Storm Stories: Hurricane Mitch

[@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras]

Hi I'm from Honduras, I was 4 years old when Mitch striked. It was perhaps the worst thing that happened to our country, thousands died, thousands disappeared, countless lost their homes/ways of life. Thank you for making this documentary.

[@guuus2]

How did the Government respond to Mitch

[@emanueltheodorus1056]

Hopefully you also recover from Eta and Iota there.

[@coyotegirl777]

I know storm recoveries can last for decades so how are you how is your family how is everything going down your way of life your housing I just want to know if that is fine with you

[@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras]

@@coyotegirl777 We're all alright thank goodness, thanks for asking

[@miguelmusa67]

I used to live in Guatemala 🇬🇹 at that time and I knew that this was odd. Hurricanes never stop and this one stopped for 6 days. They had an annual convention of witches at that time in Honduras 😣😔

[@mrnewamsterdams.a4151]

My Father was one of the 32 crew members that went missing and were pronounced dead. I was 10 years when it happened. This brought back some painful memories

[@deniserossiter1059]

Oh my goodness. I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost my dad too. I was 15 & my little sister was 8. He went through the ice on a snowmobile & drowned. I know it’s not easy losing a parent so young & sudden. Take care.

[@firechasersparkles2023]

@@deniserossiter1059 I am so sorry for both of your losses. I hope you two are able to find happiness once again.

[@iriswingsc]

My father was one of the 31 crew members too, he was from Omoa, Honduras.

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

im sorry to hear

[@zeefoxx3855]

He was a brave and selfless man. Be proud! Sorry for your loss.

[@FF-hv8kj]

I had just turned 6 years old on October 19 1998. Five days later the nightmare began. Sadly it is one of the first memories of my childhood that I have. My family lost everything in Honduras. I remember being rescued in the middle of the night by our uncle. The water was already reaching his chest and that night we slept over the roof of the house. My uncle carried me and my sisters over his shoulder. I remember seeing a cow drowning. We were taken to a shelter which later was impacted my the flood. We couldn't sleep for days. I saw death people floating on the water. Centro América was devastated. It was a horrible thing to to experience

[@connorbeighley6981]

OMG, that must have been scary. Good you made it.

[@samuelraytheweirdcontentgu8551]

My scariest expirnece was Irma I live in north Georgia and we lost power, trees were down, and lots of rain and thunder we had no power for days but we had a generator at my place which was fuled after the tree was cleared about 30 hours after that we dod normal thing and went to my nana who had no power for weeks heck I still remember the time we lost power 7:26 pm and all the events that happened

[@Yungndturnt]

@@samuelraytheweirdcontentgu8551 same we had tornadoes my house siding blew off but we’re good

[@22ajgarcia]

I was 11 living in Managua, and I thought I had it bad, wow bendiciones

[@KeeVi14life]

Suddenly binging weather videos

[@iriiises]

Same here

[@KeeVi14life]

Basically a meteorologist now

[@frank-bmtz]

Used to be tornado videos for me, now it's hurricane videos.

[@juliecramer7768]

Ha! Me too!

[@jenjoseph9394]

I have no idea why,but I'm beginning to think that I'm subconsciously preparing myself for something storm related.... I started doing this about three weeks ago, and my instincts,my intuition is telling me that there is something amiss, but I'm somehow not seeing it right now ,I still feel that there's something not too far off that I need to be wary of ,......SO IM GOING TO KEEP A LOOKOUT FROM HURRICANES TO TORNADOES. TO EARTHQUAKES,. SOMETHING IS LURKING , SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT,!!!, I CAN TELL ,.WHILE .I HOPE I'M WRONG , I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, HOPE TO GOODNESS THAT I'M WRONG ,BUT BECAUSE I SENSE SOMETHING , I'M GOING TO KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THESE WEATHER RELATED SITUATIONS . I STILL CAN'T FORGET THE HURRICANE I SURVIVED UNSCATHED, BECAUSE OF GOD'S INTERVENTION... GOD IS THE GREATEST GOD ,THE BEST.im in New York City.

