Hurricane Ike! Insane surf prior to landfall - Galveston

[@catamaranman333]

Many may not realize that the statue at 2:50 and various other places in the video is a memorial to the 6000+ people that died in the 1900 storm.

[@chris71mach1]

i think the most surreal part of this whole vid is 0:47 where we can see both the storm surge coming up over the SEVENTEEN foot high seawall on the right, and the 1900 memorial on the left.....this is just nuts!

[@gladystoukie]

I grew up in Galveston and lived there for the first 25 years of my life!!! My family still down there said this was the scariest hurricane they ever lived through!!! Even with the seawall most homes had 3 to 5 feet of water in them!!! I can assure you that video is REAL!!!

[@airlobo]

I like the synch of the music to the wave movement, and the bear was just the touch of random I think it needed!

[@Jck9102]

Thank you so much for not calling this storm surge. I get tired of people posting videos of this and calling it the storm surge..

[@JulandLauren]

Although I live in Houston, I was affected by it. September 12 was my dads birthday so we spent the day boarding up our windows and cleaning the house... fun day. We lost power at about 3am Saturday and didn't get it back until 8pm Sunday. We were the only ones in our neighborhood to get our power back early.

[@Fanik10]

My friend is moving to Houston and wants me for a visit. So I'll have to check out that seawall.

[@deezedayz]

I'm glad to hear things are getting back to normal there. I didn't return to Clear Lake.. I do miss the area. After losing so much, I just didn't have the strength to go back. After the storm, all I had left were the things I packed in my car. Everything that was in my apartment, except for a few dishes and some stuff I had in a few SpaceBags (those things actually did keep the water out, just like the commercial says) was ruined. I live in Katy now.

[@amy1570]

Just crazy. We rode Ike out pretty well, considering the eye wall passed right over us, but we were way further inland, in NE Harris County. The damage in our area was bad, so miniscule when compared to the damage in Oak Island, Anahuac, Port Boliver, Gilchrist, etc.

[@SlavaCharitonov]

Очень много несчастья и разрушений приносят такие огромные волны и это видно из Вашего видеоролика.

[@carmandogman]

hey reed i love your videos and ive actually been a weather freak to i lived and born in phoenix arizona and recently moved down to daytona beach florida to help my grandmother and ive benn thru nearly every type of weather but a hurricane ive been in a couple tropical storms like bonnie beryl and debby but not a hurricane and i really want to be in a hurricane to see what its like!!!!!! and you are so freakin awesome !!!!

[@skatershick101]

I live in Dallas and I was visiting Galveston two days before the storm hit. It was weird cause there were people already closing their shops and boarding their windows and doors up. But everything is back to normal now so that's good :)

[@BrianSchrock]

While Galveston and Texas City would be at enormous risk, Pearland and Pasadena are far enough inland to avoid major storm surge damage. If you checkout the storm surge charts for the area, you'll see that minimal storm surge is felt in those two cities. "Wiped out completely" is a huge overstatement.

[@deezedayz]

That's the same thing I thought... I live and work in Clear Lake which was hard-hit and my boss actually wanted us to come in that Friday... lol For those who don't know, the surf was like this at 6 a.m. on Friday morning.. Ike didn't make landfall until 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning... Almost a year later, I'm still recovering that storm...

[@HypnoSurf22]

nice touch with the classical score. great video.

[@traviolli112]

i was out there last weekend on galveston island, and everything is just about back up and running. it looks really really good out there.

[@Masters1452]

Lights are red, you have to wait even though there's a hurricane

[@sticksquash]

That reminds me. On September the 10th, or 11th (a day before evacuation?), as there was heavy traffic near those homes near Target, but before The Causeway and Omega Bay with Tiki Island... the water had risen noticeably (but I couldn't tell if that was storm surge), it was about to top the wooden frames. I wish there was more footage from hurricane ike (before the storm). :( It would be kicking awesome if this video was re-uploaded in 720p HD.

[@gigatronicdeth]

That was pretty intense! I liked the music that acompanied it.

[@Jck9102]

Thank you for NOT calling it the storm surge. I get tired of people posting pictures of that and calling it the storm surge.

[@mikepfleming]

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[@mikepfleming]

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[@ktown47chick]

man that shit was crazy. I work at the airport in central texas about 6 hours away from galveston and they cancelled every single one of our flights the day before the hurricane hit and we didnt even get any rain. We just watched CNN all day to see the live videos. Crazy man!

[@loeygeginnaney]

I haven't gotten the chance to go down there and look, but is the beach back yet? I mean, like at all?

[@NYjoshK1]

Awesome all around video!

[@cheschifocaro]

it's so sad seeing all the piers I loved as a kid completely gone, even almost 2 years later.

[@ironlungbongrip]

yeah that 1900 storm was insane from what ive read, the whole reason there is the sea wall is that storm washed away the beach

[@EKS511]

Amazing video and the music was perfect.

[@evilmonkey79]

I live here, and everything isn't back to normal quite yet, and the mayor just had a press conference a few weeks ago, and the title of it was "is Galveston worth saving". Now if we get it by another storm this hurricane season, Galveston is done for =/

[@oldthrashhead]

Nice to see a colonial with an excellent grasp of the ENGLISH language!

[@pietrovaldes]

Great video with great music

[@wayne11122000]

Ugh! That disgusting muddy brown water. As a kid, I can remember there were still days when Galveston Bay was actually BLUE. Granted that was 45-50 years ago, but due to shallowing surf the bay hasn't seen blue water since.

