Hurricane Charley Punta Gorda Florida raw footage by Jim Edds
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- čas přidán 11. 08. 2019
- Jim Edds & Mark Rackley arrive in Punta Gorda to intercept Category 4 Hurricane Charley. When the stuff starts flying the footage rolls uninterrupted.
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"it's getting dangerous!" and he stays and lives to give a cameo. thanks for taking us through this incredible footage! King O'de Storm... we bow
Today is the 15 year anniversary of Hurricane Charley. The very small 5 mile wide eye went over the north side of Punta Gorda on Friday the 13th August 2004. It was the start of 4 Hurricanes in 6 weeks, a run like I've never seen before. Charley was all about the wind, too small to really be a storm surge problem. You can see the wind blowing water out towards the ocean under the bridge. According to the official NHC writeup, Charley had winds near 150mph when it came ashore. What you don't see in this video because I turned the cam off . . . the wind jacked up another 15-20 mph seconds before the calm eye. It got very bright and intense and I thought I saw the pearly gates. But water was blowing everywhere and the lens would have been covered in droplets so you would be able to see much. Now the audio would have been cool though. The guy with me is Mark Rackley who found cover in a nearby Pub - lucky guy.
I was glad to hear that he survived, but at a pub? MERCY!! I had to look up Punta Gorda on a map. Thought you were in Asia again.. 😄 thanks for posting that from the archives!
Taking cover in a pub.... that would be me...
Charley was brutal. I lived through it here in Punta Gorda. You are right about the winds. Nobody understands that Charley was much worse than what they said. It was probably a Cat 5 but because we had no water damage from a surge. They did not care about us so much. The wind damage was bad enough. This town would still be ruined if we had had a storm surge 😱😢
So glad I bought this DVD years ago, one of the best example of a solid category 4 eyewall in daylight.
@hudson ngo excellent career choice, don't ever forget when you grow up :)
Ok,WOW was that intense! Again,great footage like always Jim!!!
I watched through the whole video and made some time stamps:
Things start to great crazy around the 17:50 mark.
18:04 Jim says "Yee Haw we're having fun now baby!"
19:44 what looks like part of a storm gutter falls in front of camera view.
Power flickers again at around 21:04 to the far left. With some sparks at 21:05 -21:10.
Things really start to go down hill around 21:45.
Jim at 22:18 : "Oh my god, Oh my god!... That'd scare anybody".
Power appears to go off for good after Jim cleans the camera lens at 22:39.
Jim at 23:00 : " Gunna have to get out of here! Getting too dangerous, gunna have to get outta here."
At 25:08 a piece of sheet metal moves dangerously close to the camera and Jim, before it jets out of camera view at 25:23
Jim at 26:12 : "This town is coming apart!"
Part of the sign on the top right shreads off at 26:15 .
Bottom/middle part of the sign on the top right flies off at 27:02 .
At 28:53 a ton of small debris fly off.
Jim at 28:59: "Holy cow."
Starts to get really intense at 29:07 when debris fly around the camera.
At 30:15 a huge gust of wind hits and causes larger debris to move around with the rest of the top half of the sign on the top right to fly off.
Bulidings roof to the left rips off at 30:41. Winds continue to get worse as even more debris move around and become airborne. At 32:05 camera cuts to show Jim in another place, winds are howling.
At 32:38 you can see a street light tilted towards the ground.
At 32:50 Jim shows his car has it's back window smashed open.
At 33:08 a closer shot of the street light tilted towards the ground due to the storm's strong winds. You can also still hear the roar of the wind on the audio.
At 35:02 you can see a palm tree on the ground.
At 35:56 Jim walks in front of the camera to tell about his experience in the storm so far, with Charley's winds still being heard roaring around him.
At 38:00-38:18 he shows some of the street damage done by Charley.
38:19-end of video, Jim talks about his experience in Hurricane Charley to other fellow chasers. With Doug K. Saying to Jim "This is Ground Zero".
some time stamps? My Guy?! 🌩️🌀⛈️
@@tsulienagoodrich5997 haha,yeah ;)
Wow, I havent seen the whole video yet but I'm sure its gunna be good! Great video as always jim!
I’m so glad I found this video. I first saw this footage on “Serial Killer Earth” and I’ve been fascinated by big storms ever since. Mother Nature is a truly scary thing.
This sound just relaxes me completely, so much so I search out videos of just the wind to fall asleep to.
I was born loving the wind and its still with me.
I lived in Port Charlotte not far after crossing the bridge. Worked in Punta Gorda for the county. It was awful. Went back to work on Monday after the hurricane on Friday. Our building was gone, but went to sheriff's building answered phone calls from people who needed help 12 hours a day 7 days a week for weeks. Very sad and stressful. We bounced back, thank god.
i was in st. pete for this storm just about 3 minutes from tampa bay....I was petrified right up until charley made that last minute turn thank god we lived in a 4 story concrete building
I will never ever forget that day. I lived through that storm here in Punta Gorda. Probably the scariest thing I ever went though. I can always empathize with people who go through these directly. People need to take these seriously.
This is incredible to watch the buildup! I was in New Smyrna Beach across the state where it exited at about 11PM that night, and it was STILL a strong CAT1, maybe 2 and fairly well organized, fast moving. Charley was a bad ass.
Charley was definitely a bad ass beast. I went right through it in Punta Gorda. Won’t ever forget that as long as I live.
Hurricane Ian is currently approaches Florida. I had No fear till today. I am going to find out what happens as I ride the storm out in Orange Springs. Wish me will report back Saturday October 3 2022 with a comment & report.👋🤠🌪🌀
you alright?
Man, when that storm surge comes on, I found myself flinching backwards every time metal was flying at you. Wow that is some DANGEROUS stuff. You are either crazy or brave, or maybe both LOL
Jim and colleagues, thanks for braving what you did to get this video - it's unforgettable.
