Hurricane Katrina DVD Documentary, from Miami to New Orleans and Biloxi.

[@vgames89]

I love how "natural" this documentary is. No crazy music or manipulated videos. It's all through the experience of one person which makes it more "real" when you watch it.

[@Vampxiii_]

True

[@laurahollenika3906]

Our planet is sick and vomiting what it can no longer tolerate ....

[@rhondaboggs6307]

Katrina was a witch. I think I was more scared of that hurricane than I have been with any other that I've been through.

[@kczimrolie9053]

check out my youtube and leave some feed back

[@kricketlangendoerfer8387]

Very true! Made it more real, not a movie that's trying to manipulate your mood thru music. Great job! So sad to see all that area still in ruins & many still are today when in other places around the world ppl gather together to help rebuild. 😿😾😷

[@Supaspikemaster]

Did I search for this? No. Did I watch the whole thing? Yes.

[@dlane7539]

I find it odd that so many very old videos are being suggested to me by KZbin right now. Videos that are 4-10 years old. Thats how I came upon the video too.

[@awhlavsnewchannel633]

Loll

[@denny720]

Same here

[@StormChasingVideo]

Thank you for watching

[@Supaspikemaster]

@@StormChasingVideo No Problem :)

[@ajlouis6813]

Katrina hit the morning my father passed away. It felt like the world was coming to an end. It's been 18 yrs... My heart goes out to all the people that endured this and those who lost someone they love.

[@badfairy9554]

Sorry for you loss.

[@sourpatchkid925]

I'm so sorry for your loss 💜

[@susanhowe163]

OH MY HEART ❤️. THAT NOT ONLY WOULD YOU LOSE YOUR 💔 DAD BUT 💔 😢 THEN GO THROUGH THE HURRICANE AS WELL? OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE A INCREDIBLY STRONG PERSON TO HAVE DEALT WITH BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I KNOW THAT I COULDN'T. GOD BLESS YOU. 🙌 💖 ❤️

[@SeeMeRolling]

So sorry for your loss❤ God bless you

[@JayJackson1981]

Sorry for your loss. My daughter was born August 29, 2005 at 9:37 A.M. eastern time.

[@Forsaken860]

Katrina happened my senior year of high school. I lived 10 minutes from the Coliseum in Biloxi. We are the forgotten coast and the bodies, caskets, flat lant for miles is something that will shake me forever. My family went to Houston after being stuck with bare minimum for weeks. I remember standing in Katrina lines and neighbors bbq grill feeding the entire complex. I thought the heat would be better at night but I cried all the way through. I lost many friends from New Orleans. I was accepted into Xavier University but I was too traumatized to go because...would another hurricane come before I graduated. Katrina left me in shambles for years and I didn't understand. Blessings to all of us who survived and got back whole spiritually mentally and emotionally.

[@Forsaken860]

Not so fun fact the Mississippi coliseum was literally twisted afterward. I saw it with my own two eyes.

[@luv2luv720]

I'm so sorry you suffered! I'm glad you've come out a stronger person in every way, it sounds like. Blessings to you and your future 💚

[@okpoptart]

this is powerful. thank you so much for sharing. ✨

[@the818hbk]

Thank you for sharing this. I think people like me in California who’ve never been thru anything like this… don’t grasp what it’s like until we hear from people like you who were there. God bless you. I hope you’re doing better

[@mwoo252]

But Houston can get flooded as well and tornadoes

[@statikthomas]

I Now live in Australia... But was born and raised in NOLA. I unfortunately rode Katrina out, and the worse part about it, not shown here, were the bodies of the less fortunate. They were everywhere. Everywhere. Still brings tears to my eyes to think back on this devastation. My heart goes out to the families and families of friends who lost. Though im in Australia now. ill never forget Katrina.

[@nathanirby4273]

I remember the bodies

[@hanselmanryanjames]

@@nathanirby4273 what did most die from? Drowning?

[@dancingrabbit5842]

I am sorry.

[@rickhodge6482]

I remember the national guard transporting a 18 wheeler flatbed with bodies stacked so high, it looked like a box trailer. At least 3 a day for what seemed a week, traveled up hwy 603 towards kiln ms. We lost thousands in bay st Louis and waveland. 28 foot surge. Then came the shooting n looting. Frickin crazy time indeed.

[@mercedessmith2646]

Seriously wooow

[@wildeyestudios5]

Journalist: I can't believe the police are still patrolling. Police: I can't believe this journalist is still out here.

[@anthonyskata]

Everyone: what's that man wearing a trash bag doing on canal street

[@alexandriarennie5992]

The true meaning of "What are you doing out here?" "Well I could be asking you the same thing."

[@j.d.contreras392]

My grandmother was hanging on to a street sign during this time....she hung on so hard that her clothes were ripped off her. She made it though because she landed in a pond a few miles away. She is now in great shape and enjoys swimming.

[@sandasturner9529]

@@anthonyskata sounds like Jim Cantore he loves severe weather

[@reggiegamble3726]

Right!

[@richardsmith3121]

I’ll always remember a man telling the news people how he lost his wife to the flood, how she was swept away in the storm surge and the last thing he said was “she gone, she gone”. It was heartbreaking.

[@debrafoster4374]

That interview will be with me the rest of my life. I remember the reporter was in tears, she could barely finish the story. Still heartbreaking after all these years.

[@markholroyde9412]

Oh that hurts so much...>tries to swallow lump in throat

[@mistyperry441]

I live on the north shore in Louisiana. I was listening to a battery operated radio and remember a guy calling in to the radio station very early on from the 9th ward saying they had a lot of water. I still think about him from time to time and wonder if he made it out.

[@ayset4675]

He died of cancer 😭

[@dhornjr1]

I remember that man saying "She gone. She gone". Breaks my heart to think about it now 16 years later. He watched his wife drown and there was nothing he could do to help her.

[@biloxibiker1807]

I am one of the people that was at the Coliseum and you actually have me on video when I was playing in the Wind at timestamp 19:47 thank you for documenting it as well as you did I can honestly say it's one of the worst days of my life

[@Omararmendariz9565]

Wow are you serious dude?! Hopefully everyone else alive to man. Hate to hear you go through that. Stay blessed.

