Over the course of the last ten years, when my interest in severe weather, storm chasing, and severe weather videography developed and grew, I have found so many instances when horribly dangerous and destructive weather was combined with an unparalleled kind of beauty.
I can't even fathom nor imagine the utter destruction and the force of wind yall experienced.. 185+ mph winds with a recorded 227 mph gust.. the stadium effect of the eyewall that clear and visible is truly rare.. hard to comprehend something so devastating is so beautiful.. My prayers to you and everyone over there.. I live 80 miles west of yall n my imagination can't even possibly begin to think of what it was like to endure such a event as dorian..
Absolutely INCREDIBLE, Jim!! Just stellar shots and that eye passage... WOW... totally INSANE!!! So glad you're OK. The impacts there are heartbreaking.
Jim, this just might be one of the most riveting weather videos that I have ever seen. And, the view of the eye...just simply WOW! Glad that you made it through safe and sound, by the way.
Going into a hurricane is very dangerous. If I was in Florida and a Category 3 (let alone a Category 4 or Category 5) was heading my way, I would take shelter or evacuate the area.
This is an amazing video of the eye. This is heart wrenching to watch and my prayer where and are still with the people in the Bahamas. My heart breaks for them.
We we right across the harbour from you by the lower public dock. No deaths in Hope Town but not so in Marsh Harbour and Freeport. Crazy seeing footage. Glad to simply be alive. Hope Town Volunteer Fire Rescue was organizing efforts from Monday morning for medevacs, cleanup, shelter, food and then evacuations. Thanks to anyone who helped then and in the future. Your footage will help show the impact.
when I left 2 days ago I didn't see any aid coming in. A few private helicopters but no water/supplies. They are being neglected in my opinion. The floatplane tried unsuccessfully to fly in the last two days I was there. Couldn't get permission is what I was told. Why? What's stopping that? I did hear a report of one fatality, someone missing. But rumors are rampant and not reliable especially when it comes to aid coming into Hope Town. I was there I know. Hopefully by now the situation has changed but I'm skeptical.
Hi Jim. I left on Friday by boat to Nassau. I was helping HTVFR in whatever ways I could and witnessed a Royal Navy helicopter airlift supplies in on Wednesday or thursday. A private boat came from Eleuthera and also dropped off supplies. When I left they were asking small boats etc to stay out of the harbour until they secured the supplies in a safe place. We don’t want what was happening in marsh harbour happening in HT as elements from there could find a way across at some point. Most non essential personnel are off the island. On Friday they were expecting logistics crews and help with security. I don’t have any current info.
I remember going to cruises and going to the Bahamas on the cruises and we used to Always go to the beach and stuff and Now that I look at this.It literally Makes me cry.
Good thing you have experienced these type of storms over the years.. I can see just by some of the people being interviewed by media living through that were traumatized and will have PTSD for a long time.. also glad you and Josh made it.. just tell the story of Dorian..
Thank you Jim Edd's for filming Dorian's Eyewall, It's Beautiful!! It's the Most Awesome footage!!! You are a True Number 1 Stormchaser🌀😍 I Thank God for keeping you safe in this Awesome, but Dangerous Storm🙏🙏❤
Don't mean to sound callous in the face of so much destruction, but its incredible to capture the stadium effect on the ground. The eye is often overcast from ground level and you can only see the stadium effect airborne, like from those hurricane hunters C-130s. Amazing to capture this on the surface. Great job! Hope Bahamas made a full and speedy recovery from the damage.
I live in Key West..I visited marsh harbour and hope town this past July. What a terrible tragedy..we have three ladies, survivors from marsh harbour and treasure cay staying at our church for a while. Thier testimony was surreal..not a dry eye in the church..
Thanks Brandon, if you flew the next day it wasn't too bad on the ground yet and the call for help didn't go out until the situation on the ground changed drastically in the days ahead. You be careful . . . Nassau to Marsh is 100 miles over water one way. Take care buddy and I still owe you one for Hawaii.
