Hurricane Laura - A Storm Chasing Documentary
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This is an extended cut of our footage giving a full account of our experiences with Category 4 Hurricane Laura. We positioned ourselves in Lake Charles, LA on August 26-27, 2020 to ride out the storm. Winds of over 140+mph ripped the city apart in the middle of the night as our team hunkered down in a parking garage during the worst of the storm. It was one of the most intense chases we've ever been on, and a storm we won't soon forget.
Satellite Imagery Courtesy of NOAA
Radar Imagery Courtesy of RadarScope
Original Score by Tornado Trackers
I’m from Lake Charles and evacuated to DeRidder, I remember I went to sleep around 11pm August 26 and Waking up August 27 around 2:15AM because the power went out and my fan quit working. I got up and remember hearing Laura’s winds and being absolutely terrified because this was my first hurricane I’ve ever been through. I felt the house shake as if I were by a railroad track and I remember praying for many other people who were in the path of this monster storm! The winds didn’t die down until 5-6AM on my end. Something I will never forget!
Didnt you hear of it coming in the news? glad you are alive though!
Werner Wernersen yes I did I’ve watched it from the day it was known as a tropical disturbance. And thank you!
Werner Wernersen dxcccccccccccccc
Thank God you and your family is ok🙏🏽, I'm in Miami and..... I've been through many Hurricanes but Andrew was the worst😔 (sigh) hhhhh... 😔 he was a Cat. 5😔🙏🏽
I evacuated from longville, I hear it was a horrible experience
Thank you for showing the full amount of devastation my city has endured! When the hurricane leaves, the media leaves. Sooooo many people are without homes and jobs now,myself included! It is the most lost feeling ever. But we are Lake Charles Strong and definitely resilient. We will rebuild!
My cousins and parents live there I’m sending a lot of love I live 2 or 3 hours away
If Laura tracked 10 miles west the damage would have been a lot more severe.
Well said. And Sulphur is right there with you. Its now several months after Laura, and Hurricane Delta right behind it.
This is why I absolutely hate the mainstream media! They're un-American at best and utterly discriminate, and in my eyes, that's criminal! They know who they are, and I wouldn't light a candle but for one reason; to pray for all who are doing all they can to help their fellow Americans rebuild. The mainstream media is so far out in left-field and so short-sighted. Even worse, the vast majority of the networks always have to put a political spin on everything which just burns me up! This is why I generally don't listen to or "watch" most of the mainstream networks. I do listen to The Weather Channel, though, because they stay on track with the weather. They also have feature shows about those forgotten storms, and I believe this is why they've been the number one weather outlet now for years. They also feature storm chasers who know what they're doing! You guys represent and are some of the best out there! I know there's a lot of competition out there, and that's good to a point, but when it comes to life and death weather, everyone does his or her best to bring these historic events to light, and you can't put a price on the importance of saving lives, which is what you all do. I commend you all!
FYI: I put quotation marks around the word 'watch', because I'm totally blind and use the word to describe how I visualize in my head what's going on when I hear about everything. Being blind all my life, I still have those four other senses, and I try to also use my sense of humor. My hearing is the most important sense I use, because it allows me to develop a mental picture of what I hear about or experience. So now you know.
Same thing with hurricane Michel Port saint joe was 20 miles away from the eye and right on the water and got destroyed, never heard a word ab how bad the destruction was on mainstream media
I live in lake charles , I stayed HOME during Hurricane Laura and to watch this on a screen was nothing to imagine in real life. I will never stay for another hurricane. Thank God we survived ‼️
I live in Westlake, evacuated to Lafayette.
The lack of media coverage is disturbing
Yes, lack of quality coverage was bad.
I agree...had this storm hit a more populous region like Houston or New Orleans, I believe the media coverage would be much different.
It's just not fair to the people that are misplaced and needing help from this storm.
Yes I would imagine this storm destroyed at least 10x more than all the riots combined, but those get wall to wall coverage
Yes, it seems like the general attitude is "well, they didn't get 20 feet of storm surge so everything's fine and dandy."
