Fantastic video! Did you keep rolling tape during the passage of the eye and then the other half of the storm? From the radar, the eye looks very small, probably only a few mile across, giving you a few minutes respite before all hell broke loose again!
@UltimateChase Were you in a Chevy trail blazer? Did you weight or anchor down the vehicle? Or back up against a wall? what did you do to prevent the vehicle from blowing away?
172mph "gust" recorded just 1 mile to your NE, I was about a mile and a half to your W in a hospital, which got destroyed. The reason I put gust in "", did you happen to read the FEMA report about the anemometer that recorded that 172mph wind? Interesting stuff.
you know what makes me sick i remember about 10 years ago when i was outside playing with all my friends and you just dont see that anymore this video for instance no kids out playing??? "tut" what has this world come to...
this is cool!!! living in england we dont get this kind of weather!!! its fascinating to watch!!!!although i feel sorry for anyone suffering destruction. very brave!!
@kozackie The average spreadeagle freefall speed of an average adult is 120 miles per hour. I also read that in winds higher than 160 miles per hour, a grown man laying on the ground will get slid and tumbled across the ground.
@teedzy1 Actually, if you look closely, Theiss and his crew were parked on the leeward side of the gas station's main building, so in fact, they were more than less shielded by the building from the full force of the hurricane's winds.
UltimateChase you are the man. You are not stupid for doing this. Who cares what others might say. You have balls & it is science baby. I go to school for meteorology and I am counting down the days were I can join people like you. To take video relate it into saving lives. Building homes to withstand MOTHER NATURE.
@bradfordfields81 In all honesty though, this isn't for science. We haven't learned a single thing about typhoons, hurricanes or tornadoes in the last 30 years by people sitting in the middle of them with shitty cameras.
We already know everything there is to know about them from this position.
People like you actually going to school for meteorology, and scientists pushing the envelope are the real badasses, not random idiots who sit in their cars and post youtube videos.
@BIGBADSQUID You would need a TIV, or at least an army tank to survive 150+ mile per hour winds. Of course, the safest place to be in 150 mph winds is a concrete, or concrete block structure building, preferrably one reinforced with steel. Best bet if you want to film the storm would be one of those multi story public parking garages. Additionally, Mike Theiss was extremely lucky he didn't get hit by the storm surge at that Race Trac gas station, seeing it's very close proximity to the bay.
Thanks Kevin9703 !! Please pass the word along. I'm trying to really get this Ultimate Chase YouTube channel cranking !! I have at least 30 more new videos getting ready to be posted soon !!!
@UltimateChase I don't get how when you should the surrounding area after the eye wall such as telephone poles and billboard signs? how did they withstand such a strong forced wind?
this IS the most amazing weather footage that i have ever witnesed. one can dodge a tornadoe, but when you are in the hurricane....you better fucking hang on. my goodness, i am left stunned, and in awe. great job guy's!
@snowmchristv Yep when the eye has passed over the winds then travel in the opposite direction to before, rather the same as water going down a plughole, the wind and torrential rain spirals around the hurricanes centre
If you are already in the eye of the hurricane wall, does that mean that you're gonna have to pass through the other side of the eyewall? Gosh! It scares the hair out of me!
Also very intense how at 4:06, the wind goes from insane to moderately scary. This was the first hurricane I'd ever been in and in Orlando, especially with it being at night, the eyewall was not so clear cut. I remember going outside when my husband and friend told me we were in the eye and it really didn't start up again very strong when it passed. Don't know if the eye broke up or something, but for us, it was pretty much over at that point.
I lived in Orlando when Charley came through and I am so grateful that I wasn't where you were. Don't think I'd be brave enough to stand that! Terrifying! And LOL at the $1.80 a gallon for gas. I was thinking how nice it would be for gas to be that price again. Back then, I was complaining that it was too expensive.
Amazing video. It's very hard to express to someone who hasn't experienced what type of primal fear is released when the wind starts to blow above 100 mph in hurricane. It does something to you that never quite leaves.
The storm that was supposed to hit Tampa. I almost wet myself when it was upgraded to cat. 4 that morning. They evacuated three levels and most went to Orlando.....ooops! Couldn't believe it when he turned at the last minute.
