36 HOURS TRAPPED in a HURRICANE! Real Life Story - STORM IANOS 'Medicane' Hits KEFALONIA

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thanks so much for watching you lovely people!😊 We were a bit nervous to share such a different type of travel video but we wanted to be honest and show all the ups and downs of full time travel. Like many things in life, it’s not always smooth sailing! ⛵️😬

[@DjusLife]

So much water! Yikes! Thank you guys for picking up the camera even in such an intense situation and showing the good bad and ugly along with the insta worthy travel life 🤣 so glad you guys got a dry place and stayed safe!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@DjusLife thanks for watching, full time travel definitely has it’s ups and downs hey! 😅

[@Doobrie7]

Great video but you guys really need to learn how to prepare! We also arrived on the 16th. Could see how the weather was going and stocked up on as much bottled water as we could carry and lots of food (and wine). I’ll never forget the sound of that wind and the deafening thunderstorm a few days later at night! Apart from that we loved the rest of our holiday and the Kefalonian people were as friendly and welcoming as ever.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@Doobrie7 Sadly we couldn't get our hire car until the Friday by which time the storm arrived so we couldn't drive to a shop (there wasn't one walking distance from us) That wind was crazy, we knew it would be bad but we still thought on the Thursday when we arrived that we'd be fine to collect our car the next morning, wow we were wrong, couldn't even open the front door safely!

[@Doobrie7]

@@TideKnotTravellers Lucky you had plenty of cereal then! Craziest weather I've ever known. I understand Kefalonia has recovered well now. They worked so hard as soon as it had passed to put everything right again. Amazing people.

[@stevebignell9603]

Great vlog.😀

[@lindae5937]

OMG! What a dreadful experience!!! As if storm wasnt bad enough to have leaks, flooding inside, no power or water! Sure does sum up 2020!!! Admire you for still trying to download video under those conditions!! Good idea to shower out in the storm - glad you didnt have to & got moved - lot of moving with all your luggsge though! Not surprised you didnt know what day it was after all that!!! So pleased it eventually calmed down for you & the sun came out - SO great to see & looking forward to seeing the island!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We were exhausted moving around so much. The moving isn’t over yet either! 😅

[@BeingBedingfield]

We’ve been waiting for this one! I forgot to say in the last video...this is Craig’s dream location as well for an Airbnb...seeing aeroplanes take off all day 😊 Wow, the wind sounds are soooo hectic! That silence at 4:30am is so eerie! No power and no water 😭 shame guys! It must’ve been so hectic! So nice that your host fetched you and took you to better accommodation. It looked a lot safer there. So glad you guys were safe throughout the storm though!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was a dream location watching the planes ✈️ until the hurricane flooded the apartment. We were so relieved when the owner rescued us, we were dreading the second night there! 🤪

[@TheAverageTourist]

Wow you guys really went through a crazy few days. I remember seeing it all on your Instagram but didn't realize how bad it was!! It was good luck that your host had other apartments to move you to. What an experience!!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was definitely an experience we hadn’t planned for 😄

[@minifoodies9448]

God bless u I enjoyed ur videos 👍 Happy to see u friend and good luck

[@kilton1]

We was there at the same time, we stayed in argostoli, trapped in our apartment for 2 days, infact it looks very much that when you was moved to the apartment in argostolli you was just at the back of us, we was there for 4 weeks so still managed a good holiday.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was a pretty crazy 2 days, but great that you had 4 weeks so were able to enjoy it 🇬🇷😎

[@SorgiStories]

“2020...we’ve had our fair share. Leave us alone now!” - Preach, Kirsty!!!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

😂 so tired by that point!

[@LucasWorldTravel]

Wow! What an experience! That truly looked scary! So glad you guys got rescued and they moved you to a more secure location. I didn't even know Greece had hurricanes. What are the chances! I'm impressed how dedicated you are to upload on schedule. We are so inconsistent. I can't believe there's more bad weather to come. So sorry you had to go through all of that!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It’s crazy that they’d had no rain for 5 months until the day after we arrived and then a hurricane and electrical storm which is coming up next😅

[@TheMapPinners]

Wow! What a wild experience! So nice that your Airbnb host helped you moved to another location that was a bit safe. But man, no water or power for so long - that must have been so hard and stressful 💛

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was pretty crazy, but made us realise how lucky we all are to have access to these things all the time!

