Hurricane Ian - Englewood, FL

Watch from our front window as Hurricane Ian bombards us with hurricane force winds for 4+ hours. We rode the eye wall nearly the entire time as Ian made landfall ~10 miles south of us, causing the wind to come out of the north most of the day. Wind speeds and map locations are estimations.
0:00 25-50mph
0:13 60-80mph
0:36 70-90mph
1:14 80-100mph
1:47 90-110mph
2:11 100-120mph
2:31 120-140mph
3:24 100-120mph
3:45 80-100mph
4:12 60-80mph
4:22 aftermath

[@taylortaylor667]

Those palm trees deserve a medal!😮😮

[@joeisreallife7729]

i mean cypress trees are either snapped on unotuched ive never seen one uprooted here after ian or irma its all about evolution

[@chriscasino2757]

Those trees meant for this weather that being said royal plams getting knocked over due to water damage in the roots crazy!!!

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

I love Englewood, we used to vacation down there to the Westin Lodges and buy souvenirs at the Barefoot Trader. How’s the recovery? I drove in there almost as a first responder after Ian, they had i75 closed off until the civil engineers could check the inundated bridge and it look like a war zone. I saw vehicles stranded in the middle ox the road on Jacaranda. Almost every tree in every commercial plaza was toppled over. Englewood got the most time under that eye wall.

[@flpaintman71]

Makes me glad we dropped the $$$ for impact Windows. Not many years ago we missed these storms hidden behind Hurricane shutters with no view.

[@candyazz28]

Over 5 to 6 hours of over 100mph winds. Just wow.

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Yes, I had to go to Miami for a meeting and drove from St Pete down i75.The fhp had it blocked off south of jacaranda because the civil engineers had to test the inundated bridges and I was not prepare for what I saw in Englewood. It was massive destruction and just vehicles stranded in the road, many people crying. I consoled a couple who knew they just lost their waterfront house, they saw it get decimated on video camera around 4:00pm. 6 hours of 100mph winds is just unfathomable. I was just off the interstate I can imagine how much worse it was closer to the gulf.

[@OFFFishing]

Thank goodness for hurricane rated windows, that looked intense 🥴

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

PGT windows are the real deal. If you want your house to withstand a cat 3+ they are mandatory. Love these windows and doors.

[@ETHANWXCHASING]

Amazing video! Englewood just got absolutely pummeled by some of the worst parts of the eyewall for hours on end. Your house must be very well built to survive such a beating with little damage, same with those Adonidia Palms that withstood the entire thing.

[@tvold9204]

Uhh you put "you are house"

[@leftylou6070]

@@tvold9204 I am he as you are he as you are me, and we are all together. See how they run like Englewoodites from a storm, See how they fly...........

[@rfi-cryptolab4251]

The car would of moved if winds were over 120.

[@tvold9204]

@@rfi-cryptolab4251 It's not guaranteed. Nothing is guaranteed. Only the possibility is presented at 120, that doesn't guarantee that the car WILL move.

[@joeisreallife7729]

@@rfi-cryptolab4251 it wouldnt im in the cape coral (120+ for over 4 hours) and a jeep with was later destroyed by water along with my house didnt move for shit

[@tvold9204]

WOW! I'm impressed with your wind estimation skills, I agree with what you estimated the winds were here. My only critique here is that the 60-80 section at the end was probably a little less. This video is INCREDIBLE! The intensity of the rain and the ferociousness of the wind really reminds me of when I was in the eyewall of Irma down in southern collier county due east (maybe a little south too) of Naples, FL. Remarkably similar in that aspect.

[@jimbbob2220]

So do you still think you are in USDA hardiness zone 10B?

[@tvold9204]

@@jimbbob2220 well I am personally, maybe technically a little east but it almost never gets that cold. I'm in Golden Gate, which is basically a CDP/subdivision of the Naples Metro (Golden Gate is NOT the same as Golden gate Estates) I wasn't in Golden Gate for irma though.

