Mighty Hurricane Ike vs Storm Chasers Galveston Texas, Florida Keys
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- čas přidán 10. 10. 2021
- The original Hurricane Ike DVD now in HD. Some of the biggest waves we've ever seen in the US by far.
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I live in Clear Lake, TX. and the eye literally crossed over our area... it was the most eerie feeling of peace. It was taunting. The wind was blowing in one direction and suddenly, after the eye wall passed, the wind completely changed to the opposite direction and trees and limbs started falling everywhere! It was terrifying. The wind was howling andit sounded like thousands of dying souls, very scary sounding. I NEVER want to experience that again.
I'll never forget that night. It was the most eerie feeling of my life. I lost power at 3:30 am and didn't get it back for almost two months. It sounded like a train coming through for hours and I could here all my huge old oak trees slamming to the ground. I lived on the Trinity River up from Galveston and for months afterwards they flew up and down the river in helicopters looking for bodies. It was so sad and so surreal.
I want to experience it im a fan of storms
El Lago: We had boats on Nasa Rd 1 all over the place.
I lived in crystal Beach and lost everything I had .
I lived in crystal Beach and lost everything I had.
I will never forget hurricane Ike , one of the most scariest experiences of my life
I had just started my first semester at A&M Galveston when Ike hit. I grew up in the DFW area, so it was all so foreign and amazing to me. I lived in the old cinder block apartments on campus on pelican island, and was going to muscle through it. I’m glad they forced us to leave, because that whole island was under 8ft of water. That whole ordeal was so unbelievably humbling.
Born & raised in Galveston county, but we left that area and moved permanently up to Central Texas to get away from that BS. I'll never forget the great hurricane evacuation in 2004, when they closed all roads, wouldn't let people go where they wanted to go and tried to force the population of the Houston/Galveston metropolitan area into a tiny town called Huntsville. We were trying to get to Laredo, where my husband's family lives. My mom & dad wanted to go to Austin, where my brother lives. It took us 48 hours to get to our destinations. The hurricane didn't even end up coming to our area. After that, we were fed up.
I think that was the Hurriane Rita evacuatioin in 2005. Rita was after Katrina and that disaster was fresh on everyone's minds. People were stuck in traffic for 10 hours or more. It was a real evacuation mess.
@@JimEdds Yep, we were stuck for two days! It was awful!
I spent a lot of my childhood growing up in port bolivar which is a ferry ride across the ship channel from galveston. Inhave rode out 3 major hurricanes here and i knew when i saw the waves coming over the seawall in galveston the storm surge was gonna be a huge factor in damage . And it was. It wiped out the bolivar peninsula where i spent my whole childhood. It was so heart breaking to see that. My deceased mother loved that place alot. Im actually glad she wasnt here to see it.that seawall did exactly what it was designed to do . If it had not been there galveston would have been destroyed way worse than it was
I grew up in Gilchrist and this storm took out every house except 1.
I remember Ike! We had to leave ahead of the storm to avoid the eye wall and ended up in a little hurricane party with relatives to ride out the storm together. The howling wind is something I will never forget. One of my clearest childhood memories is of trekking across waterlogged lawns to get to a house that still had power. Downed branches were everywhere and even some whole pine trees had fallen. I was only 7 at the time, but I was absolutely fascinated by it all. Seeing it all go down again is a trip and a half
I was in homestead Florida when it went though the keys in a semi truck. Then got outta there caught a load to Dallas then hooked up with fema got a load of water, staged in San Antonio it hit Houston then we came in and helped. One of the most memorable times in my life
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I was only 4 years old when Ike came through, but I remember it so well.
"Don't Hit me Ike, Love Tina"
Well played folks...well played!
We moved to Galveston from north Texas in January of this year. Since we live in midtown the live view of the seawall is usually a more accurate depiction of the current weather, then the weather channel. 🤷♀️ While flipping through CZcams for the live shot of the seawall before I took off for the day, your video popped up. One hour later….. 😢
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I was 6 years old when Hurricane Ike happened. It's crazy that Hurricane Ike happened 15 years ago. Never gonna forget
The guy holding the stick is named Steve. I used to drive a dump truck with him for Forman Equipment!
first time anyone has been able to ID Neptune Guy :) Thanks.
