Two Hurricanes Head for Caribbean
Hurricane Danielle is churning across the open Atlantic as it heads toward Bermuda. Farther east in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Earl has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Forecasters expect Earl to become a hurricane by early Saturday. (Aug. 26)
Duration : 0:1:0
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: storm, Tropical, Update
Two Hurricanes Head for Caribbean
Hurricane Danielle is churning across the open Atlantic as it heads toward Bermuda. Farther east in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Earl has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Forecasters expect Earl to become a hurricane by early Saturday. (Aug. 26)
Duration : 0:1:0
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: storm, Tropical
Hurricane Katrina (High Quality) – Coral Gables, Florida – August 25, 2005
Between August 23rd and 30th, 2005 Hurricane Katrina, became the 11th named storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane and second Category Five hurricane of the record-shattering 2005 season. Katrina also has the infamous distinction of being both the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the top five deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history.
On August 23rd an area of disturbed weather associated with a tropical wave became better organized over the western Bahamas and was classified Tropical Depression 12, while moving west-northwest towards the Florida east coast. The following morning, the depression reached Tropical Storm strength and was named Katrina. Turning towards the west, the storm began to intensify steadily and reached hurricane strength a few hours prior to reaching the Florida coast.
Katrina made landfall at Golden Beach, Florida (near Miami) as a minimal Category One hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (70kts) and a minimum central pressure of 984 mb (29.06 in).
From the evening of August 25th through the early morning hours of the 26th, storm chaser Michael Laca intercepted Hurricane Katrina at Coral Gables, Florida. At my location I encountered sustained winds near 80 mph (70 kts) with peak gusts near 100 mph (85 kts).
Hurricane Katrina produced minimal hurricane condtions across portions of the extreme southern Florida peninsula (from Ft. Lauderdale southward through southern Miami-Dade county), with tropical storm conditions elsewhere across the region and through the Florida Keys. The highest officially reported winds in southeast Florida during Katrina’s passage were 73 mph (63 kts) with a peak gust of 93 mph (81 kts) at Virginia Key (just south of Miami); 70 mph (60 kts) with a peak gust of 88 mph (76 kts) at the Miami WSFO (near Sweetwater) and 60 mph (52 kts) with a peak gust of 82 mph (71 kts) at Fort Lauderdale. Unofficial wind readings include a peak gust of 92 mph (80 kts) at Port Everglades and 97 mph (84 kts) at the Homestead General Airport. The lowest pressures observed in South Florida were 983 mb (29.02 in) from the Miami WSFO and 988 mb (29.17 in) at AOML on Virginia Key. Katrina also produced exceptionally heavy rainfall over southern Miami-Dade county with several locations reporting storm totals between 10-15 inches.
After passing South Florida, Katrina emerged into a very favorable environment over the Gulf of Mexico and strengthened rapidly. By the afternoon of August 28th, Katrina reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 902 mb (26.64 in) and maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (150 kts). In addition the hurricane’s windfield expanded significantly, nearly doubling in size. After reaching peak intensity, Katrina began to turn towards the north and gradually weaken as it neared landfall across the northern Gulf.
On the morning of August 29th, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras, Louisiana as a high-end Category Three with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (110 kts) and a minimum central pressure of 920 mb (27.17in). A few hours later, the hurricane made its final landfall near the mouth of the Pearl River, on the Mississippi/Louisiana border with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (105 kts) and a minimum pressure of 928 mb (27.40).
Although the hurricane weakened significantly prior to landfall the storm’s very large windfield, along with the perpendicular approach, and the bathymetry of the northern Gulf coast combined to produce an extremely high storm surge on the east side of the hurricane. Values between 24 – 28 ft (7 – 8.5 m) were observed, devastating virtually all of the vulnerable low-lying Mississippi coastline and sweeping many locations completely clean. On the west side of the storm, the high surge values also resulted in the overtopping, and subsequent failure, of several levees within the New Orleans area, releasing massive flooding in numerous low-lying communities.
Hurricane Katrina’s combined impacts across the affected areas, resulted in a staggering 1,836 direct fatalities (the highest death toll from a U.S. hurricane since the Lake Okeechobee storm of 1928) and $90.1 billion (adjusted) in damage, making Katrina the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
After moving inland, Katrina maintained hurricane strength for nearly 150 miles (240 KM) inland. The storm was eventually absorbed into a frontal boundary over the eastern Great Lakes on September 31st.
