Lost both of my parents in Katrina, in Bay St Louis,Ms. They refuse to leave. They NEVER left for any storm. Dad was 82, Mom was 78. My husband and I floated in 10 feet of water for 3.5 hours. Believe me, nobody should ever go through this. Always stay safe and attempt to help others.
It just shows the quiet moments. No music, no effects, just, raw, real footage. To show how many people died and survived. This truly shows how nature really doesn't care what's in it's path.
It hit the day after my 14th birthday. I remember it like it was yesterday though. Not only was it terrifying, even to a kid used to hurricanes, it didn't end when the storm moved on. We were without power, food, water for MONTHS.
@@nunya69business i remember my first trip back to New Orleans, maybe October or November of 05. I don’t even know why I was going but just driving through the east was spooky. No lights or anything until I hit the high rise, maybe.
I was starting the 2nd grade in August of 2005, in Biloxi Mississippi. I remember all the hurricanes we were hit with in 2004 and I would help my dad board up our windows. We were used to it at that point so we never really feared hurricanes. However, I still vividly remember the look of fear on my dads face as he watched the news coverage for Hurricane Katrina; I remember how he told us to all go and quickly grab clothes, two toys, and our precious belongings. Terrified and panicked, we left in the middle of the night for Texas, since we had family there. For the next six weeks, we were unable to go back home since the roads were un-drivable. But once we were able to go "home", I acquired one of the most painful memories I still have to this day. My town and my home were completely abolished, trash and debris still COVERED the ground more than a month later. I saw dead animals/pets rotting in the road and every belonging that we had in that house was scattered across our front yard in trash. The only thing that stood where our house used to be was the brick walls. The ceilings, furniture, drywall, etc. of our house were completely washed away. Our one-story house was COMPLETELY submerged during the storm! We had to couch surf with people who still had houses for many weeks after that since we were homeless at that point. I'll never forget the force that was Hurricane Katrina nor the look of absolute terror on my dads face and his tears in the aftermath. Its haunting...
Biloxi before versus after katrina was such a stark difference. I remember being able to walk to Jeff Davis elementary before to go to school because of the landmarks I used to remember how close I was. Coming back afterwards it was like everything had been destroyed. I'll never forget seeing the entire Treasure Bay Casino uplifted.
Probably one of the most watched storm videos on RUclips. I come back to it about once a year and it still blows me away. Wind so strong it strips the wallpaper right off the walls. Just amazing how brutal nature can be.
Lord I thank you for sparing my life through Katrina. 6 of my family members were not as lucky. I watch this video, now for the first time since 2005, I guess I have just never been ready to look at all the pics and videos. I will never forget august 29, 2005. I watched my whole life as I knew it vanish, and so many people and places that I loved GONE. It made us as a state stronger, gave us the ability to understand that not all things are forever. Mother Nature took nearly 2000 people from us that day...... May they RIP, and may the legacy of our rich culture forever be remembered but mostly radiate for generations to come.
I'm from Pass Christian(only 10 minutes from where this happened) and I remember every detail. My mom's house was destroyed completely. We lost all baby pictures and any furniture we had at the time. My dad's house was slightly damaged. A tree went through the back of the house and we had to re-do the roof. It was a terrible time. Electricity was out for weeks and we lived off of The Red Cross. Many people still are not recovered from Katrina. For years, I helped my mom rebuild houses all along the coast and it is something I will cherish with my kids one day. I may only be fourteen, but these memories will live on forever.
My heart goes out to you. My mom and brother lived in a town called picayune not really near the coast maby 45 min away. They also went through this storm. They lost everything as well. Flooding and trees took out everything.. no power, water had to be boiled before use, food supply went quick...people from that whole region were displaced, scared.. my love to all .
I have to say that even all these years later, this footage in this video is by far the most harrowing and wildest first hand experience I’ve ever seen. That wind and power at 12:20 was wicked!
One of the best videos I've ever seen depicting exactly what a storm surge is and how it behaves - with the wind literally pushing and shoving the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the winds - I was stunned at how many people along the Mississippi coast line that DID NOT EVACUATE - that was just insanity.
Well the decision was taken a bit too late and even, some people didn't had a way to evacuate, they were too poor, they didn't had Cars for it, so they had no others choices than staying and the gvt were completely overwehlmed at the moment even weeks, months and years after the Events of Katrina and the guy a who led the FIMA was completely useless, he had no knowledge nor quality for the post, he was just there because he was a Bush's Friend.
Let me explain to you for those who never experienced this, evacuating isn't cheap, especially if you have a family .. Next, as the previous person stated, the warning to evacuate was given way too late .. I'm born and raised New Orleans, I remember the day my family and I evacuated, it was on a Sunday morning (2am) .. The storm hit on that Monday .. No one thought the storm had a chance of hitting us until it was too late .. I was a manager at Six Flags New Orleans and we opened up that Saturday morning and got the word to shut down only 3 hours into opening
Benjamin Romo I’ve lived in hurricane territory all my life. I was just thinking of how FOOLISH he is. When these storms are coming, smart people,eave.
It sucks that my son was 5 mos. old when Katrina hit, he just made 18yo on Feb. 24, 2023 and this can still affect me on this level. Everyone sees the storm and that was horrible in its own right, but there was so much more that others will never know about. Just the memories of that time exhaust me!😢
@@renatacuriosa Thank you so much and I know you are right but I have come to find the "silver lining" in that garbage heap of a situation. I was comfortable in New Orleans. It was where I grew up, it was where I knew my safety nets were. If Katrina had not happened, I probably never would have graduated college or have been introduced to all the wonderful things I have had the pleasure of doing and seeing. It sucked at the time but I am starting to see that "the wind from one dose opens another".
Scotty Boy I lived thru Andrew (Cat 5) and Charlie (Cat 4) without much issue. Plenty of smaller storms as well. When these things are a fact of life, it loses it's edge. Obviously there are things not to do (like staying in the surge zone which these people didn't) but they can be quite fun to watch.
Hell the ppl that survived ain’t gon leave still. If you make it through that ofc they gon feel like they can get through another my g ma like that she gon buckle down and ride that mf out again. Shit I was like 5-6 I remember the water burst out front door open and we were all floating on the dining room table.
Most people didn't leave because they COULDN'T leave! They had no money, no transportation and no where to go! To blame the victims is asinine. Everything that could have been done by government officials was NOT! the levees were built to fail, the rescue missions came way too late, and fell horribly short, the evacuation orders came way too late and no help was offered. Blame the people that sat in air conditioned buildings, kicking the responsibility down the line, while they held all the power to actually make a difference.
I was in the military at that time and left for Florida the morning before the hurricane arrived. I took US Highway 90 from Broad Avenue (Gulfport) to US Highway 63 (Pascagoula) to the I-10 Freeway (Moss Point) and had no issues with traffic until I arrived in Pensacola. I came back to Gulfport the day after the hurricane went through because I did not want anyone calling me to get back to work. Some left for a few months after the storm. I was only in the country for a week while most people on our deployment were stuck in Atlanta and many of them lost everything. I purposely took HWY 90 because I knew the place would change, but did not think it would change like it did. To this day, I am so glad that I evacuated.
I lost my 4000 sq foot house in Katrina. Nothing was left. I survived Hurricane Camille in 1969 in my Father in Laws beach home. It seemed like the end of the world. My house was a little over a mile from where this video was recorded. The power of nature has made me a humble person.
Lived metairie in camille..sis was Biloxi then til she passed Oct '20...camille wiped out those gorgeous old never to see again beach homes. Bless you, storms of all sorts will humble us!
