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Hardcore hurricane chaser. Mississippi transplant. Harvard man. Righteous Bay Rat. The #HurricaneMan. Jamaican name: Mawgaman!

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I'm back home after hunting #EDOUARD—an odd little storm. I don't chase tropical storms, generally. It's just not my thing, because I get turned on by wind, not water. But there was always the *chance* EDOUARD would become a #hurricane. As several computer models predicted, the tiny cyclone did strengthen significantly *just* before landfall, crossing the coast with an estimated intensity of 50 knots—but fortunately, it just didn't have enough time to become a hurricane. Still, it was a spicy little system that packed a punch in the SW corner of #Louisiana and the industrial cities SE #Texas. Me: I started in Sabine Pass, TX—then drove across the state line into Louisiana to get into the calm center (what we'd call an eye if it were a hurricane) as it hit land. My location at landfall: a gas station on Highway 82 (29.7646N 93.7564W). I measured 999.6 mb at 2:36 pm CDT, but it's possible there was lower pressure before or after the time I was taking readings in that spot. Crossing back into Texas, I drove back into the W "eyewall" as I entered the S outskirts of Port Arthur, hitting extremely heavy rain and big gusts. The ships in the canal sat stoically in the gloom, like sleeping dinosaurs—seemingly unbothered by the atmospheric theatrics—but I noticed wind-driven waves from Sabine Lake jumping up onto waterfront lawns as I crept up the highway. I soon got back into the calm eye feature, which I "surfed" as I drove N through the city. I went through Downtown Port Arthur when the exact center of the storm passed over it. The rain had stopped, but the sky was very dark on the horizon, and the traffic lights swung angrily in the gusts. Heading NE to Orange and then E on I-10, I hit one last *extremely* heavy outer rainband near Lake Charles—rain so heavy I almost pulled over, because I couldn’t see. But that was the very outer edge of this tiny storm: once I cleared that rainband, conditions instantly improved, the road dried, and I enjoyed fair weather all the way back to Mississippi. EDOUARD was a compact, self-contained little thing. Here are just some images and moments from the day.

I'm back home after hunting #EDOUARD—an odd little storm. I don't chase tropical storms, generally. It's just not my thing, because I get turned on by wind, not water. But there was always the *chance* EDOUARD would become a #hurricane. As several computer models predicted, the tiny cyclone did strengthen significantly *just* before landfall, crossing the coast with an estimated intensity of 50 knots—but fortunately, it just didn't have enough time to become a hurricane. Still, it was a spicy little system that packed a punch in the SW corner of #Louisiana and the industrial cities SE #Texas. Me: I started in Sabine Pass, TX—then drove across the state line into Louisiana to get into the calm center (what we'd call an eye if it were a hurricane) as it hit land. My location at landfall: a gas station on Highway 82 (29.7646N 93.7564W). I measured 999.6 mb at 2:36 pm CDT, but it's possible there was lower pressure before or after the time I was taking readings in that spot. Crossing back into Texas, I drove back into the W "eyewall" as I entered the S outskirts of Port Arthur, hitting extremely heavy rain and big gusts. The ships in the canal sat stoically in the gloom, like sleeping dinosaurs—seemingly unbothered by the atmospheric theatrics—but I noticed wind-driven waves from Sabine Lake jumping up onto waterfront lawns as I crept up the highway. I soon got back into the calm eye feature, which I "surfed" as I drove N through the city. I went through Downtown Port Arthur when the exact center of the storm passed over it. The rain had stopped, but the sky was very dark on the horizon, and the traffic lights swung angrily in the gusts. Heading NE to Orange and then E on I-10, I hit one last *extremely* heavy outer rainband near Lake Charles—rain so heavy I almost pulled over, because I couldn’t see. But that was the very outer edge of this tiny storm: once I cleared that rainband, conditions instantly improved, the road dried, and I enjoyed fair weather all the way back to Mississippi. EDOUARD was a compact, self-contained little thing. Here are just some images and moments from the day.