[@JoshuaJohnKnight]

Go to Portsmouth, England. We get about 1-5 small tornando's a year most of them at sea, and we haven't had a major hurricane in 20+ years. but we get the tail ends of american and carribean hurricanes

[@topaz38]

yikes on the music i had to mute it! good footage tho, i cant imagine!

[@devontls]

I just get this 'We're sorry, this video is no longer available.' ??

[@devontls]

ok ignore that comment i did some other stuff then came back to this vid and it worked! wierd... great vid

[@mattbpatterson]

It's been blue one time I can remember. Mostly brown. Actually a lot less brown now that most of the beach is gone. More green days lately

[@slashtrio]

Ha, i just saw that bear in another video, he's doing the rounds! Nice video

[@Lucchixeddu]

Beautiful waves!

[@gggreggg]

the question is "why do people insist on building on the vulnerable shore front?" and the fact that there are too many people in the world crowding every square inch of the planet whereas before there was more open space where storms could do their thing and not impact humans

[@wayne11122000]

In 1836, five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas (Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia) before president Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. In 1839, the capital was moved to the new town of Austin by the next president Mirabeau B. Lamar. Source:Wikipedia

[@Tidnull]

great music!!! thanks for getting some bear suit footage.

[@hlslayer123]

I bet people that were leaving later were looking at you guys and were like "WTF ARE THEY CRAZY?!?!"

[@tl52]

ike was the worst storm to hit galveston til the next one.

[@blackwing858687]

it looks like the waves r very calm today!

[@tpm4life]

I have been on that seawall so many times. it is F@#King crazy to see that

[@rise54321]

god bless the seawall.

[@RepentFeelPeace]

Killeen? We're from Temple/Belton 1st year in Houston, be glad...not fun @ all.

[@krampp24]

lol was that joel or reed sitting at the bench

[@matthewyirthey286]

dude ike was second costliest up till sandy now third. sandy was only more costly cause it hit new york

[@youhan911]

i was listing to the song eminem Welcome To Detroit City while wacthing this vid,,, man its crazy! so epic

[@RTN1994]

hahaha I live in SUgar Land to and yes we did get hit hard!

[@jnburch]

its funny the some people that see this dont know theres a 15 foot wall there

[@admiralcrash1]

Did y'all see the video of Geraldo getting creamed by one of these waves?

[@lannatattiano]

mother nature is a beautiful thing but its horrifying of what it can do

[@zepphindle234]

Incredible.

[@desrissa1112]

I was ACTUALLy IN THIS HURRICANE!!!!!!

[@GSRGOPEDRIDER247]

it's like a watershow!

[@acidgaming992]

MY Dad Telled Me THAT IT TOOK 2 YEARS TO Rebuild

[@babylizy4]

Omg! Shark at 7:00-7:03 in the bottom left corner

[@webbum]

Thank goodness for the giant mole

[@acidgaming992]

MY GUESS THE Sea Wall WAS Flooded I WAS BORN HERE I HAD 2 WHEN THIS HAPPENED WHEN I CAME OUT OF MY Grandpas HOUSE IT THE Street HAD BEEN Flooded = 5 Feet OF Water

[@kamratframjandet]

There are no polar bears in Norway. Get educated!

[@thedonqwet]

these guys r freekin nutz!!!

[@acidgaming992]

Ike WAS CAT 2 WHEN IT HIT Houston AND Houston

[@markgav69]

that bear was tripping balls

[@LKskateNC]

oh damn ...

[@TXtruthinpolitics]

WTF is with the bear @ 4:34? I want that guy's job!

[@Kyross]

intense

[@mawaii]

Great!

[@mattbpatterson]

uhhhhhhh, it destroyed the Hooters!

[@pennylane36]

I remember watching this video right after, thinking, who is this idiot and what is he doing. I had no idea it was Reed Timmer. Never miss his show now. I was actually in Galveston, but flew home to washington state, just 8 days before Ike hit. Leaving my 21 year old daughter there, had no idea though that this was going to happen. Don't think i slept for days.

[@mattbpatterson]

cat 5's rarely make landfall as cat 5's

[@gjamieostby]

go to Norway, thats pretty safe.

[@tomchelle46]

Had this dude ever been to the Island lol he could have been sucked right ff that bench because the seawall was not 10 feet behind him. can you say crazier than any texan i know

[@sonic34314]

the music knda messed the video up

[@luv4allify]

only in galveston!!

[@darkwolfy503]

@joebroshot96 Yeah same with us.

[@Gage54908]

surfs up

[@botete0090]

2:18 LOL

[@EKS511]

IngeniousMrToad: LOL

[@chilleffect]

i didn't get power till friday

[@mattbpatterson]

they put more sand in

[@eXLRep]

wow

[@acidgaming992]

I MENT Galveston

[@handsup702]

oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

[@BrianSchrock]

@4:34 W...T...F...

[@camdavis33]

invest in a tripod

[@youhan911]

@rise54321 it was a good woirre (soldjier)

[@OfficialMisterB]

omg thats how the world gonna look like on the last day..:( its rewally fuckin horrible..!

[@optiKalismo]

...nature...

[@supermec131]

@MsCandyJane I totally agree with but, fine gentleman, Ms Candy Jane sounds rather like a woman's name... Not to be mean

[@minime5226]

poor fish

[@jonstefanik9400]

Christ

[@dakotahall3695]

95% sure that is false

[@sharoncarrier18]

Dakota hail. This not fake. I live here. I can assure you it was all to real. I suggest you do a little research on "Ike"

[@DiscoWulf98]

is that a boat at 3:44? if so it probably crashed o_o

[@urbanpoet06]

wow