Thank goodness you fared so well! We are also in Port Charlotte (off Edgewater). It was our first hurricane as we are transplants from MN. It was scary. We had no cirri and shutters, ect as we are renters. We parked our vehicles in front of the house to block the windows. We didn’t anticipate the force and change in direction after the eye passed. I was scared initially but from about 4:30-6:30 I didn’t think we were going to make it. The patio doors bowed in at one point. We have friends and neighbors who lost everything. Some in Arcadia that lost it all due to the water levels (up to the ceilings). We got power back on day 10. We were certainly blessed with cool temps during that time! We got internet back today (day26). It will be years before the area recovers. But we survived!
I live in Sebring, and it passed right over us and was scary but I feel bad for everyone on the coasts. I’m a Fort Lauderdale native and realized after this storm why Miami isn’t due south of Tampa. It’ll be insane to even dare to attempt to rebuild what was there before.
Can we all just take a moment to compliment the bulding codes in Florida. Think about the sustained wind speeds Port Charlotte saw, and for the length of time, and witness the relative lack of damage to structures as a whole. Pretty impressive really.
Wow!!!!What footage. I would have been freaking out. So brave to record all while the hurricane was happening . Praying for all who were affected by the devastation.
Thanks for the time stamps, we were in Cape Coral and could see nothing because of the hurricane shutters. Opening our front door was NOT Ian option. We took the dogs out during the eye. We could barely stand up. I’d never been in an eye that strong. Then the backside was worse. Hours and hours of pounding. That next morning just brought tears to see all the destruction.
Thanks for documenting that the way you did. As a mid western person I experienced my first category 1 hurricane while in Cancun. What left a lasting impression on me, was that the winds are just so relentless. They go for hours, the noise was unreal. You hear debris hit from time to time. Your video gives a great sense of this. Glad you’re safe.
What made IAN soo horrible is that it was only moving 10 miles an hour. So yeah the high winds just sat on top of us, blasting us, for what seemed like a whole day. It's still hard to think about if without crying, soo many people last alot , if not EVERYTHING.
He is lucky he still has a house because he is opening his door about every 20 minutes is absolutely idiotic. Plus driving over power lines. I worked in EMS and we won’t come out in a hurricane because your roof collapsed because you open the door every 20 minutes. He is showing what not to do plus he won’t have batteries on his phone because he is continuously running outside every few minutes. Can’t call for help with a dead battery. We got Ian and had more destruction than he did and we got the northeast section of Ian for many many hours. Over 2 days and a ton of rain. Constantly opening the door will make his roof fly off and windows blown out. No one will be able to help him with a roof collapse in the middle of a hurricane. Sorry but him opening the door constantly was driving me insane every few minutes. Be smart.
@@debrakleid5752 You're fine to open the door if the wind is not on that side of the house, he had a garage extension blocking the wind from his door. The real danger is if you let the wind get inside and you're going to have a really hard time re-shutting that door. Also, it's Florida, the majority of people have generators and there are power banks so you can charge your phone. He didn't have service anyway, so calling for help wasn't an option for days either way. The whole air pressure thing is a myth, houses don't have a hyperbaric seal on them, the pressure inside is the same as the pressure outside. Your ears will pop inside the house as the pressure lowers, I have been in 9 hurricanes, so I can speak from experience, It's the wind from outside that will break windows (which he had metal covering those) and the wind getting directly inside or under the eaves will lift up the roof, but Florida has strict building codes on using hurricane clips, so roofs don't fail that catastrophically usually on newer homes. Usually water or falling trees does the vast majority of catastrophic damage during hurricanes, not the wind itself.
Reminds me of when I experienced Hurricane Michael's eyewall being relentless and vicious. Then it was peaceful, as I was in the clear eye. It's such an eerie feeling, knowing that you're in the center of the strongest storm currently on the planet. 360° around you is the most intense and vicious wrath of mother nature, and you're in the clear middle. It's truly an experience I will never forget.
I'm really impressed with the building codes from Florida as your home seems not to have suffered any loss except your beautiful Palm tree. House looks great from our view ! This is a huge storm from the sound of the wind. Wow your neighbors homesheld up better than I would have thought!!😊❤
Our family moved from Santa Barbara, CA to Port Charlotte in 2017 to be near family and retire. The constant emergency preparedness messages on TV, radio and news paper were stressful but now I understand why. We took cover several times over the 3 years we were there but by 2020 we gave up and moved a little bit more north. Glad we did. Your video is a great reminder why it's so important to always be prepared, no matter where you live. I love how you maintained a good capture of time and the visuals are truly amazing in that it took so long to let up. You are a very patient man to hang in there. Your food looks delish! Stay blessed.
Been where you are, sitting and watching What a bizarre feeling It’s strange how there is always somewhere a person can sit behind a structure and watch everything happen Thanks for this look into what it’s like to be through a hurricane
Ian was relentless, it just kept on one steady pounding. The sound of the wind drove you nuts. At about 4:30 I had finally talked my husband to sit in the hallway, I thought we were going to loose everything at this time. The hard part now is finding contractors to get our places put back together.
This is due to the Miami Dade building codes. A direct result of the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, in 1992. You have no idea how good you have it (now).
So glad you all made it through definitely a frightening experience is an understatement. My friends are in North Port. It was very intense there as well . Good luck on getting things repaired.
I was raised in Gulf Cove Port Charlotte, went and graduated at Lemon Bay High School, my parents had business in EljoBean, I miss my hometown and it breaks my heart it was destroyed all my friends still live in area. Prayers and love sent to each and every one of you!
Excellent video bro!! The constant time keeping and visuals outside was cool. It gave a better perspective on how fast and hard hitting Ian was on your community. Thank god you and your people are safe! That was amazing to see how hard those winds were blowing and your house was still standing!! Just amazing!!
We live just west of you on the coast in Englewood. Went north to Tampa because I remember damage from Charlie just to the south. Our home is older and surrounded by many large trees. Came back with trees down and thru the roof. Can’t live in my home now until we repair.
