I'm a new member to this particular community. I had written a pretty detailed introduction, but lost it while attempting to "preview" it. As such, the following are just a few quick details about myself; relative to my own Meteorological experience:
1) Worked professionally in the Meteorological field (1992-1994) One of main reasons I decided to leave the meteorological field was the inability to chase extreme weather events when they arose.
2) Student intern at NHC (under mentorship of the late Bob Case).
3) Weather boards: Have been a member of three different weather forums prior to this one. Joined Weatherunderground back in 2005, where I frequently wrote a series of blogs titled "Weather101"; predominantly focused on tropical cyclone forecasting. Since then, I've been a member of EasternWx and AmericanWX. Due to increased time constraints, I'm no longer a regular poster on these weather boards, however.
4) Hurricane Chaser: Have documented 32 separate Atlantic basin hurricanes that produced at least hurricane-force wind gusts where I experienced them; 10 at category-three or higher. First official chase was in September of 1989 (Hugo in SE NC). Since 2003, alone, I have intercepted the central core (eye and/or eyewall) of 23 different hurricanes; 7 at major hurricane intensity. Hurricane Michael broke my personal streak of having intercepted the eye of the last 9 USA hurricane landfalls, beforehand. Ended up less than 2 nm from the eastern-edge of Michaels' eye.
Hurricane Michael Intercept:
As alluded to in the preceding paragraph, I documented the landfall of Hurricane Michael in western-most Mexico Beach, FL...from the stairwell of a two-story condo building along hwy 98...near the Marina. This hurricane expedition was by far the most intense I've ever endured! A fast-rising and very large storm surge combined with the deafening and ferocious winds of the eastern-eyewall to decimate the town upon which I had chosen to seek refuge. In the process, I lost my car, cell phone, and barometer, but thankfully, escaped with my life! Sadly, too many others weren't as fortunate.
As time permits, I will ultimately edit the 8 hours of footage gathered during the five days I spent at "ground zero" of hurricane Michael's wrath. In the meantime, here's a small sample of the footage I shared with a local TV station the day after Michael had barrelled ashore:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 75194&_rdr
Hurricane Michael Video/Pics:
Aside from a short introduction to the community, I thought it might be cool to create a thread, specifically, for the purpose of posting video and/or sharing pictures of this historic event.
Thanks for taking the time to read this post, and I look forward to talking with many of you in the near future!
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P.S. One can also follow my future hurricane and winter storm chases via my Twitter account @tbrite89.