Hurricane Charley - A Storm Chaser's Nightmare in Florida
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025
- This is the original hurricane Charley DVD from storm chasers Jim Edds, Mark Rackley, Doug Kiesling, Chris Collura, Jason Foster, and Jeff Gammons. Each of us has agreed to participate in bringing you this footage on RUclips. There is a time code on there and if you're interested in purchasing any footage note the time code and if it's not mine (the best shots of course) we'll find who shot it.
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I'll never forget this storm. I was a kid when this happened living in Punta Gorda. As soon as we got the update that it turned towards us the power went off. Then the windows began to budge. My mom had us run into the bathroom to hide. The sounds of the wind was terrifying. We had to run to my nana's apartment building in the eye of the storm to seek shelter there. Water was up to our knees. It was truly terrifying but I'm happy we survived. My mom was so strong protecting me and my brother.
About to maybe get another one
Driving through PG 6 months after was extremely shocking. Praying were all safe next week 🙏
@@ryanranard5187 yea but hopefully it’s not as bad god is with us amen 🙏
Just came to ask if this was the one that turned suddenly and last minute
Stay safe!
I still have this incredible DVD almost 17 years later! I'll never forget that storm, the damage and going 12 days without power in the middle of Summer. Thanks for keeping the memory of Charley going, people need see it to believe it.
***Update on Jim: I've been recovering from a dislocated/fractured shoulder that happened on December 7th. I've got some more videos in the pipe ready to upload as soon as heal up a little more. Thanks for watching & visiting the channel.
This is by far the best video I have ever seen in my 63-years of life. My wife and I did storm chasing until the time of her death. But we never encountered anything to this degree! Very well done gentlemen.
On high alert for Ian, I remember seeing being sunny outside during the eye of Charley. Never forget.
As someone who lived there and road it out, still till this day, exactly 20 years later, I still get goosebumps and chills. Something I will never forget.
Thank you very much for this information!!
Thank you very much Inger. Thanks for watching!
Mb for not knowing this but why is this comment inside of a tinted red box I have never seen this before on a comment
@user-lg9yr5wf3t It's because the commenter donated money so youtube highlights the comment.
@@JimEddsAlejandra Gonzalez Bogota Colombia
Wow! Thanks for posting this, Jim! I had seen small clips of your insane footage, but hadn't seen most of this video. Great job filming as always. What a storm!
For me Charley was in and out in about 35 minutes that's how much tape I used. There was a lot of flying debris and Charlie where I was especially and it was all in my eyes the specs of dirt and junk in the air so I couldn't really see too well. It took three days to get all that stuff out of my eyes. Thanks for watching guys.
@@JimEdds you were on weather channel D:
I've watched that video about 5 times by now, and I'm still amaze by it. Charley was a hell of a storm. You guys are Hurricanes Warriors ! Kudos !
I will never forget the 2004 hurricane season. Just one hurricane after the other. I was in fourth grade when this freakish season happened. So many trips to the shelter. When Charlie was coming through, there was a tornado that touched down right on the roof of the shelter I was in, right in the middle of the night. It was the scariest thing I've heard, just a massive bang, and then strong winds all around the shelter.
When you look at the tracks of Charlie and Ian, it is amazing that the tracks are almost identical right to the landfalls.
that's a good point. Ian was huge after the eyewall replacement cycle, well it was big before that but bigger after. I think I measured 40 miles across Ian's eye. Charley's was about 5 miles across. Both very destructive storms. Thanks for watching.
That old man walking up to the camera when the wind was going about 150mph and saying "A bit windy today" before walking off had me in tears.
Where was that in the video?
I didn’t see that
This video just randomly appeared in my recommended while I was working and I ended up getting in trouble for being distracted for two hours. Best two hours of the day, honestly. Great video
It really is a fantastic video! Glad the guys are safe, they seemed very knowledgeable and well prepared.
