8-27-2020 Hurricane Laura helicopter video of Cameron, La aftermath
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2020
- Hurricane Laura made landfall at Cameron, La. First look at Cameron from a helicopter shows extensive damage with many homes completely missing or damaged.
I live in Mexico Beach, FL, where Cat 5 Hurricane Michael wiped us out on October 10, 2018 with 160 mph sustained winds, 19' storm surge and pressure of 919 mb. I knew that Cameron was going to end up looking like we did and it breaks my heart. Lives in Cameron are now forever changed. God Bless You All. Prayers for you.
Climate change
@@curiousone4757 indeed
@@curiousone4757climate has always changed and always will gheezzzz
I want to know who built the roof on the large building at minute 0:47. There isnt a single missing shingle or curl to the roof at all. Every gulf coast home and business should have a roof built like that.
I live on the water on Florida's West Coast and I'm due for a reroofing, so I would seriously like to know the engineering behind it.
Edited: looked it up on Google Earth. Looks to be the Cameron Pariah Police department amd nearby with similar built roof is the DMV/Tax Collectors office, which is also completely unscathed. Damn good engineering from whoever built them.
That is a metal roof. No shingles.
@@nebtheweb8885 is it for certain? On Google Earth it looks like actual shingles. though looking here, I did wonder if it was metal or tin. But even metal roofs tend to just get peeled away very easily in a storm of this strength. At the least some curling. Yet there is zero signs of any damage.
Regardless of material, there must be something in the structure &/or design that changed its storm grade. Its a new building but so are most everything else around it and everything else got destroyed (again).
@@pso777atlantika sheet metal standing seam roof. We have some great fastening specs. Plus it's a hip style roof. They always do better than gabled roofs. More than likely its a metal stud built building. I am guessing from the video but have installed many a sheet metal roof with high wind ratings.
It's a metal roof - they can withstand up to cat 5 winds, look at Mexico Beach after Michael, similar roofs had no damage while surrounding homes were devastated.
Behind 2 sets of fences, huge communications tower, large installed generator (off the ground about 10 ft), my guess is community hurricane shelter or oil field crew shelter.
Super sad. Praying that everyone who stayed behind is safe! Thanks for this video.
The contrast between what it must have sounded like during, and the silence afterwards is spooky to consider.... Humbled.
I haven't seen any coverage on the news about what happened in Cameron; only Lake Charles. I have family that lives in Cameron but they luckily evacuated and are safe. This is truly heartbreaking.
i know what youre saying. it was all about lake charles but they didnt want any film crew in cameron because they knew this was to happen. im in laporte and was sick of hearing about houston. no attention to us, kemah, texas city, galveston. bad coverage, imo
@@standback5806 i agree, took me all day to find this video....it was actually starting to piss me off
Probably because the population is only 400, they seem to focus on more populated areas. I expected Cameron be bad anyways
@@christru22 i get that but shit thats were it made landfall and if you want to show how powerful it was then head to the place that got the blunt of it.....they spent all day there yesterday and then today it dosnt exist apparently haha i say lazy journalists
Thankfully this wasn’t a heavy populated area and hopefully everyone got ahead of this.i couldn’t imagine trying to stay here with a cat 4 hurricane coming.
I want to hire the roofing contractor that did the big building at 00:49.
Wow 4 real!
It's the police station
Thanks so much for the awesome footage Brandon.
per always excellent footage of the horrific affects of hurricanes
What I've waited to see. Thank you!
Wow thank you for this footage, all day i couldnt find one video of cameron when its the one spot that got hit the hardest
Climate change???
My god I thought Lake Charles had it bad this is completely leveled.
I guess now i know why this is only footage of cameron
Most of what you are seeing are plots that never finished, or ever started to, build back up from the last hard hit storm.
I'm not dismissing the damage just pointing out that all those empty concrete pads were already like that before the storm.
Definitely got hit worse
@@pso777atlantika good info but still high end C4 to C5 damage
@@AlexGNR true which I did add that there was considerable.damage in the areas. I wasnt denying that
Just that in this footage what looks like so much was leveled out wasn't actually there; so the volumn of damage isnt as much as appears (in this particular footage). There are so.many who have yet been able to recover or chose to move away after past storms. FEMA has been corrupt for years becoming an outlet for money launderinf and embezzlement for those with connections; leaving the victims it was meant to serve fightimg for even the smallest amount of help.
I'm a Florida water front dweller, so I can relate and feel for them. It sucks.