[@biloxibiker1807]

@@Omararmendariz9565 we all were ok it sucked but I still have ptsd with bad wether

[@dougmcdougal3777]

Yeah, bullsht. YOU EAT A LOT OF DCK

[@justsmith7738]

I lived thru this 16 yrs ago. It still haunts me.. I lost everyone.. Evacuate, just do it...

[@kryshunawhaley1154]

So sorry to hear that...I pray to our father in heaven that u are at peace an living a healthy life

[@jaspermartin7444]

The way I understand it, the people who stayed behind had very little money and nowhere to go. Telling them to leave is like telling a homeless person to "just buy a house".

[@palerider9952]

Hope you're doing better man, I lost everything too. It'll get better though.

[@lorrie5881]

@@justsmith7738 i moved to Slidell after being a lifelong New Orleanian and never moved back... I just can't live there anymore

[@lorrie5881]

​@@jaspermartin7444 the mayor and the governor dropped the ball.. they evacuated everyone AFTER the storm

[@its_me_chavonne4656]

Its been 15 years and this is the first Katrina documentary I have ever watched! I don't know how I found my way to your video, but I appreciate how you just documented everything, it wasn't sensationalized! Great Doc!!

[@harmonywold1974]

Really he denied a pedestrian help. This man is a murderer

[@I-am-not-D1-4U]

Take a look 👀 at this video around 28:32 and 1:07:28 you see the old black guy walking in the storm trying get to safety asking who’s filming this video for a ride to safety but the guy told the old black he had no room in his vehicle because of his equipment. Here’s the kicker around the 1:07:17 mark of this video he was saying a man with his dog cam up to him asking for a ride to his parents house the man that had the dog parents so he gave the man and his dog a ride. You see the man he gave ride to was white just look at the video at the parts I pointed out you will see and let me know what you think.

[@melindajohnson8064]

I found this documentary about a year ago. I watched others but this one by far is the most comprehensive. The commentator isn't screaming, "yo dude, look at the water, OMG, yo dude!" He speaks intelligently and only when necessary. The footage is edited beautifully. So often it drags on. The time line paints the picture which allows the viewer to understand when and what is happening. Others go back and forth such that its a jumble of events. Excellent job of maintaining the scope of his mission! None better.

[@yvettewest449]

Please see my comment above about a talk given by Paul Wample on the subject of how to survive in this confusing world, "Current Situation of the World" and The Great Spiritual Enterprise" will have your eyes opened to see the real truth.

[@StormChasingVideo]

Why scream, let the video tell the story is our motto.

[@hereforthetealol]

i thought the same thing, he remained calm and wasn't screaming or yelling, very well done, my blood pressure did go up a few times while he was driving in the flood water using only GPS, balls of steel that one. BRAVO

[@charlesmiddleton3247]

Much thanks for this video! Well done! I spent 26 days right after Katrina hit as a medical R.N. team leader with the Red Cross in Ocean Springs, Gautier, Diaberville and Pascagoula, Mississippi. Unbelievable devastation and sadness. Cared for thousands of nice, good ppl and stayed to help them find housing. Many lost loved ones but we helped others to reunite with their loved ones. I still check on some of those amazing ppl after all these years. I was blessed to have taken care of those ppl at the Community College shelter we were at.

[@ronaldbutler1264]

When i first started to watch the video i thought i would only watch 10 minutes of it, but ended up watching the whole thing.. Great video and very interesting thanks

[@drewgamezzz8482]

Same here, and here I am 45 mins in at 5:21 in the morning when I should've been asleep hours ago lol.

[@robertomurri1278]

Same here. Just finished at 2:02 May 4, 21! On my momma! Haha jk I don't talk like that 😂 Gonna watch tornado videos now. Peace!

[@dreamonline1996]

“Weathers fine, it’s been hot here” “Wait 30 hours…” Damn that’s haunting

[@Erickesk1]

😂

[@twink3448]

@@Erickesk1 😭😭😭

[@DollnAbox]

That girl was more concerned about acting "sexy" than saving her life. I hope she survived.

[@E_B-]

Definitely some soothsayer type ish she said lol

[@serenapolk4379]

YOOOOO I said the same thing followed by "damn I hope she made it"😞

[@melissajohnson2935]

There's now a law in Louisiana that there has to be shelters that accept pets and hotels have to accept pets during a hurricane evacuation.

[@luv2luv720]

Another positive thing that's come from this horrible tragedy!

[@Tonshmar]

@@luv2luv720 I agree 100%!!

[@SeaSea11]

That's so good!

[@LilyS1031]

Finally! 😀

[@BraYsUnc06]

I mean you'd think it just be the right thing to do, with or without law!!

[@phillyfan3942]

I think everyone agrees when we say were so happy you made this video, I would not be surprised in the decades to come if this becomes a National Treasure

[@kravin74]

My Katrina experience was a unique one I guess and I am proud to have been one of the guys who worked over 122 hours a week for almost two months without a day off getting the electricity back on. About 80 miles north of New Orleans in Pike County Mississippi I was working for a power line right of way crew. We worked Pike, Amite, Walthall and Lincoln counties. The first few days were really tough as you had to cut the trees out of the roads just to get to the downed power lines. In the rural areas the people didn't even have water because electricity ran their wells and I came across several people who said that we were the first people that they had seen since the storm and was asked what had happened and what was now going on. Budweiser and Coca Cola started donating water, power aid , ice and ice chests. I remember the Budweiser cans being white with black lettering. I would load as many coolers as I possibly could on the back of my bucket truck and give it to the people who had no water. I remember so many people being so greatful and giving me hugs. One lady in tears said I deserved a medal. Another thing that has always stood out was an elderly couple, the husband was near his end because of cancer. We had to follow these grids and were going to skip the one thing that would have kept them from having power for weeks and I went ahead and cleared the line and asked a crew from Jackson Tennessee if they would please get the line up and the reason I was asking. And they didn't hesitate. When we passed their house to go to another area, the man had gotten out of bed, which I know was not easy thing for him to do just to wave at us to say thank you. Within just a couple days I remember power crews coming from all over the country to help. Those guys from Jackson Tennessee that worked for Pike Electric were some really good people. The electric company I was doing the work for did the rural areas and I lived in town that was on Entergy. For over a month I'd come home just so wore out I barely had enough energy to take a shower and on the other side of the block I lived on had power but I didn't. I also remember a photographer from a big paper ( I want to say New York Times but may be wrong) got me and two other guys to pose for a picture while holding our chainsaws. When things started to get back to normal I started getting some cards in the mail, they were thank you cards from some of the people I had helped. I never knew how they got my address but it made me feel good that they took the time to do that. I kept them in a photo album that I unfortunately lost in a house fire January of 2017. I know so much was lost by so many. Things way more important than electricity but I am very proud of my little part in being able to help so many good people and if you have ever been without air conditioning and the other great things that electric items provide for days in the miserable Mississippi summer heat, getting the electricity back on is a great thing.

