For the few that have found this site while making the huge overhaul, I’m still working on the site move, it has not been forgotten about. Right now I’m down to about 410 pages that need to get moved over. Then I need to go back over all the stuff I never posted over the years and THEN it should be ready.
The last few weeks have been crazy busy with the record breaking snow here in Minnesota. So we go from nothing to OMG rush Rush RUSH!!!!
So back to work for me here, going to try and knock down a few hundred more pages by Monday.
Today I was back out in the crazy winter weather around Saint Cloud, MN.
Another powerful winter storm hit central Minnesota and just in the Saint Cloud, MN metro area where dozens of wrecks were reported just around the noon hour as another half foot of snow blanketed the area.
Video has lots of wrecks, cars, trucks and semi along with snow plows and people just stuck in the ditches.
Saint Cloud, MN Winter Storm Travel Nightmare – 2/20/2019
Not even back for a day from ChaserCon and the weather keep’s hitting in central Minnesota. I was not even out for a few minutes when I came upon this wreck by Clearwater, MN.
2/12/2019 Crash on Interstate 94 near Clearwater, MN
Footage from Interstate 94 in Wright County where the roads became ice covered and extremely hazardous to drive on. Footage of numerous wrecks including a roll over where the driver walked away unharmed.
Lots of Crashes and Roll Over on I94 in Wright County MN – 2/12/2019
Clip 1 State Patrol responding to a wreck with lights and sirens.
Clip 2 Car in the ditch broadside and on top of the snow.
Clip 3 Truck on the side that rolled over.
Clip 4 Snow plow.
Clip 5 – 6 Roll over from different POV.
Clip 7 Two people stuck in the center ditch.
Clip 8 Snow plows passing the wide angle side camera.
Clip 9 Passing wrecks with side camera shot.
Clip 10 Same scene as clip 9 but from front dash camera.
Clip 11 POV Snow plow on Interstate 94 coming towards the camera.
Clip 12 Long clip of bad roads and then vehicles in the ditch.
Clip 13 Car in the ditch with tow truck trying to recover.
Clip 14 Truck in the ditch in the center cables.
Clip 15 Stopped and backed up traffic due to all the crashes.
Clip 16 Vehicle in the ditch and crash with pickup and semi truck.
Just driving back from ChaserCon in Wichita, KS and into the next brutal winter storm that is hitting the Twin Cities metro area.
SUV smashed up at the 494/694 Split in Maple Grove, MN
After the snow came the very slick roads around the Twin Cities metro area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN. Dozens of wrecks were reported the late evening all over the metro area. Footage show in Hennepin County on the northwest side of the metro area.
Shot Description
Clip 1 Crash on Interstate 694/94.
Clip 2 Crash on Interstate 94.
Clip 3 Crash on Highway 62 and France Avenue.
Clip 4 Road Block due to wrecks on Highway 100 and France Avenue.
Clip 5-7 Crash on Highway 100 and Minnetonka BLVD
Clip 8-9 MNDot Truck “DUMPING” a lot of treatment on the road way due to the extremely slippery conditions on the road. Location 494 Maple Grove
Clip 10 MNDot Plows blocking Highway 100 due to crashes and slick conditions.
Clip 11 Crash on Highway 100 that was a roll over.
MN State Trooper stuck in the snow on Interstate 94
Footage from the horrible road conditions in Wright County from Clearwater to Albertville with the bulk of the footage shot around Monticello, MN on Interstate 94.
I did get a “Unicorn” something that does not or should not exist or happen. Roads are so bad that even the Minnesota State Troopers are getting stuck trying to respond to all the crashes.
MN State Patrol stuck in the snow just southeast of Clearwater, MN on Interstate 94..
Saint Cloud, MN Winter Storm Crashes AM – 2/7/2019
A winter storm warning is now in effect for the Saint Cloud, MN metro area just to the northwest west of the Twin Cities Metro where already a half a foot of snow or just shy of 16CM has fallen since midnight.
Shot Description
Clip 1 Dash camera of near wreck right in front of me where I had to act quick to avoid the crash scene.
Clip 2 Crash scene on Interstate 94
Clip 3 Shot of ruler in the snow with V.O. saying that just over six inches of snow has fallen since Midnight.
Clip 4 Side shot passing snow plow on interstate 94.
