ABC News' David Muir reports from Naples, Florida, where winds from Irma topped 142 mph and a door at a local shelter cracked under pressure from the wind.
This was the largest, most destructive storm I've ever been through. I've lived in Tampa, Florida for 14 years and never experienced anything close to this.
You didn't experience the wrath of Andrew in 1992...I lived in Cutler Ridge (now known as Cutler Bay)...165mph sustained winds with 220mph gusts....it was like living through a 4 hour tornado. It took 7 months to get my electric back. The grid was completely destroyed.
@@gkupos There's a high pressure system right by SC, and that's why its turning over there. Unless it somehow breaks, then its gonna continue that path until it eventually dies out in the cold northern waters. I'd keep an eye out on Central America though, possible depression to form and start making it's way torwards the panhandle and southern states.
That was the most devastating and ferocious storm we've ever seen. The video is breathtaking but it doesn't even come a fraction close to what it was like to live through it. Some of the damage is still not fixed over a year later down here. This area was annihilated.
I remember having to go down to Florida after the hurricane (I live in the Midwest) to help my Grandparents and Great Grandfather clean up. Luckily, their house is made of concrete blocks so the house had basically no damage, but my Great Grandfathers grapefruit tree, wasn't so lucky... There were so many branches, ties around trees that had to be taken down, etc. They live just south of Sarasota.
i remember the house across the street having a ladder on the top of their tree. i remember we had no power, cable, or water for a couple days. i remember being outside during the hurricane, the wind strong enough to use my shirt as a sail and whisk me away. i had to keep one hand on the door. the rain was like a blanket of water, not heavy droplets, but constant showering instead. and yet i never felt in danger, it was just some rain and damage. then we saw what had happened in the keys. there were ships in driveways, houses blown apart, trees littering the road.
Most of these comments on this video prove that there is stupid people from all states in the US, not just Florida. We had so much power out. That electric companies from all around the country had to restore our power. I went through Irma, so I know. It’s not a competition.
I was living in Florida with my mother during this. We had a terrible time. Electricity was off 2 weeks for me. But we were prepared and the water was still working.
My Aunt Ann lived in Tampa, Florida during Hurricane Irma and still lives there today despite that storm. All she had to do was evacuate to a concrete hotel.
i live in naples florida and i moved there in september 4 and i was just eating at my table when a huge tree can right thru my back pourch. and water was litterly in my house it was a horrible day for me and my family, and my whole town was horible
Mark Clark I rode it out in Miami and the biggest tree my neighbor have fell on their house and their was a big tree like 50 feet tall and 10 feet wide fell in the middle of the rode and we had no power but at the end of the storm it was nighttime and the wind Irma made was a good cool breeze
I live on the east coast but I remember walking outside to watch a few times and looking up at the sky, it did look like a giant vacuum cleaner. The clouds were spinning fast and fucking up everything. It was exciting and scary as hell. I took a nap during the best part of the storm... Been upset every since...lol
I was in Miami and I had power and that’s super lucky during a hurricane but I also had internet at the end of the day we started getting tornado warnings
I live on the east coast of Florida so we didn't get hit that hard but I remember hearing the wind and rain roar all around us. Now I'm sitting here hoping the 2020 season won't be so bad because if Coronavirus
@Phuck Eyoo nobody ask you first of and secondly we know that we just saying we just want a hurricane to come to new york like mind your business like frfr😐
This was way worse than sandy. Sandy's winds were actually only 80 MPH, the highest wind gust at JFK airport in NYC was 69 MPH, while in Naples the wind reached 142. It was way worse than sandy don't even compare the two.
just a regular day in Florida, nothing new. but tbh the hurricane was overrated I didn't see as much destruction as what Andrew did and they said it would be stronger, sure it packed a punch but could have been allot worse.
Half the reason Andrew looked so bad was because of poorly built homes and other popular structures. Not because it was strong enough to completely wipe out hundreds of houses.
So you think it's funny to laugh at people at catastrophic times in their life ? As far as actual building structures you might be correct but many of these homes are old enough that it was before the building materials became as strong and flexible as they are today. Not to add to it, you say this happens two times a year in Europe... sometimes this happens two, three times a month and the southeast and west side of Gulf in the United States.
This was the largest, most destructive storm I've ever been through. I've lived in Tampa, Florida for 14 years and never experienced anything close to this.
You didn't experience the wrath of Andrew in 1992...I lived in Cutler Ridge (now known as Cutler Bay)...165mph sustained winds with 220mph gusts....it was like living through a 4 hour tornado. It took 7 months to get my electric back. The grid was completely destroyed.
@@miamidolphinsfan omg 7 months 😢I feel sick about Ian … I’m in pinellas … praying for everyone
Go back to new York
@@miamidolphinsfan I was in Homestead for Andrew.
@@falishamarie1701 you should go back to new york then. Florida living isn't for the weak.
