Typhoon Omar at Yigo, Guam - August 28, 1992

[Butterflygal0222]

so insane!

[christianbanaski1]

But where I come from, we don,t call them typhoons ... we call them hurricanes. I live in the USA.

[vidmaker671]

sure glad i wasn't born yet

[masluxx]

was a wild year, all those typhoons and the 8.2 earth quake ya?

[rvwach]

I was living at Naval Air Station Agana during Omar in 1992. What a wild day that was. A river of water running through the "typhoon-proof" house and 14 days with no power. Walking around outside as the eye passed directly overhead was unforgettable.

[deesbunch]

i was in yigo near simon sanchez high school during that storm...it was a hoot to ride out...it was a hard super typhoon

[deesbunch]

i was in yigo near simon sanchez high school during that storm...it was a hoot to ride out...

[AtinNama76]

I was there when i was 11 yrs old. I'm now 35 living in Seattle

[11StormChaser]

Impressive

[akanehimura]

I was there for that as well. I remember it flipped a house not far from my school completely on to its roof. I was there for the 4 typhoons that followed Omar, but those were weaker. I was also there for the 8.2 quake.

[cgretzer]

shit how can you keep talking after that it nearly hit then! :O

[bustballz]

Was there for this, was there for the 8.2 earthquake also.

[jbcoker]

I was stationed at Naval Air Station Agana, I had flown my terminally ill Mom in for my sons 1st B-day (Aug 27). We had no power for a month after. My car was in gear, park brake set, and still wound up a block and a half down the street! (in tact).

[leosgreens]

I remember this, it happened less than two months after I moved there!

[maviewing]

omg so intense.

[birdie068]

What is the difference between a Cyclone and hurricane and a typhoon? Qld in about to get taken out in less then 48hrs.

[cyclonejimcom]

@birdie068 They're are the same thing, they are knowned by different names in different parts of the world but they're all hurricanes. The word cyclone simply means air action.

[VidPro95]

I like how the other guy is like anyways 8 miles.....

[bastard3285]

jesus christ!!! :(

[RetardedPeopleLegion]

You guys do know you were on the discovery channel right?

[bserpent]

I was on the U.S.S White Plains when the storm hit. We were dry docked to repair our steam engines and had to moor to the peir. We snapped 27 mooring lines and drug two 2 ton anchor chains across the harbor. Had to wait 7 days for a tug boat from Hawaii big enough to pull us off shore. The mooring lines were 12 inches thick. Sounded like multiple shotguns going off at once. I remember OMAR very well. Mother nature cannot be fucked with!!

[cLcINFERN0671]

Do you visit guam just to view these typhoons/storms?

or you're just on a vacation o.O ?

[cyclonejimcom]

@cLcINFERN0671 Yeah, I was just there to chase the typhoons. I was just recently laid off from my job here in Florida and decided to go where I always wanted to go.

[mchlram98]

@cLcINFERN0671 

[curlgurl2007]

I was in this storm. It's crazy that you got footage like this.

[akanehimura]

I was there during it. My dad was stationed at Anderson AFB at the time, it was kinda fun!

[jaeleann]

& i have yet to see a typhoon going on...always had to stay cooped up in the house with my mom while my dad brothers and sisters drive in the typhoon ahah.

[chug26]

where u in the eyewall?

[chamorugirl]

this guy is lucky his car didn't tip over...fuckin idiot..

[MedelProductions]

@chamorugirl The person in this video is a professional storm chaser. He has been chasing storms and hurricanes alike for years, so I think you should take back calling him a, ''fuckin idiot..''.

[ilovetogofast88]

Ah, infamous Typhoon Omar

[GigaFan4000]

its a beautiful video XDD

BUT 1:05 O.O

[1531508]

fukn honkeys man

only a haole would do that..

honestly man.. gawd

[TornadoWarning]

1:09 "SH*T! " LOL. I love that part Jim. Great video as always.

