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Search & watch “Price of Paradise: Surviving Hurricane Ian” on Amazon Prime! Media inquiries: petramalacc @gmail .com Documentarian. Freelance storyteller.

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Jonathan Petramala
2 years
When clubbing goes bad in Downtown Miami #miami #flood #brickell #downtown #PTC1
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I have never seen @Lowes in #StPetersburg this busy in preparation for a storm. It's like Black Friday in a mall. People are taking #Milton seriously. First time in my life I bought a generator too. #Flwx #HurricaneMilton
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Tampa Bay is unrecognizable. Once a postcard-perfect escape, now buried in sand and debris. Homes, streets, and memories—gone. People gut their houses, businesses fight to survive. This isn't just about rebuilding—it's about survival. #HurricaneHelene #Flwx #TampaBay #sunsetbeach
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UPDATE: Hundreds of cars stranded on I-80 near the Donner Summit…blizzard winds and heaviest snow of the storm starting. It’s a race to see if they can clear the interstate before cars get too buried. @bclemms #california #snow #blizzard #donnerpass #CAwx
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I am not in an evacuation zone in St Petersburg and no storm surge would reach my neighborhood but I am sending my wife to the airport with all our important documents. A possibility exists that Pinellas County will be cut off into two islands by the surge. #Milton #TampaBay
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Main Street in Hillsborough. 360 degree devastation from #HurricaneBeryl It was the most intense hurricane of my life and basically everyone else here on #CarriacouIsland I will be sharing their stories later this evening on my YT channel.
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Blizzard. I-80 is a parking lot. It’s getting dark. #blizzard #California #snow #donnersummit @bclemms #CAwx
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5 months
Courtney’s home is completely gone, but her tears this morning were for her missing dog. Soon after I spotted the dog running around and we were able to reunite them! #barnsdall #tornado
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5 months
Some incredible damage in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, on the east side of town. Never have seen a door embedded in a tree before. #tornado #OKwx #oklahoma #barnsdall
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This is why you shouldn’t always focus on the landfall. Incredible storm surge in #Texas HUNDREDS of miles from the center of the storm spinning off the coast of Mexico. #PTC1 #Txwx #stormsurge #Alberto #Hurricaneseason @bclemms
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Jonathan Petramala
2 years
This driver needs to put a ring on it, this girl is ride or die! #miami #club #Brickell #DowntownMiami #flashflood #PTC1
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6 months
Dawn from the devastation in downtown Sulphur, Oklahoma #tornado #sulphur #okwx
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20 days
A fleet of ambulances evacuating this Pinellas County Hospital that sits in Zone A (very susceptible to storm surge) Also, a large water dam is being set up around the building #BREAKING #Evacuations #Helene #FLwx
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4 months
Downtown Sarasota is on its way to being impassable. #flwx #rain #flashflood @NWSTampaBay
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1 year
Storm surge from #HurricaneIdalia reversed the Steinhatchee River, tore sailboats from their moorings and they lost their masts against the bridge. #Steinhatchee #Florida
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4 months
Every turn I make in #Carriacou , I know it won’t ever look the same in just a few hours. Trying to document as much as possible before #HurricaneBeryl rips through. @bclemms and I will be here through the storm to tell the stories.
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11 months
Can a real meteorologist explain to me how this isn’t at least being called a tropical depression or storm? 👁️ #flwx #miami
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5 months
Scary night, tornado ripped through Barnsdall, OK, and when we arrived on scene had to help a family to safety after they escaped their collapsed home. Search and rescue is ongoing. #tornado #OKwx
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2 years
Tow truck companies are raking it in this morning in Miami. #miami #flashflooding #miamiflood #brickell #flwx #PTC1
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5 months
Talking with survivors of last night’s tornado as their family bible is found un-damaged in their destroyed home, for the second time in 3 years. #tornado #kentuckytornado
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3 months
These #bucees employees in Freeport, TX, earning their paycheck, re-wrapping gas station pumps in the outer eyewall of #HurricaneBeryl Still open for business too! #txwx @bclemms
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Jonathan Petramala
1 year
Some streets flooding in St Petersburg because of the astronomical high tide. Impacts from #Idalia will only amplify this. #TampaBay
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Jonathan Petramala
8 days
The gas line at Costco is mesmorizing as a timelapse. I will say #hurricanehelene really lit a fire under #tampabay to seriously prepare for #hurricanemilton @bclemms
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4 months
Dawn was deceitful. Powerful #hurricaneberyl will cross over #carriacou around mid day.
