Hurricane Opal - Fort Walton Beach, FL - October 4, 1995
This is a sample of my Hurricane Opal chase footage. This video was taken during Opal's landfall in the western Florida panhandle, at Fort Walton Beach, on October 4, 1995. A day prior to landfall, Hurricane Opal had strengthened rapidly to near Category Five intensity, with sustained winds of 150mph and a minimum central pressure of 916mb (27.05in). During the following twelve hours the storm steadily weakened, however, Opal was still a very large and powerful Category Three at landfall, with sustained winds of 125mph and a central pressure of 942mb (27.82in). Hurricane conditions begin at about 3min 30sec into the video and the eyewall occurs from 4min 50sec through 7min 40sec in. Peak winds at my location were sustained between 100-110mph with gusts to 140mph. The highest officially recorded surface wind in Opal was a gust to 144mph at Hurlburt Field, near Mary Esther, Florida, in southwest Okaloosa county, which was three miles west of my location. The highest storm surge at my location was approximately 13ft and with the ground elevation at 8-10ft above sea-level, this resulted in a surge depth of 3-5ft, with higher waves. The peak surge and maximum inundation occurs just prior to the eye/calm at about 9min 40sec into the video. Though the eastern edge of Opal's eye did pass over my location, winds never fell below 20-30mph, I did record a minimum pressure of 960.3mb (28.36in) during this time.
Video Length: 12:17
Uploaded By: vmax135
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Hurricane Katrina - Miami, Florida - August 25, 2005
This is a sample of my Hurricane Katrina storm chase video. The footage was taken during Katrina's first landfall on the Southeast Florida coast near Miami. Peak winds occur after the eye and are near 85mph with gusts to 105mph.
Video Length: 05:16
Uploaded By: vmax135
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Hurricane Andrew - Southeast Florida - August 24, 1992
This is my Hurricane Andrew chase video. The footage was taken during Andrew's landfall on the Southeast Florida coast, at Coconut Grove, south of Miami. Though Andrew was extremely small, moving very quickly and made landfall about 15 miles to the ...
Video Length: 27:14
Uploaded By: vmax135
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Hurricane Hugo - Luquillo, Puerto Rico - September 18, 1989
This is my Hurricane Hugo chase video. The footage was taken during Hugo's landfall on the northeast tip of Puerto Rico at Luquillo. In my 25 years of hurricane chasing, this remains, overall, the best footage I have ever been fortunate enough to ...
Video Length: 28:19
Uploaded By: vmax135
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Volcano eruption in Iceland. 24.03.2010. Day 4.
Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in south Iceland. Video by Icelandic National TV station RÚV. 24.03.2010. Music by Sion, Ambients, Freefalling. GPS coordinates of the eruption: 63.635° N, 19.440° W. More videos will follow.
Video Length: 03:50
Uploaded By: martzata
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ISS020 Sarychev Peak Eruption (corrected)
Animation of the Sarychev Peak volcano eruption, created from 29 still frames taken by astronauts aboard the ISS. I've corrected the titles (per user bmanct) to refer to pyroclastic flows.
Video Length: 02:26
Uploaded By: science4grownups
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Hurricane Preparedness - Animals
A recent newspaper article reported that the numbers of animals that passed as a result of Hurricane Isaac was nearly 250,000. While that estimate certainly is bloated to account for the loss of domestic pets and feral animals, the sheer volume of loss, regardless, is ...
Food Storage Containers - Does the Packaging Matter?
Have you ever stopped to think about food storage packaging? I wouldn't think so, I mean who really has time to think about food storage containers? I'm in the same boat but it might surprise you how many differences there really are in the ways food storage companies ...
How To Get Your ACLS Certification
Getting an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification goes beyond CPR and Basic Life Support (BLS). It provides healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to make crucial decisions in emergency and critical situations. These include ...
