UPDATE:
*** TONIGHT *** MONDAY *** FEBRUARY 17, 2003
*** WEATHER CHANNEL *** STORM STORIES *** "HELL
WIND" ***
*** features Chicago-Mackinac 2002 Sailboat Race
*** 7PM CENTRAL / 8PM EASTERN
Watch WEATHER CHANNEL "Storm Stories"
episode about Chicago-Mackinac 2002 sailboat race!
Air
Date: MONDAY, February 17, 2003. 7PM Central/8PM
Eastern.
(May also be repeated 10PM Central/11PM Eastern,
check your local listings!)
Note:
Chicago-Mackinac STORM STORIES episode is now
promoted by Weather Channel as episode titled
"Hell Wind"!
If
you missed the original air date on January 20,
you now have another opportunity to see this great
episode! Features trimaran Caliente and the perils
of her crew during capsize under heavy winds and
high seas in the 2002 race. Includes
video footage (credited!) shot by Kurt Fujio from
Jack-A-Roe while racing in the Mackinac race.
This episode has been getting favorable reviews
and enjoyed by all sailors and non-sailors who
have watched.
Caution:
some scenes may frighten and scare some of your
more risk-adverse, non-adventurous family members!
Don't let them keep you from racing!
Here
is what Robert Feder, Chicago Sun-Times media
columnist reported: "The Weather Channel
teams up with Chicago-based Towers Productions
to launch the network's first Monday-through-Friday
long-form series. "Storm Stories" debuts
at 7 p.m. Monday and uses a docudrama reporting
style to recall instances of ordinary people surviving
extraordinary weather events.
Based
on a screening of a Jan. 20 episode about the
riveting life-and-death ordeal of a crew competing
in last summer's Chicago-to-Mackinac yacht race,
Towers brings its gold standard production values
to the series. Host is The Weather Channel meteorologist
Jim Cantore. "
http://www.suntimes.com/output/feder/cst-fin-feder031.html
The Lansing State Journal says, "It's a powerful
portrait of ordinary people in an extraordinary
crisis". http://www.lsj.com/things/television/030106_tvcol.html
Weather
Channel "Storm Stories" website: http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormstories/
"Storm Stories" produced by Towers Productions:
http://www.towersproductions.com/
Chicago-Mackinac 2002 Archival Live Video Footage
by Kurt Fujio:
http://www.stargate-usa.com/kurtfujio/
KURT
FUJIO is a competitive Chicago area sailor, computer
software developer, creative professional and
entrepreneur. He regularly shoots and edits video
for a wide range of activities, including nearly
all the Chicago area sail racing events he has
participated in for the past several seasons.
Please
contact Kurt Fujio directly if you are interested
in stock footage or new projects developed for
your special needs.
Kurt
Fujio
Stargate Systems, Inc.
1810 West Touhy Avenue
Chicago, IL 60626
773-274-6080
http://www.stargate-usa.com/kurtfujio/