@@giacomocasanova2418 Long story. My insurance company did everything to back out of coverage. One of my best friends is a super lawyer, we ended up in a lawsuit and I ended up in a decent settlement. However, I lost so many things I can’t replace, like our wedding photos, US Army memorabilia, college photos, five expensive violins and the list goes on.
Anyone who chooses to stay on the coastline during a hurricanes should watch this. Thank you for this video. It's one of the most important videos I've seen.
It's insane to see downtown Gulfport today. I've lived in Gulfport my whole life, and I never really thought too far into the impact of Katrina. I was only 1 when the hurricane hit, so I have no memory of it, but my parents do. Everytime they tell me the story of us evacuating just hours before the storm hit, I get chills. Looking at Gulfport today, you almost can't tell what's gone down. The only reminders we have are the concrete slabs and the signs on the walls of the public restrooms on the beach.
Dude, the beach along highway 90 in Biloxi and Gulfport was so cool before Katrina. There were so many more businesses and attractions. The beach looks emptier now.
Actually that can be just as dangerous with strong storm surge threatening to rip the floor from underneath you. Biloxi Casinos and Hotels are a testament to that as they were flattened by Katrina.
A person can only try to imagine what a storm like Katrina would be like, but this video shows me that I could never imagine how terrifying it actually was. The unforgiving strength of the water and the destruction it caused. The helplessness of there being nothing a person could do but hope and pray. And what about people who couldn't get to higher ground? I can't imagine the horror they went through. It's easy to become desensitized in todays' society, but this video really made me stop and take notice and think about what those people went through. Absolutely heartbreaking.
It's amazing footage and the raw power of mother nature is insane, she wins almost every time. I've always been a hurricane watching geek. Maybe because when I was 8 yrs old, we had severe flooding from Hurricane Agnes in late June of 1972, in PA. But it wasn't nearly as bad as Katrina. 50 people died just in PA and many places saw over a foot of rain. The small town I grew up in was flanked on either side by a creek, both flooded several feet over their banks. I lived a block from one of them. We had no power for days and the yards & streets were all like a stream, you could've taken a small boat down most of them. I remember it very well, it was the worst weather event I've ever experienced. My grandfather tried to take his rowboat and come check on us but the National Guard made him turn back since it was too dangerous, there was severe flooding between where we lived. In total, the storm caused $2-3 billion dollars in damage, closer to $20 billion by today's cost, it took 128 lives and was the costliest storm ever at that time. Agnes stalled over the Mid-Atlantic states and it rained for like 3 days straight, PA was hit very hard. It's a reminder that the water is more deadly than the wind in tropical systems, between storm surge and flooding. This year, 2022 is the 50th anniversary of Agnes. RIP to all lives lost in these storms, I hope people take them seriously and leave if at all possible. Kudos to the brave or crazy people who stay to record them so we can get an idea of what it's like to be in their path.
The way he says “We have a car getting ready to come into the lobby now.” Like it’s just a minor misfortune. I would be hiding in some interior room at that point. Great footage though!
Definitely do not hide in a room. You will be trapped with no escape. It's better to be in the middle of it then to barricade yourself into a room where you have no exit.
God, watching the water come up the staircase… looks like what it would be like inside a sinking ship. Upper Midwest- I’ve seen tornado damage, lived in Duluth during the flood in 2012, hunkered down while softball size hail broke our windows and caved in car roofs. But never have I ever been stuck retreating up floors pursued by ocean (except in literal nightmares!) This dude is an absolute unit.
When I saw this mayhem in the video, it reminded me of the waters on Lake Superior. Gale force winds and brutal 30+ft waves. All from a freshwater lake. If you lived in Duluth, you know the power of superior. It’s not a joke.
I was 1.4 miles from there on Keesler AFB. This is exactly how it looked. This footage is amazing and brings me back to that moment hunkered down on the 2nd floor of a building.
I was also stationed at Keesler AFB when Katrina hit! At that time I was a Security Forces agumentee! I wasn’t permitted to leave so I also stayed in a dorm for 5 days…Allee Hall! I’ll never forget when the high winds arrived we were watching Jim Cantore on Biloxi beach and the satellite on the roof blew off! That was the last time we were able to watch t.v! People started running out of food since they were only expecting for us to be sheltered in for 3 days! I had extra food and shared! The base was a disaster! It was mind blowing to have access to see the destruction from hwy 90 where some of the casinos were gone from their barges! I guarded President Bush’s airplane on Keesler flight line when he arrived and received Accommodation Medal. Freezer trucks were brought on base to store the deceased gathered from various locations. Living in NM now far away from hurricanes, but that experience will always be with me!
So overlooked! I was 12 when this happened and still, 16 years later when I bring up Katrina to people they automatically assume I lived in New Orleans. Their levees broke. Our cities were destroyed by the surge. Big difference
@@spencerklein9410 their city was destroyed as well by the surging water from the levees and they lost a THOUSAND more people. That's not being over looked. People just want the spotlight of the tragedy afterwards. They were still rebuilding and had houses that had plastic sides because walls weren't rebuilt 7 years later. Do you know how many families moved to Texas and Tampa FL, let alone anywhere else. The likely hood that someone says they're from New Orleans Katrina is way more high than Mississippi. Y'all didn't relocate nearly as much so stop it when there's books and documentaries of their deceased bodies floating thru the city. Your cities might've been destroyed but what about the 1500 families that still grieve to this day?
Some might say this videographer is crazy for doing this. But I thank you for taking the risk and giving us perspective on just how destructive and dangerous these type of storms can be. Whenever you receive a warning, don't take it lightly. This stuff can get you killed.
@@healingv1sion On the coast of MS, I think Katrina had a bigger impact on us than 9/11. While only ~1800 deaths are attributed to Katrina, the death toll is estimated around 3000. So many people experienced homelessness, poor living conditions, an extreme shift in lifestyle, and experienced the trauma more directly than came with seeing 9/11 on the news. Surfing out of your house on a mattress, going to check on a neighbor only to find their body, standing on an upside down car with a satellite phone on the interstate where the only vehicles that pass you are military ones, or waving down a helicopter in your neighborhood to get MREs...those were more defining for the most severely affected.
Damn, I was born on August 29, 2005 exactly when Katrina hit. We were in Atlanta and my parents told me the lights were going in and out and a crazy ass storm was kicking
I experienced Hurricane Katrina and it was the worst experience in my life. I now have a scar on both legs from when i was washed away by the water and cut my leg, almost ripping it entirely off, from the strong currents and glass and who knows what. I still feel pain every now and then but im just glad i survived
You guys captured history. Excellent footage and I do not know how you managed to stay so calm. I'm literally sitting here shaking like a leaf watching this. There is noway I could have been able to do what you did. Absolutely amazing!
This really puts it in perspective. Thanks for recording it and sharing it with us. I'm glad you're safe and I hope you didn't suffer too much damage to vehicles/stuff. :(
I went down to Gulfport a year after Katrina came through. I was with a group from my church in North Carolina, and went down to help with the clean up and rebuild . Over a year later, and it still looked this bad. All the buildings, especially on beach Blvd, looked lime they had been hit by bombs. I even remember seeing a cemetery on the Blvd that had all the crypts and tombstones completely demolished. It was so sad seeing this. That big long bridge was still completely gone. And like I said, this was a little over a year after the storm. This video is so scary, and is what nightmares are made of.
I also went down to gulfport a year after Katrina. i was with a group from my church in north Carolina and we went there to clean up and rebuild. it was over a year later and it still looked really bad... especially on beach boulevard kinda like bombs had gone off. the long bridge was also completely gone. this video is definitely what nightmares are made of.
I will never forget this day. I was on the other side north Biloxi across the I10 and still swam had 11 feet of water in my home didn't even live near the water.