[Melody2419]

Thanks for the nightmares...uh, memories ;:0 I was stationed at NavCAMS WestPac during that one. Took us three days to shovel all of the mud out of our living room from when the sliding glass doors caved in under pressure of the water. I did get one souvenier - the stop sign that floated into the back yard :-/

[chef760]

damn i was seven we had just arrived in guam my dad was recently stationed at the base this was the first one we went through

[fishguyy]

I was there with an aquarium design team staying in the Hilton. I still watch the 40 minute video tape we made from our 6th floor room. I've been through more than a dozen typhoons but this was the first where the eye passed directly over us.

[cyclonejimcom]

@fishguyy

Do you have a copy of that video available? I would like to see it. I have been at that Hilton hotel for lunch there many times.

[miamihurricane555]

@cyclonejimcom so this means u skipped Andrew why go to Guam when u could stay on the mainland and get a stronger storm

[cyclonejimcom]

@miamihurricane555.

I was in Guam for most of the year, late 1991 and all of 1992 and got 6 typhoons while I was there. Before Andrew there were so few tropical cyclones to chase but that all changed in 1995.

[69Courtnay69]

rad Id like to see that video as well!

[rkoliver1]

It's Bush's fault!

[cyclonejimcom]

@rkoliver1

Lol!

[ilovetogofast88]

@rkoliver1

You mean Bush Sr right?

[hmmsmellslikefish]

Omar was a crazy one

[stratege1985]

its scares

[cardoziah]

I definitely remember this typhoon! I was only 10 yrs old back then!

[kikocruise]

I remember this ohhhh to well!  Great footage btw!!!

[sponsler]

Still like to watch this one J.L. 17 years to the day no less.

[ha1072]

this is the best one because

IT WAS THE DAY I WAS BORN HAHA =)

[NTM0272]

was there and my dorm roomy probably has the best video out there if the camera survived from Anderson....at one point the camera left his hands after the cars and buildings went flyin...Piekarski if you are out there i want to see that video....Morrison....find me on face book under todd. i miss the months without power and clean water......cave baths rock

[ar4216]

Dude, that's intense. I would not want to go through something like this. By the way, aren't there a ton of snakes on Guam? I think I remember reading that somewhere. Another reason I would not want to go there.

[vampireofstyx]

dude there's not any more snakes than what the US has per capita, The US's are venomous and deadly. Guam seems to have a decline in snakes and more birds seems to be appering. it's a find and kill thing.

i guess wherever you read it, isn't a very reliable source

[dancingsylph]

my sister and I were living in Tumon when Omar hit the island. I threw a coconut out the apartment window and *ZING* the wind took it away lol

[bendeplata]

1992 i was still a kid back then.

[MelMelsNRich]

i sat and watched typhoon omar from my barracks room on Camp Covington, we threw a typhoon party, tore the hell out of the island and didnt have electric power of atleast a month

[67510799]

I remeber this like it was yesterday I was only 5 and me and my family were hunkered down in our apartment waiting for the windows to blow in, was the worst typhoon I ever saw in my 4 years on the island

[marek4400]

that palm tree just didn't want to let go

seemed so

human in its resolve

[flcfi]

great video, I remember this storm very well. I was living in Tamuning at the time. That year sucked for typhoons, I live in Florida now and all the hurricanes here seem tame compared to Omar.

[poetgirl53]

All I know is that Omar blew three Texas teachers all the way back home. We were gone by February. We missed our students in Inarajan, but way too much weather drama.

[LadyAllrin]

I was 8 for this. The typhoons on Guam are truly devastating, especially on the infrastructure. I remember not having power for 6 months after Paka.

[X3MZSHAR]

i was only 4 when this hit i dont remember it haha

[canbebetterthanu]

how strong are those winds?

[cyclonejimcom]

In the beginning of the video the winds were gusting to about 90mph or so. When the roof sailed into the parking lot that was about 115mph then went on to increase to 151mph when the anometer failed at the Joint Typhoon Center

[chammaole]

damn your nuts man! I'm from guam and usually when typhoons like this come through, we're inside hoping our heads don't get torn off. You almost got yours torn off. Omar was crazy. It think Paka was the strongest, but Pongsona did more damage. Great footage man.