[@hollymartens8059]

As someone who grew up in coastal Florida, I appreciate your hard work and dedication!

[@blueskies6475]

Thank you for your help!!

[@fdddsigns7274]

@@hollymartens8059 I love all linemen and electric workers... They are THE most hard working and dedicated people.... They only stop to eat and sleep until everyone is restored...lifelong SE Louisiana resident

[@byronchavarria4954]

130 Kilometers

[@vershawnsea9219]

Ur amazing bro. God bless

[@barkburton1]

Awesome video. Can’t believe how if you made one wrong choice your life could have been over. Rip to those that didn’t make it.

[@StormChasingVideo]

Tell me about it, that was one of the most insane days ever.

[@SavaahaLightfoot]

I can finally watch videos of Katrina with out having a PTSD episode, I lived 2 blocks north of the beach at Point Cadet (Isle of Capri casino) I knew my house was gone when I got within 5 miles, the whole neighborhood was gone. Thank God my Father in law survived on his boat in the Biloxi Industrial Canal. My family took refuge at a hotel in Talullah, La.

[@PainterFRO]

"There was a lot of people out driving around site seeing and risking their life for nothing"....Says the guy chasing a hurricane....Great video!

[@TresaOlson]

RIGHT!!😂lol

[@carmengordon4627]

lol...I caught that as well...

[@Rebel9668]

Yeah, you gotta love the total arrogance of people like that. Do as I say, not as I do kinda people. Would have served him right if a chunk of flying debris had knocked him out cold at that moment.

[@nathanirby4273]

Right? Lol

[@vampy8112]

Thought the same!

[@jillchilds3434]

As someone who grew up on the beach and had lived through multiple hurricanes (not Katrina). ALWAYS leave at least two days before the voluntary evacuation. You will get stuck in traffic. Me and my dad were trying to leave going towards houston I don’t remember the hurricane but I remember everyone was freaking out. Bumper to bumper dead stop. People were getting out of their cars robbing people for food and water. We fortunately were in an off road vehicle and took long backroads but were stuck for hours. Always leave before hand.

[@patriciayoung3267]

This is a wonderful documentary on the actual conditions before during and after Katrina. Kudos to you, Sir for your very fine work.

[@sadiyahmuhammad7844]

I was 5 years of age when this happened. I am a New Orleans native, me and my family escaped hurricane Katrina during mandatory evacuation and resided in Atlanta, Georgia for 3 years. My childhood home was completely destroyed, the storm left us devastated and all of our belongings were destroyed. continuing to pray 4 survivors during this catastrophic storm. ❤️😔

[@iisisshepheard4626]

Dam

[@jayblade4224]

I was 19. I remember Katrina. It seems like it wasn't that long ago.

[@tylercox1875]

I was 3 so I vaguely remember it

[@lavonedavis9307]

Damn I was 23 so I couldn't imagine how you felt being so young glad you and your family made it out safely⚜️⚜️⚜️

[@Cooe.]

New Orleans has got maybe ≈20 or so years left before the entire city is underwater due to coastal erosion, 100% regardless of any hurricanes. Get out while you still can and your property is still worth something. That city is doomed.

[@muchadoaboutnothing6196]

The French-Creole culture on New Orleans is so fascinating. My family in Houston housed 4 individuals from New Orleans in a garage we turned into a makeshift rooming area for 2 weeks & they were a French-Creole family, they were some of the greatest people they’d ever met. After 2 weeks they moved back to Louisiana with extended family.

[@MitchellShilling]

When my sister was in college, she ended up going to Louisiana to help out the victims of Hurricane Katrina that were still struggling nearly a whole decade after Katrina destroyed the Gulf Coast. Not only that, in 2017, my sister and her husband were living in Kissimmee, Florida when Hurricane Irma hit and they ended up staying in Florida when the hurricane hit. My sister said that it was one of the scariest experiences of her life.

[@porkkchop]

Great documentary re: Hurricane Katrina. Massive fail for not picking up that stranded man. You got the info you were looking for and drove off. Integrity does not seem to be your strongpoint.

[@RafaelaSantos-bz2tb]

Read the description

[@daughteroftheking374]

@@porkkchop Read the description. Still 100% agree 🎯

[@Eurotica4U]

Just came across this. I had a different Katrina experience. I was visiting my grandfather in Nebraska when he fell and his head went through the wall. We were told he wouldn't survive. As I sat in the hospital waiting for our family to arrive from around the country before taking him off life support, I was glued to the television watching Katrina unfold and it's aftermath. I held my grandfather's hand as he took his last breaths in the comfort of a hospital and never felt so blessed to have the opportunity so many in New Orleans were being denied. Every year that the anniversary of his passing arrives, I also think of everyone lost during Katrina. My heart and prayers go out to each of you who had to live through it. 🙏

[@Sushi2735]

I am sorry for your loss. What a thing to go through. My deepest sympathies.

[@ingridgallagher1029]

Amen to that my friend.

[@macktruckergirl6049]

Somehow this showed up in my recommended videos and I'm glad I clicked on it. As a weather enthusiast, and a previous flood plain manager for the organization I work for, I loved this documentary! Seeing the actual timeline of how everything actually happened is so much more informative than what the news was showing back when Katrina hit. I think it could be used by many public organizations in partnership with FEMA, the Red Cross and other such groups, as an educational tool for better preparedness and always considering the worst possible outcome in order to save more lives during future storms. Excellently and very professionally done. This one video may make me a subscriber.

