Trip, Part II: Saturday
After spending a hot and muggy night trying to sleep, it was gratifying to see that some areas in DC still had power, especially the McD’s where we got breakfast. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case with the planned shooting location, and the cell phone towers were also without power, so there was no way to contact the producers until we got back to their place.
Fortunately, by the time we arrived, they were able to arrange an alternate site, several miles away, but the only place to shoot there was the basement. Still, it was better than nothing, as it didn’t appear that power would be restored any time soon. So we trucked all of the equipment into the basement, set up a video area, and started taping.
And there we stayed for 10 hours. Most of the talent got to stay upstairs and prep for their shoots but the camera operators (myself, Paul and Paul’s friend) stayed downstairs (actually, it was slightly cooler down there) until it was all over. After that, it was out for refueling, ourselves and our cars, and only to discover the restaurant had an hour wait and the gas stations were either 1) out of gas or had no power or 2) had lines out into the street waiting to get to the pumps.
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