Hurricane Wilma strikes Royal Palm Beach, a community 15 miles west of Palm Beach, from the west in the fall of 2005.
Wilma was a classic October hurricane which struck South Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on Oct. 24, 2005. It hit Palm Beach County with 100-mph winds.
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The storm …
The storm maintained weak Category 3 status as it crossed the state…Wilma was a strange storm because the opposite side of the storm backbuilded. Usually the back side, while still strong, is nowhere near as fierce as the front. The same thing kind of happened with Tropical Storm Fay in 2008, it was able to maintain strength as it traveled over the peninsula…an unexplained phenomena. I guess somebody will figure out why eventually.
i live in royal …
i live in royal palm and this storm was very bad the worst hurricane ive been through yet. im only 12 i wasnt alive when andrew went through so i didnt know what it was like. during hurricane wilma i had to stay at my aunt and uncles because we figured that it was going to hit so hard we had to get all of our family together over at my aunt and uncles house.
Hey it was probably …
One good thing came out of Wilma….. I married my roofer.
Hey it was probably my roof…. I am in LaMancha
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I’ve been in …
I’ve been in thunderstorms this strong, which last at most 10 minutes. This went on for many hours. I couldn’t imagine it, the people who inhabit Florida are some very brave people.
i was in the …
i was in the acreage when this hit. big tree branches were snapped off, my patio screens were completely ripped apart, that had to be at least a category 3 with 115 mph winds when it came through. to fllover, yes that was a fun hurricane. to craig, a fenceboard blew off in the first part of the eyewall, put it back up during the eye, second part, blew it back off, this time her. that had to be a category 3 on both sides when it rolled through.
im sorry this …
im sorry this probally makes me a horrible person but i lived in s florida and i thought tht huricane was fun! (for me sucks for people who where affected)
i was in royal palm …
i was in royal palm beach when wilma hit. we were in the eye the worst hurricane i have been through yet…do u know where LANTERN WALK IS?
What was the …
What was the official cat. rating of wilma. Because there is no way the back part of that storm was a cat. 1. We were in Lake Worth and came out when the eye of the storm was directly over us. There was just minimal damage. After the back end of the storm hit, every screened in patio was demolished. Every non-palm tree was down. Spanish style roof tiles were everywhere. Again, there was no way it was a category one.
i was in ocean …
i was in ocean ridge by boynton beach when this hurricane hit. it was like 5 times worse then that. i have a video but its on a dvd-r and idk how to get it on youtube. sooo UGHHH. it was so scary. the cement telephone poels were snapped in half. that was a fun/ yet scary storm. as we speak we are having tropical storm fay. which im really excited about. i love hurricaness!
in la mancha my …
in la mancha my neighbors roof blew off, entirely. they had to stay with another neighbor for the second half of the storm. we all have canal property so we got it really bad
Yes, this is near …
Yes, this is near there, in the eastern section of Royal Palm Beach near State Road 7 and Belvedere Road.
is this video taken …
is this video taken near LANTERN WALK IN ROYAL PALM BECH NEAR MADISON GREEN AND THE ACRAGE
Why is he out in …
Why is he out in the hurricane?
This video was shot …
This video was shot to the north and northeast. The first part of the video is of the front of the storm. Later, when I am out in the yard, the back end of the storm comes in. It was much worse, so I had to go inside and got no video of the actual back end of the storm.
It was too dangerous to even open the door.
These homes are mostly wood frame, built in th 1980s before the strict hurricane standards were enacted after Andrew.
I don’t supposed it …
I don’t supposed it would be cost effective to build housing that would hold up any better. It seems that these houses are just “pasted” together compared to brick houses.
I live in SW …
I live in SW Ranches. We were without power for 2 whole weeks. A nice crew of power workers from Ohio finally replaced the power pole that was laying in our front yard. We lost half of the trees on our heavily landscaped 2 1/2 acres. We didn’t think things would ever get right.
for floridians …
for floridians wilma was way worse than katrina,blew like was no tomorrow that !!!!!
nice video.
nice video.
Was this the back …
Was this the back side that came in?
Dude, I live in …
Dude, I live in West Palm Beach
good vid.. i like …
good vid.. i like how u comment on the wind speeds
Thats some good …
Thats some good video of the eyewall passing over you and you got a 360 view from inside the eye. I was in West Miramar when Wilma hit and the core of the Hurricane went right over us. I have good a vid but can’t get it online (-_-)…