[@danadoozer9990]

What an amazing search and rescue team! You people are incredible.

[@jsebastian72]

If there is something that I have learned, the weather will always be unpredictable. Most of these people did not take this seriously and lost their lives because of it. So sad.

[@DanTheMan1985ful]

Well, when it comes to Nature in all of its Beauty, Glory, and Fury... Everyone should know these three forces of Nature... It's Beauty... WILL NEVER STOP INSPIRING US. It's Uncompromised will to survive... WILL NEVER STOP HUMBLING US. It's Raging Elements... WILL NEVER STOP TERRIFYING US. And it is a force to be reckoned with. DON'T TRIFLE WITH MOTHER NATURE ON THESE EVENTS, YOU COULD LOSE MORE THAN JUST A HOUSE.

[@jamiethomas3768]

That was one of the main reasons why Mitch was the deadliest Atlantic Hurricane since 1780.

[@dwjoseph59]

@@DanTheMan1985ful true; mother nature & planet earth are beautiful, but both will kick our butts.

[@teyjanetroman85]

I remember after Hurricane Mitch, my dad donated 2 his home country of El Salvador. I was 13.

[@officiallyrivercomm]

Thank god they brought this show back

[@nidiachacon793]

Punta Rebels Song Mitchaway brought me here. I was 19yrs old attending University College of Belize,, our Technical Writing lecturer told us to go home and pray because Hurricane Mitch was coming straight towards the city. I remember heading back to my town in Orange Walk and only packed basic essentials and head towards Muffles College for shelter. That evening we became frightened, the BDF came door to door and told us that when the hurricane is about to pass, they will seal the doors. We were listening to LoveFM. All I remember is the panick, people in shelter saying that even there we were not safe. Early the next morning we hear on the radio that somehow the hurricane shifted towards Honduras. We were all happy to be speared but not happy for the direct hit in Honduras. The aftermath, we received reports of the lives and lost but knew that if it would have hit Belize, we were gonna be wiped out. A miracle in nature happened and we were speared.

[@frank-bmtz]

I would've defied what headquarters told me and seeked refuge. No ship is worth my life.

[@steblair]

I didn’t know this story. And I was hoping and praying the captain and crew would make it. It’s a real shame. RIP to everyone who lost their lives.

[@natalieborjas2631]

My father lived through this hurricane too and lost his sister from this hurricane it was something very sad and traumatized my dad may everyone who lost their lives in this hurricane Rest In Peace.

[@idkdude420]

I will never understand why people don't listen to the experts when they say a storm will be bad. Every one of these videos they tell people to leave but they don't listen and then act surprised when it's just as bad as they were told.

[@Marsc9013]

I just finshed watching the jurrasic park one

[@that.ll_do_pig]

I watched that one and then the very next one I saw was ALSO on Sept 11th. Weird!

[@lillyandrosiemcclain4793]

Me, too! I finished that one, too!

[@barbaragarb9453]

that was definitely a good one!

[@connorbeighley6981]

I saw that one as well!

[@jaspersversion]

same

[@LudicrousScotty101]

i remember Mitch, i was living in Belize at the time. all I remember was moving away from the ocean farr far inland inside a solid building. when the storm was over i returned back, closer to the sea and it was Torn apart by Mitch. Docks and other things ripped apart like broken match sticks. The scary thing is I was in an area that did not get directly hit like Honduras and the damage was still pretty devastating.