Your video made me emotional! God bless y'all for being on the beach during the storm! Also, I noticed he said Cat 4 in the video. Katrina was a Cat 5 when she hit. I don't think everyone was aware of how bad she was at the time. I live in Pass Christian, north of the tracks. Although the area I live in doesn't have to worry about flooding, we had to go through the wind, rain, and tornadoes. I lost my home to a tornado during Katrina. Multiple homes on my street were hit. The house we stayed in during the storm was walking distance to my house. It was a brick home. We had stayed there before for storms, but did not expect this. I sat on the couch during the storm and watched the walls in the hallway weave in and out. The wind picked up the back of one of the vehicles, almost sending it flying, but it landed back down. Nothing in this world could have prepared us for the devastation that Katrina brought. When I tell y'all no one knew it would be this bad, we really didn't. I begged my mama to let me stay in our house (it was a trailer) because none of the other storms had been bad, and I knew this one wouldn't either. I wouldn't be here today had we have stayed. Katrina devastated us all. We lost so much yet gained much more in return. The amount of love and support from so many, including our own communities, was astounding. Katrina will be burned into my memory for the rest of my life, and I can promise you one thing: I will NOT be staying for the next bad one. Hell, I hope I'm not alive by the time the next one comes!
Katrina was actually a cat 3 when it made landfall. It was a cat 5 out in the Gulf of Mexico a day or 2 before making landfall, but weakened down to a cat 3 before landfall.
This scares me more than any horror movie I've ever seen! Natural disasters can be quite traumatic....and we're not even seeing all the other people and their reactions/situations....
The day after the storm I went to the beach and I'll never forget seeing coffins in the middle of Highway 90 that somehow where washed up from the ground.
Especially for New York and Long Island .. sandy was barely even a hurricane and look what it did .. could u imagine even a cat 3.. forget a 4 or 5 the whole state will be washed away
You should pull up Kid Rock of Detroit & see his 2 million dollar home on the water he's selling for 2 million. He has a river right at his backyard. Its beautiful but makes you think about this.
Even more stupid: Californians who build houses on steep hills. The houses are on stilts, with no basements, and they are anchored in sand. One mild earthquake will dump it into the ocean.
+Tina Shamx If the hotel was only 1 floor the reaction would've been different but since he had 5 floors to work with I can see where he would be calm.
Mississippi resident. Stayed in Gulfport when this storm hit, I was 13. I'll never forget it. Driving through Biloxi 2 weeks after was...seeing banana trucks in buildings and casinos ripped apart was horrible. Also saw the slab that was the Bay St Louis bridge.. Mississippi doesn't get near the amount of recognition for what we lost.
Man the sustained wind noise at 12:30 is INSANE! Great footage. Going down a rabbit hole of Katrina documentaries and this is a really good one. Great work.
I’ll never forget Katrina the sound of trees snapping and tornadoes swirling winds shaking the doors and seeing the roof being pulled apart and water coming into your house as a child is disturbing! The aftermath was just as devastating! We still have signs up and only slabs of concrete where somethings use to be!
I can feel such emotion watching this video... I had parents who survived this in Biloxi. I was told stories of weathering such a storm. Seeing this footage and hearing the experience of Katrina is truly horrifying. Apparently the Radio station had evacuated and left The Doors' "Riders on the storm" playing on repeat through the whole storm. God bless those who have passed and those who have survived.
Its amazing how he stays calm through this entire storm. If it was me im not even sure if I would have one little bit of sanity or calmess in me. It takes a lot of courage to even become a storm chaser in the first place, and to do something like this it takes a lot more.
I was living in Ocean Springs, MS when Katrina was headed toward the coast. I warned everyone I could to please evacuate. Most ppl stayed. I couldn't believe it. I left 3 days before it hit and watched on TV at my Momma's house in central louisiana. My best friend was living 2 blocks from the beach. I heard from her 5 days after the storm hit. She said she was just getting ready to climb in the attic with the pets who were now floating around on a mattress when she noticed the water started receding. She said it looked like a huge swimming pool when she looked out of her sliding glass doors. Others I know had to swim across streets to neighbors. When I finally made it home I couldn't believe what I saw. I know New Orleans went through hell and I will not make light of what they went through. I am here to tell you, the MS gulf coast was smashed. Flattened all the way past Interstate 10. My cottage was on high ground and amazingly enough, no damage at all. Please evacuate if you are able to. You and your family's life depends on it.
Dell, Louisiana's tragedy was the result of a poor levee system. I rode Katrina in Mississippi and witnessed this what you have just watched. The worst of the storm had already passed before New Orleans went under water due to the levees breaking. New Orleans thought they were spared, then the levees broke. Entire cities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast were not only flooded but completely wiped out from the wind.
I know Katrina did a lot of damage and many lost homes. Our prayers were with all and still praying for all the storms, flash floods, tornadoes and all natural disasters.
I will say it again, this is the ultimate video regarding one of the most terrible storm tragedies in the history of man. THIS, is what deadly storm surge looks like and a hurricane that was grossly misinterpreted when it came on shore with winds exceeding well over 130 mph from a pressure read of 920 mb. The weather channel and others even with the technology we had back in 2005 completely misread the power of this storm approaching land as a category 3. Anytime a hurricane's pressure falls down to 920 and less, you have a major, major, storm power. The read of 966 mb at the start of the video was the outer approach bands which is unbelievable considering that wasn't even the start of the wall eye.
Wow...you guys had some excitement and great job on the documentation!!!! They sure do build those building very good to withstand that sort of punishment. Well done!
Agreed. I was shocked myself to see that the building was still standing after that type of surge. Although to see the lobby completely destroyed wasscary as hell. The life of a storm chaser is very scary.
Amazing is not the word I would use to describe something as horrific as this hurricane. But yes it is terrible what wind (mother nature) can do and how much can be destroyed by weather.
I'm from Brookhaven and we didn't have so much damage but we weren't exactly lucky either. I was only 5 when it hit but some of my most detailed childhood memories come from Katrina and the weeks that followed. We lived in a mobile home at the time with our grandparents and we didn't expect to come out with both our home and our lives
Wasn't there ANOTHER hurricane right after Katrina? LOL double whammy! The Gov. used Katrina as a baseline for future highly controlled negligence protocol. Thanks for your comment.
@Susana Umana I was a kid at 13 so it was much easier for me than the adults who had to stress a lot harder about what was going on. Thankfully we didn’t lose our house and only had to live without power for a month or two. The city of Biloxi and other near cities I grew up around still have many empty lots and only concrete foundations of swept away buildings from Katrina to this day. It’s crazy to experience a large portion of where you grew up be destroyed.
A good friend of mines. Told me that Katrina hit Mississippi first before new Orleans. And all you heard about was new Orleans on the news but I never knew Mississippi was affected as well. Alot of people lost their lives from this catastrophe. God bless all the families affected
I remember being 5 years old and looking outside and it was the worst storm I had ever seen. The thing is I lived all the way in Pennsylvania and we still got the tail end of it
It's so sad think about how many kids had no parents think about how many kids died or a whole family what about loved pets or homes that were destroyed. I would hate to be there lucky I missed it by a year
+Pill Box That is terrible to say. God loves everyone even the "filthy poor" they have hearts and a soul too. Yeah maybe some do drugs but those people need help.
The craziest thing about Katrina was that it never seemed to end. It just went on and on. AND it was daylight. I remember looking out the window, just watching stuff go flying by and it was morning time. I feel like usually the worst of it passes during the night.
you wouldn't need to abandon a building just cause its 1st floor was under water if builders come in and tear the walls off and dry it out its salvageable anything under the water line gets replaced except the frame
Lost both of my parents in Katrina, in Bay St Louis,Ms. They refuse to leave. They NEVER left for any storm. Dad was 82, Mom was 78. My husband and I floated in 10 feet of water for 3.5 hours. Believe me, nobody should ever go through this. Always stay safe and attempt to help others.