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Jonathan Petramala
3 months
Incredible how many folks in #Carriacou have seen my reporting, made them re-think the severity of #Beryl before the storm so they prepared more, and now we can help them make the first contact to the outside world. I am proud to be an independent journalist. @bclemms
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Jonathan Petramala
4 years
Power just went out. A lot of lightning in this eyewall coming to #LakeCharles #HurricaneLaura @accuweather @breakingweather
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Jonathan Petramala
4 months
Chaos on Surfside Beach, TX, as vacationers rushed to escape the storm surge swamping the island #tropicalstormAlberto # #txwx #Alberto
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8 months
Update: After 5 hours, @CaltransDist3 and @CHP_Truckee got everyone loose and down the mountain. Here’s a look at the conditions on the summit before dusk and the disaster on I-80 started. #California #snow #blizzard #donnerpass #CAwx
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One other thing I did, I went around my house to video everything just in case I need it for an insurance claim. Doubt I will be home until after the storm because I will be working but hoping for the best for our area. #milton
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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
On #GrandBahamaIsland #HurricaneDorian was powerful enough to not only change lives but also the landscape. @accuweather
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5 months
Hard to find much hope with devastation like this in #greenfield #Iowa #tornado
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Jonathan Petramala
2 years
@WPTV I have a full video package for sale if you are interested. Please email me petramalacc @gmail .com
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Jonathan Petramala
4 months
Insane rainfall rates in the heart of this flash flood emergency in Hallandale Beach. US 1 is a canal and streets and avenues west are worse. #flwx @NWSMiami
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Jonathan Petramala
6 years
Beautiful morning if it wasn't so cold. #Chicago #Chicagoweather #Chiberia @accuweather
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2 months
For perspective on “Hurricane” #Debby the frogs are louder than the inner eye wall winds here in #Steinhatchee #Florida 🤦‍♂️
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5 months
Tornado near Eddyville, KY, @bclemms
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4 months
Several inches of water in homes in Hallandale Beach. Many just fixed their homes after last years big flood. They say this one is worse. #flwx @NWSMiami
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4 months
Hurricane Beryl's Aftermath: Carriacou Residents' Survival Stories #carriacou #Beryl #surviving #HurricaneBeryl #Grenada #sos
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4 months
What in the world!? Tesla thinks it’s a train 🤦‍♂️ #tesla #flashflood #Hollywood #Flwx #broward
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Jonathan Petramala
3 months
Update from #Carriacou We have made it around the entire island. We are sharing our @Starlink WiFi around to every spot so people can make first contact with family. 2 people at least were killed by #Beryl on the island I will have a full update on my YouTube this evening.
