Problems Guitarists Face When A Hurricane is Coming Their Way!

[@mrkkenny]

So happy to see you and your family are safe and your home was not badly damaged.

[@gescheitine]

Hi Damian, I’m living in Montreal city’ s outskirts in Canada, and we had your “hurricane s tail”. It was not nasty as yours, far from that, but we had a feet of rain in something like 4 hours, which I never seen in my 49 years of my life ! And the rain decided that it would be a “great guest” in my basement, therefore I’ve lost everything from that, my dearest guitar too (SG Epiphone Standard with the white squares onto the fretboard 😢) and my 2 amps. I was trying to save computers (iPads, Macs, PCs, graphic tablets, specials wires, books) and the flooding happened so fast (something like 2 or 3 minutes and it was up to my waist) then I had to let my guitars behind (I had a Fender Stratocaster too) and this is those that I missed much than anything else. I was playing about 3 hours a day since about 5 or 6 years. Useless to say that my days are so empty now. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get another one fast. In fact, I don’t think so. But I bought myself a theory book and I decided to perfect my knowledge while waiting and put money aside. I’m so happy that you saved yours. I will keep listening your videos and take some notes . The waiting will be much easy 😊. As Elvis used to say, “TCB’ and God bless you. Kareen.

[@kylemoran4343]

Super glad to hear you and yer loved ones made it thru both storms ! Sorry for not inviting you, or at least some of your equipment to our home in north Tampa, but we already had my father in law and some of his belongings that survived Helene. He lived on IRBch and his house was under 5 foot of sea water. Same up here. Power out for four or five days and tons of trees down, but all safe (wife, kids, cats and father in law) and alive including my beloved guitars and drums. Cheers ! I'll drink a cold beer for ya !

[@petset77]

I'm so happy for you. The entire Tampa area was fortunate that the storm went a bit south of you. As for your preparations, you did the right thing. You had to leave. You had to choose what belongings and most important guitars to bring. For Katrina in '05, I brought my '54 ES125 and a handful of others, but my son had my '64 Fender Precision, '66 Gibson Melody Maker, '65 Epiphone Texan acoustic, 60s Kay archtop, '76 Jazz bass, '90 Thunderbird bass, and others at the gulf coast house. He took my '68 Telecaster bass and the acoustics with him to safety, but all the others flooded, even with the house being 21' above sea level. I built it at that height because the record storm surge to date had been 19' during Camille in 1969, but it was 24'-11" for Katrina right there by the bay. The Thunderbird was toast, as the side body wings eventually fell off of the instrument besides the corrosion. The Precision, Jazz, Melody Maker, and other electrics were electrically dead, along with amps, recording gear, posters, photos, and memorabilia from my playing days since the 70s. I didn't feel bad at the time because I was blessed that everyone was okay and I had a ton of work ahead of me, there and at my house in New Orleans. Although I wasn't living at the coast house for years, I gutted the house, rebuilt it (rewired, plumbed, refinished interior walls, etc) for my son and his mom. ANYWAY, great job documenting the events you dealt with, and take care.

[@chriskastelic1491]

Damian, your story looks alot like mine. I'm also in the Tampa area. I have two trees in my back yard that completely uprooted. One palm in my front yard snapped off at the trunk. The house is okay. I'm glad your house and guitars made it out alright.

[@georgee5216]

I thought the problem facing a guitarist in a hurricane would be keeping the instrument in tune. Seriously, glad you and yours are fine. Now it's time to play Stormy Monday.

[@kellykent131]

Damian, I’m glad you and your family made it through. Great job taking all of the precautionary measures. I hope you never have to go through this again.

[@richardbutler2749]

I live by the sea in Hastings on the south coast of England, we have storms but nothing the like those you experience. I enjoyed your film, particularly because of the happy ending: people, guitars, beard and t-shirt collection, all in tact!!

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

I'm in the UK, and when I heard about Milton on the news, I wondered how it would affect Damian. Glad to see he came through without too much drama.

[@michaellandreth1392]

Glad to see you and all your family and Guitars are safe !

[@alejandronavgar8798]

I'm glad you're all well, greetings from Spain 💪💪👍👍🎸🎸

[@viperBSG]

Mr, Bacci, I'm so sorry you had to endure such an event. I'm glad you and your loved ones are all safe. Such a horrible event, but the good will come now and so many ppl who were so divded and polarized are now coming together and helping each other. I wish everyone down south that went through these evil storms all the best and the regions are very much in my Prayers. Be Safe, Be Happy.

