Hurricane Irma devastates western coast of Florida

ABC News' David Muir reports from Naples, Florida, where winds from Irma topped 142 mph and a door at a local shelter cracked under pressure from the wind.

[@MartyBoyRN23]

This was the largest, most destructive storm I've ever been through. I've lived in Tampa, Florida for 14 years and never experienced anything close to this.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

You didn't experience the wrath of Andrew in 1992...I lived in Cutler Ridge (now known as Cutler Bay)...165mph sustained winds with 220mph gusts....it was like living through a 4 hour tornado. It took 7 months to get my electric back. The grid was completely destroyed.

[@falishamarie1701]

@@miamidolphinsfan omg 7 months 😢I feel sick about Ian … I’m in pinellas … praying for everyone

[@jackmeds12]

how about hurricane ian?

[@MartyBoyRN23]

@@jackmeds12 tbh where I live which is around st pete, Irma caused more damage. But southwest Florida got far more damage than Irma

[@rachelnjeri4094]

​@@MartyBoyRN23 ffffffffdffffll

[@gkupos]

Ummm now it’s hurricane Dorian

[@markclark4406]

Dorian not like irma

[@bailey5836]

Dorian is nothing compared to Irma, it isnt even gonna hit Florida

[@gkupos]

rockgamer 3000 I am from Florida and governor DeSantis said to stay vigilant for all we know it could change direction again

[@bailey5836]

@@gkupos There's a high pressure system right by SC, and that's why its turning over there. Unless it somehow breaks, then its gonna continue that path until it eventually dies out in the cold northern waters. I'd keep an eye out on Central America though, possible depression to form and start making it's way torwards the panhandle and southern states.

[@ccbacon6605]

rockgamer 3000 180MPH it broke _WORLD RECORD_ also, we can’t guess.

[@dewdrop8626]

Most of these comments on this video prove that there is stupid people from all states in the US, not just Florida. We had so much power out. That electric companies from all around the country had to restore our power. I went through Irma, so I know. It’s not a competition.

[@cybersumae2459]

He has a point.

[@TalioLikes]

I went through irma when it was a category 5 hurricane and no power for like 1 month and no wifi for almost a year.

[@thornthornthorne4531]

I was living in Florida with my mother during this. We had a terrible time. Electricity was off 2 weeks for me. But we were prepared and the water was still working.

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

No power for a month?!

[@tvold9204]

@@TalioLikes lol I didn't have power for 2 months.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

That was the most devastating and ferocious storm we've ever seen. The video is breathtaking but it doesn't even come a fraction close to what it was like to live through it. Some of the damage is still not fixed over a year later down here. This area was annihilated.

[@keliahx445]

I was in San Carlos Park directly off of 41 and you could hear it coming up the way.

[@thelonesomewanderer8359]

bro the reporters are insane being on the ground when the hurricane hits

[@wasp4425]

I remember this. I feel old this is from 2years ago

[@breyerlover17]

I remember having to go down to Florida after the hurricane (I live in the Midwest) to help my Grandparents and Great Grandfather clean up. Luckily, their house is made of concrete blocks so the house had basically no damage, but my Great Grandfathers grapefruit tree, wasn't so lucky... There were so many branches, ties around trees that had to be taken down, etc. They live just south of Sarasota.

[@joshuaespinoza8325]

i remember the house across the street having a ladder on the top of their tree. i remember we had no power, cable, or water for a couple days. i remember being outside during the hurricane, the wind strong enough to use my shirt as a sail and whisk me away. i had to keep one hand on the door. the rain was like a blanket of water, not heavy droplets, but constant showering instead. and yet i never felt in danger, it was just some rain and damage. then we saw what had happened in the keys. there were ships in driveways, houses blown apart, trees littering the road.

[@tvold9204]

Winds were about 100 MPH in Sarasota I believe, passed through as a borderline cat 1/2.