33983 here... We evacuated at 5pm to my parents in Port Charlotte/Kings Hwy area, after our roof ripped back, ceiling collapsed, front double doors blown wide open and thankfully four us braced it up, windows with shutters ripped out of the exterior wall. Attic blown out, everything all over. I posted a video; right before our roof collapsed and forced to leave. The sound though, white-wall swirling of rain from the back second half of Ian was nerve wracking. Terrible for our nature, poor scared animals/environment overall. Then, the wind's from our past several normal thunder storms during the last week or so, of recalling the winds from Ian are getting to alot of people still being heard. Insane feeling, especially after enduring multiple disasters, hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes ect., Charley included was a tough. 😒 ...Ian...this one was the worst endured. Flooding after too. You did an amazing job recording and sharing. Thanks. 😁
I live in Punta Gorda and was going to stay when Ian was supposed to pass us but when Jim Cantore was moved to here from Clearwater I knew we were in for it. Left at 10:30 on the morning of the storm and went up to Arcadia then over and down beside Lake O to Clewiston where I sat in a closed Walmart parking lot for the entirety of the storm. The last winds died down about 3 am. I drove home to see if my house was still there. Surprisingly little damage but after watching your vid I am seriously glad I didn't stay. On of my neighbors died after suffering a head injury. He'd gone outside during the eye and ended up slipping and falling, didn't get back in fast enough someone said. Others who stayed said they never will again in that powerful a storm.
That would have been nerve-wracking! Such a huge storm! I can't believe you still had flowers in front of your house when it was over, whatever they are they're tough! I'm so glad you're ok! Thank you for sharing.
It was relentless. Prayers for our entire state and especially for those of us in PC. This community is STRONG and we were definitely given grace by God. I still can't believe our windows held for that many hours💜🙌🏻💜 I pray you and your family are doing well. It will take a long time to get back to normal, but I'm super grateful for electricity! Huge thanks to all of those that have been working 24/7 to help everyone🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thank you so much for sharing your hurricane footage! I have friends in Punta Gorda whose property really took a terrible beating! They haven't been able to move back into their home since Ian! Major house damage and their beautiful yard was decimated. I told them they should move back to Wisconsin, but they hate the cold too much. Glad you made it through im pretty good shape!☮️
We live in north port,, the charlotte/sarasota County line across the canal in our backyard. We had shutters so couldn't see anything but that wind you recorded was blasting straight into our front door. We had to hold the door for HOURS to keep it from blowing in. The canal behind our house AND the flood water in the street came within 15 feet of our house. We were stuck for 2 days, and no power for 8 days. Could've been SO much worse.
Witchblade24: My daughter lives in North Port. (We used to live in Pt. Charlotte) she didn't get power back for 8 days, either. Luckily, remembering Hurricane Charley, she was as prepared as she could be. When we went through Charley, my husband had our generator going as soon as it was over - luckily it was a much smaller and faster moving Hurricane. Hopefully, it will be many years before another one comes, but at least we know our daughter is ready with her generator, now. Y'all stay safe, and good luck.
I live in Cape Coral and it was like a 3 hour tornado. I drove Fort Myers Beach last week where I have been a salesman for the business and condos and I don't recognize it anymore.
Relentless. The slow movement really allowed for extreme damage. I would love to experience that, but not the aftermath. The power is incredible. Glad you're safe and your house was well built.
Neat video. Sorry that your electric power went out. Liked how you show the time and the progress of the storm every few minutes. I have never been in a hurricane before, but my curiosity got the best of me, and this video is very much what I want to see.
I rode the storm out a 1960's Mackel home. My houses gable was on end to those strong winds. My overhang or soffits are only 12" - this helped to keep my roof on. My shed was destroyed and I got 2 broken windows. My house is all intact - live on Ednor Street. What a strong and ferocious storm!
You live in Port Charlotte, but the end driving part is in Englewood. Most of the stores and restaurants are still closed. The gas station you pull into at the end is still not operational. You still did a great service by posting this video. It will take us years to recover.
This is unreal. Thanks for posting. I am in Tampa and this could have been here had the track remained more westward. Plus, my apartment complex buildings are all built with wood in the mid 80's
I wouldn’t worry too much about that. My friend and I stayed in my house in Placida on the water in a wooden house that was built in 1980. We got the worst of the storm for hours and hours, I honestly thought that my house would collapse because the wind was so punishing for so long. I don’t know how It did it, but it remained strong throughout the storm. Praise the Lord. I always wondered why they built wooden houses in Key West, but someone told me that a wooden house is as strong as any concrete house because it can sway with the wind . So I think you can rest assured that you are a safe where you are is anywhere.
Great job with the time frame video. I’m in the Tampa area and we were very lucky not to get hit like you and your neighbors Hope everything is good for you now
2:04 I remember getting that warning and looking forward to being in the eye for a couple hours and getting a break. That was before we knew the storm would turn more east and leave us in the eye wall for 9 hours
Hello...I'm just down the road a bit in Deep Creek. I think the strangest thing about to hurricane to me was, how it stripped the trees bare. We're so used to lush green foliage, that it just seems so strange to see Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte look so barren. 😢
The same with Placita where I’m from. It actually looks like a war zone when you drive through Placida Road. It was always so lush and green & now, as you said, most of these trees are actually stripped of their bark. Such a sad sight to see, & yeah amazingly the next day I saw some smaller birds in my yard. How was it at these little creatures survived when these towering trees collapsed ? Somethings I guess we’re just not meant to understand.
The is a real testament to modern Florida building codes. A newer Florida home not in a flood prone area withstands these winds just fine. It’s the storm surge that does the most damage.
I know this may be odd to say but I'm from milwaukee & I have no fear whatsoever like I was in orlando for work training with JetBlue and due to the hurricane,we had to leave a day earlier which ended up being the morning of hurricane ian. We were told that the airport was to shutdown but my flight kept getting pushed back. Its crazy because that felt like a sign to me to really just stay in Florida. I never take nature or any NATURAL disaster for granted so protecting myself but also experiencing a hurricane wouldve been something I would have wanted to do. Its impressive how places like this get back to where they were though for the most part & for me its breathtaking just being so far from a place I've known all my life & going through new/different experiences
Glad your house wasn't flooded. Great footage. I live in manatee county near myakka. We lost 40-50 large oaks that were 30-60 feet tall and some pines. We are still cutting them up as we can
I absolutely love the way you documented this…. im in WI ive never witnessed a natural disaster of any kind…. this gives me a very good idea of what a hurricane is kind of like its nothing like actually being in it im certain but it gives me a good idea… thank you very much for doing this! it’s appreciated!
