We spent the day and night of the hurricane parked in our pickup under a school front drop-off covering. The building helped protect us from the wind and the pillars helped deflect flying debris.
Oh this is giving me anxiety! I'm glad you were ok. We live in Clearwater and were evacuated. We had a motel in NPR but were evacuated from that, due to expected storm surge. We ended up in a truck stop that had gas!! Never did I ever think I would do that and it was frightening! We headed back home and found a war zone. NO power, NO water, NO food, NO ice, NO motels or anything open. We were without everything for 9 days. It's so wonderful when people around other areas give hot food and a few groceries. I think that saved our lives. Our place flooded with Debbie, in Zone D, and Milton did us in. We are moving out. We were hit with Irma, where we lived, and Rick Scott did an absolutely amazing job. This was horrible. We finally found FEMA and they are helping us through. Floridians need to think next time they vote. NO ONE should go through what we went through
Sorry to hear that Mary, Polk County is close to the beach but seems not to have to much damage, most hurricanes. I have heard a lot of people throwing in the towel though. Prayers yall get it figured out.
Yeah here in NPR the Anclote River flooded. We didn’t expect that AFTER the storm. He talks about the TGH garage closed. It’s because all the employees needed to be in there. I worked through both hurricanes (as EMS) and my station in Seffner was hit hard. Dispatch was in the dark until Tuesday morning. 112 mph winds at the station. I just hope we’re done with storms for a while. Hope you are ok. My aunts are in Tarpon Springs on the waterfront. They are selling after all this.
I rode the storm out in Thonotosassa and I have a newer double wide trailer. It was no match for Milton as my carport was blown away, my shed had severe wind damage that tore the vinyl siding off, flooding up to my stairs, trees that were completely uprooted, roof damage and we had our back window completely blown out. We ended up getting a hotel room near Busch Gardens two days after Milton came through and stayed for 8 days till power was restored then went another 5 days after we got home without WiFi and cable. It could have been much worse.
You were better prepared for this hurricane than anyone I've seen. I'm a camping girl & utilize all my gear during major storms & power outages as well
That was eerily cool seeing the city like that. I’ve never been downtown before so thank you for the tour!😄 Glad that you stayed safe. Looking forward to your next adventure
Thank you for the video . I’m from Ontario Canada and where we live there’s rare tornadoes or flooding . My heart goes out to ones that go through these disasters. God Bless and stay safe 🙏
Even with the hurricanes I love FL! I'm in S Tampa not too far from the parking garage shown in the video. We got hit pretty hard flooding and all. But it could have been so much worse! 🙏✝️❤️
Wow! My friend in Ft. Myers faired well. Lost electricity for about 6 hours. Two trees downed, one leaning. One of the downed trees would have hit car, but car was moved away from trees in advance of storm. Thank you for the footage, and glad you're safe. I told my friend y'all were getting my Oklahoma weather with the tornado outbreak. Glad y'all are safe.
I chuckled when he maid it a point to say that out of service lights mean it’s a four way stop and then not 30 seconds later recorded himself driving right through an out of service light lol
I am at 1154 here and I don't know what time it is in the video. That's a timestamp. I figure around this time, we were in the car, with a low tire, headed from Wesley Chapel to Lutz. It seems like we got there at 2:30 but maybe it was earlier than that and that's just when we finished all the preparation that we were doing in the house we were in. Good thing somebody told us there was a well. I would not have thought to fill buckets of water, But my brother also lifted a queen size mattress over a really large truck. And I slept on that on the floor for a few days. I think the power went down around 8:30 it was like right after landfall. Which is kind of strange because we were inland. We hadn't had a bad storm since Irma. But we left a nice non-evac zone in Pinellas county because I wanted to be somewhere where there might be electricity. Okay so there wasn't any for 6 days but at least it wasn't too hot. Honestly it wasn't hot. We were supposed to be in a hotel but someone miscalculated. And I thought we were going further but I guess we weren't. Anyway our reservation ended the day the storm began so you can see why I might want to see what it was like in a parking garage. If that's where you're going
I made some risky trips in the 1970s when vehicles were a lot less reliable. I could easily imagine on a trip like this a breakdown and float away leaving me outside stranded and drenched.