Ummm now it’s hurricane Dorian
Dorian not like irma
Dorian is nothing compared to Irma, it isnt even gonna hit Florida
rockgamer 3000 I am from Florida and governor DeSantis said to stay vigilant for all we know it could change direction again
@@gkupos There's a high pressure system right by SC, and that's why its turning over there. Unless it somehow breaks, then its gonna continue that path until it eventually dies out in the cold northern waters. I'd keep an eye out on Central America though, possible depression to form and start making it's way torwards the panhandle and southern states.
rockgamer 3000 180MPH it broke _WORLD RECORD_
also, we can’t guess.
That was the most devastating and ferocious storm we've ever seen. The video is breathtaking but it doesn't even come a fraction close to what it was like to live through it. Some of the damage is still not fixed over a year later down here. This area was annihilated.
I was in San Carlos Park directly off of 41 and you could hear it coming up the way.
I remember having to go down to Florida after the hurricane (I live in the Midwest) to help my Grandparents and Great Grandfather clean up. Luckily, their house is made of concrete blocks so the house had basically no damage, but my Great Grandfathers grapefruit tree, wasn't so lucky... There were so many branches, ties around trees that had to be taken down, etc. They live just south of Sarasota.
i remember the house across the street having a ladder on the top of their tree.
i remember we had no power, cable, or water for a couple days.
i remember being outside during the hurricane, the wind strong enough to use my shirt as a sail and whisk me away. i had to keep one hand on the door. the rain was like a blanket of water, not heavy droplets, but constant showering instead. and yet i never felt in danger, it was just some rain and damage.
then we saw what had happened in the keys. there were ships in driveways, houses blown apart, trees littering the road.
Winds were about 100 MPH in Sarasota I believe, passed through as a borderline cat 1/2.
In retrospect Hurricane Irma was just a dress rehearsal for the ferocity of Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida!
Most of these comments on this video prove that there is stupid people from all states in the US, not just Florida. We had so much power out. That electric companies from all around the country had to restore our power. I went through Irma, so I know. It’s not a competition.
He has a point.
I went through irma when it was a category 5 hurricane and no power for like 1 month and no wifi for almost a year.
I was living in Florida with my mother during this. We had a terrible time. Electricity was off 2 weeks for me. But we were prepared and the water was still working.
No power for a month?!
@@TalioLikes lol I didn't have power for 2 months.
bro the reporters are insane being on the ground when the hurricane hits
I remember this. I feel old this is from 2years ago
My Aunt Ann lived in Tampa, Florida during Hurricane Irma and still lives there today despite that storm. All she had to do was evacuate to a concrete hotel.
Irma weakened to a cat 1 there.
i live in naples florida and i moved there in september 4 and i was just eating at my table when a huge tree can right thru my back pourch. and water was litterly in my house it was a horrible day for me and my family, and my whole town was horible
haha I remember this, we evacuated from naples and drove to orlando :(
I road it out in Naples wasn't nice
Same I drove from Fort Lauderdale to Orlando but it hit Orlando
Mark Clark I rode it out in Miami and the biggest tree my neighbor have fell on their house and their was a big tree like 50 feet tall and 10 feet wide fell in the middle of the rode and we had no power but at the end of the storm it was nighttime and the wind Irma made was a good cool breeze
Mad Klout i hope you all stay safe during this new hurricane
anthony lee it’s cool I have nothing to worry about it’s just a tropical storm
Shoutout to my man standing outside in the middle of a hurricane in ski googles lmao. What a boss.
I know this was 4 years ago but in South Florida, I experienced this storm. It was a category 3.
@Brŷàñ ćrüž it didnt hit anywhere at that intensity besides part of Cuba, i doubt that.
what city?
@@tvold9204 florida davie
@@thisisjustaguy That's east coast, you were 100 miles away from the center, it delivered category 1 winds to davie.
@@thisisjustaguy category 1 is still enough to damage buildings and tear down trees.
I live on the east coast but I remember walking outside to watch a few times and looking up at the sky, it did look like a giant vacuum cleaner. The clouds were spinning fast and fucking up everything. It was exciting and scary as hell. I took a nap during the best part of the storm... Been upset every since...lol
These freaking reporters really go outside during the hurricane to film?
RJ RJ yeah it’s a soft ass hurricane
I was in Miami and I had power and that’s super lucky during a hurricane but I also had internet at the end of the day we started getting tornado warnings
When I was just a baby we were evacuating from Florida because of the storm
2:03 not to change the mood or anything but lmao
Omg I just noticed that lmao
Wow I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years…
I think the worst part is sitting around and waiting for the storm to hit. You can’t do anything about it.
I experienced this hurricane. I was living in Deerfield Beach at that time and it was scary.
Frfr I was in marco island I was bored asl with no power
I was in miami i spend 2 WEEKS without power and bro i was so bored 💀 no wifi or anything
@@slmpiiyyy same I spent 2 weeks without power, it sucked
@@AvengedPanzer yeah 🤧
I live on the east coast of Florida so we didn't get hit that hard but I remember hearing the wind and rain roar all around us. Now I'm sitting here hoping the 2020 season won't be so bad because if Coronavirus
I’m west palm beach my house lost power for several days and my back porch roof came off and my fences fell down
Sad
Come to San Diego! It is a beautiful day here today!
