Hurricane Rita - Key West, Florida - September 20, 2005

This is a sample of my Hurricane Rita storm chase video. The footage was taken as Rita moved westward through the Florida Straits, passing about 40 miles south of Key West. Peak winds, towards the middle of this clip, are near 75mph with gusts near 100mph. By the end of the clip, storm surge has risen to about 2 feet over South Roosevelt Blvd., along the southeastern tip of the island.

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[NeoCortex34]

This looks more like a catagory 3, not a cat 1, the winds look over 110.

[vmax135]

The highest gust recorded by another storm chaser, right next to my location, was 102mph... and that may even have been a little on the high side. Sustained winds were right around 70-75mph. So as strong as it may look, these winds are actually just barely hurricane force.

[Alexander Peet]

idiot at 1:49, lol

[hurricanesforce]

me too LOVE HURRICANES!!!!

[Sebrina Francis]

i think not he got nokt out!!

[Andy Pham]

LOL,I WOULD LOVE TO GO WIND SURFING

[paleobc65]

fuck all that ! #Teamtornado all day!

[Zekromtrainer12 .]

people got owned

[FRTVfull]

Like Jurassic Park 1 !!!

[evaant14]

i wanna ride a bike in this weather must be fun

[joshuarayborn]

poor chickens

[TheGuitarplayer12345]

0:50 D:

[stryderzer0]

He*