Driving into a severe thunderstorm across the Chesapeake bay bridge in Maryland

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  • Driving my Jeep Wrangler into a severe thunderstorm across the Chesapeake bay bridge in Maryland and come out safely west of the bay ridge on route 50.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 154

  • @scholastica1658
    @scholastica1658 Рік тому +9

    Storm videos are like always my favorite, but seeing this bridge I'm really amazed, crossing this bridge during a storm you are all great..

  • @MIKEYPOOHBEARJACKSON
    @MIKEYPOOHBEARJACKSON 5 років тому +27

    God I love this bridge. Nice view of the storm.

  • @robtman9199
    @robtman9199 5 років тому +30

    I drive this bridge 5 days a week, have been for 12 years or more. I have crossed it maybe 4,000 to 5,000 times. Have seen storms like this several times. I don't mind the bridge, the traffic can be a real pain quite often. Nice video!

    • @chrishare3981
      @chrishare3981 5 років тому +1

      Nice area.is the bridge a bit Rusty?

    • @robtman9199
      @robtman9199 5 років тому +4

      In places it is, but they are constantly working on it and maintaining it. They are working now on the West Bound Bridge at nights, so they are keeping it in good condition.

    • @davidsteiner785
      @davidsteiner785 Рік тому +2

      Be careful with the stom

  • @rutvikvyas9531
    @rutvikvyas9531 3 роки тому +7

    Extremely heavy rainfall with thunderstorm... Incredible👍👍.. Bridge is so beautiful❤

  • @karlknight2852
    @karlknight2852 7 років тому +58

    I love these type of videos, thanks for sharing :- )

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  7 років тому +2

      Thank You Karl.... I plan on capturing a lot more. Make sure you subscribe to my channel to get notified when I upload them.

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 5 років тому

      Karl Knight thanks I definitely will. Make sure you subscribe to my channel to get my latest videos...

  • @gkelly34
    @gkelly34 4 роки тому +8

    I'm as amazed by the span of this bridge as I am by the storm. Wow!

  • @yeseniaosorio7843
    @yeseniaosorio7843 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for the video❤🎉. I love the rain as long as I don’t go out and drive. I rather watch you drive in the rain. God bless you and take care.

  • @heatherhahn7922
    @heatherhahn7922 5 років тому +16

    I used to live in Virginia and I can say that I miss the thunder storms big time here in Washington state we don't get them as much thank you for sharing the video

  • @jenwashere301
    @jenwashere301 5 років тому +19

    I like to be home safe & sound when thunderstorms hit..Love the sound of thunder & the crack of lightning & rain..A car is a lil too up close & personal for me..lol..we don't get really intense rain or storms much here in Australia so to watch one is magical..thanks for sharing this.

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  5 років тому +4

      Jenny Sutherland yeah me too but it’s still scary then when the lightning gets to close for comfort. I drove 190miles every other weekend to visit my girlfriend. (Long distance relationship) and this was just one of those storms that happen. I’m just glad I made it trough it safely...

    • @jenwashere301
      @jenwashere301 5 років тому +3

      @@michaelpruiksma wow you are waaaay braver than me..I honestly would be cowering under a log or rock & knowing My luck "that rock or log would get struck by lightning". Lol
      Enjoyed watching pleez keep em coming..Cheers & stay safe both you & your girlfriend hun.😘

  • @jamesanthonygreen4180
    @jamesanthonygreen4180 6 років тому +16

    That was an interesting video.

  • @lincolnhunt9558
    @lincolnhunt9558 4 роки тому +4

    Phoenix AZ doesn't get storms very often, but when we do it often is exactly like this. Then its back to 115 degrees for a whole month before we get another one

  • @venkateswarareddy007
    @venkateswarareddy007 5 років тому +5

    Nice video in rain love it

  • @COPS367
    @COPS367 4 роки тому +2

    Wow what tranchell downpour I'm glad you made it safe through the storm

  • @susanbuckley4153
    @susanbuckley4153 3 роки тому +4

    Amazing video... but very scary bridge.

  • @caroldanversmywife9826
    @caroldanversmywife9826 2 роки тому +3

    i remember my dad and me drive to the camping, at the california, thunderstorm just kill our car
    we back home and my camping going down

  • @Decgyrrl
    @Decgyrrl 4 роки тому +3

    My mom & family are from MD. It's been awhile since I've been down there. Was planning 2 go this summer, then covid hit. We're planning a nice celebration, if or when we make it thru this.🌩🌧😀

  • @takishawebb9791
    @takishawebb9791 5 місяців тому

    I live in Maryland and I cross this bridge all the time. It really isn't that bad once you actually get up there. I guess some people get some anxiety and a little bit of claustrophobia because it is a little bit claustrophobic with only 2 lanes open at once and it is also very high up, but I actually find as a great opportunity to relax.