I remember being at home in daytona beach fl, when charley hit us. A tornado spawned right near my house and knocked down a huge oak tree ontop of my moms car. Its was crazy, and everyone is so scared of this "hurricane" Irene. PSH if theyre so scared of irene take a look at this video of a truely scary hurricane charley!
Wow. THis is an amazing video! You were set up just right not to get blown away or hit by a storm surge. I would like to see this in an omni max theater with surround sound.
Hurricane Charley was the worst hurricane I've been through and I live in central Florida. It was hard to sleep that night, all that wind...nice video man.
@ejrod0 You must be a real idiot to say that upper east coasters are wusses. If you knew any better you would know that the majority of us made fun of the forecasters who hyped things up. Irene was no big deal.The mayor did it as a practice drill in the case of a real emergency. Did you forget what happened on Sept 11, 2001? Yeah, we are real wusses, especially those of us who lived 2 miles away from a warzone. Come up and work like a New Yorker-trust me YOU would be the wuss LMAO!!
@grkqt79 9/11 has nothing to do with this. There was no foreseeing 9/11, so it's uncomparable to a hurricane. My family is from New Jersey / New York. Most of them still live there and were freaking out about it. There were only a hand full that realized the hurricane was overhyped.
@ejrod0 Well that's what the media does-freak people out, make them go to supermarkets, Home Depot, to stock up. People who panicked did so bc that is all you saw on all tv channels for 3 days. It does not mean they are wusses. What about NYorkers who move to Fla? IF I am not mistaken, there are many transplanted northerners down south-are they wusses too?. BTW, there was damage on Long Island-flooding, tons of trees down, same in Jersey, same in New England.
@grkqt79 my comment wasnt saying that someone is a wuss BECAUSE theyre from the upper east coast, my comment was just saying that they're wusses for overreacting to the storm. i dont see why we're on opposing sides here.
@ejrod0 I fully get that lol, but what's the reason people overreacted? They are being told that a cat 1, which may or may not stregnthen over the Atlantic (once it leaves N.C. and goes over water again), will hit the tri-state area. August was a very rainy month up here. The news channels would repeat over and over how we could have Battery Park under water, etc. We are supposed to trust these people yet have common sense. still doesn't make people "wusses."
@ejrod0 Also, my aunt, uncle, and cousins live in Ft. Myers, my other aunt in Naples. Funny thing is they were just as freaked out for us as some of the upper east coasters. People may have freaked out, others were excited. It came, some people had problems and still have problems till today, it passed, and most people said, "big deal." LOL This is from talking to all friends, family members, and people at work. Not one person I know reacted they way you are saying.
@grkqt79 Going through an event isn't what makes someone brave, it's how they react to it and move past it. You dont seem to have done the latter if you're gonna bring it up because of a youtube comment about a hurricane.
@ejrod0 Oh, and yes, people have the right to panic if they are forecasting even a WEAK cat 1 storm. IT just didn't show up that way-that's nobody's fault. Meteorology has a long way to go in terms of predicting the strength of hurricanes. They made it seem like some ferocious storm was coming. Those that did evacuate did the right thing. Long Beach, L.I. alone had storm surge about 3 blocks inland.
@airman665544 hurricane irene was nothing by the time it hit the u.s yall were lucky, we here in texas and in florida have gotten way stronger scarier hurricanes, yall got lucky it wasn't stronger when it hit.
@WarMachineGX lol, it's an adrenaline rush. ;D Trust me. I love storms and bad weather. I actually get quite a lot of inspiration to draw when it rains and stuff. XD sadly Cali doesn't get stuff like this. Maybe once in a blue moon, haha. Be safe. :D and have a camera ready. lol.
@Misheardables Don't worry! Just stay indoors, and make sure your family is safe as well. :) So far, I've heard that Hurricane Irene may reach category 4, but not 5. Even still, just don't go out, and make sure your family is prepared. I live in California, and I'll probably never experience anything like this.
