Escaping Hurricane Helene

[@philiph1802]

I've did line work all my life. It starts by accessing damage. Which means someone has to ride and look to see what is down and why. That is transfered to the main office where the line crews come every morning for materials and work. Each crew will get an "area" and beging work. 14 to 20 hour days 7 days a week until everything is fixed.

[@tommylight4296]

God bless you guys

[@floridacajun772]

And lots of man power.

[@vono2975]

You guys are awesome!! Thanks for all that you do. I have seen them come to an area that has been devastated and sleep on the ground by their trucks. We are truly blessed to have you all. All utility workers stay safe and be blessed. Be careful out there.

[@ralpha.philpott5037]

Hey Brian, glad you and your family are doing well. As a family man I would like to suggest to you a solar generator with battery back up and solar panels. I served 30 years in the military and I've been away from home a lot. One of the scariest things was my family being home in my absence without power and emergency items to survive. I was able to perform my duties with peace of mind knowing that my family is safe and taken care of. I know you love your family as I do mine and I wish you the best.

[@BrianLatimerFishing]

There’s one in my neighborhood. It got trashed my trees 😂

[@jamesfarnsworth6255]

You have such a beautiful family Brian. What an inspiration you should be to young men everywhere. And Congrats to the Boys!!! Nerves of steel on those two!! lol Much love to you and all your family

[@c.shoefish]

Glad yall are all ok. To restore power after an event like that... hundreds, or even thousands of people, from companies all over the place working 24/7. When i was stationed down in TX, Hurricane Ike nailed us down in Galveston, I saw companies from MA and MI. When Sandy hit NY/NJ there was companies from SC and GA turning and burning...despite what we see in the world today, when shit hits the fan, ppl still come together and help each other out.

[@rickpurcell4920]

Brian, the utility companies start repairs on main transmission power lines, then work to substation transformer yards, then work their way out to re-establishing power to the individual homes. They have a priority list of hospitals, first responders, grocery stores, fuel stations, etc.

[@lovangels55]

My friend, it's a breath of fresh air to see how you're teaching your the right values in life.

[@lovangels55]

I ment to add kids.

[@primetime1868]

Don't take it for granted that you have the health to climb stairs. I live next to a 75 year old woman on the 7th floor of a condo building in Florida and we were without power for 5 days no elevator my poor neighbor was stuck on the 7th floor of our building with no power for 5 days. I was able to take the stairs . I offered to help her ,carry her and she would not budge. On the 5th day at 11 :33 pm the lights came on and we were dancing outside .

[@rickhouser9310]

What great family memories your making! Good for you BLat

[@aafishing1305]

Brian your a real one in this world with a hard working mindset and strong voice to not only our children but also the parents as well. Love your content and keep going man never stop I’ll be a fan even when your 80 I will still have the goal to vibe out and fish man thank you for your heart warming words and advice. God bless !

[@rexellis4120]

I'm so glad you and your family are safe, GOD BLESS!!!

[@poziloc]

Excellent you and your family are safe!

[@DjCBlaq]

Prayers up to all impacted. Glad your family is good. This was a great valuable video. Thank you for taking the time to even record and share.

[@jonschrock3718]

You are a great father

[@ZLThrasher]

Glad you and your family are safe.

[@blackwolffishing4183]

You're a great dad brother

[@larrytidwell4866]

Its amazing to see how much Brev has grown, I started watching your content when he was Brooks age....DAPZ BRUH....I continually to thoroughly enjoy your content like this

[@davidknight6981]

Hey dude, I'm just happy to see that you had no great hardships because of the storm, and that the inconveniences, served to tighten relations with the family even more. That's good stuff, real good stuff.

[@BrianB_fishing]

Make memories and always learning! Love it!

[@samuelschult985]

Bryan you outdid yourself again I never thought you would out do the one about family but here you come again and what's cool about it it's a family theme again, Sir I salute you. Folk's please share this wonderful message 👍👍👍

[@teresamoss4591]

Wow. Great video! I think it’s so beautiful how much you are a family man with power,but you became more focused in on your family during the power outage. It’s always good to take note of things we can and need to improve. So proud of you Brian Patrick you are awesome..💜💝💯💚💐

[@FAME.84]

God bless everyone affected and I’m glad you and your family were safe and made it through 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@51whitehead]

Hey B Lat. You're an inspiration. You're the reason I got into bass fishing and now you're giving me lessons as a new father! Keep up the good work!