There should of been a long term multi phase relocation plan decades ago. Periodically spending billions to rebuild, repair and remove debris within well-documented hurricane landfall zones is futile and ultimately irresponsible for everyone.
Yup
This is so heartbreaking to see the devastation... my prayers for everyone effect... I hope they get everything they need...
This is heartbreaking. My love and prayers are with you all.
Pray for Louisiana, Texas, and others affected by this storm.
Wow. Heavy destruction. I hope life loss was minimal and that everybody can rebuild ok. My god
I was just there on 8/16/20, beyond devastating!
Any chance you can look out by the jettys? My office was there. I'd like to see if it is still standing.
devastating to our brothers and sisters and the heart of USA
Prayers....so sad
Very humbling... 😢
Prayers to all the people in Laura's path. Stay strong.. 🇺🇸
I see empty foundations. Where are the homes? My God, I hope everyone evacuated.
They would have been razed and then the sea undercurrent would have pulled it back out into the ocean bit by bit. It's the wind and the top of the water that pushes in, but the undercurrent is always pulling you out. If the water gets you, then you're finished really.
My heart and prayers g out to all these families, bless your hearts. I live in the area hit by Michael so I do know how y'all feel. God be with y'all!
Does anyone have any info on Iowa, LA ? Have friends there.
They are a bit better off than Lake Charles, but took a beating
Wow this is the reality these people are experiencing . I feel terrible for them . 🙏🏽
Found camera 8!
Actually, yeah. The 7 second mark, the pole on the ground in the bottom left side of the picture. That's probably where Cam 8 was hanging. Once the pole went, the cam went with it.
@@krisnwo420 0:07 😉
R.i.p cam 8. Cam 8 was a trooper
Prayers
Oh my god. I can't believe this.
Check out China.....it's worse but the Democrat owned media is silent on climate change....guess they don't want to panic ppl....fake covid is a distraction......I think
@@curiousone4757 WTF are you talking about?
@@curiousone4757 North Korea and China got hit by a C3 yes. But dont make meteorology political
@@cosmichi-fi3308 dw climate change is real, meteorologically proven.
Yes the rise is normal since we are coming out of an ice age, but it is rising 10x as fast as it should be naturally
Please pray for those that stayed. Over 100 reported to have stayed put, it is so devastating. This is the third time, I believe, in 15 years they've had this happen and be this bad or worse.
Who mentions Trump ? Unless I missed something?
@J Bar so that is instead of 16 ft+ surge 13 ft+
@TakeYo Pills WTF?
Climate Change is real and not political, Trump made it political. Just like he made a pandemic and facemasks a political issue. Not saying im against him (I am tbh), but this is just the facts.
Climate Change has been proven worldwide even in artic ice
High end C4 near or even C5 damage right here
I wonder what happens to all of the fish, dolphins, and shark's during this time. My goodness, the devastation is awful.🙏🙏🙏🙏ing for everyone! Thanks for the insight from the helicopter!
They go out to deeper water and are usually fine...
They drown. 😂
My God...............🙏😢🙏
Wow!This is heart break to see.
check your shutter speed, dont use it for exposure
Oh my god what was at 3:00? Was that a mobile home park?
I think so 👀
@@AlexGNR I thought so too. Later in that segment of the video you actually see a pile of mobile homes. Awful!
@@itsmommy100 Those actually look to be something different.
Way too many window to be a typical mobile home. Maybe apartment like or possibly old FEMA buildings?
@@jellojiggle1 those are units that are usually used as offices at drilling sites. I think it was a storage lot for those, and the adjacent lot was a parking lot. There are, or rather were, several oil and natural gas drilling companies operating out of Cameron.
It is our RV park
Being an outsider, this looks like an empty industrial and back water area. Was this place literally a bustling place with tons of homes? The empty mobile home lots look surreal like there were never any there to begin with. I’m so sorry. Sending light and love.
Google Maps shows a pretty good view. Some medium industry presence, small town necessities like schools, churches, small businesses. Rita and Ike caused severe damage, building codes were tightened, and as best as I understand as an outsider, many residents could only afford mobile homes. Sure building codes are nice on paper, but if there aren't wages to match people can't actually benefit from them.
Media were able to report from strong shelters in Lake Charles such as parking garages. I don't see anything like that in Cameron.
it wasnt a large place (densely populated). I looked for the trailer park on google earth and the images i have are 2017. It mustve been a new park, i couldnt find any trailer parks situated at angles anywhere.
Spent my youth down there at the Cajun Riviera. Swam in the gulf, sailed in the gulf, fished in the gulf and lived 75' from high tide when there.
