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New Snake Video...

Hello rotating water vapor enthusiasts.  Just wanted to let you guys know I'll be whipping out several short Australian reptile videos over the next several weeks as I'm reviewing and cataloging all the footage.  I don't want to ping you guys more than I have to, so be sure and check my...

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FREE SONG of the MONTH - "Over the Rainbow"

All this cold boring weather is making me dream of tornado season.  Below in the attachments is the free download for this version of "Over The Rainbow."  The movie came out the same year as my guitar... 1939.  

Spent the last couple jet lagged days dumping, labeling and orga...

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Celebratory Meal

Well, the storms here have been about the weakest I’ve ever seen. Strange considering they’re the tallest. Any weaker and they’d be called clouds. I think I managed 3 lightning strikes this entire trip.

I’m far from unhappy. The nature and wildlife here has givin’ me one of the m...

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Australia 4 days in...

Loss of words to describe the sights here. If you love nature and wildlife then this is heaven. I’m running low on sleep and it’s booming thunder outside right now. Will update with better video, stories and pics later. Right now it’s harvest time!

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THANKSGIVING FORECAST

It’s actually Friday here in Darwin. I’m thankful for a forecast of storms everyday while I’m here AND the crazy animals I saw yesterday... grilled dragon, giant fruit bats, the deadly brown snake, the brown tree snake, the dingo AND KANGAROOS!!! Thank you for this Patrons

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Storm Chasing next week... AUSTRALIA!

I'll arrive in Darwin Wednesday afternoon in high hopes of thunderstorms.  The current forecast is looking damn good.  Big thunderstorms, huge crocodiles, deadly snakes, deadly jellyfish, crazy birds...  Does it get better than that?  Yes.  Dingos, kangaroos, frilled drag...

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Song of the Month - Here's Looking at You

For those who are more into the Rock n Roll... We recorded this song back in 2004 and here we are taking it on tour in NYC in 2006.  You might recognize the breakdown / violin section in several storm videos over the years.  I wrote the lyrics about a girl struggling with anorexia nervo...

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Auroras from an airplane

While flying over the Bering Straight, I finally scored my first Auroras. For close to an hour I shot video out the window and won’t be able to view it on a computer until I’m back home in 10 days. Here’s a pic from an iPhone.

There are storms forecast here in Thailand next Thursday ...

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NEW WHOPPER VIDEO!

Here it is! I wanted to make a video of my all time most beautiful captures... My greatest lightning, tornadoes, rainbows, sprites and what not.  A portfolio of stable shots without windshield wipers that focuses on the beauty (sometimes terrible beauty) of Mother Nature's storms.  Than...

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Last Night's Tornadoes Recap

When the first tornado warning was issued I was trapped in a neighborhood with re-routing construction.  I eventually made my way to the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard for a spectacular view to the west where I anticipated the storm and possible tornadoes to come to me.  Clear air smooth ch...

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TODAY’s CHASE - TX / OK

Currently have confidence for storms to initiate near the Red River Valley at 8-9pm this evening. It’s far from ideal, but it’s close to home and it’s October. I’ll post updates and worthy/irrelevant photos in this thread when possible / inspired. Have a great Sunday!

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PHOTO OF THE (every other) MONTH - October

Storms on this day were a little elevated and forecast to be outflow dominant.  They were headed into the Nebraska sand hills where there's 2 roads.  This road and that road.  Do you take it easy and watch this show from way back here or work your butt off for extremely slim odds u...

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Mangum Oklahoma Tornado 5-20-19 Sneak Peek

You've got a better chance to see a tornado on a good slight risk 5% day than a High risk 45% day.  Here is some less than mediocre footage of the Mangum tornado this year.  

I'll slowly start working on "Tornadoes of 2019"  and hope to send you guys some of the other tornado...

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Song of the Month - THE BLUE WRATH (remix)

This is the kooky cool tune I used in my last whale shark video.  I looped and mixed out most of the organ and replaced it with twangy surf guitar.  Had to be done. 

FREE DOWNLOAD IN ATTACHMENTS

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PBS Live Performance

Here's one of three live tunes PBS Shot and mixed at the University of Houston campus. Jo Bird shreds the viola on this one... Actually she shreds every song.  I'll be posting a free download of that La La La LA song in the last Mexico video for you guys in a day or two.  