[@familybudgetfisherman]

Here in California we have lots of huge fires on an annual basis. So I learned two years ago to prepare to be off grid for two weeks. We have two whole house generators that are dual fuel. I have propane and gasoline stored. I add stabill to the gasoline so that I can keep it for longer than four weeks. I usually switch it out once every eight weeks. Your hurricanes are just reminding me to do a once over of my emergency preparedness. Again, may God be with you all.👏🏿👏🏿🎣🙏🏿

[@bobschlotterfishing2678]

Just A little FYI, I work of my local city, We just like most all have an Emergency Response or Emergency management group. These people work to put together a plan on what and how all the departments do when a major problem occurs. This is a massive job that involves many outside organizations and providers. We keep looking every day at possible Emergencies and how to deal with them. Then we get together with other local communities to see how if the Emergency grows outside our community how we respond, And this expansion in distance keeps growing.. Not that many people know how much work goes into planning for a disaster, But it is a 24 Hr a day job. Just remember to say thank you to all the hard working people you see trying to get your life back to Normal. This is what we do and what we train for. Your City And State Employees are like Surges, ready to go to work whenever needed to save a life.

[@kevinskovenski]

Congrats Brooks and Brev, that was awesome! Cashing checks and popping bottles.

[@realisticoutdoors9046]

Thanks for this video Sir. You are a constant reminder of why I love the outdoors. I have recently begun to make my own lure company, and you are one of my inspirations. Keep it real, and keep up the great work!

[@jerrykotula2751]

I was without power for a few days a well along with no water for 2. It's amazing how we take some things for granted. What I learned is to be more prepared, but what I enjoyed was seeing everyone outside. Kids playing outside!!! Internet came back yesterday. You need to be very proud of how you are totally emersed in your family. Super props to you, Brian! Enjoy your content.

[@brianlee9074]

Glad to see you and your family are safe. Sorry to send you Helene from here in Florida. Thoughts and prayers to the famillies of those who have lost homes, lost family members, and in some cases lost everything they had. We are now dealing with Milton here in west central Florida. Two hurricanes in two weeks is crazy. I did learn something. I underestimated the power of the storm. We were not as prepared as we should have been. But it was my first hurricane. See you on the next one.

[@theINQBS]

Awesome vid Brian! Awesome win for Brevyn!!!! That Brooks… Man that kid is so funny! Brevyn is so darned polite and mature, always calm a collected. It's a joy to see the beautiful young man you're raiding him to be. He reminds me of my 20 year old, only Brevyn is fearless, while mine is a bit reserved and timid. Brooks on the other hand is going to be a bit more challenging! LOL He's so extra in different ways sometimes but you handle him perfectly. He ran awesome out there! WooHoooo! The reason power companies now know how to get things back up and running is because we here in Florida have had to figure it out. In 1992 we were without power from 2- 6 weeks in some areas because literally EVERYTHING was GONE!!!, Not some, not a bit here and there, but when you went down further south of Miami in Homestead, as far as the eye could see, for the most part it was clear horizon, with maybe a portion of a house or two still standing. Entire neighborhoods were blown to nothing but small planks of wood and debris. No light posts, no power lines, NOTHING!!! Never seen anything like that, but that was partly due to construction companies cutting corners and not building to code and inspectors allowing it because they were not he payroll. Things have changed since then, but there are still construction companies and inspectors collaborating to continue that same crap. As for Electric companies, after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, FPL (Florida Power and Light) and other power companies had to band together to come up with a plan to restore power as fast as possible and they installed brand new everything from the ground up in those areas and completed what initially took years, in about 2 months time. Those techniques have filtered out to other places and they work like a machine! Power company employees do so much for EVERYONE and not enough is said about it. Shout out to them! Glad you guys are doing fine BLat! Hoping Milton doesn't hit is hard down here, but we are prepared, as always.

[@Cherokee140Driver]

With all of the bad news coming from SC this week this has been a wonderful change of pace. Thanks for inviting us in.

[@shaneoates335]

We live off of US 276 above Travelers Rest and we were without electricity for 9 days, there's several homes near the river that were flooded, and a lot of houses and cars messed up from falling trees. 250 miles from the coast, none of us that it would be this bad.

[@ivymoore2368]

Brain! Thanks for shearing this video thanks for sharing your experience. May God continue to protect your family. We pray for those families that lost their loved ones. And we need to start being more caring in the world. Helping each other out because we don't know what mother nature will do and how she will do what she do when she choose to do what she do. Please forgive me about my dues. Keep up the good work Brian. I love you and your family.

[@LucidoMafia]

wow thank-you for the update. May God continue to watch over and keep you all and all the people effected

[@tommylight4296]

Dude, I have to say...from this video. Dude you should be father of the year. I am a father of a 28 tr old with a 7tr old granddaughter. The things you have and had done for your children are awesome. I for one am glad people like you are still in existence. So thank you for being an awesome father.