The town has a population of around 400 (+/-)
There really is no point in rebuilding in this area, this will just happen again.
There have been alot that hit that area but the worst was Hurricane Audrey back in 1957.
how did it got that much water in just a few hours or passing through??
Storm surge is basically a tsunami. It was much, much worse when the hurricane was over the area. Usually what kills the people is the storm surge, not the wind.
So horrific
Wow! Impressive. The house I lived in Cameron for a few months (while working at Cameron LNG) is still standing. #cameronstrong
How did it survive the storm
OMG, 🙏🙏🙏🙏
When’s the next hurricane coming?
Around September 10th according to the GFS model
Soon.....climate change
@@curiousone4757 WTF....really?!
Within the next 10 days. I'd watch Florida closely. Also, I'd watch the East Coast US closely as well. Steering Currents favor Cape Verde hurricanes more often than not at the start of September.
@@curiousone4757 areas close to water like these & the Caribbean are not gonna be worth living in because of global warming
At 3:43 into the video and just before that about 20 seconds before. What exactly are we looking at. Because from my point of view it looks like there were homes there and now they are gone. At exactly 3:43 is that a school or what. The destruction is beyond words just incredible. Can anyone help me.
I’m from Cameron all those trailers you see in 3:30 is our man camps that we built for the LNG workers. Our school isn’t showed in this video but it is also messed up pretty bad.
Crazy 150 people stayed behind in this town 😣
I heard about that too... Is it even possible for them to have survived? I am so scared to find out the total death toll in that area. Then there is a possibility that a lot of people will be reported missing if they aren’t dead. 🥺
@@Auroralights321 We've only heard reports of a dozen deaths, which is 12 too many. There were six from the storm itself or things falling during the storm. Six more were from problems with a generator after the storm.
@@lerricockrell3201 That's still very sad. I hate hearing of any deaths, though I know that it could have been so much worse. I was just hoping that those people who stayed behind in Cameron eventually did evacuate before the storm hit.
@@Auroralights321 I agree. We've had two more deaths due to improper use of generators. I think any who did not choose to evacuate may not have had the ability to do so in terms of finances and such.
@@lerricockrell3201 I actually just found out that a few people that my family knew from church died from improper use of a generator. It's such a shame to survive a storm only to die this way. :( You're right. Some probably couldn't afford to leave which is also very sad.
Does anyone have any information on the Kewiet lot on Helms Rd. Near lake Charles? That's where many of us that work in Cameron took our Rvs
@TakeYo Pills the lot on Helms and Tom Herbert? Just confiring It had about 100 RV from workers from Cameron and Kewiet trucks
Thanks
I think it'd be best if you research and find out from a legit source.
@@SirMoeThe2nd do you know that my area? Or work in Cameron?
I've been calling the disaster emergency department of lake Charles but no answer.
I will try driving out there tomorrow
Goodness gracious this brings up memories of hurricane Rita and seeing this on the news. It definitely doesn't look as chaotic or destructive as Rita was. Because there's actually buildings left over this time. But it's definitely ruined the town and none of them are going to be livable again.this is heartbreaking
That is too be expected though cause the rebuilds would have had more strenuous standards in their construction versus pre-Rita. So that actually tells you how bad this was cause they would have built the new stuff to handle a Rita better than it could have before.
Keep looking for videos of the area. Some communities will never be the same. Was at Holly Beach for Rita and 50 % of the camps were gone into the marsh.
I was wondering why Lake Charles wasn't underwater and I now know why : Cameron is under water. I hope people got out of there. Of course, they can't immediately get to anyone there.
our fishing camp is gone saw it on the video what was left of it.... wowee must have been tremendous winds hit there prayers to all God is good all the time!
Didn't 100 people stay?
Anybody check on shelby stanga, yet.
"I wonder why everyone is building on stilts around here"
"Oh well just build our house flat on this lowground"
Has anyone heard anything from the ones who decided to stay in Cameron to try and ride out the storm?
We haven’t heard anything about anyone yet
Is this the second hurricane in the one-two punch that the area was supposed to be hit by? I'm hearing mixed info about which hurricane may have reached Cat-5 and which fizzled out...
Yes, Laura was 7 mph away from being a Cat 5 and went right for this town, the second of the two recent
@@gamorleo3569 she hit C5 for 10 mins before becoming C4 again
@@AlexGNR and in a town with no natural barrier from something like that, too. And to have occurred in the dead of night, a very terrible situation
@@gamorleo3569 Oh wow. But there isn't another one right behind it, right? This was the bigger one, for the time being? I feel like if this area doesn't catch a break in the season, we'll be in for aftermath worse than Katrina...