Im sorry you guys went thru this and sorry for your loss. Do you still live there? If so, how are you feeling about Hurricane Laura?
Sorry for your loss, Teri.🙏
Styx Xoxo wow i am early. 15 seconds ago
I am so sorry for your loss! How terrifying! I live in Ocean Springs for 2.5 years now and I cant help but to be traumatized by this.
I'm so sorry💔 Katrina wasn't just New Orleans storm. People forget that
It just shows the quiet moments. No music, no effects, just, raw, real footage. To show how many people died and survived. This truly shows how nature really doesn't care what's in it's path.
Or the government.
@@missbree7333or the government? Do you really think that the government had that kind of technology you are truly special sir.
Wow....water just goes wherever it wants to. The sheer power is frightening. Its like, all of a sudden there's an ocean in the hotel.
It's mother nature.
That’s exactly what it is
@@marriannehainsworth7644 No it's God
@@hppypandax5454 That's Poseidon buddy xd
@@poseidonoceanstorm7396 No
It hit the day after my 14th birthday. I remember it like it was yesterday though. Not only was it terrifying, even to a kid used to hurricanes, it didn't end when the storm moved on. We were without power, food, water for MONTHS.
Glad your here to talk about it !!
@@bryanburnap4537 me too, for sure!!
Same, I was in New Orleans when it hit. Absolutely terrible. New Orleans East looks like Katrina hit it 6 months ago still.
@@nunya69business i remember my first trip back to New Orleans, maybe October or November of 05. I don’t even know why I was going but just driving through the east was spooky. No lights or anything until I hit the high rise, maybe.
@@nunya69business Yeah NO East has been the slowest to recover
This video is terrifying. The storm surge water rises so quickly it's easy to see how poor souls drowned in these storms.
I was starting the 2nd grade in August of 2005, in Biloxi Mississippi. I remember all the hurricanes we were hit with in 2004 and I would help my dad board up our windows. We were used to it at that point so we never really feared hurricanes. However, I still vividly remember the look of fear on my dads face as he watched the news coverage for Hurricane Katrina; I remember how he told us to all go and quickly grab clothes, two toys, and our precious belongings. Terrified and panicked, we left in the middle of the night for Texas, since we had family there. For the next six weeks, we were unable to go back home since the roads were un-drivable. But once we were able to go "home", I acquired one of the most painful memories I still have to this day.
My town and my home were completely abolished, trash and debris still COVERED the ground more than a month later. I saw dead animals/pets rotting in the road and every belonging that we had in that house was scattered across our front yard in trash. The only thing that stood where our house used to be was the brick walls. The ceilings, furniture, drywall, etc. of our house were completely washed away. Our one-story house was COMPLETELY submerged during the storm! We had to couch surf with people who still had houses for many weeks after that since we were homeless at that point. I'll never forget the force that was Hurricane Katrina nor the look of absolute terror on my dads face and his tears in the aftermath. Its haunting...
I pray for you guys continuous healing‼️🙏🏾❤️
I lived on base housing when i lt happened, my school was completely destroyed by katrina i was in 1st grade when it happened
My parents moved out of Ocean Springs in 2003 and the home we used to live in was likewise washed away by Katrina.
Biloxi before versus after katrina was such a stark difference. I remember being able to walk to Jeff Davis elementary before to go to school because of the landmarks I used to remember how close I was. Coming back afterwards it was like everything had been destroyed. I'll never forget seeing the entire Treasure Bay Casino uplifted.
Sounds like it man 😮 all love folks glad ur here and over came
Probably one of the most watched storm videos on RUclips. I come back to it about once a year and it still blows me away. Wind so strong it strips the wallpaper right off the walls. Just amazing how brutal nature can be.
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thats nothing, Jupiter's storms are 100x more stronger than this
@@draco2xx stop boasting
@@draco2xxnobody lives on Jupiter tho, it’s mostly gas, and the core is like 10,000 degrees or something like that
@@iloveappleyoutube7198plus the gravity would crush us
My family couldn’t find each other for weeks..months.. RIP to anyone who lost a loved one in Katrina. ❤️ and anyone who lost everything they had.
Baffling to me that 14 years later, I can still drive down the roads in my town and see slabs from homes that were destroyed during Katrina.
Have they fixed up all the old neighborhoods
@@1991Meka Some of them, but a lot of them are just slabs with new trees growing over them now.
@@sireofzelda wow that's crazy. I couldn't see myself returning after such a traumatic event.
Then when another major hurricane hits which it will it'll be even worse
Hurricane Laura and Marco brought me here. Hope it’s not this bad ❗️
Lord I thank you for sparing my life through Katrina. 6 of my family members were not as lucky. I watch this video, now for the first time since 2005, I guess I have just never been ready to look at all the pics and videos. I will never forget august 29, 2005. I watched my whole life as I knew it vanish, and so many people and places that I loved GONE. It made us as a state stronger, gave us the ability to understand that not all things are forever. Mother Nature took nearly 2000 people from us that day...... May they RIP, and may the legacy of our rich culture forever be remembered but mostly radiate for generations to come.
I'm so sorry that you went through this. It was horrible. My condolences.
USA 🇺🇸didn't know what to do or how to handle this disaster.
I'm from Pass Christian(only 10 minutes from where this happened) and I remember every detail. My mom's house was destroyed completely. We lost all baby pictures and any furniture we had at the time. My dad's house was slightly damaged. A tree went through the back of the house and we had to re-do the roof. It was a terrible time. Electricity was out for weeks and we lived off of The Red Cross. Many people still are not recovered from Katrina. For years, I helped my mom rebuild houses all along the coast and it is something I will cherish with my kids one day. I may only be fourteen, but these memories will live on forever.
May God bless you and your family
My heart goes out to you. My mom and brother lived in a town called picayune not really near the coast maby 45 min away. They also went through this storm. They lost everything as well. Flooding and trees took out everything.. no power, water had to be boiled before use, food supply went quick...people from that whole region were displaced, scared.. my love to all .
I have to say that even all these years later, this footage in this video is by far the most harrowing and wildest first hand experience I’ve ever seen. That wind and power at 12:20 was wicked!
wow Mike is either very courageous or a nutcase. To have stayed and filmed, and narrated so calmly just so we could all see it.
Linda Lawrence I vote nutcase.
the hurricane was ripping his hotel apart and he's just like "..yeah the water is coming in as you can see. "
@@Maplelust 😂😂 ikr
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr4aaaaararrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
panic can often make things worse,,, props to mike??
One of the best videos I've ever seen depicting exactly what a storm surge is and how it behaves - with the wind literally pushing and shoving the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the winds - I was stunned at how many people along the Mississippi coast line that DID NOT EVACUATE - that was just insanity.
Well the decision was taken a bit too late and even, some people didn't had a way to evacuate, they were too poor, they didn't had Cars for it, so they had no others choices than staying and the gvt were completely overwehlmed at the moment even weeks, months and years after the Events of Katrina and the guy a who led the FIMA was completely useless, he had no knowledge nor quality for the post, he was just there because he was a Bush's Friend.
dixie dragon Nobody knew it was going to be that bad.
Let me explain to you for those who never experienced this, evacuating isn't cheap, especially if you have a family .. Next, as the previous person stated, the warning to evacuate was given way too late .. I'm born and raised New Orleans, I remember the day my family and I evacuated, it was on a Sunday morning (2am) .. The storm hit on that Monday .. No one thought the storm had a chance of hitting us until it was too late .. I was a manager at Six Flags New Orleans and we opened up that Saturday morning and got the word to shut down only 3 hours into opening
@@jacallender25 wow the manager
My parents and grandparents stayed they wish they hadn’t they all have bad anxiety now
Can we just appreciate for how brave this person is
Benjamin Romo I’ve lived in hurricane territory all my life. I was just thinking of how FOOLISH he is. When these storms are coming, smart people,eave.
