During the first week of September, 2008 Hurricane Ike tore through...
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Poor Tia! I'm sure she and Tio were tucked safely away in their house. Though, if Ike had stayed farther north and gone directly over the Keys, those waves would have been in their yard.
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Love that wave footage at the end. Who were the idiots trying to get killed? Just some locals? (Of course, I tried the exact same thng in Galveston...) That surge was impressive. Did you get any wind readings yourself?
BTW - nice and clear video. I'm going to have to upgrade my camera soon.
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Thanks Mark! Yeah...the crazy behavior of walking out on the end of a pier, at high tide, with storm surge and waves crashing over them is standard fare for Key West locals during a hurricane passage. The highest winds we measured (using my Kestrel 4500) were between 40-55mph, but there were a few bands that easily produced gusts up between 65-70mph, especially on the night of the 8th and early morning of the 9th.
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i was seriously considering meeting you and Jim in the Keys if Ike came closer than it did, but the models kept pointing towards a serious hit somewhere along the north Gulf coast (but at night). Glad you guys got something outta that storm. Galveston was wild, but really hard to get good video due ot the night landfall.
Was there much damage in the Keys?
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great footage, wish I could have been there.
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Thanks so much! Glad you liked the footage.
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Great video
what was the peak gust you recorded?
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Thanks so much!!! The highest gust I recorded myself was 56mph on the afternoon of the 9th, in Key West, near the entrance to the White Street Pier... where the large waves are crashing at the end of this clip. However, during the late night and early morning hours from the 8th to the 9th, several spiral bands moved onshore the middle Keys with winds that were easily gusting between 65-70mph. The highest officially recorded gust in the Keys was 75mph from an offshore automated marine station.
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Wow, come to think of if it, IKE could have been much worse. It could have strike Florida and Texas. This tropical cyclone could have been as lethal as Katrina if it made landfall just a day after than it did. Ike was reinvigorating itself rather rapidly during landfall.
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awesome video bro. Thanks for sharing. I love the intensity of the wind and palm trees.
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September 8 thats my birthday
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awesome hurricane footage :) my favorite is between 3:23-3:50. palm trees and wind are wonderful together :)
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hurricans theres a chance that it cant cut the power down but i dont no how many people still try to use power in a middle of a hurricane
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Great footage Michael!:) You did a fabulous job providing visual evidence of how significant sustained TS winds can be, while accompanied by winds gusting upwards of hurricane force. I was hoping for a S. Florida landfall to be completely honest...rather than the 22 hour drive to the Galveston Bay area I ultimately made myself. It is awesome that you were able too capture such fantastic video of both Ike and Gustav during daylight hours. A well deserved "five stars!":)
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Fantastic Footage My Friend and Thanx for Posting !
100*
Bump
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oooo:( i'm glad i don't live anywhere near the ocean:)
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im going here on monday :-)
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wasnt there any rain?
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I'm going here end of august. crossing my fingers there's no hurricane.
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Hate to break it to you but looks like Bill is gonna turn into a hurricane by the end of next week. Im goin to west palm beach on friday so i hope that it changes its course
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Mean hurricane.. it came on my birthday even tho idont live there :( CRUEL. UM UST HATE MEH
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Camera cant pick up real rain
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thats a sad excuse for a storm.
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"Evil has appeared on the land and sea, because of what your hands have earned. That Allah may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return".
[Noble Quran 30:41]
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That was the worst hurricane i have ever seen.....and by worst i mean like that wasn't even a storm! that was a horrible excuse for a storm! i have seen WAAAAAAY worse
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