Oh my god !
My house is in the frame at 44.06 in top left screen. This is the first time ive seen footage of what it was actually like. This storm affected my entire life . I was graduated with 14 kids in high island high school and that peninsula had never been or will ever be the same again.
@ around 30:00 the black bird looked so scared....I bet his little feet were gripping hold for dear life, awwee, I'm sad now....thank you for video, amazing❤
Poor creature looked terrified 😢
Jeeeesh. Water 🌊 still looks REAL NICE!
this was my first hurricane, I had just turned 8. it made landfall in Texas where I’m from and I remember every second. no power or running water for weeks. such a powerful storm, and the eye passed right over. I also remember evacuating for hurricane Rita, and at the last second it veered right and hit Beaumont. I had just turned 5, took us 23 hours to drive 4 hours outside of Houston. our family hasn’t evacuated ever since 😵💫
This is the one that Robin Williams talked about! It destroyed my home.
Sweet! Now I got a show to watch tonight.
The sight of the first responders and people rushing towards the island immediately after the storm. God bless those heroes.
After Rita fiasco I said I would never evacuate, I work at Kroger on the Sea Wall, we were back in business a day or two later. Glad I didn’t evacuate, basically lived at Kroger and my sisters. Made good overtime 😅
Yeah I used to shop at that Kroger since I was a kid. Spent a lot of days on the sea wall.
See hurricane Ian
I was a kid during hurricane Ike I remember school was canceled for about like 2 weeks and add to shelter-in-place with my parents in my apartment
I was so sad that so many well known places disappeared forever because of Ike. I watched the devastation happen on TV and it was a year before I went back to Galveston. It just wasn’t the same to me.
Thanks Jim!
Great video. Worst night of my life, so far. The sound was horrific.
Those poor dogs. Of course I feel bad for the people. But at least the people understand what’s happening. The dogs have no idea where there families are if they had any. If they are strays they had to weather that hurricane on the streets.
“This place is going under. No doubt in my mind.” More prophetic words have never been spoken. I knew we were in trouble when the streets and freeways were starting to flood here in Houston 15 hours before landfall with calm winds and sunny skies. That storm surge was historic.
After millions of millions of years its going under? Ok
We lived 700 miles inland in Texarkana TX, and Ike blew an 80 ft. oak tree over onto out house. It was a monster.
Ike, another dreaded "I" storm was big and big ones are far reaching and seem to have a lot more umph! Thanks for watching.
We just came back from Galveston. The area has recovered well after Ike. Thanks for another amazing video.
GALVESTON
I grew up on the Boliver peninsula across from Galveston and it did not recover. This hurricane took out every house in the town except 1.
@@nikkinicklus7587 I corrected it 👍
Can you imagine how much it would suck to have your home survive a hurricane just to be destroyed by a fire.
Hurricane Ike 🌀when that storm went to hit Galveston and Houston from the Gulf of Mexico on September 13, 2008
Thank you Jim! I remember this, I was in it in Northwest of Houston, scary stuff. And my nephew was 2 weeks old when Ike hit.
Remember all the glass window busted out of the high rise buildings in Houston? Falling glass is scary stuff and it was at night.
Ike hit Ohio and it was STILL a hurricane with it was horrible and I went without power
I was only 8 when Ike hit. We lived only a few hours from Galveston and stayed up all night waiting to see if we had school. The wind blew our shed off its foundation (not a very big shed) I remember watching the news about the storm until the power went out. I don't remember if we went to school 🤔
That smoke plum with the incoming hurricane is pretty dang wild
Hurricanes are like rodeo bulls and they are all dangerous but some are legendary. Ike was Bodacious, the biggest and baddest and wiped out the famous Balinese that had withstood many big storms over the past century but didn't survive Ike.
Well said :)
Ihre Dokus sind die Besten 👍 Danke 🥰
Fire fighters a God send
Poor Cubans with 2 hurricanes in 9 days! I hope they all recovered ❤
Oh Jim, what excellent coverage, so glad I stopped by.
thanks for watching
I was 6 years old when this happened. Surprisingly, I remember hearing about this on the news.