I was there......3 miles down the road. It sounded like a train running over the roof. Completey whited out. I would like to know the exact time that the 155 wind happend...if you could tell me poster it would be great. Grew up in this town and bought gas at this station many times. If you go there now you can still see that trees in the town are only 30 feet high.....nothing higher. But the racetrack gas station is completely redone......looks like nothing happened.
@FAST70442 Yes, But I was taking shelter in a small bathroom of an shop that was 75% destroyed. I shot some video but was mostly trying to stay alive !
I was just beginning my sophomore year at Port Charlotte high when Charley hit. I actually lived a few streets from the county line of Charlotte and Sarasota (I used to live in North Port) and the only damage we sustained was losing an old 16 ft satelite dish and our fence. We also never got completely in the eye wall, so we just had continuous winds the whole time. My classmates didn't fair as well damage-wise, seeing as most of them lived closer to the harbor.
Reminds me of 1970 Hurricane Celia in Corpus Christi Texas.
Airport wind gauge broke at 165mph.
Was staying at my aunts home near the middle of town and I remember the metal roofed corrugated building diagonal from us being peeled a sheet of metal at a time. A booming sound every time it flew away. Never forget that sound!!!
Building finally keeled over when roof was gone.
I never want to go thru a hurricane with winds over 150mph again!!!!
@FAST70442 Its funny you say this....I have studied Celia and compare it to Charley in many ways including being a small and compact storm. I have heard other accounts of this booming sound !! I wish there was more video and documentation from Celia !
Fantastic video! Did you keep rolling tape during the passage of the eye and then the other half of the storm? From the radar, the eye looks very small, probably only a few mile across, giving you a few minutes respite before all hell broke loose again!
bloggulator 2 weeks ago
I wonder how far that wind would throw someone.
maidenjapan66 2 weeks ago
i guess we'll seeing a lot more of these this decade
bencaesar5 1 month ago
you should shot up to see tha blue sky between the gray clouds
dacch100 1 month ago
Holy. Shit.
CorppiAirsoft20 1 month ago
I wish I had gone to school for Meteorology. : I
Filthroller77 1 month ago
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SuperHairtrigger 1 month ago
Titanium balls
JeanAlexandre707 1 month ago 2
@JeanAlexandre707 Well Thanks !!! haha
UltimateChase 1 month ago
@UltimateChase Were you in a Chevy trail blazer? Did you weight or anchor down the vehicle? Or back up against a wall? what did you do to prevent the vehicle from blowing away?
keeshateachphet 7 hours ago in playlist Weather
Was his car ancored down or something with steel ropes??
snoozinghipo 1 month ago
Wow!!!!
Grzegorz200011 1 month ago
172mph "gust" recorded just 1 mile to your NE, I was about a mile and a half to your W in a hospital, which got destroyed. The reason I put gust in "", did you happen to read the FEMA report about the anemometer that recorded that 172mph wind? Interesting stuff.
flweatherwarrior 1 month ago
OMG The sheer force that was just dished out! Incredible footage! Nature can chew your ass up and spit you out! Thanks for uploading this!
de0ndre 2 months ago
you know what makes me sick i remember about 10 years ago when i was outside playing with all my friends and you just dont see that anymore this video for instance no kids out playing??? "tut" what has this world come to...
bereruter0 2 months ago
Balls of steel, you have.
PSUhorty1 2 months ago
There is a gas station over there. I'm gonna get some gas for free.
christianbanaski1 2 months ago
i love how the car stays and the gasstation goes
dzdude100 2 months ago
this is cool!!! living in england we dont get this kind of weather!!! its fascinating to watch!!!!although i feel sorry for anyone suffering destruction. very brave!!
chloekat3 2 months ago
wow si crumbiling that gas station like a peace of paper
justusreid 2 months ago
I wonder if i would of been carried away in the wind
kozackie 2 months ago
@kozackie The average spreadeagle freefall speed of an average adult is 120 miles per hour. I also read that in winds higher than 160 miles per hour, a grown man laying on the ground will get slid and tumbled across the ground.
triton115 2 months ago in playlist Hurricanes
Wow! Gas is 1.88 - no way! hehe. Seriously though.. window down?! Crazy stuff.
worktosser 2 months ago
OMG Those Gas Prices!!!!
joeylawn36111 3 months ago
He can hold a camera in 156 mph+ winds. He's the most interesting man in the world.