  • @Howoldareweanywayyipes
    @Howoldareweanywayyipes 2 роки тому +3

    water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

  • @austinstitzel
    @austinstitzel 5 років тому +10

    That looks scary!

  • @isabellawolgoth9447
    @isabellawolgoth9447 4 роки тому +2

    Absolutely charming! I love how the lights of the oncoming traffic were often distorted by the rain on your windshield❤️

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  4 роки тому +1

      Isabella Wolgoth glad you like it. Thanks for watching

    • @stephensnell1379
      @stephensnell1379 3 роки тому +1

      @@michaelpruiksma it's absolutely superb the video is

  • @thegoosefamily1777
    @thegoosefamily1777 4 роки тому +7

    Everybody knows this is the scariest bridge in America

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 4 роки тому +4

      It’s not really that bad. What’s so scary about it?

    • @annaheldt1236
      @annaheldt1236 Рік тому

      Try the rainbow Bridge in Port Arthur TX going into Bridge city. Now that's a scary Bridge
      Due to the height of it.

  • @theloner7667
    @theloner7667 5 років тому +3

    Put some rain-x on those windows. I live in AZ and during monsoon season I put a few coats on. Even in hard rain I rarely even have to use the wipers. Thanks for sharing the video!

  • @jontownsend6451
    @jontownsend6451 5 років тому +5

    Going off subject here, but i am shocked about the condition of the roadway over the bridge and the lack of street lighting. Here in the UK our major highway bridges are well maintained and well lit at night.

    • @weltonvillegal6258
      @weltonvillegal6258 5 років тому

      A good guess would be that there are no lights due to people complaining about the light pollution in nearby towns. Their house would be lit up 24-7.

    • @scottherron
      @scottherron 4 роки тому +2

      A lot of the street lights have been upgraded since this video to LED's, the old lights had been poorly maintained by the state for several years before this video. There has also been issues with heroin addicts stealing the wire that powers these lights and scraping the copper for drug money sadly.

  • @davidsteiner785
    @davidsteiner785 Рік тому +2

    Great job I love it and be careful with the stom

  • @joekrause6382
    @joekrause6382 6 років тому +19

    About 4:25 it looks like a funnel cloud starting to form

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 6 років тому +1

      Yeah I'm surprised it didn't form that was a nasty storm

    • @toyareyes-garza398
      @toyareyes-garza398 5 років тому +1

      That bridge can fall apart during the storm and the wind can blow up to 50 to 60 miles per hour with powerful sheets of rain wind driven

    • @reneeplayz9532
      @reneeplayz9532 5 років тому

      I would say that a tornado

    • @evans8479
      @evans8479 5 років тому +1

      Joseph krause just lettin’ ya know, thats actually rain

    • @AmyAnnLand
      @AmyAnnLand 4 роки тому +1

      @@reneeplayz9532 Every rain video some idiot swears they see a "funnel cloud ". Pareidolia at its finest.

  • @aliadam575
    @aliadam575 2 роки тому

    🇺🇸❇⚓🔩⚓❇🇺🇸.....An engineering marvel! Evening from Charm City excellent vid sir/senor & the magic of Jeep Wranglers.....

  • @tamarawalther4524
    @tamarawalther4524 3 роки тому +1

    I looove rain storms!!! 💖

  • @Boxyde
    @Boxyde 2 роки тому +3

    This rusty bridge desperately needs some maintenance, like paint.

  • @susiegrissom906
    @susiegrissom906 3 роки тому +2

    I like this. I am really really afraid of storms.

  • @worldcooking
    @worldcooking Рік тому

    Flawless footage on this Maryland road!

  • @nerowolfe736
    @nerowolfe736 5 років тому +5

    "One does not simply drive on the Chesapeake Bay bridge into Mordor..."

  • @Kimtwister
    @Kimtwister 6 років тому +5

    i went on this bridge for the first time in my life during my nnightmare trip to rehoboth beach DE

  • @giltracy505
    @giltracy505 4 роки тому +2

    What a storm you need radar to get through ! Great video !Thank you.

  • @تباركعباس-ج8ه
    @تباركعباس-ج8ه 4 роки тому +3

    ما شاء الله ربي خير وبركه

  • @monawebster195
    @monawebster195 7 місяців тому

    ❤my kind of video. Enjoyed it

  • @kristenfuller9168
    @kristenfuller9168 2 роки тому +1

    Wow black and huge great video

  • @naturefunwjasown4267
    @naturefunwjasown4267 4 роки тому +4

    Why do people always have to hold the camera while driving when I could just easily prop the camera in the front seats?

  • @austinstitzel
    @austinstitzel 5 років тому +5

    June 2017 was actually ranked the 7th driest June on record for Maryland

    • @shaw2106
      @shaw2106 5 років тому

      Hi bud in 2019

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 5 років тому

      NinaWalterYesTrotroUTTP THDC No AKA Austin Stitzel 👈 now that’s a name... I don’t know but this storm produced a lot of rain.