I was completely amazed that you werent worried about staying in your house! But, I noticed it looks like concrete outside and if that's your basic structure, looks like one of the new "hurricane proof" homes? That's wonderful! And, looks like in your neighborhood only some missing shingles unless damage from falling trees. I noticed that leaning tree down the street from you was stripped of leaves. I grew up in the heart of tornado country and that sight is common. So, looks like you chose your house and location very well. Obviously rising water causes as much damage, sometimes more, as the wind. Thank you for sharing this and I'm glad you and your home came through alright.
Ty i really do appreciate the footage and time stamps. I was super interested how this area faired. Still wish i was there holed up that day. Im miss Florida so much.
You are so lucky. I've lived on the east coast of Florida for over 50 years. The anticipation of the storm coming is almost as bad as being in it. Mother Nature is incredible. Good you made out okay.
I went through Hurricane Katrina, this looks and sounds the same. Unreal, please evacuate if you are in a flood zone. My son lives in Fort Meyers, and he evacuated, very thankful they did.
Thank you for posting this! Live in the midwest so familiar with tornadoes but this is such a long sustaining high wind! Most of us wouldn't know what it's like if you hadn't have documented it. Scary stuff, I'm surprised the damage wasn't worse. glad you are ok, your house had the perfect porch!
Thanks for your taping .I live in punta gorda.solona.i. stayed thought the storm.my house is over 100 year's old.thank god i lost a couple trees but that's all.where friends if mine lost there whole home.that was a very haed strong strom that necer stopped
I'm in North Port. Lived in Venice my whole life never experienced a storm this bad. Is was definitely life changing. Glad to see the water went down for you. Where I live the water kept coming up. It was waist deep in the road. Didn't get in the house though thank god.
Excellent footage, thanks for sharing! You and your property did well, even your mailbox. Glad to see it! I was a little concerned for your car, but it held. Sorry the town was so wrecked.
I live in the city of Sarasota. And as hard as we got smacked up here, it is nothing compared to what you guys felt down there. My heart breaks seeing all the destruction. I am also surprised you got a warning about Sarasota County emergency vehicles no longer responding to calls so late. That alert came in just after noon for me.
My Parents live in Port Charlotte they said it was at times scary, they live off one of the canals, and the storm destroyed the roof, the rain got in destroying walls, and carpeting furniture, destroying a brand new pool cage and ripping up 22-year-old trees. It has been weeks since the storm but they are making progress...
The little mailbox that could! Awesome footage, you really get a feel for the power of these storms. That is a very soundproof front door you have right there. Aww, the mailbox finally gave up.
Thank you for sharing. I'm in Ohio. I'm so sorry for what your all going through. Great job on this video! I've been watching a lot of people's videos it's so terrifying. Prayers for Florida!
Awesome video! Port Charlotte and surrounding areas got nailed by the thickest parts of the eyewall for hours on end. One thing that was definitely interesting about this storm in particular was how much more intense the backside of it was compared to the first half. The reason for that being its interaction with a strong cold front creating a much tighter pressure gradient on the backside. Nice job documenting this event, hope recovery is speedy!
i stayed in port charlotte, the intense winds were from 1 pm to 10 pm. there was no eye relief, only eyewall as it moved. englewood has older homes and incredible damage. new homes had small damage - shingles missing, soffits, some water damage. older wood frame homes were destroyed. even newer mobile homes did ok compared to total destruction of older ones. i kept going out like the video, my dog needed to pee. she was so scared to go away from the porch like in the video. the one thing i remember is the incredible booms from thunder, maybe torandos, or pressure gradiants. lived through many hurricanes, this one was really bad.
Yes, I drove to Miami after Ian passed from st Pete and was forced to get off i75 at Englewood and I was basically a first responder. You can imagine what I saw. Every single tree in commercial plazas were knocked over, flooded houses, destroyed houses and loss of life:(. Englewood took probably 6hours of 90+mph winds
Wow, that was intense. I couldn’t imagine enduring the wind and sideways rain for that many hours. Even inside your house, I could hear the wind. Thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you for giving us a live view of what to expect. I live also in Florida and that storm was a wake up call to all of us. Glad to see you did okay but those poor people on the beaches I cannot imagine the horror
HI I AM A FRENCH CANADIAn from montreal, ,quebec , i juyst want to SAID TO YOU thaNK YOU TO MAKE ME LIVE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH YOU IT WAS EXTRAOEDINARE TO SEE THE POWER OF THE NATURE ,
And I thought it was really windy when it hit brevard. The winds you got were crazy! Glad you made it thru safe and sound. RIP mailbox. you did good buddy..you did good.
Awesome footage and good documentation! I liked the timestamps given throughout the video. I would've liked if it was a continuous shot rather than the video starting inside and you opening the door but it's your video so do with is as you please. That's a like from me!
I think you were blessed that your front door was placed the way it is .. Shielded from the direct hit of the wind and rain. The next day you must have gone out and pulled the mail box back up... as well as the tree...?? I also saw that you had the hurricane shutters on your home?? Amazing footage... and glad you are ok after that..
Wow that was crazy! Glad your ok. My sister lives in Port Charlotte but she evacuated and did come back to some damage to her roof but grateful she and my nieces were ok 🙏🏼
I thank God you are ok. I can’t believe how bad it was. I’m blessed, I’ve never went through anything like this. I hope I never do. You sure had a lot of guardian angels watching over you. I pray you never go through anything like that again.🙋🏻♀️🙏💦💦💦
Great video. Glad y’all didn’t get worse than that. I lived there during Charlie. You might consider moving your palm another 5 ft from the house… it’ll grow into it as it matures 😉
Because there are no basements in this part of Florida, most of us use the garage for storage. I know very few people who use their garage for their cars here.
