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From: kcstormguy{at}aol.com
Date: Sun Aug 15 2004 - 20:53:32 EDT
> Mike
> The next best thing to being there is seeing the tornado and storm action and
understanding what is actually going on. Reliving that action through the
eyes of a stormchaser that does a good job in directing the video/DVD makes it
not only enjoyable, enhances the footage and allows to see the marvels of
nature closeup. Your DVD is top notch. I though I might include some extra
input.
(1) The video footage is well done and shows some dramatic structures. Nice
menu of the chapters which can be accessed individually instead of going
through the whole video (- this is a nicer advantage of having DVD- but you will
want to see the whole DVD when you do whole or by chapter!).
(2) The DVD menu starts off well. nice start of several video sequences to
start off the video/dvd
(3) Nice titling to begin the chapters / the beginning of each video sequence
and good use of some fade in and out sequences.
(4) Great sound
(5) Great closeups and background scenery as well showing the structures with
the foreground (nice colors etc).
(6) Good sound and music included at spots
(7) Nicely down slide video shows of great footage shows the great structure
in the storms
(8) Dvd allows for nice increasing, slowing down and pausing crisp imaging
especially 5/24
(9) May 16 Holt Co. Nebraska tornadoes:- hail sequences nice added touch
(10) 5/24 tornado on ground in background nice. Great closeups of funnel -
great to use DVD stop action and slow, fast.
(11) 5/28 nice inflow huge mothership -nice pictures slide video show.
(12) 6/10 good in fast motion
(13) 6/11white tornado nice =- nice needle funnel - speeding up footage is
dramatic- great closeups
(14) 6/13 great tornado and structure and slide video sequence
(15) 7/8 nice slide video show
(16) nice with the funnel coming done
I highly recommend this DVD not only for the well done footage, the use of
DVD footage and chapters. Great job Mike.
I have my 7 eclipse expeditons now done on DVD (1972-2001) and will now start
on my 2001-2004 Storm Satori DVD.
Dr.Eric Flescher (kcstormguy{at}aol.com),Olathe, KS -Storm
Satori-http://members.aol.com/kcstormguy/stormsatori/stormsatori.htm
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> 1. Video EI-IV Plains Gone Wild
>
> From: "Mike Hollingshead" <extreme_instability{at}hotmail.com>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Message: 1
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> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 10:19:32 -0500
>
> From: "Mike Hollingshead" <extreme_instability{at}hotmail.com>
>
> Subject: Video EI-IV Plains Gone Wild
> http://www.extremeinstability.com/video.htm
> Well I think I finally have this DONE. If you order and I run into a
>
> problem making more DVDs I will have to say I'm sorry but there will be no
>
> refunds as I will just go jump off a bridge. Just kidding of course. I'll
>
> refund before I jump. There shouldn't be any probs though as I've made a
>
> ton already and am having no problems. JINX!!!! (squared away the source
>
> of all my problems to a dirty dvd player #%#{at}${at}#$)
>
>
>
> About the vid. Every year from here on out should look to 2004 for the
>
> standard in which springs should come in. If we could see "2005" and it was
>
> an object I bet it has this most evil grin. 2004 takes the cake! A year
>
> where you can royally screw up a ton of days and still blow away any
>
> expectations for any perfectly chased year....crazy. With this years video
>
> I tried to fully capture the best days of the year and leave all the other
>
> non-2004-standard storms out. Not because I wanted to, but because I didn't
>
> want more then a 2hr vid. It would be wrong to sacrafice tornado footage to
>
> squeeze in some 'normal' chase days.
>
>
>
> Chases covered:
>
>
>
> May 16 Holt Co. Nebraska tornadoes: Compact beasty HP tracks ne and
>
> produces a tornado just west of the road after all lightning activity
>
> DIES...after being a CONSTANT lightning producer(one long roll of thunder as
>
> it approaches). This storm had a perfect "donut hole" with the rfd. Nice
>
> motions with wrapping rain curtains before the main tornado occurs. When
>
> tornadogenisis occurs I wasn't exactly expecting it anymore, and it was just
>
> off the road in the field about 1/8th mile. It appears the RFD being
>
> infront of it actually pushes it a bit west from where it first forms. That
>
> or the parent circulation skinnies up. It just seems alot closer when it
>
> first forms.
>
>
>
> May 22 eastern NE monster supercell: This storm formed near Columbus and
>
> rides the warm front east. You can imagine it's potential on the warm front
>
> when you look what storms not on the warm front were doing. It was never se
>
> vere warned I do not believe after it first went up. I think it's first
>
> warning was a tornado warning. The radar of this event/storm is really
>
> pretty insane. Just as it'd get a strong hook it'd have to eat a storm
>
> infront of it. A little storm would pop up and disrupt it just enough. You
>
> could watch it quickly reform and hook I think 3 times between Columbus and
>
> Blair each time having to eat new convection infront of it. Had this not
>
> been happening I'm fairly certain there would of been a long tracked tornado
>
> very near or in town after town down highway 30....including my home town!
>
> I think every town from Columbus to Blair reported baseball or larger hail.
>
> I decided to stay west of the meso as it was just so amazing to look at.
>
> Problem was getting inside the precip/hail wrap to see. It wanted so badly
>
> to put a big one down so you had to be inside the hail enough but not under
>
> the thing. After the structure dissapears behind precip you can see high
>
> speed scud going around the circulation just off the ground with the rain.
