Hurricane Katrina A Storm Chaser's Story

[@jansalomin]

How is this not more popular, this is professional documentary quality.

[@StormChasingNetwork]

I agree my crappy video I put together has 100k

[@clrum9427]

I love these old storm chaser videos, they hav a completely different vibe than newer ones

[@JimEdds]

I cut this one mostly for the people in Mississippi so they could see everything before the Hurricane destroyed it. It was a long road to recovery but it came back eventually.

[@OMGpandemic]

This footage is crazy good! I can't believe Katrina was almost 20 years ago already!

[@heatherstub]

It was 18 years ago yesterday, August 29, 2005. It is crazy. I remember telling people at the cathedral I go to to take one long, last look at New Orleans, because it won't be the same after tomorrow! Incidentally, I hate to be right in cases like that. I'd always wanted to visit New Orleans, but I never got around to it, and it's just not "The Big Easy" anymore.

[@allisona5403]

I also love that even though you go through the most horrific storms, you still try and keep yourself as safe as possible

[@kamikariad]

32:00 ????

[@undercooked_spaghettios]

I'm shocked this doesn't have more views. I've never seen such an in-depth, comprehensive look at the development and aftermath of a storm before, and in such good quality too! It wasn't flashey or over-edited, but raw and engaging! This is what documentaries SHOULD be. Keep up the good work Jim!

[@rethamoore4282]

I'm sure my words are extremely wrong for my thoughts but how else do you say I loved this video and not make it sound horrible! The thing I loved about it was the beginning where we got a small look back at the before Katrina happened and we could see our little bit of Heaven. Gulf Port and Long Beach were Heaven to me and I truly enjoyed my few visits to those AMAZING PLACES. To get to see those places before all the destruction brought tears to my eyes. After Katrina I think I stayed in a fog that lasted forever, even to I still can't believe it and call up videos of this nightmare because I just can't believe it was all wiped away in just a few hours. My prayers were for all those lost and those that survived. I still pray on occasion for all of you even though it has been many years now . Everytime they say in the gulf I always think NOOO in my head. Georgia Nana here loves yall.❤

[@christianh7981]

Wow Jim you really are one of the OG’s of storm chasing. Thank you for posting this even years later the perspective is fascinating. If you have any more videos in the vault keep them coming 👍

[@ItsSpeltChayce]

27,000 views? That Is criminal. This should have millions of views.

[@JimEdds]

I only had this on KZbin since 10 months ago. I used AI to up res it to HD from old SD. This miniMove sold in Walmart stores around southern Mississippi and Alabama. It did quite well for 2005-2006l

[@christopherhobby8391]

Crazy footage but somebody’s gotta do it. It’s educational and shows the viewers the power and destruction it brings. Thanks for the video. May we never forget what Katrina did.

[@obxjeepguy]

Jim Edds is my hero. I’ll never forget watching him skid across Highway 12 on his a**, and about collide with an air conditioning outdoor unit during Hurricane Isabel. THAT was some ocean overwash!

[@JimEdds]

think I put a hole my my suit from that slide lol

[@obxjeepguy]

@@JimEdds No doubt 🤣

[@ash.lou613]

you know whats neat, you really learn alot about survival when you watch loads and loads of disaster documentaries. you quickly learn what gear to add to your fall out bag/area. i would suggest anyone also into survival, learn how things were done in the 1400s and down to the wartime era (1812-1945). back before modern took over.

[@ColdSid]

Not only about survival but also how to prepare for the worst case scenario .. one of the reasons Katrina was so devastating was because people didn’t take it serious enough due to the chance of it “turning”

[@allisona5403]

I cannot believe the quality of this footage especially considering it’s from 2005!

[@JimEdds]

I used a program called Topaz Video AI, thanks for watching.

[@maritfishgirl7357]

Even in 2023 this hurricane fascinates me

[@CoolDiamondsFTW]

I remember katrina so vividly (even though I was like 5 years old) my aunt lost her house by the 6ft surge and I remember going to Mississippi 5 weeks after the storm to clean up and find whats left or her house and I just remember all the distruction but the people were so optimistic. My aunt still says to this day "never again I'm living near the coast".

[@boogitybear2283]

I can’t get over how different the Mississippi Coast is compared to August 29, 2005.

[@regularYT]

HOW IS IT SO HIGH QUALITY FOR 2005!!?!?

[@JimEdds]

good question: I used a program to video enhance it to HD, took 2 days of computer processing great results I think. Thanks for watching and posting.