  • @RichieRouge206
    @RichieRouge206 4 роки тому +4

    Great video and quite relaxing oddly! Yes it looks like a tony tornado tail around 4:20! Are you driving a Dodge Ram?

  • @robytherobotwhiteversion
    @robytherobotwhiteversion Рік тому

    Cool bridge!

  • @caroldanversmywife9826
    @caroldanversmywife9826 2 роки тому +1

    look beautiful

  • @AmyAnnLand
    @AmyAnnLand 4 роки тому +4

    Man, I love rain. I wish I didn't live in a desert.

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  4 роки тому +2

      I love rain too but not when I have to travel 190 miles...

    • @MythicubeYT
      @MythicubeYT 22 дні тому

      @@michaelpruiksmawhat phone did you use to record this video? It looks really good for a phone especially in 2017

  • @katiescarlett1955
    @katiescarlett1955 5 років тому +11

    You need new windshield wipers.

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  5 років тому +9

      Thanks for noticing I am currently accepting donations for new ones...

    • @tferg1443
      @tferg1443 5 років тому +1

      Michael Pruiksma haha

  • @janheard3826
    @janheard3826 5 років тому +3

    That is a long bridge. It looks quite old. Looks like you were driving and filming at the same time. Very dangerous.

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  5 років тому +2

      Don’t try this at home...

    • @centuryrox
      @centuryrox 5 років тому +4

      It's about 4.5 miles long and about 185 ft high. The eastbound span opened in 1952, and the westbound span (the one he was driving on) opened in 1973. And yes, it can be a bit nerve-racking to drive across it, especially in heavy traffic and bad weather.

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 5 років тому +1

      centuryrox thanks so much for the knowledge, I never knew that about the bay bridge.

    • @centuryrox
      @centuryrox 5 років тому +2

      @@ModernizedLifestyle Here's something else you might not know: The 1973 expansion (building the westbound span) was actually voted down by the MD voters, only to be overridden by the MD General Assembly and built anyway. In this case, that was a good thing. I can't imagine the traffic nightmares only having 1 span open to cross the bay would cause these days!

  • @pumpkinproblem
    @pumpkinproblem 3 роки тому +6

    I'm curious, if know I have lilapsophobia so my mind takes it to the extreme, but do most people driving into a storm, especially ones that looks like that not think about it possibly having a tornado hidden in it? I get so freaked out I'll turn around before or find some business to wait for the storm to pass over cause I always assume a tornado is in every storm and it really sucks haha

    • @annie482000
      @annie482000 2 роки тому

      I'm glad I don't drive❗I have astraphobia (fear of thunderstorms) and have had that since I was little.

    • @pandaheadcjr
      @pandaheadcjr Рік тому +1

      thats a squall line witch means the wind is going in one direction and because of that there is no wind sheer and if there is little or no sheer then tornado development is unlikely

  • @cindyturpitz3256
    @cindyturpitz3256 4 роки тому +2

    Great Video.greetings from germany

  • @jacksonhartley9275
    @jacksonhartley9275 4 роки тому +2

    Nice work! We successfully hit 300 subscribers and 1,000 likes.

  • @MultiStorm15
    @MultiStorm15 5 років тому +2

    Last night was pretty rough for the bay

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  5 років тому +1

      It definitely was... it was a rough flight to South Carolina too

    • @MultiStorm15
      @MultiStorm15 5 років тому

      @@michaelpruiksma I bet idk if I wouldve rather drove down they had winds of 80 down by Florence SC that was mess for SC

  • @wesleyrose1824
    @wesleyrose1824 5 років тому +1

    Awsome dude

  • @sharoneverett7468
    @sharoneverett7468 5 років тому +1

    😲O Lord Slow down!!! 🙈 Maybe a strom,But the view ls beautiful on the bridge.(lm scare of stroms 😁).Hey It looks like a tornado trying to form.Hope and pray God covers and protect Yall out there.

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 5 років тому +2

      Sharon Everett Thank I was safe and sound. It just one of those things that happen. You can run from it or go right though it.

    • @sharoneverett7468
      @sharoneverett7468 5 років тому +2

      @@ModernizedLifestyle lm running child for cover 😂.Glad you made threw,Micheal l will not ride with you nowhere...

  • @kbw.rvwhntr
    @kbw.rvwhntr 6 років тому +4

    I'm assuming it was either during rush hour or the tail end of it because that west bound traffic towards the bridge was awful! The storm wasn't nearly as bad as it looked before you crossed the bridge. I thought it would be a lot of lightning or even some hail but I've driven through storms 100 times worse than this one.