Seeing that strong of a storm from inside is just incredible. I was inside of Wilma but it wasn't nearly as spectacular. Unfortunately, that spectacle comes at a heavy price.
FANTASTIC footage jim! Im glad you survived this... Beast.. Of a storm. Love the eye shot! Glad you made it out fine. Are you planning on making this into a documentary like you did with Haiyan?
Haiyan took 300 hrs of computer time, these days I just don't have that kind of time to give up. But maybe something shorter when I get all the footage sorted out, I just got my lost luggage back yesterday. :)
I always thought the a hurricane's eye was a wind dead calm zone...and the trees are still moving here. I have been thru two major hurricanes in my lifetime (including a cat 5), but only had experienced eyewalls, never ever been into an actual eye. Living in the Caribbean (or for these guys, in the Bahamas) makes you understand in the absolute need for cinder block exterior walls, concrete reinforced homes...anything less, and you are literally gambling with your life.
the eye has winds that gradually decrease until you get to the centerpoint of the eye. The beginning of the eye, where the winds are screaming to dramatically reduced is a dangerous interface. You can go from 30-40 back up to 90+ in an instant like Hurricane Harvey at night in Rockport TX 2017. Sometimes the hurricane hunters will do a center fix but the dropsonde records a pressure along with 25mph winds, so that know it wasn't centerpoint and have to extrapolate the pressure based on a chart. So if you have a centerfix at 913mb but 25 mph winds the centerpoint pressure would be 910-911mb. It's not easy to get a perfect centerpoint fix with just the dropsonde because the plane is moving so fast and the chute can carry the sonde a little ways of but they are pretty good at it.
Truly an once and a life time storm I can just imagine what the 1935 storm was like with 892 pressure and Camille’s never known wind speed and Irma. I hope everyone effected by this storm will recover and live happy lives and rejoice and celebrate those who lost their lives so they may never be forgotten. As always Jim AWESOME video. I also have a question what was the highest wind gust you recorded in Dorian and was there cars really flying in the air at a tornadic like speed.
highest wind gust I recorded? That could be hazardous to your health being outside. Remember there are no parking garages in Hope Town. But recon had 185mph and 911mb pressure. I had 911.2mb We got the centerpoint of the eye which is even harder to do. Hopetown is a small island Town 3 miles east of Marsh Harbor, they few small cars there so I didn't see them flying as I was inside hoping our room wouldn't collapse.
Jim Edds Wow Jim glad you made it out okay and the eye footage was so incredible. It reminds me of when Wilma was crossing South Florida and seeing that as a kid made me become super interested in hurricanes. I also have some more questions 1. What wind speed do you think Camilles was at landfall? Same with Andrew 2. And is it true if a hurricanes pressure is low enough, can a house explode? Cause I’ve heard survivor stories of what the 1935 Labor Day hurricane was like and the pressure literally exploding houses.
Michael Baldwin To answer your questions, first off. 1. Camille likely wasn’t a cat5 at landfall, mainly because of the lack of wind damage in the aftermath. At ground zero, the tree canopy’s still had most of their foliage, structures that survived the storm surge had little to no roof damage, including wooden ones as well, even mobile homes that were strapped down suffered minimal wind damage. Sure Camille had an unusually low pressure, but that doesn’t mean it was a cat5. Cyclone George in 2007 was a cat3 but had a pressure of 902mb. 2. It’s possible that structures could explode in extremely low pressures. The most likely chance of this happening is if a breach is made. That would allow the wind to enter the structure, which would increase the pressure ten fold, like filling a balloon until it “pops”.
I'll never forget the intense pressurization /depressurization and wind buffeting during hurricane Carla (Texas 1961). Hour after hour, I swore the roof would lift away at any minute. Scared out of my PJ's. And Dorian was stronger and right on top of them. Footage doesn't begin to reveal the power of such a storm.