[@jimbbob2220]

@@tvold9204 lol I knew you were the same guy from Palmtalk

[@tvold9204]

@@jimbbob2220 yeah I made some dumb points about how I was 11a or whatever because of the recent winters, and was promptly proven wrong when 2022 winter came and brought 10a temps around 7 am 1/30 (33f here)

[@andresmithjr9763]

Awesome footage, thanks for sharing!

[@Tesseramous]

Weird how all the houses, cars, screen porches, and boats at the end look completely unscathed after getting hit with a cat 4. Not like other videos with all the roofs torn off and everything destroyed.

[@tvold9204]

Florifa building codes man, just the best in the nation

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Love em or hate em, they really are. After Andrew they really took building codes as serious as a heart attack and many many lives have been saved.

[@trafficjon400]

Dam Algorithms or what ever? you deserve 1000 views and more.

[@burnout_2017]

Glad you made it thru. Im in rotonda lakes and it looked very similar here. I heard we had gusts to 180- 190 mph....it was quite the ride. I work on boca grande and it got hit really hard, lots of houses and businesses ive worked on as a carpenter are damaged and need repaired. Not how i like to achieve job security

[@michaelterranova8672]

Crazy video glad yiyr safe,

[@andrewmarsman3294]

Great footage. Also, I want your windows on my house.

[@christophe3281]

Absolutely incredible video!

[@richard1835]

Great video footage. Thank you

[@debramiller6002]

so happy you survived... we dodge the bullet by moving to Sebring florida from Osprey florida in june. we where up for the entire storm also. alarm woke me at 7pm for work and the storm was already roaring outside. electric went off at 7: 48 pmand was not restored till Sunday evening around 8Pm. thankfully we have a gas generator and where able to have lamps for light and keep the fridge running, no I didnt go to work... we watched flood waters rise up to our vehicles on our driveway luckily it did not get to our house... we didnt have any damage but several of our neighbor did.

[@gregorycaloregon3667]

Amazing!! Hope all is well.

[@MollyFitzBrown]

Wow, that was some serious wind! It was more of a rain and flood issue in my area.

[@samanthapels4497]

I never been in a hurricane, but even I know to stay away from the window...

[@Lane8492]

I live in Cape Coral Florida and in this Hurricane. I prayed to God for safety for me and my family and I was so thankful to God Almighty that the storm surge came nowhere near my neighborhood

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Praise the Lord almighty.

[@trafficjon400]

Wow your windows are holding against looks like about 120mpr Winds? You may have hurricane proof windows . Going to watch the Rest.

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Probably double-paned PGT pvc. They are incredible, I’ll never own a house without them.

[@davidstenson8713]

WOW. Thats scary

[@AVPolaris1]

we saw a storm like this in west virginia but it was around 50mph

[@KevinLuWX]

If those your wind speed estimations are gusts, then they are quite accurate. My device recorded 50 mph sustained winds gusting to 90 mph around 3:30 at Venice.

[@katmcpheestlfan]

The very peak of that the sustained looks to be around 135. Pretty violent. The one side of the Publix plaza in Englewood on 776 got blasted. I mean like if you were inside the shops you would have probably died. Looked like a strong tornado hit it. If you were in that HR Block office you would been killed. Gutted out store. Placida got shredded as well. Boca Grande luckily has strong houses. Jock Williams has some intense wind footage on there too. Did you see Surgie Cam 5 on Sanibel? The footage isn't great, BUT that first half of the eye was still strong at first landfall. Violent whiteout footage. The "weaker" side of Ian at Sanibel landfall still had winds about 135-140 IMO. Almost looked charlie like. Some of those 3 story condos on Sanible facing the Gulf had catastrophic failure on the third floor from the wind. I mean walls gone. Reed Timmer also in the first half on Pine Island had winds around cat4. Was also debarking of trees on Pine Island. Ian was around 150 first landfall. Simply land interation a big reason the eastern side was weaker at final landfall. First half weaker side of Ian had a gust to 135 At the Punta Gorda airport. The stronger western side probably had gusts to 155mph in Punta Gorda, sustained 130. I live not far from the airport and we had woods stripped of leaves across the street from me.

