Hurricane Gustav Land Fall- Houma, LA September 1st, 2008 [HD]

Dave and I flew out of JFK on Sunday, August 31st and we landed in Jacksonville, FL around 4pm that afternoon. Jacksonville was the closest airport we could get that wasn't going to be in the affected zone. Then, after getting the rental car we drove the 650 miles to our target area and met up with George Kourounis and Mark Robinson from Canada....as well as Tim Millar from Florida. But, getting to the target area meant driving through New Orleans at 2am when a curfew was in full affect. We both kept our fingers crossed and after getting turned around a few times by road blocks, we made it across the lake, and into Houma where we finally arrived at 3am! After arriving and greeting all our chaser friends who made it there before us, it was time to grab a quick nap before things started to pick up. We logged a righteous one hour of sleep before having to get up and get ready, lol

The show started around 6am and by 9am, we were receiving sustained winds in the tropical storm force range. This was by no means the predicted doomsday scenario by any means, but Gustav did put on a good show for us when all was said and done. We documented the northern eyewall as it moved over Houma and were treated to a barrage of flying shingles, sheet metal, glass and tree parts. But, the real fun came when we were driving down Main street in the center of town and one of the above mentioned roof shingles came flying right through the passenger side window on our vehicle! Thankfully neither Dave nor I were injured, but now we have a problem.....no glass on the passenger side! We quickly retreated to the parking garage (which by the way was the same garage where the local police were housing their vehicles as well) and we proceeded to clean up as much of the broken glass as possible. Mark thankfully had some thick plastic sheets that we a fixed to the door and in the end, this did help keep most of the rain out of the vehicle when we decided to venture back outside. Notice though, I said "most" of the rain was kept out, lol. After getting our fill of Gustav, we all decided it was time to start making our way back east towards New Orleans and points further so we got on the road around 4pm. George, Mark and Tim had a room in New Orleans and Dave and I proceeded to Crestview, Fl where we had a warm bed awaiting us...god did that bed feel good!!!

The following day, we both flew back to NYC thus ending our Gustav adventure..

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[norekos]

Great video!

[tornadovideostock]

@norekos Thanks for watching and for you comment!!

[OhioExplorationGroup]

Gustav wasn't a major hurricane, but man each video I've seen seen of his of his landfall shows the area FULL of flying debris! Any Idea why?

This is some of the best Gustav Footage I've seen yet, up there with Jim Edds and Brandon Ivey's footage. Awesome work!

[tornadovideostock]

Gustav sucked in a lot of dry air as he was approaching the coast and this is what weakened him. But you are right, there were times there where the winds were howling pretty good! Then again, the difference between Gustav's max winds at the time of land fall, and a low end major hurricane (111 mph) were only about 6 mph. So yes, there really wasn't much of a difference. Glad you enjoyed my video!! Thanks for watching :) I'll be posting a lot more over the coming days/weeks

[CaStormChaser]

Amazing footage!! It takes real guts to intercept Hurricanes!! Love all your footage!! 5 Stars and an add to my favs!

[tornadovideostock]

@CaStormChaser Thanks!!!! Glad you enjoyed!

[dannysmom18]

1.I hate these people

2.Why dont they listen to forcasts?

3.FRIGGIN EVACTUATE!!

4.These people have gone locas because I guess they want tyt odie

[tornadovideostock]

@MissKuriosity Yeah just a little bit :) lol. Thanks for watching!

[tornadovideostock]

@supercellstorm Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Hurricanes are the most intense experiences for me, there's so much going on around you every single second, you have to be 100% focused at all times. The experience is truly incredible.

[supercellstorm]

Incredible video, I love that high wind and severe, dragging everything with power and speed I have never been in a situation like that, outside my body feeling winds over 100km/h. Of course it must be something great, fantastic for a living, you have been brave to go out amid the intense wind to film, in my case I certainly would have done just that and I love severe weather :D.

A greeting and congratulations.