Inside Ike's Intense Eyewall

[TimeLapseSteve]

Mike Bettes has made leaps and strides to where he stands now. He is the next Jim Cantore.

[Jora3736]

I remember this storm vividly & around 3:00am my 2story brick house was movin bac & forth & I was living n Pasadena at the time

[MsPrettygirlswag3]

i think i stayed in my house in ike dont no but i did i was mad at ma mama and daddy cause they didnt put ma trampoline then next thing you no i was looking in the outside window and saw ma trampoline flying in the air!!!lol ikr!!!first i thought it was an tre lol!!!then the next day it was in my nice neigbors yard!!lol

[RoadCaptainEntertain]

Riding Hurricanes since 1955.............the Storm was a blast. The next night was very hot and humid with no electricity, like back in the pioneer days.

12 miles from the coast.

[linimo87]

@BandiClan haha i know what you mean! *twitch- "sss!" yikes! poor weather man... "i want you to imagine being out in that and maybe... being hit with a piece of debris" LOL

[Gulftango11]

Just a wet minor wind storm

[MrSapphire]

Very interesting. This reminds me of conditions in Hurricane Frances. And to think, this was a WEAK category TWO. I can't imagine how awful Andrew was as a Cat 4/5.

[Jerkwad152]

@MrSapphire

The reason Ike did so much damage, was that the hurricane-force winds were spread out almost the entire width of the storm, which was itself incredibly huge. Even the strongest hurricanes, Andrew included, had the highest winds in a rather small area near the eyewall.

[MrSapphire]

@Jerkwad152 Not entirely, Andrew's bands featured Category 1 strength winds, but it was a more concentrated storm. Ike did cover a generally greater area over land with hurricane force winds, but relative to the storm itself, despite being more compact, Andrew had a range of hurricane winds all along it, with Cat 5 winds at the eyewall.

[cowgirlamy1]

I was in Pasadena. This was very scary. The winds were so intense esp the back side.

[gunner56ify]

hurricane ike was my birthday present for that year

[carpetmonk]

and thats the west end of the storm, get on the east side first coming in.

[HopefulSwine]

i live in friendswood and they said there were tornados in our area. my house was destroyed. our neighbors and everybody else on our street has just a few missing shingles and trees down.

[nt7237]

it was soooo fun to go out in this and trying to stand up! but the rain felt like getting shot with a paintball gun once every second.

[Bigtuna112]

i remember going through the eye of ike in baytown... truly hell on earth

[MrKawiman94]

i remember trying to wind surf with a tarp and a skateboard during ike....

[mainchow10]

I know Hurricane Ike was a memorable storm, but the rain radar doesn't suprise me at all.

[TheDiSaPpEar45]

i live in Clear Lake and my house was destoyed nothing but wood scattered the ground and i was in the house at the time but i am ok

[TheDiSaPpEar45]

i live in Clear Lake and my house was destoyed nothing but wood scattered the ground and i was in the house at the time but i am ok.

[PrinceVantorix]

I was in the eye of Ike.

[KrayzieMayne777]

Damn I was in clear lake in the meadowgreen nieghborhood with family and I was outside during ike with the rain drilling and wind so strong and the street lights off so it was dark

[ASTRAALLEN]

I live in Clear Lake... scariest thing I've ever experienced.

[emt1605]

Um...cows don't have dicks.

[puresickmermaid]

actually, i would like nolan ryan to hit me with a fast ball

[dethloodragn]

good 4 u hope they burn is fuckin hell m8! hahaha

[dethloodragn]

no fuck urself idiot! atleat i dont go 2 sum useless fucking temple and go "dear fucking god ty fo all da fucking crap u give us like polution! its gr8 4 us!" and ur all assoles!!

[dethloodragn]

all gay peaces of crap like u should burn in hell! or just fall 2 ur death in a pit of fire! gaylords!

[ghostman8484]

Ike was a weak shit

[dethloodragn]

lol he a gay shitzo

[dethloodragn]

star star 2 things

1: god aint real dude!

2: beutiful?????????? did ur mum drop u on the head or summit??

[kratosjlv]

A bit hit me in kentucky it was wonderful but horrible at the sametime. I rode my bike without pettling it was pretty fun. But it knocked out our power for like 3 days. But not long after that we had an icestorm which knocked our power out for like a week. But outside during the icestorm was horrifing. *crack* *icesickles falling* *BOOM* and every crack you just waited and hoped that the branch would'nt hit your house. It was almost impossible to sleep.

[rinodeluxe713]

I live in Clear Lake, had a bunch of fun durring the hurricane. My uncle and I went out in the middle of the rain felt like neddles. But the scary part is we couldn't see down the street we where standing in the middle of. Good times, goid times.

[kotaro07]

I was in the hurrican and all i was able to say was Happy 100th year. If you heard of the hurricane that happened about 100 years ago you will know what i mean.

[ghtownbabii08]

beatifull? seriously?!! are u felling ok?

[starstar1a]

beautiful it is..... god bless us all

[jesseryanr]

probably

[jesseryanr]

i had much worse I had a badder herricane once it blew my house and killed one of my cousin's his name is

Hinnery be died i had to live with my brother it happened 2 days ago it was scary

[narut0rulz]

Ugh... Ike was so terrible! And it was even worse for me cause i live in the Houston area... ( Well worse that the people in Austin and Dallas and stuff...)

[fig8man]

is he in a car?

[jkingsmill]

1:18 - I don't think the word "beautiful" fits anywhere into the description of this hurricane.