-No, he's not. He's UltimateChase!
newchihuahua 3 months ago
my friend you are simply crazy i'm from Cuba and i really know what a Category 5 is.Thank you so much,and don't stop.
HabanaMedero 3 months ago
You were anchored down by the size of your testicles.Thank you
teedzy1 3 months ago 11
@teedzy1 hahahaha....Thanks !
UltimateChase 3 months ago
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triton115 2 months ago in playlist Hurricanes
@teedzy1 Actually, if you look closely, Theiss and his crew were parked on the leeward side of the gas station's main building, so in fact, they were more than less shielded by the building from the full force of the hurricane's winds.
triton115 2 months ago in playlist Hurricanes
fuck you high gas prices!
platanochulouno5 3 months ago
UltimateChase you are the man. You are not stupid for doing this. Who cares what others might say. You have balls & it is science baby. I go to school for meteorology and I am counting down the days were I can join people like you. To take video relate it into saving lives. Building homes to withstand MOTHER NATURE.
bradfordfields81 3 months ago 6
@bradfordfields81 Thanks for the kind words !!! haha
UltimateChase 3 months ago
@bradfordfields81 In all honesty though, this isn't for science. We haven't learned a single thing about typhoons, hurricanes or tornadoes in the last 30 years by people sitting in the middle of them with shitty cameras.
We already know everything there is to know about them from this position.
People like you actually going to school for meteorology, and scientists pushing the envelope are the real badasses, not random idiots who sit in their cars and post youtube videos.
cyberslick18 3 months ago
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That is really stupid of you
ShalemariTV 4 months ago
Pretty much like sitting in your car during an EF3 tornado that goes on for 20 minutes. I'd love to experience this at least once in my life.
adrian5rs 4 months ago
US is a dangerous place to live- the combination of power of ocean & wind is just too devastating
dkamle234 4 months ago
Your windows were open!?
pigd0g301 4 months ago
WOW! That was insane
slymester 4 months ago
The Power of Nature is stronger than anything I've seen.
Sairam101 5 months ago
what kind of truck were u driving? Im buying that so i can survive 150 mph winds
BIGBADSQUID 5 months ago 10
@BIGBADSQUID You would need a TIV, or at least an army tank to survive 150+ mile per hour winds. Of course, the safest place to be in 150 mph winds is a concrete, or concrete block structure building, preferrably one reinforced with steel. Best bet if you want to film the storm would be one of those multi story public parking garages. Additionally, Mike Theiss was extremely lucky he didn't get hit by the storm surge at that Race Trac gas station, seeing it's very close proximity to the bay.
triton115 2 months ago in playlist Hurricanes
what were you inside of?
BIGBADSQUID 5 months ago
@BIGBADSQUID a tank xDD
HaloRocksMySocks 4 months ago
Thanks Kevin9703 !! Please pass the word along. I'm trying to really get this Ultimate Chase YouTube channel cranking !! I have at least 30 more new videos getting ready to be posted soon !!!
UltimateChase 5 months ago
@UltimateChase really??? you're struggling with this channel??
don;t worry.... its too awesome to remain unknown for long.. looking forward to the new vids
madclowntapia 4 months ago
@UltimateChase I don't get how when you should the surrounding area after the eye wall such as telephone poles and billboard signs? how did they withstand such a strong forced wind?
JerseyShore117 4 months ago
QUE bueno !!
Estacionbcp 5 months ago
this IS the most amazing weather footage that i have ever witnesed. one can dodge a tornadoe, but when you are in the hurricane....you better fucking hang on. my goodness, i am left stunned, and in awe. great job guy's!
kevins9703 5 months ago
im surprised that the whole station just didnt collapse completely
vgames89 5 months ago
The gas station just got OWNED!
eml4321 5 months ago
Gives me chills. Crazy power.
MustangManiac1115 5 months ago
poor gas station :( All the metal on it was just reduced to scrap metal in a matter of minutes.
achm3d 5 months ago
3:00 - 3:30 DAM!!! thats fucking awesome!
stiffy69ify 5 months ago
INCREDIBLY!
george12345691 5 months ago
If you were in the eye does that mean the strong winds returned shortly after?
