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Hardcore hurricane chaser. Mississippi transplant. Proud Harvard man. Righteous Bay Rat. The #HurricaneMan.

Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Joined October 2008
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Josh Morgerman
6 years
Curious what it's like to go through a high-end Cat-5 #hurricane? Here's my #DORIAN video from the #Bahamas. Unlike a lot of my recent work, this is no teaser—it's a full-length video that brings you through whole experience from my POV. Two notes: .
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The Gulf at dusk. There was a stiff breeze on the waterfront in Bay Saint Louis today, with whitecaps on the water. But at Hurricane House, just a block inland, it was dead calm.
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Introducing Grok Imagine.
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Josh Morgerman
12 hours
Telling a chaserdude, "You don't need to chase storms—no one needs your data or your images," totally misses the point. Like telling a singer he doesn't need to sing, an athlete he doesn't need to compete, a chef he doesn't need to cook, an artist he doesn't need paint. Huh?.
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Josh Morgerman
18 hours
My video from #Hurricane #DORIAN in the Bahamas. Go through the eye of the most intense landfalling hurricane on record in North America—through my eyes. WATCH:
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Josh Morgerman
18 hours
Six year ago today, I survived #Hurricane #DORIAN—the strongest landfalling hurricane on record in North America (tied with the 1935 Labor Day Storm in Florida). It struck Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas with unimaginable ferocity: sustained winds of 160 knots. I rode it out
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Josh Morgerman
19 hours
Atlantic is boring & I have no comment. It's against my religion to discuss fish food. In EPAC: #KIKO will intensify. Some models bring it near Hawaii in 8 days, but hurricanes there are as common as unicorns. Invest 94E will soon be #LORENA & could threaten Baja California.
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Josh Morgerman
2 days
Perhaps I'll stop looking at the computer models. To punish them. Maybe I'll take up some other passion—like painting watercolors of the Gulf. To show them I don't care. Maybe then they'll call. ❤️.
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Josh Morgerman
2 days
It takes me 6 minutes to do a full computer model review—to identify potential chase specimens around the world. That includes deterministic, ensemble, & hurricane models. These models update every 6 hours. That means I spend 24 minutes a day wasting my time looking for NOTHING.
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Josh Morgerman
3 days
Want to end a dark day with light. #Hurricane #KATRINA forever changed the Gulf Coast. The scars cannot be erased. But, boy has it bounced back. New Orleans has recaptured its magic vibrance. And Coastal #Mississippi is booming. Some pics of present-day Bay Saint Louis.
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Meet Florence & Paul—good friends of mine & #KATRINA survivors. Their harrowing tale was central to this piece I did for @WeatherNation, A Tale of Two Cities. I explore why Downtown Bay Saint Louis has bounced back faster than neighboring Waveland. WATCH:
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Josh Morgerman
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One Bay Saint Louis family chose to ride out #Hurricane #KATRINA in their old house on Demontluzin Avenue, near Downtown. It had survived every other hurricane, including CAMILLE. But KATRINA was something different. As their house collapsed from the force of wind and wave, they
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Josh Morgerman
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Catch me live on @WeatherNation in a few minutes (12:20 pm CDT) as I share my analysis of #Hurricane #KATRINA—what made it truly unique!.
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Josh Morgerman
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The radar from exactly 20 years ago: 9:10 am CDT 29 August 2005. Waveland, Bay Saint Louis, & Pass Christian were getting "right-front-quadded" by #Hurricane #KATRINA's intense NE eyewall. These communities had temporarily become part of the Gulf of Mexico. Whole neighborhoods
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Twenty years—wow. Twenty years ago this morning, one of the very worst #hurricanes in American history smashed the Middle Gulf Coast. Twenty years ago, the very spot where I'm sitting to write this post was under water—had become part of the Gulf. Mighty #KATRINA came roaring
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Josh Morgerman
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I see #Hurricane #KATRINA as two disasters: 1) the levee failures that swamped much of New Orleans & 2) the gargantuan storm surge that obliterated the Mississippi Coast. Both were catastrophic. Any piece that does not cover *both* fails to paint a full picture of KATRINA.
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Josh Morgerman
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20 years ago today, Louisiana & Mississippi were staring down the barrel of this Category-5 gun. #Hurricane #KATRINA was approaching, heading for a cataclysmic collision that would kill over 1,800, erase whole communities, & change millions of lives. The warnings were dire.
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RT @IBHS_org: Categorized as one of the most devastating storms in U.S. history, we’re reflecting on #HurricaneKatrina – now twenty years l….
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RT @MyRadarWX: This is the scariest weather alert ever issued in the United States. 20 years ago today, at 10:11 a.m. on Sunday, August 28….
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Josh Morgerman
6 days
Going live now! Ask me any question. (About hurricanes, that is.😃).
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8 days
Join us LIVE Wed, Aug 27 @ 9 AM ET with hurricane hunter Josh Morgerman (@icyclone)!.🎙️ We’re diving into all things tropics + your top weather stories. 💬 Ask questions, chat with our meteorologists & be part of the action!.📅 Don’t miss it!
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