Clip 5 Snow plow on County Road 75.
Clip 6 Passing one of the many spin outs on the side of the road on interstate 94.
Clip 7 Driving past crash scene with trooper trying to walk in the snow.
Video from earlier today of untreated or summer blend diesel fuel freezing pretty much solid.
Time-Lapse Of non treated summer blend diesel fuel that is meant for use only in warmer climates and it freezes up into a wax like substance within two hours at -10F or -23C temperatures.
The fuel was stored at 74F (23C) just prior to this experiment to show what happens inside the fuel system of the vehicles with untreated diesel fuel if they drive from warmer weather and into the extreme arctic sub zero polar vortex conditions that have impacted a large portion of Canada and the United States this week.
Experiment to show why so much of the commercial traffic has been delayed due to the cold weather.
Shot Description
One long clip from a two hour long video that is edited into three parts that starts out in real time showing the diesel fuel is liquid and free flowing.
Then a time-lapse starts at about 20 seconds after the timer starts or at 37 seconds into the video and continues to about one minute and fifty five seconds into the video where you see the diesel fuel thicken up and gel up.
Then the last part of the video is in real time that shows the diesel fuel is pretty much solid and what it would look like in a fuel tank or fuel system such as a vehicles fuel filter.
Freezing stuff in the crazy stupid -30F below sub zero cold weather
In this video, we take a look at the extreme cold “Polar Vortex” sub zero weather where we freeze items that you would think should be safe from the cold weather.
Shot in Minnesota during the overnight hours where the outside air temp was -28F.
We did a time lapse of summer blend or non treated Diesel fuel in the extreme cold and you can see it freezing and jelling up into a thick sludge that looked like wax. Imagine that in your fuel tank and in your fuel system.
Also included along side the diesel freezing, we froze old antifreeze that was rated for -10F to show that if you do not have the properly rated antifreeze in your engine, you will be in big trouble as this expanded. In a sealed system, this could ruin your engine.
We also revisited the freezing 40 Proof Vodka and freezing 35 Proof Rum to show the time lapse of the alcohol freezing.
As a control, we did freeze a bottle of water and last but not least, we froze time. Ok not really time but a scuba diving watch / dive computer in a large glass where it became a huge block of ice.
Special thank you to the staff at GATR Truck Center in Sauk Rapids, MN for finding the impossible to find non treated summer blend of diesel fuel that I used in this video.
Check them out at their website and Twitter at :
https://www.gatr.net
https://twitter.com/gatrtruckcenter
Also check out our TeeSpring Merch below the video.
Yes, with the insane cold temperatures here in Minnesota, it was no fun going out to try and document the extreme cold when in the middle of the night there is nobody out and every thing is closed due to the weather. It is just stupid cold out.
So what did we do here at the office of StormChasingVideo.com ? We froze some stuff in the stupid cold temps. Come On, it was just shy of -35F out side.
The video is two parts where we do a short fast clip and then we put in the behind the scenes funny stuff. We will be doing another video tonight of the stupid cold so let us know what you think we should freeze in the -35F temps.
Saint Paul, MN Extreme Cold Polar Vortex – 1/29/2019
The Polar Vortex of extreme cold weather is moving into the upper Midwest with noon time temps in the negative double digits.
Footage from around downtown Saint Paul where the Saint Paul Winter Carnival is going on this week but several of the outdoor activities are canceled due to the extreme cold including the outdoor skating rink at Rice Park.
Shot Description
Clip 1-2 Time and Temp just before 11Am showing -15F
Clip 3 What you could call a “Polar Vortex” of snow blowing between buildings in downtown Saint Paul.
Clip 4 Flags blowing in the wind.
Clip 5 Sign outside the skating rink showing the rink is closed due to the weather.
Clip 6 Empty skating rink.
Clip 7 Man running in the cold.
Clip 8 Sign outside the Saint Paul Tech College saying it was closed due to the weather.
Clip 9 Signs outside the Saint Paul Winter Carnival Ice Carving display showing the park is closed.
Clip 10 People out checking out the ice sculptures from the sidewalk.
Clip 11 Cold person
Clip 12 – 17 Various ice sculptures on display
Clip 18 Saint Paul Winter Carnival flags
Clip 19 Someone cold walking
Clip 20 Blowing snow
Clip 21 Blowing snow with the State Capital in the background