Oh yes ma’am
I mean sir
Kathy Young video
Yea he is very brave
It sucks that my son was 5 mos. old when Katrina hit, he just made 18yo on Feb. 24, 2023 and this can still affect me on this level. Everyone sees the storm and that was horrible in its own right, but there was so much more that others will never know about. Just the memories of that time exhaust me!😢
I’m sorry to hear that, but you should avoid watching these videos then, to reduce triggering stress.
@@renatacuriosa Thank you so much and I know you are right but I have come to find the "silver lining" in that garbage heap of a situation. I was comfortable in New Orleans. It was where I grew up, it was where I knew my safety nets were. If Katrina had not happened, I probably never would have graduated college or have been introduced to all the wonderful things I have had the pleasure of doing and seeing. It sucked at the time but I am starting to see that "the wind from one dose opens another".
Shut up
@@tomikostalberte3369great comment. Crazy how life works.
As a fellow Feb. 24 baby I was 10 when it hit. A part of my childhood Ill never forget
How are you so calm? I would be freaking out.
I was shitting bricks go through this😂 hurricane katrina was the worst
Becca Martin i woke up in the middle of it and i watched out my house window
Cailey Geraci LOL. Good one.
Scotty Boy im just like really are you kidding me right now why is the wind blowing me it was litterly blowing me down
Scotty Boy I lived thru Andrew (Cat 5) and Charlie (Cat 4) without much issue. Plenty of smaller storms as well. When these things are a fact of life, it loses it's edge. Obviously there are things not to do (like staying in the surge zone which these people didn't) but they can be quite fun to watch.
So land became the ocean. That's some terrifying shit.
Want a Coke? Hyperbole
@g Bush its called the Sea Bed
And they days go by water flowing same as it ever was
Shady Jeff lol we had something like this in Ottawa on Friday to end summer
@Trash Can are you
I don’t think these guys filming realized how big the storm surge was going to be at the time. Lol. Was a big shocker for sure.
I mean no one really knew...Cat 5's happen a lot. This girl was clearly special. Altered the direction of my life forever.
@@BYUBOY33 how did it alter your life?🙏💜
Yeah they didn't know that's it would be the biggest hurricane. 😅
septicop And.... after the storm hit and the levees broke I blame.... government response, since it was horrible
Xavier either way they weren’t holding up the storm well,imagine if they weren’t there imagine what would have happened
This hurricane taught many people a lesson. Never underestimate a storm and get out when they tell you to.
The unfortunate part is they were MANDATED to leave way too late, the mayor didn’t even make it mandatory until 48 hours before landfall
The levees failing didn't help the matter. Although you're partly right I guess for blaming the victims.
Hell the ppl that survived ain’t gon leave still. If you make it through that ofc they gon feel like they can get through another my g ma like that she gon buckle down and ride that mf out again. Shit I was like 5-6 I remember the water burst out front door open and we were all floating on the dining room table.
Most people didn't leave because they COULDN'T leave! They had no money, no transportation and no where to go! To blame the victims is asinine. Everything that could have been done by government officials was NOT! the levees were built to fail, the rescue missions came way too late, and fell horribly short, the evacuation orders came way too late and no help was offered. Blame the people that sat in air conditioned buildings, kicking the responsibility down the line, while they held all the power to actually make a difference.
I was in the military at that time and left for Florida the morning before the hurricane arrived. I took US Highway 90 from Broad Avenue (Gulfport) to US Highway 63 (Pascagoula) to the I-10 Freeway (Moss Point) and had no issues with traffic until I arrived in Pensacola. I came back to Gulfport the day after the hurricane went through because I did not want anyone calling me to get back to work. Some left for a few months after the storm. I was only in the country for a week while most people on our deployment were stuck in Atlanta and many of them lost everything. I purposely took HWY 90 because I knew the place would change, but did not think it would change like it did. To this day, I am so glad that I evacuated.
11 years ago but still so Scary to watch this video of Hurricane Katrina..
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Tonii Curtis Smith hurricane Katrina was dangerous and UGLY! Cars floating, windows breaking, furniture floating everywhere just So devastating.
I lost my 4000 sq foot house in Katrina. Nothing was left. I survived Hurricane Camille in 1969 in my Father in Laws beach home. It seemed like the end of the world. My house was a little over a mile from where this video was recorded. The power of nature has made me a humble person.
Lived metairie in camille..sis was Biloxi then til she passed Oct '20...camille wiped out those gorgeous old never to see again beach homes. Bless you, storms of all sorts will humble us!
Square Meter Not Square METER NOT FOOT
Did insurance pay?
Kilometer Not Mile
@@giacomocasanova2418 Long story. My insurance company did everything to back out of coverage. One of my best friends is a super lawyer, we ended up in a lawsuit and I ended up in a decent settlement. However, I lost so many things I can’t replace, like our wedding photos, US Army memorabilia, college photos, five expensive violins and the list goes on.
Anyone who chooses to stay on the coastline during a hurricanes should watch this. Thank you for this video. It's one of the most important videos I've seen.
It's insane to see downtown Gulfport today. I've lived in Gulfport my whole life, and I never really thought too far into the impact of Katrina. I was only 1 when the hurricane hit, so I have no memory of it, but my parents do. Everytime they tell me the story of us evacuating just hours before the storm hit, I get chills. Looking at Gulfport today, you almost can't tell what's gone down. The only reminders we have are the concrete slabs and the signs on the walls of the public restrooms on the beach.
That's mother nature for u bitch
Dude, the beach along highway 90 in Biloxi and Gulfport was so cool before Katrina. There were so many more businesses and attractions. The beach looks emptier now.
It never did recover fully
It seems recovered to you because you’re young and didn’t experience it the way the rest of us did. The coast will never recover or be the same.
This is so crazy!!!!!!!!!! Great footage you guys are brave! I would have been on the top floor of the hotel screaming my head off!
Yeah!!!!
Summer Times that's exactly what I would do
Summer Times that's exactly what I would do
Summer Times same
Actually that can be just as dangerous with strong storm surge threatening to rip the floor from underneath you. Biloxi Casinos and Hotels are a testament to that as they were flattened by Katrina.
The strength and sheer size of Katrina cannot be forgotten. This storm was massive!
No way!
A person can only try to imagine what a storm like Katrina would be like, but this video shows me that I could never imagine how terrifying it actually was. The unforgiving strength of the water and the destruction it caused. The helplessness of there being nothing a person could do but hope and pray. And what about people who couldn't get to higher ground? I can't imagine the horror they went through. It's easy to become desensitized in todays' society, but this video really made me stop and take notice and think about what those people went through. Absolutely heartbreaking.
It's amazing footage and the raw power of mother nature is insane, she wins almost every time.
I've always been a hurricane watching geek. Maybe because when I was 8 yrs old, we had severe flooding from Hurricane Agnes in late June of 1972, in PA. But it wasn't nearly as bad as Katrina.
50 people died just in PA and many places saw over a foot of rain. The small town I grew up in was flanked on either side by a creek, both flooded several feet over their banks. I lived a block from one of them.
We had no power for days and the yards & streets were all like a stream, you could've taken a small boat down most of them. I remember it very well, it was the worst weather event I've ever experienced. My grandfather tried to take his rowboat and come check on us but the National Guard made him turn back since it was too dangerous, there was severe flooding between where we lived.