[@dennisbowen452]

​@@JimEddsits also because youtube use to have a terrible converter and made video quality look worse than it actually was. Plus, storm chasers even back in 2005 had better cameras than the standard nokia cellphone of thetime lol

[@jcolbyt82]

Gosh video wasn’t sent over the telegraph back then. We did have good quality video even back in those days. My cell phone would even record video back then, though admittedly it was almost impossible to see. 😜🤪 and if I remember correctly it even flipped open and closed. 😛

[@natecanale7889]

It's 2005 not 1995 thats about the time when tech was getting good good

[@cfhcowboy9292]

Great footage jim 👏 I love watch these footage videos I've watched a dozen you and Mark suddeth are among my favorite hurricane Katrina videos thank you sir

[@Funz]

great content. love watching this stuff, and definitely deserves more views

[@JimEdds]

Thank you Funz.

[@RayRayJr.]

Hey Jim, New Subscriber here. This is the 2nd video of yours I've watched. 1st one was Dorian. I'm going down the rabbit hole of your videos. You have great footage. Thank you and stay safe while Documenting for us viewers. At 40:00 I thought "Oh crap, there's an Alligator coming in the door."

[@JimEdds]

Thanks for watching @raygoforth27, I do have another in the pipe I've been working on for a while called, "Hurricane Irma, sinks the Florida Keys" or something catchy like that. It will up there with Dorian I think. I filmed Irma with cameraman Mark Rackley from "Wildboyz" series.

[@patwillis1893]

You guys were crazy brave. That was great... Mother nature is at her worst and best. I would have been terrified .😩😵‍💫😳

[@articlered2334]

Always a pleasure watching you jim

[@JimEdds]

thank you and thanks for watching.

[@thato596]

Wow this is a good video you have taken. It is all in HD . A well documented video jim

[@blankiesworld]

GIVE DIS MAN 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BRO

[@thalaptoppimp]

Man this is some relaxing and educational content.

[@JimEdds]

Thank you :) I try to make them educational and interesting.

[@lechiffrebeats]

32:30 that police unit on its way to fine Katrina for speeding

[@heatherstub]

Hey Jim. I wonder if there's more video featuring that flight available to watch/listen to? If there's a link, could you please reply with it? I hope it's free. Thank you so much.

[@heatherstub]

That dog at around 44:15 was scared. I hope someone was with him/her.

[@ezlow1065]

fascinatingly scary, thankyou for sharing! Greetings from Aus

[@justinowens9323]

Y’all have the coolest job in the world. And what I storm they might be awesome to witness but the destruction is awful my uncles lives in Florida wasn’t even in direct path of storm in middle of state and still lost part of his roof from the wind

[@gidget_]

I love your videos. I have a dumb question. Why do you call it a money shot?

[@JimEdds]

a term used in the old days . . . means the best shot in the whole event.

[@gidget_]

@@JimEdds okay. Thank you.

[@adamsimpson7610]

This is stuck in the back of my mind

[@shelliepage8271]

Just an FYI the coliseum is in Biloxi

[@user-jwill]

That’s insane 🤙

[@heatherstub]

Man! From 26:45 until the end of that clip, that was incredibly loud. Was that a GoPro?

[@AnotherRandomPoser]

we didn't have those back then. cameras that could record good quality video were still big.

[@JimEdds]

I had a custom surge cam housing I modified with a mic on the outside for underwater use. Trouble is there was lots of windnoise when used above water. A gopro will do the same thing but like someone said we didn't have those back then. The earlier gopros had a housing that took care of the wind noise problem. Good sound is difficult in a hurricane if you get out in it. Thanks for watching.

[@lilsaysothe1st]

@@AnotherRandomPoser gopros still suck lol

[@jordanpalacko6162]

Hey man. If you go out in a storm again don't stand under power lines. Lol

[@CommissionerLukadoncic]

Wait did tropical depressions always strengthen so fast or was the Gulf of Mexico just extra warm when Katrina hit

[@JimEdds]

good question . . . sometimes they strengthen quickly especially if you have all the right conditions and yes, the water was very warm in late August, doesn't get any warmer. Thanks for watching.

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Gulf of Mexico seems to vulnerable to rapid intensity as it's usually warm

[@10InchSnow]

902 millibars holy crap!

[@hdghhh9199]

That is one hit of hurricane Katrina damage ₹108 Billion

[@kitt3521]

Pelican at 48:35 looked like he was shaking his head in disbelief

[@f1nch1312]

Absolutely jaw dropping footage and documentary but not wearing a helmet outside during a cat 5 is absolutely insane to me, especially from a professional. The other guy wearing the helmet is then tasked with dragging your lifeless body inside if something were to have hit you. Just seems like an unnecessary risk that could have been avoided. I'm just some dude on the Internet though. Thank you for documenting this atom bomb of a storm regardless.