[@conradbreitfeller3841]

Ten years later this is suggested to everyone and we all watched the whole thing

[@Adok24]

I actually searched for katrina vid, dont know why and this came up

[@iam0jordan0JE0edmund]

I did not watch the whole thing.

[@silvadic2207]

You too?

[@angelthompson5862]

16 years

[@conradbreitfeller3841]

@@angelthompson5862 the video came out 11 years ago, but when I made the comment it was 10 years ago

[@davidlambert2111]

A time I’ll never forget. One of the most devastating events in my life. I’m still kinda speechless 15 years later. People are still searching for loved ones 15 years later

[@theoneandonly1158]

I bet. Heartbreaking.

[@minnesota7010]

Wow.

[@columbusohio72]

Organs

[@Elyricist746]

I lot of people was probably murdered during the chaos...some girl had dismembered her bf and reported him missing right b4 the hurricane...smh...

[@user-qy6tu9ip9v]

@@Elyricist746 Do you have an article for this?

[@brianstaley9269]

Excellent footage and documentary. Made me realize just how bad these people suffered while I watched from my television in WV. Thank You!

[@cmeflywva]

@Mike WV I love our mountains.

[@koholohan3478]

💙💛

[@hattieeaster1311]

5

[@inarcidyeastrail5728]

WHY WOULD HE NOT LET THAT MAN IN HIS CAR ? WHY DID HE TELL THAT MAN HE HAD NO ROOM ? JESUS IS GOING TO ASK HIM ABOUT THIS .

[@sarahmorton5481]

Uu

[@stephanieadams1006]

Watching your documentary so many years after this major devastating disaster brought tears, I lived in Laurel Mississippi at this time and know and lived through the magnitude of the disaster. It will never ever be forgotten and these area will never ever be the same. To this day Mississippi Gulf Coast to New Orleans is forever changed from the way I remember from before Katrina. Bless everyone that endured the disaster and everyone of you that came to all our aids. God bless us every one.

[@amandahankins2731]

Laurel Mississippi here too and I'm trying to comprehend someone coming here from where they are from just to document this and couldn't offer help to one man in NOLA whom more than likely had no means to get out like they did

[@harmonywold1974]

This man was asked for a ride to shelter and refused. He left a desperate soul to die. He couldn't fit him in his car. How do you sleep at night! I hope that mans face haunts you. You could have brought him to shelter.

[@lstroud454]

READ THE DESCRIPTION ... IT EXPLAINS IT ... ​@@amandahankins2731

[@kathrynkovacich9235]

I've been reviewing alot of Hurricane Katrina info now, April of 2020... despite wanting to throw negative criticism at everything I read I can't with this... it's simply EXTREMELY WELL DONE. Without the typical sensationalism such as fixating on footage of dead bodies or the racism or the neglect of the disinfranchised( spelling?) ,this was presented honestly, in a matter of fact style and calm demeanor that even the most seasoned reporters couldn't have duplicated. Great job. This end result here justifies why it's still important for SOMEONE to put themselves in danger to report what they see... historical relevanceThank you for taking the risk yourself.

[@BettyMcCool-h5y]

My husband and I went to New Orleans 2 years after Katrina hit. 2 years! And it still looked like the hurricane had hit yesterday in a lot of areas. There were still people handing out bottled water and people still living in their houses without electricity. It was very sad and very sobering.

[@captainrikcaldwell9375]

2023 still damaged structures downtown New Orleans

[@Yanilovexox]

We went in 08 it looked like a ghost town I barely seen any people

[@Shhhhhhhhhh130]

Watching this and the poor man that asking for a ride then being turned down is extremely upsetting to me. Usually in times of great tragedy humans help one another

[@Letarianmilton]

Wow . I was only 14 when this happened. I only experienced what happened from the East off Bullard. I didn’t see how bad it got everywhere else. Amazing footage! It brought back flashbacks! But it’s a blessing to see how much progression has happened since then to the city. Thank you.

[@kczimrolie9053]

check out my youtube and leave some feed back

[@shamikacallis242]

I have watched sooooo many Katrina videos,and still today 4/10/23…It still saddens me,so deeply sad! Give thanks to all the people that are still striving to win,and a heartfelt hug to alllllll the families that didn’t make it!!! May you continue to try to find peace in your journey of life🤲🏾

[@nickjeffrey8050]

I'm half way in and this is by far one of the best videos I have ever watched on KZbin Your commentary was next level amazing

[@SuV33358]

I was on the edge of my seat watching this, my anxiety was like I was there. How do you even BEGIN to clean something like this up??? I have no words... ....I want to cry

[@dancingrabbit5842]

I did cry. I lived thru it in New Orleans. Six weeks in hospital. First time I've seen footage like this.

[@justinhenry1766]

I'm from Houston I watched the news the whole night that night and cried my little heart out because I knew how many lives that storm was taking over night in such little time the sadest was the sun was shining the next day and the Astrodome was filled up but that wasn't the last of New Orleans it got bad for Houston we didn't see that coming

[@jenniferfields7113]

@@dancingrabbit5842 I had knee surgery and saw the whole thing and was just crying ..Minneapolis MN

[@susanflowers7969]

Sir! You did an excellent job explaining everything that happened, not ONLY to the People that lived there! But also to yourself. Thank you for the visual aide to the story!

[@hannah_no-tana]

i’m from biloxi, we live in the north side across the bay. My home which was built in the 70’s had been through 4 category 4 hurricanes, and my mother thought we could wait out the storm. my father, who had never even experienced a hurricane before, refused to stay. Thankfully we went four hours north and got out 3 days before the suggested evacuation day. My house, which is 100 yrds off the water, was submerged in 10 ft of flood water and debris. The roof had caved in and 2 cars floated into what used to be the living room. If we had followed the advice of everyone else, to wait out the storm, we would have died or been severely injured. Now at the mention of anything stronger than a cat 2 coming towards the coast, nearly everyone evacuates

[@Stardomplay]

Thank God you guys made it out

[@retrofox3084]

The guy at 1:01:21 ... what a guy. Having to do that to survive and getting his dogs at the same time ... wow You can see him trying no to burst into tears just wow

[@greenbeagle13]

Yes, he cared about his dogs, unlike some in New Orleans who left them tied to the houses.... They should not be allowed to have animals.