This is without a doubt the GREATEST video I've ever seen on Hurricane Charley or on any hurricane, for that matter!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆I was living in Sebring when Charley struck. Your video brought it all back - WOW❗❗❗❗I also remember the incredible Milky Way we had the following night-into-morning ❤❤❤❤ The condo I lived in was right around the corner from Florida Hospital Heartland, and the neighborhood was on the hospital's generator. As a result, we had our power back on three days after the storm. Everyone else in town had to wait at least a month before getting theirs back. I worked at the time as a mental health counselor in Wachula, and Charley literally reduced the town to rubble and woodchips. MINDBLOWING❗❗❗❗
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I've honestly never been so invested in a video on youtube! Its very hard for me to sit thru a 10 min vid, buuuut this video here is a TOP NOTCH like these guys need an award! I live in Tennessee so I don't get to see much so I only see what I see online usually and this made me feel like I was right in the middle of the hurricane thank you men sooooo much for what y'all do its truly amazing and I'll honestly be on the lookout for more videos !! Be safe 😘 😘 ❤💯💯
Thanks for watching Trista . . . get the right storm and 6 crazy chasers in a deserted town, boom, crazy weather video.
@@JimEdds keep it up you guys are professional and deserve ALOT more followers 😍!
That's about as close as you wanna get dude.
You guys were lucky on that one.
Excellent footage as always.
Hope you have many ( safe.) Chases to come. :)
not many chasers will go outside for a strong Cat 4-We did only because we screwed up. There were a number of people killed by flying debris and hurricane Charley.
Amazing footage and brave of you guys to film it. Thank you all 🫡
I had just moved here a month before to Cape Coral which is between Punta Gorda and fort Myers. I did not know what to expect but was use to tornadoes from Georgia. This storm was intense and dangerous. I didn’t realize how bad it was until it was over and we got out to drive around.
Loads of damage.
We were without electricity for 2 weeks and I remember after that piles of appliances everywhere for months from all of the flooding on the beaches. It was horrible!
I remember it flattened punta gorda and quite a lot of places on fort Myers beach. Debris everywhere
Thanks for posting this! Incredible footage!
I lived in Pinellas County at the time and my whole block was boarded up. My mom lived in Punta Gorda, and at what seemed the last minute Charley button hooked into Charlotte Harbor. I was down there the next morning with all the supplies my neighbors donated to me. It was surreal driving into town. All the landmarks were gone. My step dad boarded up the windows on the new manufactured home at the last minute and that was what saved it. The only real casualty was when I went to hook the TV up to the generator, a tree branch from outside impaled it through the wall. Most of the homes on their block were flipped upside down in the canal. Was down there for weeks helping with cleanup. My mom moved to west TX after that, never wanting to go through that again. I ended up moving to Punta Gorda in 2019 and rode out Ian, with the eye coming directly over. It lasted FOREVER, it seemed like and took quite a bit of damage, but the damage to downtown was nothing compared to Charley. However, the poor folks in Sanibel and Ft. Myers Beach suffered a far worse fate. Praying for some grace as we begin Hurricane Season 2023...
Rode out 3 hurricanes back to back in 2004. Single mom with 2 kids in bath tub scared to death for hours. 😮 Sold my house soon after and moved back to Arkansas
Hurricane tourists don't have to stick around for the 2 or 3 weeks after the event when there's no power or water in 95 degree, 90 percent humidity weather. That's when true character is revealed.
Amen to that. I always tell people getting through the hurricane isn't the hard part; it's the aftermath.
I distinctly remember Charlie. I had just moved to Ft Lauderdale & heard a train coming but hadn't noticed any tracks nearby. I stepped out onto my west-facing balcony & if I hadn't grabbed the railing with both hands, I think I would've been swept off. It was "just" an outer band coming all the way across the peninsula as Charley made landfall. My respect for wind increased considerably over the next six weeks. Each one came closer. I moved out of FL in 2005. Babye Charley, Frances, Ivan & Jeanne.
Man, the early 2000’s hurricane seasons were a MENACE!!!
hurricane Ian brought me here...
Me too from Monterey Bay, California
Has to be one of the best hurricane chasing videos I've ever seen. One of the best. Thnx for sharing 👌
Thanks, Doug did the edit & I think with so many contributors the extra content made it good. Rare to get this many chasers in the small eye of Charley.
Great documentary and glad you were all safe and ok!
I was a kid when I went through this storm and man I watch this and feel the same type of knots in my stomach I felt experiencing it.
When I saw the tops of the trees hitting the ground in my back yard from my back porch I knew it was bad and shortly after that I was stuffed in a closet with a mattress on top of me with my brother because of tornado threats! Now I live more north and preparing for tropical storm/hurricane Idalia. Good luck to everyone preparing for the storm.
I went thru Charlie & it was wild!!! Very Very Scary!!!!