[@lillyandrosiemcclain4793]

Who watched “Storm Stories: Lone Grove, OK Tornado?” 👇🏿

[@unitgamex2972]

I watched that and Utah flood

[@mikehelpmeardans783]

me

[@carterthechevrolet9219]

me too, but there could be other tornadoes that struck central OK. Watch Oklahoma: Tornado target. It's on now at the weather channel whatever channel you can find it on

[@connorbeighley6981]

I saw that one and the Windsor, Colorado one

[@carterthechevrolet9219]

Me

[@antonioantonio5154]

Gracias muchas gracias ha estados y canada y Mexico que siempre nos ayudaron Thanks to the United States and Canada and Mexico for their support, we are here to support each other with all our strength. 😮

[@user-iz4op3eg4n]

You’re focused on a ship while an entire country is facing the worst catastrophe? Typical American

[@michealhemmings3438]

My name is Michael Hemmimgs I use to work with windjammer in the year of 1998 plus I come off the ship one before it sink god was on my side pl other crew member who was my friends r.I.p

[@humanitysmagicaldefender4980]

13:36 - 13:55 That pause plus the eerily creepy background soundtrack was not necessary. I swear it gave me chills. 😨

[@aaronlowe620]

The ship sinking reminds me so much of the sinking of El Faro

[@tanyahteemarz]

hi guys, i am a first university student at the university of zimbabwe studying risk and disaster management. i wanted to study and concentrate on mining but after reading and seeing what have happened to honduras and nicaragua changed my mind and made me somehow want to study about disasters. don't get me wrong what hurricane mitch did is terrible unspeakable and we are still living with the scars of it but after gaining knowledge on what happened in 1998 made me want to participate in things like these whenever i can and help as much as possible. it influenced me to use my energy in things that could really help other people on this planet.

[@claralauraricci7489]

I was in Guanaja Island in 1998 and I have survived Mitch...I saw Fantome some days before they left from the bay Island...It was one of the heaviest and terrible experience of my life...I' m happy to be able to talk about it...I still think about it almost every day...

[@valeforever]

This has to be my to go KZbin channel for weather and other facts. Keep it up. But just one question: did the captain ever die?

[@pisces2569]

He is presumed dead

[@sammygirl6910]

😒Seriously?

[@BBAngel7kids]

Well the Caption and his crew were never found neither dead nor alive so I think we can assume that they all died. I'm sure if they were alive somewhere they would have made contact with someone somehow somewhere to let them know that they survived even after all these years..don't you think? 😒🙄😏

[@carterthechevrolet9219]

Brenda Booth Mother Nature tells us we will all likely loose. I really like the power of Mother Nature.

[@woomy1907]

@@carterthechevrolet9219 you ok

[@eliel3676]

I think Hattie and Wilma have the most similar tracks to mitch

[@derekwall200]

let this be a lesson to those who live in hurricane prone areas, if you get complacent, you get killed. pure and simple

[@unitgamex2972]

Sometimes

[@bagles2366]

My sisters and uncles life’s through it. They saved the animals specially the cows by going to the high terrain but it destroyed all the homes.

[@rebeccapaquette9203]

All the animals that died in that storm - just breaks my heart!

[@faithinthereins4035]

Rebecca Paquette that custom in your profile pic is so pretty

[@deleted-something]

My dad told me stories about it, and how big the storm surge was deep in land

[@unicornmali1088]

Aww man that sucks!

[@cbLassie]

I wonder if the ship would have had a better chance if they had deployed the anchors to slow or stop them from heading into the storm.

[@randomtuna5520]

It would have a better chance staying on the coast of the country,and if he evacuated to Cancun

[@KotoneShiomi98]

I cant imagine the pain and heartache the family members and the friends of the lost crew members and Captain Smith had to go through.. 💔💔😢

[@elgordodecentral1132]

After experiencing hurricane Ian and watching this people sail into the hurricane, I was like, omg are they crazy? poor crew members who got dragged into that madness

[@loves.graceyy1]

My mom was 17 when hurricane Mitch went through Honduras, she said she could hear screaming & smell dead bodies for a whole month, thankfully she was safe

[@Wolf-rk6jq]

WHOA

[@GenaiaVeller]

I was 8 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday .

[@ShirleyPotts-ud3nb]

Recently in Albany Ga we just had hurricane Helene

[@karlsbahs]

my dad found a life vest that belonged to the fantome washed up on the beach of Flowers Bay, Roatan, Honduras

[@manifestationsofasort]

3:04 October isn't that late in the season though?? Late November and December would be late.