[@dougmcdougal3777]

@@youtubeillegallydeletesacc1525 ..........are you being racsist???

[@AmberStreetFilms]

It was hard seeing the paint on the house that said Dogs...1 dead, 1 taken 10/1 and so long after the hurricane for it to be taken. What the poor animals went thru as well as the people was horrendous. Heartbreaking.

[@buddytoups1129]

“I didn’t have tools” He was probably in his attic. So many died in Katrina by seeking high ground in their attics with no escape. I suffered a glancing blow by Katrina just south west of NOLA. My heart still hurts for those in NOLA and the gulf coast.

[@MarkTaylor925]

Without a doubt the best documentary I have seen about the devestation of Katrina. Thank you for the unbiased reporting.

[@karenwerth8484]

A couple years after Katrina I came down with a youth group part of the National Youth Gathering for the ELCA. We broke up in groups to help clean parks, rough frame houses and paint schools, we were told during orientation to talk to the residents because they wanted to tell their stories. 25,000 youth spread out and got our hands dirty was a good feeling to help so many people

[@michael8780]

After the loss of life, one of the worst things that happened during this time was inflicted upon Veterans that were inpatients at the VA in New Orleans thanks to the governor of Louisiana. I know 1st hand because I was a manager in the VA in Jackson, MS where FEMA set up their base in our parking lot as Katrina headed toward the coast. We had a helicopter pad setup and had coordinated a plan to fly the vets to the regional airport here then use helicopters to get them to our VA and in rooms that were set up just for them. We even had gurneys staged in the hallway waiting on them. Within hours of starting the operation, the Louisiana governor decided she knew better and halted the movement making them wait as the floodwaters were rising. After some hours, she inflicted a trip, of several hours, to the Alexandria, LA VA, by military 2.5-ton trucks, with a very very harsh ride, upon Vets who were already very sick and many hooked up to life-saving equipment. This never made it into the news and those who witnessed it 1st hand were left in astonishment then angered that the LA Governor had jeopardized their health for the sake of here political opportunism.

[@slackjawedyokel1]

that was just the tip of the ice berg of how aunt bea screwed things up

[@ingridgallagher1029]

I think something similar what happened to my late great uncle Allen. He was a WW2 vet with schizophrenia, living in a home and we temporarily lost track of him bc they delayed relocating him at the last minute. There was not time to notify anyone I guess. My grandfather had a lot of guilt for not taking his brother with him after being so scared that he was lost. Thankfully he was found and lived a good while after that ordeal.

[@MJIZZEL]

I'm a vet and I'm seen at the VA your talking about. Live 3 miles from it here in Pineville. I sat with a vet at the nursing home and met at least 5 that made that trip and remained there. This was 2012. They said it was a horrible trip in the back of those deuce and a halfs.

[@michael8780]

@@MJIZZEL MJ, I pray Your experience is better than theirs Was at NO VA at your va there.

[@vgames89]

What I also love is that this documentary captures more of the social aspect of the storm. You see people's reactions and attitudes.

[@MrHereWeGoYo]

This is easily the best look inside the storm I've seen. I mean, I certainly understand why there isn't more footage like this so thank you for this video.

[@feliciajohnson1668]

I am holding my breath the whole way through the video as if I was there riding with you 🤦 Great video! Glad you were safe.

[@kingofthecatnap5422]

I think I've watched this doc 3 or 4 times now. Outstanding (literally). Thank you again for braving that nightmare! Obviously, very important work to so many us.

[@StarBudgets]

I live in Houston and I remember this very well!! I remember the buses one after another arriving at the Astrodome of people who stayed and were rescued who literally had nothing but the clothes they were wearing! So heartbreaking, but so humbling to see how the US came together helping.!❤️

[@rudymora8848]

Now this footage and narration is how a professional would do it. Thank you so much for all of your work and the 101 on a devastating cat 4 to 5 hurrricane.

[@camgoss3843]

This has got to be one of the Best and Up close hour by hour breakdowns I have ever seen 💯🔥🔥

[@Vito_Tuxedo]

I just stumbled onto this...and ended up watching the entire video in one swell foop. Brilliantly done,sir! No hype or sensationalized, politicized BS. The first-person perspective in the attempt to escape the flood was riveting. Old Mr. Smith nailed it: people place their faith in politicians and bureaucrats who take our money in return for utterly incompetent performance that isn't worthy to be called "government". It's still happening. There has to be a better way.

[@eyeceereality6487]

Wow! R.I.P Anyone Who Lost Any Loved Ones During That Horrible Period 💔❤🌏

[@CycloneSakura]

May all 1800 people who lost their lives in katrina rest in peace😔🌀

[@w.allencaddell6421]

Storm Chasing Video, First, as a paralyzed disabled veteran, I salute you and your team. Storm Chasing is very important and very dangerous. I also want to tell you not to pay any attention to the haters that posted. You don't have to answer to any of them. Myself, when I post some things on KZbin I don't give anyone a chance to respond because I really just don't want to hear them.

[@samanthagxld]

Katrina was an experience I’ll never forget. It’s weird because I didn’t see how traumatizing it was to me until I look back now. I was in 8th grade at the time. It still feels like a long strange dream that never happened.

[@janicejeandron7239]

I was a freshman in high school. No power for three months. It was so hot. I live next to lake Ponchatrain

[@marquisdenzel6761]

I was 7 at the time I still remember being in the superdome

[@iam_msbritani]

I was a freshman in high school. I agree with you i didn’t realize how traumatizing it was then, it’s like you know it happened but it still feels like a strange dream.

[@mizzouranger134]

If something is actually traumatic to you you don’t forget that’s it’s traumatic. That’s not how that works. It may be sad to you but that’s not trauma. Trauma sears into your brain and you literally can’t forget even though you want to. It’s disrespectful to people who actually were traumatized to act like you were but forgot that you were traumatized. It’s gross.

[@janicejeandron7239]

@@mizzouranger134 actually you can put things in the back of your head that was traumatic. If it’s really traumatizing you tend to forget it ever happened, it’s a coping mechanism that your brain does. Google it I promise it can happen

[@Christy_Leigh]

I lived through this in Mississippi. We are 45 min drive inland. It was absolutely devastating even where we live. It took years for parts of south miss to recover. Thousands of people where left with nothing. I had never been so scared in my life. The storm was so loud. We were weeks w/out power and water. Buildings next door were being ripped apart and pieces of it just blew through our back yard, and we just stood watching the devastation through the windows. Trees were down everywhere you look. The hurricane itself was terrifying but the aftermath was equally as troubling. Many many people came in and did so much volunteer work and donated so many things.