[@alexanderlopez1966]

well this comment section hasnt seen milton yet …

[@aanthonylee]

haha I remember this, we evacuated from naples and drove to orlando :(

[@markclark4406]

I road it out in Naples wasn't nice

[@jonahshapiro9830]

Same I drove from Fort Lauderdale to Orlando but it hit Orlando

[@Kayy._47]

Mark Clark I rode it out in Miami and the biggest tree my neighbor have fell on their house and their was a big tree like 50 feet tall and 10 feet wide fell in the middle of the rode and we had no power but at the end of the storm it was nighttime and the wind Irma made was a good cool breeze

[@aanthonylee]

Mad Klout i hope you all stay safe during this new hurricane

[@Kayy._47]

anthony lee it’s cool I have nothing to worry about it’s just a tropical storm

[@jacob1st760]

My Aunt Ann lived in Tampa, Florida during Hurricane Irma and still lives there today despite that storm. All she had to do was evacuate to a concrete hotel.

[@tvold9204]

Irma weakened to a cat 1 there.

[@xSkynx]

2:03 not to change the mood or anything but lmao

[@ciara6138]

Omg I just noticed that lmao

[@Hurricane0721]

In retrospect Hurricane Irma was just a dress rehearsal for the ferocity of Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida!

[@RJ-cv2uw]

These freaking reporters really go outside during the hurricane to film?

[@zLeafyy]

RJ RJ yeah it’s a soft ass hurricane

[@SephirothsGirlfriend]

LoL the guy at 2:23 time stamp is LOVING his job !!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@thisisjustaguy]

I know this was 4 years ago but in South Florida, I experienced this storm. It was a category 3.

[@tvold9204]

@Brŷàñ ćrüž it didnt hit anywhere at that intensity besides part of Cuba, i doubt that.

[@tvold9204]

what city?

[@thisisjustaguy]

@@tvold9204 florida davie

[@tvold9204]

@@thisisjustaguy That's east coast, you were 100 miles away from the center, it delivered category 1 winds to davie.

[@tvold9204]

@@thisisjustaguy category 1 is still enough to damage buildings and tear down trees.

[@ozzy4621]

09/26/2022. Hold on another one is coming.

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

I think the worst part is sitting around and waiting for the storm to hit. You can’t do anything about it.

[@AnthonyRizzo-o1b]

I lived in Gainesville during this hurricane. We had multiple large, dead trees standing in our yard. We stayed at a neighbors house down the street in case something bad happened when the trees fell. And they did. Blocking the road and tearing up the pipes. That was just in our neighborhood. Many other neighborhoods had multiple feet of flooding and tons of trees down, Including one that damaged a gas station. Many houses were without power for two weeks. That’s in Gainesville, central Florida. I couldn’t imagine what it was like for coastal areas.

[@lovelydollplay9264]

Wow I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years…

[@kahlifaspinallb.9630]

Durian need to stop by new york like fr

[@imabigsimp9445]

skylark fly's true I wanna see it

[@kahlifaspinallb.9630]

@@imabigsimp9445 like fr i wanna go threw it sounds interesting and we hadnt have one in years i just wanna go threw the experience

[@imabigsimp9445]

@@kahlifaspinallb.9630 same

[@kahlifaspinallb.9630]

@@sydneysykes4312 i wouldnt mind you dont know what im going thru😂😢

[@kahlifaspinallb.9630]

@Phuck Eyoo nobody ask you first of and secondly we know that we just saying we just want a hurricane to come to new york like mind your business like frfr😐

[@FloridaFarm_Girl]

We actually experienced Irma in a trailer in Davenport Florida our dog had cancer and died the night before so not only did we go through the storm we also were burning our baby before the storm hit..❤

[@Harley.177]

This was not as scary for me I was four so I didn't think much of it I was in Florida

[@FifaIconMaker3529]

MY CAR

[@ryan2469]

When I was just a baby we were evacuating from Florida because of the storm

[@Jesusiscomingsoon1000]

I can’t believe it’s already been 4 years since Hurricane Irma hit Florida

[@Jesusiscomingsoon1000]

@Everything fiction I lost power for 2 days no cap

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

I live in the Tampa, FL area and I had never been so scared in my life.

