Hurricane Ivan
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This chapter from our 2004 DVD captures powerful hurricane Ivan as we observed it in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The back story is that we had taken our Green Isuzu Rodeo, the first "chase vehicle" of ours, and turned it in to a bright yellow un-manned drone. The idea was to put it in a big hurricane, loaded with weather instruments and cameras, and allow it to record the worst while we went somewhere far safer. The Isuszu has been through many hurricanes and tropical storms in its six years of use but Ivan would be its last mission. The project was a success and led to our work in subsquent years in hurricanes such as Katrina, Rita, Wilma and Ike. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I'm a power lineman from N.C. i was in gulf shores Ala.the day after to help put power back on.We were there for 2 months because ivan took all poles and lines and threw them in the ocean.Plus the storm surge was so high it wiped out a substation completely was nothin left but a big square fence.But after 2 months we got all power on and the people of gulf shores treated us very good
I think it took near a year to get all the power issues resolved. We were without power for two weeks and like I said before the power would come and go for nearly a year anytime we had a moderate storm in the area.
We was without power for at least a month in navy point in Pensacola . But I do commend you for all you do !! Thank you for standing behind the people and doing what you do .
It’s been 16 years since Ivan hit now. I was in the 3rd grade and we stayed with my grandparents. We lived about an hour away from Mobile. We went I think 2 weeks without power. My cousins and I would make “forts” in the woods by cleaning out small patches. I remember it being hot. I remember them rationing MREs at our local school before the storm. Praying for those in the path of Hurricane Laura tonight.
I was in second grade! I remember no a/c until my dad couldn’t take it and got us up to Illinois to have a/c again lol
15 Years Ago Today, Ivan made landfall. He sure was "Ivan The Terrible"!
2010 i was 2 yers old
I was a year old with my parents and we were in the eye of Hurricane Ivan.
I was 5 with mine. Crazy.
I live in Spanish Fort about 25 to 30 mile north of Gulf Shores, and I'll tell you the moment that eyewall came over I really thought we were goners here at the house. Was quite a storm.
My favorite vacation spot in the world. Went down a couple weeks after the storm and never thought it'd ever be the same. Unbelievable work by everyone involved. The next spring it was open for business like nothing happened. It shows what u can do when its catastrophic but u roll up your sleeves and get to work.
i was born in 2004 august, in the cayman island and almost died, thanks to my mom i'm here today
I was in Pensacola, FL when Ivan happened. The one and only hurricane I was in.
You should have seen Ft. Morgan Road homes after this one hit. My Aunt and Uncle had fish swimming in their living room.
Thanks! I appreciate that. It is hard to believe though that Ivan was almost 5 years ago now. My goodness how time flies!
16 years now
I remember Ivan like yesterday
I was caught in Ivan it was unreal how long it lasted, and the damaged it caused. Yes people are hired to track them. We to have two things in mind, staying safe and getting the news out.
Was in Pensacola for Ivan. Out of power for 2 weeks. Shit was insane. Lots of camping and drinking lol
Oh yeah I was 22 back then. had no power for so long I mean what else you going to do but get wasted and you know make the best of whatever you could do. Can't believe it's been 15 years.
Yes I was drunk by the time the shut the power off in Pensacola I know it made landfall over in the perdido gulf shores area but Pensacola was in that right quadrant and I promise I heard freight trains all night long
just saw this for the 1st time. very well done Mark
JoshCT kisluk thank you. Seems so long ago now.
JoshCT kisluk thank you. Seems so long ago now.
@@hurricanetrack how are you doing today
Living in Northwest Florida, and having grown up here, this was my first hurricane. It's hard to believe this was 15 years ago today. It's also worth mentioning that this video is how I found this channel and became familiar with your work. Been following for about 10 years now because of it.
Born and raised in Mobile, my daughter was 4 months old when this one puched us!
Lived it. Have the T-shirt. Nothing EVER like it. It kept leaving and coming back. Like a bad party guest. I miss my Isuzu Rodeo!
You mentioned in the video that the zoo, had lost several animals. To correct this, the zoo under direction of Patti and David Hall had been completely evacuated, all but Chuckie the Alligator. The zoo, which was Animal Planet, The Little Zoo that Could, was evacuated 2 mores after this due to 2 more hurricanes.
+Gregory Pardue interesting timing on this comment. I was going back through some of my Ivan video yesterday in fact and I happened to find something very interesting. I'm going to show it on Mondays video update. I don't know why I didn't add it to my Ivan video from 2004 but it's very interesting and relates to your comment.
I remember going on a trip to gulf shores for a weekend camping trip about a year after Ivan, and everything up and down the coast was still pretty messed up. We ended up all the way down in Pensacola before we found a suitable place, which ended up just being sleeping on the old bridge pier while fishing.