Alexdurrant7 5 months ago
Natural disasters fascinate me.
middy444 5 months ago
I WANT YOUR JOBBBB!!!!!
mattBcollier94 5 months ago
lucky you servived!!! ;)
mnh12385 5 months ago
that has to be the best most extreme footage of a hurricane ever shot. props to you.
jeeptoker 5 months ago
if only this cud happen to my high skool :)
SuperRyanHigaLover 5 months ago
Amazing. The sound of that wind is about enough to give you chills. Some very brave guys in that car.
BassAssassin9 5 months ago
lol 1.89 for gas
iPojHD 5 months ago
Anyone catch how cheap the gas was? Lol, that would be nice.
HaggarSumBeech 5 months ago
I hear as the storm moves through the wind will be in the opposite direction????
snowmchristv 5 months ago
@snowmchristv Yep when the eye has passed over the winds then travel in the opposite direction to before, rather the same as water going down a plughole, the wind and torrential rain spirals around the hurricanes centre
danw1374 5 months ago
we should drol bombs in the the mother hole could help
CreampieGeneral 5 months ago
Mike, u are one brave man...nice vid
gav6170 5 months ago
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Thats a sunny day for chuck norris, thumbs up if you agree
emotecktopoptart 5 months ago
thats INSAANE
brando12790 5 months ago
just imagine the winds speed during Cyclone Olivia in 1996 was recorded at 253 mph
Westonci 5 months ago
u haz a death wish
69op2gg1005ify0m 5 months ago
makes you wonder what did the native americans do when something like this happened... i wonder if they had advance warning of some kind..
Taurusaud 5 months ago
Omg those gas prices LMFAO, but I remember this, the bastard was a Cat 2 when it hit us in Kissimmee and still fucked us up.
GHPanthers117 5 months ago
mate how the fuck are you in a car!!!!? what are you parked behind/chained to?
OHHfuckit 5 months ago
At 3:00 onward ... shit! O_O
Water4Jeremiah 5 months ago
OMG!!! Why would u be out in a cat. 4 hurricane, that's insane!!!! But great footage though.
gummybears1245 6 months ago
If you are already in the eye of the hurricane wall, does that mean that you're gonna have to pass through the other side of the eyewall? Gosh! It scares the hair out of me!
jergonzales10 6 months ago
followed the link and i loved the detailed story of the chase....
at 2:32 i thought that that was the excitement... then i remembered glancing the information of this vid... and the mention of 3:06..
this vid is epic... its as simple as that. good work.
hope you manage to get some of Katia when she appears....and i'm betting she will by morning (in 5-8 hrs) i'm betting she'll be major as well.
madclowntapia 6 months ago
Holy hell.. I need to find the same people who mounted that satellite dish on that gas station to mount on my house!! lol
Tkjawa 6 months ago
i would shit myself i were u u sir got some balls
TheArmuxxx 6 months ago
the gas station put up a good fight
prince32988 6 months ago
holy shit!
SamsMinecraft 6 months ago
Why are hurricanes like women?
They come in wet and wild and then after they steal your car and house.
boboico 6 months ago 34
Also very intense how at 4:06, the wind goes from insane to moderately scary. This was the first hurricane I'd ever been in and in Orlando, especially with it being at night, the eyewall was not so clear cut. I remember going outside when my husband and friend told me we were in the eye and it really didn't start up again very strong when it passed. Don't know if the eye broke up or something, but for us, it was pretty much over at that point.
inthecornfields79 6 months ago
I lived in Orlando when Charley came through and I am so grateful that I wasn't where you were. Don't think I'd be brave enough to stand that! Terrifying! And LOL at the $1.80 a gallon for gas. I was thinking how nice it would be for gas to be that price again. Back then, I was complaining that it was too expensive.
inthecornfields79 6 months ago
Amazing video. It's very hard to express to someone who hasn't experienced what type of primal fear is released when the wind starts to blow above 100 mph in hurricane. It does something to you that never quite leaves.
