Cat 5 Hurricane Michael [Callaway, Florida]

Callaway is across the bay from Tyndall Air Force Base.
This is not a storm chaser video; it's a resident video.
We had a 22-minute respite as the western eye crossed.
This video is excerpted from a longer video:
   • Hurricane Michael, Direct Strike [And the ...  
which includes an additional 13½ minutes from Day Zero.
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My house (not the location of this video) was rendered uninhabitable and has been demolished thanks to generous donations. The bill for that was more than two months' income.
October 10, 2018. Michael was just the 4th Cat 5 landfall in US history and took less than 36 hours to grow from Cat 1.
We fell asleep thinking we faced a Category 3 hurricane the next day. Although intense, we were in a sturdy structure on high ground and decided to stay. In 15 hours, it jumped two categories (35 MPH MSW) with very rapid intensification, which surprised us.

Date Time Lat Long MSW Ps Category
10/09/18 22:00 27.1° -86.5° 125 mph 947 mb 3
10/10/18 01:00 27.7° -86.6° 130 mph 945 mb 4
10/10/18 04:00 28.3° -86.5° 140 mph 943 mb 4
10/10/18 05:00 28.6° -86.4° 140 mph 937 mb 4
10/10/18 06:00 28.8° -86.3° 140 mph 937 mb 4
10/10/18 07:00 29.0° -86.3° 145 mph 933 mb 4
10/10/18 08:00 29.1° -86.2° 145 mph 933 mb 4
10/10/18 09:00 29.3° -86.1° 145 mph 931 mb 4
10/10/18 10:00 29.4° -86.0° 145 mph 928 mb 4
10/10/18 10:30 29.5° -85.9° 150 mph 923 mb 4
10/10/18 11:00 29.6° -85.8° 150 mph 923 mb 4
10/10/18 12:00 29.9° -85.7° 150 mph 919 mb 4
10/10/18 12:30 30.0° -85.5° 160 mph 919 mb 5

The storm continued to intensify until it encountered land, gaining 15 MPH MSW in the final several hours. In the 24 hours before landfall, it went from Cat 2 to Cat 5.

My mother was 90 years old at the time with mobility issues; she would not be able to handle an hours-long drive too well; my car had been having problems, which made me not trust its reliability at the time, financial...the reasons for staying for up to a Cat 3 were compelling.

I get annoyed with judgmental commenters who, without bothering to read this description, ask why we didn't evacuate. There have been a boatload of this type over the years. I often delete their comment without reply. The same goes for the often-repeated questions about uncleared objects in the yard. Repetitive, accusatory, nauseating—it's easier to remove than to endlessly repeat my answers.

We had no electricity for 14 days and no internet for 58 days. Two months later, still no cable TV or landline telephone. Millions of trees across a 3,000-square-mile swath were destroyed, and virtually all were damaged. At least eight houses in the immediate neighborhood were damaged beyond repair.

The video was recorded with a Sony HDR-CX260V and produced using Cyberlink PowerDirector 15.
I had owned that camcorder for five years as of the time of Michael. I have since upgraded to a Sony FDR-AX33, the best camcorder I've owned. And at my age, it's probably the last camcorder I'll ever buy. I don't see a need to go beyond 4K, ever. Anyway, the AX33 is an impressive camera.

As far as PowerDirector is concerned, I bought 15; I own it; it's not cloud-based or subscription-based. Actually, I paid for 16 too, but I prefer 15. I HATE subscription-based software and, so far, have sidestepped the ridiculous fold that people are accepting as the new norm. I am perfectly content to stay with software that doesn't require a subscription to keep using it. It does what I need to do, and I don't have to pay annually to keep using it. I view subscription-based software as a complete rip-off but an absolute windfall for the providers. Sorry dudes, I don't want your crappy, cloud-based subscription stuff. I paid for your product. Once is enough!
I would find it intolerable to pay a yearly fee to keep using my camcorder, and I don't see the difference here.

Oh, and I sometimes go off on a rant.