[@Anaphase001]

Oh my! I can't believe how calm you managed to stay. But what relief when the sun came out again. I found your channel whilst looking for Greek island hopping ideas and I love your videos because of the honesty and how you show the good with bad. Keep up the good work 😊

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We tried to stay calm but definitely didn't feel it at the time 😅 Thank you so much and welcome to our channel! 😊

[@jennyskeate5280]

Oh my....what a nightmare! You guys really experienced the worst of the medicane! My friends and I were on holiday in Parga at this time, (on the mainland opposite Corfu), and had some pretty bad weather.due to the medicane...but not like this!! So pleased you finally got some sunshine and to experience Kefalonia in all its glory! Loving your videos of Greece....my happy place - thank you!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It’s definitely not quite what we thought, the forecasts did not expect it either which made us think it’ll be a small storm and that’s it, then this happened. It was crazy and unfortunate that we were in such exposed accommodation when it started, but it was lovely watching the island coming back to life and being there to support the locals. Kefalonia is beautiful 🤩

[@AprilChu]

OH wow, it was so quiet after all that wind. It was literally the calm before the storm. I wouldn't have been able to sleep through all that either...it sounded like the roof was going to blow away! All the water leaking in and causing the puddling was crazy. It's amazing you guys were still able to upload your video. So glad you were able to move to another apartment temporarily. I'm sure you are sick of cereal after that experience! Can't wait to see what's going to happen next...more strange weather?!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We were so sick of cereal, by dinner time we were both so hungry but did not want to eat another bowl 😄 Yep more crazy weather to come! 😂

[@KelbyAdamOurLifethroughalens]

Oh my word, the suspens of the first few minutes of the video, eeeek guys what an absolute nightmare you guys had! Actually how scary seeing the plane take off and thinking gosh maybe we should have also left. Oh my word, your air bnbs floor was soaked 😢 geesh what a crazy experience. Hahaha so glad you guys had a sense of humor still, having trouble to upload a video is so stressful and annoying. Your host was so nice taking you guys to a new location. I love cereal for dinner but sounded like you guys had it for days 🙈 3 accommodations in 3 days 😢 that's super rough. The view from the 3rd accommodation was really pretty. Guy's so far your Greece experience hasn't been very nice to say the least, hoping it only get better from hereon out.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Yeh it was definitely a hectic start, unbelievably the craziness doesn’t end there 😅 Sunny days and adventures are on the horizon though! 😊

[@waspjournals41]

I experienced Ianos in southern Italy when it still wasn't that strong, it was just an overcast day really, i didn't know Greece was hit this hard...

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Not all of Greece was hit, the Aegean side was ok but sadly the Ionian side took quite a bit especially little Kefalonia

[@lindae5937]

Looks scary!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was 😅 we were shattered! 😴

[@Ichigoat19]

It was an Category 1

[@thepanamahat]

Thumbnail brilliant, Pure B class movie. Estonia is soooo safe, just saying ;-)

[@thepanamahat]

The lengths you go to to please your subscribers. Admirable

[@TideKnotTravellers]

​@@thepanamahat We missed the calmness of Estonia in many ways!

[@aka_rosemary.3370]

I remember this hurricane easily it was 3 days after my birthday when it hit

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was a crazy time and something we have never experienced before.

[@TravelInteresante]

What a crazy experience you got there. No clean towel, no running water... 2020 was too much indeed for all of us! Glad they relocated you, it really looks like Survivor! Sorry you didn't have anything proper to eat either, cereal all day! At least the last apartment was so peaceful with a view, next episode is going to be interesting as it seems!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We were so happy to get to that apartment, we’d definitely have stayed there if it wasn’t booked by someone else.

[@Explorcation]

Wow guys! We've lived in hurricane central for almost 8 years and still haven't experienced as strong of a hurricane as you experienced in one day in Greece. I have to admit I'm quite envious, as I've always wanted to experience the eye of a hurricane. I'm sure it was a rough couple of days, but you guys were troopers, and it made for a hell of a video! Also so impressed with your commitment to getting a video posted on schedule with no power in the middle of a hurricane. Also, sorry if the experience ruined cereal for you for the rest of your lives! 😂 I am curious, looking back, which experience was worse between your hectic travel experience getting to to Greece vs your hurricane experience upon arrival.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Think we were too tired to appreciate how cool it was that we were in the ‘eye of the storm’ just appreciated the peace and quiet for a few hours and slept until part 2! 😅 The journey was stressful because of humans, the storm stressful because of nature! Personally I’d say the journey was worse because it was so frustrating where as this couldn’t be helped and it actually brought the best out in people seeing them help one another😊

[@TooMuchLuggage]

That must’ve been a very crazy experience I’m glad we’ve never been through anything like that

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was pretty crazy! We hope never to go through it again, it was so exhausting 😴

[@JayPerrypersonal]

At least you were in a house! We rode that storm out onboard our 16m yacht, our home, 29:38 as we live onboard full time! People died during this hurricane, and over 80 boats were sank. People we know who lived onboard lost everything.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was a crazy storm, we saw so many boats destroyed in the days following this. We felt like this hurricane/medicane or whatever it ended up being officially called was definitely played down prior to it’s arrival, no one seemed to be expecting it to be anywhere near as bad as it was.

[@JayPerrypersonal]

@TideKnotTravellers it was well forecast, we were in Agia Palagia, Kefalonia 5 days before. We sailed north to Sivota, Lefkada. The 2 days before, we moved further north to a protected bay close to Vonitsa. We were fine, ony lost 30 minutes sleep. Why boats didn't move from Kefalonia or Ithika was crazy!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@JayPerrypersonal in Kefalonia, the locals were telling us that a storm was expected but nothing out of the ordinary, hence we planned to carry on as normal and collect a car, the hire care people were the same expecting everything to be normal just a little rainy and windy. Maybe the boat owners who were there were told the same as like you say they’d have moved them otherwise.

