In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down 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.
Where else can you get snow 12 hours after thunderstorms on the same day? One of the reasons I love living out here!
I went out for a couple of hours documenting the snow side of this event. The wind and blowing snow were pretty intense! During one strong burst near Hamel, IL I stopped and opened the car door to get a few shots, and had to push the door with considerable force to keep it open - if I had let it slam shut, it would have broken my arm! The high-velocity snow felt like being sandblasted. The video above was pulled from my dashcam at the time - notice the car rocking! I shot the still image below at the time.
Roads were beginning to get covered by sunset, untreated ones more so. Bridges and non-bridge surfaces seemed to be icing equally. The blowing snow factor will cause dangerous icing problems even long after the snow stops falling.
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To my regular readers, I offer my apologies for this heavy-handed notice. Unfortunately it has become necessary, so please bear with me!
Please don't copy/upload this site's content to social media or other web sites. Those copies have been a critical problem for me, seriously harming this site and my photography/storm chasing operation by diverting traffic, viewers, engagement and income. "Credit" and "exposure" does not benefit this site or my operation, rather they threaten my ability to cover my operating expenses. Please read my full explanation for this notice here.
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