[@Mcchad_25]

Same it’s 😞

[@Mcchad_25]

Sad

[@tvold9204]

It was only a cat 1 there as well.

[@AvengedPanzer]

@@tvold9204 You're replying to every comment with the same thing, at this point I doubt it's true

[@tvold9204]

@@AvengedPanzer?

[@Im-_-Brenden]

I remember when we thought this would end all of Florida back in the day, back when it almost got big enough to hit category 6

[@chickennugget438]

Cat 6 doesn’t exist

[@Im-_-Brenden]

@@chickennugget438 i said that to give detail to the size of it; i know cat 6 isnt a thing

[@Kayy._47]

Ahhh those were the days, I miss those days, even after my street was destroyed

[@TmaadHMD]

I experienced this hurricane. I was living in Deerfield Beach at that time and it was scary.

[@floridaboigio9287]

Frfr I was in marco island I was bored asl with no power

[@slmpiiyyy]

I was in miami i spend 2 WEEKS without power and bro i was so bored 💀 no wifi or anything

[@AvengedPanzer]

@@slmpiiyyy same I spent 2 weeks without power, it sucked

[@slmpiiyyy]

@@AvengedPanzer yeah 🤧

[@eyadgamer7505]

1:33 lol that stop sign

[@franciscoangelaguilar6526]

Come to San Diego! It is a beautiful day here today!

[@neptune9238]

Nah…California sucks right now with its politics, wildfires, and earthquakes.

[@daliajaimes1505]

I live on the east coast of Florida so we didn't get hit that hard but I remember hearing the wind and rain roar all around us. Now I'm sitting here hoping the 2020 season won't be so bad because if Coronavirus

[@justvideos2245]

3:47 THE GUY IN THE BACK-

[@babygfeva]

I live on the east coast but I remember walking outside to watch a few times and looking up at the sky, it did look like a giant vacuum cleaner. The clouds were spinning fast and fucking up everything. It was exciting and scary as hell. I took a nap during the best part of the storm... Been upset every since...lol

[@subwaysurfer5378]

Don't worry that is just Goku screaming and having a power up lol

[@yallluvbrii1270]

It’s here again 🎉she’s backk 🎉

[@ameliaramirez1192]

A whole tree came down my house it was horrible there was no air no nothing horrible just so horrible

[@Coloradiohead]

natures way of cleansing itself

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

khan jon - Then maybe the hurricane should have bypassed the non-US territories in the Caribbean, but it didn't.

[@jillianelise5]

It's really not.

[@Lurod_]

I’m Not A Gamer smh

[@jackmeds12]

Besides sandy and Katrina, this was obviously the worst hurricane we’ve seen

[@tvold9204]

This was way worse than sandy. Sandy's winds were actually only 80 MPH, the highest wind gust at JFK airport in NYC was 69 MPH, while in Naples the wind reached 142. It was way worse than sandy don't even compare the two.

[@wesleyjoiner929]

These coming storms will not be exactly how these past storms hit.

[@BabySonicGT]

1:52 it looks like they are underwater

[@MiamiSpartan1]

Why in the hell would they leave awnings up with a Hurricane coming?

[@brookemilazzo4180]

I’m west palm beach my house lost power for several days and my back porch roof came off and my fences fell down

[@TyreseMS_]

Sad

[@staceymoody4432]

Storm is dangerous

[@junlee3515]

Duh . Grass is green sky is blue sun is red .

[@bbbeans45]

No crap Sherlock

[@user-sg6ww7ts6n]

you’ve got it stacey

[@ChillGamerLad]

ida anyone?