In total, the storm caused $2-3 billion dollars in damage, closer to $20 billion by today's cost, it took 128 lives and was the costliest storm ever at that time.
Agnes stalled over the Mid-Atlantic states and it rained for like 3 days straight, PA was hit very hard.
It's a reminder that the water is more deadly than the wind in tropical systems, between storm surge and flooding.
This year, 2022 is the 50th anniversary of Agnes.
RIP to all lives lost in these storms, I hope people take them seriously and leave if at all possible.
Kudos to the brave or crazy people who stay to record them so we can get an idea of what it's like to be in their path.
Hurricane charley was the closest I’ve been to it, Michael too
I stood outside for a brief moment with my dad in it as we tried to help a neighbor, its was absolutely insane and scary as hell.
Can we take a moment to appreciate these people and how brave they are? Much love
The way he says “We have a car getting ready to come into the lobby now.” Like it’s just a minor misfortune. I would be hiding in some interior room at that point. Great footage though!
Definitely do not hide in a room. You will be trapped with no escape. It's better to be in the middle of it then to barricade yourself into a room where you have no exit.
God, watching the water come up the staircase… looks like what it would be like inside a sinking ship. Upper Midwest- I’ve seen tornado damage, lived in Duluth during the flood in 2012, hunkered down while softball size hail broke our windows and caved in car roofs. But never have I ever been stuck retreating up floors pursued by ocean (except in literal nightmares!) This dude is an absolute unit.
When I saw this mayhem in the video, it reminded me of the waters on Lake Superior. Gale force winds and brutal 30+ft waves. All from a freshwater lake. If you lived in Duluth, you know the power of superior. It’s not a joke.
I was 1.4 miles from there on Keesler AFB. This is exactly how it looked. This footage is amazing and brings me back to that moment hunkered down on the 2nd floor of a building.
Lol funny seeing this comment I’m going to Keesler when I finish bmt for cyber transport
I was also stationed at Keesler AFB when Katrina hit! At that time I was a Security Forces agumentee! I wasn’t permitted to leave so I also stayed in a dorm for 5 days…Allee Hall! I’ll never forget when the high winds arrived we were watching Jim Cantore on Biloxi beach and the satellite on the roof blew off! That was the last time we were able to watch t.v! People started running out of food since they were only expecting for us to be sheltered in for 3 days! I had extra food and shared! The base was a disaster! It was mind blowing to have access to see the destruction from hwy 90 where some of the casinos were gone from their barges! I guarded President Bush’s airplane on Keesler flight line when he arrived and received Accommodation Medal. Freezer trucks were brought on base to store the deceased gathered from various locations. Living in NM now far away from hurricanes, but that experience will always be with me!
@@americandefender6884Jesus man. Glad you made it through!
@@tyrenthegoat - Thank you…I’m also relieved to have survived that along with 2 deployments to Iraq and one to South Korea.
Most incredible footage I've seen. Mississippi was overlooked because of New Orleans. You were all brave and strong!
So overlooked! I was 12 when this happened and still, 16 years later when I bring up Katrina to people they automatically assume I lived in New Orleans. Their levees broke. Our cities were destroyed by the surge. Big difference
@@spencerklein9410 their city was destroyed as well by the surging water from the levees and they lost a THOUSAND more people. That's not being over looked. People just want the spotlight of the tragedy afterwards. They were still rebuilding and had houses that had plastic sides because walls weren't rebuilt 7 years later. Do you know how many families moved to Texas and Tampa FL, let alone anywhere else. The likely hood that someone says they're from New Orleans Katrina is way more high than Mississippi. Y'all didn't relocate nearly as much so stop it when there's books and documentaries of their deceased bodies floating thru the city. Your cities might've been destroyed but what about the 1500 families that still grieve to this day?
all these years I never knew! I was a kid when it happened and i bad family in mississippi
I was 23 but wasn't in Katrina's path because I was in my hometown Sacramento watching New Orleans get obliterated by Katrina 😔
@@spencerklein9410 Wait so Mississippi had it worse than Louisiana?
Let's all take a moment to appreciate people like this, risking their life so others won't be at risk. Hats off, man.
Some might say this videographer is crazy for doing this. But I thank you for taking the risk and giving us perspective on just how destructive and dangerous these type of storms can be. Whenever you receive a warning, don't take it lightly. This stuff can get you killed.
Best footage I've seen yet of a storm surge/Katrina! And I've seen quite a few..can't believe I've never seen this before. Absolutely insane!
Even now, events of my childhood are categorized as pre- and post-Katrina.
llallogen really? 9/11 was only 4 years before this
@@healingv1sion On the coast of MS, I think Katrina had a bigger impact on us than 9/11. While only ~1800 deaths are attributed to Katrina, the death toll is estimated around 3000. So many people experienced homelessness, poor living conditions, an extreme shift in lifestyle, and experienced the trauma more directly than came with seeing 9/11 on the news. Surfing out of your house on a mattress, going to check on a neighbor only to find their body, standing on an upside down car with a satellite phone on the interstate where the only vehicles that pass you are military ones, or waving down a helicopter in your neighborhood to get MREs...those were more defining for the most severely affected.
Damn, I was born on August 29, 2005 exactly when Katrina hit. We were in Atlanta and my parents told me the lights were going in and out and a crazy ass storm was kicking
Wow. For me it was pre-earthquake, post-earthquake.
@@healingv1sion oh u silent now huh💀
I experienced Hurricane Katrina and it was the worst experience in my life. I now have a scar on both legs from when i was washed away by the water and cut my leg, almost ripping it entirely off, from the strong currents and glass and who knows what. I still feel pain every now and then but im just glad i survived
Geez I can’t imagine on how that’s like hope you are okay especially your close ones 🙏
You guys captured history. Excellent footage and I do not know how you managed to stay so calm. I'm literally sitting here shaking like a leaf watching this. There is noway I could have been able to do what you did. Absolutely amazing!
This really puts it in perspective. Thanks for recording it and sharing it with us. I'm glad you're safe and I hope you didn't suffer too much damage to vehicles/stuff. :(
Some of the most amazing storm footage ever. Very sorry for anyone who lost friends and/or loved ones.
I went down to Gulfport a year after Katrina came through. I was with a group from my church in North Carolina, and went down to help with the clean up and rebuild . Over a year later, and it still looked this bad. All the buildings, especially on beach Blvd, looked lime they had been hit by bombs. I even remember seeing a cemetery on the Blvd that had all the crypts and tombstones completely demolished. It was so sad seeing this. That big long bridge was still completely gone. And like I said, this was a little over a year after the storm. This video is so scary, and is what nightmares are made of.
fatbaby73 there are still neighborhoods I had friends in growing up that are concrete slabs with grown up brush all around. It's depressing to see.
They were still rebuilding in 2014 last time I was there. Thank God all the casino's got reopened though.......
Yeah, Lake Pontchartrain Bridge needed complete reconstruction.
We still haven’t recovered 15 years later but we’re getting there
I also went down to gulfport a year after Katrina. i was with a group from my church in north Carolina and we went there to clean up and rebuild. it was over a year later and it still looked really bad... especially on beach boulevard kinda like bombs had gone off. the long bridge was also completely gone. this video is definitely what nightmares are made of.
5:09 the water really said “I’m just gonna let myself in.”
It did tho
It did tho
I shouldn’t have laughed at that lol
Im sorry but this was funny
yes.
I will never forget this day. I was on the other side north Biloxi across the I10 and still swam had 11 feet of water in my home didn't even live near the water.
no one asked
@@alexflores9711 shut the hell up
@ALFredo Cuomo why would you want to move there? It sinks 2 inches per year and will be under water in the future. It's below sea level.
How many seconds were you from water?