So crazy how it was Friday the 13th & it was so dark -No Power & Hot as Hell
I was gonna cool off in my pool but a big tree came in my Lanai and went in my pool & I got sap all over me it was so sticky!!!☹️. Anyway it was the most intense thing I ever went thru & I'm Happy to be alive!!!
I'm Happy your alive too!!!😎
@@999cristywow, that’s crazy!
@@999cristy I never realized it was Friday the 13th! Perfect day for that storm. Having no power for days in that humidity was a test of strength even as a kid! Thank goodness you weren’t crushed by that tree! Im very happy you are alive as well 😀
I grew up in Bokeelia, the eye went right over my house as a kid. We were newer to Florida and didn't realize how bad it can get. We watched my neighbors house disintegrate in front of our eyes before all piling in to a walk-in closet. I never got to see much footage of it though, 2004 was a different time. Thanks for sharing this. :)
I lived in Cape Coral Fl when Charlie hit. OMG the damage was unbelievable. Our home was less than 1 year old and built to all new hurricane standards and our only damage was a couple shingles missing, but our next door neighbors house was left unliveable. But you should have seen how our community came together, everyone helped everyone. We had a huge generator and shared our power with 2 other homes, rather than running our AC and using the power just for our house. We didn't have power or water for 4.5 days, luckily we had a big swimming pool (like so many in FL do), so we could bath and flush our toilets. It literally took months to clean up after that storm. Yet you rarely hear anything about hurricane Charlie. I don't think most people realize how huge it was or how many people died.
2004 feels like a very long time ago, so much has changed for the worst in every way.
I know exactly what you mean. I remember growing up in the 80's, early 90's. I don't know what's happening to the world, but i don't like it.
The youth are kinder now.
It's very normal to have a negativity bias as we grow older. But honestly , I feel growing up people were worse than they are today
Came here during hurricane Ian. I was 3 years old when Charley hit but don't remember too much. Stay safe everyone
This is absolute amazing footage🌀🌀🌀.. The hour+ video length kept me from watching this for weeks but I'm glad i gave it a go
yes indeed, an hour is a bit long but Dougie did the labor intensive edit so it was his call. Looking back, it's a classic that has stood the test of time and I'm glad all the guys agreed to get it up on RUclips.
Awe the bromance at the end is heartwarming finding each other and there stories and then the Ireland 🇮🇪 restaurant owner with such a positive attitude “we’ll rebuild”. ❤
As a guy from the tristate area that has never experienced hurricanes ever (I was on vacation when Sandy hit) the footage on its own gives me shivers. Well done!
Thank you . . . This video has 6 contributors and while we made it into a DVD after the storm, it had been sitting on the shelf for all these years. Then I got the "band" back together and we released it on RUclips. Turns out it's the most popular video on my channel. It has stood the test of time I believe because it shows a very powerful storm taking apart a small town and brave storm chasers not so brave. I don't know if there will ever be one like it. Thanks for watching.
I really appreciate that you posted this video because I watched it the morning before Ian was due to make direct landfall in our area. I had planned on riding out the storm but this footage convinced me to evacuate and I'm glad we did.
2003-05 was quite a time for Hurricanes.
I moved to Cape Coral Florida from Texas in 2022 just two months before Hurricane Ian came here. Hurricane Ian is the first Hurricane I even went through.
Welcome to the Cape! It was your initiation. It’s getting crowded here😂
We went through Charley, but fortunately we lived in the northeast corner of Charlotte County. We lost a lot of trees, but had no damage to our buildings. We had more like tropical storm winds, and our buildings were all new and built according to recent building codes. Our kids all attended school in Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte. Our oldest son attended Charlotte High in Punta Gorda. His school was severely damaged. Punta Gorda was a total wreck after the hurricane. We were so grateful to be living where we did instead of in Punta Gorda. It was an unreal sight we saw as we drove into Punta Gorda after the storm. We were totally shocked at the damage. My doctor lost his home in Jamaica, his house in Punta Gorda, and his office in Punta Gorda - all from Charley. His office was in a 3 story building just a few blocks from the government building. All the windows were blown out of the building. I never saw him or his office staff again, as they were all displaced by the storm.
I love learning about storms. This was a great video. You all did well and i hope you all continues to stay safe. 🙏👏👏
PRAYING for you all and all of the people that's going through difficult times in these storms.
Lived in Fort Myers during this. I remember afterwards going to my neighbors to check her house and she had an gator in her pool, powerlines down everywhere. Parents even drove me through PG afterwards to see if we could help at all. Mom was 8 months pregnant. Was crazy.