Wow, that eyewall is something, a look in the evil blue eye. Are the dutch marines still there to help out? All the best and kind regards from the Netherlands.
I'd like to when it gets quieter. Just a matter of sitting down and spending time and cutting it on the computer. The super typhoon Haiyan story only took 280 hours in front of a computer. But you can watch it on The Weather Channel Sun Sept 22 at 6:30pm central :)
@@JimEdds I haven't watched the TWC in years. Got so tired of all their commercials and general cheesiness. Maybe I'll check it out. In terms of intensity of the winds, how did Dorian compare with Haiyan?
if you do rebuild and i hope you guys do check out monolithic domes for a building. there is one on pensecola beach that went through hurricaine Ivan and a couple of others, it is the longest surviving structure along the coast line and it has survived several hurricaines including storm surges. also if you can get solar panels and rain water catchment systems (the rain water catchment can be 'inbuilt' to the dome to protect it from the storms. it would look different BUT it survives, it resists all sorts of disasters, it is cooling/warming, low energy costs etc. just make the solar panels removable for future storms so you have power up and running virtually immediatly. one other thing i know of a monolithic dome that someone built as an above ground tornado shelter.... it survived an f5 tornado when everything else was turned into tooth picks. the dome shape can take approx 4 times the wind pressure than a flat wall........ also it is termite proof, can be wildfire proof (another dome survived wildfires in california), earthquake resistant, hurricane proof....... i implore disaster areas with high risk to rethink home designs.
unbelievable footage to document the first extreme hurricane in the Caribbean. climate change has to be tackled with seriousness. idk if I would be alright to function normal again after this experience.
Jim my man you got cast iron balls. I can't seem to find the full length version of hurricane Dorian you did can you help me out or can anyone else out there help me out I thought I saved it but I guess I didn't thank you
it depends on where you were to the wind. If you were up high and caught the direct wind, you blew apart. If you were behind the lighthouse, lower elevation like the Hope Town Inn and Marina you were a little more out of the highest wind but you didn't escape the wind entirely. The backside winds hit the row of villas before they got to us so where we stayed we had some protection. If you were a sailboat at the marina, you probably didn't make it. A few did but they were more "protected" from the wind on the north side. In Hope Town east side - a lot of damage from a place that shook off Cat 3 Irene in 2011 in a few days. They had a sand dune beach on the east side that was 20 feet or so high, so protected somewhat but the approach side winds really tore them up. Get in close you can see every structure had damage, either wind or storm surge or both. It's remote and that's the beauty of Hope Town, the fishing, the almost private beach, the people, the light house, everybody on channel 16, it's all awesome. It will come back - but it will take longer than Mexico Beach or Pensacola Beach after Ivan. The latter took 4-5 years to come back fully.
sure . . . it was blowing like hell lol seriously though opening the door was not cool. I did once and the wind almost tore it off the hinges, it smacked on the other side and bent the frame so I didn't try that again. But I managed to open it a crack and stick my go pro out a few times. Operationally it was rated as a 185mph sustained and we got the centerpoint of the eye 911.2mb, operationally it was 911mb I believe it was recon that reported it. Estimating winds is very hard after 100 mph so no I don't trust my eyes to estimate wind, it would go pure whiteout and you couldn't see 10 feet in front of you. At it's peak we were inside worried about the room imploding more than anything.
@@JimEdds Thats insane man! 911 mb!! Thank you for the reply. I cant wait to see more video. I can imagine it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to get a estimate of windspeed with your eyes. Even an anamometer(spelling??) prob wouldnt survive over a certain speed. Just curious though. 185 was based off of a one minute sustained reading at a certain altitude. I wonder what intensities are at different levels inside the storm such as ground level that is affecting structures if they are near 185 at that level it would be wild.
