Hurricane Rita - Florida Keys, FL. September 20, 2005 (Part 2 of 2)

This is part 2 of my footage of this hurricane which passed barely 40 miles south of Key West as a strengthening Category 2 hurricane with sustained 100mph winds. One day later the storm had a minimal pressure of 895mb with 180mph sustained winds, becoming the 4th strongest Atlantic hurricane on record. In this video there is some special storm surge footage from Jim Leonard's place at Lower Matecumbe-Islamorada, storm surge flooding at Marathon Key and hurricane conditions in Key West near the International Airport. Peak wind gusts in this video were mainly in the 90-100mph range. This part includes the period of strongest winds with storm surge flooding in Key West. For more information and videos please contact me, Storm Chaser, José Garcia. Comments are appreciated...

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• Hurricane Rita
• Hurricane
• Huracan Rita
• Jose Garcia
• Florida
• Storm Surge
• Storm Chaser
• Storm Chasing
• Florida Keys
• Key West
• Islamorada
• Marathon
• 2005 Hurricane Season

[huracanado1]

@floridaboy0523 Hey Derek glad you enjoyed it!

[huracanado1]

@vmax135 Thank you so much, Michael. You, Jim Leonard and Mike Theiss's [among others] work have really encouraged me to do this. Thank you all...

[floridaboy0523]

Awesome video Jose!!

[vmax135]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, Jose!!! Your footage from Rita is great... it brings back a lot of memories! Thanks for posting.