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Emergency management in #TampaBay are going to have to make tough decisions and VERY soon. #HurricaneSeason
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Jonathan Petramala
6 years
Folks around #panamacitybeach and the region are fed up with @verizon Still no cell coverage, so people are lining up to go with other carriers like @ATT @accuweather @breakingweather #hurricanemichael
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Small signs of hope in Greenfield. A rainbow in the sky over a basement that was the refuge that saved the lives of two families with young children. #iowa #tornado #Greenfield
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4 months
It’s 9:51 in Carriacou. Ears are popping a little, definitely sustained tropical storm force winds and soon we will be seeing hurricane force. Small debris is already flying. #beryl
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5 months
Danced with this for awhile near Silver, TX #tornado #txwx @bclemms
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Jonathan Petramala
6 years
The devastation on #MexicoBeach is beyond words after #HuricaneMichael touring the damage from the air with @bclemms @accuweather @breakingweather
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Jonathan Petramala
2 years
Chaos continues as dawn breaks. This is like the definition of insanity. #miami #miamiflood #downtown #brickell #flwx #PTC1
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Incredible swift water rescue off the 101 and the Ventura River. Rescuers using a ladder truck to lower a firefighter and rescue a man trapped in rapidly rising water. @bclemms #Ventura #CAwx #flooding #SoCal @NWSLosAngeles
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6 years
Right here is where I started my day. The wooden pier is still standing bc we were on the nw eyewall, not on the east side where the surge was catastrophic. #PanamaCityBeach #damage #HurricaneMichael @accuweather @breakingweather
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Problems starting to arise in #tampabay with this relentless deluge. #flwx #tampabay #flashflood
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@BooConley Because the county could be cut off by storm surge. Add onto that power outages, no water, large trees…it’s not worth it. I do this for a living, that’s the only reason I am here.
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Shame on @AP This is their attitude towards @bclemms and I risking our own lives to show the world what happened in #hurricaneberyl on #carriacou They can use the “share” button like any other ethical person to spread the word. Or maybe their billion dollar business should
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Gas lines and water is flying off the shelves in #TampaBay ahead of what is likely going to be a very impactful #hurricane to the west coast of Florida, including potentially the Tampa Bay area. #PTC9
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2 years
@millenialmuser @WPTV Local news doesn’t pay its own employees much less an independent journalist lol
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Terrible scene in downtown Sulphur, Oklahoma, as at least one tornado leveled much of the core of the city. #sulphur #oklahoma #okwx
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2 years
I’ll be honest…used to seeing a lot on my walks…but not Eli Manning as a gondolier. #nyc #centralpark #nicemustache
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6 years
This is the entrance to Rochester International airport. #blizzard conditions even as the sun as out. Gusts reported at over 50 mph this morning. @accuweather @breakingweather #rochester #Minnesota #minnesotaweather
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Emotions running hot in #claremore #oklahoma as neighbors are throwing jabs at each other after a #tornado came through town. (I broke it up)
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A frigid and fast #timelapse of this mornings record breaking cold #sunrise over downtown #Chicago #chiberia #polarvortex @accuweather @breakingweather
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2 years
SE of Pleasantville, IA #tornado
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I apologise for the verticle video, but it came out of nowhere. #thundersnow #NorEaster2018 #NorEaster #NYC @accuweather
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3 months
Important information for American citizens who are in #carriacou and the surrounding islands. #beryl
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4 years
The situation downtown #Miami with bad flooding along Brickell #Eta @breakingweather @accuweather
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5 years
A dog named "Princess" laid on her mom, who was trapped underneath rubble, providing comfort and protection for 17 hours while #hurricanedorian roared by. Angela is safe tonight, recovering from a broken hip. #MarshHarbour #thebahamas #heropet @accuweather
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Waterfalls into garden level apartments in #Brooklyn I hope people are going to higher ground this can be deadly. #flashflood Check out the full video of the chaos over on @WeatherRadar_US #NYC #NYCflood
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Just spoke with the Prime Minister of Grenada. He is on the ground in #Carriacou to do an assessment and says aid will begin arriving in earnest tomorrow. #Beryl
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1 year
New England dodging what could have been a catastrophe. #HurricaneLee
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2 years
Guess what happened next? #miami #brickell #flwx #PTC1
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Around 20 boats floated hundreds of yards over a parking lot, wall, 4 lane road, before stacking up against homes in Treasure Island, FL. The impacts from #HurricaneHelene in #TampaBay are insane. Storm was 100 miles away in the gulf. #FLwx
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Sad to see so many homeless still sleeping on the sidewalk, under overpasses around #Chicago #Chicagoweather #Polarvortex @accuweather @breakingweather
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Jonathan Petramala
5 months
@Austin_Freud1 @bclemms I helped the couple that lived here out of the rubble…they built that concrete shelter in their basement after the 2021 tornado in Dawson Springs, and it likely saved their life. #tornado #kentuckytornado
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1 year
A new #flashflood crossed over I-10 near Bob Hope Drive by Thousand Palms, CA. We had to wake up dozens of drivers asleep, stranded on the side of the road as they were being flooded. Police were diverting people onto the interstate into this. #TropicalStormHilary @bclemms
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3 years
Shame we won't have @clarissaward on the ground any longer. I admire everything about her reporting, from her courage and honesty. She shows us all what journalism can and should be.