3:02 “You don’t see that very often on the Atlantic side”
Mother nature since 2017, “hold my beer”.
We were in Port Charlotte when my family and i went through Charley with barely any time to prepare I remember my mom folding laundry as we watched the storm change direction, while my dad found anything to board windows up 30 min later the power was down and me and my sister were put in a van in a garage because all the rooms in our house had windows. The howling of the wind was so so loud! I remember the garage door almost ripping off and the van moving back and forth. We went out and drove around afterwards. I remember looking through the walls of my neighbors house, the whole wall of the bedroom was ripped right off, the bed still had bedsheets on it pictures still hanging on the walls. We drove around in my dad's jeep until we ran into so many trees and powerline/poles down. It was crazy! Our house was barely untouched the pool cage was just collapsed into the pool. We were lucky enough to live towards northern Port Charlotte and expierienced no storm surge! Absolutely insane how you guys got this all on film. Brings back childhood nostalgia that I miss so so much!
This one reached us in Orlando. Massive winds, huge tree uprooted by this Cat4 landed on next door neighbors house. We were without power for weeks as water surged beyond belief in our home. It was too late to leave as we had no idea I'd be this catastrophic. Trees were down all over the road. We were trapped in our house. It was major. For everyone's safety, heed to warnings of evacuation. Preparedness is vital. Charlie was worse than Ian
Living in Sebring Fl. at this time in a 1958 Whitley mobile home. Sustained no damage, did not evacuate, power failure at 6:05 pm. Blessings for you and all who came through unscathed.
I was in Orlando and this rode up I4. Amazing all the trees knocked over by us. I was standing outside leaning into the wind and my wife screamed for me to get in. Then 2 more hit us that year. My first Hurricane since I moved to Florida
It never ceases to amaze me how nature's order is pure chaos to us humans. A hurricane is a perfectly crafted vehicle to move tropical/equatorial warmth to higher latitudes.
While I'm not a Floridian... much of my family vacations in Sanibel every 4-5 years. We had planned a trip for what would be the winter after Charley hit AND the winter after Ian hit.
Is, was, and always will be my go-to video to get pumped up before intercepting a hurricane. Maybe I'll see you in the field for Idalia Jim. Happy hunting.
I am thinking Palm trees must be the toughest species of tree. They never seem to uproot. Amazing resilience!
The small leafage is why I get soaked in a sudden rainstorm in Tampa 😂
sorta. they don’t have much of a root system and the ground is mostly sand. they need to be trimmed high and tight through hurricane season otherwise the excess fronds become sails and can topple the entire tree.
Correct, they have seen some stuff 😅
Mississippi gulf coast during Katrina! We all still live with that fear every freaking year! God bless and protect our friends from Hurricane Ian! Our prayers are with ya'll!
I was there bay St. Louis
Thank goodness for people who do this. They're not only brave to go into places almost everyone else rightly leaves, but they provide useful information to weather services and news that can help people save lives.
my sister survived this shit and lived to tell the tale with the most wild story.
she had a neighbor, that neighbor left their jet skis outside, and their dog in the house while they evacuated. which is crazy. your leaving because it’s dangerous and your not bringing your dog with you? anyways, hurricane starts, and those jet skis rip through the house with the dog still inside. my sisters mom has to run into that house DURING A HURRICANE and rescue that dog. my sister says they were huddled in a closet with 4 poodles and a random dog. she thought she was going to die.
Who’s watching now that we have hurricane Ian coming to us ?
Me lol
I’m getting impacted by Ian too .-.
Bro Ian be strong as fuck tho like idk
Me
Ps I am going through it now
Me lol
In 1991 me and my gf lived right on the ocean in a small rented house, sliding glass door opened to a deck that butted right against the seawall in Marshfield, Mass.it was the perfect storm movie storm, the meteorologists didn't realize the systems were going to back up to the coast, usually they go out to sea, my gf wanted to go when the waves started to roll up over the seawall but I was excited, it was so beautiful until the waves started to crash over the house and one wave carried a boulder that crashed through sliding glass doors, time to go, but it was too late, streets flooded on both ends so had to back the car up an embankment across the street from the house, stuck but somewhat safe, elevated just enough to stay out of the water, at the height the waves were going completely over the house, washing even over telephone pole wires, blue sparks running up and down the wires, then the house was completely washed out to sea right in front of our eyes, next morning we got out and walked over to a foundation with only one item in the cellar, our king-size mattress, it was obviously waterlogged and must've weighed 3 thousand lbs, lost everything but still alive.🙏
This was great footage fellas some of the best! The adrenaline from the anticipation of these storms is indescribable, then about halfway through its like ok, I've had about enough of this. But only for a short while then you want another ride!
