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USS Blue DD-744 WestPac 1969 - 1970 part 1 Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 589 seconds Part 1 of 2, silent movie footage taken on the USS Blue DD-744 WestPac in 1969 and 1970. Part 2 can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=ivKq1oAff Xk Music: "Victory at Sea Suite" and "Hard Work and Horseplay" by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Related: bangkok, blue, can, coral, cruise, cva-43, dd-727, dd-744, dehaven, destroyer, guam, harbor, hawaii, kaohsiung, naval, navy, ocean, pacific, pearl, sailor, sea, ship, taiwan, tin, us, uss, warship, westpac |
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Spruance class destroyer crashback Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 250 seconds USS Fletcher DD-992 crashback demonstration, June 2004 midway between Hawaii and California. The ship starts from a stop and accelerates to 31 knots, then it goes to all back full and in a short distance begins backing at 13 knots. Related: class, crashback, dd-992, destroyer, flank, fletcher, knots, navy, pacific, ship, spruance, uss |
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USS O'Kane Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 75 seconds USS O'Kane DDG-77 entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on May 28, 2004, as seen from USS Fletcher DD-992. The O'Kane is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. Related: arleigh, burke, class, dd-992, ddg-77, destroyer, fletcher, harbor, hawaii, okane, okane, pearl, ship, uss |
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Night tornado Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 116 seconds April 21, 2007, this tornado formed between Happy and Wayside, Texas and moved northeast into the Palo Duro Canyon. According to the NOAA site shown below it was a high end EF-1 tornado. This video is a compilation of clips of the tornado as it was illuminated by lightning. Related: chase, county, happy, lightning, night, randall, texas, tornadic, tornado, twister, wayside |
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USS Blue DD-744 WestPac 1969 - 1970 part 2 Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 586 seconds Part 2 of 2, silent movie footage taken on the USS Blue DD-744 WestPac in 1969 and 1970. Part 1 can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=Y8U8RMciC wg Music: "Rings Around Rabaul" and "Guadalcanal March" by Rodgers and Hammerstein; & "Semper Fidelis" Related: blue, can, cgn-35, coral, cruise, cva-43, dd-727, dd-744, ddg-13, dehaven, destroyer, gunfire, hoel, naval, navy, ocean, pacific, sea, ship, south, station, support, tin, truxtun, us, uss, vietnam, warship, westpac, yankee |
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Weather photo montage Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 463 seconds A montage of weather related photos taken from 1968 to 2005. Most were taken in Oklahoma. The circular object in the sky at the 7 minute mark is a night time exposure of a circling helicopter. Related: clouds, ice, lightning, photos, storm, sunset, thunderstorm, weather |
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F5 Oklahoma City tornado damage of May 3, 1999 Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 133 seconds May 9, 1999, damage six days after the massive F5 tornado that struck south Oklahoma City and Moore. This footage was shot primarily in the neighborhood near SW 134th Street and Western Avenue in Oklahoma City. Related: 1999, aftermath, city, damage, destruction, f5, massive, may, moore, oklahoma, severe, storm, tornado |
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First time roller skater Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 171 seconds A six-year old boy's first time at the roller rink, summer of 1999. There was no quit in this youngster, he did this for two hours and never gave up. He skates like a pro now. Related: boy, determination, fall, funniest, funny, grit, hilarious, kid, perseverance, roller, skate, skating, spill |
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USS Fletcher DD-992 departs Hawaii Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 372 seconds May 28, 2004, USS Fletcher DD-992 leaves Pearl Harbor enroute to San Diego. Related: can, class, dd-992, destroyer, diamond, fletcher, harbor, hawaii, head, navy, pacific, pearl, sea, ship, spruance, sprucan, tin, uss, waikiki |
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A late summer thunderstorm Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 304 seconds September 6, 1992, this storm is typical of late summer thunderstorms in Oklahoma in that it was a prolific lightning producer. This particular storm produced golf ball size earlier in the morning as seen in another of my videos. It also produced wind damage a few miles away in Norman, OK. Related: bow, city, echo, electrical, intense, lightning, night, oklahoma, severe, storm, thunder |
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Tornadic storms Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 231 seconds March 28, 2007, near McLean, Texas. Two beautiful and dangerous storms move north across I-40. I was too far away from the first storm to see the tornado so I moved closer and in the second one the tornado is briefly visible at the end of the clip right before the car drives past. The clip ends with a brief still image showing the tornado silhouetted by lightning. Related: chase, lightning, mclean, panhandle, severe, shamrock, storm, supercell, texas, thunderstorm, tornadic, tornado, twister |
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Car crash, lucky driver avoids being impaled by a guard rail Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 108 seconds The young man who was driving this Camaro was extremely fortunate. He was pinned inside his vehicle by the guard rail but suffered only non life threatening injuries. Excessive speed was involved and when a high performance vehicle is operated by a low performance driver, this is often the result. To say he is lucky is an understatement. He is now a mature and safe driver. Related: accident, bad, camaro, car, collision, crash, fubar, guard, injury, lucky, rail, single, speed, teen, traffic, vehicle, wreck |
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Tornado near Pawnee, Oklahoma. May 1, 2008 Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 316 seconds Near Pawnee, Oklahoma on May 1, 2008. Before sunset this cyclic supercell produced several funnel clouds and small tornadoes near Glencoe. After sunset it produced several larger tornadoes as it moved toward Pawhuska. Music: Moscow Symphony Orchestra Related: chase, funnel, glencoe, lightning, oklahoma, pawnee, severe, storm, supercell, thunderstorm, tornado, twister |
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Thunderstorm straight line winds Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 97 seconds Straight line winds from a severe thunderstorm in Elk City, Oklahoma at 5:30 PM on June 5, 2008. This was the second storm to hit this town in less than an hour, the earlier storm caused power outages and some damage to billboards, signs, trees and stockade fences. Related: city, elk, high, oklahoma, rain, severe, strong, thunderstorm, wind |
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Wall cloud time lapse Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 47 seconds May 23, 2007, Texas panhandle in Roberts County at the junction of state roads 283 and 70 at 4:38pm. A rotating wall cloud on the Ochiltree county line. Video is sped up 15x. Related: chase, cloud, county, funnel, high, lapse, ochiltree, panhandle, plains, roberts, rotating, severe, storm, supercell, texas, thunderstorm, time, tornado, wall |
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golf ball hail Posted by: randy946
Video duration: 61 seconds A brief hail storm in Oklahoma City on September 6, 1992. Related: 1992, ball, bang, city, dent, ding, golf, hail, night, oklahoma, severe, storm, thunderstorm, weather, wild |


