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Update from Na'alehu near the S tip of the Big Island of #Hawaii. The core of #Hurricane #LALA is just offshore.

Update from Na'alehu near the S tip of the Big Island of #Hawaii. The core of #Hurricane #LALA is just offshore.

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Four moments from my #Hurricane #LALA chase in the Big Island of #Hawaii: * In the parking lot of Green Sand Beach, 0.7 n mi NE of South Point, as the hurricane’s center made its closest approach the S tip of the Big Island. * Horses out on the highway, fending for themselves in the storm. * The drive back up Highway 11, along the island’s W coast, was treacherous. * A normal spectacular view of the Pacific was turbulent and windswept as Hurricane LALA’s center passed just offshore. This is a scenic point on Highway 11.

Four moments from my #Hurricane #LALA chase in the Big Island of #Hawaii: * In the parking lot of Green Sand Beach, 0.7 n mi NE of South Point, as the hurricane’s center made its closest approach the S tip of the Big Island. * Horses out on the highway, fending for themselves in the storm. * The drive back up Highway 11, along the island’s W coast, was treacherous. * A normal spectacular view of the Pacific was turbulent and windswept as Hurricane LALA’s center passed just offshore. This is a scenic point on Highway 11.

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View from Haleokane Lookout, near the S tip of the Big Island of #Hawaii, as #Hurricane #LALA closes in.

View from Haleokane Lookout, near the S tip of the Big Island of #Hawaii, as #Hurricane #LALA closes in.

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NEW! Here's Cat-5 #Hurricane #MELISSA's #Jamaica landfall as captured on Cayman Islands radar. These images did not exist until a few days ago, when b e n 🥀✟ ✟ & team at CINWS processed the data. This is at the very edge of the radar range—the radar site is over 200 mi away—& it's quite attenuated. Even so, this gives us a second complete look at that intense (160-knot) eyewall screaming ashore. The star indicates my location, scraping along the right edge of the eye. An absolutely ferocious storm that remains burned in my mind.

NEW! Here's Cat-5 #Hurricane #MELISSA's #Jamaica landfall as captured on Cayman Islands radar. These images did not exist until a few days ago, when b e n 🥀✟ ✟ & team at CINWS processed the data. This is at the very edge of the radar range—the radar site is over 200 mi away—& it's quite attenuated. Even so, this gives us a second complete look at that intense (160-knot) eyewall screaming ashore. The star indicates my location, scraping along the right edge of the eye. An absolutely ferocious storm that remains burned in my mind.

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8:30 am. Tempted to go out on roof, but opening door could lead to serious damage & would be irresponsible. Trying to decide where to ride out #typhoon. I think lobby's gonna get interesting in eyewall, & it'd be magical to view eye from highrise. So I'm hesitant to leave.

8:30 am. Tempted to go out on roof, but opening door could lead to serious damage & would be irresponsible. Trying to decide where to ride out #typhoon. I think lobby's gonna get interesting in eyewall, & it'd be magical to view eye from highrise. So I'm hesitant to leave.

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My hotel on Hailing Island was damaged by #Typhoon #RAGASA's explosive gusts. But what struck me was the almost complete mowing down of trees on certain parts of the property—like this one. By the time the eye arrived, barely a tree was left standing in this shady, green plaza.

My hotel on Hailing Island was damaged by #Typhoon #RAGASA's explosive gusts. But what struck me was the almost complete mowing down of trees on certain parts of the property—like this one. By the time the eye arrived, barely a tree was left standing in this shady, green plaza.

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Early today, an apparent #tornado—with distinct radar signature—formed near Slidell #Louisiana & then crossed the river into #Mississippi. My neighbors Schelly & Jay Gillen have a house in Pearlington, & they caught the action as the rain-wrapped storm arrived on the Mississippi side of the river. #ARTHUR

Early today, an apparent #tornado—with distinct radar signature—formed near Slidell #Louisiana & then crossed the river into #Mississippi. My neighbors Schelly & Jay Gillen have a house in Pearlington, & they caught the action as the rain-wrapped storm arrived on the Mississippi side of the river. #ARTHUR

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Woke up to this strange view. The window above my bed. Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.