[@JayPerrypersonal]

@TideKnotTravellers well it was talked about a possible hurricane type tropical storm on the news in UK and Greece. The Greek met Office issued warnings of high winds and flooding. It was well forecast. We were watching it on PredictWind and other weather apps.

[@agnebejeryte]

Oh-my-god! 😨 What a nightmare! Not sure what is worse, a hurricane or a leaky ceiling 🥶!!! Meanwhile somewhere in the happy baltics... ☀️ 😋 take care guys!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

The leaky ceiling was definitely the worst part for us😅 thankfully the sun came out eventually 😊 thanks for watching!

[@gbrdhvndi]

Are you guys deliberately looking for trouble? 😆 First, border closures in the very beginning, then that bear in Estonia, then snakes in Finland, now this 😝

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Definitely started to feel that way! 😂

[@anasevi9456]

Ianos was a true blue mid level strength warm core tropical cat 1 hurricane, or low cat 3 cyclone by aussie measures. The media's and meteorological organisations demeaning of it as a 'medicane' or 'tropical like' is not smart and they need to stop as these storms are dangerous and will likely get worse in the future. I am glad you two were technically on the storm's leeward side of Kefalonia for the initial landfall and escaped the worst winds, thanks for your wonderful documentation, it is a true merit to youtube.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you. We didn’t feel too lucky at the time and weren’t sure how much of the hurricane would come across on camera, but we’re glad we shared it. Poor little island really took a battering.

[@anasevi9456]

@@TideKnotTravellers Watching it then I was just in pain and the soggy loud mess you two suffered and the horrid damage so many Greeks and sailors copped. Sorry for the belated reply. Ugh what you went through always make me nervy about travel in the Caribbean or Baja in the summer.

[@michalhuja2877]

IM IN KEFALONIA TOO

[@michalhuja2877]

BUT IM IN CZECHIA NOW BUT THIS SEPTEMBER 2 TO 11 IM IN KEFALONIA

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Enjoy the beautiful little island and all the turtles of Argostoli!

[@sofiatarazi8607]

You were staying at Minies!!! Wow i live at Minies as well! Wow i even recognize the apartment you stayed. P.s i even know who the owners are. Hahaha 😂😂 . Anyways guys im glad i found your channel. You are doing wonderful videos.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It’s a lovely place to be and the owners are so kind too! What a great place to live 😊 Thank you, we’re glad you like the videos!

[@sofiatarazi8607]

@@TideKnotTravellers you welcome. I am glad i found your channel. I already did a marathon watching videos 😁. I will recommend your channel to friends and family . You are doing wonderful filming .

[@esagil_playz4334]

I live in Greece but in north east agean islands. Mediterranean hurricanes are very rare but with climate change they become more common. Also in my Island because it is east it arrived weak. Unfortunately for you, kefalonia being in the west it arrived very strong. Thank god you and your wife are both fine. The video is very amusing

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We so nearly went to the Agean side first, last minute choice ended up in, well you saw it! 😅 we’re glad we filmed it as we wouldn’t believe the craziness ourselves otherwise!

[@axana9336]

We caught hurricane Ianos în Lefkada. We were not relaxed but not scared. It is a dangerous and scary phenomenon but still atractive, we caught waves of 2 meters on Kathisma.After 2 days i was cruising on Kefalonia and it was quiet affected.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Wow, it's interesting hearing the effects it had nearby, this little island definitely got hit so hard. We were unfortunate in our position on the island and the fact we were in a rooftop old style building.

[@SorgiStories]

Crazy. Just. Crazy. Way to project calm despite your fear. (Early on at least.)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was definitely a nervous smile to help with the fear 😅 more fearful for our electronics getting soaked though!

[@SorgiStories]

@@TideKnotTravellers I bet! A year of dreaming severely altered if those go under.

[@waynehiggs6639]

You guys are so needy. Electricity, running water, Wi-Fi, food, sleep and a roof that doesn't leak!! 😊

[@TideKnotTravellers]

🤣🤣

[@RomeVT_Roblox]

I know Cyclone lanos was a world record to form mediterranean it actually he is not category 1 Lanos was a Tropical Storm 70 mph

[@nicolalapietra3344]

Ianos was a real hurricane, its intensity almost reached category 2. The confirmation that global warming is making these phenomena more and more frequent, even in the Mediterranean.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was certainly very intense and real being in a leaky rooftop apartment when it hit. Really hope these events don’t become more frequent, the aftermath was so sad 😞

[@nicolalapietra3344]

@@TideKnotTravellers Unfortunately, global warming is causing all of this.

[@kariba25]

Luckiest couple ever 🤣

[@TideKnotTravellers]

😂