Praying for Hurricane 🌀 Milton path of a Cat - 5…! I give you guys so much credit on this very informative/devastating hurricane. Gods speed to you all!!!!
I remember this hurricane all to well! I remember the tv screen showing radar of all red and it was moments before impact. We lived in Rotonda/Englewood at the time but I worked in Port Charlotte. It was wicked and when it was over, we drove through Punta Gorda and it literally brought tears to my eyes -- everything was flattened. It didn't help that other hurricanes soon followed. That was the longest I ever went without power and being in the florida heat while having a 7mth old, it was brutal! There wasn't much of a storm surge but we were fortunate to not have much damage. Charley brought the winds that day, along with tornados and it was a memorable day for all the wrong reasons. #XCharley2004
Watching this I now understand why my relative that lives in Florida just spent thousands and thousands of dollars making his house hurricane resistant, roof, windows, shutters and doors, his house is also concrete.This is so scary.
Yes. Everyone here now prizes metal roofs. Shingles are what you see everywhere. Put them back on only to be blown away again 6 years later. 😂
I was on vacation from the UK, it was so scary. Thanks for this video, love it,, it shows what I missed whilst inside the hotel bathroom, under a mattress 😍 sad for the damage to life and businesses
Hurricane Charley was headed to Tampa and I was headed east when it took that sharp turn into Punta Gorda. I am sure if it continued on that same path into Tampa it would have reached Cat 5 intensity. Charlie was a nasty hurricane. Thank you Jim again for some great hurricane footage.
****Thanks for watching everyone. This video has really taken off lately****
Just in time too… TD9 looks to be a repeat of Charley
Watching from Orlando,Fl before Milton makes landfall 🫣😨
i heard everyone is evacuating!! stay safe !!! 🩵
@@Gulutick Thank you! 🙏🏻❤️
I'm watching from Jacksonville
We can't get out. Roads were clogged and no gas. no gas.
I give up.
Gonna hunker down , keep praying and wait for all hell to break loose.
you are inland. try being on the gulf coast
Incredible video! Wow! Amazing.
I lived in Kissimmee, FL in 2004, when 3 hurricanes crossed over the city (Charley, Frances, Jeanne). Fortunately we were so far inland that we got strong Cat 2 gusts at best. Still had so many damaged houses, trees everywhere... I never even thought about how bad it was in Punta Gorda during this. Insane.
I can remeber driving down 75 towards Ft Myers and seeing the hundreds of FEMA trailers in the fields off the highway. AT the interstate interchanges, all those tall light poles were all bent over to the ground. Downtown Punta Gorta was just devastated. That was a really bad storm. After all these years this is the first time Ive seen vids from inside the storm. I dont know what all you could do to protect your house from a storm of that intensity, just throwing everything its blown apart already along with it. You would need a bunker practically. I feel for anyone that rode this one out. Would make you think twice about getting all excited about hurricane parties....lol.
So we all here before Ian?
here before nicole now
I'll never forget that Saturday night. It was my first hurricane; I was a little over 11 1/2 years old....
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing it with us.I live in Jacksonville, Fl When Charley came here it was a level 1 I guess we are lucky --- Debbie & Tiffany
I was in Jax also when this hit and as usual we were spared from the insane damage shown in this video . I am very comfy on the Westside living any where near Jax Beach and St Augustine would have my nerves bad every hurricane season I love the beautiful beaches and great fishing St Augustine offers but living there where a cat 1 could flood you out with the quickness and anything over that could wipe you out with a large enough storm surge if you don't evacuate . Much rather drive the 45 min to an hour to go there and live inland where it's a much safer place to ride it out .. Matthew did scare the city a few years ago I thought ok this is the one to wipe us out but as usual we were spared and made it out overall in good shape compared to how bad it could have been. last time a direct strike hit here hurricane wise I believe was back in 60s with Dora I was far from being born then but family members still tell stories of how crazy it got here during that one and the technology then was no where near what it is today so I'm sure alot of folks got caught off guard and paid the price
This video is so intense. It’s like a time capsule but also it’s quite cinematic. I’m happy you guys all made it out okay
**********Thanks for watching everyone . . . this video is really taking off. It's a storm chaser classic. Feel free to click on those ads too :). **********
I gotta assume Ian has a cause in RUclipss recommendation pushing it. If you are able to you should chase ian with the same style as this video
@Jim Edds Will you be storm chasing Ian that’s gunning for the gulf side of Florida?