Duration : 0:4:16
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Hurricane Storms Thunder Lightning Erin Ike Northern Lights Kitesurf Ohio
Shows Storms and Hurricanes over Ohio
Hurricane/Tropical Storm Erin over Ohio, showing thunder, lightening, mammatus clouds, sailboats, seagulls, bats, geese. Taken around 8-9:30 pm on 07.08.22. Near the center of the first formation shown are cumulous mammatus clouds, which can be associated with tornados. Later someone in the next county sighted a tornado and the Licking County sirens went off according to the 11:00 NBC news. Hurricanes are destructive not only on the coast, their remnants (as shown here) cause much interior damage. In Ohio, as much as 1 foot of rain fell within a few hours in some areas. Severe flooding inundated several places. Several counties were declared disaster areas.
A funnel cloud was reported over the Alum Creek Lake three days after this (while still in the weather pattern) and emergency procedures were activated: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WLV5XWdP7PE Note in the last portion of the video, that before many of the lightening strikes, the clouds could be seen dancing (especially the portion in the center of the cloud formation). Sometimes they became a little brighter. Then there would be a lightening strike.
Video also shows dangerous KiteSurfing during Hurricane Ike. The end of the 65 ft. jump begins at 1:31 (the beginning wasn’t filmed). The portion of the video showing the hurricane begins at :53 and ends at 1:57. Someone just photographed the end of the jump and let us use the film (trip43065 and Ron). Conditions were such that a person could hardly stand up, let alone film.
(Portions used with permission of JohnPurdueSite, trip43065, and Ron)
Hurricane Ike was Ohios worst natural disaster. Although most think of it as a costal disaster, it also hit Ohio. It hit Texas on September 13, and it is considered the the fourth costliest hurricane in US history behind only Katrina, Andrew, and Wilma. It hit Ohio September 14 with winds raging up to 78 mph a Category I hurricane. It is Ohios only hurricane. Much of the damage has yet to be repaired.
While most people stayed inside for safety (as branches and roof material flew by), some were out in the dangerous winds kitesurfing.
Web Site: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WwLUKelWyzkJ:www.rms.com/ClientResources/Catupdates/CatUpdatePublic.asp%3Fevent_id%3D2658+%22Ohio%22+%22hurricane%22+%2275+mph%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
“As Ike tracked in a north to north northeast direction inland it maintained tropical characteristics until it reached Arkansas on Sunday, 14 September at which point it dissipated as a significant tropical cyclone and began extra tropical transition. Later that day the remnants of the storm merged with a frontal boundary across the lower Ohio Valley. The presence of a deep low pressure associated with the frontal boundary generated a tight pressure gradient to the south and east of the low as it tracked into northwest Ohio through Sunday evening, creating strong winds with gusts in excess of 70 mph over a large area across the Ohio Valley. The winds also persisted for several hours which is uncharacteristic of typical severe thunderstorm events. Whilst the strongest winds were recorded in Ohio, the effects of Ike’s remnants also spread across Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania.”
Duration : 0:4:48
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Hurricane Opal – Fort Walton Beach, FL – October 4, 1995
This is a sample of my Hurricane Opal chase footage. This video was taken during Opal’s landfall in the western Florida panhandle, at Fort Walton Beach, on October 4, 1995. A day prior to landfall, Hurricane Opal had strengthened rapidly to near Category Five intensity, with sustained winds of 150mph and a minimum central pressure of 916mb (27.05in). During the following twelve hours the storm steadily weakened, however, Opal was still a very large and powerful Category Three at landfall, with sustained winds of 125mph and a central pressure of 942mb (27.82in). Hurricane conditions begin at about 3min 30sec into the video and the eyewall occurs from 4min 50sec through 7min 40sec in. Peak winds at my location were sustained between 100-110mph with gusts to 140mph. The highest officially recorded surface wind in Opal was a gust to 144mph at Hurlburt Field, near Mary Esther, Florida, in southwest Okaloosa county, which was three miles west of my location. The highest storm surge at my location was approximately 13ft and with the ground elevation at 8-10ft above sea-level, this resulted in a surge depth of 3-5ft, with higher waves. The peak surge and maximum inundation occurs just prior to the eye/calm at about 9min 40sec into the video. Though the eastern edge of Opal’s eye did pass over my location, winds never fell below 20-30mph, I did record a minimum pressure of 960.3mb (28.36in) during this time.