Lehmann108 6 months ago
Wow
JDjedi12 6 months ago
my parents were stuck in a hurricane (category 4, st.luis) in st.maarten island for their honeymoon and they have video of it!!!
krazykmay 6 months ago
You're gnarly!
DjMolluskMixes 6 months ago
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DjMolluskMixes 6 months ago
death
inktoxicated 6 months ago
HOLY FUCKIN SHITTTTTTTTTTT
INSANEE
guitarhero323 6 months ago
The storm that was supposed to hit Tampa. I almost wet myself when it was upgraded to cat. 4 that morning. They evacuated three levels and most went to Orlando.....ooops! Couldn't believe it when he turned at the last minute.
TheTpanative 6 months ago
how do you walk around with those big massive balls of steel you have?
jeffreyhrz 6 months ago 3
this is why you should evacuate. i didn't, but i'm not realy scared cause the winds of irene have dramacally calmed down.
loveya1119 6 months ago
Damn ! you are one crazy brave man. i wouldve been hidding under my damn bed. wow good video though
MrMylo11 6 months ago
I remember being at home in daytona beach fl, when charley hit us. A tornado spawned right near my house and knocked down a huge oak tree ontop of my moms car. Its was crazy, and everyone is so scared of this "hurricane" Irene. PSH if theyre so scared of irene take a look at this video of a truely scary hurricane charley!
ppoeispro 6 months ago
What do you mean by mini-swirl? Can you explain that it seems real interesting.
novawildcat89 6 months ago
Wow. THis is an amazing video! You were set up just right not to get blown away or hit by a storm surge. I would like to see this in an omni max theater with surround sound.
notsuretwo 6 months ago
dat is amaazinggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
PrRican973 6 months ago
dude that shit is nuts!
eriatarkamv 6 months ago
Your fucking annoying wiping that camera. Shits gonna get wet, it's annoying seeing you wipe that shit more than twice. Let it be ya chink
hownowbrownfatcow 6 months ago
inside the eye of a hurricane*
Spudst3r 6 months ago
Wow I've never seen a video of a transition to inside. That was incredible how fast it changed.
Spudst3r 6 months ago
you couldve easily died
hairysaccs 6 months ago
I'm starting to think humans weren't meant to live in Florida.
erinfinnegan 6 months ago
damn @ 3:00.
Rtree115 6 months ago
Irene has just been updated it is actually cat 3
kooldude121858 6 months ago
Wow!
harlequin75 6 months ago
DAMN NATURE, YOU DOWNRIGHT TERRIFYING!
VicTheMouth 6 months ago
Hurricane Charley was the worst hurricane I've been through and I live in central Florida. It was hard to sleep that night, all that wind...nice video man.
ECU7 6 months ago
Absolutley incredible video ! Thanks UltimateChase ! I am still trying to figure how it didn't toss your your car like a matchbox car !!!
Mastophales 6 months ago
Mmmmm, $1.89 for gas.
svt11111 6 months ago 2
@svt11111
same thing i was thinking!!!
miaangel247 6 months ago
Irene is not going to be anything like this! Shes only going to be a cat 2 so dont worry... Its not gonna pack a punch like that
lilcajuncarebear 6 months ago
is
xXFearlessCommandoxX 6 months ago
what state of this?
xXFearlessCommandoxX 6 months ago
chuck norris sneezed
djd99007 6 months ago 5
lol
desenagrator 6 months ago
holy sh*t
beybladebattles647 6 months ago
Hurricane Irene Bring itttt!!!!!!!!!!!
NsanePrankz 6 months ago 2
Thumbs up if you're here because of Irene :)
airman665544 6 months ago 162
@airman665544 its coming to me tonight!!!!
krazykmay 6 months ago
@airman665544 irene was a shitty cat. 1. shitty drainage system or not, upper east coasters were being a bunch of wusses.
ejrod0 6 months ago
@ejrod0 You must be a real idiot to say that upper east coasters are wusses. If you knew any better you would know that the majority of us made fun of the forecasters who hyped things up. Irene was no big deal.The mayor did it as a practice drill in the case of a real emergency. Did you forget what happened on Sept 11, 2001? Yeah, we are real wusses, especially those of us who lived 2 miles away from a warzone. Come up and work like a New Yorker-trust me YOU would be the wuss LMAO!!
