Surviving Hurricane Maria | Source Material
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- Опубликовано: 4 дек 2020
- In September 2017, Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean. Two weeks later, another Category 5 hurricane hit. With winds of up to 172 mph, Hurricane Maria caused about $96 billion in damage to the region. The hurricane killed an estimated 2,975 people in Puerto Rico alone.
This is what it was like to live through Maria.
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I was a Muslim until they told me that historically their Islamic God commanded the cloud at that time to protect the Prophet Muhammad from the hot sunlight but obviously anyway their Islamic God not interested to command anything or things in order to protect many cats and many other animals from feeling very painful of being tortured such like being poisoned to death or being beaten to death or being thrown from a tall building or being squashed by a big car until many of those cats including many other animals such like dogs or rats et cetera yelled loudly because of feeling very painful for being extremely tortured like that obviously even all cats and all animals still cannot say do not kill me for food or for clothes or for other experimental purposes scientifically done by many people but all animals have rights to live safely without feeling uncomfortable of being killed or tortured so all animals must be neutered and placed in a place like zoo with people that can help them!
I've only ever been inside of a cat 3-4 hurricane. You can literally fall face forward in the winds & you will stay in place! Scary strong winds.
did she ever get gas?
@@jamieconnell4284 - Nope. She's still pulled over the side of the road, stranded indefinitely. It's the next quarantine horror movie, 'Stuck Nowhere'. Jk 😂
Hi, Laura here (from the video). Many have expressed that I was driving aimlessly wasting gas/resources... so I thought I'd give some context to the situation many Puerto Ricans faced. Most of us had no choice but to drive every day to source food and water, despite running low on gas. I don't live walking distance from the city, where we were sourcing everything from and looking for cell service to contact our loved ones. And oftentimes, no places were open so we had to drive 30-45 min away from where I live to find any places that could be open or had supplies to begin with. All the streets were covered in debris from the destruction as well, which made it unsafe to venture out on foot or on a bike. Not to mention that there was no power for months, which meant that traffic lights did not work (and most of them got destroyed anyways). So with this in mind, hopefully you can place yourself in our experience and realise that we were not using our resources by choice, but rather, to get through the crisis. Much love.
Thank you for sharing your experience and truly showing how bad the situation in Puerto Rico was after Maria. If I am not mistaken the island is still recovering to this day and more than 3,000 people died in the hurricane; I know several people who weathered the storm and they have also explained the true horror that followed, let alone a lack of adequate government assistance from the US mainland after the disaster. It's really heart-breaking.
As an undergrad student with a hobby of tracking and researching hurricanes, I will say that in recent years Irma and Maria in 2017 have not been the only devastating hurricanes in the Atlantic; ever since 2017 storms like Dorian 2019 (destroyed the Northern Bahamas), Iota 2020 (flooded Nicaragua), and Michael 2018 (razed the Florida panhandle) have also occurred, and I could only imagine what the people in those regions are going through. Climate change will only make these kinds of bad storms more common, and I really hope we as humans do something to address and mitigate it especially for the sake of saving the lives of those who live in the Caribbean and coastal regions of North America like you. I wish you the best of luck in your recovery efforts.
Thank you for sharing. There’s so little context in this short snippet so it’s really difficult for anyone to really know. So I’m so glad you did because the comments were really grating on my nerves
You're a trooper and adorable
Totally agree with you about the situation but you were driving around to obtain footage when you said that so of course it sounds hypocritical and people will point that out. You had already gotten your own resources prior to the storm so there was no need for you to go out driving.
Just saying
Couldnt agree more. I also experienced Maria in PR, everything you are saying is 100% accurate.
Now this is the type of VICE material we need to see.
Why is this always commented lmao
@@isaacninan5053 because their usual content is shite
Amen
I am not so sure was like some bizzare comedy I would like more factual instead of them taping themselves all the time
Hilarious everyone feels the same way.. we should all boycott Vice
I cant imagine the feeling of sitting there listening to the wind hit your roof and hoping it does not get ripped off.
