Category 4 Hurricane Ian - Port Charlotte - Eyewall Footage

September 28th, 2022. Monster Hurricane Ian pulverized into the SW Coast of Florida. This is our footage from E. Port Charlotte area.

Once we went through the Nrn eyewall, the very edge of the massive eye came over us. We got in the car and went 7 miles SSE just past Punta Gorda to intercept the direct center of the eye. We then drove another 7 miles SSE to turn around where we got to shoot a time lapse transversing across the entire eye.

Once we got back to E Port Charlotte, the W and SW eyewall came through and it was a BEAST!

Thanks for watching and do what you can to help the people down there!

Update** Hurricane Ian was found to make landfall as a high-end 150 mph Category 4 hurricane but briefly reached Category 5 status just offshore with max sustained winds at 160 mph.