[@Bayoubebe]

We’re in Houma and go to the coast occasionally. Went a few months ago and I still can’t believe the difference in the landscape. I’m 41, so remember the area right before Katrina. Still so haunting when we go there. There’s just so many things about the landscape that will never let us forget Katrina.

[@maxkuykendall5866]

This documentary is, without doubt, the most comprehensive inclusive presentation I have ever seen on any topic. The footage and audio made the narrator's account come to life once again. I could almost feel the awe and anxiety of being present. Thank you ! Superb work?

[@laurellynn8496]

Just watching as IDA , the Beast, approaches The beloved NoLo. Great footage captured. I appreciated the references to the rescuers that waited to take people to safety. An the knowledge of allowing the viewers to see exactly where you were once the water was high. Blessings to All 8-29-21

[@neightneight1280]

There is an instinctual pull to witness the power of nature: glad you were able to capture this moment of history. Good narration & editing; how much footage did you end up with? What credentials do you need to show authorities? I rather wanted to hear more on-scene narration- for natural reactions maybe. Brave work, comrade!

[@notsure1115]

+StormChasingVideo I enjoyed your video. It took giant balls to drive around in that flood. Great job!!!

[@Softail77us]

I watched it all the way through without daydreaming. Good job! Thank you.

[@lilitudeamnocte248]

I have adhd too. Lol 😆

[@nickawilliams5175]

I'm so glad we decided to leave New Orleans b/4 the storm. When we were a/b to return back home a month later, our house had a 9ft storm surge and the mold was horrible.

[@glendaroberts5965]

I was two hours north of where the eye made landfall. The wind howled for what seemed like days. You could hear the roof groaning. My bosses daughter lived southeast from me and it totally devastated their neighborhood. Took a week for them to clear our road. We were without fresh produce or meats for two weeks and gas shortage forced most to stay home even if they needed supplies. We ate MREs for a month. They begin to grow on you after awhile. We moved from FL in early 70’s after Camille came through. I hope we don’t have another Katrina in my lifetime. If the levees would have held all those lives lost in New Orleans would have been saved. It’s so very sad.

[@m1g0t0]

I lived through it in Jackson Mississippi. You could hear pines in my back yard snap every minute or so. No power, water, phones for two weeks.

[@lisahalls3065]

Glad you made it love thank the Lord now amen

[@Chuckjr777]

Thanks for sharing this video. I was working with the Red Cross when Katrina hit. I helped man a call center in Massachusetts that was processing calls for help from the New Orleans area. It was So, heart wrenching listening to those who needed help.

[@graemebennett6982]

Excellent reportage : no "drama queen " stuff. Just calm and pragmatic commentary. The reporter kept his calm,took his chances well,and deserved the results

[@keriwhitmire1953]

Omg I feel SO sorry for everyone involved and everyone that lost their lives that day including all the animals.

[@ryanparraguez1992]

You guys did a beautiful job shooting this video during Katrina I went through Irma down here in 2017 in key west a category 5 our upper keys got destroyed but where I was at it was minor damages It took us a couple years to re build and got our island back on track but still needs improvements but we didn't experience the horrible flooding or storm surge you guys got from the levees failing but God bless you guys for putting this video out for us I watch this video so many times and pray for the ones who lost their lives

[@davidimhoff2118]

I watched this whole video. I can't imagine actually seeing the lower 9th ward. So much death and disaster. It's hard when the amount of people that needed help really couldn't get help as fast as they wanted it. I think people wanted their lives back faster than what FEMA was doing. I can't imagine going through this.

[@dknowles60]

hint they were to dumb to leave

[@fdddsigns7274]

I literally outran Katrina... A normally 3 hr drive took 14 hrs ... Wound up in a State Park outside of Alexandria... Then trying to come back was a nightmare...no electricity= no gas... It was PURE insanity

[@harmonywold1974]

This man denied help to someone in need. He killed a man.

[@leoross5777]

FEMA couldnt even hand out bottled water efficiently

[@ctowns6541]

I watched every second of this video and I thank you for risking your life to get the footage. It was mind blowing to watch. I would have had a heart attack driving through that water! P.S. I don't blame you one bit for not opening your car to complete strangers! It doesn't matter what kind of situation you're in, you have no idea what someone's intentions are. Besides, you weren't there for search and rescue! It was your prerogative to move along if you wanted! Anyways... thanks again! Stay safe!

[@Seiaeka]

ctowns6541 Furthermore, he had no idea just how bad the situation was. By that point in the vid, it just seemed like rainwater flooding and some serious wind. I'm sure if he'd known the levees were broken, he would have thought more about making a different decision based on information. He even risked himself to go out and see if the levee was intact or not.

[@KaileyB616]

Exactly, you honestly don't know what someone's intentions are, especially in a natural disaster. It's even sketchier if you're by yourself...

[@estebanmorales6568]

Get real, this guy "risked his life" to get footage he knew he could make a buck off of. Nothing more.

[@mrkipling2201]

Not really. He was documenting social history. If there was a ‘ buck ‘ to be made then where were you with your video camera??

[@leggiemeggie5837]

I went to New Orleans a couple months after Katrina and drove out to Biloxi .. the damage was so immense along the entire route. It was unbelievable. I recently went back this last year and did the same drive, checking to see how each community has changed since then. It brought back lots of memories.

[@thepurplemonkeysrule]

I remember this, we were supposed to start school August 22 but they had us stay home. Schools didn't open for another three weeks. We had wood on all the windows but that didn't stop anything. I was probably six years old. Probably the scariest thing that has ever happened to me. It's so impressive how miami recovered.

[@Distillapride]

Watching while Ida approaches Louisiana. Hoping for the best for everyone in NOLA.

[@maryhenley1660]

Thank you for making this film and sharing some and other who who now have a better understanding about this storm.