[@angies.9285]

Hurricane season is June to November and September is peak time. As a Floridian, late October hurricanes are quite rare. Its usually August or September.

[@sempressfi]

@@angies.9285 Did you see they're now changing the start of hurricane season to May 15? Climate change is going to make them so much more intense too. That's part of why Ida just sat over Louisiana coast for half a day almost.

[@ghostyidk9383]

@@sempressfi They didn’t change the official start.

[@sempressfi]

@@ghostyidk9383 just double checked and yeah, they didn't change the start of the season but are still considering it. What they did differently was change when they start posting their outlooks and stuff

[@aerobicarc3737]

That was kinda sad. But I love the video

[@DynamicDuo795]

That captain won Darwin of the year award.

[@lillyandrosiemcclain4793]

I’m familiar with hurricanes because I’ve been through Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It was brutal! I was only TWO! TWO! The good news is it wasn’t that bad so I survived. My little sister was a baby. My mom had to take our shoes upstairs because the water from the ocean near my Jersey City home rose to the door! Luckily, the water stopped rising. We lost power, too and we had to go to Harlem, NY where our cousins lived.

[@narajayde520]

my family went through hurricane Katrina (2005), Ivan (2004), Frederic (1979) and many more but i wasn’t born then until 2006 but i’ve been through Nate in 2017. that’s the only one i remember.

[@bethsabeevictor8802]

your ten? SAME

[@notshizero5799]

funny how i was much older when that happened but i remember nothing

[@janhoyle1462]

And now, It’s Timothy Busfield with his hurricane story! Haven’t you heard of Katrina?

[@jeffkraus1457]

I think that Captain March instructed the crew at some point to go into the bowels of the ship for safety and stability reasons after the main deck lounge was no longer safe. The ship was laid down on its side from 150mph wind/waves and being all metal hull never righted and went down within 30-60 seconds. The crew, being below main deck could not power through the water rushing in and the next thing the ship is 1,000 feet under the ocean. No bodies were ever found. So very sad. GOD REST THE SOULS OF ALL WHO PERISHED.

[@JavierSanchez-dq8ie]

Why was this posted a decade late

[@joshuabodde.6935]

I was only 5 months old when Mitch struck the bay islands. My mom told me that everyone was evacuated off of the cays to the main island. Poorer families hid in the mangroves of the island on fishing boats. Days after the hurricane, people found bodies floating in the water, corpses from the coast of honduras.

[@aewtx]

I still don't understand why they went back out into sea. They did it to find a safe place to seek refuge when they were already in a port?

[@sunnyskies4628]

So very sad.

[@carterthechevrolet9219]

Really funny

[@BBAngel7kids]

I don't understand why the Caption and his crew didn't use life jackets..even if the ship sank and they went down and all of them died at least their bodies could have been found floating. It's just a shame that none of them were ever found dead or alive. 😔😞😢 🌀🌊🚢

[@aceofkpop1243]

They probably *were* wearing them at the time...But the hurricane destroyed the ship, life jackets certainly wouldn't be able to hold up against such a force either. Plus debris could have trapped them thousands of feet underwater, as well as ocean predators (such as sharks) eating the remains...It's incredibly sad, but even if they weren't wearing the jackets it wouldn't have mattered 🙁

[@jeffkraus1457]

I think that Captain March instructed the crew at some point to go into the bowels of the ship for safety and stability reasons after the main deck lounge was no longer safe. The ship was laid down on its side from 150mph wind/waves and being all metal hull never righted and went down within 30-60 seconds. The crew, being below main deck could not power through the water rushing in and the next thing the ship is 1,000 feet under the ocean. No bodies were ever found. So very sad. GOD REST THE SOULS OF ALL WHO PERISHED.

[@joeylamuel5828]

Nature can be dreadful.