I always wonder why so many people leave ocean going boats at dock in a direct path of any hurricane. I can only assume they are heavily insured & are ready for a new boat. These boats then destroy already damaged structures near by & are costly to remove
may reasons - maybe you couldn't get there in time to move it out safely. Maybe they shut down the flights going to Marsh Harbor and you couldn't get there in time like all the other chasers? So there are lots of reasons. John's boat went to the bottom and sat there. Now the boats anchor on a mooring dragged and ended up on shore as you see in the video. Hope Town is not livable, the buildings/homes will have to come down , at least the vast majority. I'm thinking 1 or 2 won't. That's how bad it is there. Thanks for watching :)
@@JimEdds wow you think all but a couple of the homes will need to be torn down? Hard to imagine that operation, then the rebuild. Best wishes Well chased
Katrina survivor here, God bless the Bahamas.
Be safe this season it's supposed to be a bad one
@@twisterman4184 Probably worse than 2005..
I can see the tornado wall 8
how is it after ida?
That "stadium-bowl" eye is awesome! Nice footage!
thank you, thanks for watching
That eye is beautiful!
0:20 the person that recorded this video wasn't blown away by the 156mph winds due to the sheer weight of his massive balls.
Actually, it's 185 MPH
Sustained: 185, max 220. pLz dont woOosH mE-
@@folowowoowowdodkdcnc 220 gust
The eye looks giant and beautiful 😍
Great comment
Horrible destruction paired with a beautiful capture of the eye. So many feels...
Over the course of the last ten years, when my interest in severe weather, storm chasing, and severe weather videography developed and grew, I have found so many instances when horribly dangerous and destructive weather was combined with an unparalleled kind of beauty.
I can't even fathom nor imagine the utter destruction and the force of wind yall experienced.. 185+ mph winds with a recorded 227 mph gust.. the stadium effect of the eyewall that clear and visible is truly rare.. hard to comprehend something so devastating is so beautiful.. My prayers to you and everyone over there.. I live 80 miles west of yall n my imagination can't even possibly begin to think of what it was like to endure such a event as dorian..
And 40hrs of that kinda wind...(& I resided in FL for over 40yrs... )
That Eye was crazy. Plus this storm was crazy.
Absolutely INCREDIBLE, Jim!! Just stellar shots and that eye passage... WOW... totally INSANE!!! So glad you're OK. The impacts there are heartbreaking.
Another Hurricane Irma, but with Michael's eye!!!
@@StevenWx Even more sharply defined than Michael's
Thanks Mike
Nature does not notice that we are here.
Jim, this just might be one of the most riveting weather videos that I have ever seen. And, the view of the eye...just simply WOW! Glad that you made it through safe and sound, by the way.
I've got a 25 min version that will drop in a few weeks. It has all the backstory.
It’s great to have videos like this. I have always been curious about the eye of a hurricane from ground level.
I want to see the eye of a hurricane in real life just once it's on my bucket list
i get to on thursday 😬
Me too
Its really not a pleasant experience, believe me.
Going into a hurricane is very dangerous. If I was in Florida and a Category 3 (let alone a Category 4 or Category 5) was heading my way, I would take shelter or evacuate the area.
@@ResoluteMujigae Never evacuate from winds only from surge. Thats what every meteorologist will tell you.
This is an amazing video of the eye. This is heart wrenching to watch and my prayer where and are still with the people in the Bahamas. My heart breaks for them.
Mother Nature is incredibly Powerful,
We we right across the harbour from you by the lower public dock. No deaths in Hope Town but not so in Marsh Harbour and Freeport. Crazy seeing footage. Glad to simply be alive. Hope Town Volunteer Fire Rescue was organizing efforts from Monday morning for medevacs, cleanup, shelter, food and then evacuations. Thanks to anyone who helped then and in the future. Your footage will help show the impact.
when I left 2 days ago I didn't see any aid coming in. A few private helicopters but no water/supplies. They are being neglected in my opinion. The floatplane tried unsuccessfully to fly in the last two days I was there. Couldn't get permission is what I was told. Why? What's stopping that? I did hear a report of one fatality, someone missing. But rumors are rampant and not reliable especially when it comes to aid coming into Hope Town. I was there I know. Hopefully by now the situation has changed but I'm skeptical.