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3 years
Clarissa Ward on scene at Kabul airport: "one of the more harrowing things I have experienced"
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6 years
An American Graffiti hurricane history on plywood stretching back to 1993. There is a space left open for #HurricaneFlorence #WrightsvilleBeach #NorthCarolina @accuweather @breakingweather
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6 years
This is the tornado warned storm near Cullman, Alabama. This was in Dodge City, just west of I-65 moments ago. @accuweather
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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
Here is a quick preview of what I am seeing on the ground in #MarshHarbour the #bahamas Please share so some of the families of people I interviewed might recognize them and get some relief from the uncertainty! Thank you! @accuweather @breakingweather
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This is one of the worst hit spots in #MarshHarbour Locals say it's called the "Mud" and that it has a large population of Hatian immigrants. Hopefully they evacuated to a shelter bc the damage is catastrophic there. #TheBahamas @accuweather @breakingweather
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4 months
Found white water rapids on Main Street in downtown Sarasota as over 9 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. #flood #flashflood #flwx
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1 year
Water rescues all over Waterbury, CT #flashflood #ctwx
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3 months
Remember the Capital One Tower in #HurricaneLaura getting shredded back in 2020 in Lake Charles? It’s still just patched up, and is set for demolition. These hurricanes leave scars for years. Nearly to #Texas for #HurricaneBeryl
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Jonathan Petramala
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So what's going on with all these #tornadoes right now? Is this a sign of #climatechange I asked one of the foremost experts on extreme weather @ReedTimmerAccu about that. @accuweather
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Jonathan Petramala
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I just spoke with a group of high schoolers from #Omaha who were visiting #Fremont for a college visit, stuck all weekend until they caught a ride with a volunteer pilot back home. This is what they saw from above. #Nebraskaflood @accuweather is on a flight there now.
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Jonathan Petramala
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You can watch as the #missouririver is rising here in #atchison #kansas Levees nearby will likely be overtopped soon and at or near record crest is predicted @accuweather @breakingweather
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4 years
As low tide passes and so does the eastern eyewall of #hurricanedelta the storm surge is blasting in from #vermillionbay @accuweather @breakingweather
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4 years
A terrified deer running as the northern eye wall of #HurricaneIsaias2020 slams into #oakissland #NorthCarolina #ncwx @accuweather
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Jonathan Petramala
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Here is the last look at paradise before it’s lost. The people of #carriacou shared how they are feeling, and preparing for #Beryl Directly in the path of Hurricane Beryl: Carriacou's Last Day of Calm
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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
You don't want to be in your car during a #tornado @accuweather
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6 years
Semi trucks lined up along I-90 east of #Seattle Very treacherous conditions, the interstate is closed around #northbend which is another mess. @breakingweather @breakingweather #seattlesnow
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A combination of strong winds from #HurricaneFrancine knocking out power and heavy rainfall, the pumps around #NewOrleans and #Metaire couldn’t keep up. #FlashFloodEmergency @NWSNewOrleans @bclemms
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This is what it's like arriving at #Newark around 930 EST. Sort of bumpy. #noreaster @accuweather @breakingweather
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