Follow along as Mark Sudduth, C.J. Morgan, and Matt Clemons Are in Kansas and Nebraska as they set up various cameras and other equipment in the "dry run" for the hurricane season using plains storms. Over the next two or three days they will be try to deploy some new tech on front of big storms/supercells.
Today is our last day for this expedition to test out some new equipment ideas during a severe weather event out in the Plains.
I am working with two of our supporters/colleagues, Matt and CJ as we work to get into position to deploy a new set of hardware to mount cameras in order to capture the impacts over a wide swath.
We have 4 live cams (plus the vehicle cam) along with 9 GoPro cams that we can set up ahead of the severe weather that is anticipated to develop later this afternoon.
Our target will be the southern end of the storms where the risk for severe hail and strong winds will be quite significant.
We are not going north to the "moderate" risk area - just too far and the tornado risk is still relatively low.
Instead we will focus our efforts on setting up these new camera systems quite literally on the barbed wire fences that line the landscape all over the Great Plains.
We can deploy cameras practically anywhere we wish in order to set up our own "fence" to wrangle what ever forms and see the impacts in stunning 4K video.
In addition, we will place two remote cams the traditional way (on a utility pole) as we head west and north to get into position. Those cams will catch what ever happens as it moves back east - effectively putting us in 3 different locations at once.
I also hope to be able to capture severe hail (3" in diameter or more) using one of the GoPros set to 240fps. This will give us incredible slow-motion video, in 4K, of giant hail hitting the ground.
We will also have the drone and of course the live vehicle cam; making for a truly immersive experience as we track down today's severe weather.
All of this will be helpful as we prepare for hurricane season and look for even better methods of deploying cams in as many locations as possible to tell the best story that we can of how hurricanes do what they do.
The live stream will begin around Noon ET and go until we get back to the hotel late tonight.
Thank you all and wish us luck! We have a great crew; safe and responsible! See you out there soon!
This is off hurricane season weather coverage and testing. Mark will have some of the same equipment for this event as some of the hurricane events, including remote cameras..
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