hurricane katrina blows down tree

***Tree uprooting at 1:53 into video.

Baton Rouge, LA - August 29, 2005 - 50mph sustained winds blow over Tulip Poplar in suburban Baton Rouge.

UPDATE: Hurricane Gustav in 2008 inflicted a direct hit on Baton Rouge. This scene that you see here was repeated all over the city as approximately 1/3 of all houses in the Greater Baton Rouge area was damaged by a tree or tree limb. The father in law of this videographer lost his house to a tree that fell directly through, and he was one of many.

Ironically, New Orleans was spared significant impact by Gustav while Baton Rouge was without utilities for as much as a month in some places.

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[willassaf]

WeatherFreak22 - you are right on, Gustav treated Baton Rouge far worse. Trees far larger than this one were down all over the region. Just happened to get this one on video.

[IANSHELTON01]

@willassaf HURRICANE IKE WAS FAR WORST THEN GUSTAV HAD 80 MPH WINDS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOUSTON GOT A 101 MPH GUST

[WeatherFreak22]

I look at this and laugh because when gustav hit here it was 10 times worse! I live in Prairieville.

[goneem]

this hapend today on my garden the wind blowed a tree a big tree down you can watch it on my account i uploaded it

[WtfSimpleplan]

it looks like the ground is breathing

[gordonfan190]

Wow, that's amazing.

[dkc149]

it fell on top of another tree any

[maestrobassaf]

From the bottom, that tree looks like the Sarlaac Pit! Wow!