Lived Baytown and we left about a day or two before landfall and it took us ten hours to evacuate to Bastrop. Absolutely nuts. Considering we got that orange and yellow both times, I am surprised Baytown looked practically the want minus the no AC for about a week but thankfully a cold front came through soon after.
I've been through many hurricanes. Its the same feeling everytime. Starts off exciting, then as the eye wall hits you start wondering if you'll make it
I have been within 50 miles of the coast of Texas my whole 54 years. The day I watched the news and the waves were splashing up on the seawall told me ike was gonna be a bad one. I saw what Alicia did in 1983 and it didn't push water over the seawall. There's no way I would a stayed there noway
Very well done video, as always!
Thanks Mike, and thanks for watching :)
The before and after shots tell all. Happy you guys were all safe when it was over. The hurricane that hit in 100 with 8,000 lives lost was devastating. On to the next big storm!!👉🏻👉🏻
Ike wrecked my home in Katy, Texas. We are 83 miles from Galveston. It was a powerful storm. I will never forget.
Ike damaged my house due to the wind blowing trees onto it (it was a trailer house I was renting) I lived in Montgomery...
I live in northern Ohio and it knocked all my trees over and the power was out in our whole county for 5 days
I lived in San Leon when Ike hit. My mom, brother and wife and myself all lived on the same street. We evacuated to Austin. Came back to a devastating sight. You see these things on tv but living through it was totally different.
The 1900 storm is why Galveston jas a sea wall amd a north jetty off the coast of port bolivar. The north jetty is war related but it helps with waves during storms til its overwhelmed
I was in Galveston County jail when Ike hit Galveston.
Geeez what was that like?
Yes, what was that like? Was it flooded?
it was devisating. God bless all the victims.
Really a good video. Thank you.
I HAD JUST SOLD MY HOUSE IN GALVESTON 1 YEAR BEFORE THIS HIT, MY HOUSE WAS BY THE MEDICAL CENTER
it was a real mess after Ike, glad you didn't have to deal with the aftermath
Great footage 👏
Powerful storm.IKE
I was born an raised in Galveston an lived on 18th street 8 blocks from seawall lke was a baby compared too Hurricane Alicia in the 80 s the national guard was out you couldn't sit on your porch too escape the heat from inside no power for a week ina half at nite all you could here was gun shot where's people looting getting shot ..never made the news an the smell in the air of Dead animal an sum body's that haven't been found😢😢
15:43 I'm sure that's reed timmer you can hear in the background
Great video... thanks for the memories.... this one was a rough one. I remember it like yesterday.
In response to why you leave...as for the reporting guys..it's a passion for them and I appreciate what they do...I can see what happened while I have no power and fixing my home falling down.
The force of wind is one thing but water has a force that will kill you faster in my opinion... If I was in a place where my first floor would fill forcing me to the attic... I am leaving... there is nothing I can do but die in that... I live 25 miles inland and the surge wouldn't reach me ... the area may flood but not to my attic... the wind is the factor...and I had hurricane winds up to 110 mph-120 gusts I think higher..under the North, West and SW eyewall (never the eye )and bands over me for at least 6 hours. I stayed because in this storm as my roof was coming off I was able to poke holes in the ceiling to let water run into buckets unlike my neighbors that had it all collapse and lost everything and they were living in my house.. granted we had no power for 10 days no way in or out for 5 days... but I had a ceiling that didn't destroy all my belongings.... this is why I stay....
When the remnants of it hit sw ohio, we didn't have power for days. It was within 48 hours of hitting Texas. It packed quite the wallop with the winds but no rain with it
Cajun Navy!
Flashbacks to 1900.
Ike was a beast 💪
From time to time i think about the people who decided not to leave Bolivar. The pictures of the decimated structures are very sobering...
