Snowstorm in Wichita

I originally had a post I was working on this frozen morning, then changed my mind, especially after I checked the "current temperature" which is NEGATIVE 7 degrees F as of nearly four a.m.. We may either tie or set the record for a low on this date.

If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you will remember last Friday and Saturday my city set record highs at 70 degrees F each day. Fast forward to Feb 1, and a friend sent me this video. Here is what he wrote:

On Tuesday, Feb. 1, I drove from my house in Riverside to the Donut Whole and back in the snowstorm. Using the iPhone "8mm Vintage Camera" app, I shot footage of the journey; later last night I edited it to the tune of Galaxie 500's beautiful song "Snowstorm."

The video was posted on Facebook, where I received a lot of immediate positive feedback, and several requests to make the video available to non-Facebookers. So I posted it on Vimeo as well, at the address below.

Those of you who drop by most Sundays will surely recognize many of the places I have taken photos of, including the river near my home. It will soon be obvious that the filmmaker, Michael Carmody, lives in my neighborhood, which the City calls "historic," and I call "old."

Snowstorm from Michael Carmody on Vimeo.

I hope you will take a few minutes to watch this accurate descriptive film about a tiny slice of my city and neighborhood through the eyes of Michael Carmody.

And since this is the first time I've ever added a video to my blog, keep your fingers crossed that it works.