  • @pandaheadcjr
    @pandaheadcjr 5 років тому +3

    I live in the town right before the Severn river bridge

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  5 років тому

      That’s awesome... except for the traffic...

  • @accdude92
    @accdude92 3 роки тому +4

    Use a cell phone mount 🤦‍♂️

  • @jaydenyoutuber9904
    @jaydenyoutuber9904 4 місяці тому

    Wait, why does the West bound look taller? Than the eastbound.💀

  • @krishsaini8463
    @krishsaini8463 2 роки тому

    This is a heavy evening thunderstorm

  • @kimberlycornelius7911
    @kimberlycornelius7911 3 роки тому +1

    One Xanax going over one going home to NC thank,you

  • @tiffanyholt4291
    @tiffanyholt4291 5 років тому +1

    Scary 😵

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 5 років тому +1

      Tiffany Holt yeah.... it was worse than I thought it was. I’m just glad it lasted a few min and not the entire three hour drive.

  • @ابومياسه-ح2ف
    @ابومياسه-ح2ف 5 років тому +1

    جميل nice

  • @miniaturchanelrji4313
    @miniaturchanelrji4313 3 роки тому +1

    Goodd,s🤗

  • @ronaldwilliamson7963
    @ronaldwilliamson7963 2 роки тому

    Let me off at the Target in Bowie.

  • @liamdempseyfirephotosvideo1475
    @liamdempseyfirephotosvideo1475 5 років тому

    4:54 was that the Anne Arundel county fire dept on East side of the bay bridge

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 5 років тому

      Liam Dempsey Fire Photography I have no idea... your guess is as good as mine.

  • @gazzag.t9962
    @gazzag.t9962 4 роки тому

    I would be in the right lane just in case the weather would be to bad so I could pull up .

  • @bunasadam9755
    @bunasadam9755 4 роки тому +1

    I see a crash at that bridge last month

  • @ikemike2823
    @ikemike2823 Рік тому

    How much does it cost to cross the bridge in 2022?

  • @joseruizromero3079
    @joseruizromero3079 2 місяці тому

    Holle what hoping the balitmore

  • @peterjames2004
    @peterjames2004 6 років тому +3

    what were you driving please

  • @shelbyjensen2910
    @shelbyjensen2910 5 років тому

    Stay safe

    • @ModernizedLifestyle
      @ModernizedLifestyle 5 років тому

      Shelby Jensen it was a few years ago and I stayed safe... thank you for caring. 🤗

  • @veronicaibarra5599
    @veronicaibarra5599 5 років тому +2

    Me muero de miedo

  • @sherryisaacs5748
    @sherryisaacs5748 3 роки тому +1

    No way

  • @spams2321
    @spams2321 6 років тому +1

    Hi

  • @harukakigani106
    @harukakigani106 5 років тому +1

    More like driving into a river on the freeway!

  • @pablojimenez5433
    @pablojimenez5433 5 років тому +2

    ...wow...the people's republic of Maryland....

  • @zj1548
    @zj1548 3 роки тому +1

    😍

  • @matthewgregory8218
    @matthewgregory8218 5 років тому +1

    Florida ?

    • @laila6124
      @laila6124 5 років тому

      Matthew Gregory it’s the Chesapeake bay bridge in Maryland

    • @matthewgregory8218
      @matthewgregory8218 5 років тому

      Oh wow in the smallest state in America

    • @diannashuster5594
      @diannashuster5594 4 роки тому +2

      @@matthewgregory8218 actually Rhode Island is the smallest state.

  • @ErikPAPATIE
    @ErikPAPATIE 5 років тому +1

    Down for moving video camera not fix like other

  • @mikeb6033
    @mikeb6033 5 років тому +1

    was there a wreck on the other bridge?

  • @franciscojosegaley9419
    @franciscojosegaley9419 5 років тому

    Qué montón de agua 😮😮

  • @lindaagnew5637
    @lindaagnew5637 2 роки тому +1

    Bad Weather

  • @diannashuster5594
    @diannashuster5594 4 роки тому +1

    You need better wipers

  • @louishumphrey4998
    @louishumphrey4998 5 років тому

    First time seeing rain?????

  • @bunasadam9755
    @bunasadam9755 4 роки тому +1

    I see a crash at this brigdge

  • @karimemora7290
    @karimemora7290 4 роки тому

    Que pais es ?

  • @minypizarro6720
    @minypizarro6720 5 років тому +2

    Plop jajaja

  • @ericascali5427
    @ericascali5427 2 роки тому

    Brutto

  • @gracegonzales9208
    @gracegonzales9208 5 років тому

    Boring...😞

    • @michaelpruiksma
      @michaelpruiksma  5 років тому +5

      Well why did you watch it then....?

    • @stephensnell1379
      @stephensnell1379 3 роки тому +1

      @@michaelpruiksma many people don't like this sort of video but me myself absolutely love it 100%