95AWD a report has come out that says 93% of the “riots” were actually peaceful. so can y’all shut up and stop comparing my destroyed hometown to a civil rights movement? BLM has nothing to do with this at all
You guys we have suffered tremendously. The media is not covering this like it should be. We have been swept under the rug. The majority of the country has no clue about the massive amounts of devastation left behind. We are starving, homeless, without power, and hot. Expected power restore time is a month. The heat index is 110° and climbing. Our governor is extremely downplaying this and telling the world it "wasnt that bad." Please please please share this video everywhere. WE ARE SCREAMING FOR HELP IN A WORLD THAT CANNOT HEAR US.
I wish. I could share this comment
Omg thx for 3 likea
Now 10.2 bilion in damages, Wikipedia.
🙏I’m so sorry you had to go through this. I am from coastal Mississippi and I was here during Katrina and we just had Sally. Thank God it missed us but I felt so much empathy for our neighbors in Gulf Shores, Al. People who don’t have to go through the brunt and deal with the end results will never understand what it’s really like. It’s easy for the governor to sit up and say it wasn’t hard....
Thank you guys! It means a lot. We have a VERY strong community around here. Everyone is helping everyone. Its going to take a long time rebuild. Getting power restored is only the first step.
Girl I grew up here! My parents are there now and they are ok, but almost all of my friends lost the houses they grew up in. Hearing about it from my mom and all that she is describing to me, I don't understand how this has not received more coverage. It was insane! Stay strong and don't give up! Good times will come to you again. 💗
Laura has officially caused more than 10 billion in damage and continues to go up. This storm was definitely historic and will be remembered.
Have they retired the name?
@@ceruleanc505 why
@@nairdan6472 When Hurricanes cause enough loss of life and property, they will never use the same name for another storm in the future. I was asking if anyone knew if they've retired "Laura" from being a Hurricane name.
@@ceruleanc505 oh, no idea
How did harvey and Katrina did 125 billion dollars in damage
It's been nearly 2 years now, I'm a resident of the area and have been for 20+ years. The damages done to the residences of Lake Charles, I'm from Sulphur, and surrounding areas was extremely catastrophic. If was able to capture every part of the area damaged the most, the video would be at least 6 hours long from all the debris. I lived Northern part of Sulphur off of Highway 27 going towards DeQuincy. That part had massive destruction. The neighbor at the beginning of the street I lived on, their whole house got completely leveled and absolutely no trees was surrounding their house.
When we got to our house, we couldn't even reach our house. We had to park all of our vehicles on the road because pine trees were blocking the road completely. Pretty much walked through the destruction of fallen trees and we did have a few trees leaning on our 2 story house but since they were so close to the house they didn't have enough momentum to fall completely through but landed on my room, I'm a gamer so those trees landed where my gaming stuff is (not cheap). But lucky enough that none of my stuff got damage but couple other things did in my room.
After assessing the damages, my grandpa that stayed has a tractor that survived the storm and we used it and chainsaws to clear the trees that were blocking the road so that the fellow neighbors can go to their houses. Took us 5 hours to clear a path.
It took us 4 days to make a small dent to our property of clearing up all the debris and some trees that were more safe to cut down. Then of course you got these greedy tree companies that took advantage of us that are devasted with crazy high prices to get rid of trees that were down. For us, it cost us $10,000 to get a 40' Oak Tree off the house cause it was in the backyard and had to use a crane to get rid of it, then they helped cleared a couple more of the sketchy trees that were binded (unsafe for us to cut).
As for electricity, we didn't get power back for 37 days because the electrical company had to pretty much rebuild and run all new wires around my area. Just the street alone I lived on had to get 12 new poles, then wires and transformers.
I do HVAC (Air Conditioning) for a living so for the 1st year I was replacing a lot of equipment and everything due to Hurricane damages. The sad thing was that people couldn't really afford a new system because these so called house insurance agencies didn't want to properly reimbursed people for damages done by the Hurricane. A LOT of people, including a co worker, had to sue the insurance company because they didn't want to reimburse the proper amount to pay for the damages.
