Hurricane Andrew 1992 Landfall
Posted on January 13th, 2010
Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in south Florida on 8/24/1992 at 5 AM EDT. This is probably one of the best reports from the Weather Channel ever during a hurricane. It is calm, informative and almost chilling. There is no HYPE or sensationalism with this as there is with any storm that TWC deals with today. This is how is used to be and how the media should be today.
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Hurricane Hugo (High Quality) – 20th Anniversary – September 17-18, 1989
Posted on January 1st, 2010
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 ...
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Hurricane Ike in Galveston Island, TX -
Posted on November 17th, 2009
Extreme video of the 15 foot storm surge from Hurricane Ike on Galveston Island, TX. Ike made landfall as a strong category 2/weak category 3 hurricane at 2:20 am CDT at Galveston Island. The TornadoVideos.net storm chasers documented the entire hurricane from the sea wall on the east side of Galveston Island. This is part 2 of a 3 part video series.
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Hurricane Ike – Florida Keys – September 8-9, 2008
Posted on August 17th, 2009
During the first week of September, 2008 Hurricane Ike tore through the islands of Turks & Caicos and Great Inagua as a category four, with sustained winds of 135mph, before making landfall on the north coast of Cuba as a strong category three, with 120mph winds. Ike crossed the eastern and central provinces of the Cuban mainland and moved offshore, paralleling the south coast of the island, making another landfall over the western portion of Cuba and emerging into the Gulf of Mexico. The ...
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Hurricane Ike Retrospective: Damage and Aftermath
Posted on October 3rd, 2008
On September 12, 2008, Houston/Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast were hit with catastrophic force by a Category 2 storm, Hurricane Ike. We created this slide show with the hope that it would inspire viewers to donate to disaster relief efforts in the Texas Gulf Coast area.
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