Hurricane Katrina A Storm Chaser's Story 

How is this not more popular, this is professional documentary quality.

I love these old storm chaser videos, they hav a completely different vibe than newer ones

This footage is crazy good! I can't believe Katrina was almost 20 years ago already!

I cannot believe the quality of this footage especially considering it’s from 2005!

Even in 2023 this hurricane fascinates me

Crazy footage but somebody’s gotta do it. It’s educational and shows the viewers the power and destruction it brings. Thanks for the video. May we never forget what Katrina did.

Wow Jim you really are one of the OG’s of storm chasing. Thank you for posting this even years later the perspective is fascinating. If you have any more videos in the vault keep them coming 👍

HOW IS IT SO HIGH QUALITY FOR 2005!!?!?

Jim Edds is my hero. I’ll never forget watching him skid across Highway 12 on his a**, and about collide with an air conditioning outdoor unit during Hurricane Isabel. THAT was some ocean overwash!

I'm sure my words are extremely wrong for my thoughts but how else do you say I loved this video and not make it sound horrible! The thing I loved about it was the beginning where we got a small look back at the before Katrina happened and we could see our little bit of Heaven. Gulf Port and Long Beach were Heaven to me and I truly enjoyed my few visits to those AMAZING PLACES. To get to see those places before all the destruction brought tears to my eyes. After Katrina I think I stayed in a fog that lasted forever, even to I still can't believe it and call up videos of this nightmare because I just can't believe it was all wiped away in just a few hours. My prayers were for all those lost and those that survived. I still pray on occasion for all of you even though it has been many years now . Everytime they say in the gulf I always think NOOO in my head. Georgia Nana here loves yall.❤

great content. love watching this stuff, and definitely deserves more views

you know whats neat, you really learn alot about survival when you watch loads and loads of disaster documentaries. you quickly learn what gear to add to your fall out bag/area. i would suggest anyone also into survival, learn how things were done in the 1400s and down to the wartime era (1812-1945). back before modern took over.

I can’t get over how different the Mississippi Coast is compared to August 29, 2005.

27,000 views? That Is criminal. This should have millions of views.

I remember katrina so vividly (even though I was like 5 years old) my aunt lost her house by the 6ft surge and I remember going to Mississippi 5 weeks after the storm to clean up and find whats left or her house and I just remember all the distruction but the people were so optimistic. My aunt still says to this day "never again I'm living near the coast".

Hey Jim, New Subscriber here. This is the 2nd video of yours I've watched. 1st one was Dorian. I'm going down the rabbit hole of your videos. You have great footage. Thank you and stay safe while Documenting for us viewers. At 40:00 I thought "Oh crap, there's an Alligator coming in the door."

I predict this video will have well over 2m views a year from now. Just gotta wait on RU-vid's algorithm to latch on. I hate to say it, but putting "extreme storm surge" or "150mph winds" in the title would probably make the algorithm catch on to it but obviously a respectful professional like yourself doesn't want to clickbait soyjak thumbnail this type of thing

I never realized why "storm surge" actually happened until watching the shots of the ocean being "pushed up" by the wind. I had previously thought it was because of some weird pressure differential.

Hey man. If you go out in a storm again don't stand under power lines. Lol

I also love that even though you go through the most horrific storms, you still try and keep yourself as safe as possible

I'm shocked this doesn't have more views. I've never seen such an in-depth, comprehensive look at the development and aftermath of a storm before, and in such good quality too! It wasn't flashey or over-edited, but raw and engaging! This is what documentaries SHOULD be. Keep up the good work Jim!

32:30 that police unit on its way to fine Katrina for speeding

$108 billion dollars 💸 that’s a lot of money 💰.

That dog at around 44:15 was scared. I hope someone was with him/her.

You guys were crazy brave. That was great... Mother nature is at her worst and best. I would have been terrified .😩😵‍💫😳

Wait did tropical depressions always strengthen so fast or was the Gulf of Mexico just extra warm when Katrina hit

Wow this is a good video you have taken. It is all in HD . A well documented video jim

902 millibars holy crap!

That is one hit of hurricane Katrina damage ₹108 Billion

fascinatingly scary, thankyou for sharing! Greetings from Aus

50:38 there's your money shot

Hey Jim. I wonder if there's more video featuring that flight available to watch/listen to? If there's a link, could you please reply with it? I hope it's free. Thank you so much.

The dogs always know

Y’all have the coolest job in the world. And what I storm they might be awesome to witness but the destruction is awful my uncles lives in Florida wasn’t even in direct path of storm in middle of state and still lost part of his roof from the wind

Man this is some relaxing and educational content.

Just an FYI the coliseum is in Biloxi

Am I the only one who has wondered how he is not dead yet after Katrina Yolanda and ian

This is stuck in the back of my mind

That’s insane 🤙

I love your videos. I have a dumb question. Why do you call it a money shot?

2:25 Deerfield Beach

Always a pleasure watching you jim

Man! From 26:45 until the end of that clip, that was incredibly loud. Was that a GoPro?

Jim I love your videos but I literally can't watch these at night because the sound goes from nearly silent to 100% and clipping every minute and a half. Please god use a limiter on your audio!!! I'm going deaf.

At 35:00 ish I was like oh hey wow someone on their yacht. Then I realized where you were (more inland) and was like oh shit.. the Hurricane and surge picked it up and is driving it. 😮

You guys clearly don’t care about you guys lives. Why would you guys walk like that at the beginning. We know you guys are trying to collect data but you guys have to care about your own lives and know if it’s good to do or not.

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Looters are horrible human beings. So disgusting.

Wow unbelievable coverage!!! Just came across this!!! Great video of such a horrific and sad storm… So heartbreaking knowing the end results…🥲