Hurricane Charley! Perilous video from ground zero!

Friday, August 13, 2004: Punta Gorda, FL

Extreme storm chaser Jim Edds arrived in Punta Gorda to find the town locked up and deserted, with no good options to use for shelter while filming. He ended up outside a doctor's office on HWY 41--pinned down and directly exposed to the elements, literally 6 feet from the wind-driven chaos on this video. Charley was the strongest all-daytime hurricane to hit the US since 1957 Hurricane Audrey.

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[TheCleetz]

nice kite flying weather

[FunnyHalo3Production]

wow this may be the most intense hurricane footage I have ever seen.

[Wwexbackyardmonster9]

you are maded of iron or what not moving from your place

[SnookiPinky87CP]

if i saw a person being blowed to somewhere ill be laughing kinda O_o

[Ballad513]

"Let's go fly a kite, up to the highest height..." The worst time to be thinking about Mary Poppins is during a hurricane. But it lightens the mood with some amusing mental images.

[love187punk]

this is just amazing, i mean there is nothing we can about its the god way

[NYmikeFL]

i remember Charley. fun experience.

[TheArmuxxx]

lol wood and shit flying around him but u know he doesnt mind this guy is like chuck norris

[TheTpanative]

Charley was nuts. For 5 days the track had it coming up the mouth of Tampa bay. That morning I was finishing boarding up when Fox 13 announced it had been upgraded to cat 4. After 3 levels were evacuated over two days, it turned at the last minute and hit Punta Gorda. Of course, we got hit back to back by Francis and Jean, what, a few weeks later.

[CFUFilms]

Wow. You can't replicate that for a motion picture. Absolutely Incredible.

[EdinTehGangster]

@badtwin77 :D