Here's a little story of a customer we had and it's freaking sad:
The company I work for has a customer, she's 92 (at the time of the work done), she's been a customer of State Farm for 60+ years. Her house had major damage from Hurricane Laura that her house had to get completely gutted down to the studs. State Farm, sent out an inspector to look at the HVAC system to see if it had been damaged and when he got done looking at it, he told the lady that it's completely fine. Well the company I work for went out and looked at it and within a few seconds, we said that everything needs to be ripped out cause everything is filled with MOLD. How did the inspector missed MOLD, because not doing his job properly and screwing their customer. Sorry if you're an inspector reading this and whatnot but people's taxes are your paycheck just to remind you so do your job, simple as that. To carry on. Since the ladies house was old with cast iron piping for plumbing, old electrical wires without no proper grounding, everything had to be ripped out because a real inspector came and told her that her house was unsafe with outdated plumbing and electrical so had to redo all of that. When it came down to getting a reimbursement of the damages from her insurance company, State Farm, they didn't want to give you the proper amount needed for all the repairs, they only gave her 10% of the total cost of the repairs, which was bull. She had nearly $80k worth of damages to her house and State Farm only wanted to give her like $10k to do her whole entire house. That price would barely cover the cost of a new roof, which she did first. Thanks to my boss and a bunch of people we know, State Farm actually paid her what she rightfully deserved for being a customer for 60+ years. So be careful with insurance companies, they're sketchy.
I still live here in Lake Charles and yes a bunch of people left, but a lot of us stayed. We got devastated by a powerful Hurricane, but this place is OUR HOME, we're slowly rebuilding and a bunch of it has been rebuilt. Even if we didn't get much news media coverage, we're a community of neighbors helping neighbors. We're somewhat tired because we've been through a lot of crazy mother nature events. Guess what mother nature, you may bring us down for awhile but we'll get back up and be strong cause we're #LouisianaStrong 💪 and Lake Charles, Sulphur, Moss Bluff and all the surrounded areas is OUR HOME and we're not going anywhere.
Tell me what other places have been through 2 Hurricanes, a hail storm, a crazy flood, an ice storm and all during the pandemic in a 7 month span and still the community is still standing tall of HOME? Definitely not on news media because we show how it's done. #LousianaStrong #WeNeverGiveUp #ThisIsOurHome
And thanks for the little documentary of what Hurricane Laura did to our Home.
It's sad that pretty much everyone forgot about this storm and it's destruction.
I live an 2 or 3 hours away from lake Charles my cousins and their parents lived there there was nothing left in their house my cousin said his and his brothers room was damaged really bad they couldn’t live their anymore and it was basically gone I was really shocked 😕
I ddnt even hear about this storm smh media is too caught up on Covid
They remember iconic names i.e KATRINA, SANDY, HARVEY, IRMA, MARIA
we will never forget
Thank you a thousand times for doing this, it seems like the rest of the world doesn't care about swla.
They don't care. They think we're a bunch of inbred hicks, even though we make the majority of the world's fuel.
@@janetsminten8196 What? I'm from Spain and I love the southeast part of the country
Im from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 n i watched with tears n horror as i saw things unfold...
I pray 🙏 you get relief from the government n others to rebuild your lives..
I know that you guys are strong in faith n will get through it....
It won't be easy by far but I love n admire your want to rebuild n get back what mother nature took from you all...
Big hugs to all those effected by hurricane 🌀 Laura....
God bless you 🙏 ❤ n thanks for sharing your experience also....
@@makingeasymoney1233 Not with that name.
@@makingeasymoney1233 dam bro this video is way way more important than your link
As a resident of the area, I greatly appreciate your video & bringing much needed attention to our ravaged community.
stay safe
@cutshape ya know Kirbyville? If you don't it's a town near buna and Beaumont and near lake Charles and we got some pretty bad damage. I heard legit electrical explosions in my sleep and rain bashing on the side of my house I'm sleeping on heard a loud bang of something crashing into trees and wind gust blowing on my side but the crash noise was my trampoline. The wind was going 79 mph
Oh this breaks my heart. I went thru Hurricane Michael in 2018. My heart and prayers go out to everyone devastated by Hurricane Laura. I know the media is not covering this storms aftermath. I'm glad these guys have brought attention with this amazing documentary.
This is my home. Still no electricity. No water. But we are strong. And we will rebuild and come back. So many lost their homes. And so many sleeping under the stars every night. This video has shown exactly what our home went through and the damage Laura caused. So many people from far off even our own Governor had proclaimed ‘it’s not that bad’ YES IT IS!!!! It is BAD!
vinton is soooo bad and they aren’t even doing anything about it🙄
Andrea G that’s horrible. What the hell? Vinton is just as much our home as Sulphur and Lake Charles are. I swear some people are just sad. I hope Vinton gets the help they need and soon. I’ll pass the word along to friends and family hopefully we can get Vinton some help.
