Award Winning Storyteller, Cameraman, & Author. Guest on The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno. "I prowl the howl". Blue Sky Cat 5 Eye 911.7mb Dorian 2019. KI4OVD
I was filming damage during the
#Dorian
eye then looked up to see this: never thought I'd see a blue sky eye in this business, it was surreal
#Hurricanedorian
@GoPro
The dock is now underwater, I could barely stand up getting out there 990mb OK that's gonna wrap up the social media if you want to see the footage tune in to the weather channel.
23 years ago I left the high stress day job to film weather full time. Don't let your job suck the life out of you, find something you love to do and run with it.
A Storm Chaser first:
@bclemms
&
@jpetramala
are the first chasers to intercept a hurricane 3 times. This has never been done before as far as I know. 1)Carriacou, Grenada, 2)near Tulum, Mexico, and 3)near Metagorda, Texas. Yeah, that's a big deal. June 29th-July 8. What a
This image is about the time I recorded 911.2mb, arrow is my approx location. It's interesting the eye moved a tad right so that Marsh Harbor was not as close to the center point as Hope Town:
8 years ago Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda_PH) ravaged the central Philippines. JTWC's report - "... a
devastating tsunami-like wave was observed at Tacloban, Leyte."
@upholdreality
@DD_Geopolitics
US dropped Incendiaries on Japanese cities during WW2, creating huge firestorms on the mostly wooden structures, in some cases killing more than an atomic bomb.
Look what came in the mail - Doug Kiesling's Hurricane Michael eye shot - look how blue that sky is! This is a rare image folks. He had to drive through a brutal eyewall to get it-a tad beyond my comfort level & I hope yours too.
ok, lights out for me - now I get to hear the wind howl all night long. Whatever happens tomorrow I want to record it - it's not about me, it's about the story.
#HurricaneDorian2019
#HopeTown
#Bahamas
ok here is the setup for this clip: it's raging outside our door in
#HopeTown
#Bahamas
I need to get footage so I battle the door and stick a
@GoPro
outside. I had already busted the door frame trying this earlier
#HurricaneDorian
Cat 5 Super
#TyphoonMangkhut
#TyphoonOmpong
is a beast on final approach to Luzon Philippines.
@EarthUncutTV
& Mark ready with cams. This will be a real howler in the jungle. Not much will withstand those winds in the area.
I haven't had time to review all my
#HurricaneDorian
footage from
#HopeTown
but
@weatherchannel
sure has and I'm hearing it's going to be intense. Catch it Sunday Sept 22 6:30pm central "Surviving Dorian".
#HopeTown
a community that easily handled Hurricane Irene in 2011 was no match for Cat 5
#HurricaneDorain
- on the egress. They need supplies. Let the floatplanes land for starters.
This is really something, NOAA G-IV FL450, NOAA P3 FL80, and AF WC-130 FL 100, flying missions simultaneously in
#Idalia
Now that's a full on Recon effort
Just found this NHC update
#HurricaneDorian
landfall at Elbow Cay 12:40pm local time pressure 911mb.
#HopeTown
is on Northern Elbow Cay. 185mph sustained, gusts estimated over 220mph. Wow.
I rode out
#HurricaneMichael
in this area of PCB. Power is out but cell towers are up for now. My little condo on the beach survived so I have a warm bed tonight to crash. I'm exhausted.
#HopeTown
going into the eye of
#HurricaneDorian
you can see there is still some wind over the water but the sun is out. Center point of the eye was perfectly flat calm
Friend of mine from the Keys, is moored on a sailboat near Charlotte Amalie, eyewall is right there. This still from video was 30 min ago, much worse now.
Hats off to
@bclemms
&
@jpetramala
for threading the needle on a very difficult island hopping chase AND getting in with
@Starlink
With the track changing left with every update yesterday, going south and working up was perfect. Now the proper aid can get in and loved ones
Sea Surface Temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean are 85+ degrees, especially the Gulf and Western Caribbean. I hope everyone is ready for cane season, the busy months are coming. Important COVID-19 considerations too-stay or evacuate?
On the ground here in Tumon
#Guam
surprisingly the winds are not that high yet. Rain is not full on either. Let's see what's over there in the orange. ->
#Mawar
.
This is my Cat 5 Eye Wall. Michael on the left from
@WxPaparazzi
, Dorian on the right &
#PensacolaBeach
center (because it was shot with a Pentax 6x7 and is huge)
20 years ago today with the help of a Sprint data card, a few chashers threaded the needle and rode out Hurricane Charley in Punta Gorda, FL There was no parking garage or safe place back then. Highway 41 was a shooting gallery of metal and construction debris. Pics: roof blowing
Hurricane season is less than 4 weeks away & the Pensacola Bay bridge is still out. Almost daily wrecks on the Garcon Point detour. Evacuation for a major Hurricane will be a nightmare.
#HurricaneSally
Probably the safest structure on
#HopeTown
(besides the lighthouse) to the right here. We started out with 7 people & during the eye we had over 30 - most relocated when their homes/structures collapsed.
#HurricaneDorian2019
Power out, too hazardous to cross cove to the community center. Will ride it out at the Hope Town Inn in generator room when it gets here 999mb
#HurricaneDorian
Many of us are using
@RadarOmega_WX
because you get the track overlaid on the doppler radar. I've got a good safe spot very near that line. Now the wait.
#HurricaneLaura
@vicktop55
If you ever wondered how the US got involved in Vietnam, a 10 year war that took 58K American lives, well here you go. The leaders drag the people into stupid wars & when you disagree that say you're unpatriotic.
For those interested in my LAD Weather Barometer watch, I used in
#HurricaneDorain
, just checked it against a Kestrel 4500. Note both reading station pressure. Very confident when
@EricBlake12
checks it out it will hold.
"Surviving Dorian" on
@weatherchannel
just aired, so what did you think? I didn't know John wrote the farewell letter. I wish I could have gotten out to shoot the full on 185 mph winds but where would you go? No parking garages in HopeTown - I was lucky to be were I was
If the current NHC forecast holds, the Northern
#Bahamas
will be impacted by 2 Hurricanes in less than a year. Add in COVID-19 & it's a very difficult recovery.
Almost directly overhead this poor fishy is a goner. This was another full frame shot. A lucky pass as this Osprey flew right over me with the sun at my back.
Pensacola storm chaser
@ExtremeStorms
stopped by to calibrate his watch which recently recorded a 911.2 mb pressure in the eye of hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. We are always here to support science and accurate readings. Thank you Jim for the pictures in the eye.
#science