Woke up to this strange view. The window above my bed. Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.

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Oldie But Goodie. On a scale of 1 to 10, how sexy is this? 11? 12?

Oldie But Goodie. On a scale of 1 to 10, how sexy is this? 11? 12?

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I'm back home after hunting #EDOUARD—an odd little storm. I don't chase tropical storms, generally. It's just not my thing, because I get turned on by wind, not water. But there was always the *chance* EDOUARD would become a #hurricane. As several computer models predicted, the tiny cyclone did strengthen significantly *just* before landfall, crossing the coast with an estimated intensity of 50 knots—but fortunately, it just didn't have enough time to become a hurricane. Still, it was a spicy little system that packed a punch in the SW corner of #Louisiana and the industrial cities SE #Texas. Me: I started in Sabine Pass, TX—then drove across the state line into Louisiana to get into the calm center (what we'd call an eye if it were a hurricane) as it hit land. My location at landfall: a gas station on Highway 82 (29.7646N 93.7564W). I measured 999.6 mb at 2:36 pm CDT, but it's possible there was lower pressure before or after the time I was taking readings in that spot. Crossing back into Texas, I drove back into the W "eyewall" as I entered the S outskirts of Port Arthur, hitting extremely heavy rain and big gusts. The ships in the canal sat stoically in the gloom, like sleeping dinosaurs—seemingly unbothered by the atmospheric theatrics—but I noticed wind-driven waves from Sabine Lake jumping up onto waterfront lawns as I crept up the highway. I soon got back into the calm eye feature, which I "surfed" as I drove N through the city. I went through Downtown Port Arthur when the exact center of the storm passed over it. The rain had stopped, but the sky was very dark on the horizon, and the traffic lights swung angrily in the gusts. Heading NE to Orange and then E on I-10, I hit one last *extremely* heavy outer rainband near Lake Charles—rain so heavy I almost pulled over, because I couldn’t see. But that was the very outer edge of this tiny storm: once I cleared that rainband, conditions instantly improved, the road dried, and I enjoyed fair weather all the way back to Mississippi. EDOUARD was a compact, self-contained little thing. Here are just some images and moments from the day.
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I'm back home after hunting #EDOUARD—an odd little storm. I don't chase tropical storms, generally. It's just not my thing, because I get turned on by wind, not water. But there was always the *chance* EDOUARD would become a #hurricane. As several computer models predicted, the tiny cyclone did strengthen significantly *just* before landfall, crossing the coast with an estimated intensity of 50 knots—but fortunately, it just didn't have enough time to become a hurricane. Still, it was a spicy little system that packed a punch in the SW corner of #Louisiana and the industrial cities SE #Texas. Me: I started in Sabine Pass, TX—then drove across the state line into Louisiana to get into the calm center (what we'd call an eye if it were a hurricane) as it hit land. My location at landfall: a gas station on Highway 82 (29.7646N 93.7564W). I measured 999.6 mb at 2:36 pm CDT, but it's possible there was lower pressure before or after the time I was taking readings in that spot. Crossing back into Texas, I drove back into the W "eyewall" as I entered the S outskirts of Port Arthur, hitting extremely heavy rain and big gusts. The ships in the canal sat stoically in the gloom, like sleeping dinosaurs—seemingly unbothered by the atmospheric theatrics—but I noticed wind-driven waves from Sabine Lake jumping up onto waterfront lawns as I crept up the highway. I soon got back into the calm eye feature, which I "surfed" as I drove N through the city. I went through Downtown Port Arthur when the exact center of the storm passed over it. The rain had stopped, but the sky was very dark on the horizon, and the traffic lights swung angrily in the gusts. Heading NE to Orange and then E on I-10, I hit one last *extremely* heavy outer rainband near Lake Charles—rain so heavy I almost pulled over, because I couldn’t see. But that was the very outer edge of this tiny storm: once I cleared that rainband, conditions instantly improved, the road dried, and I enjoyed fair weather all the way back to Mississippi. EDOUARD was a compact, self-contained little thing. Here are just some images and moments from the day.