[@RossMooreEnt]

Glad you and yours got through it ok. You are important to all of us!

[@bumblebee9875]

So wonderful to see you Damian and that the family is Ok. Thanks for showing us around your neighbourhood. Look forward to seeing you again soon.🙏👍💖

[@fenelonjazz9703]

En España lo hemos seguido por TV. Me alegro que lo hayais superado.Suerte y Fuerza amigo. ¡¡¡ 💪

[@wnctube1]

I'm so glad you and your family are safe and your property and those precious guitars are intact. We just survived Hurricane Helene here in Western NC last month. I was without power and water for 9 days and my internet wasn't restored until 23 days later. One thing I realized during a natural disaster is that people really do come together. Kudos to your local brewery for offering free food ❤ 🙏

[@jrenaud22]

So happy you and your family are safe. First thing I did when clicking this video was come to the comments to see the spoiler reactions. Was very glad to see happy reactions before watching your video❤

[@lancelotlink6545]

Damian, I'm happy to hear that things went well for you and you made it through this storm. I'm in the area and we faired well also. I'm very grateful for our blessings but it's difficult to be happy because there are so many people lost everything. We have been trying to help others where we can. I'd like to ask your viewers- if you are able- to contribute or donate to your favorite organizations in an effort to help some of those people. Let's count our blessing and share them if we can. Thank you Damian!

[@brainguy5132]

So glad you and yours are safe, and that the damage to your house was relatively minor!

[@andrewmcarthur3843]

Glad you made it through the hurricane, and that your guitars and amps are fine 🎸🎸🎸

[@rickcontreras4943]

May God Be with you

[@DWinegarden2]

I’m so glad you, your family and most importantly your guitars are okay!

[@alphadogstudio]

So glad you & your family are okay!

[@daddyrabbit4912]

So glad you were able to prepare and make it through. 🙏

[@treverswearingen8596]

Grateful that you're safe and sound! Cheers Damian!

[@steerpike50]

Glad you are safe man , keep on rockin

[@beckyalvarado5008]

I’m so glad you’re doing good along with your family, thanks you for what you do!

[@advokris]

Glad you are OK Damian. You are a very kind guitar teacher.

[@chalyjudge7749]

Thank you for sharing! Glad you and loved ones are safe. Rock on! 👍😎🙏❤️

[@l.j.mattingly4992]

So glad you and your loved ones are ok and I am looking forward to your next lesson video. And thank you for this video.

[@davidshort8226]

Glad to hear you guys did alright. I'm down in Manatee county and somehow got really lucky and didn't take any damage, but there were downed trees everywhere and some landed on houses. Glad to see that you were so prepared and safe!

[@LCMSM]

We live up north of you and we rode Milton out and were lucky to make it through.

[@johnlumwhal155]

It looks like all the preparation paid off. Glad you saw the turtle. Great to hear that you got the power back on. Hopefully all the other people will get their power back on real soon. Yeah, two hurricanes in a row would be pretty rough. Looking forward to more lessons. Take care

[@JFrit67]

Amazing you were able to remain so calm, outwardly at least, through such a stressful situation. Good on you.

[@PMUP2016]

Glad you are safe!

[@DolphinGuitar28]

Glad you are ok! Beautiful telecaster by the way

[@paulgxi]

Peace, brother.

[@liviots]

Hi Damian, I'm writing from Italy and we don't have problems with hurricanes but I'm very close to you and I'm happy that nothing serious happened to you and your family. the important thing is to always be positive. A big hug

[@stringmantony]

Thanks for the great video, Damian. I’m very happy to see that you and your family came through it all safe. 😊👍

[@ryanhull3171]

Hi, Damian.I'm glad everything's okay.Good to see that you are doing well

[@garypannone7755]

Glad you are safe and everything went well.👍

[@stevesstrings5243]

I’m glad to see you, your family and home are well!

[@cvankrieken]

Great to see you and your family and your stuff are ok !

[@timwilkson7637]

Damian, I am SO grateful you, your family and your guitars are ok! You are such a genuine and sincere person and a great guitar player!

[@BenMartinBox]

I'm glad that you, your loved ones, your home and precious guitars passed through Milton unscathed. I could tell how stressed and scared you were throughout all the video, until you returned home. Stay safe.

[@markmoody1954]

I watched your pre and post storm videos and found myself tense and stressing all through them. So happy to hear you and yours did ok! Keep smiling, keep playing btother!