>
> I couldn't believe the people driving into that scene..lol. I was
>
> like....best of luck in there!
>
>
>
> May 24 Chester Nebraska tornadofest: I stayed on the highway south(81?)
>
> for this chase taking in tornado after tornado. Part of me wishes I had
>
> tried to get closer to one or two of them but when you see 3 going on at
>
> once you quickly realize it might be a bit trickier then normal to get
>
> close. The longest lived tornado is rather cool towards it's end. It just
>
> sort of looked like smoke that seemed like it was hardly able to hold
>
> together. I didn't see the 15 or more tors some saw, but am still not
>
> certain how that is. There are 6 or 7 on this segment though. This
>
> includes the last one where apparently there is another in the shot I had no
>
> idea of! Another site points it out. Only in 2004....lol.
>
>
>
> May 28 nc to ne Nebraska LP beast: The, "what the hell" storm.
>
> http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/04-5-28-18.jpg\ And right after
>
> that I think the general comment will be, "what the hell". A freaky inflow
>
> machine. Wind screaming through the electrical wires and this flat
>
> smoothing going on of the clouds forming from the extreme inflow. Freaky.
>
> And it appears to be dumping this precip in this perfect wall for some time.
>
> Never seen anything remotely like this. The storm was on this steady state
>
> growth cycle. Like it was growing at all times until it had to start to bow
>
> out at Sioux City. Great chase day.
>
>
>
> June 10 Big Springs Nebraska: I talked too long at the North Platte
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> library, blowing off that storm for a bit too long....like all but the last
>
> 30 seconds of the tornado too long.
>
>
>
> June 11 nc Iowa tornadofest: Not to complain after getting 5 tornadoes,
>
> but ain't there a rule against tornadogenisis at 1pm? I missed the best tor
>
> of the day(#1) by 40 miles or so. Got tors 1,2 and 3(excluding what I
>
> missed of course) from a few miles away. 1 was a nice white tube, 2 an
>
> elephant trunk, and 3 a large brief touchdown(vid is far from great on all
>
> these 3). 4 was a nice spoutish tor west of Ft. Dodge a few hours later. 5
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> was the main tor I caught this day. This was south of Ft. Dodge. There was
>
> this really long line of weakish convection that seemed to go ne-sw forever.
>
> I wanted to get to tail-end-charlie but there was always something new! The
>
> 4th tor slowed me down as it seemed like anywhere in the line would do. I
>
> think if there is VERY dry air in the mid-levels you can get some "strange"
>
> things. After the 4th tor I just wanted to look for any "kinks" in this
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> line so I meandered around on dirt roads south of Ft. Dodge as the line was
>
> barely moving. Finally one forms. Shortly after a dust whirl forms that
>
> I'd normally insist was a....well...dust whirl, gustnado. This is happening
>
> right around the 1 square mile grid road to my north. Right above this
>
> whirl a tiny white funnel pokes out briefly. The cut/kink continues to grow
>
> above and the whirl gets more and more intense with NO funnel at all for the
>
> longest time. It tears something up before crossing the highway east. The
>
> cut is really cool to watch as it cuts very hard back to the west, north of
>
> the now funnel. Below the funnel the vortex at the ground is quite intense
>
> with crazy multiple vorticies tearing things up. Got some zoomed in footage
>
> from within a mile. Then this thing really smacks some outbuildings and
>
> fills the air with debris. I set the vid cam down to shoot some stills
>
> quickly and this short time frame is the only point condensation fully
>
> contacts the sfc..
>
> http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/04-6-11-17.gif\ I now wish I had
>
> kept videoing that part as conditions for good stills sucked with all the
>
> precip. Video during that part would of been very sweet as the lower vortex
>
> when it would condense was doing some really cool things...
>
> http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/04-6-11-15.jpg\ It briefly got 4
>
> or 5 individual funnels splitting and spacing themselves perfectly..this is
>
> on vid but the contrast wasn't that great so it's hard to see, but can be
>
> seen.
>
>
>
> June 13 Alvo Nebraska mean supercell and tornado: Didn't want to use
>
> beast again, but beast probably works better then mean. This was truly a
>
> crazy storm to look at. It looked like it wanted to come to life and just
>
> start killing things. Like it was sent from hell...lol. The intertwining
>
> of the tornadoes is cool. There were 5 or so subvorticies that touch down.
>
> The one decides to stick right where it is all skinny like, while a 2nd and
>
> 3rd go across it heading south. The 2nd one slows up and the 2 are ongoing
>
> right next to each other and when the 2nd comes apart you can see somehow
>
> there were 2 intertwined in it...seriously intertwined. You can watch them
>
> come apart as it dies. How exactly they can intertwine like that I haven't
>
> a clue.
>
>
>
> July 8 Mullen Nebraska shelf: A shelf included on a 2004 video?? It was
>
> pretty cool so I put it on here.
>
>
>
> July 12 Bartlett Nebraska Tornadoes and BIG Supercell: I'm getting really
>
> sick of typing this. http://www.extremeinstability.com/04-7-12.htm
>
> Insanity at it's finest. 2 tornadoes and a true MONSTER supercell. You
>
> know....the "big" class storms. Almost missed all those "big" storms this
>
> year.
>
>
>
> It's for sale or trade now. If you want to trade and won't have yours
>
> done for a while, no big deal. Just let me know an address and I'll get one
>
> out soon.
>
>
>
> http://www.extremeinstability.com/video
>
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