First of all that mail box was a trooper. Second thought is that I wouldn't have been able to help myself from throwing a nerf ball as hard as I could at the peek of the storm. Just to see how far I would go. Childish. I know. Third is that It's so sad that these people have had to go through what they did. I lived in coastal SC for over 20 years and the experience definitely makes you feel alive but helpless but it usually gives a person a new perspective. The aftermath is the beginning of a hard road to get back to normalcy. Stay strong Florida. 💪
This was a bad one….the house I was living in suffered severe water damage and is no longer safe to live in. I’m homeless and Iiving here and there. I don’t know where I’ll be from week to week or what will happen with my life now.
The speed of the wind was amazing. It's a wonder more damage wasn't done to the houses nearby. I liked showing the time then looking out the front door each time. Thanks.
How long were you without power? I live in Bayou La Batre, Al and after Ivan and Katrina I remember us being without power for 10 and 12 days for each and for 17 days with Hurricane Frederick
@@tinablair6262 Outward opening doors provide you with an added layer of protection, as an inward swinging door only has a latch and a deadbolt to prevent it from blowing into your home. its code for all of south florida.
I would be scared out of my mind! Here in Illinois, we had a Derecho with 120 mph winds, but only lasted about 20 minutes. That was scary enough for me!
I was a child back then but I remember the 2012 derecho i thought it was a hurricane because how strong the wind was plus we didn't have power in our house for days
I have watched several of these hurricane videos and while the footage is awe inspiring i really just want to smack all of them. This guy keeps openng the door to get pics and see what is happening. If the wind had been from a slightly different direction it would have blown through the house at 150mph. Then he goes driving around to see damage. Some other guy went out barefoot in his yard in the midst of roofing shingles all around him (nails). He later sliced his leg badly while cutting something. Then he too drove everywhere to look around. A final guy prepped his house left then came back just befor the storm hit. Then drove back to his shelter and stood outside inside a screened pool enclosure to watch the storm blow it all away. He too went out with minimal footwear walking around with roofing nails and power lines down everywhere. I have lived in FL for 62yrs. When a hurricane comes you hunker down/evacuate til it passes. You stay away from doors, windows, wear proper footwear at all times, and never Lookie Loo after. While seeing a hurricane is awesome and terrifying Jim Cantore knows how to get the pics. The average person does not. Keep your butt in a safe place.
He kept going out for more video about every 10-20 minutes constantly and I’m amazed he wasn’t hurt and that he didn’t get a lot of damage. I live in Volusia County which was the hardest hit county on the east coast of Florida and people I knew lost everything because Ian was moving so slowly and we had the northeast section of Ian so we had strong wind and rain for about 2 days or so. I also took videos but not every few minutes like he was doing. Not smart to do that and what kills most people in hurricanes isn’t the wind but the water due to floods. We had severe flooding here. 5 people last I heard died with an older man in his 60’s drowning in his home after he fell and couldn’t get back up and his home was flooded and he drowned. He is definitely lucky but opening the door every few minutes isn’t a smart thing to do just to get video. Even storm chasers who are pros have gotten killed especially chasing tornadoes and tornadoes can be spawned by hurricanes. Our wind howling was crazy here as well. We probably had cat 2 and 3 winds for a while and when the eye came to the county to the south of us it started to slow down a bit especially since Ian was down to a tropical storm but we probably got over 2 feet of rain. Our neighborhood was underwater but thankfully the flood got to our back door and didn’t come in. Our place was in a really good spot out of all the other roads and ponds in our neighborhood. Our street looked like a lazy river because it was flowing from all of the wind. We had turtles, ducks, and fish swimming down our street and people could get out of the neighborhood by either a large truck or kayak. They are still picking up several feet high of furniture and other stuff from their homes destroyed by the flooding. Some homes I heard had almost 5 feet of water in their homes. He got lucky here. Very lucky but keep that door shut. Video out the window if you absolutely must but an updated video every 10-20 minutes without proper footwear isn’t wise at all.
so glad your fine.....prayers for your community and those who were not so lucky. with that in mind would you stay again for a hurricane or leave the area?
Thank goodness you fared so well! We are also in Port Charlotte (off Edgewater). It was our first hurricane as we are transplants from MN. It was scary. We had no cirri and shutters, ect as we are renters. We parked our vehicles in front of the house to block the windows. We didn’t anticipate the force and change in direction after the eye passed. I was scared initially but from about 4:30-6:30 I didn’t think we were going to make it. The patio doors bowed in at one point.
We have friends and neighbors who lost everything. Some in Arcadia that lost it all due to the water levels (up to the ceilings).
We got power back on day 10. We were certainly blessed with cool temps during that time! We got internet back today (day26).
It will be years before the area recovers. But we survived!
I live in Sebring, and it passed right over us and was scary but I feel bad for everyone on the coasts. I’m a Fort Lauderdale native and realized after this storm why Miami isn’t due south of Tampa.
It’ll be insane to even dare to attempt to rebuild what was there before.
Can we all just take a moment to compliment the bulding codes in Florida. Think about the sustained wind speeds Port Charlotte saw, and for the length of time, and witness the relative lack of damage to structures as a whole. Pretty impressive really.
Right. Hard to believe those homes can withstand that amount of continuous wind.
Because fort Myers got the worse of the strom
@@jefferymccullough2306 You're right, 125mph winds in Port Charlotte was nothing at all to be concerned about.
Maybe over thete!! not so much to the West!!
Lack of damage?? please look up Ft Meyers, Sannibel....we closed schools, had floods, tornados..and we are 90 miles WEST!
Wow!!!!What footage. I would have been freaking out. So brave to record all while the hurricane was happening . Praying for all who were affected by the devastation.
Thanks for the time stamps, we were in Cape Coral and could see nothing because of the hurricane shutters. Opening our front door was NOT Ian option. We took the dogs out during the eye. We could barely stand up. I’d never been in an eye that strong. Then the backside was worse. Hours and hours of pounding. That next morning just brought tears to see all the destruction.
Thanks for documenting that the way you did. As a mid western person I experienced my first category 1 hurricane while in Cancun. What left a lasting impression on me, was that the winds are just so relentless. They go for hours, the noise was unreal. You hear debris hit from time to time. Your video gives a great sense of this. Glad you’re safe.
What made IAN soo horrible is that it was only moving 10 miles an hour. So yeah the high winds just sat on top of us, blasting us, for what seemed like a whole day. It's still hard to think about if without crying, soo many people last alot , if not EVERYTHING.