Been through it and its fuckin terrifying not knowing if your about to get sucked out and thrown miles away
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That’s basically what we did in puerto rico but we are use to it we been hit a few times now
It was terrifying.. Of course, I fell asleep so I didn't really have to witness for all those hours, but, I remember trying to open the door, it was impossible because the wind was just that strong that it closed harshly on it's own
Austin Hawes same but it barley hit aguada
“I have no clothes, nothing, just myself”
“And Jesus... Hallelujah”
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@@mariadr5440 weak argument
.. stop spamming important conversations
🙏🏼💯😂
@@bigfrankentertainment yes jesus, an unemployed carpenter can save us
All Glory to the Lord Jesus Christ
Back about 2 yrs ago...I had a tree fall on top of my room while I was sleeping and because of where my tv was positioned it saved my life. It was a half inch away from crushing my body n I had to crawl from under it and I lost all my belongings that meant a lot and were sentimental. Google “I’m just thankful to be here Franklin tree falls Virginia”and it will pop right up. God bless these people and EVERYTIME it storms,my cat and I have PTSD as it almost killed him too. So thankful to be alive.
Omg,I just saw the article and the news video on your situation. I’m so sorry that happened and I’m glad your safe.❤️🥺😢
Blessed
Crazy story. Somebody looking out for you.
@@retrospecative2454 Thank you guys,the reason I told this story is to put awareness out there that if there IS a tropical storm coming your way EVEN a category 1,EVACUATE and bring your most important belongings to a hotel and your animals because you never know what can happen. After I crawled from under the tree, I’ll never forget the look on my mother’s face. PTSD is with me 24/7 now. Let’s get this message out to evacuate as soon as possible. The tree fell because it got struck with lightning.❤️🙏🏼💯blessed to still be here with minor injuries.
@@JokerThaToker my life is filled with stories like these which is why I made my RUclips channel. I have a video coming out today also. If my of you have a few minutes to check me out leave a comment and subscribe if you like that would be a blessing. I’ve got a story time coming about tree and plenty more. Everyone stay safe. My dad died of an overdose April 25th 2020 and I was with him his last day so it couldn’t be him watching over me cuz it was 2 yrs ago,I’m thinking my grandma💕🙏🏼💯who sadly committed suicide before I was born.
Now try experiencing that around 20 times a year. Just this October and November, the Philippines was hit with _four_ typhoons in a span of more or less three weeks. No one's talking about it on international media though.
That's horrible as well. International news in the US will always come after national news, though. 3 years later, we know the impacts of these hurricanes were more than the storms themselves but also the lackluster response. Puerto Rico is a part of the richet country in the world yet people went without power for months, no running water, and a President throwing tp at them. This caused one of the largest migrations of Puerto Ricans to mainland US in recent history. That also bumps up the relevance of it for us.
We have heard about the first one or two in Australia. But being your neighbour we should hear about all of them.
Unfortunately we are only hearing about carono and the US election and local items on mainstream
Stay safe neighbour.
You’re right back in 2009 the super typhoon obliterated the Philippines. Where my sister lived the flood was touching the roof where she lives. She had to escape through where the air condition is mounted. Witnessing dead bodies floating around while giant crocodiles were feasting on the dead bodies. This is before my cousin got to her by a rubber boat at night.
Odd... I just Google Typhoons and Philippines 2020 and got 28 Million results. For it not being covered, it sure has been covered.
Yeah and those typhoons are no joke the last typhoon that hit us is the most powerful typhoon of all time
Took about two years, but we really came back from that...
I lived through the whole thing. Lost my house, and in my home town we had no power for 5 months and 15 days.
Thank God FEMA helped and got my house back.
Im so sorry you went through this. It is heartbreaking. Sending love ♡
Las semanas posteriores fueron duras, nunca olvidaré el olor a vegetación podrida y animales de granja.
@@SuzanneDeniseB thank you ❤
@@UserUnknownError Y el calor insoportable con mosquitos. Espero nunca volver a vivir algo asi.
Thank god or FEMA?