[@KevinLuWX]

@@katmcpheestlfan Wind gusts of 135 were plausible but definitely not sustained winds. Sustained winds are never this high on land. The surface obs also do not support it.

[@katmcpheestlfan]

@@KevinLuWX Really were no surface obs from the strongest part. Punta Gorda airport quit on the weaker side. Also in Iona there was surface ob sustained wind close to cat3 with gusts to 142. The wind damage on Sanibel Island supports around at least 140. As I said some of the structures had severe wind damage and structure failure not surge related. Ft. Myers Beach looks to have had weaker sustained winds. Probably closer to 125. Mid range cat3 wind damage there. Btw the WINK 3x doppler also supports cat4 winds on Sanibel. That 162mph strip was just south of Sanibel and just above the surface. The 3x is sustained wind estimate Matt Devitt said. So likely at the standard 10m level that would be 140mph and that was on the south side. I'll find the clip from the WINK coverage but their new radar supports 140ish winds on barrier islands at the surface. We also had some low end cat4 wind damage to apartments in Port Charlotte nby the hospital. This was no Charley though man. Charley was IMO more like 155mph at landfall a tad stronger and higher gusts. More violent.

[@katmcpheestlfan]

Also, our wind damage in Charlotte County was worse than Marco Island from Irma.

[@KevinLuWX]

@@katmcpheestlfan I was there. Wind damage in Englewood looks similar to what you would expect from a strong Cat 3.

[@BadWeatherfreak]

Did you guys boarded up the house?

[@TheJustinBurton]

Good windows

[@claudiahansen4938]

How did the car fare outside?

[@parkermelech9148]

Surprisingly well. I was very worried about them during the storm but after a good wash, no visible remnants

[@ericascali5427]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jackkoshel9759]

Look up Jack Koshel hurricane ian part one.

[@janewelsh3877]

I did not know it was over and was scared so made this kids and dogs stay in safe room until 1 am 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@12382576]

Is your house house ok?

[@parkermelech9148]

A little water got in from a small patio flooding and ruined some of the carpet. But no structural damage and overall very fortunate.

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Great to hear you only had minor damage. A palm tree falling on the roof is always a concern but it looks like you feed yours really well so that’s very unlikely to ever happen. Also, Great video thanks for sharing.

[@funDAYsmiling]

Nobody who lived through direct paths of both this storm and Hurricane Andrew would make the comparison. This one WAS one of stronger storms but no “Andrew,” which was maybe twice as bad as this storm. I’ve never heard winds like Andrew’s since it and hope I never do again.

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Andrew was strengthening as it made landfall, that’s a big difference to Ian who was slightly weakening. Look how much nastier the damage was from Michael which was strengthening as it came ashore. I think they underrated it even after upgrading to cat 5. The Damage looks like 170mph+. Andrew must have had some low cloud base tornadoes in the eye wall because the reported gusts over 200mph are equivalent to an EF5 Tornado today.

[@rfi-cryptolab4251]

Englewood in the hood Up to no good

[@kastbolder6510]

31

[@trafficjon400]

Ahh i was right around 120 mpr but Got a little stronger.🌀🌀🌀🌀 and 134 so far loss of life .

[@sameersamddhdkhddhrheejeje2901]

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[@leftylou6070]

Welcome to Dingleweed! Land of the not so stable people.

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Drugs and a feeling of homelessness can cause a man or woman to do or say just about anything. There are these types of people everywhere. Englewood is a very charming city with some welcoming locals.

[@SPLUSSiXPackboy]

🤦

[@Dragance202]

🤦‍♂️😂

[@jackkoshel1936]

Look up Jack Koshel hurricane ian part one.