Hurricane Opal 1995

[awesome5875]

omg gonna have one like that on sunday o_O scared!!

[Ducknbob8]

1:35 AH yes.... Buenos Diaz.....Juan Valdez......Colunbian coffee remember those commercials??????

[ryan12378]

in 20 years Florida has gotten hit by Andrew Erin Georges Charley Frances Ivan Jeanne Dennis Katrina the most costlilest hurricane in history Rita and Wilma

[ryan12378]

2004 and 2005 was the busiest hurricane seasons

[BrianFalconsFan29]

I was 5 when this happend our mobile home survived this thing we had 4 trees down in our backyard none hit the house but we did lose power for a week and had to live in a hotel school didnt even open for 2 weeks so many memories i got really interested in hurricanes after this thank you for uploading this it brings you back

[rj1982ii]

It came in about 30 miles due south of me. I'll never forget that day.

[MissMaddy881]

jw870206

that's interesting. i love the weather!

[DRVAZQCARL]

1995 was the most busies hurricane season in history.

[jw870206]

Opal had the lowest central pressure for a hurricane that did not reach Category 5 status. That's a record that remains intact today.

[jw870206]

Ahh the good old days of Weather Scope and Jim Cantore with hair.

[NCCNeon]

Translation: Opal was forecast to hit New Orleans, but it missed Louisiana and hit Florida.

[HairMetalBabe]

I remember this hurricane, too.

I was 5 years old & it got pretty bad at my house.

I wasn't really scared...just amazed.

I believe this is what really geared my interest in weather.

[emilymcleod751]

I was living in AL when this hit.. I was 10 yrs old it was crazy. We got a spin off tornado on it.. a tree went through our house..it was really bad I only remember it slightly..

[rj1982ii]

I live in Crestview which is around 30 miles north of where it came in and it was bad. Try imagining two adults, a 13 year old and a dog in 1 small bathroom. We decide to evacuate Ivan nine years later because didn't want to go through that again. Well imagine three adults a dog in a small bathroom. At least the dog would have been slightly smaller. Now my uncle moved in and it would be four adults and one dog in a small bathroom if we don't evacuate next time.

[overdrive71080]

youre right, its her when she began there

[Yutzwagon404]

man, is the intro supposed to make you vomit or what?

[crb4059]

I remember wathcing live that morning as it bombed to a cat 5 and every new report cantore reported had the pressure substantaially lower, probably still have it on tape. lol

[RandomNameTag]

A 5-7 mile wide eye? Hurricane Wilma had an eye that was only TWO miles wide at one point!

[terry1919]

I was living in Montgomery AL when Hurricane Opal hit.... It was not very Pretty I have tape from the local TV Station

[KangaKucha]

they dont cover them like that anymore, that is vintage WC.

[Copper20]

We're no longer there, cause 2006 ended the stuff.

[ILovestorms]

1995 was the first year of the active hurricane phase that we are in now.

[chris92777]

91-94 were quiet years. 98 was another active year

[Copper20]

1992 was the worst season of 20th Century. Hurricane Andrew showed Florida a new meaning a pain.

[itsalleternal]

1992 was actually fairly quiet with only 7 storms and only one significant hurricane - but that was Andrew. The next strongest hurricane that year was a Category 2 that remained mostly at sea.

[Copper20]

And while we're at it, they kept talking about this hurricane over and over and over everytime there was a catagory 4, starting with georges and floyd.

[Copper20]

Scratch that! Actually after they talked about Hurricane Gilbert during Wilma!

[Copper20]

I got interested after Hurricane Dennis. 2005 is actually the MOST memorable season where it had 28 systems.

[jw870206]

This storm brings back memories for me from the year that I had first started getting interested in the weather. 1995 was a memorable Atlantic Hurricane Season. Thanks for this post.

[nhwxtracker]

You got hooked at the start of the new cycle of many hurricanes. I remember being happy that we got to the F named storm!

[jw870206]

The only problem with '95 being the first hurricane season I ever paid attention to, was it never occurred to me that this was a busy season until a couple of years later. So in '97, I was bored out of my mind because of the lack of activity. I remember I was watching Hurricane Erika like a hawk, even though it wasn't going to come close to hitting the US.

[Copper20]

I had the same problem during right after Hurricane Bonnie.

[judyb1169]

THANKS!!

[Hurricane23mph]

Wow this is awsome footage...Keep them coming Thanks adrian.