I just feel like, there’s so much missing to show. I live on the east coast of PR the eye was at one point above us. The last person a talked to was my dad who lives in the US watching everything unfold and sent me the image of the storm just making land fall and I lost signal for over a month. Roads blocked, lines everywhere, etc. Among us on the neighborhood we cleared out the street to allow emergency workers to pass to the rest of town, there were also so many helicopters in the air at once it was incredible. We lost part of our food but had enough to hold on until some supermarkets started running on their generators and the National Guard started distributing food via MRE’s. Universities starting in November without power, students at the time like myself having a hard time to study, even having to apply to grad school by hand. I could go on, but it’s one of those moments where no matter how many videos you watch, being there will be the only true feeling of the moment. Over 4,000 people died, not by the direct impact of the storm but by the aftermath, the slow process of recovery and many people that couldn’t make it to hospitals. I wish we don’t go over this again.
This videos has brought memories of my worst nightmare. I remember being at my house in Utuado, and so many people died or committed suicid*. It was horrible. Plus all our mountains were destroyed.
In tears
Aww I’m so sorry to hear that... you strong to endure all that. how is everything now?
@@shayalynn thanks for asking! Puerto Rico is doing ok since the hurricane. They are maybe some families STILL with blue tents because of government corruption but, it’s a maybe. Utuado is different since but is doing nice too.
@@richardfraderagonzalez9478 It's really unfortunate that the United States has not stepped up to provide more economic support and relief - or at least even awareness in the media, yes mostly due to political agendas and government corruption. it is awful that people are unwillingly subject to it. It won't last forever though. Our God will bring justice. He hasn't forgot about the needy or those who are broken hearted. I can testify of that.. and while you guys go through this, you are the people who are actually grower stronger and stronger with these trials - even if that means low resources and less answers on how everything is going to be okay for you, your family, and everyone else who is facing this. hope is the anchor for the soul. there is something precious that is being built in yall that will last forever, that the majority of the US will most likely never have because we haven't been put through the fire like that.. (there are exceptions though of course.) If something really bad happens in this world, who is really going to be the strongest and wisest to survive? I live in Tennessee by the way, and I'm considered to be in the lower to medium social class - but even then, I consider myself very privileged to have just a home over my head, a meal, etc! Glad to hear though it's gotten better but wish it was that way for even just that one family experiencing loss like that.
Im so sorry for your loss. Sending love to you and yours ♡
I love how no one's talking about Dominica '-')
It hit us at night and and was crazy
Power out for like 1month in the city, 7 months for me, and about a year for full destoration.
Water wasn't really affected because our system is underground (besides the river crossings). Internet was another story by itself.
I think most of us lost someone dear to us (if not all). 3pm on the east and precisely 8pm on the west.
I think the most interesting part was the stories we heard at school from the teachers and fellow students (like a guy who had to hide in a barrel on his porch because the Roseau river flooded his house)
Got lots more to add but I think that's enough for now
Peace✌
Im sorry you went through this. ♡
If you listen he wishes prays for the Dominican before it hit them dude I live in NM DO U NOT UNDERSTAND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN SPANISH
Your type are just milllenials that don't even know about the truth about life
That's where you end it? She's running out of gas? Pffft.
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Pissed me off too then I remembered I have reefer.
It's a toyota, you can go like 70 more miles on E.
I was born and raised on the shores of the gulf coast. In the Galveston, Freeport area of Texas. This video reminds me of all the storms in my life that I didn’t evacuate for. Mother Nature is no joke. Much love and prayers to everybody in Puerto Rico!!
I was in one a couple years back a cat 5. It was pretty scary!
Should have escaped
Living on an Island with houses made out of Concrete and Limestone the only Hurricanes I take Seriously are 3 and up. Mostly 4 and up. You just get used to them.
Most of the houses in the US and Caribbean are made of cardboard.
In Europe, no one would give a toss as all houses are either made of bricks or concrete or a mix of both. We would need something beyond the scale to damage our houses.
“Can’t afford to waste anything right now” As she proceeds to drive around wasting gasoline.
Should she leave the car and just lie down there cause otherwise she would waste her energy? You're brainless.
@@user-hw2fi4nz8u everyone is a genius in the RUclips comments, let them feel smart.
@@Crazy123Flame sure 😂
she was driving to drop her freind home, you can see that if you go to her channel.
next time be smarter and check if what you assumed is correct otherwise don't bother writing down a comment.
