I am glad you made it through that terrible storm. I live in Tampa,Fla and have seen my share of storms over 40 years living here. Nothing ever hit Florida like Haiyan. Dorian was the closest I can think of that came close to Haiyans intensity. Take Care

The winds of the northern eyewall was actually 170mph

Carlo Emmanuel Dioquino Thanks Carlo. :)

+Jim Edds jim am from sweden and four me you are a real super hero 😃 🌐

harold almoite Thanks Harold, reporters play it safe and don't get into the wind like I did. There are interesting in live broadcasting which has some constraints. I'm also braver than they are, I take risks based on years of experience and I am very comfortable around water - my true element. It was scary though when I couldn't get back to the safety of the lobby where everyone else was.

and it call super super if it reaches 200 mph. Thats why they called it super haiyan (super saiyan storm).

it reached 285 kph. stronger than katrina in 2005

gustiness up to 320 kph

Freedom Philip Lachica As of today,"Katrina"Is no longer the 2nd strongest.Typhoon"Hagupit"Is the 2nd strongest.

Chalmes Dwayne Just predicting

it's in a gopro water tight housing.

+Manilyn Reynes the pool at Leyte Park Resort

I'm with you just to the north of Tampa. Will make landfall in the middle of the night Wed-Thur. I think being on the weak side just some stormy weather but keep following the track and intensity.

@@JimEdds Sometimes you wonder what these storms may do and how they will intensify. Thank you Jim

I think my strongest was 150mph give or take. Now 195mph would have blown everything away and I would not be here.

Jim, didn't tacloban city measure 148 mph gust before it broke at 7:00? I am pretty sure the strongest gusts reached 170 mph+. I did a frame by frame calculation of wind speed at 3:12. And I can conclude that the wind speed between 67-85m/s

Showdown the boat will fly too

But James reynolds and his friends documentary shot in tacloban.Why Cat.4 only?thats Cat.5 too.

Same ok. james caught documentary video in tacloban.Jim caught that video in tacloban too..Commonsense

Different angles look different. But winds in both footages are the same. Jim edd's field of view is only 20m, so winds will only take 0.3 seconds to pass the camera. While James's field of view is 50m. The winds will take 0.6 seconds to pass the camera

270kph

@@KevinLuWX how did you know? Feeling meteorologist

@@jerichomorales6676 look at the movement of the winds frame by frame

​@@KevinLuWX 285-305Km/hr Wind Gusts:320-360Kph

The wind speed recorded in Tacloban was 148mph before it broke at 7:00. The strongest winds occurred in Tacloban at around 7:15-7:25. So according to my estimates, wind speeds in Tacloban peaked at 170 mph. 3:12 is definitely stronger than Charley gas station video

Kevin Lu l Storm Chasing Hi Kevin! I didn't realize that there was an actual wind speed measurement taken in Tacloban. Do you have a link to the data? Thanks!

hurricaneadventures Got it from WeatherUnderground which get data from the local weather stations. Was monitoring that morning and the data just froze at 237km/h for the whole day. Not sure if you can get to past wind speeds though www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00000.1.98550

there was no peak wind measurement in Tacloban at peak winds as there is no min pressure from the Guiuan radar site during the full passage as power went out. The lowest recorded on the paper graph is 910mb but likely lower. A simple battery powered barometer would have recorded the pressure. When you see wind speeds of 195mph or higher for Haiyan that is estimated based on Satellite interpretation. As the storm winds picked up all power went out and a massive storm surge flooded the coastal areas. So we will never know the true wind speed on the ground. In addition weather survey teams did not get in there before the cleanup began making wind estimates even less reliable.

Jim Edds Exactly, one problem with radar sites is they always go offline right near the peak. Same thing happened with Typhoon Haima, Virac radar site went offline right before the innermost core hit it.

No, 1 min wind speed of haiyan is 195 mph. Not 235

angela /rosing was 165 mph at landfall while haiyan/yolanda is 195 at landfall

typhoon haiyan is more stronger than angela, because typhoon haiyan is the deadliest and strongest typhoon in history

+crewcutter2030 so true, for me all I had to worry about was the wind coming off the water and just blowing through the Leyte Park - which was on a hill. Knowing that I had a bit more freedom to move around. If I was in town I'd worry more and don't forget the storm surge - that was worse than flying debris. Most people died in the storm surge. I did get hit by a few pieces of that ceramic roofing blowing in the wind. It cut the back of my leg when I tried to get to the lobby. You can see the roofing material shattering when hit by debris in the "Journey to Tacloban" video I produced (also on my channel). It made an awful scary sound. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/acCYfNecyNmdoas.html

yeah, it just sort of worked out that way in the crazy winds!

Jim Edds i salute you. O7

Oh really ? I think you didn't see how things are flying in the air like hell. He was tolerating that wind, and I bet you can't guess how strong the wind was.And if you dip in it....then there would be no address of your dead body.

Check out 1:41-1:45 and see how strong the wind is... and then go get a dip

balbahut0g i died lmfao

balbahut0g and also nice day to fly roofs,you can fly with it too

No u r wrong you can't feel this how struggling the Philippines in scary typhoon hayyan you need to sympathy that all give

No disrespect Jim, definitely appreciate you posting. That is some insane footage

Grunt Bladefin non taken, I jumped into the resort pool because it was between the shore and where I needed to be - the safety of the lobby. It just so happens that there was a really good shot there I couldn't pass up and I figured it was safer in and under the water than out in the open. Eventually even the pool was unsafe as the wind picked up even more. After I got my pool shots I crawled out of the pool literally on hands and knees and ran for the closest villa. Tried to run to the lobby buy ceramic roof particles peppered my bare legs resulting in a deep cut, although it was not that long. I didn't release this until I got back to the US but sure felt the burning hot sensation. It was another 25 min before I was brave enough to attempt the lobby sprint again. This time somehow making it.

Wow. Only time I've ever jumped into a pool during a hurricane was in Orlando, Florida haha (during hurricane Charlie), much safer. Thank you for sharing details and expanding on the video content. Just be careful out there! Can't post your amazing footage and share stories if you get too beat up!

Jim Edds OMG! You have balls, what a video!

it was a resort pool so not near as bad as the storm surge that went across the airport - that would have been scary.

Xie Xie Ni

+Oliver Banz Yes, I am still kickin :)

+Jim Edds Glad to know you came out alive from that powerful storm.

You are so stupid, don't you know that dipping in pool shields you from debris

+Linang Algo it's called storm chasing :)