Closeup of empty toilet paper shelf

3:10 – Near-empty meat isle

3:25 – Hand sanitizing station

3:35 – Closeup of hand sanitizing station

3:40 – Shoppers exiting Walmart in Colorado Springs

Dateline: 3/1/2020 – Cars Spin and Drift During Sudden Heavy Snowfall in Colorado Springs, CO.

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A sudden dump of intense heavy and wet snow creates slippery conditions on March 1, 2020 causing traffic mayhem in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Shot Description

00:00 – SUV loses control and runs into a traffic barrel

00:13 – Another SUV loses control slams into a curb, and drives off

0:28 – Cars stranded driving uphill on N. Union Blvd

00:50 – Snowplow on N. Union Blvd while cars trail behind

01:11 – Police close eastbound E. Woodman Rd to clear stranded cars uphill (traffic jam)

01:31 – A cars struggle up a slippery hill at N. Union Blvd, causing mayhem

03:41 – Snowplow plowing and treating road

04:00 – Truck with trailer slides on N. Union Blvd

04:14 – Cars travel up W. Fillmore St in heavy snow

04:27 – Police direct traffic away from a hilly closed portion of N. Union Blvd