My uncle is in Vinton (I’m in Church Point), I’m so sorry for all you’re going through.
Hope everything gets better for you all, lots of love and prayers from New York❤️
I lost people from this hurricane and not me but others did too
Thank you for showing the world what we have gone through and still are going through. I have tried reaching out to numerous organizations to get help. I was given an excuse from everyone of them. It's easy to turn the TV off and close your eyes and forget what you just seen. But if you live here there is no escaping it as it's your life. Between Covid and Laura we had the double punch to try and knock us down!!! We are Louisiana strong and will rebuild and come back to what we once were. Thank you to all who has helped in whatever way you did!!!!
"At the end of the day, all you need is Hope and Strength. Hope that it will get better and Strength to hold on until it does".... my thoughts and prayers for ALL that were affected by Laura... Don't stop makin your voice heard 00 Nutt....
really makes you want to smack those folks that said the storm didn't do that much damage.
zelkuta it was horrible
Cough cough*** JBE
Braden Welch JBE didn’t say that at all. he said it was catastrophic. all he ACTUALLY said was it wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been, which is a fact. those 9ft storm surges would’ve completely wiped lc off the map for god knows how long
Courtney b he actually did say that and it was really bad my neighbor hood got slammed some of my neighbors lost every thing
Braden Welch your right
THIS! This is the video i have been waiting and searching for, well done 👏🏼 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
It’s still heartbreaking to see that my Lake Charles/Sulphur family went through this. I grew up in Sulphur and my father lost his home of almost 11 years. All of our childhood memories are gone! Demolished! I cried watching this video of Laura destroying the places I’ve lived at my whole life. Please pray for all of us and to come up and help us rebuild and make our home normal again. We need all we can get. 💔💔😭😭
Praying🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I am so sorry that happend i. Had to stay up. All night lost power at 3 am got is back a 7 pm this was my second my first was hurricane dorrin
My parents are in Sulphur and they and their house are okay, but my heart goes out to everyone else stuck in this with far less. Our struggles there deserve so much more attention than they are getting.
I found very interesting video. Please click on the link now. m.ua-cam.com/video/BNO1NuD6m28/v-deo.html
Damn, even the birds evacuated
Animals know when disaster is about to strike .
Used to live in fl and every time a hurricane was threatening us the birds would fly away in flocks .
The cows would kneel forward sitting on there front legs .
Cats and dogs would start acting weird
You know its serious when the dog evacuated
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Oh my God you guys are fantastic. Incredible footage and a well prepared crew.
I am a Lake Charles resident. Thank you for this fantastic coverage. When we evacuate, what actually occurs during the storm is a great mystery as media coverage does not show the true grit that your documentary reveals. You've represented us well and it is much appreciated.
Unbelievable. The lack of mainstream media coverage is deplorable. These are fellow Americans that need help.
Thank you for sharing your account of what really happened.
Very eye opening.
Praying for a rapid recovery for Lake Charles and all the surrounding communities.
🙏🏻🇺🇸
That beautiful sky before the fury. One last breath before death, amazing.
Thank you guys so much. We feel like the world has forgotten about us. We still have no power or clean water. My city is a war zone. 😢
I was there, I can't believe you captured the glass busting out in the big building downtown... It's like a glass storm. Awesome job.
Coming back home to Lake Charles on the 29th after having stayed with family in Baton Rouge, It was surreal and unreal. Never before in my 50 years of life have I seen so much widespread devastation. I moved to Sulphur within two weeks after having lost my townhouse in Lake Charles only to have to evacuate again for Delta two weeks after that. What a year.
I feel ya..was right there with ya!! We did not lose our home thank god!! Now for the future hurricanes i pray our roof stays put!!
Thank you for covering this for us.
#LouisianaStrong
Thank you for creating this documentary. It is interesting to see another stormchaser's perspective of the horror that was Laura. Some people were on a live feed from Reed Timmer's car which he left to go and film his new tv series. I am surprised the stream kept going and even remotely it was a scary experience. I didnt expect the devastation to be so immense.
Please send that video to JBE who said it wasn't so bad as it was suppose yo be . He's a sick man.
Agreed
Phenomenal video.
Heart of Bravery.