Disappointed at how this only came out now. Its been 3 damn years VICE
They really need to move the power lines underground
@Tafari Nicholas but that seems a reasonable argument
The problem is our government doesn’t care about us. And it is very hard to move the power lines underground. Puerto Rico is relatively big
Underground electrical lines are more complicated than just burying cables. Even more than making sure they're safe. They are less capable underground. Power handling goes down. Safety goes down.
@@AnnaVannieuwenhuyse humanity has the monetary and technological capability to solve almost all technical problems including something as simple as underground electrical infrastructure. The problem will always be the social and political aspect stopping us from being an advanced technological haven and utopia.
@@tommychoppa7564 Sounds like something coming from The Venus Project :-) TVP, though, is opposing any aim for any Utopia.
This is heart breaking, however, I loved how personal, raw and informative it was. Is there going to be a part 2 or anything? Would be amazing to follow them on their journeys through the aftermath. Hope they’re ok X
I was in the same situation on sxm , with hurricane IRMA , can never forget the sounds the wind made and the damage after lost a good friend during that hurricane .
I survived hurricane 🌀 Irma in Sint Marteen, I will never forget the howling of the wind! The snapping of branches from trees, the roofs being torn away from houses! When I went out the next morning, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw total devastation! So many people lost their lives! Anyway lucky for me I was evacuated to curaçao, as I was on holiday but how awful and painful it was, to see what the locals had to endure! Always give thanks to the Lord Almighty 🙏🏾for he has a way of getting us back on our feet!
I was there in Dominica when Maria hit. I only just started my 1st semester of medical school and was there for a month before it happened. I was on the island 2 weeks post-hurricane before transported by boat back to St. Lucia then flown back to the States. It was a pretty wild experience, to say the least.
5:33 that's true Toyota reliability!!
Bruuh it's been almost three years already and I remember the many months I couldn't even take a shower in Puerto Rico with no electricity. Funniest moment tho was when a church in the next town reportedly had water back, we all flocked for the potential of getting water. I was mid shower full of soap and the damn water ran out. I was rinsing myself by collecting the tiny drops in a cup cause I wasn't going any longer smelling like that. good times/s
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God bless, I was so upset about hearing how hard it was to get aid during that time
Sometimes I think about everything that happened during/after the storm and it just feels heavy.
I just discovered VICE. This is the type of video that I like to follow.
Been through many growing up in Guam. Its scary listening to the howling of the winds & hearing the rain hit concrete at 100+ MPH. Occasionally you'll hear a loud boom or thud maybe from a large tree, or branch, perhaps your neighbors patio set/Dog flying by👀...then again at the same time, its comforting if you're with family all safe inside your home with a big pot of soup on the portable gas stove because power, gas, water, cable, etc have been cut off prior to it hitting to prevent unforeseen damages to homes/businesses. I liked it....part of my childhood since 97' when Super Typhoon Påka hit Guam 2x!
“I’m running out of gas”
FIN
I remember those days like yesterday, and I personally appreciate having gone through them.
Great coverage
In times like that, you have to make sure you have everything you need. One thing to look into is having a cheap electric vehicle. Like a scooter or a bike that can be used to nibble your way around things. You also want to have things like backup batteries, like solar power. These are things you do if you live in a bad area. I do not live in a bad area, but I still have some of these things to make sure. I started getting them when I was in some bad spots in life. Like when I lost power for three days.
We've come a very long way indeed. Thanks to all those who helped Dominica along the way. Bless
Mystelics
This brought up memories, none of them good.
"We can't afford to waste anything" as she wastes gas driving around.
sorry for u but we had to go to see our family, community and save other life’s because of the damage. She’s “wasting”, as u say, because it was her job to record the things that the hurricane did.
@@richardfraderagonzalez9478 That might have been a smart thing to say during that segment as it just makes the viewer hang onto what seems like hypocrisy and/or privilege.
@@lisamillar1837 Thing is that u can’t judge what she’s doing because u weren’t in that position.
@@richardfraderagonzalez9478 The storyteller's job is to tell us what position she is in. It's not her it's the editor that I have issue with as they gave a false impression and I am obviously not the only one who received what is a false perception.