Nah…California sucks right now with its politics, wildfires, and earthquakes.
A whole tree came down my house it was horrible there was no air no nothing horrible just so horrible
I remember when we thought this would end all of Florida back in the day, back when it almost got big enough to hit category 6
Cat 6 doesn’t exist
@@chickennugget438 i said that to give detail to the size of it; i know cat 6 isnt a thing
Ahhh those were the days, I miss those days, even after my street was destroyed
I was in Florida sill am when hurricane Irma happend my birthday was close at the time! Hurricanes are my nightmares see why
Durian need to stop by new york like fr
skylark fly's true I wanna see it
@@imabigsimp9445 like fr i wanna go threw it sounds interesting and we hadnt have one in years i just wanna go threw the experience
@@kahlifaspinallb.9630 same
@@sydneysykes4312 i wouldnt mind you dont know what im going thru😂😢
@Phuck Eyoo nobody ask you first of and secondly we know that we just saying we just want a hurricane to come to new york like mind your business like frfr😐
I live in the Tampa, FL area and I had never been so scared in my life.
Same it’s 😞
Sad
It was only a cat 1 there as well.
@@tvold9204 You're replying to every comment with the same thing, at this point I doubt it's true
@@AvengedPanzer?
Why in the hell would they leave awnings up with a Hurricane coming?
09/26/2022. Hold on another one is coming.
Don't worry that is just Goku screaming and having a power up lol
I can’t believe it’s already been 4 years since Hurricane Irma hit Florida
@Everything fiction I lost power for 2 days no cap
This was not as scary for me I was four so I didn't think much of it I was in Florida
1:33 lol that stop sign
LoL the guy at 2:23 time stamp is LOVING his job !!! 🤣🤣🤣
MY CAR
The 2020 hurricane season is supposed to be very active
These coming storms will not be exactly how these past storms hit.
Besides sandy and Katrina, this was obviously the worst hurricane we’ve seen
This was way worse than sandy.
Sandy's winds were actually only 80 MPH, the highest wind gust at JFK airport in NYC was 69 MPH, while in Naples the wind reached 142. It was way worse than sandy don't even compare the two.
natures way of cleansing itself
khan jon - Then maybe the hurricane should have bypassed the non-US territories in the Caribbean, but it didn't.
It's really not.
I’m Not A Gamer smh
LOOK AT THE DUDE IN THE Beginning OF THE VID
Thats sad
3:47 THE GUY IN THE BACK-
This was Doriane
1:52 it looks like they are underwater
ida anyone?
Storm is dangerous
Duh . Grass is green sky is blue sun is red .
No crap Sherlock
you’ve got it stacey
Dang Harricane Irma returns again lol now her I love having around
I wonder what the 2021 hurricane season will be like.
Sux cause I just moved to Florida from ny..feels like a bad choice
Nowhere is safe from natural disasters. You have to learn to live with them.
@@thegametapes That was a great choice moving to Florida. It would be my ideal place to live.
I moved right before this hit.
O my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here comes 2020
It’s here again 🎉she’s backk 🎉
Flordia men in 2019:ahhh shit here we go again
ILL BE BACK DONT KNOW WHEN DONT KNOW WHERE
And we will be prepared and ready to act😠😌😌
I know for a fact that this hurricane started at 8am because my doubleheader was postponed.
I am the only Super Mario Logan Veiwer and worried about them cuz of this
GREAT THAT PAST US BUT NOW WE GET DORAL
Sky blue_youtube Lover Dorian but it’s gonna be stronger (I live in Florida as well)
your wrong.......direct hit lehigh acres for 12 hours
They thought naples was bad smh 🤦♂️😂 they keys was worse 😂 destroyed everything
My name is Irma-
Generator comes to rescue us
For what for this 🙏
1:00
Omg
just a regular day
in Florida, nothing new. but tbh the hurricane was overrated I didn't see as much destruction
as what Andrew did and they said it would be stronger, sure it packed a punch but could have been allot
worse.
Half the reason Andrew looked so bad was because of poorly built homes and other popular structures. Not because it was strong enough to completely wipe out hundreds of houses.
Ok
Not really, I think the reason why Andrew was so destructive is because it was a category 5 hurricane.
CleR ReAPER I agree they overreact about it like it’s just another day in Florida like damn
CleR ReAPER And I don’t see much damage also it was just trees down and other stuff
XD This happens 2 times a year in Europe. :D If you wouldn’t have built your houses out of hays, nothing like this would have happened 😅
So you think it's funny to laugh at people at catastrophic times in their life ?
As far as actual building structures you might be correct but many of these homes are old enough that it was before the building materials became as strong and flexible as they are today.
Not to add to it, you say this happens two times a year in Europe... sometimes this happens two, three times a month and the southeast and west side of Gulf in the United States.
Thats nothing. Fake and green screen vfx effects.
are you saying Irma was a hoax?
I was in it, so if you tryna say its fake say it to the people who went through it.
Moron
Im cumming
Hurricane Katrina wasn’t anything either. And yet we still hear about it fourteen years later.