I can't imagine the fustration living there having to cope with Storms, we complain over here in The UK jeeez
Thank you! This brings tears to my eyes to see my hometown like this. To see my family rebuild. Lake Charles definitely didn’t get the coverage that it deserved but thank God for people like you! 🙌🏽
My heart just goes out to everyone caught up by the devastation of this hurricane x sending love and thoughts from 🇬🇧
It was devastating to see the city I grew up in end up in complete shambles and the the worse thing about it was how much our media swept it under the rug and didn't talk about it. I have friends and family who lost their homes, jobs, and businesses over that storm.
Those Wendy’s signs will survive WW3 😂
Hopefully there won't be a world war 3
@@bruhmoment595 no that's if you're using possession. There's is correct because the contraction is just shortening the words there is.
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Yeahh Wendy THE BEST !!😋
Thanks for recording this. I’m from Hackberry. Sharing now
Love the Dying Light esq synthwave soundtrack in the background.
I appreciate that y’all showed the impact on the community instead of just “whoa look at this terrifying storm”. My thoughts really go out to those affected.
My heart goes out to those in LA and Texas. I'm so sorry, praying.
Thank you for this. My city is wrecked.
Not to worry. Ike made multi millions dollars of improvements to our Galveston and Lake Charles will gain really big in the end. This is why you buy insurance.
The injuries and loss of life are what make me sad.
praying for you
Thank you guys. The world needs to know what we go through. What us in lake charles have suffered through. The footage is horrifying the war zone afterward even more. Let's get this out there thank you chasers for the footage. People need to understand we are mostly left with nothing and still continuing to suffer afterwards.
As I watch this awesome documentary almost 1 year later, this just brings back that eerie feeling I felt on this day as my family and I had to evacuate due to this Devastating storm approaching. Just when we thought Hurricane Rita was bad, "and it was", Hurricane Laura was "THE ABSOLUTE WORST" storm the city of Lake Charles Louisiana had EVER seen!!!! It literally looked like an Atom bomb was dropped directly on the city! 1 year later, we are STILL rebuilding from this catastrophic storm or "Freak of nature" if you will!! To the guys that filmed this documentary, Thank you for risking it all to shed some insight on what happened here in Lake Charles Louisiana in August of 2020, Sometimes the world tends to forget about devastating things that happen in smaller cities.
No looting, no finger-pointing or blaming ANYONE. Amazing to see so many people helping from all parts of our state. Lake Charles - STRONG!
Who else here was acually in Louisiana and still lives there now
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Amazing job on the documentary! This is television quality! I hope you eventually get the chance to make it big on television if that is what you want!
I feel sorry for all those lives that were lost and the damage caused to business and homes. I hope they can rebuild it as soon as possible. Wish you all the best luck, from Brazil.
My dad, myself, and my son stayed for Laura in our home in Lake Charles. Scariest thing in my entire life. The aftermath was the worst. I will never forget those sounds throughout the night.
Thank you for this documentary. It truly makes me sad to see the impact of this hurricane.
Glass buildings are cool until a Hurricane blows through.
moeji1 exactly that’s why we should stick with brick or wood building tbh the glass building are pretty but aren’t safe tbh 😪
That's the bank its downtown and its really only that and the civic center that are made out of glass
4:30 That was a massive power flash!
Sending love and blessings from Puerto Rico. We lived something similar with Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. Still trying to recover... and now 2020 is shaking us with earthquakes... my prayers are with you.
Cool seeing Reed Timmer’s “dominator” knowing that they were in progress of shooting a disney+ doc. Alot different perspectives yet in the same location
One of the most well done examples of reporting I’ve ever seen. This is my home. Thank you for showing people and bringing this more attention! 🙏🏻
Epic Documentary. This is first class material, not only its pretty well made its also in excellent quality. Well done boys.
Cheers from Germany
Great job on this documentary. As a native of central Louisiana. I will never forget this hurricane!😢😢 Glad you guys were ok during the making of this video.
A huge thank you for documenting Lake Charles’ devastating damages!
You did an amazing job on this video. I can feel your heart is as broken as those of us who live hear. It will be a long road to recovery of our city and surrounding towns, but we will come back stronger than ever. GOD BLESS
This HAS to be the most impactful telling of Laura produced. So well done, outstanding videography, and right in the eye of action. Brought tears to my eyes (having lived in Lake Charles many years, and my children and grandchildren still living in Moss Bluff-thank God they are fine-and being a survivor of Katrina and Rita) this says it all. Thank you for your skill and your ability to meet the challenges.