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BIG NEWS - MORE GREEN AFTERGLOW !!!

Super excited that Paul Smith captured one of the most magnificent TLE events I've seen on video.   A cluster of sprites (Red) with vibrant secondary jets (purple / blue) and green afterglow on the peaks of the streamers.  This is a deal sealer.  Anybody previously arguing the...

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NEXT VIDEO SLATED for Upload Mañana.

I'm a little frustrated how long this video has taken me to edit.  That's usually the result of lots of crappy footage and bad audio to sort through.  After 40-50 hours and thousands of little decisions I've finally got this one whittled down to the clean choice cuts.  Good fun stu...

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T'was Flooding Down in Texas.

Checking in to let you guys know we're high and dry down here.  Third freakin' epic flood we've had inside 20 years.  

KEEPING A HOPEFUL EYE on Kansas and Nebraska Tuesday evening for some supercells.  Getting close to the second tornado season and I'm hoping to bring you guy...

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NEW VIDEO TODAY / TONIGHT (Maybe)

I managed to take the best from several corrupted files and complete a presentable video from my College of Dupage lecture last March.  The camera mic at the back of the room was pretty good so that's our main audio until people start yapping next to it.  Prior to the lecture I bought a...

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SONG of the MONTH - "Something" on Ukulele

My punk-ass cousin Spencer lived in Hawaii for a couple years and came back to Texas shredding on the Ukulele.  Here he is playing "Something" by the Beatles.  

This was recorded live with a Nikon D7000 in the Basin in Big Bend Texas on one of our animal adventures. You can hear t...

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interesting GFS run - DORIAN

Quite a difference in GFS runs since yesterday’s slam into Florida. This run has the eye wall staying just offshore before U-turning back into the Atlantic.

Good news for Florida. Georgia, Carolinas... not so much. I’m not a hurricane expert but it looks like this scenario would generat...

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NEW VIDEO LATE TONIGHT - or tomorrow

Been on a mad scientist roll editing for the last week.  Titling this video isn't going to be easy. 

NOTES:

If you're interested, here is a sneak peek of the script and notes for this next video...

TITLE???

ARIZONA TORNADO & Desert Lightning

ARI...

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LIVE CHAT NOW

I'll post the link BELOW when ready... In another 20 minutes or so. 

Conjure up some questions if you can. 

https://youtu.be/yUpEVNUJ9Is

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LIVE CHAT - Tuesday Evening 8PM CDT

Hey gang, 

I need ya'll to temporarily distract me from editing.  Tomorrow night lets chat news, plans, updates, Q&A and general BS.  

Set your alarm and stick a post it on your fridge. Looking forward!

-h

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Bug anxiety?

Here's a video of a sweet little vinegaroon just uploaded to my other channel.  Caught this gem on my recent Arizona trip.   Man there's a lot of footage to sort through, but if i don't leave the desk to sleep or eat, i can probably have the Arizona tornado, lightning, aliens, merm...

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Photo of the Every Other Month - August

Here's one of my faves from my recent week in Arizona (that isn't a snake or bug).  You can download it and print it in the link below.  

I've got most of my footage dumped and labeled.  Gonna be a fun video with lightning, a landspout, a vinegaroon, 6 different kinds of ratt...

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ARIZONA TORNADO 😝

Well whatdaya know! This cute landspout was west of Tucson yesterday afternoon. Some decent lightning followed by a fiery sunset over saguaros. After that I scored an adult sidewinder and an adult California kingsnake among other critters. We’ll definitely have to do a sneak peek video of all t...

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Arizona this weekend

Haven’t been capturing anything out of the ordinary in Arizona regarding weather, however already documented 4 different species of rattlesnakes including one that has been alluding me for decades namely the banded rock rattlesnake. Woohoo!

Ran into fellow chaser and patron Mike Olbinski...

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TODAY’s Chase - Arizona / New Mexico

I’ve arrived in Arizona and Already got some great footage of Sky West airlines smashing luggage around like an angry gorilla. I took the opportunity to practice letting go of my precious cameras computers and hard drives.

I’m currently targeting SE AZ / SW NM for some potential light...

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Song of the Month - "Crossed the Line"

This one is about leaving it all behind and hitting the road to nowhere.  So are most of em.  Download free mp3 below. Hope you enjoy. 

EXPIRED

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