[@MatthewDoel32]

Get everyone off the boat and stay in Belize!

[@randomtuna5520]

Belize felt the effects of hurricane Mitch,mostly rain and wind,at least according to a history book of deadly hurricanes

[@MatthewDoel32]

@@randomtuna5520 I meant the crew that needlessly went back out to sea, not the passengers

[@shamelcutkelvin3275]

Belize got lots of rain and wind indeed. I could never forget, I was 14yrs old and Mitch was my very first hurricane experience. I was super scared.... I was crying a lot and didnt want to eat to keep my strength up. I was a wreck. I am now 36 yrs old. Am praying no hurricane don't ever come to Belize

[@csn6234]

0:14 When did Julian Assange get into meteorology?

[@matthewgliatto7339]

Too much time given to that one particular boat when the total death toll was over 11,000

[@michaeljohnson767]

The Wooten story is a rare positive outcome Meanwhile the lady played victim cuz she fell in mud

[@kendrahouston1774]

About the bodies of animals

[@Hurricane_Allen.1980]

what about storm stories: hurricane Frederic

[@nenblom]

That trip should have been canceled.

[@graceflowers9775]

The whole immediate family went to shelter in cayo.

[@derricklawson7771]

Wow. Dude and his whole crew died on that boat because of pure GREED... Smh. Thats sad as fuck.

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

go on land....that ship has insurance and if its doesnt its even funnier cause you dont own it....it was 1998 meaning this storm has been tracked for a week no reason to get suprised

[@jimgritty7064]

Old Assange in thumbnail image.

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

Basically the hq in mimia got that whole ship killed sad the person that made that decision should be fired and charged for neglect I would have sued the mimia hq for the deaths on the ship

[@দেশ-বিদেশ-হ৮হ]

hi

[@treydeanatentar1020]

10:45

[@bryanbell7173]

I be dammed if I stayed and people if you have big animal's you can't take with you let them out do Not leave them in pens or tied up

[@AmberClark-d6w]

😇🙏😇

[@torchi6883]

Hi I’m from Mexico and I know how heartbreaking moments when Mitch came to Central America when many people died during that hurricane. May Rest In Peace in Central America who lost their lives during the second deadliest hurricane on record 🙏🏼

[@Cat3465]

Hurricane Mitch? I mistake it as Hurricane B**tch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DanYeLL2003]

6500!!

[@goldengears1]

1st!!

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

I don't feel bad for any of the people that didn't make it they were told to evacuate and they didn't listen that was their own fault that they lost their lives I feel bad for the captain and his crew though I would have disobeyed orders from hq no ship would be worth my life

[@natalieborjas2631]

I understand what your saying but honduras is a very poor country and it’s not like America where the government cares about what happens to the people, Honduras’s government is very corrupt and people didn’t listen because they had no where to go. My father lived through this hurricane and was traumatized by this very horrible hurricane and he lived in Tegucigalpa and not all people were aware that there was a hurricane because in honduras back then people didn’t even have money for phones nor TV’s so most people didn’t even know what was going on so please be considerate and don’t say such things about the people that didn’t make it.

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

@@natalieborjas2631 it's hard to feel sympathy for idiotic people

[@luisitocomunista546]

Honduras is a mountainous country, to this day there is a belief the mountains will suck up the punch. People here aren’t informed well on disaster readiness and the government doesn’t make much effort to correct that either. People here worry about many things in their day to day life, from crime or what’ll they do next to bring what little food they can afford into the table. Moving would have disturbed their meager income, and the feeling of safety was stronger inside the country away from the coast, due to the already mentioned mountains. These people just weren’t prepared, this never happened before and it couldn’t have happened to a more unknowing populace. Maybe you should get a heart for empathy, and a conscience for thought. Your head isn’t there just to hold your brain, it’s there for you to think

[@jeffkraus1457]

Hind sight is 20 20...

[@jefferydagamer]

5th😂😂

[@brady5596]

First

[@ThatMeansHesMad]

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