I was 8 Months pregnant and I was in Beulah Florida which is at the lower Florida/ Alabama line. It was a direct hit for us. I don't care what people say. We had Hurricane winds and it
Definitely spawned Tornadoes. I still can't stand the sent of Pine sap.
Hurrican Ivan hit had a direct hit on Grenada damage 90% of the Island.
You would think that fact might deserve a mention in the intro!
I agree, at the time I definitely dropped the ball but it was not intentional. Too bad you can’t go back and edit stuff on TH-cam but then again it wouldn’t be as authentic.
Perhaps quick edit to the video info would help people like me (from the islands) understand better.
Awesome job Mark!! Way to go!
This is EXCELLENT! I'm only 13 but I really want to work in the 'weather' business--possibly as a storm chaser like you guys. Great job. If some major tropical storm or hurricane threatens the US this upcoming season, please catch some footage.
I was 16 when ivan hit, i live in mobile but when i seen the eye was coming here i drove over to baldwin county to see the eye. From there i was hooked chasing storms, dennis, katrina, ike and the i took a break til michael
Assuming youre 21 I hope you’re chasing your dream
This took our beloved gulf state park resort. They ruined it when they finally built it back. So sad. My family went there for yrs and yrs.
In PC, we knew it was coming. We just don't freak out about it.
Ivan was a great storm for PC though ... we had at least 12 hours of sustained gale force winds, which we didn't get in some other notable storms such as Eloise and Opal. Ivan was a huge storm, a memorable storm ... even though PC wasn't in its direct landfall. I enjoyed the heck out of it! :-) But, it did a number on Pensacola.
Yeah you are telling me cuz I am in Pensacola and it pretty much destroyed this city. Every single roof had damage. The power was out anywhere from 2 weeks to two months depending on where you were were. There was no gasoline for your vehicle if you didn't stock up because they couldn't get here to deliver it. and when they did have gas the lines were so long you would sit in them for hours on end in the incredible heat. Grocery stores could not get shipments in. You had to rely on MRE. I mean it was like an apocalypse. At night you literally had to have some type of weapon near cuz it was pitch-black and people were looting. It was insane.
Right here in Pensacola. The storm was supposed to make landfall I believe in Mobileb and it took that turn and came and made a direct landfall here in Pensacola. I'll never forget that night as long as I live. The sound of that wind the sheer horror in the howl, and watching a huge oak tree swaying back and forth not knowing if it's going to snap and come through your house. I was 22. And you know I was highly inebriated because what else are you going to do no power nothing but candles and flashlights and a battery-powered radio. But even though was in that state I still won't forget. 15 year anniversary is coming up in 12 days. I can't believe it's been that long.
Crazy. Out of the 4 hurricanes that hit the Florida in 2004, Ivan doesn't seem as bad as Charley,Frances,or Jeanne. However, I know this is Alabama so in total of the 2004 hurricanes in the US, Ivan seems to be pretty tied with Charley but it might look even worse. I don't know but it seems that the Northern gulf belt tends to actually get hit a bit worse than down here in the Florida Pennisula.
Your videos are very fun to watch! Keep em coming! Hurricane season has just begun for 2009! Good luck with the storm chasing!
Power lines do not light up the horizon. That has got to be lightning. Thanks so much for uploading all of this. Most of your hurricanes and storms, come our way (The Faroe Islands) and we greatly appreciate your work.
P.S. What and where are the Gator Islands? Is that where the slaughter all the whales or porpoises? Don't have no jobs there?
I was 6 years old when hit brushes Jamaica remember like yesterday
~thanks for your reports~
Hurricanes have some serious lightning in them. They are lightning pockets.
El huracan Ivan fue la novena tormenta tropical y el quinto huracan de la temporada 2004.Ivan alcanzó una intensidad sin precedentes en bajas latitudes con vientos máximos de 275 km/h lo que lo clasifica como un huracan categoría 5
it was hell of a hurricane!
i live in orange beach and this video brings so many memories back from went it hit
Gary Roberts I lived in Foley for this storm (gulf shores now), I was 11 years old and remember how scared this storm made me
Orange beach seminole and lillian got the worst of the storm in my opinion. I always hear pensacola got it worst but wolf bay had a gust of 145mph. Thats some serious wind.
I personally love the music at the very end👊
According to Wikipedia this hurricane holds the record for producing the most tornadoes, over 100 of them.
Not off of TH-cam. We do sell our 2004 DVD which chronicles Ivan and the other events of the 2004 hurricane season. I would recommend you consider buying the DVD from our web site. I think you would find it a worthwhile purchase.