That was hilarious about the Spanish channel! OF COURSE the media people have to stand in the spot where the wind is intense to report LIVE instead of stepping back four feet out of the elements. Typical media. I think a parking garage is a great place to hunker down and I have often thought of that. It's about a solidly built concrete structure as you're ever going to get. I'm surprised more people do not do it.
I agree, the mayor made a public annoucement, that all would be open and free. It will be my go to place on most storms. Tho the next one I hope to have the boat working so I can go in after the storm to see the damage by water. That should be amazing.
The first Tampa General parking garage was closed off because the hospital's parking is not public. The PUBLIC parking garages in downtown Tampa are the ones that were free and open during Milton. The City of Tampa was not saying that you could park in any garage, just the City of Tampa managed parking facilities. The ones by Amelie Arena, the Aquarium, the cruise ports, and dotted throughout downtown. The ones in Hyde Park, WestShore Plaza, and International Plaza are private. IIRC correctly, the Tampa International Airport garages were not included in the free parking, either. Also, Davis Island always floods severely with hurricanes. Yes, you could have weathered the storm in one of the TGH garages, but you'd be stuck on the island until the waters receded enough for your truck to drive through without waterlogging your enging.
Yes, if I could have gotten in TGH, I planned to stay until the water went down. However as you probably know, the water actually went down during the storm.
I live in Cape Coral, direct hit from Ian CAT5. We drove inland to shelter at a high school. There are no parking ramps in Cape. I’m not sure if here is one in Ft. Myers either. We rode out Milton at our house. Didn’t sleep all night , the wind was bad. Surge came up about 2 1/2feet over the sea wall.
I followed the weather that day and night on You Tube. Via stormchasers and weatherchannel with Nick. Glad we don’t have these severe storms and tornados in Denmark.
“Would hate to see a terrorist hear that”, yet you still gave enough information about those containers holding some powerful chemicals? People gotta start thinking before they upload videos, editing is key lol 😂.
May of 2025. I will start back in Chesapeake, VA. I wanted to start back this season but didn't finish in time. As you can see, I am getting much closer to completion.
When I read the title for this video, I thought, ok, what do you want, a cookie? Seeing it was 30 minutes long convinced me to skip it. It didn't interest me at all. Some will enjoy it, though, I understand that. Good for those who chose to watch the whole thing.
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We spent the day and night of the hurricane parked in our pickup under a school front drop-off covering. The building helped protect us from the wind and the pillars helped deflect flying debris.
Yes, any large building works pretty well, especially if you can drive all the way around it. This way you can get shelter from the wind.
Oh this is giving me anxiety! I'm glad you were ok. We live in Clearwater and were evacuated. We had a motel in NPR but were evacuated from that, due to expected storm surge. We ended up in a truck stop that had gas!! Never did I ever think I would do that and it was frightening! We headed back home and found a war zone. NO power, NO water, NO food, NO ice, NO motels or anything open. We were without everything for 9 days. It's so wonderful when people around other areas give hot food and a few groceries. I think that saved our lives. Our place flooded with Debbie, in Zone D, and Milton did us in. We are moving out. We were hit with Irma, where we lived, and Rick Scott did an absolutely amazing job. This was horrible. We finally found FEMA and they are helping us through. Floridians need to think next time they vote. NO ONE should go through what we went through
Sorry to hear that Mary, Polk County is close to the beach but seems not to have to much damage, most hurricanes. I have heard a lot of people throwing in the towel though. Prayers yall get it figured out.
@@CaptainMike1965what beach is close to Polk County?
Vote about what?
Yeah here in NPR the Anclote River flooded. We didn’t expect that AFTER the storm. He talks about the TGH garage closed. It’s because all the employees needed to be in there. I worked through both hurricanes (as EMS) and my station in Seffner was hit hard. Dispatch was in the dark until Tuesday morning. 112 mph winds at the station. I just hope we’re done with storms for a while. Hope you are ok. My aunts are in Tarpon Springs on the waterfront. They are selling after all this.