[@jamesgarmirian8869]

Damian very glad your ok

[@BlackRaven156]

So glad you're OK!!! We appreciate your contribution tremendously! Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

[@JohnBlair-p2z]

bloody great news, mate. glad you came through ok. keep on rocking.

[@derekbrown6832]

Hi From the UK, thanks for posting this Damian. So glad to here you, your family, house, & all those lovely guitars, are safe, & sound😊. My heart goes out to all the others, who were less fortunate. We have friends who live over in Orlando, but all was good there, just some minor damage.

[@alessandrodilatte1659]

So so happy to see that you and your dears are safe!! Big hug from Italy

[@glenhill7604]

I was thinking about you when the news of the hurricane was mentioned on TV, here in the UK. Glad to see you and your family are safe. Best wishes and keep on rockin' 🎸

[@fivelocksun]

Dude! Good to see you, glad all is well!

[@leandroventuragautier5188]

Mucha fuerza!

[@d-mack-ga5340]

So glad you, your family, and friends are all okay...looking forward to your next tutorial!

[@richardockenden8669]

Thanks for posting this damian we were hoping you were ok here in U.K glad you are all ok. Best regards as alsways .

[@Mrfingerdancer]

Amazing video Damian , It was obvious how it was affecting you, so it's really good to know that all is reasonably well.

[@PelvisCashley]

I was wondering about you and praying for you and yours....thankful it turned out pretty well.....many thanks and continued well wishes from Texas.....very much appreciate your Rockabilly teaching.

[@chrisangiolillo9144]

Man Looks like you were home for a while getting Ready. I AM HUGE FAN of your channel and I'm so excited that you and The kids are OK. I was very concerned. In 2017 I was living and working (busking) in Key West...Here comes IRMA they said at the circle K "were in the cone" and I never heard that before im from New York. But I Recognize your nerves and your uncertainty here as I had an EXPERIENCE ...A long and insane story. BUT MOSTLY GLAD you are back in the back Room to Shred my face off 😂 every time I watch. AND THANK YOU BROTHER

[@daveadams5]

🎵Damian its so good to see you, your family, home and guitars made it through the storm! Always enjoy your videos, great to see how you survived without too much damage. Take care friend, my thoughts are with you all in Tampa Bay! Cheers!🎵

[@pan-k5o]

Welcome back Damian !

[@adamrosenfield1554]

You’re the best, Damian. I’m happy you and your family are well and your home (and guitars) survived. Love your perspective.

[@Tony-os6ib]

Thank you for your testimony! Your resilience and calm before such a catastrophy is inspirational

[@Damianblf]

Thank you so much. Cheers & keep on rockin' my friend :)

[@dakidd729]

Glad you and yours are ok. Love to you brother!❤

[@iangrant1192]

Thanks for sharing your experience Damian. Glad you and family are ok. You are a great teacher and an inspiration. Ian, Canada

[@Ric-Roze]

Damian, your positive mental attitude is awesome 👍👍

[@Damianblf]

Thank you for the kind words. Cheers & keep on rockin' :)

[@shanemannruff5166]

I’m down in Naples and I’ve been through a couple hurricanes. This was my first board up and thankfully Milton missed us but unfortunately, it got you a lot closer. Like you I have many guitars to consider and I do have a short ‘must save’ list that out of my 13 is only two: my main Custom Stratocaster and my main Jazz box (Eastman Pisano model). It was good to see you thought ahead and saved what was important. As hard as it is to say, guitars can be replaced, people can’t. Keep up the great lessons.

[@Frank-in-NY]

Excellent! Happy to see you and yours came through this disaster OK. You are so right, material things for the most part can be replaced, people can't, so there's much to be thankful for. 🤗🎸

[@earlbuffaloe6702]

So happy you and your family are safe and that your guitar collection is also safe. As you said, many people lost everything. Hoping that you’re back to normal now.

[@michaeldonaghey]

Thanks for sharing. So glad you came through relatively unscathed.

[@johnsimmons6136]

We are so glad that you, your daughter, home and Thai has made it through ok.

[@markbaird2657]

Wow! Glad you and your family are all okay and you didn’t have any significant damage! You rock! Thanks for sharing and inspiration!