Hi Jim. I left on Friday by boat to Nassau. I was helping HTVFR in whatever ways I could and witnessed a Royal Navy helicopter airlift supplies in on Wednesday or thursday. A private boat came from Eleuthera and also dropped off supplies.
When I left they were asking small boats etc to stay out of the harbour until they secured the supplies in a safe place. We don’t want what was happening in marsh harbour happening in HT as elements from there could find a way across at some point. Most non essential personnel are off the island. On Friday they were expecting logistics crews and help with security. I don’t have any current info.
HTVFR has a Facebook page and a US base of operations in contact with them. They would have current info
Incredible, especially the eye wall seen from ground zero.
I remember going to cruises and going to the
Bahamas on the cruises and we used to
Always go to the beach and stuff and
Now that I look at this.It literally
Makes me cry.
thanks for sharing Jim. Incredible shot of the eye passing.
When the wind comes from one side for 6 hours and then from the other side 6 hours, everything is like it was before, right?
it would be if everything was made out of rubber
FH - Side Booster I lived Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and there are some plants that are zig-zagged
Beautiful eye
mhm, ANDREW
Except for the ass-backwards, upside-down, smashed to shit part, yes.
WOWWWW!!!! That inside the eye wall is an incredible shot!!! 912mb is crazy low pressure....not record low, but close.
Awesome stadium effect 😳😳
Good thing you have experienced these type of storms over the years.. I can see just by some of the people being interviewed by media living through that were traumatized and will have PTSD for a long time.. also glad you and Josh made it.. just tell the story of Dorian..
Great shot of the eye. I hope you guys are well....
That is absolutely incredible. Thank you.
Thank you Jim Edd's for filming Dorian's Eyewall, It's Beautiful!! It's the Most Awesome footage!!! You are a True Number 1 Stormchaser🌀😍 I Thank God for keeping you safe in this Awesome, but Dangerous Storm🙏🙏❤
Wow 😯 Thanks for sharing Jim.
Excellent videography as always, Jim. I'm glad you escape unharmed.
Jim Edds I don't know how you're still alive, but thank God that you are. You're just about my absolute favorite hurricane chaser.
Thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart for not filming vertically
They need a category 6 enclosed football stadium as a storm shelter. Don't have windows. Remember Katrina and St. Louis?
for some reason the eye is the safest place you would be if you got hit by a hurricane
This is amazing! Jim's famous Charlie in my opinion is the greatest Hurricane video ever, this will for sure be up there
They eyewall segment starting at :53 is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Don't mean to sound callous in the face of so much destruction, but its incredible to capture the stadium effect on the ground. The eye is often overcast from ground level and you can only see the stadium effect airborne, like from those hurricane hunters C-130s. Amazing to capture this on the surface. Great job! Hope Bahamas made a full and speedy recovery from the damage.
Wow, awesome capture of the eye! 🌀
Jim, that was a spectacular view of that eye! Great catch!
I live in Key West..I visited marsh harbour and hope town this past July. What a terrible tragedy..we have three ladies, survivors from marsh harbour and treasure cay staying at our church for a while. Thier testimony was surreal..not a dry eye in the church..
Awesome stadium eye wall shot!!
Thank you for sharing this video
Incredible video footage of hurricane
Best video. Never Ever seemed hurricane eye
Stunning look at the eye wall
Incredible, we went through the eye with Hurricane Ike in Houston but nothing like this good thing you survived
Good grief! Amazing how fast the wind is
Great vid Jim, amazing shot of the eye. I recognize where you were, flew right over you in a helicopter the next day but didn't know it until now.
Thanks Brandon, if you flew the next day it wasn't too bad on the ground yet and the call for help didn't go out until the situation on the ground changed drastically in the days ahead. You be careful . . . Nassau to Marsh is 100 miles over water one way. Take care buddy and I still owe you one for Hawaii.