Josh Morgerman

27,258 views • 2 days ago

In the eye of #Hurricane #MILTON in Downtown Sarasota #Florida. A deeply calm, meditative eye. Absolutely spectacular.
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In the eye of #Hurricane #MILTON in Downtown Sarasota #Florida. A deeply calm, meditative eye. Absolutely spectacular.

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4,377,740 views • 1 year ago

Just after 12 noon in Sabine Pass #Texas. #EDOUARD is inching closer.
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Just after 12 noon in Sabine Pass #Texas. #EDOUARD is inching closer.

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21,589 views • 3 days ago

8:35 pm. In the eye of #Hurricane #MILTON in Downtown Sarasota. A dead-calm eye. Dead. Calm. Pretty tripping. Destructive winds will soon return with the hurricane's backside.
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8:35 pm. In the eye of #Hurricane #MILTON in Downtown Sarasota. A dead-calm eye. Dead. Calm. Pretty tripping. Destructive winds will soon return with the hurricane's backside.

Josh Morgerman

2,613,993 views • 1 year ago

Update from Sabine Pass #Texas. Hunting #EDOUARD
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Update from Sabine Pass #Texas. Hunting #EDOUARD

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12,939 views • 3 days ago

HELPFUL TIPS. I've been through 82 hurricanes around the world, including five Cat 5s. I survived them by following a few simple rules. Check them out. And let me know if you have questions. I'm here to help. We're gonna get through #Hurricane #MELISSA.👊
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HELPFUL TIPS. I've been through 82 hurricanes around the world, including five Cat 5s. I survived them by following a few simple rules. Check them out. And let me know if you have questions. I'm here to help. We're gonna get through #Hurricane #MELISSA.👊

Josh Morgerman

809,293 views • 10 months ago

Four moments from my #Hurricane #LALA chase in the Big Island of #Hawaii: * In the parking lot of Green Sand Beach, 0.7 n mi NE of South Point, as the hurricane’s center made its closest approach the S tip of the Big Island. * Horses out on the highway, fending for themselves in the storm. * The drive back up Highway 11, along the island’s W coast, was treacherous. * A normal spectacular view of the Pacific was turbulent and windswept as Hurricane LALA’s center passed just offshore. This is a scenic point on Highway 11.
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Four moments from my #Hurricane #LALA chase in the Big Island of #Hawaii: * In the parking lot of Green Sand Beach, 0.7 n mi NE of South Point, as the hurricane’s center made its closest approach the S tip of the Big Island. * Horses out on the highway, fending for themselves in the storm. * The drive back up Highway 11, along the island’s W coast, was treacherous. * A normal spectacular view of the Pacific was turbulent and windswept as Hurricane LALA’s center passed just offshore. This is a scenic point on Highway 11.

Josh Morgerman

54,049 views • 19 days ago

Small taste of #Hurricane #MELISSA on SW coast of #Jamaica, just as we started getting raked by violent right eyewall. Belive it or not, this was before the peak conditions, when everything turned white, the screaming sound became unbearable, & we needed to bolt the door shut.
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Small taste of #Hurricane #MELISSA on SW coast of #Jamaica, just as we started getting raked by violent right eyewall. Belive it or not, this was before the peak conditions, when everything turned white, the screaming sound became unbearable, & we needed to bolt the door shut.

Josh Morgerman

553,139 views • 10 months ago

Update from the S tip of the Big Island of #Hawaii as #Hurricane #LALA closes in.
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Update from the S tip of the Big Island of #Hawaii as #Hurricane #LALA closes in.

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39,826 views • 20 days ago

Hey, from Ochlockonee Bay. This place could see #Hurricane #HELENE's peak surge. And this may be where I ride it out. If it stays on track.
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Hey, from Ochlockonee Bay. This place could see #Hurricane #HELENE's peak surge. And this may be where I ride it out. If it stays on track.