Duration : 0:12:17
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: 1995, Cyclone, extreme, Florida, Hurricane, Hurricanes, Meteorology, Opal, Severe, storm, surge, Tropical, Typhoon, Weather, Wind
Hurricane Hugo (High Quality) – Luquillo, Puerto Rico – September 17-18, 1989
Between September 16th and 22nd, 1989 one of the most infamous and disasterous hurricanes in Atlantic history, Hugo, devastated portions of the Caribbean and South Carolina.
From the evening of the 17th through the morning of the 18th, the US Virgin Islands, and the northeastern tip of Puerto Rico bore the brunt of Hugo’s exceptional violence. Alongside the thousands of residents who suffered through the terrifying experience, a small group of veteran storm chasers, including myself, had the rare opportunity to document the full force of an intense hurricane, during daylight hours, at a direct coastal location.
At the time of Hugo’s landfall in Puerto Rico the storm was producing sustained winds near 130mph, with gusts over 160mph.
In commemoration of Hugo’s 20th anniversary I’m presenting a new, digitally re-mastered, high-quality DVD edition of my chase footage, including many previously unreleased scenes, new special features and extra content. This seven minute introductory clip showcases some of the highlights from the main feature.
Without actually experiencing an event of this magnitude, first-hand, it’s difficult to truly understand the incredible ferocity, unrelenting power, and somber aftermath a violent hurricane commands.
The new 20th anniversary commemorative edition DVD is dedicated to all those affected by Hurricane Hugo… to the meteorological, scientific, and storm chasing communities who strive to further our understanding of these amazing forces of nature… and to future generations who will carry the quest for knowledge forward.
Duration : 0:7:11
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Hurricane Wilma and ending chapter
http://www.hurricanetrack.com/posters/dvd2005.html
Hurricane Wilma was the last hurricane to hit the U.S. during the record 2005 hurricane season. This entire selection from our popular Tracking the Hurricanes: 2005 DVD covers the landfall of hurricane Wilma in SW Florida (Naples area). Our team was setting up remotely operated cameras to record the storm surge from Wilma in areas like Marco Island and Everglades City. The video takes you through the waiting process as Wilma was slow to move off of the Yucatan and make its way towards Florida. Then, on October 23 and in to the 24th, Wilma made her move and our project was a success. We managed to capture incredible video of the surge flooding Everglades City with 5 feet of water from two cameras fixed on a utility building in Everglades City. The video ends with a re-cap of the 2005 season and a quick look at the predictions for 2006- which as we know now, did not come to pass. The 2005 DVD is available for purchase at www.hurricanetrack.com
Duration : 0:23:47
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: chaser, Florida, Hurricane, James, lewis, mark, mike, naples, rain, storm, sudduth, surge, watkins, waves, Weather, Wilma, Wind
Natural Disasters
What have you gone through? How did that change you? How did you feel in the moment?
The Onision site: http://onision.com
Duration : 0:1:41
Categories: Disasters Tags: and, answer, Disasters, discussion, Earth, earthquake, flood, flooding, lighting, moments, natural, on, question, scary, storm, tornado, vlog
Hurricane Charley (and TS Bonnie)
http://www.hurricanetrack.com/posters/dvd2004.html
This is the second selection from our 2004 DVD “Tracking the Hurricanes: 2004″ that I have posted on YouTube. This video shows the extraordinary power of a category four hurricane: hurricane Charley. Our team first went down to Panama City Beach, FL for TS Bonnie and were ready a couple of days later for powerful hurricane Charley. The encounter was more than we could have ever expected and we were lucky to have come out with no damage or injuries. The bleeps you hear are exactly what you think they are- there was much cussing going on during the height of this harrowing experience.
Duration : 0:23:51
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: Charley, charlotte, chaser, damage, Florida, Hurricane, mark, orlando, port, storm, sudduth, tracking, Wind
Hurricane Katrina Part 3- post Katrina Mississippi
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http://www.hurricanetrack.com/posters/dvd2005.html
This is the third part of my three part series of videos from the “Tracking the Hurricanes: 2005″ DVD of hurricane Katrina. This video picks up 47 days after Katrina along the battered coast of Mississippi. We make our way to Waveland where my colleague and I were going to ride out Katrina in the “safety” of the fire department (make sure you watch parts one and two to understand the sequence of events). We interview fire chief David Garcia as we drive through an almost completely flattened Waveland. The video does not begin to convey the enormity of the devastation there. I end the Katrina section with a music tribute that I composed and performed myself just for the DVD. I think you will find it moving. You can learn more about our work at www.hurricanetrack.com
Duration : 0:11:16
