Video maker performs an emergency job well done

In overcoming Irma — and looting — a production studio discovered the formula for excellence on the fly.

Drew Townsend lost $22,500 worth of video equipment when Naples Studio was burglarized in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
Drew Townsend lost $22,500 worth of video equipment when Naples Studio was burglarized in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
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In the days just before Hurricane Irma raked the Gulf Coast, Naples Studio owner Drew Townsend boarded the windows of his Goodlette Road office, connected surveillance cameras and internet access to a battery backup and packed important video equipment in cases to protect it from water damage.

 

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