[@WrestlingMMA3033]

I was in Miami and I had power and that’s super lucky during a hurricane but I also had internet at the end of the day we started getting tornado warnings

[@trilljosh7]

They thought naples was bad smh 🤦‍♂️😂 they keys was worse 😂 destroyed everything

[@shototodoroki3470]

I was in Florida sill am when hurricane Irma happend my birthday was close at the time! Hurricanes are my nightmares see why

[@jackkoshel1936]

I know for a fact that this hurricane started at 8am because my doubleheader was postponed.

[@willstanfield9960]

Flordia men in 2019:ahhh shit here we go again

[@jonahshapiro9830]

The 2020 hurricane season is supposed to be very active

[@theestatesboyandgirl3384]

i live in naples florida and i moved there in september 4 and i was just eating at my table when a huge tree can right thru my back pourch. and water was litterly in my house it was a horrible day for me and my family, and my whole town was horible

[@its_sunkest8232]

GREAT THAT PAST US BUT NOW WE GET DORAL

[@kevinfrancis4103]

Sky blue_youtube Lover Dorian but it’s gonna be stronger (I live in Florida as well)

[@seniorcitizen6067]

LOOK AT THE DUDE IN THE Beginning OF THE VID

[@hurricaneirma2430]

ILL BE BACK DONT KNOW WHEN DONT KNOW WHERE

[@TyreseMS_]

And we will be prepared and ready to act😠😌😌

[@abdelelfarissi2127]

I moved right before this hit.

[@jacob1st760]

I wonder what the 2021 hurricane season will be like.

[@thegametapes]

Sux cause I just moved to Florida from ny..feels like a bad choice

[@jacob1st760]

Nowhere is safe from natural disasters. You have to learn to live with them.

[@jacob1st760]

@@thegametapes That was a great choice moving to Florida. It would be my ideal place to live.

[@Megadave4life]

Dang Harricane Irma returns again lol now her I love having around

[@Zx-Gio]

I am the only Super Mario Logan Veiwer and worried about them cuz of this

[@theweatherboy2202]

This was Doriane

[@glossupdiaries]

My name is Irma-

[@jusc3747]

Here comes 2020

[@animalmaster1056]

1:00

[@eggypatrick5875]

Thats sad

[@tonisam962]

Generator comes to rescue us

[@dennismichael5891]

your wrong.......direct hit lehigh acres for 12 hours

[@tempestarii6666]

For what for this 🙏

[@straw_andberry8203]

O my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@clerreaper7615]

just a regular day in Florida, nothing new. but tbh the hurricane was overrated I didn't see as much destruction as what Andrew did and they said it would be stronger, sure it packed a punch but could have been allot worse.

[@asteroid8005]

Half the reason Andrew looked so bad was because of poorly built homes and other popular structures. Not because it was strong enough to completely wipe out hundreds of houses.

[@micheleromero8086]

Ok

[@dewdrop8626]

Not really, I think the reason why Andrew was so destructive is because it was a category 5 hurricane.

[@kevinfrancis4103]

CleR ReAPER I agree they overreact about it like it’s just another day in Florida like damn

[@kevinfrancis4103]

CleR ReAPER And I don’t see much damage also it was just trees down and other stuff

[@BeholdTheLight23]

XD This happens 2 times a year in Europe. :D If you wouldn’t have built your houses out of hays, nothing like this would have happened 😅

[@carrieb5711]

So you think it's funny to laugh at people at catastrophic times in their life ? As far as actual building structures you might be correct but many of these homes are old enough that it was before the building materials became as strong and flexible as they are today. Not to add to it, you say this happens two times a year in Europe... sometimes this happens two, three times a month and the southeast and west side of Gulf in the United States.

[@rijve11]

Thats nothing. Fake and green screen vfx effects.

[@clerreaper7615]

are you saying Irma was a hoax?

[@asteroid8005]

I was in it, so if you tryna say its fake say it to the people who went through it.

[@MiamiSpartan1]

Moron

[@briankulyk6849]

Im cumming

[@dewdrop8626]

Hurricane Katrina wasn’t anything either. And yet we still hear about it fourteen years later.