This storm was so big
Need another storm photographer in Florida? We live in Pensacola 😎
I lived there for many years
Live.down.the.steet.galveson.from.the.sea..wall.🏁🚩🏴☠️
18:20 really 😑Ike & Tina 🤦🏽♀️
I mean this in no disrespect but why did so many stay when they knew what was coming. It just made it worse and put more life at danger having to rescue you because you didn't listen and get out. I'm just wondering how you think this through. Really no hate, just curious. Are you trying to save your home? You waited to long? This happens alot so I trying understand the reasoning. I know these guys were there to capture it and are professionals.
not everybody leaves. The decision is based on a lot of factors. Did you see all the people stuck in traffic for 10 hours around Houston in 2005 when Hurricane Rita approached? Some ran out of gas. Some tried to find motels that allowed pets to no avail. You might travel to a different state before you found a hotel. Some don't have the money. So whether you stay or go depends on your particular situation but whatever you do . . . do it early before the traffic jams and crowds. If you stay know the power and water may be out for days or weeks. It will be difficult living. Some want to stay to watch the house and other assets. If the storm surge can flood your home I think you have to go though. As you saw in the video there was a 17 foot seawall built to protect Galveston. However it started flooding from the north first - where they dredge to raise Galveston up after the 1900 Hurricane. But even 17 feet is not enough. It may be you cannot ever keep Galveston from flooding. Ike was a big Cat 2. What about a big diameter Cat 5? Katrina had 27.8 feet of storm surge in Waveland, MS. Whatever your decision is know what you are in for - staying or leaving are big decisions and you have to pick the least problematic one or the one that you deem the best for your family. So you see like many things in life - it's complicated. If you have evacuated before you say you'll never do that again. If you stay and it floods your house or the roof blows off you say I'll never stay again. That's what people have told me. Just make the decision early.
@@JimEdds thank you for the reply. I never thought about all those factors. Some yes but not all. I'm learning more in every storm video I watch. I'm fascinated by it. I had an accident when I was in my teens and it affected the way I learn and put things together. I'm always afraid to ask questions because I don't want people to get mad, upset or I ask it the wrong way. Thank you for being nice and explaining it. Oh and I subscribed to your channel.😊 your videos are amazing.
@@gidget_ Thanks Tiffany and TY for subscribing to the channel. That's how you learn by asking questions. Well, that's how I learn anyways. You will find there are people that love to educate and give back to the younger generation. BTW, my Hurricane Dorian, & Typhoon Haiyan both category 5s are story like too. Haiyan will be hard to watch but we must never forget what did and can happen again in the Philippines. The Channel started out as a stock footage kind of thing but lately I'm more into storytelling videos. Cheers.
@@JimEdds Yes... Rita... that was a clusterF ck if I ever saw one.... I stayed for that too...but got very little damage.
As a Texan that grew up 17 miles from Galveston, I think in 42 years we left for one hurricane and that was it. A lot of the time it's too much trouble to pack up a lot of your stuff and sit in 18 hours of traffic just for a storm that might pass or hit and it might not even be that bad. It's definitely a risk, but after living in a place prone to tornadoes and hurricanes, honestly after like your second or third one it's just not a big deal. You'll take the chances.
What caused the fires?
I believe some of the fires were started by short circuit spark related. Some started and ignited the adjacent homes. It's not unusual to see fires in neighborhoods in storm surge high wind areas. If lines blow down they can still be live wire and spark. The spark can ignite material that burns easily and there it goes. Just another hazard that makes up what I call the Danger Zone. Thanks for watching!
Someone ate Taco Bell and their ass caught on fire
39:30
i hope those two workers who went onto the pier got off before it collapsed.
they didnt
Fire insurance, not hurricane insurance on the boat
they do that in all the gulf coast states including camps and houses
44:30 that's Bolivar peninsula, not boulevard peninsula, but I knew what you meant!
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this was a great video!@@JimEdds
Hurricane Alicia eye past west of downtown Houston
Hurricane Ike eye past east of downtown Houston
Jim hurricane Michael vog was good
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There is this one video of a storm chaser that says he see the Full Moon during the passage of the eye, do you remember seeing the Moon during some break of clouds in the eye?
74 people died in Texas from Ike. 😔
I think it was more like 26 ppl died and 40 or more unaccounted for. I live in Houston. I was in Galveston County Jail (the new one)when Ike hit.
A lot less than the Hurricane in 1900.
that number is way off , there were more than that that died on bolivar peninsula
Destroyed ohio.
This went nowhere near Ohio