The Strongest Storm in Atlantic History — Wilma 2005

⚡ WHEN THE GRID GOES DOWN — STORM PREPAREDNESS GEAR Portable power station (three million customers lost power, some for weeks): https://amzn.to/4wMUwMo NOAA emergency weather radio (works when the grid doesn't): https://amzn.to/4hWwrOk 72-hour emergency kit — water, light, first aid: https://amzn.to/4g4jLmh As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. These are affiliate links — they cost you nothing extra and help keep this channel running. On October 24th, 2005, the storm that still holds the Atlantic's all-time pressure record came ashore on the southwest coast of Florida. But it wasn't the landfall that broke South Florida. It was the eye – sixty miles wide by the time it crossed the peninsula, wide enough to hold an entire metropolitan area inside an hour of blue sky and dead air, and wide enough that the back half of the storm arrived like a second hurricane against people who believed the worst was already behind them. What followed became the largest power failure Florida had ever experienced. ⚡ Become a Storm Watcher: vote on the next documentary, get sneak peeks & behind-the-scenes — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvv0Zy25K_9wj_YyP4nDX3g/join For copyright and business inquiries, contact us at: [email protected] Music by Epidemic Sound.