60+ MPH Winds

This was shot on the night of February 12th and the morning of February 14th 2009. We where under a high wind warning with winds reaching well over 60 MPH. Weakened trees from a winter storm a few weeks earlier downed trees causing them to fall on power lines that put many in the region in the dark, including us for at least 10 hours. While I was out in it, I witnessed numerous power flashes. One of our neighbor's tree tipped over from the winds of an earlier thunderstorm.

Lightning Flash And Thunder

This is the first lightning flash and thunder that I have filmed. It is also the first lightning that I have seen this year. I saw the bolt but my camera wasn't pointed at it. :(

Precip Over Columbus

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Deadly Winter Storm Part Five

This is the final part of video from the deadly winter storm in Columbus, Ohio on the morning of 01/28/2009. I filmed this when we where passing the city. The last part is when we arrived in Hilliard.

Deadly Winter Storm Part Four

This is part four of video from the deadly winter storm in Columbus, Ohio on the morning of 01/28/2009. Shortly before this was filmed, one of the windshield whippers on the van we came up in froze and broke off! I had to pay to have it replaced before Onryu and Justin left. Me and Chris lead them out of the city. The rest of this was filmed from Chris' car.

Deadly Winter Storm Part Three

This is where things started to get bad. We soon found ourselves in blizzard conditions. We got lost during the worst of it. We pulled in to a gas station to get directions, and on our way out we got stuck in the snow. Someone tried to give us a tow, but we eventually got ourselves out with me gunning it while Onryu (the driver) and Justin (our navigator) pushed.

Thunderstorms, Wind, Flooding, and Power Outages

The 60+ MPH winds last night put many people in the area in the dark, including us. It flickered for a few hours, finally went out completely around 12AM, and didn't come back on again until around 10AM.

It was very much like being in a hurricane last night. One of our neighbor's trees tipped over. Our dumpster was afloat. The Scioto River flooded.

I got some video of the wind last night and our neighbor's toppled tree, but I unfortunately missed the thunderstorms that passed through earlier in the day due to other responsibilities. I am going to wait and see if I can make it out today to get additional damage footage to add to what I have before I edit it together and upload.

Deadly Winter Storm Part Two

This is part two of video from the deadly winter storm on the morning of 01/28/2009 in Columbus, Ohio. We where coincidentally on our way to the worst of the storm while I was filming this. Sleet was coming down at an incredible rate. You can hear it hitting the windshield. It stung to be hit by it. It would later make a layer of ice that was at least three inches for the snow to pile on top of. I slipped on this layer of ice while moving in to our new apartment twice. It hurt both times. I will be editing and uploading part three in the coming days.

A Taste Of Spring

Sever Thunderstorms are in the forecast for later today along with a high wind warning! I will be getting my camera ready.

Deadly Winter Storm Part One

This is part one of video from the deadly winter storm on 01/28/2009 in Columbus, Ohio. This was shot on our way to Columbus. The worst of the weather was yet to come. I will be uploading more in the coming days so check back soon!