I-79 Tunnel: Amma, WV - May 29, 2003 - 8:30PM

By DAN ROBINSON

Editor/Photographer

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

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.

LOCATION: Interstate 79 corridor near Amma, WV, 30 miles north of Charleston

EXPEDITION VIDEO: Storm on I-79 in Roane County

A West Virginia Courtesy Patrol driver described the sight of this shelf cloud against a clear sky to the south 'like driving into a tunnel'. Indeed, most northbound travelers were probably bracing for a maelstrom as they drove toward this wall of dark clouds.

This 'shelf cloud' feature, as it is referred to, is caused by rain-cooled air surging outward from underneath a collapsing thunderstorm. Although they look very ominous and can be followed by heavy rain, gusty winds and lightning, a shelf cloud usually indicates that a storm is weakening.

Digital photos:

Looking north at the Amma exit: