Hurricane Gustav from Houma, Louisiana
Posted on December 25th, 2008
Footage of Hurricane Gustav at landfall from ground zero in Houma, Louisiana from TornadoVideos.net. Footage includes wind gusts to 100 mph, telephone poles breaking, and major tree damage.
Tags: footage, HURRICANE, Insane, Stormchaser, tornado, VIDEO, Weather, wind
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Anatomy of a Hurricane
Posted on December 17th, 2008
Describes how and where hurricanes are formed, their structure, and how they cause damage.
Source:
http://www.open-video.org/details.php?videoid=4562
Creative Commons license:
Attribution 2.5
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
Tags: Hurricanes, nature, power, science, structure, Weather
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Hurricane Andrew - Southeast Florida - August 24, 1992
Posted on December 1st, 2008
This is my Hurricane Andrew chase video. The footage was taken during Andrew's landfall on the Southeast Florida coast, at Coconut Grove, south of Miami. Though Andrew was extremely small, moving very quickly and made landfall about 15 miles to the south, my location was right at the edge of the hurricane's northern eyewall. Unfortunately the entire peak of the storm was at night, however, using a portable spotlight, I was able to capture footage throughout the entire event. Even with the challenging video conditions, Andrew's ferocity is clearly obvious in this footage. The roar of the wind is deafening, punctuated by breaking glass and other debris. Peak winds occur between 13 through 17 minutes into the video, and are sustained near 130mph with gusts to 150mph. The anemometer at the National Hurricane Center (about 2 miles west of my location) failed after recording a gust to 164mph. Based on post-analysis, Andrew is now estimated to have had sustained winds of 165mph with peak gusts near 200-215mph at landfall in South Florida, making it one of only three Category Five hurricanes ever to strike the United States.
Tags: 1992, Andrew, category, Cyclone, disaster, Extreme, Five, Florida, HURRICANE, Hurricanes, Severe, Storms, Tropical, Weather, wind
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Basic Wilderness Survival Kit And Contents
Posted on November 28th, 2008
PLEASE READ: Shown are the various items essential to last ditch outdoor survival. Description and uses of items.
I've been getting some comments about adding more firelighting gear. What I have in this kit is more than enough. Many people go out with much less. There are many primitive ways of lighting fires that I can use.
Please Do Not Add Suggestions For Items I Already Keep In this Kit. I have Made And, Used Many Kits, And Combinations To Make This One. Unlike Many Of The Other Kits On YT, I Use The Items Frequently In The Outdoors. I Know Exactly What I Need For My Purposes. Please Remember- This Is A Last Ditch Kit, I Will Always Have Other Primary Gear With Me When I Venture Out.
Thanks For Understanding. 
Having a kit like this is a must when exploring the great outdoors. This is an updated video(old vid deleted)..
Tags: backpacking, bear, Bushcraft, camping, cold, compass, elements, exposure, field, fire, firesteel, flint, fuel, gear, grylls, hiking, hot, hunt, hunting, iodine, knife, navigation, outdoors, paracord, prepare, preperation, purification, purify, rescue, shelter, signal, signaling, survive, survivorman, tinder, trioxane, water, Weather
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Hurricane Hugo - Luquillo, Puerto Rico - September 18, 1989
Posted on October 28th, 2008
This is my Hurricane Hugo chase video. The footage was taken during Hugo's landfall on the northeast tip of Puerto Rico at Luquillo. In my 25 years of hurricane chasing, this remains, overall, the best footage I have ever been fortunate enough to capture. Though I have been in stronger hurricanes, given that Hugo was a Category Four and the strongest portion of the eyewall passed directly over my location (during daylight hours), I had the rare opportunity to document the full force of an intense hurricane at a direct coastal location. Though significant damage begins about 8 minutes into the video, the peak winds occur between 10 through 21 minutes in, and are sustained near 135mph with gusts to 160-170mph. An anemometer on the island of Culebra (just offshore Eastern Puerto Rico) reported a peak gust of 170mph when the same portion of the eyewall passed over that location a couple of hours prior to reaching Luquillo.
Tags: 1989, Cyclone, disaster, Extreme, Hugo, HURRICANE, Hurricanes, Puerto, Rico, Severe, Storms, Tropical, Typhoon, Weather, wind
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