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[xlovergirl]

omar was actually a cat 4 typhoon & paka was cat 5. paka was da worse! my dad had 2 board up da windows DURING da typhoon because our window blew off. he turned our couch vertical up against da board & leaned on da couch thru da typhoon. we put da fridge up against da front door because dat was about 2 burst open. me & my sister slept while holding ropes dat we're tied to the bedroom doors so dat the door wont open & give pressure into the house which if it did everything will just blow open.

[prtytmby]

actually pongsonwa was the strongest

[xlovergirl]

yeah i was already off island when pongsona came around. last typhoon i had before i moved was paka.

[SantaRitaBabyGirl]

wow i was like 2weeks old one this hit, i don't remember a thing about it

[karelingab]

Islan Guahan gi peligru, yanggen guaha mumamaila na guaifon.

[solsisod]

Wow that was one gust

[karelingab]

Kuantos manmit i gust ginen guaifon "Omar"?

[matttttmiguel]

i remember this typhone

it was great it got me out of k3 for weeks

[silencedfable]

:o

I think my family moved to Guam in 1993 so glad i missed that oO

[Bayouman002]

Bro I was in Guam for supertyphoon Pongsona, it was KNARLY, I actually went out during the eye for a damage assesment and they had a pig stuck in a ditch I had to laso him and drag him out of the ditch. Big Duty Vans were rolling down the street like tumbleweeds. Actually after the eye I went to a buddies house for the second half because his house was flooding, the pressure was so intense the water was coming straight through the cinderblock walls. It was incredible

[karelingab]

Palabran Ingles "pull" i palabran "laso"? Despensa yu. Baba i Ingles-hu.

[kareIingab]

did guam sinked?

[drewbrad0709]

Winds Are at about 200 mph!

[bronxvirus]

LOL same year and day as my B-day. Happy B-day 2 me!

[sbguam]

you guys are kuxika. solid footage

[NydusSageRyade]

oh...you. lol. ...rather taciturn.

[stormspinner1]

Jim,

So YOU'RE the one who took the footage! WOW. This is as close to a cyclone/typhoon/hurricane as I want to get. CHILLING, the power of the wind - the roar!

Would be honored if you would be a friend to the ...

*StormSpinner1* (Wx Poet/Photographer - don't chase. Storms find ... me.)

[kadukoogecko]

I remember that typhoon hit after my first day of 6th grade at Untalan. We had three weeks off. It ripped a hole in the gym roof, so whenever it rained in the afternoon we couldn't have PE.

[friscow]

I was in that storm on the USS NIAGARA FALLS AFS 3 (long since decommisioned) the ship was thrown all over the place.. This brings back memories..  =)

-Frisco the Navajo

[archelleta]

that was super intense

[WomanAcceptation]

lol typhoon food is key to surviving. like vienna sausage, potted meat, spam, navy biscuits, sardines.

Dont forget your batteries for flashlight and kerosene for lanterns.

these days kids have ipods and portable dvd players. all i had back then was the am radio and old ppl playing rummy till the next morning.

[mandykal]

was that barbara talking, you know the weather lady with the typhoon hair do..

[671Guamanian]

Wow. This is crazy. How bout Typhoon Pongsongwa or something like that?

[chronikkondition]

I lived in Dededo at the time. Our power was out for at least 4 1/2 weeks. Good video.

[kalanalaka]

I'm sorry for my country. Pasensia nasut-hu. Gof strong guaifun gi Guahan.

[da671808fokai]

You guys are crazy.. haha. I lived on guam from 82' - 00' Went out during typhoon's a lot, but not big ones, especially for the eye wall.

[real0988]

Incredible footage.. that is power Jim!!!