The part I like about hurricanes is before the wind and the rain starts. There's a really, dark, ominus calm before the storm. All around is deadly calm and silent (you can hear a pin drop).The air begins to get much warmer and more humid as the storm approaches.
I was in Orlando at a 22 story hotel.the building shook..the windows held. The water was like a pressure washer. The hotel had a generator. A blessing. It was a fast-moving hurricane. I couldn't believe the destruction I saw the next day..
This is one of the most incredible live vids I have ever seen. You Sir were a real badass filming that, fkn unreal. respect, UK, we have none of this shit thank fk.
The speed in which the winds accelerated during landfall with Charley were just exceptional.
The only other I can think of that did the same in Florida was Andrew in 1992.
Now in 2022 we got Ian, tracking the same path as Charley. Much larger however and moving slowly inland in comparison
If you think charley’s winds are intense, you should check out the acceleration of the winds from hurricane Michael. I have never seen winds that intense in a hurricane in my entire life.
Hurricane charley had nothing on Ian. Charley could fit into Ian’s eye.
@@JameO3993 Dorian made Michael look like a bitch
I was supposed to take a vacation to FL and arrive the day the Hurricane Hit, good thing I watch the news every day and postponed it, I ended up going the weekend of Halloween 2005 and again in April(I think) of 2006
In 2011, I ironically moved to Punta Gorda, about 7 years after the storm hit
Wow, that was so devastating. The amount of damage is heartbreaking. Great footage of this monster.
so glad jim has found someone to help him with filming
that super typhoon yolanda footage was very intense
hard to believe its been nearly 18 years!
Me & My Dog were made for this!
really hurricance charley punta gorda good job
it's fun just listening to it . experiencing even better
Nature dosnt faak round
Excelente video
Another great job jim 👏 👍
Thanks for watching
@@JimEdds any time I really enjoy this stuff
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Wow, this is crazy!! What a beast!
Definitely was! I was 15 when this thing hit my town, so very grateful that he was a fast-moving storm and wasn't carrying any surge otherwise I probably wouldn't be here today.
@@dahliablack9017 He was small in size thats why the surge was low. I hope I see one like Charley or Michael someday. Well I promised I would start chasing this year. Unfortunately nothing so far this year. Today is the 16th anniversary.
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 I think chasing would be so much fun! I would love to chase myself
To me Charley was definitely a cat 5 at least 156 sustained winds
Happy 16th Anniversary survivors. What a crazy day.
I lived in Fort Myers during Charley, and our house didn't have many shutters on it. I imagine what 150 MPH winds would have done to our house.
I was in port Charlotte, it was terrifying, so much destruction and devastation, very scary storm to live thru! Had several tornados drop in my neighborhood, I'm more scared of tornados than anything, way to unpredictable!! I'm so thankful charley was so fast moving and we didn't have any surge, I think if we had many wouldn't have survived! We were without power and water for well over a month but I'm thankful that's all we lost, only minor damage, so many lost everything, parts of our town were leveled. Never even thought about it turning into us either, when it did it was to late for everyone to prepare! It was a very scary storm and a very sad day after he passed thru, literally looked like a war zone in a 3rd world country! So happy just about everyone lived to tell their story, even as sad as many of them are! It sure did bring a small community even closer tho!
You certainly caught a lot of flying debris towards the end there. Were you near a mobile home park?
Holy bananas!
What was the sustained winds speed when you recorded this video? 80 or 100 MPH now I'm kinda thinking second thoughts😕
Been in one cat 1 hurricane in Texas and I was scared then. In this one for some reason I wasn't scared but think I was in shock. It hit me hard after it was over. Wasn't thinking bout the water until then that's when I lost it, but we got lucky no major surge so that saved all of us. Charley had no arms..
the real fun starts @22 mins.... power out....
Good morning sir next time I will come with you if you allow me , thanks and regards from India
30:40 shit that was a good gust
At 29:20 Bill Paxton’s voice: “DEBRIS!”
hurricane charley punta gorda florida raw footage
Funny thing is is everybody kept saying that it was going to go to Tampa I knew two days before it hit Port Charlotte and punta Gorda that it was going to hit us directly. I was only 15 then and I'm so grateful that it was small fast and not carrying any surge otherwise I probably would not be here today!
really...you did. shut up.
I believe I saw some of this footage used on a DVD I used to have that I can't find anywhere. Do you know what I am talking about? It was a lot of raw footage, and in the end they go through a broken window into a bar/restaurant.
yup. i have the dvd. i just watched it with my son who was 3 years old at the time. I used to frequent The Celtic Ray often.
i wonder how tall buildings could survive this wind
I worked for an company that builds for hurricane force winds.
For the love of.....please please edit the wiping, it makes an otherwise good video hard to watch.
20:29 automatic drain cleaner!😂
at 17:00 and 26:06 You can see that 3rd Small Palm tree got uprooted
All I see is that one palm tree losing some of it's fronds.
theres a lot of asmr in this video
21:43 30:14
🤦♂️😂
30:13 22:52 29:05 26:53
heck i hate your way of wiping a lens , you take forever , once across and let it go a bit wet is ok , too tedious to watch this. sorry. bye, if hadn't blocked lens soo long so often.. hear the metal in background.. no idea what happened too busy staring at a sign spinning or palm forever vertical okayyy.. look after any FL storm most people see it on news thats just antithrill. sorry,,=edit it somewhat those bits. then its great education!
that's the raw unedited footage and it says so. It was requested by some to show how fast the hurricane came in and out. I have edited versions on YT.
I didn’t see you out there filming and risking your life...
@@torkko50 Go take an IQ test because I doubt you have any sort of actual mental capacity.