Eye wall was super😍😘
I just get chills seeing the inside of the eye from the ground
Amazing how tight that eye was. The surge and destruction on the back side is astounding. I wonder what the time lapse was for the post-eye hit?
Its cool how it looks like its finished but there still come a half side
Love this video
Great work, Jim! Wish I was there!
no you don't - you think you do but the aftermath was pretty bad
Seeing that strong of a storm from inside is just incredible. I was inside of Wilma but it wasn't nearly as spectacular. Unfortunately, that spectacle comes at a heavy price.
FANTASTIC footage jim! Im glad you survived this... Beast.. Of a storm. Love the eye shot! Glad you made it out fine. Are you planning on making this into a documentary like you did with Haiyan?
Haiyan took 300 hrs of computer time, these days I just don't have that kind of time to give up. But maybe something shorter when I get all the footage sorted out, I just got my lost luggage back yesterday. :)
@@JimEdds ahh,I see. I'll still be very thankful regardless what you post! :)
You were the guy on the weather channel right, who was interviewed.
Those poor people.
Good report
This is one of the best hurricane videos ever!
Thats crazy seeing that eye
Hope everyone is doing well down there almost a full year after this awful storm🙏🏻
Thats hell man ...hope everyone is Ok !!
im sure you have some amazing videos coming up
I always thought the a hurricane's eye was a wind dead calm zone...and the trees are still moving here. I have been thru two major hurricanes in my lifetime (including a cat 5), but only had experienced eyewalls, never ever been into an actual eye. Living in the Caribbean (or for these guys, in the Bahamas) makes you understand in the absolute need for cinder block exterior walls, concrete reinforced homes...anything less, and you are literally gambling with your life.
the eye has winds that gradually decrease until you get to the centerpoint of the eye. The beginning of the eye, where the winds are screaming to dramatically reduced is a dangerous interface. You can go from 30-40 back up to 90+ in an instant like Hurricane Harvey at night in Rockport TX 2017. Sometimes the hurricane hunters will do a center fix but the dropsonde records a pressure along with 25mph winds, so that know it wasn't centerpoint and have to extrapolate the pressure based on a chart. So if you have a centerfix at 913mb but 25 mph winds the centerpoint pressure would be 910-911mb. It's not easy to get a perfect centerpoint fix with just the dropsonde because the plane is moving so fast and the chute can carry the sonde a little ways of but they are pretty good at it.
Truly an once and a life time storm I can just imagine what the 1935 storm was like with 892 pressure and Camille’s never known wind speed and Irma. I hope everyone effected by this storm will recover and live happy lives and rejoice and celebrate those who lost their lives so they may never be forgotten. As always Jim AWESOME video. I also have a question what was the highest wind gust you recorded in Dorian and was there cars really flying in the air at a tornadic like speed.
highest wind gust I recorded? That could be hazardous to your health being outside. Remember there are no parking garages in Hope Town. But recon had 185mph and 911mb pressure. I had 911.2mb We got the centerpoint of the eye which is even harder to do. Hopetown is a small island Town 3 miles east of Marsh Harbor, they few small cars there so I didn't see them flying as I was inside hoping our room wouldn't collapse.
Jim Edds Wow Jim glad you made it out okay and the eye footage was so incredible. It reminds me of when Wilma was crossing South Florida and seeing that as a kid made me become super interested in hurricanes. I also have some more questions
1. What wind speed do you think Camilles was at landfall? Same with Andrew
2. And is it true if a hurricanes pressure is low enough, can a house explode? Cause I’ve heard survivor stories of what the 1935 Labor Day hurricane was like and the pressure literally exploding houses.
Michael Baldwin To answer your questions, first off.
1. Camille likely wasn’t a cat5 at landfall, mainly because of the lack of wind damage in the aftermath. At ground zero, the tree canopy’s still had most of their foliage, structures that survived the storm surge had little to no roof damage, including wooden ones as well, even mobile homes that were strapped down suffered minimal wind damage. Sure Camille had an unusually low pressure, but that doesn’t mean it was a cat5. Cyclone George in 2007 was a cat3 but had a pressure of 902mb.
