Hurricane Ian Category 4 Eyewall & Eye intercept w/ 145mph Winds Port Charlotte Punta Gorda Florida

Hurricane Ian Documentary w/ Extended Stunning Footage, 57min, of Our Epic Hurricane Chase And Intercept of the EyeWall & Eye of this monstrous Category 4 hurricane, w/ 145mph winds. Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Florida. September 28, 2022
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Location:
Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, Florida
Date:
September 28,2022
Footage By: David Velez
Some Footage By: Samuel Barnes
Music: NIGHT SHIFT - FULL MIX Amazing Music Tracks
Highlights Times:
Min 1:48 7:16am We Start our Chase, Tropical Storm Winds
Min 2:06 Scouting The Area, Tropical Storm Winds
Min 3:19 Charlotte Harbor Pier, Tropical Storm Winds
Min 9:13. Reverse Surge Starting
Min 15:18 Winds Start Picking Up, Strong Tropical Storm Winds
Min 17:14 Front Eyewall Getting Closer, Strong Tropical Storm Winds
Min 19:48 Front Eyewall Starts Affecting Our area, Hurricane Winds
Min 27:15 Peak of the Front Eyewall, Mayor Hurricane Winds
Min 31:15 Crossing the Edge of the Eyewall southeast towards the Center, Mayor Hurricane Winds
Min 32:47 Roof Blowing Up, Mayor Hurricane Winds
Min 36:00 Crossing The Edge of the EYE, Hurricane Winds
Min 37:48 The incredible Reverse Storm Surge, Calm Starting
Min 39:00 The Center of the EYE, Complete Calm
Min 40:15 Birds Flying in the Calm Eye
Min 40:43 The Back of The Eye Starts, Complete Whiteout Conditions, Mayor Hurricane Winds
Min 41:24 Intense Mayor Hurricane Winds
Min 44:22 The Peak of the Hurricane, Mayor Category 4 Winds, Back Eyewall
Min 49:23 Strong Hurricane Winds Continues Battering a Gas Station
Min 53:51 8:47pm Late Night and we measured our Last Hurricane Force Wind
Min 55:25 We Finish the chase For the Night, Strong Tropical Storm Winds

[@TropmetStormChasing]

Absolutely incredible footage, David! Ian was a monster, and that back-half was insane… on par with some of the most intense winds I’ve ever experienced.

[@HurricaneXplorer]

Thank you so much for your comment, Michael. So Cool that we were chasing in the same area. Your video footage is absolutely phenomenal. Yes, the back side was the most intense winds and blinding rains I have ever experienced.

[@HuracanadoWX]

Amazing job, David! Your footage captures the essence of an extreme storm like IAN was! Btw, I had to reupload my video to get better quality in KZbin, in case you miss your message on the original version. Take care.

[@beccawhitley3915]

Hi David! It was so nice to meet you today! Sorry for staring at your vehicle in Georgia because I was fascinated. I've been in awe of weather my entire life, and as a fellow KZbinr, I'd love to meet up again!

[@heatherstub]

Hello David, and thank you for the video. For someone who's totally blind, I listen to these videos to get an up-front audio history of these storms. I just have to ask if you had some of the mics partially filled with rainwater on purpose, or did you cover them up somewhat? It's hard to really hear the sound of those winds when the mics are being overtaken by them. I hope you're safe, too, because those winds were awful! I've heard other videos where the videographer had the mics covered somewhat, but you could still hear the full-on effect of those winds and the rain. I can remember how those rains would sting my skin, so I can't imagine how you guys were enduring all that. Keep chasing, and I hope you can get somewhere where there's a bit more cover in the future, so we can hear more of the roar and whistling of those winds. I'd hate for anyone to get hurt. Take care. I did "hear" your comment about finding a higher elevation to avoid the storm surge and flooding. (I use text-to-speech to read and type comments along with everything else that's printed onscreen.)

[@DuklasChannel102]

Ohh my God 😭...i from Indonesia, David 👌

[@michaelgrullon7451]

you could upload the extended version of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico and Ian in South Carolina, greetings

[@michaelgrullon7451]

How about an uncut version of Hurricane IAN Eyewall & Eye intercept w/ 145mph Winds Port Charlotte Punta Gorda Florida complete with no background muss as Maria's uncut @HurricaneXplorer

[@beccawhitley3915]

Also.. I'm curious to know if you think Ian will be later upgraded to a Cat5? 2mph was entire too close and I know this has happened before!

[@HurricaneXplorer]

Hi Becca, I don’t think it will be upgraded to Cat 5. I don’t think I could have been driving too much inside a Cat 5.

[@sunnydaze2359]

While the winds in Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda were 125 miles an hour sometimes, in Placita, we had sustained winds of 155 miles an hour with one or two graphs of 200 miles an hour. I’m pretty sure I know where that area of the 200 miles an hour was because there’s a strip of road I’m Placida Road where every single tree is stripped of its bark . It looks like a war zone. I was in Placida riding out the storm on the water, & even though I think I’m pretty brave woman, i’m not positive if I want to stay for the next one. Knowing myself though, I might just be dumb enough to do so. 🙄

[@HurricaneXplorer]

@@sunnydaze2359 wow Sunny Daze, you are very lucky that the eye made landfall South of you. If Ian had made landfall just north of you, you would have been under 16ft of water.

[@HurricaneXplorer]

@@sunnydaze2359 thank you for your comment

[@HurricaneXplorer]

When we are doing storm chasing we always make sure we are at a safe elevation, or that we have a safe place to go nearby. Storm Surge is a killer.