I remember Ivan ! We got the leftovers here in Tn.. We had winds of 50mph all the way up here.
yes, i loved ivan! iwas 8 miles north of gulf shores, eye wall and all. it was amazing. i was only 12 when fredrick hit mobile sept, 12 1979 and the trees that were down everywhere. on the roads.been thru fredrick, erin,opal, gustav, danny, ivan and there are 2 more i can't remember names.
George and katrina. Danny came up the bay and just sat there and blew the water out, ill always remember that one
I still have the storm case and camera housings. I think the camcorders are under the porch, and the laptop worked for several years until the motherboard died. The RM Young anemometer is sitting on the orange pole next to the house, I just don't have the money to replace the wiring and buy a hook up for it. I think I have one of the old tracking charts that was left in the back of the Isuzu in a plastic ziplock bag, complete with sand and dirt still on it!
I was in sixth grade at a school in North Alabama at that time. It was decided that for the students and teachers safety that we would be out of school the Thursday and Friday before the storm even hit and we were 350 miles away from where it was happening.
It was hell in Pensacola my yard got trashed we had a Mega oak in the front we're glad it didn't hit the house it was a close one
Ivan was one to remember for sure. Shows the importance of understanding that even though the eye came inland over Gulf Shores, AL - areas to the east along the FL panhandle were hit very hard. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
@AMLJ37 About a block. It would have gone farther but it got stuck on a light pole on the north side oh Hwy 182.
@elekktrode Some of it is lightning but mostly you are seeing the glow of powerlines arcing or transformers exploding. It is rare to have lightning in a hurricane- usually it is confined to the most intense convection or thunderstorms.
hi
I hope you guys are ok
One place una neva looked at was grand cayman..dats where im from...i remember wen ivan hit us ike it was yesterday
I like your channel and ur video's. I even hope you can film some category 4-5 storms in the up-coming hurricane season.
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Crazy that 4 hurricanes hit fl central and non caused much damage here.
I lived in Prichard in the Mobile area and damage was pretty bad
at 27:29 the view down the main road in gulf shores, looks like a scene out of some post apocalyptic futuristic movie. sand on the road, signs blown over, windows blown out, and power lines down.
I remember being in elementary school in Pittsburgh and looking out the window and it was raining so hard but I remember getting home and i lived at a bottom of a hill and going down in to my basement and having it flooded 3 feet deep. But thats nothing compared to what people down in Florida got.
Hell yeah hurricane Ivan had plenty of lightning I remember that when i was about 3 years old. At one point we were in the eye of Ivan, it was a good 2 minutes of peace before the rest of the hurricane passed, my dad would go outside and watch the hurricane go by. Silly if you ask me.
I bet the seashells were plentiful after this!
Thanks alot Africa -_-
Hey mark love the footage. Just curious what did use to strap the car down and how did u mount the RMY equipment? Thanks
10 years ago it hit today
I hope someone helped the poor deer. 😥
This was a scary one. I believe it was still a cat 1 when it made it to Montgomery. It did lots of damage here too.
+Tracy Frederick the deer went on and was fine as I recall. Yes, Ivan was still strong all the way up 65. You can still see tree damage even today if you know where to look.
hurricanetrack Thanks!
It hitted venezuela where my mom and I lived (I was 2 years old but the told me the story) we lived in a house and there was a park outside where there was a bunch of trees and when the hurricane went over there was no trees
Yes it was still a cat one in Montgomery
i know ivan had the largest wave ever recorded at 93 ft. but how high was the storm surge?
The narrator made an error in reporting that Ivan narrowly avoided the Cayman Islands and Jamaica etc.
IVAN RIPPED THE CAYMAN ISLANDS APART! 10,000 homes were lost of the 40,000 homeowners!
Hi Mark, have you uploaded a video on youtube about Hurricane Jeanne for 2004 Tracking the Hurricanes? Only a little bit of the section on Jeanne is on the video on Ivan. Thank you.
16 yrs to the day. Hurricane sally makes landfall taking the same track. crazy
Same day aswell.
Went through both storms in pcola as well! Ivan was insane but I was only 3. I remember waking up to sally and I drove around and I was surprised from the damage and flooding downtown
Cat 3's are no Joke.
Any tipe of hurricane is no joke look at hurricane Florence for example it did way more damage than Ivan and it was a cat 1.
If you were getting rid of the car in the hurricane then how did you get the footage from that camera back
What is the name of the job to track and record information about dangerous storms? It caught my interest.
Mark do you know what happened to your hurricane jeanne documentaries went?