@@PlymouthVTPresident!
I rode the storm out in Thonotosassa and I have a newer double wide trailer. It was no match for Milton as my carport was blown away, my shed had severe wind damage that tore the vinyl siding off, flooding up to my stairs, trees that were completely uprooted, roof damage and we had our back window completely blown out. We ended up getting a hotel room near Busch Gardens two days after Milton came through and stayed for 8 days till power was restored then went another 5 days after we got home without WiFi and cable. It could have been much worse.
Glad ya'll are good. Yea, lot's of damage further down the coast. I lucked out at the farm and didn't have much damage. Thanks for watching.
You were better prepared for this hurricane than anyone I've seen. I'm a camping girl & utilize all my gear during major storms & power outages as well
yes, it helps to enjoy camping. This way it's like being outdoors.
That was eerily cool seeing the city like that. I’ve never been downtown before so thank you for the tour!😄 Glad that you stayed safe. Looking forward to your next adventure
It is probably worth a trip next time you guys are up. Especially to trailer the boat up closer to the city. Really cool at night.
Thank you for the video . I’m from Ontario Canada and where we live there’s rare tornadoes or flooding . My heart goes out to ones that go through these disasters. God Bless and stay safe 🙏
I have a video coming out tomorrow about Hurricane Helene and Western North Carolina. Subscribe to see.
Even with the hurricanes I love FL! I'm in S Tampa not too far from the parking garage shown in the video. We got hit pretty hard flooding and all. But it could have been so much worse! 🙏✝️❤️
Wow! My friend in Ft. Myers faired well. Lost electricity for about 6 hours. Two trees downed, one leaning. One of the downed trees would have hit car, but car was moved away from trees in advance of storm.
Thank you for the footage, and glad you're safe.
I told my friend y'all were getting my Oklahoma weather with the tornado outbreak.
Glad y'all are safe.
haha, that was crazy with the tornadoe outbreak!
Watching this was comforting because your voice sounds just like my Uncle that lives in Alaska. 😂
Hope he is the cool uncle? :)
You are extremely smart. I love that in you. I live in the I live outside of the Tampa area in New port richey.
I would love to meet you sometime.
thanks, send me a email at mike@michaeljaysteen.com
I live in Venice and was out of power for 5 days and no internet for 6. All good now. Was a hell of a night, for sure though. Glad you’re safe.
Oh yea, glad to hear yall are good.
Great vid. TY
SUPER FILMING.
Pretty cool storm chaser setup in the truck!
Thanks, on problem is the heavy rain blocks the signal.
I chuckled when he maid it a point to say that out of service lights mean it’s a four way stop and then not 30 seconds later recorded himself driving right through an out of service light lol
Several 😂
Do as I say, not as I do lol
😂😂😂😂❤
He said he was a cop. Still drives like one. ☺️
You know, this same experiment with cooking the food in the engine was done on Top Gear. I was pretty surprised you did that.
Yes, when you get hungry, you must do what you need to do. :)
I am at 1154 here and I don't know what time it is in the video. That's a timestamp. I figure around this time, we were in the car, with a low tire, headed from Wesley Chapel to Lutz. It seems like we got there at 2:30 but maybe it was earlier than that and that's just when we finished all the preparation that we were doing in the house we were in. Good thing somebody told us there was a well. I would not have thought to fill buckets of water, But my brother also lifted a queen size mattress over a really large truck. And I slept on that on the floor for a few days. I think the power went down around 8:30 it was like right after landfall. Which is kind of strange because we were inland. We hadn't had a bad storm since Irma. But we left a nice non-evac zone in Pinellas county because I wanted to be somewhere where there might be electricity. Okay so there wasn't any for 6 days but at least it wasn't too hot. Honestly it wasn't hot. We were supposed to be in a hotel but someone miscalculated. And I thought we were going further but I guess we weren't. Anyway our reservation ended the day the storm began so you can see why I might want to see what it was like in a parking garage. If that's where you're going
Truck stops are nice too. Hot food and showers, if they have generators, not this time.