Josh Morgerman

1,053,083 views • 1 year ago

Winds picking up in Na'alehu, near the S tip of the Big Island of #Hawaii. Core of #Hurricane #LALA is just offshore.
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Winds picking up in Na'alehu, near the S tip of the Big Island of #Hawaii. Core of #Hurricane #LALA is just offshore.

Josh Morgerman

37,235 views • 20 days ago

A wave got me. Crashed up over the seawall & threw me against the patio railing, then penetrated deep into the hotel restaurant. I'm ok—just scratches & bruises. A good lesson about respecting the power of water! (Watch to the end.) #Typhoon #FUNGWONG in #Philippines
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A wave got me. Crashed up over the seawall & threw me against the patio railing, then penetrated deep into the hotel restaurant. I'm ok—just scratches & bruises. A good lesson about respecting the power of water! (Watch to the end.) #Typhoon #FUNGWONG in #Philippines

Josh Morgerman

406,126 views • 9 months ago

Come for a ride as I courageously drive through #BERTHA's storm surge in the Bay. This is MELISSA-level adventure.
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Come for a ride as I courageously drive through #BERTHA's storm surge in the Bay. This is MELISSA-level adventure.

Josh Morgerman

40,319 views • 1 month ago

Boom! No wind yet, but the sea is getting angry & aggressive. A tremendous wave just crashed over the seawall and into the hotel's restaurant. Tonight's gonna get hairy in Baler. #Typhoon #FUNGWONG #Philippines
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Boom! No wind yet, but the sea is getting angry & aggressive. A tremendous wave just crashed over the seawall and into the hotel's restaurant. Tonight's gonna get hairy in Baler. #Typhoon #FUNGWONG #Philippines

Josh Morgerman

208,132 views • 9 months ago

5 pm. At a critical juncture in this chase. Profoundly conflicted feelings. #Hurricane #HELENE
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5 pm. At a critical juncture in this chase. Profoundly conflicted feelings. #Hurricane #HELENE

Josh Morgerman

420,204 views • 1 year ago

Winds on #Hurricane #MILTON’s backside—after the calm eye passed—were more destructive than winds on the front side. Fierce gusts smashed or tore out almost every single window of this large office building in Downtown Sarasota.
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Winds on #Hurricane #MILTON’s backside—after the calm eye passed—were more destructive than winds on the front side. Fierce gusts smashed or tore out almost every single window of this large office building in Downtown Sarasota.

Josh Morgerman

366,564 views • 1 year ago

9:03 pm. Wind suddenly picking up again. First just a rustle, now an impatient breeze. We're going back into #Hurricane #MILTON's eyewall in Sarasota.
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9:03 pm. Wind suddenly picking up again. First just a rustle, now an impatient breeze. We're going back into #Hurricane #MILTON's eyewall in Sarasota.

Josh Morgerman

355,201 views • 1 year ago

Highway 90 along the #Mississippi Gulf Coast was downright treacherous this afternoon as #ARTHUR's ghost lashed the region.
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Highway 90 along the #Mississippi Gulf Coast was downright treacherous this afternoon as #ARTHUR's ghost lashed the region.

Josh Morgerman

49,312 views • 2 months ago

7:25 pm.. Just outside eyewall of #Hurricane #MILTON in Sarasota. Wind starting to rip.
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7:25 pm.. Just outside eyewall of #Hurricane #MILTON in Sarasota. Wind starting to rip.

Josh Morgerman

318,668 views • 1 year ago

Almost 7 am near the N tip of Ishigaki-jima. #Typhoon #BAVI's structure had gotten kind of weird— this thing's a freak show—but I believe I'm near it in its center. (I'll post a radar shot in the comments.)
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Almost 7 am near the N tip of Ishigaki-jima. #Typhoon #BAVI's structure had gotten kind of weird— this thing's a freak show—but I believe I'm near it in its center. (I'll post a radar shot in the comments.)

Josh Morgerman

35,302 views • 1 month ago