@@alexflores9711 YOUR HATEFUL
Your video made me emotional! God bless y'all for being on the beach during the storm! Also, I noticed he said Cat 4 in the video. Katrina was a Cat 5 when she hit. I don't think everyone was aware of how bad she was at the time. I live in Pass Christian, north of the tracks. Although the area I live in doesn't have to worry about flooding, we had to go through the wind, rain, and tornadoes. I lost my home to a tornado during Katrina. Multiple homes on my street were hit. The house we stayed in during the storm was walking distance to my house. It was a brick home. We had stayed there before for storms, but did not expect this. I sat on the couch during the storm and watched the walls in the hallway weave in and out. The wind picked up the back of one of the vehicles, almost sending it flying, but it landed back down. Nothing in this world could have prepared us for the devastation that Katrina brought. When I tell y'all no one knew it would be this bad, we really didn't. I begged my mama to let me stay in our house (it was a trailer) because none of the other storms had been bad, and I knew this one wouldn't either. I wouldn't be here today had we have stayed. Katrina devastated us all. We lost so much yet gained much more in return. The amount of love and support from so many, including our own communities, was astounding. Katrina will be burned into my memory for the rest of my life, and I can promise you one thing: I will NOT be staying for the next bad one. Hell, I hope I'm not alive by the time the next one comes!
It is very scary God bless you for your courage
Katrina was actually a cat 3 when it made landfall. It was a cat 5 out in the Gulf of Mexico a day or 2 before making landfall, but weakened down to a cat 3 before landfall.
This scares me more than any horror movie I've ever seen! Natural disasters can be quite traumatic....and we're not even seeing all the other people and their reactions/situations....
The day after the storm I went to the beach and I'll never forget seeing coffins in the middle of Highway 90 that somehow where washed up from the ground.
So right there ...
@@crazydrummer181 oh crap? That sounds crazy
@@crazydrummer181 stop lying
@@Johtic_ I’m not even capping right now.
Absolutely horrifying.......i dont think i breathed once watching this. Im in upstate ny, so i cant possibly imagine. Thanks for the footage
Especially for New York and Long Island .. sandy was barely even a hurricane and look what it did .. could u imagine even a cat 3.. forget a 4 or 5 the whole state will be washed away
@@carmine_ yes . Sandy was a bad one for you guys
when you have an ocean in your parking lot, you know you’ve got a problem.
When u got a ocean coming in your house it's beyond a problem, it's a disaster
You should pull up Kid Rock of Detroit & see his 2 million dollar home on the water he's selling for 2 million. He has a river right at his backyard. Its beautiful but makes you think about this.
Even more stupid: Californians who build houses on steep hills. The houses are on stilts, with no basements, and they are anchored in sand. One mild earthquake will dump it into the ocean.
@@davidlafleche1142 lolz!
@@davidlafleche1142 ok stupid comment
This footage is really intense. Got those people out of the downstairs room(s) just in time! Thank you for helping them.
i live in gulfport and it was awful. my dad is a cop and he worked during it and he has ptsd from seeing all the washed up dead bodies
Hang tight Brother in Blue. I got your back forever.
i actually feel bad for your dad
Prayers for your father 🙏
123 456 the heck-
Holy shit that’s Scary.. I don’t even wanna know but I hope your father is recovering❤️🩹
How can he seem so calm about it I would be screaming my head of
Tina Shamx They're not that scary if you know what you're doing.
+Tina Shamx If the hotel was only 1 floor the reaction would've been different but since he had 5 floors to work with I can see where he would be calm.
+Tina Shamx I wouldn't (future storm chaser)
Tina Shamx some people are not afraid of death
Tell me how does screaming help you (or others) in any way at all?
7:36-8:10 Why the hell am I holding my breath?! I feel like I'm in the damn water 😂
Lmao
Girl I swear I was panicking 😰
LMAO I know right me too that's soo crazy 😭😭
Lmao
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Hands down the Best video I have ever seen.
you can feel the surge.
Wow!
And now they’re waiting for Ida.
Stay safe everyone.
Now Milton
Hurricane Ida already passed like 3 years ago it’s hurricane milton now! So idk where tf you been at this whole time!
@@JessicaGarcia-xf9wrOMG YOU DONT SAY.... 😂 Man I wonder how long ago this comment was made.....
Who’s here for storm Milton
Right here!
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Me
Up at 3 a.m watching this oct 9th 24 as milton comes straight for my town in sarasota less then 24 hrs🙏🏾
Ждем да, за зло в Израиле и Укро
Mississippi resident. Stayed in Gulfport when this storm hit, I was 13. I'll never forget it. Driving through Biloxi 2 weeks after was...seeing banana trucks in buildings and casinos ripped apart was horrible. Also saw the slab that was the Bay St Louis bridge.. Mississippi doesn't get near the amount of recognition for what we lost.
Man the sustained wind noise at 12:30 is INSANE! Great footage. Going down a rabbit hole of Katrina documentaries and this is a really good one. Great work.
I’ll never forget Katrina the sound of trees snapping and tornadoes swirling winds shaking the doors and seeing the roof being pulled apart and water coming into your house as a child is disturbing! The aftermath was just as devastating! We still have signs up and only slabs of concrete where somethings use to be!
This is one of those “thank a structural engineer” moments.
Absolutely
Yes, apparently 60% of buildings in the US aren't up to standard so luckily this one was
And this who build it accordingly lol. This is a wild video man
Is this building still standing?
@@michellem7300I looked, and I don’t think it is. It looks like they built a new hotel next to where the old one was. Holiday Inn in Gulfport, MS
I can feel such emotion watching this video... I had parents who survived this in Biloxi. I was told stories of weathering such a storm. Seeing this footage and hearing the experience of Katrina is truly horrifying.
Apparently the Radio station had evacuated and left The Doors' "Riders on the storm" playing on repeat through the whole storm.
God bless those who have passed and those who have survived.
Its amazing how he stays calm through this entire storm. If it was me im not even sure if I would have one little bit of sanity or calmess in me. It takes a lot of courage to even become a storm chaser in the first place, and to do something like this it takes a lot more.
Mr Theiss you’re a real right dude! This footage is amazing. I’ve been through several hurricanes in Florida, but I’ve never seen anything like this.
This is the best footage I have ever seen of Katrina!
Ikr!!!
I was living in Ocean Springs, MS when Katrina was headed toward the coast. I warned everyone I could to please evacuate. Most ppl stayed. I couldn't believe it. I left 3 days before it hit and watched on TV at my Momma's house in central louisiana. My best friend was living 2 blocks from the beach. I heard from her 5 days after the storm hit. She said she was just getting ready to climb in the attic with the pets who were now floating around on a mattress when she noticed the water started receding. She said it looked like a huge swimming pool when she looked out of her sliding glass doors. Others I know had to swim across streets to neighbors. When I finally made it home I couldn't believe what I saw. I know New Orleans went through hell and I will not make light of what they went through. I am here to tell you, the MS gulf coast was smashed. Flattened all the way past Interstate 10. My cottage was on high ground and amazingly enough, no damage at all. Please evacuate if you are able to. You and your family's life depends on it.
"floating on a mattress" LOL terrifying. Thanks for your comment.
It's not that they can't evacuate, they just don't want to and we all see what happens when people are morons!!!
I was 3 when Katrina hit. I evacuated with my family. So glad we were safe😊
Watching before a potentially hyperactive 2020 Hurricane Season.
Edit: wow this comment is aging well.
SAME.
Do you guys think it will be worse than the 2004/05 seasons???
@@Mikkestr it has the potential with this pandemic.
