Buffalo Blizzard Drone Footage

Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past week, you’ve more than likely heard about the extreme lake effect snow event that has dumped several FEET of snow on Buffalo, New York and surrounding areas.  Several people have lost their lives during this event.  The enormous weight of the snow pack has caused several […]

Epic Rainbow + Lightning Strike = Amazing

I’m sure some of you may have read about the fifth order rainbow posted a few days ago. Now that rainbow was all cool and everything, but sometimes double rainbows are just as pretty. If you combine a video of a double rainbow and a lightning strike, the results are pretty freaking cool. Check out […]

Monsoon Time Lapse

Sometimes we must speed up reality to get an adequate understanding of the beauty and complexity of natural processes. Mike Olbinski has created a Monsoon time lapse video. The video is awe inspiring. You will likely never look at a thunderstorm the same way again. “All summer long when I’m chasing storms, I’m also time-lapsing. […]

Japan Volcano Ash Cloud Overtakes Hikers

Many of you have heard about the unexpected volcano eruption that occurred in Japan over the weekend.  According to multiple reports, this tragedy claimed the lives of 31 people.  The video below was taken by a hiker on Mount Ontake in central Japan as the surprising eruption occurred.  An enormous ash cloud ensues, and eventually overtakes […]

King Fire Time Lapse is Incredible

The King Fire has been raging out of control to the east of Sacramento, California. Unfortunately, the cause of the fire is expected to be arson. However, this fire has quickly spread across the region due to bone-dry conditions across California, due to severe drought. Here’s an excerpt from the LA Times article regarding the […]

Tornado Hits Henderson County

Tornado Hits Henderson County: A tornado was reported south of Henderson, KY around 5:00pm local time this afternoon. A picture of this tornado was captured and posted on Twitter as seen below… Southern Henderson ky NOW pic.twitter.com/WPySrzP3aN — Grimlock (@bluzmman) August 17, 2014 Here’s some radar data around the time of the reported tornado earlier: […]

WNKY Interview

I had the privilege of sitting down with WNKY weather forecaster Andrew Dockery last week to discuss a variety of topics in the weather world.  We broke down concepts relating to this summer’s unusual climate, debunked the polar vortex pandemic, and explained to need to simply things when communicating to the public.  Check it out […]

Sunset Timelapse over Hood River & Mt Hood

I’m always on the lookout for new photographers to showcase on the blog. A majority of time these are either local folks or storm chasers. This time, I bring you a photographer from the Pacific Northwest. Blaine Franger has been producing some of the best nature photographs from the Pacific Northwest for quite some time. […]