Category Five Hurricane Michael: Mexico Beach, Florida

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Remarkable video from my GoPro of Mexico Beach as category five hurricane Michael roars ashore. A complete documentary covering Michael, and the rest of the historic 2018 hurricane season, will be available beginning in early May of 2019.

Update: this is now a full length documentary available on Amazon Prime Video:

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[judebug]

This is one of the most captivating, eerie, and sadly beautiful videos I have seen. I had to watch it again to see the beginning and how things were before Michael. Just WOW.

[vacanechaser]

dude, this is what we've talked about for 17
years...getting this shot. fantastic placement and just insane footage to watch... can't stop watching.. homers! congrats, you earned it

[hairofbullets]

This is so totally amazing. I think post analysis will eventually show that this was in fact a category 5 at landfall.

[gaminonya]

Just rebuild the town out of whatever that camera was in.

[TheWeatherNutz]

Now that is how you do it. I've been wanting to preposition cameras all along the right quad for years. Glad to see somebody is doing it. Great stuff.

[tennriverluver]

Everyone needs to see this. The power of nature is not to be ignored!!

[cto]

This is EXTREME in all the sense and ways. One of the greatest video, explanation of a disaster in the making. Wow!!

[patrickgarcia]

I noticed the camera turned to the right during eye wall. Absolute power! Thank you for sharing Mark! I am anxious to see what the other camera's have in-store. Praying for the victims of this catastrophic storm.

[dylanchampion]

Wow. Great video Mark. It’s crazy to see how fast the storm surge came up when the eye wall came ashore.

[mystiphi]

This just might be the most fascinating video I've ever seen. To think the only people (at least in the US) that ever saw something this powerful firsthand would probably be victims of Hurricane Camille. But with technology and your skilled deployment, we now the capability to see what could never be told. At least not in a way we could ever imagine. Thank you.

[maryq]

I was in shock! WOW very frightening. That was amazing footage Mark!! Why anyone would want to ride out a storm like Michael is beyond words. They had now idea what was coming.

[VandaFraney]

So unnerving to watch. . . This is incredible footage & Mark Sudduth is a master at finding where to place the cams. I hope he receives a medal for his work, as it is full of insight that aids data, research & rescues in these highly dangerous natural events.

[cynthiamartin]

This is incredible. I can't stop watching it.

[tallyforeman]

The purple sky as the storm had passed was eerie, yet amazing within itself.

[brianpatterson]

This is just unbelievable Footage Mark. Thank you for sharing!!

[Nine-Signs]

I've watched Hurricanes for many years but this is by far one of the best concise examples I've seen of the sheer un-survivability and destructive power of a major hurricane Vs conventional urban landscape. Gravel blasted to kibble then washed away.

[daquanroberts]

Crazy Crazy Crazy. This was without a doubt a Category 5 Hurricane

[xtremearmor]

WOW! I’ve never seen any video like this of a Hurricane. Amazing, how much force was in Hurricane Michael.

[dacub]

Nature, science, technology... Best Hurricane Michael footage ..Possible best ever.. Especially if it attributes to a CAT 5 detriment to conclusion.

[Robert_L]

Thanks, Mark. You captured (driving) footage of our home in Rockport right after Harvey last year. While it did survive and remained completely intact (not a single broken window), the winds lifted and moved the house about 3 feet off of the Piers/Pilings it was sitting on. The recovery process is long and slow - we're now within 30 days of completion.

Of all the video coverage out there, yours was the one that answered so many questions - is the house still there? ...if so, how bad is it damaged? ...are our neighbors' houses still there? ...what does the immediate area look like? ...was there storm surge? ...and the list goes on. Your video coverage was one of the most emotional experiences I've ever had in my life. To this day I still can't express how thankful we are to you for doing the job that you do, so well, and sharing your craft with the world.

Thanks again for all that you do.