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2009 Storm Chasing & Photography Logs, Photos & Videos

By DAN ROBINSON
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From Dan: How the crime of copyright infringement took $1 million from me and shut down my operation.

My work is, at this very moment you are reading this, generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I was forced to shut down the professional side of my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.

2009 broke my streak of seeing a tornado every year since 2004. The Great Plains spring season this year was a difficult one, with only a few good opportunities for tornadoes. Despite being tornado-less for the year, I brought home some memorable tower lightning shots from Oklahoma City, and succeeded in capturing extreme close-ups of lightning with a 1300mm lens. As a lightning photographer first, this made my 2009 an overall good year.

View 1,597 storm chases:
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Winter Weather ChasesCloud FormationsIce StormsFlood ChasesEarthquake ChasesWest Virginia Storms and LightningRainbow EventsWind Events

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Catch of the Year:


April 26: Upward-moving 'ground-to-cloud' lightning strikes a tower in Oklahoma City, OK. [ Read more about this event ]

2009 Mileage
10,309
Winter 1,553
Tornado 5,249
Lightning / Other 3,507

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2009 Notable Storms

Lightning chase August 20, 2009
ELLENBORO, WV - Lightning in rural Ritchie County.

Lightning chase August 12, 2009
CHARLESTON, WV - Lightning over the WV State Capitol.

Flood event observation August 10, 2009
SCARY, WV - Fast-rising waters during a flash flood.

Lightning chase August 4, 2009
ST. ALBANS, WV - Extreme close-ups of lightning with a 1300mm lens.

Lightning chase July 26, 2009
FAYETTEVILLE, WV - Lightning over the New River Gorge Bridge.

Chicago Lightning chase June 19, 2009
CHICAGO, IL - Lightning strikes the Sears Tower.

Supercell chase June 17, 2009
BIRCH RIVER, WV - A supercell crosses Appalachian terrain.

Lightning chase June 2, 2009
AMMA, WV - A barrage of frequent lightning at Amma.

Lightning chase June 2, 2009
MORGANTOWN, WV - Lightning over northern WV, including some WVU landmarks.

Supercell chase May 31, 2009
GRAYSON, KY - Two supercells in Kentucky and West Virginia.

Severe thunderstorm chase May 28, 2009
CHARLESTON, WV - Severe storms create spectacular sights.

Lightning chase May 12-13, 2009
ST. LOUIS, MO - A trip to the midwest for a day of storm chasing.

Lightning chase May 8, 2009
St. ALBANS, WV - Close-ups of tower lightning.

Lightning chase April 26, 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Amazing upward lightning at the OKC tower farm.

Lightning chase April 10, 2009
ST. ALBANS, WV - Another Kentucky trip, with a great tower lightning show at home.

Winter weather chase March 13, 2009
CHARLESTON, WV - Icy bridge accidents on I-64.

Winter weather chase March 1, 2009
STATESVILLE, NC - Snowstorm in the NC Piedmont.

Lightning chase February 18, 2009
CHELYAN, WV - Winter lightning in the Kanawka Valley.

Winter weather chase January 27, 2009
CHARLESTON, WV - Ice storm in Charleston.

Lightning chase January 10, 2009
ST. ALBANS, WV - Close lightning and snow.

All 2009 Chases (59)

January 2009:
Winter weather chase 1/1: Frost icing WV
Winter weather chase 1/8: Snow WV
Lightning chase 1/10: Lightning WV
Winter weather chaseTelevision assignment 1/17: Charleston snow WV
Winter weather chase 1/19: Icy roads WV
Winter weather chase 1/22: Frost icing WV
Winter weather chase 1/27: Ice Storm WV
Winter weather chase 1/30: Snow WV

February 2009:
Winter weather chaseTelevision assignment 2/3: Charleston snow WV
Severe thunderstorm chase 2/11: Severe storm WV
Lightning chase 2/18: Lightning WV

March 2009:
Winter weather chase 3/1: Snowstorm NC
Winter weather chase 3/12: Snow WV
Winter weather chase 3/13: Icy roads WV

April 2009:
Lightning chase 4/5: Lightning KY
Lightning chase 4/10: Lightning KY, WV
Bust chase 4/25: Tornado bust TX, OK
Cloud formation event 4/26: Pileus OK
Bust chase 4/30: Tornado bust OK

May 2009:
Bust chase 5/1: Tornado bust TX
Lightning chase 5/8: Lightning WV
Lightning chase 5/13: Lightning MO, IN
Thunderstorm observation 5/16: Thunderstorms WV
Flood event observation 5/25: Flooding WV
Thunderstorm observation 5/26: Thunderstorms WV
Flood event observation 5/27: Flooding WV
Severe thunderstorm chase 5/28: Severe storms WV
Lightning chase 5/28: Lightning WV
Supercell chase 5/31: Supercells WV, KY

June 2009:
Lightning chase 6/2: Lightning WV
Lightning chase 6/2: Lightning II WV
Lightning chase 6/9: Lightning WV
Thunderstorm observation 6/11: Thunderstorms WV
Supercell chase 6/17: Supercell WV
Chicago Lightning chase 6/19: Lightning IL
Lightning chase 6/26: Lightning WV

July 2009:
Rainbow observation 7/1: Rainbow WV
Thunderstorm observation 7/10: Thunderstorms WV
7/17: Slick roads WV
Lightning chase 7/20: Lightning chase WV
Lightning chase 7/25: Lightning chase WV
Lightning chase 7/26: Lightning chase WV

August 2009:
Lightning chase 8/4: Close lightning WV
Astrophotography event 8/8: Perseid meteors WV
Flood event observation 8/10: Flash flood WV
Lightning chase 8/12: Lightning WV
Lightning chase 8/20: Lightning WV

October 2009:
Fall colors observation 10/3: Fall colors WV
Lightning chase 10/9: Fall storms WV
Winter weather chase 10/15: First snow WV

November 2009:
Wildfire observation 11/26: Wildfire WV
Winter weather chase 11/27: Snow WV

December 2009:
Severe thunderstorm chase 12/2: Severe storms NC
Thunderstorm observation 12/3: Thunderstorms NC
Winter weather chase 12/5: Snow WV
Ice storm chaseTelevision assignment 12/12: Freezing rain WV
Winter weather chase 12/19: Snowstorm WV
Winter weather chase 12/20: Snow WV
Ice storm chase 12/25: Freezing rain PA

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View 1,597 storm chases:
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Winter Weather ChasesCloud FormationsIce StormsFlood ChasesEarthquake ChasesWest Virginia Storms and LightningRainbow EventsWind Events

From Dan: How the crime of copyright infringement took $1 million from me and shut down my operation.

My work is, at this very moment you are reading this, generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I was forced to shut down the professional side of my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.

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