2. It’s possible that structures could explode in extremely low pressures. The most likely chance of this happening is if a breach is made. That would allow the wind to enter the structure, which would increase the pressure ten fold, like filling a balloon until it “pops”.
0:48 el ojo del huracán 🌀
I'll never forget the intense pressurization /depressurization and wind buffeting during hurricane Carla (Texas 1961). Hour after hour, I swore the roof would lift away at any minute. Scared out of my PJ's. And Dorian was stronger and right on top of them. Footage doesn't begin to reveal the power of such a storm.
That looks fucken windy
Good luck and love from everyone in Australia 🇦🇺
the eye wall is so beautiful, yet so dangerous
Setting out prayers for the Bahamas 🇧🇸😩🙏🏿
Right in the eye of cat 5
The damage is surreal. It’s going to take years to recover. 😥
I hope you dont think they should rebuild
Never recover
Before it's all cleaned up and fixed another hurricane will tear it up again .
Wow, that eyewall is something, a look in the evil blue eye. Are the dutch marines still there to help out? All the best and kind regards from the Netherlands.
Wow reminds of Katrina, I saw the eye right about our home in Miami.
Great video. You going to release a longer version? Be nice to see more of the build-up.
I'd like to when it gets quieter. Just a matter of sitting down and spending time and cutting it on the computer. The super typhoon Haiyan story only took 280 hours in front of a computer. But you can watch it on The Weather Channel Sun Sept 22 at 6:30pm central :)
@@JimEdds I haven't watched the TWC in years. Got so tired of all their commercials and general cheesiness. Maybe I'll check it out. In terms of intensity of the winds, how did Dorian compare with Haiyan?
So sad. The eye was pretty amazing, though.
Now that's one spinny boi!
Impossible!
So, sad for the people and this beautiful place.
Name Hope Town Abaco.
Stay strong together we will rise!
You're in our thoughts and prayers. More help and support are on the way.💕💕🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Look in, to the eye of the storm, look out, to the force without form, look around at the sight and sound, look in, look the storm in the eye.
if you do rebuild and i hope you guys do check out monolithic domes for a building. there is one on pensecola beach that went through hurricaine Ivan and a couple of others, it is the longest surviving structure along the coast line and it has survived several hurricaines including storm surges. also if you can get solar panels and rain water catchment systems (the rain water catchment can be 'inbuilt' to the dome to protect it from the storms. it would look different BUT it survives, it resists all sorts of disasters, it is cooling/warming, low energy costs etc. just make the solar panels removable for future storms so you have power up and running virtually immediatly. one other thing i know of a monolithic dome that someone built as an above ground tornado shelter.... it survived an f5 tornado when everything else was turned into tooth picks. the dome shape can take approx 4 times the wind pressure than a flat wall........ also it is termite proof, can be wildfire proof (another dome survived wildfires in california), earthquake resistant, hurricane proof....... i implore disaster areas with high risk to rethink home designs.
These people are poor. Bahamian government would not spend any money on them. Domes you are talking about only rich people can afford
Dome might stand strong, but how do you survive a 20-foot storm surge on a flat island?
we all need to reach into our hearts and wallets to help out
So sad EarthUncutTV couldn't make it to join you
unbelievable footage to document the first extreme hurricane in the Caribbean. climate change has to be tackled with seriousness. idk if I would be alright to function normal again after this experience.
Jim, I was wondering if you were there and would film. I was waiting on your footage. Glad you are ok 👍
Jim my man you got cast iron balls. I can't seem to find the full length version of hurricane Dorian you did can you help me out or can anyone else out there help me out I thought I saved it but I guess I didn't thank you
why is there not more video inside the eye? looks like you cut it off. looked incredible
They needed to get inside! You can hear someone say, "we'd better get..." I'm guessing he says, "inside."
