Documentary - Hurricane Hugo - Luquillo, Puerto Rico - September 18, 1989
This is my Hurricane Hugo chase video. The footage was taken during Hugo's landfall on the northeast tip of Puerto Rico at Luquillo. In my 25 years of hurricane chasing, this remains, overall, the best footage I have ever been fortunate enough to capture. Though I have been in stronger hurricanes, given that Hugo was a Category Four and the strongest portion of the eyewall passed directly over my location (during daylight hours), I had the rare opportunity to document the full force of an intense hurricane at a direct coastal location. Though significant damage begins about 8 minutes into the video, the peak winds occur between 10 through 21 minutes in, and are sustained near 135mph with gusts to 160-170mph. An anemometer on the island of Culebra (just offshore Eastern Puerto Rico) reported a peak gust of 170mph when the same portion of the eyewall passed over that location a couple of hours prior to reaching Luquillo.
YouTube - Hurricane Hugo - Luquillo, Puerto Rico - September 18, 1989
Everest Emergency
Clips from BBC/Indus Films production Everest ER (Sept 2006) about the nonprofit medical clinic at Mt Everest Base Camp, Nepal. For more info and to purchase this 52 min documentary, visit www.BaseCampMD.com.
YouTube - Everest ER
NationalGeographic - Parachute Malfunction
A young woman freefalls from 11,000 ft in the air, without a working parachute.
YouTube - Parachute Malfunction
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NationalGeographic - Superhuman Strength
How does a 300lb man move an object nearly 85 times his weight? The answer lies in this unique technology.
YouTube - Superhuman Strength
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Japanese Coast Guard vs. north korean spy trawler!
Here's video footage of the Japanese Coast Guard tracking and engaging a north korean spy trawler. The events occur over several hours of daylight and night. It looks like the NK spy trawler refused to be boarded after warning shots with a minigun, it was set afire, stayed afloat, rammed, then the NK's shot at the JCG with automatic rifle fire and RPG(s). Then the Japanese crews really opened up on them and the spy trawler was set afire again and exploded. The last few seconds show the damage to the JCG vessel(s).
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