[@Gunshinzero]

We left that Thursday before the storm and way before the mandatory evacuation and it took us like 10 hours to get to Baton Rouge. I remember seeing a guy on a bike pass us on Airline Highway and fade off into the sunset. Katrina was more of an engineering disaster for New Orleans than a natural one. It should have never flooded. Poor maintenance.

[@samanthagxld]

It took us 13 hours to get to Alexandria

[@rdc8850]

I came from a video titled 'pbs predicted hurricane katrina' and from what I watched. They already knew this would happen so they issued evacuation

[@alyxiavr7623]

@@rdc8850 same

[@beckyshock3099]

Yes, I would have also, why did so many wait until it was impossible???

[@cuteincolour4289]

It wasn't maintenance. It was the actual structure. The Engineering Corps made a mathematical error in calculating how much stress would occur on the soil at base of the levees with a hurricane surge. They also didn't drive the supports into the ground far enough. They've rebuilt them with a new design but they haven't been tested irl with a storm the size and location of Katrina.

[@carriewinfield5927]

Who’s Watching This At Home In 2020

[@thahomiecousinbang9371]

Carrie Winfield it’s bout 1am I’m laying in the bed in the fetal position under the blanket it’s raining as I’m typing this

[@reillymoore3257]

At "stay-at-home" during Covid-19. Everyone stay safe. This too shall pass.

[@HurricaneHusky]

@@thahomiecousinbang9371 im reading this at 3:00am and it is too raining

[@drummer4christ205]

Here in NE FL. Seen a few in my time. Lucked out mostly. No real major damage

[@matthewstoltman]

The guy tells him he has no room in his car. That’s a shitty move. No respect. Not a hero.

[@BEV0323]

I've been through Camille in 1969 and Katrina in 2005...both were devastating. As a result I now live up here near Florence, yes, I moved away from all the hurricanes on the coast!

[@moemcgovern7345]

We had Hurricane Sandy. The worst Hurricane in my life time; but not as bad as Katrina.

[@Harpplayer504]

I commend you on your bravery and persistence, most people wouldn't attempt a hurricane documentary, especially one driving a truck! I live in New Orleans and I didn't stick around for the storm! Great footage !

[@CrustyUgg]

The amount of ppl that leave their animals tied up to die in hurricanes/floods is disgusting!

[@1456Sassy]

Pretty senseless! If they can't take them to a shelter with them, leave them loose. Animals are pretty smart in severe weather. I know my outside dogs took cover in a ditch during a tornado.

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

I could neverrrrrrr leave my Bindi 🐕 behind.

[@markholroyde9412]

That's thick as fk ChinAmericans for you,

[@MaryOKC]

Stupid is as stupid does at the peril of other life.

[@octoberdawn1087]

I didnt evacuate bc no one would let me bring my two little dogs. I was pregnant. I was in the Bay. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@victoriaharrington7644]

I lived through Rita with the flooding in our home and having both hurricanes hit that year destroying all of Louisiana was something nobody can explain unless you lived it. Last year with Laura and now 16 years to the day with Ida. Praying for the city of New Orleans

[@tylercox1875]

I lived through Rita and katrina being born in 2001 but I don’t remember Rita at all and barely remember katrina as I was 3 about to be 4 when katrina hit It wasn’t as bad here in Mississippi as it was in lousiana but our buildings were still damaged and without power and water for a week. I’m typing this as ida approaches where I live

[@victoriaharrington7644]

@@tylercox1875 how did your are come out after Ida? I lived through Katrina as well, Katrina/Rita back to back then Ike/Gustav then Laura/Delta. It seems to always been a super bad hurricane then cat 1/tropical storm right after to top it off. I love Louisiana but living through hurricanes are killing me

[@tylercox1875]

@@victoriaharrington7644 i still have power just small tree limbs and pine straw everywhere some areas lost power but it’s not nearly as bad as the coastal areas got

[@Bayoubebe]

@@victoriaharrington7644I agree, we’re in Houma and I feel after our daughter graduates in 3 yrs…I want to move. I mean, I don’t want to but I think we’ll have to. It’s so sad, but damn we are all tired of this.

[@kathykay2010]

Thanks for the extreme coverage and the assistance you provided to those you could help. You two truly did risk your own well being to get the coverage nobody else was able or willing to provide. That entire city was a death zone for humans and animals alike. It's so sad, so many innocent lives lost. They never knew there could be such a massive failure of the system they had been assured would work! Yeah, RIGHT! I wish you had come across Barry Cowsill before he perished. He was the bass player for the group, The Cowsills, from the late 1960's. They sang Hair, Indian Lake, and The Rain, The Park, or, I Love The Flower Girl. He went missing after the flooding. They found his remains in late December. He is one of the lives lost in this needless disaster. I'm with the elderly man that wanted to know what had really happened to all the money they were supposed to have used to make sure the levy and the pumps worked in a disaster such as Katrina. In my humble opinion, this was yet another man-made disaster that could and should have been totally avoided if those in authority had done what they were supposed to do. Nagin isn't the only one that should of gone to prison. There are a lot of local and government officials that failed the people before and after Katrina. As the writing on the wall of the house said so well, "THANKS FOR NOTHING FEMA!"

[@MaryOKC]

Amazes me hotels don’t take pets in an emergency situation...and public transportation could have bused people out of the city... ...

[@hunterwatkins9858]

Amazes me hotels don’t take pets in an emergency situation...and public transportation could have bused people out of the city... ...

[@sharoncrawford3042]

Major failure of the mayor they had at the time. Did nothing.

[@j_rainsgoat3929]

My pets getting snuck into a hotel during a hurricane. No doubt.

[@leikilimaile2565]

Wow thanks for the filming you guys did at such great risk… GOD Bless all who suffered from this hurricane and to who worked to rescue folks🙏

[@luisbarahona3722]

This documentary is amazing all thru the eyes of one person like you don’t loose track of what’s happening

[@sullivansteed7277]

Watching this on the 16th anniversary of Katrina just as hurricane Ida is about to strike almost the exact same spot

[@wwade614]

Me too 🙏🏽

[@victoriaharrington7644]

Same here

[@davidtryon1205]

Same. Prayers go out for them.

[@MarcMullo]

Thanks!

[@StormChasingVideo]

Thank You!