And here in philippines few weeks ago we got 2 super typhoon with winds between 180 to 200 shita crazy one after another
This year was freaky, every week there was a hurricane somewhere in the pacific or the Atlantic, hitting countries left and right.
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@@bernardfranecki8523 find friends
geoengineering
Puerto Rico needs to be a state
Went thru Irma in Cuba. Yaguajay Cuba to be exact. 7 days no power, no casualties. Was visiting family,
Vamo arriba Puerto Rico..stay strong i love you
Vice is super underrated
Wow. This brings me back to when I was growing up in PR and hurricanes were the most terrifying thing ever. Thankfully we never had significant loss like these recent storms have done damage , so this whole video is just triggering me and also putting so much into perspective
I had forgotten this happened. Such scary footage.
why was this uploaded 3 years later???
And after hurricane season is over no less...
Same question I asked...
@@thegreatone11 yeah u probably right. Covid top story nobody gonna care about a hurricane that happens every year. So good guess on youre part
“You can’t afford to waste anything right now” “and right now I’m running out of gas”
-girl randomly driving around to obtain footage
When the storm hit I remember I was 12. Now I’m 14. I remember the My parents were at a gas station for 10 hours just to get some gas.
Cat-4 at landfall in Puerto Rico. 155mph sustained at best.
Maria did not have 170mph winds. Gusts were measured well above 200mph inland.
3 years already. Wow 😯
She has the same old Toyota I use to have 😭 that was was my ❤️
That night Maria made landfall was the longest night of my life..our life.sitting in the bathroom listening to the roof come apart, the water coming in from everywhere. But the hardest part was not knowing about my family! Had it not been for the grace of God, if the storm didn't take you, the days ahead would have. Thank God that we made it through
Always look from the Bright! Good for shops, craftsman and internet business!
Still hope the best for the who people lost family and friends! That there life may return for the better
scary thing is it's gonna continue to be like this, next year might not be this bad but overall over the next decades it's gonna get worse
🇩🇲 What a night it was
Im frome Puerto Rico and been heres since 4 years old and now im 25 soon to be 26 and I surivided maria and trust me if you ever not been in a hurricane just stay on your wishes to not be because this is no fun, on my area we spent six month almost seven without power and that was when i started college for my bachellors degree in psychology and when you understan PTSD with a hurricane category five hitting the island for almost 30 something hours you will cry trust me you will! And seign my mother cry because we told her to take refuge because me and my father were holding a window for eight hours (me a window) and (me a window) because of the power of the wind was to strong and we have wood on the windows and doors but we ran out of wood for other windows, but maria was something else for our generation of Puerto Rico even the elderly people like my grandfather father was impresed from maria. (Excuse me for me writing on english)
And the cost from gas for the generator was about $1,200 to 1,300 over six months
Owning up to having a bad state of mental health myself, I don't know why events like these excite me sooo much, I'm so incredibly fascinated by these forces of nature. Never experienced anything quite as severe as this, but for some reason, I really want to.
My boy mystical making strides on the tube👌💯💯✊✊
Thank God he's okay being that he said his roof collapsed in.
Your picture is scarier than Hurricane story
So ol'girl roof was better constructed 🚧
@@biga8999 Well you're a rude little troll aren't ya.
@@biga8999 you animal! Why don't you wash your SDC
@@cajun-brat6768 my bad lol that was kinda rude but least back up a lil if ur gonna take a picture
I got emotional watching this, Maria was the absolute worst. I'm thankful for life and lessons that the experience taught me.
Me too. A life lesson, definitely
This clip is nothing compared to what really happened in the island...
Been in many hurricanes and the listening to sounds in dark is just the worst
Born and raised in PR 🇵🇷 and can tell you that mf storm, hit us very hard...92 days without power where i live.... We have George in 98 and hugo in 89...but that monster was very scary 😳😔
I hate how I'm asking this right now during this video but
what is the music during the begging and at the end of the video?
In the island the restrictions on the metro area was not as bad as I the mountains. We didn't have power for more than 9 months. We would have to drove one hour to go get groceries.
“Can’t be wasting anything right now” meanwhile our for cruise with doggo
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Yoooo a documentary about all the hurricanes I experienced yay!
