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I have a most likely unseen video of Katrina...

#1 Postby conestogo_flood » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:13 pm

My dad just got back from working in Miami, and he brought home one amazing video.

Someone who works for State Farm was in Biloxi, Mississippi during Katrina, right in the bay, and they took incredible home video of the storm surge.

The video is absolutely amazing, I am almost positive no one has really seen it outside the State Farm offices, it is burned on a dvd. The video is 23 minutes long, and remarkable.

I am wondering if anyone would like to see the video... but I have no idea how to go about. Could I get it onto the computer some how? I have a website, so I can host it. I just need to get it on the computer first.

Any advice... questions?

You literally see the houses being torn away right in front of you as the storm surge rises. It is scary.
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#2 Postby DrStorm » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:47 pm

Yes, I can help you with this.
Do you have a DVD player on your computer?
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#3 Postby Vandora » Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:20 am

I would worry about copyright issues. Do you have permission to post/distribute it from the original owner?

Otherwise, sounds mighty interesting. I know nothing about getting it online! I'm a web designer, but video isn't my forte.
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#4 Postby conestogo_flood » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:28 pm

DrStorm wrote:Yes, I can help you with this.
Do you have a DVD player on your computer?


I have Windows Media Player 10. When I insert the disk, it asks if I want to open it in a folder or WMP. Does that mean anything of help saving it on my computer? Copyright issues, the person made hundreds of copies and handed it out to a lot of people at the State Farm offices in Miami, I don't think they will be too concerned. If they ever do find out, I'll take the blame.
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#5 Postby DrStorm » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:20 pm

Please email me directly at scottpolk1(at)gmail.com. I'll be glad to help.
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#6 Postby SouthFloridawx » Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:49 pm

anyone got this up and going?
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#7 Postby conestogo_flood » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:08 pm

It was just aired on CNN right now, they said they are the first news station to get a hold of it. Looks like national TV beat me too it! Anyways, I can't figure out how to get the DVD video saved onto my computer.
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#8 Postby Brent » Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:45 pm

conestogo_flood wrote:It was just aired on CNN right now, they said they are the first news station to get a hold of it. Looks like national TV beat me too it! Anyways, I can't figure out how to get the DVD video saved onto my computer.


So that was you??? WOW... :eek: 8-) :D
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#9 Postby conestogo_flood » Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:13 pm

It wasn't me in the video. It was a State Farm employee from Biloxi.
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#10 Postby Scorpion » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:33 pm

Does anyone have the link?
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#11 Postby weunice » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:07 pm

If this is the video I think it is ...

Katrina caught on tape
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#12 Postby wxmann_91 » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:19 pm

weunice wrote:If this is the video I think it is ...

Katrina caught on tape


I can't get the video to open.
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#13 Postby TSmith274 » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:51 pm

wxmann_91 wrote:
weunice wrote:If this is the video I think it is ...

Katrina caught on tape


I can't get the video to open.


Me either... nothing shows up.
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#14 Postby Brent » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:55 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/22/katrin ... index.html

There's a link in the article. Must have Windows Media Player 9.
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#15 Postby Pearl River » Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:24 am

That's not Biloxi. That's Slidell, LA and he's a retired Merchant Marine.
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#16 Postby TSmith274 » Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:15 am

Yeah, I've seen this before. It is a good video though. Gotta love his attitude.
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#17 Postby Lindaloo » Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:21 pm

Better him than me. I DO know what he is feeling though. It is the most helpless feeling in the world.
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#18 Postby Ixolib » Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:12 pm

Lindaloo wrote:Better him than me. I DO know what he is feeling though. It is the most helpless feeling in the world.


Yeah... Many of his comments reflect exactly what I was saying on the morning of August 29. And that surge coming up - with all the debris - looks quite familiar... A sight I'll never forget. Helpless indeed!!
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#19 Postby JonathanBelles » Sun Dec 25, 2005 12:31 am

wow i just view the video i hope that never happens again
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#20 Postby conestogo_flood » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:45 pm

The video I have is different now that I just saw it again. They are in Biloxi, then after the Hurricane they drive throughout the city.
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