The Monster Storm That Wouldn’t Stop | Hurricane Matthew | Free Documentary

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  @FreeDocumentary · 1 year ago · pinned

  In 2016, Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc across the Atlantic basin, carving a deadly path through the Caribbean. Entire communities in Haiti were left in ruins, with thousands displaced and infrastructure shattered. From there, the powerful Category 5 storm turned toward the southeastern United States, threatening the Florida coast with torrential rain, devastating winds, and storm surges that tested emergency systems to the limit.

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  @athenagreen5390 · 10 months ago

  I&apos;m from Georgia, but my Aunt died the week before the hurricane was supposed to arrive. We drove up through the hurricane to North Caroline, went to the funeral, then rode out the hurricane at my grandfather&apos;s house. Getting home afterwards was a nightmare. The flooding trapped us in the area. There was no gas, no power, no hotels, no bathrooms... as we sat on the highway, stuck in traffic, we watched the water level creeping up towards us on both sides. We were inland, this was not supposed to happen. Everyone told us to go to Fayetteville. There was some power there. We snagged one of the last hotel rooms and the next day, we were able to find a route home.<br><br>Documentaries like this don&apos;t show the true desperation and fear in these moments. I get nervous when I&apos;m in a car and it&apos;s storming. We&apos;re alive, but the &apos;what if&apos; continues to repeat over and over in my head.

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  @jenwhite8173 · 1 year ago

  Honestly. Evacuate. You don’t have to leave the state. Go a couple miles inland. I live in north central Florida. We get trees down. No power. However it’s storm surge that kills. The people on barrier islands usually have one way out. That will close. Nobody can save you. Just go.

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  @eduardodu86 · 1 year ago

  Sorry, the person lives beachfront and decides to stay. Regrets it and calls his cousin who is safe, the cousin drives to his rescue midstorm. BOTH think it&apos;s a good idea to hang around for a while. Some people are luckier than they should be

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  @nillabug · 1 year ago

  Why on earth would you stay when you are right next to the ocean?? It’s already one thing to stay, but quite literally a couple of feet from the open water…

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  @itsmechels3 · 4 months ago

  I moved away from Cocoa Beach, FL in 2014 because I was so sick of hurricanes. They&apos;re no joke. I evacuated 3 times in 2004 alone due to hurricanes. People not taking it seriously never ceases to amaze me.

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  @ShanaEstia · 10 months ago (edited)

  Ian, Irma, and Katrina/Charley survivor here. (I also lived in Orlando for a time) <br><br>I moved out of Southwest Florida because I didn&apos;t want to deal with the Hurricanes anymore. I&apos;ve lived in Florida all my life up until a few months ago, so I always had to deal with hurricanes. I forget which one of the first two it was I mentioned, but it was just 12 hours straight of nonstop, 180+ MPH sustained winds. I even walked around outside down a couple street during the storm (Floridian at heart...) and having to go through knee to waist deep water along streets I remember driving down just a day before was surreal. Thankfully my home didn&apos;t sustain major damage, just the pool cage was destroyed, however our neighbors behind us had their whole room torn off. Having been able to walk through their home and seeing their home in that state, their roof in my family&apos;s backyard, was such a terrible feeling. <br><br><br>Hurricanes are no joke, and I do hope in time we can find ways to live on the coast along side mother nature. Florida is a beautiful state after all, having lived there for 27 years of my 28 year life.

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  @sainjawoof3506 · 1 year ago

  Hurricane Ivan was a category 5 in 2004, when it hit the island of Grenada, W. I. <br>So it was recorded prior to Matthew, as Grenada is one of the most Southern Caribbean islands. 90% of the homes and structures were destroyed, as well as the entirety of the fruit and nutmeg trees.

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  @nec3f · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5dAzRpp7L0&amp;t=861">14:21</a> It isn&apos;t that the water is moving, it&apos;s <b>what</b> the water is moving. If you get hit with a Volvo.... &nbsp; -Ron White, sorta

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  @E4-Mafia1970 · 7 months ago

  I was stationed at Homestead AFB for Andrew. The eye of Andrew went right over the base. It took us 17 hours just to drive to Jacksonville, FL. That was the 1st hotel we could locate.

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  @2nicnag2 · 1 year ago (edited)

  When we had major flooding (middle of US) my husband was a former first responder with fire department. When their trucks couldn’t get to trapped people, his current employer had his take his work truck with is a Deuce from the military to get the firefighters and rescuers to where they nedddd to go, worst flooding in about 100 years

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  @tinafansavga · 1 year ago (edited)

  Anyone else notice that A lot of times hurricanes hit at night when you can’t see the destruction but at times you might not wanna see it just like trees falling all around me during Helene.Tornadoes come and go quickly but hurricanes have relentless wind for hours

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