*DESDE MI ARGENTINA Destruida LOS ABRASO y Que Nos Unamos TODOS PARA Cuidar NUESTRA UNICA NAVE ESPACIAL NUESTRA MADRE TIERRA*😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😨😨😨
Imagine "The Day After Tomorrow"
Some of those buildings look to have stood up remarkably well to the cat 5 winds.
it depends on where you were to the wind. If you were up high and caught the direct wind, you blew apart. If you were behind the lighthouse, lower elevation like the Hope Town Inn and Marina you were a little more out of the highest wind but you didn't escape the wind entirely. The backside winds hit the row of villas before they got to us so where we stayed we had some protection. If you were a sailboat at the marina, you probably didn't make it. A few did but they were more "protected" from the wind on the north side. In Hope Town east side - a lot of damage from a place that shook off Cat 3 Irene in 2011 in a few days. They had a sand dune beach on the east side that was 20 feet or so high, so protected somewhat but the approach side winds really tore them up. Get in close you can see every structure had damage, either wind or storm surge or both. It's remote and that's the beauty of Hope Town, the fishing, the almost private beach, the people, the light house, everybody on channel 16, it's all awesome. It will come back - but it will take longer than Mexico Beach or Pensacola Beach after Ivan. The latter took 4-5 years to come back fully.
Jim could you give a estimate of winds at ground level. Glad you are safe.
sure . . . it was blowing like hell lol seriously though opening the door was not cool. I did once and the wind almost tore it off the hinges, it smacked on the other side and bent the frame so I didn't try that again. But I managed to open it a crack and stick my go pro out a few times. Operationally it was rated as a 185mph sustained and we got the centerpoint of the eye 911.2mb, operationally it was 911mb I believe it was recon that reported it. Estimating winds is very hard after 100 mph so no I don't trust my eyes to estimate wind, it would go pure whiteout and you couldn't see 10 feet in front of you. At it's peak we were inside worried about the room imploding more than anything.
@@JimEdds Thats insane man! 911 mb!! Thank you for the reply. I cant wait to see more video. I can imagine it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to get a estimate of windspeed with your eyes. Even an anamometer(spelling??) prob wouldnt survive over a certain speed. Just curious though. 185 was based off of a one minute sustained reading at a certain altitude. I wonder what intensities are at different levels inside the storm such as ground level that is affecting structures if they are near 185 at that level it would be wild.
Good God!! So that hurricane was pretty much a massive tornado?
equivalent to EF4 Tornado, yes.
Looks like a little Pilot Cutter survives, 2:24 in video.
*911* Millibars! That's funny!
Dat eye! 0:56
Brings back the horrors of Michael minis the storm surge!
My favorite restaurant at hope town captain jacks is gone😔😢
Jim Halpert rip I remember eating there😢 what a shame
Is the light house still standing
light house didn't even budge. Tons and tons of concrete poured and round does better than square.
Maybe its time to built Hobbithouses in stead wood houses
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Everyone should live in a light house ! Just saying
Seems like they survive for DECADES!
I always wonder why so many people leave ocean going boats at dock in a direct path of any hurricane. I can only assume they are heavily insured & are ready for a new boat. These boats then destroy already damaged structures near by & are costly to remove
may reasons - maybe you couldn't get there in time to move it out safely. Maybe they shut down the flights going to Marsh Harbor and you couldn't get there in time like all the other chasers? So there are lots of reasons. John's boat went to the bottom and sat there. Now the boats anchor on a mooring dragged and ended up on shore as you see in the video. Hope Town is not livable, the buildings/homes will have to come down , at least the vast majority. I'm thinking 1 or 2 won't. That's how bad it is there. Thanks for watching :)
@@JimEdds wow you think all but a couple of the homes will need to be torn down? Hard to imagine that operation, then the rebuild.
Best wishes
Well chased
It's not easy to catch!!