[TripodMix]

umbee

das how we do it

[ponabi05]

woah! haha, i remember that typhoon. but yeah, paka was worse!! damn, it's amazing how guam gets back on its feet after something so disastrous. i think we're true survivors, HAHAHA!

[vjami]

I remember this one! Power was out for a month at my house!

[nguyenthanh8]

damn that's crazy

[grassjelly991]

typhoon paka was way worse than typhoon omar!! ugh memories

[xlovergirl]

paka WAS WORSE than omar! i was there for both of it.

[TyphoonHunter]

Classic footage, brilliant stuff! I really want to get over to Guam sometime to cover a typhoon.

[grassjelly991]

typhoons are seriously horrendous in Guam, be careful, i've lived there for a couple of years and they get really really bad

[methylmania]

Wasn't around for Paka, but boy do I remember Omar! Seriously folks, when was the last time You saw a 8 foot diameter, concrete transmission tower snapped in half like a tooth pick? I watched a con-ex box (shipping container) that was anchored to the ground, go tumbling down the road like a piece of trash.

[youareyouiamtd]

There's nothing like enduring a Guam Typhoon! I remember the storms of that year very well.

It's funny to see the Bends mentioned here. I played drums with the Bends for stint while Skip was stateside. Great memories of hanging out at the Jungle - and playing with the Bends, Citizen, and Stranger.

Would love to go back to the island someday.

[AgentFearKiller]

I was in my house and the windows blew open and destroyed everything! But PAKA took the cake.

[compassionateheart]

That does sound like Barbara White. She does have a distinct voice. I wonder what she's up to now-a-days?

[violent22angel]

oh man.... Typhoon Omar was WHOA!

hahahahaha!

Yeay for our coconut tress that withstood them!

how can anyone mistaken that as something from the states....

YEAY GUAM!

[jomaine123]

my baby said its scary

[straightup671]

lol is that barbara white talking in the backgound?

[erikinhawaii]

Yea , she was ugly wasn't she ? Sorry Barbara

[erikinhawaii]

I exchange e-mails with Jody ( the bass player) every now and then. I'll ask him .

[erikinhawaii]

Ohh one more thing-You know whats funny, National Geographic and other cable shows take this clip and use it as hurricane footage of Miami and stuff. Makes me mad ! I was driving around with a 12-pack of brew . I got stuck at the hospital in upper Tumon. LOL But I think Super Typhoon Paka was better.

[cyclonejimcom]

I know, the media types don't think anyone or they don't know where it was taken, will notice that the footage was taken on Guam or anywhere. I have had some of my tornado shots shown on programs that have nothing to do with the location in the story, thats tv for you. Where is the Benzs? Dededo or somewhere?

[erikinhawaii]

Hey do you all know i made those t-shirts that said "its a bird its a plane , ohh no its my roof" I survived Typhoon Omar. We made those in the dark under candle light. LOL We blew all the money drinking at the Jungle bar. Remember that place ? The Benzs ?

[iJianaa]

All the pregnant moms had to be in GMH, and my mom was one of them lol. But I was born November of that year.

[1977defcrue1981]

This was the day I was born.

[101nadine101]

omg

u were really exited about what was happening!

[Jeffro671]

Solid. I lived it. It blew my school's roof right off.

[ares213]

I remember this. School was out for about two months because of this typhoon.

[chetlue2004]

I was staying at PIC when this hit. It was blowing rain so hard that it came in through the cracks of our balcony door and flooded our 2nd floor room.

[galvin22]

Wow! Great video! I remember when this typhoon occured. Side note...1:05 on the video was used several times as storms in the states (as hurricanes). I would let my wife know that that storm was in Guam not in the states. Now I have evidence. Thanks!!

[blackhonda29]

Wow Jim great footage on Omar!!Thanks for posting.Adrian

[blackhonda29]

Hey Jim its adrian...Great footage of omar Thanks for posting.

[vmax135]

Omar was unbelievable!!! This is some of the BEST eyewall footage EVER!!!