I miss Lake Charles so bad. I was born and raised there. I feel like I knew every inch of Lake Charles.. When I returned I couldn't even recognize where I was. We lost everything. Lake Charles will never be the same again. I now Live in Alexandria, Louisiana . It pales in comparison to what Lake Charles was.
It is unreal the power that some of these storms bring.
Awesome documentation of Laura! Lake Charles has got to be the most unlucky city in the USA recently. After this they got hit with Cat 2 Delta not even 10 months later, then a freeze/ice storm, and a severe flooding event in early 2021.
"This right here is the worst part of the storm."
Me:it's a hurricane category 4 to 5 wdym storm?!
I evacuated to San Antonio for this. There were so many twisters here and there, I learned. There was actually one directly in the trailer park I lived in and yet our [my family's] trailer stood. There was one trailer- just about a minute walk away- that got completely flipped over. Seeing the picture made me shiver, and it took weeks, up to a month to get back into my trailer. My parents were home, but I wasn't. This affected me horribly because now I don't even like seeing rain anymore..
Edit: the worst part? I couldn't even celebrate my birthday normally
best video I've seen of the storm's strength and impact by far.
Dear Tornado Trackers, thank you for telling us the storms,twisters,hurricanes,heavy rain,flash floods. you are very very very brave. Love lux, one more thing im having a hurricane in the cost 2020 septemer 15 in the coast the name is Hurricane Sally. Stay safe! Stay healthy!!
I respect what y'all do. But I'm from lake Charles. It's a gut wrenching feeling losing everything and I mean everything
Aug 27 is a kind of misfortinate date
Krakatoa erupted on the same date
Well this storm was hell literally had to evacuate to freaking Colorado but it was beautiful
I lived through this just miles away from the Tower yall filmed. Definitely an experience some would only want to have once
There are people that ran from the coast after the devastation from Katrina and Rita only to have their homes destroyed once again but by the wind this time. 😔
Thank You Guys and Gals for all that you do. Stay safe. We're praying for you all🙏🙏🙏
We stayed and rode it out. Man…what a ride that was!
Its amazing how long the electricity stayed on..I'm in mw Louisiana. I was on standby with my SAR dogs
Thank you for bringing this awareness to my city✌️❤️🖤❤️....
I live one mile from where y'all where filming. I was blessed I had minimal damage to my home.
We are strong we will get through this together. Lake Charles strong
My grandpa stayed home for this, and it was scary af. He tried to run outside to escape
Dude..... Awesome!! Thank You So Much!
I was crying most of the video because Lake Charles has always been a place to go shopping, hang out with friends, and that's where I worked for a while. The devastation is real and so heartbreaking. The portapotty sliding by made me kinda laugh though through the tears. I know Louisiana, Lake Charles, Cameron, DeRidder, Vinton, and all surrounding communities will bounce back. #LouisianaStrong
And I know it’s really late but the glass building you are by, is a capital one building
Thank you so much for asking for help for our city and community!!
This is amazing! I'm a viewer from Hawaii and had no idea it was this bad!! Thank you so much for filming this!
Hey guys, my names Matt Ewing from Jennings LA. I noticed that Hurricane Delta was going to make a direct impact over my city, and I have an apartment here near the main part of town. You guys are more than welcome to bunker down here for as long as you need. We have a generator so you guys can charge your gear if need be, and we have beds and couches for you to sleep on. Just let me know
Hey Matt, thanks for reaching out to our team with that extremely generous offer. We’re never sure exactly where we will end up due to small fluctuations in the storms path, but if we’re in need of a place we’ll reach out. Thanks again!
Very nice coverage of the storm! I've been working the storm since Saturday. It would be helpful I believe if you could also include local time stamps with some of your footage. It would make the storm easier to understand.
I agree. I was in Sulphur when the eye came through about 2:15. It was an eerie feeling. Calm for about 30 minutes, then the southern tip, plummeted us for about another 3.5 hours until about 6am. My 1st hurricane and my last.
Very well done!
So happy to see military or national guard on the ground right away. This is beyond terrible. I pray that everyone was safe, and will endure the rebuilding process. I will donate to help for sure. God bless!