@@MatthewSaville no, this was the second one. The first, Marco, fizzled out and weakened in the Gulf
how does a community recover from this?
We take it one day at a time and pray every day
Só Deus. 😔🙏
At 4:59 top of screen looks where 4 of the million barrel oil or gasoline storage tanks use to be?? ?? Its not grain storage! hope they did not blow away...
Oh dear, I wonder how high the surge got there
10ft+
13.4-13.7 ft im im right
Unsurvivable surge
Mark Sudduth of HurricaneTrack had "Cam 8" mounted across from a Gas Station about 10 feet off the ground and soon as landfall came it went out (underwater). The feed was being used by the weather channel.
There's a NOAA tide gauge that remained operating through the storm. Surge peaked about 9 feet above an average high tide, but that didn't measure the waves.
It's called Calcasieu Pass, LA (8768094) if you want to google up the data. It also captured data on the eye - 82 degrees (vs 77 outside the eye) and 940 millibars.
@@troyd384 I think the cam was on the pole in the bottom left of the screen 7 seconds in. There's the shell in the middle of the screen. Once the pole went, the cam went.
its obvious that some people thought this was low ground and a hurricane zone because most of the houses on stilts did much better
holy god...i don't know what to say...
que triste
Hot dang eh! Totally wiped out...notta dang thing left there!
Well, I guess just like before, they'll have to rebuilt it all again!
Hopefully, just hopefully, they'll have it all rebuilt in time for next years storm season eh?
And that's what 150 mph winds and over 15' storm surge looks like
Look at this area on google Earth. It will take a direct hit from anything coming at it from the Gulf.
Certainly everyone there was gone before it hit.
150 people didn't leave.
What happened to all the cows?
We moved all the cows out before we knew it was going to be at a C4
I will be surprised if this isn't upgraded to a category 5
Ryan G
This was far from a cat5. Definitely a solid four but not a five.
If you want to see cat5 damage, look at Michael and Andrew.
@@justinharris5195 I'm not saying that it's a Cat 5, but it was only 7 mph from the designation at landfall. Plus the areas that Michael and Andrew hit were much more populous so it might not look like as much damage. Cameron Parish is the least populated parish in the Louisiana.
What do people expect when they live 2' above sea level
And here we go again. If u rebuild, build higher.
Getting Hurricane Michael flashbacks 😳
I am too! Port St Joe life long resident here. Had to stay because of where I work. My heart is breaking for all of them.
What was that structure at 4:35? 🤯 Looks like spaghetti noodles now. 😰
Looks like it was a cell tower or antenna of some kind.
Sat tower
😯😯
Yikes. Liked so it shows up in my liked vids, not because I like what I'm seeing.
So so sorry fo deviation..Beleivr in GOD.
If you cant afford concrete you cant afford the coast
Heartbreaking. Had to scrounge for a morsel of information on this the day after!! WHY?? Has FEMA checked in at all? Those cliche, gratuitous "thoughts and prayers" are not going to shelter and feed those suffering.
Meu Deus tenha misericórdia
#cam8 in the first five seconds
my military unit deployed to Cameron after hurricane Rita dead alligators and caskets every where the place looked bad
لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله
Dios mío Dios tenga misericordia
Gente eu nao sou vidente tanbem nem religioso sou apenas um homem simples Mas o mundo da qui para frente nao vai ser mais o mesmo vamos ter que acustumar com todos tipos de tragedias e pandemias Vai ser no mundo inteiro reflita e confere
holy shit
Bye
Katrina all over again
Why would anybody think to shelter in place here? We heard on the news last night that people did.
These area are fishing communities, and vacationing sites. I am sure not many were staying here. This area was probably evacuated. If they stayed they knew it was between them and their Maker. These coastal towns and hurricanes just do not mix.
They had a mandatory evac, and reports note 150 stayed behind/refused to comply
Need to oil that squeaky helicopter
Maybe Time to move to other place
It's a hoax. This a movie set in Hollywood. I saw Tom Cruise's reflection in the water. 😏
Let god poeple Go ( what goes around cames around ).......
Dont worry your president will come as knight on a white horse and save you!
Let my people go World political j/z! So we can go and worship our God..
LOL
trump country.
The less tRump voters, the better.
Shear destruction of people's homes and livelyhood, and you want to bring politics into this?