FYI: I remember your frightening experience documenting Haiyan (Yolanda).
Thank you for your dedication.
Thank you ! Will not forget - went straight over us in Orlando !
Awesome video - stay safe & well
Because it’s about to be a repeat
I’ve been interested in severe storms sense I was 4 and this video reminds me why I want to become a storm chaser
(Currently a junior in high school)
you have to be nuts to be a storm chaser, ur inches from being in a meat grinder, most incredible Hurricane footage i ever watched, Ive watched your other videos, the footage you get in these things is unmatched
I remember this one very well it was the first hurricane out of 3 to hit us in a row I believe it was Charlie, Francis and Gene we had no.power for over a month no gas no ice very little food thank God we all made it but that was a rough season to say the least
I was living in Orlando at the time of this hurricane, and I’ll never forget when it reached us (it was at night), I couldn’t sleep because the rain bands/wind was beating sooo hard against my bedroom windows, not only was it loud as hell but water was getting in 😟 so I said to hell with sleeping and I go downstairs and find everyone else is awake too, and we all stayed up the entire night huddled in our living room. At the time my dad was a cop so he had to be on patrol during this hurricane, so it was just my mom, myself, and my other two siblings. And unfortunately after a long a grueling night shift, my dad had to come home to a flooded house.
And then two more hurricanes came knocking-France's then Jeanne. All intersected at Orlando. 4 hurricanes in 6 weeks impacted Florida, 4th was Ivan in Pensacola/Beach area. Thanks for watching, Hurricane memories last forever.
@@JimEdds Yup I remember all of those ones vividly! It was funny because all the stores closed (obviously), but the one place that stayed open was our favorite Chinese food place (October Rice) and my dad was friends with the owners, so while he was on patrol during one of the hurricanes, he picked up Chinese food for us and dropped it off lol. I’ll never forget that hurricane season.
@@JimEdds I experienced my first hurricane back in 2004, I experienced hurricane Charley when I was 3 years old. by the time I was still living in Cocoa Beach here in Brevard county, it was under mandatory evacuation and we had to get out of Cocoa Beach to Hernando on the other side of Citrus County. Three days after Charley, I came home and there was no power, I had my very first seizure, and I was taken to the hospital by my mom. I don’t remember the other 2 hurricanes that hit the East Coast of Florida, Frances And Jeanne from 2004. I also don’t remember Ivan that hit the panhandle before.
Loved the NOAA Weather Radio audio clips, really helped tie together the horror of Charley's approach.
My sister and I were in a closet in Port Charlotte. Such a strange feeling, like the house was trying to lift off it's foundation. Things crashing about outside. The house we were in only had minor damage but the next door neighbor lost their roof and back wall.
We were amazingly lucky.
Port Charlotte look like a war zone afterwards.
Nobody else noticed the guy driving by at 2:43 with his hood popped open 🤣
😂😂😂😂
I came to the comments for this. My only guesses are overheating issues or Ace Ventura is real.
Yes saw that lol he was going out of Florida 😂😂
Man was he driving like that to work back then 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
can we talk about that Wind OMG I could not believe how hard that wind was blowing and all the dabree that was blowing around u guys better b careful u dont wanna get hit with ne thing could kill u should def put a helmet on but Great video u guys did am Amazing job capturing this Hurricane this is like the second time I am watching this really enjoyed it thanks for posting n B Safe out their
Thanks for watching
I would be flying if I would be in that hurricane ☠️
I lived in Arcadia when Charley hit, right off of Highway 17, so we were directly in the eyewall. It was absolutely terrifying. The most intense weather event I've ever lived through in my entire life. Arcadia was hit hard by Charley. Our house survived, but we were without power for fourteen days. I hope to never go through anything like that again.
Who else is here watching this awaiting for hurricane IAN to make landfall SEP 2022.
