This livestream of Hurricane Delta in Louisiana is fascinating--and scary.

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[Hoyt]

1. Very cool. Although the guy in a jeep must be a trumpster. He drove until the storm surge was

getting too deep. Then he turned around and the telephone poles were starting to lean.

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2. I've been watching this guy chase for years. I don't know how hw does it. My nerves would be shot

[yonder]

3. I saw a traffic sign in there where he turned around: "High Water". Ya think?

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4. I wondered why I didn't see any houses along the road. Then he pulled over & pointed out

a brick home that had been completely demolished by Hurricane Laura. Then he pointed out another...and another. Wow. Two hurricanes in a month.

[yonder]

5. No way would I be caught doing what he's doing.

It would be so easy for him to get stranded by high water, downed power lines, trees, etc. and then what's he going to do? Call for help? Walk out? Stay with the rig? No good answers.

It just seems to be a hazardous situation to put oneself in, experienced or not.

[malaise]

6. Now he's stuck on a ramp because of storm surge

and the other side of the hurricane is approaching - humans can be stupid.

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24. I've been watching this guy's livestreams but I've never seen him screw up like this. He's in

the eye now, but he's gonna be stuck for hours and the back side of Delta is coming. It looks miserable. He went outside the Jeep and got attacked by bugs hanging out in the eye. Ew. At least he said he has plenty of gasoline, water, & food. What about a Port-a-Potty?

[malaise]

25. The worst part is that the other side of the storm is coming and it will be dark

How does he do this and not have survival stuff like repellent. He will piss int eh wind

[jpak]

7. Looks like the storm surge is still coming in

Not good

[malaise]

8. Big time

They are in serious trouble -- they are lucky the storm blew off the gate so they could find the ramp. Says lots of bugs in the car and they're back in the eye about to launch a drone.

[jpak]

17. I'm looking at the water level at the base of the ramp

It's still rising.

That's a massive amount of water coming in.

Hope he makes it through the night.

Yikes!

[malaise]

19. I hope he didn't lock himself out of his car

to launch the drone. And I hope he knows that the other side of the storm is yet to come

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32. He's made it through worse storms than this, but he's always been in more secure

locations than this. Yikes. At least he sounds cheerful at 7:20 EDT.

[Dem2theMax]

9. I just started watching.

For those who have been watching for a longer period of time, I'm guessing he's stuck on that ramp and there's water on the backside of the ramp, the part we can't see?

[malaise]

10. The gate for some school was destroyed and they drove off the road that was flooding and parked

on the ramp which one of them said is 15ft high. They problem is that they're back in the eye. He said he's about to launch a drone.
Some network will soon pick this up before it gets dark. One of them said the car is cull of bugs.

[Dem2theMax]

12. Thank you. Feel so weird to be sitting here in a safe place, watching this.

And I'm seeing all the flies on the windshield.
I'd be screaming for my mommy if I were that guy.

[malaise]

15. Well I'd never be there

but if I were, I'd have repellant in the car. There is always repellant in my car.

[Tree-Hugger]

14. He is at a school sport building

He's at some sort of school district building - like a sports arena? - that is high up on massive concrete pillars. He currently has his car parked onto the ramp of it. The top of the rampbis blocked by one of those machines that cleans the floor/ice after hockey. There's a similar building next to him with another vehicle parked on the ramp.

[malaise]

11. He was talking to someone on the phone

He may be alone - he's out of the car with the drone. Look at bugs on the windshield.

[Tree-Hugger]

18. There is another vehicle parked in the next building

There are two buildings with ramps. There is another vehicle parked next to the building where this dude is parked. It's either another storm chaser/his team member or possobly a service vehicle.

[malaise]

20. Glad he isn't alone

although they are both crazy

[Tree-Hugger]

22. Confirmed

It's a chase partner. He just mentioned him.

[unc70]

13. Look at all the biting flies

Water is up about three posts on the railing since I first checked, not that long ago

[malaise]

16. Some cruel people in the chat section

Damn

[jpak]

21. "Basically we're stuck here until the surge goes down "

Then what?

[malaise]

23. Says he has ten gallons of gas plus half a tank

Hope he has food and drink - clearly he has no repellant

[Dem2theMax]

26. I thought he said two gallons. I hope you're right!

I was sitting here thinking why would anybody do this with only two extra gallons, and driving a truck? Not going to get you very far.

I think I'd be putting out an SOS for a boat right now.

[malaise]

29. He said he had a half tank and ten gallons in the back

I hope he puts the ten gallons in the front as he's heading back into the eye.

More surge too - I wish them luck. The really good news is its at the lower end of Cat 2

[Dem2theMax]

31. That's good. He should put that 10 gallons in the tank right now.

Thank goodness they found the ramps. However, ramps to nowhere right now.

[jpak]

27. Hopefully the back of the eye will blow the water out

Still looks stupid.

Ugh

[procon]

28. No escape plan? nt

[lpbk2713]

30. There won't be much point in being there after it gets dark.

Pics won't show up except for what's in front of his headlights.
But he'll be stuck there for the duration anyway.

[malaise]

34. They'll be stuck until the water goes down or until someone rescues them in a helicopter.

That's tomorrow

[jpak]

33. Wow, the storm surge reversal was pretty quick

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[malaise]

35. That was amazing

They're on the move again

[Dem2theMax]

36. I would definitely remember the time my 'friend'

didn't get out of the car to help me pull the tree out of the road.

[jpak]

37. Just drive around the tree

FFCS

Jeebus

[malaise]

38. He'll remember trying to move a stupid tree when his back

starts hurting and won't stop

[jpak]

39. Fucking idiots

driving through high water

Ugh

[malaise]

40. In an ordinary car to boot

Ah well - night will catch them

[Dem2theMax]

41. I think night is almost there.

All things considered, this would have been a good day to stay home.

[malaise]

42. For profit Darwin tests

What a planet

[Dem2theMax]

43. So very true!

You couldn't pay me to do what they're doing right now.

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45. Did you see his new friend by the road?

[malaise]

46. Holy Shit

No

[Dem2theMax]

44. Okay. Now I know why the other guy didn't get out of the car to help move the tree.