Ivan was pretty bad. It took about a year for them to get back to normal after the storm. Although it was about 4-5 years to clean it all up and rebuild. The whole island was wrecked from Ft Morgan all the way to Perdido.
Hurricane got a personality of the own
How far did the isuzu "travelled" from the place where you left it?
my cousins live in Mobile, AL and Pensocola FL when Ivan hit
That was really something trust me i know Monroeville,Alabama aint that far for gulf shores Hurricane Ivan tore everthing down.We couldn't get down the road cause trees blocked us off.
@hurricanetrack What happened to your video on Hurricane Jeanne on TH-cam? I can't find the clip anywhere except for the first few seconds in the hurricane Ivan video
building needs to be better sturdier reinforced concrete . we should learn from what is still standing and make it better
+alejandro fernandez and elevate when ever possible. If we don't adapt it will keep happening. Thanks for the comment.
My cousin was born during hurricane ivan
I would've named the kid Ivan 😂
WHAT THE
Was the kid named Ivan?
Thats pretty cool, i was born during hurricane elana in 1985 in mobile al. The storm put my mom into labor and i was born in an elevator at springhill hospital
my name is ivan and I was born in 2004
this took place on my birthday
This storm caused me to move Indianapolis
My family was living on Hwy 98 in Navarre Florida at the time Ivan happened.
The fire Department and Police department order everyone that was within a mile from the beach to manualary evacuate we went to Milton Florida to stay with some friends we put the cats in a building with the washer and dryer and water heater a tree took the buildings roof out so we put the 5 cats in the room that we were going to stay in that was better for them.
My 2 Young boys at the time were in intermediate school.
The school had to be relocated due to Ivan taking the walls of the school and destroying the building.
It was like a bomb went off trees power lines poles houses gone yes it was almost 3 months till we got power.
Don't never underestimate the power of a hurricane or storm
I don't know if you've been asked this, but why didn't you upload the part about Hurricane Jeanne?
at 4:22 it looks an tsumani
NICE!!!
5*
Mobile area? I think it was a high cat 3 when it came on land.
Well it was a category 4 and does it was nearing landfall which was supposed to happen in Mobile it took a turn and made a direct hit in Pensacola as a category three. But it was a high-end category 3. Not really much difference between that and a four. I'll never forget walking outside in the dead of night no power pitch black when the eye wall was over Pensacola. You could see all the stars so perfectly and the Moon. And then boom. the sky fell out again and it was just amazing the sound of that wind something you just can't forget.
"A debris field waiting to happen." That dude was for real.
i was all into the footage, and, the transition at 13:17 scared me. :(
That was a bit jarring if you ask me!
That's where my grandma lived before I was born Lakeland
My son is too
I was there in 2014 and you would never know that this happened!!
because that part of the country is populated by millionaires.
They're not all millionaires. I'm not. But, you have to be stinking Trump rich to own beach front property. And the pitiful thing is, those rich bastards just collect insurance which everyone in the state pays for, and rebuild. It's no big deal for them, but everyone else in the state shoulders the cost for the rich ass bastards.
0:27 avoid?! I wish it did avoid my island then, Ivan hit us with vengeance😩
it was hurricane dennis.
That my Sons name ivan
Holy s***
I wonder how many people died from toppling cranes. Zero chance they stay up in that weather.
My name is Ivan Avila!!!!!
is there a video on hurricane jeanne
Kyle - I do not think I ever posted my Jeanne segment on TH-cam. I will digitize it soon and put it up. Thanks for asking - I was in that one as well at the end of the string of landfalls of the 2004 season. I will work on this over the next few days. Thanks for asking.
When is the Jeanne Video Coming?
i was with those people
letting everyone know. my name is ivan...
But does being a storm-chaser pay the bills?
Young Gamer2005 my name is a Ivan too, that's why I'm here
I'm Ivan too 😀😀😀
The luckiest state is California
My mom was in venezuela where it hit cat 5 almost with the eye
Edit: I’m ivan too :)
That was 165 mph winds and it was a cat 5
peaked at cat 5, made landfall in the us as a cat 3
The windometer off shore broke before landfall and so they had no wind speed at landfall and yes I definitely agree with you cat 5 at landfall I was in it
Ivan is my name! And I was born near Semptember 21. I was born in 2004 October, 6th. Coincidence?
no
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My name is Ivan to.I got bored and search up Hurricane ivan😂
Ramirez Vlogs I actually know of Hurricane Ivan because my parents got hit by Ivan.
September 16, 2004 was the occurrence date. I just so happen to be born that day! But I was in Pennsylvania, so who knows what was going on.
11:35 SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE IZ SIPPING THE LAST BIT OF SODA
no the largest wave ever was 1,775 feet high