@@codydody I’m so sorry 😢💜
He is lucky he still has a house because he is opening his door about every 20 minutes is absolutely idiotic. Plus driving over power lines. I worked in EMS and we won’t come out in a hurricane because your roof collapsed because you open the door every 20 minutes. He is showing what not to do plus he won’t have batteries on his phone because he is continuously running outside every few minutes. Can’t call for help with a dead battery. We got Ian and had more destruction than he did and we got the northeast section of Ian for many many hours. Over 2 days and a ton of rain. Constantly opening the door will make his roof fly off and windows blown out. No one will be able to help him with a roof collapse in the middle of a hurricane. Sorry but him opening the door constantly was driving me insane every few minutes. Be smart.
@@debrakleid5752 You're fine to open the door if the wind is not on that side of the house, he had a garage extension blocking the wind from his door. The real danger is if you let the wind get inside and you're going to have a really hard time re-shutting that door. Also, it's Florida, the majority of people have generators and there are power banks so you can charge your phone. He didn't have service anyway, so calling for help wasn't an option for days either way. The whole air pressure thing is a myth, houses don't have a hyperbaric seal on them, the pressure inside is the same as the pressure outside. Your ears will pop inside the house as the pressure lowers, I have been in 9 hurricanes, so I can speak from experience, It's the wind from outside that will break windows (which he had metal covering those) and the wind getting directly inside or under the eaves will lift up the roof, but Florida has strict building codes on using hurricane clips, so roofs don't fail that catastrophically usually on newer homes. Usually water or falling trees does the vast majority of catastrophic damage during hurricanes, not the wind itself.
The sounds I never wanna hear again!
Reminds me of when I experienced Hurricane Michael's eyewall being relentless and vicious. Then it was peaceful, as I was in the clear eye. It's such an eerie feeling, knowing that you're in the center of the strongest storm currently on the planet. 360° around you is the most intense and vicious wrath of mother nature, and you're in the clear middle. It's truly an experience I will never forget.
Michael's eye was insane. Never seen such a hardline between hell and dead calm. Textbook stadium effect.
I was in Hurricane Michael too! it was so scary, i thought that i was going to die throughout all of it
I'm really impressed with the building codes from Florida as your home seems not to have suffered any loss except your beautiful Palm tree. House looks great from our view ! This is a huge storm from the sound of the wind. Wow your neighbors homesheld up better than I would have thought!!😊❤
This video is phenomenal. The time stamps was brilliant. I was having my fun in Venice, FL on that day!
Our family moved from Santa Barbara, CA to Port Charlotte in 2017 to be near family and retire. The constant emergency preparedness messages on TV, radio and news paper were stressful but now I understand why. We took cover several times over the 3 years we were there but by 2020 we gave up and moved a little bit more north. Glad we did. Your video is a great reminder why it's so important to always be prepared, no matter where you live. I love how you maintained a good capture of time and the visuals are truly amazing in that it took so long to let up. You are a very patient man to hang in there. Your food looks delish! Stay blessed.
Been where you are, sitting and watching
What a bizarre feeling
It’s strange how there is always somewhere a person can sit behind a structure and watch everything happen
Thanks for this look into what it’s like to be through a hurricane
Ian was relentless, it just kept on one steady pounding. The sound of the wind drove you nuts. At about 4:30 I had finally talked my husband to sit in the hallway, I thought we were going to loose everything at this time. The hard part now is finding contractors to get our places put back together.
It's amazing to me that houses can remain standing in 150 mph winds.
This is due to the Miami Dade building codes. A direct result of the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, in 1992. You have no idea how good you have it (now).
prayers for you and your hardship sending you all the quick home fix up vibes
So glad you all made it through definitely a frightening experience is an understatement. My friends are in North Port. It was very intense there as well . Good luck on getting things repaired.
So very sorry...I hope you use hurricane proof items
I was raised in Gulf Cove Port Charlotte, went and graduated at Lemon Bay High School, my parents had business in EljoBean, I miss my hometown and it breaks my heart it was destroyed all my friends still live in area. Prayers and love sent to each and every one of you!
Excellent video bro!! The constant time keeping and visuals outside was cool. It gave a better perspective on how fast and hard hitting Ian was on your community. Thank god you and your people are safe! That was amazing to see how hard those winds were blowing and your house was still standing!! Just amazing!!
We live just west of you on the coast in Englewood. Went north to Tampa because I remember damage from Charlie just to the south. Our home is older and surrounded by many large trees. Came back with trees down and thru the roof. Can’t live in my home now until we repair.
33983 here... We evacuated at 5pm to my parents in Port Charlotte/Kings Hwy area, after our roof ripped back, ceiling collapsed, front double doors blown wide open and thankfully four us braced it up, windows with shutters ripped out of the exterior wall.
Attic blown out, everything all over.
I posted a video; right before our roof collapsed and forced to leave.
The sound though, white-wall swirling of rain from the back second half of Ian was nerve wracking.
Terrible for our nature, poor scared animals/environment overall.
Then, the wind's from our past several normal thunder storms during the last week or so, of recalling the winds from Ian are getting to alot of people still being heard.
Insane feeling, especially after enduring multiple disasters, hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes ect., Charley included was a tough. 😒
...Ian...this one was the worst endured. Flooding after too.
You did an amazing job recording and sharing. Thanks. 😁
I live in Punta Gorda and was going to stay when Ian was supposed to pass us but when Jim Cantore was moved to here from Clearwater I knew we were in for it. Left at 10:30 on the morning of the storm and went up to Arcadia then over and down beside Lake O to Clewiston where I sat in a closed Walmart parking lot for the entirety of the storm. The last winds died down about 3 am. I drove home to see if my house was still there. Surprisingly little damage but after watching your vid I am seriously glad I didn't stay. On of my neighbors died after suffering a head injury. He'd gone outside during the eye and ended up slipping and falling, didn't get back in fast enough someone said. Others who stayed said they never will again in that powerful a storm.
Great vid. Really shows the speed from the side view and I like how you can see the sequence of events. Also shows how long these things last.
That’s some gnarly wind. Glad you and your home made it through.
That would have been nerve-wracking! Such a huge storm! I can't believe you still had flowers in front of your house when it was over, whatever they are they're tough! I'm so glad you're ok!