Good idea, hadn't thought of that.
Pretty crazy storm for sure! Thanks for bringing us along and glad you're homestead is safe from the tornados
Thanks Kevin. I am in Wester North Carolina now. Video to come, they got hit much worse than we did in this hurricane.
You went sown Gibsonton drive. I saw that semi on its side when I came back home 😂
Yup, I expected that area to flood much worse but the storm kept most of the water out of the bay.
I made some risky trips in the 1970s when vehicles were a lot less reliable. I could easily imagine on a trip like this a breakdown and float away leaving me outside stranded and drenched.
haha, it could happen. I love to do risky stuff but I try and make good choices about where I go. Some places are just a no go.
I just come across your channel and I injoy your video
excellent, stick around the Great Loop is coming in May of 2025
That was hilarious about the Spanish channel! OF COURSE the media people have to stand in the spot where the wind is intense to report LIVE instead of stepping back four feet out of the elements. Typical media. I think a parking garage is a great place to hunker down and I have often thought of that. It's about a solidly built concrete structure as you're ever going to get. I'm surprised more people do not do it.
I agree, the mayor made a public annoucement, that all would be open and free. It will be my go to place on most storms. Tho the next one I hope to have the boat working so I can go in after the storm to see the damage by water. That should be amazing.
The camera guy was calm but the reporter was definitely exaggerating it with his stance.
oh yea, for sure.
The first Tampa General parking garage was closed off because the hospital's parking is not public. The PUBLIC parking garages in downtown Tampa are the ones that were free and open during Milton. The City of Tampa was not saying that you could park in any garage, just the City of Tampa managed parking facilities. The ones by Amelie Arena, the Aquarium, the cruise ports, and dotted throughout downtown. The ones in Hyde Park, WestShore Plaza, and International Plaza are private. IIRC correctly, the Tampa International Airport garages were not included in the free parking, either.
Also, Davis Island always floods severely with hurricanes. Yes, you could have weathered the storm in one of the TGH garages, but you'd be stuck on the island until the waters receded enough for your truck to drive through without waterlogging your enging.
Yes, if I could have gotten in TGH, I planned to stay until the water went down. However as you probably know, the water actually went down during the storm.
I live in Cape Coral, direct hit from Ian CAT5. We drove inland to shelter at a high school. There are no parking ramps in Cape. I’m not sure if here is one in Ft. Myers either. We rode out Milton at our house. Didn’t sleep all night , the wind was bad. Surge came up about 2 1/2feet over the sea wall.
Hope all is well now.
I followed the weather that day and night on You Tube. Via stormchasers and weatherchannel with Nick. Glad we don’t have these severe storms and tornados in Denmark.
Yes, they are crazy for sure.
G'day hear in Oz we have a similar saying if it's flooded forget it
yes!
I stayed on the bay....it sucked I yelled for an hour straight
YIKES😮
sorry to hear it.
That looks like right outside of Simmons Park
“Would hate to see a terrorist hear that”, yet you still gave enough information about those containers holding some powerful chemicals? People gotta start thinking before they upload videos, editing is key lol 😂.
Thanks
Probably good you didn’t get to Tampa General parking garage because of the potential for bridges being out
That bridge you see me show in the video was the bridge. I am not sure why they closed that garage. Maybe next time I need to get in there sooner.
When does the loop start!?!?!?!!
May of 2025. I will start back in Chesapeake, VA. I wanted to start back this season but didn't finish in time. As you can see, I am getting much closer to completion.
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Thanks
Shame on them dumb a$$es who closed their garages. They could have helped someone.
I know, I don't get it.
Insurance, probably.
I’m now asking myself why I just wasted 30min of my life watching this.
thanks for watching.
NO likes being counted tonight on ALL videos ive watched?
hmmm
Smart!
yup
When I read the title for this video, I thought, ok, what do you want, a cookie? Seeing it was 30 minutes long convinced me to skip it. It didn't interest me at all. Some will enjoy it, though, I understand that. Good for those who chose to watch the whole thing.
No worries, many people not from the area are interested in this kind of content. Locals live it.