[@ariw9405]

This was by far the most compelling footage of this disaster. While we appreciate all the amazing footage you captured, the best part was you and Chris made it out with your lives. The risk level you all experience doing this work is mind blowing.

[@I-am-not-D1-4U]

But you missed something that was very disturbing about certain parts of this video that this person filmed look @ 28:26 to 29:22 and then look at around 1:07:16 to 1:08:27 tell me what is wrong it’s not hard to figure out.

[@christiansgrandma6812]

The Westbank was the safest place to be.. I'm glad you made it through. Many areas you were at often floods . Great coverage. What stood out most when we came back home after Rita, was the silence. There were no bird sounds. It felt as if you were in a ghost town. .

[@curtroc5754]

Yes this is one of the best documentaries that I have seen. I’m glad you was able to make it out though. This was like watching a movie sitting on the edge of the couch.

[@shmoneygangt.v.318]

Lord 16 years ago. I was a kid then. Now we getting ready for 🌀Hurricane Ida. My anxiety levels are through the roof right now🥺🙏🏾 for my state🧘🏽‍♀️

[@tamitami9275]

Many payers from Tampa Florida, may you all be safe and dry!

[@AniteaTaylor]

Wishing you well.

[@HappiiWheels]

I'm in South Mississippi. Were gonna get through it. 🙏

[@davidtryon1205]

Prayers brotha, get out if u can. Better safe for a few days then taking grave chances.

[@tamitami9275]

@@HappiiWheels Brightest blessings for Tampa!

[@RobdaVegasMailman]

Watching the videos, I'm still amazed that you made it out before the flooding hit. I often wonder if the guy hadn't approached you at 28:30, would you have been able to? I don't think that WWL was reporting anything on the levees yet. I know that he mentioned N. Robertson and Louisa Streets, which are quite a ways from where you were located. So, he had to be walking for a long time to get there.

[@AdornedLove]

Yup, that guy saved his life yet he wouldn't even give him a lift in a hurricane. Oh the irony.

[@huneyboss1672]

M Hayes-Pace I couldn’t leave em. It’s a natural disaster he’s not out hitch hiking. Can’t drive a guy a couple blocks to save his life? That’s sad.

[@MaryOKC]

Huney Boss he only had a couple more blocks to walk...he still had time to get there but I was thinking the same thing.

[@NajSinghs...CreativeRecipes]

That was f*cked up. He left him to die.

[@gmseasy]

@@NajSinghs...CreativeRecipes then gave the white guy a ride at the end. But left the black guy in the storm.

[@dlane7539]

I remember Hurricane Katrina. I live in WA state so we've never had a hurricane so I was hard for to grasp how destructive it could be. My heart hurts for those affected.

[@nstark1066]

I recall the massive influx of evacuees from NO when lived in Houston, just after Katrina. Some were shifty, but all were taken in to shelters.

[@HappyH-25]

Had just moved to Baton Rouge when Katrina hit. I was 14 at the time. We were lucky for sure, but I’ll never forget the news directly after, 100’s of children’s names flashing across the screen listed as missing/taken by flood waters. During the storm I was listening to the radio and a man was being interviewed because he decided to stay in New Orleans to ride it out. He sounded scared on the radio and then all you could hear was wind and loud noises over the line, line went dead soon after. I always hoped and prayed he made it out alive. Praying Ida doesn’t devastate 🙏🏼

[@amenazamusica]

Can u send me the link to the news feed

[@HappyH-25]

@@amenazamusica link to what?

[@ashleyhall3179]

Best Katrina movie out! Js! The footage y'all got was absolutely amazing

[@TigerPat_9180]

Thank You for Your Hard Work , Time & Effort . I first found Your Channel when I Typed in Hurricane Michael 2018 , almost 4 years after it happened , that I witnessed the Eye 👁️ go over me . Watched all of Your Hurricane 🌀 Ian , Live Chats & Videos . Had to see what you had on Katrina . Very well Documented , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

[@kreshawnjackson5382]

Absolutely the best footage and story I have seen yet,you managed to get a closer better look than any other video I have watched on Katrina,I really appreciate your work,great job

[@janicejeandron7239]

I remember this like yesterday, being told it wasn’t going to hit Louisiana until last minute. We left the day of. Traffic was so bad we could only get to Mississippi. We stayed in a hotel with no power. The winds flung the doors open. It was scary. People were using the bathroom in the hall way. When we finally got home we had no power. We lived without power for three months.

[@thecivilregime2505]

Wow

[@marymichell2329]

Just WOW! So glad that you were able to get out; I was on the edge of my seat. I guess that I knew you had to have escaped because we have this video but still. It was very eye opening. These hurricanes are getting bigger and stronger as the planet heats up and I feel for all those in their path.

[@dont-call-me-et-al]

My only question is: What car were you driving? It really outdid itself here combined with your quick thinking!

[@truelegend816]

He said it was a truck

[@iWerli]

@@truelegend816 he said it was an SUV lol

[@highboymountaingrow1117]

Ide be more worried about hydrolocking it than any debris

[@t.r.4496]

I was on the west coast of Florida sitting in a Bucket Truck waiting for the storm to come thru so 50 other trucks could roll in and restore power in Miami. After a week there we headed to LA.

[@DavidMartin-rl4ov]

I thought I heard Jeep Fiesta?

[@borgi9690]

As a person who personally went through this storm....I will say this....there are 2 kinds of people when something like this happens.....those that will bend over backwards for you and those that will.......ummm....keep driving and not pick up a person. It is easy for you to blame the mayor or that the levy's broke, or what ever reason you had. But what it comes down to is -- you were afraid to pick up a person IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM. shame on you. Even all these years later, I cannot shake the sounds from the hurricane. I could not imagine leaving someone out in the middle of it

[@KadeejiaDenise]

I felt the same way. Especially once I got to the part where he was willing to help the other guy and take him to his parents house. Went from no room for a ride down the street to room to take him to his parents house.

[@jamaicalinson4628]

Right i had git so mad dat was very low down n sad

[@jtfoog5220]

He was a couple blocks from shelter, moron. Didn’t you hear him give directions to the safe hotels with the other media and cops?

[@mctavish4496]

Read the bloody description!! It explains why he did what he did. I totally agree with him.

[@jaliciialake6189]

Exactly we know why…