Thank you for sharing.
It was relentless. Prayers for our entire state and especially for those of us in PC. This community is STRONG and we were definitely given grace by God. I still can't believe our windows held for that many hours💜🙌🏻💜 I pray you and your family are doing well. It will take a long time to get back to normal, but I'm super grateful for electricity! Huge thanks to all of those that have been working 24/7 to help everyone🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
You do know that god isn’t real.
@@antfbi God is definitely real. Prayers lifted for you and your family as well🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I live in Cape Coral Florida where I moved to 3 months ago from Texas. This is the first Hurricane I’ve been through
Thank you so much for sharing your hurricane footage! I have friends in Punta Gorda whose property really took a terrible beating! They haven't been able to move back into their home since Ian! Major house damage and their beautiful yard was decimated. I told them they should move back to Wisconsin, but they hate the cold too much. Glad you made it through im pretty good shape!☮️
We live in north port,, the charlotte/sarasota County line across the canal in our backyard. We had shutters so couldn't see anything but that wind you recorded was blasting straight into our front door. We had to hold the door for HOURS to keep it from blowing in. The canal behind our house AND the flood water in the street came within 15 feet of our house. We were stuck for 2 days, and no power for 8 days. Could've been SO much worse.
Witchblade24: My daughter lives in North Port. (We used to live in Pt. Charlotte) she didn't get power back for 8 days, either. Luckily, remembering Hurricane Charley, she was as prepared as she could be. When we went through Charley, my husband had our generator going as soon as it was over - luckily it was a much smaller and faster moving Hurricane. Hopefully, it will be many years before another one comes, but at least we know our daughter is ready with her generator, now. Y'all stay safe, and good luck.
@@ladybee883 Totally agree! Whoever invented the generator was genius!
I live in Cape Coral and it was like a 3 hour tornado. I drove Fort Myers Beach last week where I have been a salesman for the business and condos and I don't recognize it anymore.
Relentless. The slow movement really allowed for extreme damage. I would love to experience that, but not the aftermath. The power is incredible. Glad you're safe and your house was well built.
It looks like the windows are covered by storm shutters., that makes a lot of sense!!
Neat video. Sorry that your electric power went out. Liked how you show the time and the progress of the storm every few minutes. I have never been in a hurricane before, but my curiosity got the best of me, and this video is very much what I want to see.
I believe you presented the best video of Ian on UA-cam. Well done!
Thank you for sharing this with us, I thank God you are safe.
Thank you for sharing this we were headed upon the gorda Port Charlotte for Christmas after Ian we decided not to
I rode the storm out a 1960's Mackel home.
My houses gable was on end to those strong winds. My overhang or soffits are only 12" - this helped to keep my roof on. My shed was destroyed and I got 2 broken windows. My house is all intact - live on Ednor Street. What a strong and ferocious storm!
You live in Port Charlotte, but the end driving part is in Englewood. Most of the stores and restaurants are still closed. The gas station you pull into at the end is still not operational. You still did a great service by posting this video. It will take us years to recover.
This is unreal. Thanks for posting. I am in Tampa and this could have been here had the track remained more westward. Plus, my apartment complex buildings are all built with wood in the mid 80's
I wouldn’t worry too much about that. My friend and I stayed in my house in Placida on the water in a wooden house that was built in 1980. We got the worst of the storm for hours and hours, I honestly thought that my house would collapse because the wind was so punishing for so long. I don’t know how It did it, but it remained strong throughout the storm. Praise the Lord. I always wondered why they built wooden houses in Key West, but someone told me that a wooden house is as strong as any concrete house because it can sway with the wind . So I think you can rest assured that you are a safe where you are is anywhere.
Great job capturing this stunning footage of mighty hurricane IAN!
Good footage. TY for not ruining it with music. Now we can hear the storm.
Great job with the time frame video. I’m in the Tampa area and we were very lucky not to get hit like you and your neighbors Hope everything is good for you now
Great video, Thanks for the footage, You giving the update on the time was excellent!!!
2:04 I remember getting that warning and looking forward to being in the eye for a couple hours and getting a break. That was before we knew the storm would turn more east and leave us in the eye wall for 9 hours
Hello...I'm just down the road a bit in Deep Creek.
I think the strangest thing about to hurricane to me was, how it stripped the trees bare.
We're so used to lush green foliage, that it just seems so strange to see Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte look so barren. 😢
The same with Placita where I’m from. It actually looks like a war zone when you drive through Placida Road. It was always so lush and green & now, as you said, most of these trees are actually stripped of their bark. Such a sad sight to see, & yeah amazingly the next day I saw some smaller birds in my yard. How was it at these little creatures survived when these towering trees collapsed ? Somethings I guess we’re just not meant to understand.
The is a real testament to modern Florida building codes. A newer Florida home not in a flood prone area withstands these winds just fine. It’s the storm surge that does the most damage.
I know this may be odd to say but I'm from milwaukee & I have no fear whatsoever like I was in orlando for work training with JetBlue and due to the hurricane,we had to leave a day earlier which ended up being the morning of hurricane ian. We were told that the airport was to shutdown but my flight kept getting pushed back. Its crazy because that felt like a sign to me to really just stay in Florida. I never take nature or any NATURAL disaster for granted so protecting myself but also experiencing a hurricane wouldve been something I would have wanted to do. Its impressive how places like this get back to where they were though for the most part & for me its breathtaking just being so far from a place I've known all my life & going through new/different experiences
Can I just say, how impressed with your flowers by your house! All that rain and wind, and they are still there.
Glad your house wasn't flooded. Great footage. I live in manatee county near myakka. We lost 40-50 large oaks that were 30-60 feet tall and some pines. We are still cutting them up as we can
I absolutely love the way you documented this…. im in WI ive never witnessed a natural disaster of any kind…. this gives me a very good idea of what a hurricane is kind of like its nothing like actually being in it im certain but it gives me a good idea… thank you very much for doing this! it’s appreciated!
why wouldnt you put your car in the garage lol 😂
I've been in hurricanes in Alabama and what unnerved me was the hours of the great howling wind, called sustained wind.