I’m from sulphur. Evacuated to Little Rock but I stayed up all night and watched most of this footage live on fb.
Scary night..
I can’t believe how destructive hurricanes are. You guys did a great job filming this.
I was near lafayette on the tornado end, I kept having tornado warnings on my phone all dang night, made it hard for me to sleep and the wind kept blowing until like 5 am in the morning
The only thing that would have made this better was to follow up after the storm in the small rural areas that have been wiped out. It would have been great to see the team contact local volunteer fire depts to get guides to take them to the hard hit areas that are still without power and will be for many more weeks. We are thankful for the help we have received and upset that nationally no one knows the full devastation. Great work Tornado Trackers!
It’s so crazy to see the city I grew up and still live in, places I drive by, grew up near, places I can physically be at, get destroyed right before my eyes
lake Charles is where i am right now it feels really different because i thought this was never gonna happen but it did and the fact that three other hurricanes were heading towards us is so sad but thx for filming this it means a lot thank you
Thank you for doing this from Winnfield, Louisiana.
Hurricane Laura and hurricane delta were like a team at destroying the same place
I'm in Idaho, and my state litterally has NEVER had a hurricane/tornado before. However.. I could just imagine how many people were terrified because of this storm. What I would do? Tbh, I would just be like the filmers! i would go into a safe spot, and just film the storm. To suppress the bad situation, I would laugh off a few things like how that metal flipped over and over like 16 times. I may not be from Lake Charles, but I can imagine that Lake Charles is a strong state, and with a strong state- comes with strong people. No matter if its a hurricane or of its a tornado, any state can thrive a natural disaster with strong people.
2020 really was the worst year. All the Covid and Storms and difficult times. I can't think about this anymore. :(
omg you guys were right about this being “swept under the rug.” i never even heard of a hurricane this year! at all! i hope you are doing ok
Goes to show that sw La is the forgotten part of the state
Living in the Caribbean all my life, before a hurricane hits, the sunset always has a deep red colour.
Really enjoyed this! Thanks for taking the time to make it for us to watch.
The Capitol One Building will forever be a monument to what this storm did to my city, even when it ultimately gets repaired.
This was an amazing video. I had so much anxiety while watching it, I absolutely cannot imagine living through it! Thanks to the videographers who put their lives in danger. I cannot imagine being out in that! I’m so sorry, and this is a reminder for me to be more mindful when the next hurricane happens. I had no idea what it was like!! I’m still so anxious about it! My heart goes out to all the people impacted by these monster storms. Those glass buildings - man oh man. Those homes. 😢
I feel so bad for everyone who has suffered from this storm that I am still watching this video a lot
Lake Charles Louisiana is my hometown. I was born there and grew up in Sulphur LA, one of its outlying communities. Most of my friends lived in Lake Charles, I went to college in Lake Charles, movies, contraband days (a festival on the lakeside where we celebrate our pirate connected history. At the end of it we always make the mayor walk the plank). It hurts so much to watch all this. The skyscraper with the windows blown out used to be called the CM tower (Calcasieu Marine) then it was Hibernia bank, now Capital One. I once went to a school dinner on the top floor of it. It's a bout a block from the lakefront. Hurricane Rita messed it up pretty bad. After that hurricane was over they renovated the bottom part of the building which had been really badly damaged and flooded, and refinished the whole thing with ballistics proof glass and other safeguards to keep it from being destroyed again. A lot of effort was put into it. That building lost 2/3 of its glass in Laura, and the majority of the southern face of the building, which faces the direction the storm came in from, was pretty much destroyed. That's how Strong Laura was.
There used to be beautiful houses with boat launches along the lake. Lakeshore Drive was the street you go down to view them. You can find footage of them now basically submerged with just the roof showing. My parents and their house made it out pretty okay, but some of our neighbors did lose houses. Our neighborhood lost almost all of its trees. Makes me so sad to see my hometown this way. A lot of people are really hurting right now with their lives destroyed and nobody is listening when they ask for help.
I really respect and appreciate storm chasers!
Move over Jim Cantore. These guys have my utmost respect. I don't even think Jim would have rode this out in a parking garage. Very impressive.
This hurricane took my home completely and everything I owned. I have been living in CO since and I miss lake charles so much it’s unbearable. I hate that this happened. But I can’t afford to move back. My heart is aching watching my home being destroyed.