Michael Baldwin fucking yes dude 😭 unemployment, coronavirus, it will be way worse
Octane riots, maybe ebola
Dell, Louisiana's tragedy was the result of a poor levee system. I rode Katrina in Mississippi and witnessed this what you have just watched. The worst of the storm had already passed before New Orleans went under water due to the levees breaking. New Orleans thought they were spared, then the levees broke. Entire cities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast were not only flooded but completely wiped out from the wind.
Storm surge this high is insane. It was 29 feet I saw. They said the damage looked very reminiscent of the 2004 tsunami 8 months earlier
I know Katrina did a lot of damage and many lost homes. Our prayers were with all and still praying for all the storms, flash floods, tornadoes and all natural disasters.
It's like they are on a sinking ship ... on land ...
Titanic
Water can be so tranquil and peaceful, yet powerful and deadly. I lived through Katrina in Nicholson Ms.
I will say it again, this is the ultimate video regarding one of the most terrible storm tragedies in the history of man. THIS, is what deadly storm surge looks like and a hurricane that was grossly misinterpreted when it came on shore with winds exceeding well over 130 mph from a pressure read of 920 mb. The weather channel and others even with the technology we had back in 2005 completely misread the power of this storm approaching land as a category 3. Anytime a hurricane's pressure falls down to 920 and less, you have a major, major, storm power. The read of 966 mb at the start of the video was the outer approach bands which is unbelievable considering that wasn't even the start of the wall eye.
Imagine if it was a category 5 hurricane 😁
Dude what’s your problem?
@@neptune9238 I'm sorry??? I don't understand...??? What's my problem?
No not you Jairo Ortiz
@@neptune9238 Oh, okay bro. My bad.
That was some storm the water was unreal in that city. So many people good people with kindness helping so many.
It's funny. Katrina destroyed much of what I had, but if it weren't for it, I wouldn't know several of my now close friends.
Huh. I guess things really do happen for a reason :)
TheUnstoppableScythe And I guess u believe in fate
Wallywutsizface Hurricanes are known to show mutual love for some lucky individuals........
Wallywutsizface well... I'm glad to be hurricane Katrina
Humble as a Jedi. Bless you
When they help the woman .. thanks for doing that.
yes
Amen
Why'd she have to stay?
This footage is insane
this guy is so calm haha. "oh another car is coming into the lobby now."
Lmao
OMG da dude is so calm XD Lol
This is great video‼️ Wow I would of been so scared! #RIP to all the victims of Katrina!
Жесть конечно!!! (((
amen tho.. there in a better place :(
@@shotoes9117I think they would have preferred to live
Wow...you guys had some excitement and great job on the documentation!!!! They sure do build those building very good to withstand that sort of punishment. Well done!
Agreed. I was shocked myself to see that the building was still standing after that type of surge. Although to see the lobby completely destroyed wasscary as hell. The life of a storm chaser is very scary.
I know we made that so strong but some how it broke WoW thats Lousiana
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Make great videos
I just watched this on TWC's Wild Weather Week. You guys are awesome!
Amazing what a hurricane's winds can do. I am literally speechless.
Toolman329 IKR I'm experiencing Matthew right now actually. Glad my power is st *connection lost*
ruben g did ur connection cut of r u ok ? or r u just joking with us ?
Patricia Ortuño I'm dead now. This is my ghost speaking.
Amazing is not the word I would use to describe something as horrific as this hurricane. But yes it is terrible what wind (mother nature) can do and how much can be destroyed by weather.
This is one of my favorite chase videos ever. That storm surge was crazy. Awesome footage.
The best footage I have ever seen by far. Glad you and the family are ok. Great job Mike.
This is why I'll take half the year of cold and snow in buffalo ny.. wow
I survived Katrina,in Pearl River Louisiana.On Mississippi and Louisiana border.
I grew up in Slidell. My church was Abundant Life on Crowe’s Landing in Pearl River. Many of us stayed there at the church together after Katrina.
I’m from the MS coast. This video still makes me sad in 2020. Proud to say I survived. The weeks after the storm was the worst part.
I'm from Brookhaven and we didn't have so much damage but we weren't exactly lucky either. I was only 5 when it hit but some of my most detailed childhood memories come from Katrina and the weeks that followed. We lived in a mobile home at the time with our grandparents and we didn't expect to come out with both our home and our lives
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Wasn't there ANOTHER hurricane right after Katrina? LOL double whammy! The Gov. used Katrina as a baseline for future highly controlled negligence protocol. Thanks for your comment.
@Sweet Dreams yeah i was thinking it was real
@Susana Umana I was a kid at 13 so it was much easier for me than the adults who had to stress a lot harder about what was going on. Thankfully we didn’t lose our house and only had to live without power for a month or two. The city of Biloxi and other near cities I grew up around still have many empty lots and only concrete foundations of swept away buildings from Katrina to this day. It’s crazy to experience a large portion of where you grew up be destroyed.
The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.
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I work in a deli and that's a very accurate description 🤣
A good friend of mines. Told me that Katrina hit Mississippi first before new Orleans. And all you heard about was new Orleans on the news but I never knew Mississippi was affected as well. Alot of people lost their lives from this catastrophe. God bless all the families affected
Mike Theiss did a great job recording this. Thanks Mike.
This is the best video I ever seen of extreme weather . Definitely makes you completely understand how strong & relentless Nature can be.
I remember being 5 years old and looking outside and it was the worst storm I had ever seen. The thing is I lived all the way in Pennsylvania and we still got the tail end of it
I was 10
***** what do you mean by that?
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I live in Kentucky and we got very bad wind and rain from that, but i think Ike was worse on us. My opinion
I lived in Virginia at the time and I don't remember any wind or rain.
My hat goes off to you . Balls of steel very nice footage 👌
seriously though
I wanna become a meteorologist so these videos fasinate me and I love them and the courage to take such dangerous videos!
This is so sad. I can’t believe my parents and I survived in this. 🙁
@Kateline Brown Hurricane Laura was going to have a UNSURVIVABLE STORM SURGE of 20 FEET , and Dorian from LAST year had a 20 FOOT STORM SURGE too
@@kyleklmondwa9042 dude…
@@gabrielbeyt6267 Katrina has a 20-29 foot storm surge in Mississippi, unfortunately.
@@crazydrummer181 it was 28 feet. there’s a sign by the ocean that marks it in gulfport
This is some Very good Hurricane Footage right here.. Up Front and not scared.. KUDOS to you guys... Lets see what This Hurricane will bring(Joaquin)
I'm getting ready for this one, too! 😶
Same!
Apparently not much to Joaquin, thankfully.
Oh Lord God I know many years have passed but no one will ever get over this.
Honestly, I've watched this over and over. It's very cool. You guys are very brave
It's so sad think about how many kids had no parents think about how many kids died or a whole family what about loved pets or homes that were destroyed. I would hate to be there lucky I missed it by a year
When you sent that message that made me cry a bit. So glad you said that.
it was mainly just the filthy poor who were killed and lost their homes, so in most ways, katrina was a blessing from God
+Pill Box That is terrible to say. God loves everyone even the "filthy poor" they have hearts and a soul too. Yeah maybe some do drugs but those people need help.
It really does.
+Pill Box
you're a filthy person
"Well there is the Gulf of Mexico right there....coming into our parking lot." Lol idk why but that was funny
The craziest thing about Katrina was that it never seemed to end. It just went on and on. AND it was daylight. I remember looking out the window, just watching stuff go flying by and it was morning time. I feel like usually the worst of it passes during the night.
It came up that high? Im surprised the hotel didnt colapse
Those durn librul building regulations
He found the GoPro
It's a badge of honour for the builders ... amazing that it stayed up.
walker h abandoned
you wouldn't need to abandon a building just cause its 1st floor was under water if builders come in and tear the walls off and dry it out its salvageable anything under the water line gets replaced except the frame