I was completely amazed that you werent worried about staying in your house! But, I noticed it looks like concrete outside and if that's your basic structure, looks like one of the new "hurricane proof" homes? That's wonderful! And, looks like in your neighborhood only some missing shingles unless damage from falling trees. I noticed that leaning tree down the street from you was stripped of leaves. I grew up in the heart of tornado country and that sight is common. So, looks like you chose your house and location very well. Obviously rising water causes as much damage, sometimes more, as the wind. Thank you for sharing this and I'm glad you and your home came through alright.
Florida bulding code requires cement block on the first floor, no frame built single family homes.
Ty i really do appreciate the footage and time stamps. I was super interested how this area faired. Still wish i was there holed up that day. Im miss Florida so much.
You are so lucky. I've lived on the east coast of Florida for over 50 years. The anticipation of the storm coming is almost as bad as being in it. Mother Nature is incredible. Good you made out okay.
I went through Hurricane Katrina, this looks and sounds the same. Unreal, please evacuate if you are in a flood zone. My son lives in Fort Meyers, and he evacuated, very thankful they did.
Thank you for sharing this. I'm so very sorry everyone have to go through this.
Thank you for posting this! Live in the midwest so familiar with tornadoes but this is such a long sustaining high wind! Most of us wouldn't know what it's like if you hadn't have documented it. Scary stuff, I'm surprised the damage wasn't worse. glad you are ok, your house had the perfect porch!
Praying for everyone that was affected by this terrible storm 🧎🏻♀️🙏🏻❤️
Thanks for your taping .I live in punta gorda.solona.i. stayed thought the storm.my house is over 100 year's old.thank god i lost a couple trees but that's all.where friends if mine lost there whole home.that was a very haed strong strom that necer stopped
I'm in North Port. Lived in Venice my whole life never experienced a storm this bad. Is was definitely life changing. Glad to see the water went down for you. Where I live the water kept coming up. It was waist deep in the road. Didn't get in the house though thank god.
Excellent footage, thanks for sharing! You and your property did well, even your mailbox. Glad to see it! I was a little concerned for your car, but it held. Sorry the town was so wrecked.
I live in the city of Sarasota. And as hard as we got smacked up here, it is nothing compared to what you guys felt down there. My heart breaks seeing all the destruction. I am also surprised you got a warning about Sarasota County emergency vehicles no longer responding to calls so late. That alert came in just after noon for me.
My Parents live in Port Charlotte they said it was at times scary, they live off one of the canals, and the storm destroyed the roof, the rain got in destroying walls, and carpeting furniture, destroying a brand new pool cage and ripping up 22-year-old trees. It has been weeks since the storm but they are making progress...
You captured that intense fury inside the eye wall. Incredible!
The little mailbox that could! Awesome footage, you really get a feel for the power of these storms. That is a very soundproof front door you have right there.
Aww, the mailbox finally gave up.
This coverage is unreal. Like what you would see in a movie. Glad you are safe!
Thank you for sharing. I'm in Ohio. I'm so sorry for what your all going through. Great job on this video! I've been watching a lot of people's videos it's so terrifying. Prayers for Florida!
Awesome video! Port Charlotte and surrounding areas got nailed by the thickest parts of the eyewall for hours on end. One thing that was definitely interesting about this storm in particular was how much more intense the backside of it was compared to the first half. The reason for that being its interaction with a strong cold front creating a much tighter pressure gradient on the backside. Nice job documenting this event, hope recovery is speedy!
I believe I've read before that the back wall is usually more intense.
i stayed in port charlotte, the intense winds were from 1 pm to 10 pm. there was no eye relief, only eyewall as it moved. englewood has older homes and incredible damage. new homes had small damage - shingles missing, soffits, some water damage. older wood frame homes were destroyed. even newer mobile homes did ok compared to total destruction of older ones. i kept going out like the video, my dog needed to pee. she was so scared to go away from the porch like in the video. the one thing i remember is the incredible booms from thunder, maybe torandos, or pressure gradiants. lived through many hurricanes, this one was really bad.
Yes, I drove to Miami after Ian passed from st Pete and was forced to get off i75 at Englewood and I was basically a first responder. You can imagine what I saw. Every single tree in commercial plazas were knocked over, flooded houses, destroyed houses and loss of life:(. Englewood took probably 6hours of 90+mph winds
Great video. Ty for this. Watching from Texas and God bless you and your family
Wow, that was intense. I couldn’t imagine enduring the wind and sideways rain for that many hours. Even inside your house, I could hear the wind. Thanks for sharing!!!
You early in the video: "I think this is the peak"
Ian" "Hold my beer"
I was waiting for the portapotty to disappear. LOL
Yeah, I was thinking, "Nope, not even anywhere near the worst you'll get." Glad he came through it safe.
Great video , thanks for sharing !
Thank you for giving us a live view of what to expect. I live also in Florida and that storm was a wake up call to all of us. Glad to see you did okay but those poor people on the beaches I cannot imagine the horror
HI I AM A FRENCH CANADIAn from montreal, ,quebec , i juyst want to SAID TO YOU thaNK YOU TO MAKE ME LIVE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH YOU IT WAS EXTRAOEDINARE TO SEE THE POWER OF THE NATURE ,
And I thought it was really windy when it hit brevard. The winds you got were crazy! Glad you made it thru safe and sound. RIP mailbox. you did good buddy..you did good.
Thanks for posting. We were inside w no power or internet and could only hear it. To see it is frightening.
Awesome footage and good documentation!
I liked the timestamps given throughout the video.
I would've liked if it was a continuous shot rather than the video starting inside and you opening the door but it's your video so do with is as you please.
That's a like from me!
Wow! So glad I was out of town when Ian hit the Gulf coast. I was very lucky my town didn’t suffer a lot of damage. Amazing footage.
I think you were blessed that your front door was placed the way it is .. Shielded from the direct hit of the wind and rain. The next day you must have gone out and pulled the mail box back up... as well as the tree...?? I also saw that you had the hurricane shutters on your home?? Amazing footage... and glad you are ok after that..
This footage is amazing 😮 I am looking and I am speechless
Wow that was crazy! Glad your ok. My sister lives in Port Charlotte but she evacuated and did come back to some damage to her roof but grateful she and my nieces were ok 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing the as it was happening video.