I LIVED IN DEEP CREEK. WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO LEAVE SO WE JUST HOPED FOR THE BEST. IT WAS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET. AFTER A YEAR OF REPAIRS WE MOVED TO BARTLETT TN. WE JUST LOVE IT HERE!
You and me both! Charley I will never forget. Ian may be deadlier, but I swear Charley had much stronger winds after I compared the damage between the two.
We are plotting an escape from South Louisiana after Ida. Over a year of misery of repairs and skyrocketing insurance was my last straw. Going to check out Huntsville soon🤞🏻 planning to move after our daughter graduates next year. Glad you found some peace.
@@LinkDragon512 Nah, I think that some of the Ian footage has nearly identical winds. Luckily, SWFL decided to actually improve infrastructure and buildings so Ian looked slightly weaker due to having less debris.
It's the best hurricane footage ever.❤🎉
As a Fl. Native, it’s those that tend to venture out when they shouldn’t that are the fatalities. Stepping on a live wire happens too much…
I remember Charlie! I’m from Orlando and the eye went right through us..we were so storm weary by then. Ian almost ripped my roof off, but Milton with those tornado’s…..THAT was way more terrifying than any hurricane I’ve been through.
very good footage, thank you
Went through Charley-Francis (basically the same hurricane. It did a u-turn), Irma, and Ian and patiently waiting for Idalia.
Charley and Irma were my worst.
we didn't even get any rain for this one but charlie hit us pretty hard here they won't let me go out and film like this i've tried they threaten to arrest me for curfew
Same . Went through all those as well. I was around 9/10 when Charley hit and man I still remember it vividly. The worst hurricane I ever been through by far
This was a vicious storm that never seemed to be talked about
Hats off to you guys for your bravery and daring to make this amazing video. God bless you
Doug did the edit, all of had day jobs and didn't have time so he deserves credit for that.
Oct 6, 2025.
The threat of Milton has me researching what to expect in the Greater Orlando area. It has been 20 years since Charley. Our home had minimal damage, while some neighbors’ homes were devastated. Random destruction. Praying for mercy. 💐
2025???
Probably a typo @@7thcrossdown
Keep up the great work. Near the smallest eyewall on record for Hurricane Charley, it was officially measured at 4 miles wide. Before you got to the smallest eyewall, the sustained winds was 160 mph, blowing a sustained gusts near 194 mph. After your eyewall passed over you all, the sustained winds, again went 157 mph with gusts hovering at 196 mph. That is why Mark was trapped. In addition, you had documented the longest and the largest inner Category 5 eyewall winds (98 miles long) for two hours and 15 minutes long, a record that stands today. The last time a hurricane has a small eyewall was Hurricane Andrews back in 1992.
I think the sound alone would make you partially deaf for days. The terror people must feel through is PTSD worthy.
That was one tough year. Four hurricanes, had to evacuate 3 times (I live on the east coast of FL). I had to drive to the west coast to evacuate the hurricane after Charley, and it was devastating to see the destruction Charley did. It looked like bombs were dropped. I lost my brother and my Mom. Worst year of my life. Glad you guys made it out okay. Geeze.
very sorry to hear that Mic22. :(
Sorry for your loss ❤
I spend Hurricane 🌀 Ida in LaPlace, La. in 2022; I was truly amazed at the amount of force that Mother Nature can bring when she's at her worse!!!!!
Ah shit I was in Ponchatoula La place got so tore up
First time watching this. Phenomenal
Fun to see the technology difference between then and what we see with Reed Timmer and other chasers today.
That year was the scariest shit as a kid growing up in St. Pete. Every other week it was a new one. Yall were busy that year.
Hurricane Charley caused my first panic attack. It’s now 2022 and I live in Colorado but never forgot Charley and the emotional damage it did to me.
Here I am getting ready for Ian.
Are you ok?
It was interesting seeing the difference in damage after Charley and then Ian. I was surprised that my house was still standing after Ian considering the size, length of time it took to move through and the strength, but the actual damage was much less than Charley caused.
Wow, I remember owning this DVD and going through this in our house. Lived in Fort Ogden (Between Arcadia and Punta Gorda) and absolutely everything was destroyed.
I WAS LEAVING IN ORLANDO AT THE TIME WILL NEVER FORGET CHARLEY GOOD JOB GUYS
Who’s watching after hurricane helene?
Watching before Milton. Living in Tampa.
Watching from Jacksonville, Praying for Florida🙏
Watching after hurricane Milton live in Tampa fl