grkqt79 5 months ago
@grkqt79 9/11 has nothing to do with this. There was no foreseeing 9/11, so it's uncomparable to a hurricane. My family is from New Jersey / New York. Most of them still live there and were freaking out about it. There were only a hand full that realized the hurricane was overhyped.
ejrod0 5 months ago
@ejrod0 Well that's what the media does-freak people out, make them go to supermarkets, Home Depot, to stock up. People who panicked did so bc that is all you saw on all tv channels for 3 days. It does not mean they are wusses. What about NYorkers who move to Fla? IF I am not mistaken, there are many transplanted northerners down south-are they wusses too?. BTW, there was damage on Long Island-flooding, tons of trees down, same in Jersey, same in New England.
grkqt79 5 months ago
@grkqt79 my comment wasnt saying that someone is a wuss BECAUSE theyre from the upper east coast, my comment was just saying that they're wusses for overreacting to the storm. i dont see why we're on opposing sides here.
ejrod0 5 months ago
@ejrod0 I fully get that lol, but what's the reason people overreacted? They are being told that a cat 1, which may or may not stregnthen over the Atlantic (once it leaves N.C. and goes over water again), will hit the tri-state area. August was a very rainy month up here. The news channels would repeat over and over how we could have Battery Park under water, etc. We are supposed to trust these people yet have common sense. still doesn't make people "wusses."
grkqt79 5 months ago
@ejrod0 Also, my aunt, uncle, and cousins live in Ft. Myers, my other aunt in Naples. Funny thing is they were just as freaked out for us as some of the upper east coasters. People may have freaked out, others were excited. It came, some people had problems and still have problems till today, it passed, and most people said, "big deal." LOL This is from talking to all friends, family members, and people at work. Not one person I know reacted they way you are saying.
grkqt79 5 months ago
@grkqt79 Going through an event isn't what makes someone brave, it's how they react to it and move past it. You dont seem to have done the latter if you're gonna bring it up because of a youtube comment about a hurricane.
ejrod0 5 months ago
@ejrod0 Oh, and yes, people have the right to panic if they are forecasting even a WEAK cat 1 storm. IT just didn't show up that way-that's nobody's fault. Meteorology has a long way to go in terms of predicting the strength of hurricanes. They made it seem like some ferocious storm was coming. Those that did evacuate did the right thing. Long Beach, L.I. alone had storm surge about 3 blocks inland.
grkqt79 5 months ago
@grkqt79 this is a natural disaster not some man made terror plot.
ninjatomaster 5 months ago
@airman665544 hurricane irene was nothing by the time it hit the u.s yall were lucky, we here in texas and in florida have gotten way stronger scarier hurricanes, yall got lucky it wasn't stronger when it hit.
MastaGT 5 months ago
Dont F*ck with mother nature!!!
(P.S. u came here to watch huricane comin to NY and passed Miami!)
MrSankiro 6 months ago 2
NY will prevail
WarMachineGX 6 months ago
@Julienoway lol wow This is gonna b one badass storm i gtg do my erands b4 this shit hits my on sunday idk y but i cnt wait to c this XD
WarMachineGX 6 months ago
@WarMachineGX lol, it's an adrenaline rush. ;D Trust me. I love storms and bad weather. I actually get quite a lot of inspiration to draw when it rains and stuff. XD sadly Cali doesn't get stuff like this. Maybe once in a blue moon, haha. Be safe. :D and have a camera ready. lol.
JulieNoWay 6 months ago
1:05 i omg its pulling the pump off holy shit
WarMachineGX 6 months ago
i know that gas station
iTzXtAsY 6 months ago
OMG. im only 11 and this is gonna happen this weekend!!! im almost crying!!!!
Misheardables 6 months ago
@Misheardables Don't worry! Just stay indoors, and make sure your family is safe as well. :) So far, I've heard that Hurricane Irene may reach category 4, but not 5. Even still, just don't go out, and make sure your family is prepared. I live in California, and I'll probably never experience anything like this.