I thank God you are ok. I can’t believe how bad it was. I’m blessed, I’ve never went through anything like this. I hope I never do. You sure had a lot of guardian angels watching over you. I pray you never go through anything like that again.🙋🏻♀️🙏💦💦💦
Where is your house? We left Hopewell Ave in Gulf Cove in 2019.
My cousin lives there. She said her house had alot of siding tree and shingle damage. Her car also got a bunch of dents and scratches.
Great video. Glad y’all didn’t get worse than that. I lived there during Charlie.
You might consider moving your palm another 5 ft from the house… it’ll grow into it as it matures 😉
I can’t believe how soundproof your house (and front door) is 😲
My house is so flimsy I can hear anything with the doors & windows closed 😅
I was thinking the same. You couldn't hear a thing till he opened up the door.
The one thing that blows my mind is no one put their cars in the garage with all that water
Because there are no basements in this part of Florida, most of us use the garage for storage. I know very few people who use their garage for their cars here.
How did your mailbox get back up? Awesome video! Powerful storm.
Thanks for the video buddy I live in Port Charlotte I evacuated and came home to destruction good luck
First of all that mail box was a trooper. Second thought is that I wouldn't have been able to help myself from throwing a nerf ball as hard as I could at the peek of the storm. Just to see how far I would go. Childish. I know. Third is that It's so sad that these people have had to go through what they did. I lived in coastal SC for over 20 years and the experience definitely makes you feel alive but helpless but it usually gives a person a new perspective. The aftermath is the beginning of a hard road to get back to normalcy. Stay strong Florida. 💪
Wow, that was amazing to watch. Thank you so much for the video.
great footage!
This was a bad one….the house I was living in suffered severe water damage and is no longer safe to live in. I’m homeless and
Iiving here and there. I don’t know where I’ll be from week to week or what will happen with my life now.
Dios , el ruido es terrorífico les mando un abrazo desde Chile , espero que se encuentren bien.😢😢👍❤️
Welcome to Florida! By the way, what kind of roof damage did you get?
The speed of the wind was amazing. It's a wonder more damage wasn't done to the houses nearby. I liked showing the time then looking out the front door each time. Thanks.
I'm surprised your car didn't blow away. That was insane.
I’m surprised you’d leave your car outside when have a garage
Thank you. Glad you made it.
How long were you without power? I live in Bayou La Batre, Al and after Ivan and Katrina I remember us being without power for 10 and 12 days for each and for 17 days with Hurricane Frederick
glad you were okay, I suggest redoing your front door to current code in that should open outward(post Andrew).
I have never seen a front door open outward. What is the difference if it opens outward?
@@tinablair6262 Outward opening doors provide you with an added layer of protection, as an inward swinging door only has a latch and a deadbolt to prevent it from blowing into your home. its code for all of south florida.
Wow that's crazy. I'm from Connecticut so we just get snow in the winter. Never experienced a hurricane. Definitely seems nuts
I would be scared out of my mind! Here in Illinois, we had a Derecho with 120 mph winds, but only lasted about 20 minutes. That was scary enough for me!
I remember hearing about that when it was going through! That would have been terrifying! No thanks I will keep our Michigan unpredictable weather!
I was a child back then but I remember the 2012 derecho i thought it was a hurricane because how strong the wind was plus we didn't have power in our house for days
I have watched several of these hurricane videos and while the footage is awe inspiring i really just want
to smack all of them. This guy keeps openng the door to get pics and see what is happening. If the wind had been from a slightly different direction it would have blown through the house at 150mph. Then he goes driving around to see damage. Some other guy went out barefoot in his yard in the midst of roofing shingles all around him (nails). He later sliced his leg badly while cutting something. Then he too drove everywhere to look around. A final guy prepped his house left then came back just befor the storm hit. Then drove back to his shelter and stood outside inside a screened pool enclosure to watch the storm blow it all away. He too went out with minimal footwear walking around with roofing nails and power lines down everywhere. I have lived in FL for 62yrs. When a hurricane comes you hunker down/evacuate til it passes. You stay away from doors, windows, wear proper footwear at all times, and never Lookie Loo after. While seeing a hurricane is awesome and terrifying Jim Cantore knows how to get the pics. The average person does not. Keep your butt in a safe place.
He kept going out for more video about every 10-20 minutes constantly and I’m amazed he wasn’t hurt and that he didn’t get a lot of damage. I live in Volusia County which was the hardest hit county on the east coast of Florida and people I knew lost everything because Ian was moving so slowly and we had the northeast section of Ian so we had strong wind and rain for about 2 days or so. I also took videos but not every few minutes like he was doing. Not smart to do that and what kills most people in hurricanes isn’t the wind but the water due to floods. We had severe flooding here. 5 people last I heard died with an older man in his 60’s drowning in his home after he fell and couldn’t get back up and his home was flooded and he drowned. He is definitely lucky but opening the door every few minutes isn’t a smart thing to do just to get video. Even storm chasers who are pros have gotten killed especially chasing tornadoes and tornadoes can be spawned by hurricanes. Our wind howling was crazy here as well. We probably had cat 2 and 3 winds for a while and when the eye came to the county to the south of us it started to slow down a bit especially since Ian was down to a tropical storm but we probably got over 2 feet of rain. Our neighborhood was underwater but thankfully the flood got to our back door and didn’t come in. Our place was in a really good spot out of all the other roads and ponds in our neighborhood. Our street looked like a lazy river because it was flowing from all of the wind. We had turtles, ducks, and fish swimming down our street and people could get out of the neighborhood by either a large truck or kayak. They are still picking up several feet high of furniture and other stuff from their homes destroyed by the flooding. Some homes I heard had almost 5 feet of water in their homes. He got lucky here. Very lucky but keep that door shut. Video out the window if you absolutely must but an updated video every 10-20 minutes without proper footwear isn’t wise at all.
Excellent job! Thankyou.
how are you able to open the door in the middle of that & why wasnt the car inside the garage?
so glad your fine.....prayers for your community and those who were not so lucky. with that in mind would you stay again for a hurricane or leave the area?
live on the alabama gulf coast. have been through 6 hurricanes. never had one hit during daylight. rode them all out in the dark.