[@kyleeverett2144]

Sending prayers! Much love stay safe!

[@samrobinson7197]

God bless you brother

[@rustyreidfishing3334]

Brian for dad of the year! We were lucky here in west central Florida with Helene. Thankfully we live 8 miles inland from the coast but our community was devastated again with storm surge. Now getting ready for Melton and it looks very serious. I have everything prepared as I can so I may go fishing tomorrow before things turn nasty. Thanks for your positive videos and making the best of an “inconvenient” situation.

[@chrisgreen177]

Bro! Did I get sucked into a time warp? The Mrs. Latimer now has a 'mini her' now?!? I remember Brev's birth, then Brooks, but then everything went dark on my web, because I took a long break from it all. Now, I get back on and you have a beautiful daughter bro! You are living the life and I will (at least) go to social media and your channel to continue supporting you man. This video was awesome, and I don't feel bad for Mrs. Latimer emotionally, because she now has her 'Mini Her'. I noticed, you have her on the tiny e-motorbike, I thought, OH BOY, WATCH OUT! There may be another phenomenon in the making as well as Brev. I love your channel brother, but I just had to take a break from it all. For the fact that this video popped up in my algorithm when I got back on is a sign for me in my life. God Bless!

[@familybudgetfisherman]

I pray that the Lord continue to keep you all afloat as you go through this tough time. Just remember that before we did tournaments, we caught fish to eat. So food should not be your problem. Also, you know how to make a fire. A few catch and cooks of spotted bass and bluegill is going to hurt much considering the tough times that you’re in at the moment. 🙏🏿👏🏿🎣😢

[@DannyBFishing]

Glad yall are safe man. Sending prayers 🙏🏾 I know that fishing trip had to be therapeutic! Thats whats it about! Got me even more hyped to become a dad soon. Great video man

[@whystop3388]

❤

[@AnthonyWeathers-l7s]

I'm just glad you and your family is ok brother

[@johnjohnson5933]

Proud poppa let's go !!!

[@vincentnieto7792]

Well luckily you could always fish for food! Glad to hear you’re safe.

[@johnjohnson5933]

Man I'm glad your family is good 😊

[@santinojames88]

Love and prayers, brother. Stay safe!

[@pharoh555525]

hOW ABOUT SHOWING WHEN YOU PUT SOLAR PANELS AND BATTERIES PLUS A WHOLE HOUSE GENERATOR/ wtF

[@henryshepherd6088]

Im currently building out a jon boat for flood rescues. I've volunteered on as many disasters as i possibly can i even flew into Puerto Rico.

[@damigotit1052]

Respect☺

[@atoutdoors4649]

Im in augusta ga the storm was really bad here they say we had wind gust over 100mph never seen anything this bad this far inland. But we are safe lot of property damage 1 thing i learned is stock gas and cash and more water.glad you and your family are safe.

[@hillmonbrooksjr9847]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@boosted_serg3278]

Glad yall stayed safe man. 🙏

[@johnjohnson5933]

Lil man growing up his voice is changing 😅😅😅

[@coppachahta5488]

#PRICELESS ✋🏾❤🤚🏾

[@oconnellwhite370]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@Therapy-n-Session]

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@KurtPotterFishing]

Those lineman show up in packs. We got hit by tornado last year and my neighbor is one of the lead guys at the electric company and they had that stuff back up and running in 2 days

[@packerfan8374]

I work for a public water utility and I went through hurricane Laura. People just don't know what it takes and what utility service men and women go through whether rain,sleet, snow ,or even a hurricane to repair things like water, lights, or any utilities. Be careful not to take small things like those for granted. It takes a lot for you to just simplify turn on a light or turn on water to bath, wash clothes.

[@Ay-B]

😳 When did Brevyn's voice change? The kids are growing up too fast. Lovely to see your family and know you're doing okay despite all that's happening.

[@jewelsblackmon8370]

This is what you call ice cold LEMONADE!

[@buzztp5119]

better get ready for Milton

[@Eric_Estes]

You should do some fishing collabs the Zman challenge 1v1 for some content

[@Dbars19]

a big generator for your house is 1000 percent needs. its going to cost 25-30k.. but its needed. invest

[@MrImSOwinning]

My uncles a lineman and he said he has worked 3 x the average mans 40 hours a week he’s almost 60 his name is Zoilo In so cal he’s a beast so short answer it’s a lot of bad ass men who keep the lights on for all of us