JulieNoWay 6 months ago
@JulieNoWay ok, thanks! :)
Misheardables 6 months ago
@Misheardables dont worried kid if your lucky you wont die yay!!!
jonholloman 6 months ago
Cannot wait, this is what we have on tap this weekend!!!!
wq1299 6 months ago
Chuck Norris sneezed.
Lassannn 6 months ago
This guy has balls.
Liztivien 6 months ago
why in the hell are you in that and why did you open the window
Lunkpin 6 months ago
Now you'll all see nature wants us to stop using fuels and it will be gone, in the next 20 years,
Stuff like gas will be gone, so that means we need to get other energy from anywhere, like the sun has, that kind of energy or water maybe
l would shit myself lf l were in that car
weren't you guys scared?'
because you said on the other way behind the petrolstation was a car that was going upside down
l love to see storms, but, l don't want anyone to get hurt
nature is beautiful.
MissSunnyRainy 6 months ago
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MissSunnyRainy 6 months ago
I've been out in a cat 1,2,3,4 but never a cat 5. Don't wish to have a cat 5 hit my state
KJT922010T 6 months ago
bro! close the windows!
crazydevil360 6 months ago
wow. i cant believe there was a gas station haha. then its gone in 5 minutes
RealTalkification 6 months ago
Oh my God!!!!!! Look at those gas prices!!!!!!
gkopacz 6 months ago
I was there......3 miles down the road. It sounded like a train running over the roof. Completey whited out. I would like to know the exact time that the 155 wind happend...if you could tell me poster it would be great. Grew up in this town and bought gas at this station many times. If you go there now you can still see that trees in the town are only 30 feet high.....nothing higher. But the racetrack gas station is completely redone......looks like nothing happened.
ikeute 6 months ago
Do you have second half of video? After the eyewall?
FAST70442 6 months ago
@FAST70442 Yes, But I was taking shelter in a small bathroom of an shop that was 75% destroyed. I shot some video but was mostly trying to stay alive !
UltimateChase 6 months ago 19
lllooolll wat a power O
roccat86 6 months ago
UltimateChase Damn man it takes a lot of guts to be there, NICE !! Good Work
iHabbek 6 months ago
The most amazing part of that video was at 5:27.......... gas at $1.80 a gallon
trdtacoma02 6 months ago 73
@trdtacoma02
And Unemployment was at 3%. Kind of makes you miss them days huh?
RealTalkification 6 months ago
@trdtacoma02 yep that was amazing
yoyohomey 6 months ago
@trdtacoma02 yea bring that back!!!
pcolalongfellow 6 months ago
Awesome!
11StormChaser 6 months ago
I was just beginning my sophomore year at Port Charlotte high when Charley hit. I actually lived a few streets from the county line of Charlotte and Sarasota (I used to live in North Port) and the only damage we sustained was losing an old 16 ft satelite dish and our fence. We also never got completely in the eye wall, so we just had continuous winds the whole time. My classmates didn't fair as well damage-wise, seeing as most of them lived closer to the harbor.
MoiraYume 6 months ago
haha watch out for the gust's, being in the rain feels like being hit by walls of pebbles, being born and raised in Daytona I LOVE IT HAHA
supraguy2jzgte 7 months ago
Man, you got balls.
pkonnoobs 7 months ago
that gas station got raped
187MIAMIBOY 7 months ago
this deserves like an award or something.
formusicplaylist1 7 months ago
holy cow... u MEAN HOLY SHIT
lemi619 7 months ago
Reminds me of 1970 Hurricane Celia in Corpus Christi Texas.
Airport wind gauge broke at 165mph.
Was staying at my aunts home near the middle of town and I remember the metal roofed corrugated building diagonal from us being peeled a sheet of metal at a time. A booming sound every time it flew away. Never forget that sound!!!
Building finally keeled over when roof was gone.
I never want to go thru a hurricane with winds over 150mph again!!!!
Nerves of steel you had!!!!!
FAST70442 7 months ago 6
@FAST70442 Its funny you say this....I have studied Celia and compare it to Charley in many ways including being a small and compact storm. I have heard other accounts of this booming sound !! I wish there was more video and documentation from Celia !
UltimateChase 7 months ago