[@gregdavis4028]

So glad you, your family, your house, and your guitars made it through OK. We live in St Pete and left for NC after we cleaned up after Helene. We usually spend October in NC and when we left Milton wasn’t really a big concern so I brought a couple of guitars to play but not necessarily the valuable or must-save ones. Milton hit us hard and we have a good amount of water damage plus no power for 4-5 days. Everything was in a case but I have 14 guitars whose fate is a bit in question. Workers have been in to assess the damage and the guitar cases are dry but won’t know for sure until tomorrow. Fingers crossed! Got a cherry ‘72 D28, ‘76 D76, Horton Heat, etc etc near where water got in. They are going to a neighbors tomorrow before the serious dehumidifiers and demo start.

[@shoulderoforion8067]

Bless you Damian, so glad you and your family are all OK. I'm on the south coast of England but my thoughts were with you when I saw the news of the approaching hurricane. Thanks for making this moving video and so glad things can return (as much as possible) to normal for you in Tampa Bay. Big fan and love your style dude!

[@nbenning25]

Awesome to hear you are safe and sound! Blessings Damian 🙏🙏

[@guithawk-ij8is]

So glad that you and your family are safe. Looks like you did a great job preparing for the worst. Happy to see all your guitars made it through! Big fan of your videos, keep that great rockabilly and roots music coming!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you very much. Cheers & keep on rockin' my friend :)

[@edwineddielawrence]

Hi Damian. Your eyewitness account is so much more informative than many of the tv newscasts. Best wishes from Scotland 🎸

[@Damianblf]

Thank you. Cheers & keep on rockin' my friend :)

[@charlesvachon5838]

Wow ...scary times ...thank God you made it through ...you are an official storm trooper ...thanks for the update!

[@Mojo_jojo_panda_jo]

Thought about y’all while I was down in Tampa for the recovery!! Glad all is well for y’all!! Very intense, thank you for sharing your experience. I’m a hurricane neighbor- Pensacola Fl.

[@pda49184]

That was an ordeal and a half Damian.. Very pleased and relieved you came out relatively intact .

[@jimg50]

God bless you Damian. You're an inspiration. I am always looking forward to your next video. Keep rockin !

[@ditchgator1]

Glad you survived this one well.😎👍👍

[@utahprepper8925]

Great news Bro. Glad to hear you (and your guitars and cat) are ok.

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

Must be awfully scary to have something like that bearing down on you. Glad you are ok.

[@RADLADRICK]

My bro lives in Venice about 3 years now 3 hurricanes - I think he’s thinking about Georgia again? Anyways I’m so glad you’re safe and still have your life in tact. I feel your stress and anxiety, times 10 on me . God bless you and yours

[@Krispy1011]

God Bless You - glad you r are safe - some made it ok and some didn't, no real reasons other than fate and the weather. But glad its all good

[@richardlippi8438]

The hurricane took a last hour turn west towards Sarasota. Good prep work.

[@RobertPeacockGuitar]

I was actually wondering how you faired these storms. I am very happy to see you and yours are good! Things can be replaced, yet I appreciate your views on stewardship of your vintage instruments.

[@fernandosanzmoreno955]

Glad to see you and your family are ok

[@Damianblf]

Thank you so much :)

[@danielmcguinness6192]

God Bless you man

[@Damianblf]

Thank you :)

[@rokguitarstar]

Glad you're ok and your house/guitars survived unscathed!

[@Damianblf]

Thank you

[@AtouchOfFury]

Really Pleased your safe i was worried for you , so thankyou for email letting me know your safe. Keep rockin my friend . Paul from York UK

[@Damianblf]

Thank you Paul :)

[@robertsuszek2327]

I am thankful you are ok.

[@tedc6694]

Very happy you did well. I'm curious why nobody seems to have shutters in Florida. Shutters have worked well for hundreds of years all over the world. (Not cat 5 hurricanes, but lots of types of bad weather that Florida's seem to put plywood up for)

[@JoaoCarlos-gs1vr]

Hey Damian! Are you ok? Here in Brazil we went through this! Stay strong, everything will be fine! God bless you all! João Carlos from Brazil!

[@tomwatson283]

Excellent video again.

[@xetexuk12]

Pleased you are safe and well Damien.

[@johndelaney2957]

Good news Damian. 👍

[@tomhayes4782]

Hi Damian.. So pleased that you only have very minor superficial damage to your property and your family are OK.... Tom

[@CamboMartyn]

Praise God

[@terrymahoney3709]

You should be a stringer (correspondent) for your local news. Excellent coverage of the hurricane's immediate impact.