Dan Robinson
This season brought about a large amount of mechanical and technological failures in our chase vehicle. Reading through a few blogs and chase reports, it looks like we weren't the only ones. Laptops, cars, cameras - you name it, they all were breaking and failing left and right this year. Cars died. Laptops blue-screened. Cameras blew over in the wind and got totaled. Not that this doesn't happen every season, but does it seem that this year saw chasers' gear getting trashed more than usual?
Here is our non-comprehensive list of broken stuff since April:
1.) Vehicle fuel pump - stranded for four days, $650
2.) Power adapter failure on Matt's laptop, $120
3.) Iris flicker malfunction on my HDR-FX1, repair cost yet to be determined
4.) WxWorx receiver dies, repair cost yet to be determined
5.) 750-watt inverter croaks, $75 replacement
6.) USB port tabs on my laptop broken by me while trying to fix loose connectors, repair cost yet to be determined
Here is our non-comprehensive list of broken stuff since April:
1.) Vehicle fuel pump - stranded for four days, $650
2.) Power adapter failure on Matt's laptop, $120
3.) Iris flicker malfunction on my HDR-FX1, repair cost yet to be determined
4.) WxWorx receiver dies, repair cost yet to be determined
5.) 750-watt inverter croaks, $75 replacement
6.) USB port tabs on my laptop broken by me while trying to fix loose connectors, repair cost yet to be determined