[@NickyD]

it wasnt a cat 5 at landfall it was a 3

[@Vee92521]

At 35:00 ish I was like oh hey wow someone on their yacht. Then I realized where you were (more inland) and was like oh shit.. the Hurricane and surge picked it up and is driving it. 😮

[@thescotster19]

48:49 You can't park there, mate.

[@tamaramaule6928]

2:25 Deerfield Beach

[@MC1Keever]

50:38 there's your money shot

[@natebiker1912]

$108 billion dollars 💸 that’s a lot of money 💰.

[@iWerli]

I predict this video will have well over 2m views a year from now. Just gotta wait on KZbin's algorithm to latch on. I hate to say it, but putting "extreme storm surge" or "150mph winds" in the title would probably make the algorithm catch on to it but obviously a respectful professional like yourself doesn't want to clickbait soyjak thumbnail this type of thing

[@f1nch1312]

It's only at 69k as of 8/2/24 (which is absolutely insane to me)

[@HiIexist2803]

Am I the only one who has wondered how he is not dead yet after Katrina Yolanda and ian

[@JimEdds]

because I mitigate the risks and have a lot of experience. Others push it a lot further than I do but that are usually not as experienced.

[@boogitybear2283]

Jim is excellent on where to plant himself during a storm. I’m sure he has a life jacket just in case he gets caught in water! Keep that life jacket by you always Jim!

[@lvgeeco7121]

The dogs always know

[@rallokkcaz]

Jim I love your videos but I literally can't watch these at night because the sound goes from nearly silent to 100% and clipping every minute and a half. Please god use a limiter on your audio!!! I'm going deaf.

[@JimEdds]

strange, no one has complained about the audio in 18 years since we made this DVD. I'm listening to it now, seems ok to me.

[@ItsSpeltChayce]

Sounds like a you problem, I don’t have this issue at all

[@iWerli]

​@@JimEdds I'm not sure he knows how audio works lol. You can't really go out in a hurricane with an afro pop filter to limit wind clipping 😂 I had no issue with the sound, obviously the audio is gonna clip when you're in 100mph winds

[@JimEdds]

@iWerli the surge cam audio I tried to lower in post as it uses an external mic, that's probably what he hears. Idon't like it either but that is the way it was set up initially. Probably could lower it even more-some people have sensitive ears. Thanks for watching everyone!

[@Super-typhoon_winnie]

2:23 4:52 22:38

[@wildwoodtop]

keep me safe Famous Grady Judd 🤟

[@KONGMYANG89]

You guys clearly don’t care about you guys lives. Why would you guys walk like that at the beginning. We know you guys are trying to collect data but you guys have to care about your own lives and know if it’s good to do or not.

[@averagejoe8849]

They obviously do care about their lives and they do this for a living. You have no knowledge of what they do and how they determine what is reasonable and unreasonable as far as risk. They don’t come down to the factory where you work and tell you that you are stacking the boxes wrong do they? So don’t preach to them or make such foolish remarks about things you clearly do not understand.

[@MarilynMansonIsBetterThanRap]

@@averagejoe8849 def agree

[@Julian-ns3it]

They are storm chasers it’s their job

[@vftsdorado9528]

Stop being such a lipstick

[@jaja2753]

At the very beginning? There was a wall there to keep them from being pulled in the ocean, might get a scratch or 2 but pretty much harmless.

[@arizonatsunami]

First.

[@whatwillbem6825]

Wow unbelievable coverage!!! Just came across this!!! Great video of such a horrific and sad storm… So heartbreaking knowing the end results…🥲

[@jonb2706]

Looters are horrible human beings. So disgusting.

[@AbleBodied]

Sorry I was a nurse during Katrina. That's NOT looting it's called forging when you have NOTHING. You could NOT find a dry diaper in all of New Orleans . Dads' were murdered by US Reservists for trying to find dry diapers in the wasted Walmart. YOU have no idea what people had to do to eat and drink. It was Martial Law in New Orleans if the U.S. Reservists saw you they were ordered to shoot you on sight. This video doesn't show the hell of New Orleans. It's a good thing because Americans can NOT handle what we had to handle. Murder is a hell of a lot worse than a hurricane. I pray you won't look or find one thing if a disaster comes your way. And you NEVER know!