I was living in, and still living in Puerto Rico when this happened... The whole recovery afterwards was a political and bureocratic shitshow, which exposed a lot wrong with both the US and Puerto Rican governments
Wow. Shocking
Under 3000 people died in that storm.
I think that is a good number that's not even a scratch to that population.
Since Hurricane Maria we have experienced many things such as the political marches, the earthquakes and now the pandemic and everything has been a blast but even my island is unique and is full of love ... I love you Puerto Rico
You live in a hurricane zone, and you can’t believe it happened 😂😂😂💀
The aftermath of this hurricane was just as bad as the hurricane it self. We were almost chasing after gas trucks, waiting hours for ice, the power was restored after almost 2 months( from where I live) ... so it's not just the hurricane, it after the hurricane that's most frustrating.
i lived in Dominica when i was 5 and left days or weeks before the storm im not sure but my father told me a lot of people dead
Dominica strong 🇩🇲
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That is truly inspiring. Such brave souls fr
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Welcome to the Caribbean
What a nightmare!
Yo that sucks bro to go through
I remember this. I live in Miami and it was bad. I’ll be traumatized forever.
I was on PR when Maria happened, literally was like the cartoons, when the wind wants to blow the door out but it doesn't. Everything was DESTROYED. The mountains looked like a big fire happened, they where all brown and without trees. It was crazy. The wait for gas and food was crazy too! And to find weed OMG it was hard cause there where no signal for phones. At the end of it all I had fun after it happened. I cuted trees from the roads, I helped people, I showered in a river, loved it but I know lots of people where having it BAD.
I was in the eye of Hurricane Katrina and am lucky to be alive...
Have you done Hurricane Dorian? That would be amazing
Still have nightmares of that day lost everything inside my house
Dca on VICE look vibes
what about all the private islands in bahamas?
Hurricane is hitting us too
As a filipino we get these like 4 times a year, real great being in a concrete house.
Started watching, gave me severe ptsd and trigged and anxiety attack. If you are from PR and watchin, just be cautious
Living in Florida Irma knocked a tree on my house after doing all this.
As the ice caps melt, more rain will be in the atmosphere. They predicted this maybe 10 to 12 years ago. We have to decrease our fossil fuels today. Right now. Like yesterday. What are we going to do?
Its going to take a long time. First the governments must change then the people must change
They have to melt eventually. You dont fix a problem that supposedly needs to happen. Anyone and anything claiming to "stop" climate change is a liar. Anything done in its name is not for "climate change "
When Ice caps melt, war will happen first before anything
And America could have built high speed rails and rail line and use more nuclear energy 😏😏
What part of Puerto Rico was in this video.
Great editing nd dramatic music on these disaster vids. Vice! Very entertaining. Five stars.
When Irma was over my town it ended up registering as an earth quake.
It blows me away to think that people actually CHOOSE to live down there.
Longest night ever. Wasn't easy.. Dominica
I live through this in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Let me tell you it wasnt fun AT ALL!! My roof almost came off, my apartment was flooded, my girlfriend and i spent her bday removing water and just trying to survive. Went 3 months with no electricity. It was a horrible experience.
I actually was hit head on by Hurricane Andrew as a very young child in my parents home as a catagory 5 in homestead South Miami and just recently in the family home by Hurricane Irma as a catagory 5 in little torch / big pine key right smack the middle of both keys. Little torch key is still only 50% in operation today and big pine is 60% in operation. Our home is still a total mess unfortunatly. Storm surge was devastating up into our home and our dock, sheds, patio and tiki hut totally demolished. Andrew was way worse though.
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i remember when it just hit dominica i wsasnt really nervous, i mean it wasnt really scared, in mean it wasnt my first hurricane
so even as a child i wasnt scared but that hurricane nearly took my life, my home, my familys life my granparents and the rest of my fam were trapped under pieces of plywood, the morning after maria i couldnt walk, and now i have a scar for proof abt my experience
Irma traumatized me and I said I'd be ready for the next big one and 2020 just won't quit. It's been 5 big ones and counting in my area this year. But I've been ready every time.
Living through Maria was horrible, months without basically nothing to eat.
I could remember that dawg. I swear my aunty house roof was going to come off 🤦🏽♂️😢