This is the first time I've ever seen a modern high rise get hit by an eyewall of a cat 4.

What bothers me the most is how this isn’t getting attention and there’s not much help and some much destruction but since we aren’t a big area we don’t matter

A) BEST footage of my hometown I've seen yet!
B) whoever screwed that stop sign and put it in the ground should be the mandator of all building codes 😂

This was my first hurricane chase and will never be forgotten.  I have had a love for storms since I was little and it was awesome to see the awesome power of Mother Nature but I feel for the people of Louisiana who have lost everything.  I have seen lots of videos of hurricane footage but their is nothing like seeing in in person from a Lake Charles parking garage.  Mother Nature is a beast.

Two years later and our community still in recovery mode. A lot of progress has been made but we still have buildings and homes that haven’t been repaired. A lot of business and retail spaces had to be totally demolished. A significant number of apartment complexes and rental properties were also destroyed.
We have been through this before but this was the worst.

Many thanks to those who volunteered in the recovery response.

I live in LeBleu settlement, exit 36 about 1 mile north, off I10. I rode it out. Never got a break, from 11pm until 430/5am the wind kept coming. To go outside & see the damage in only 8hrs was UNBELIEVABLE. Shingles peeled off & broke out windows, beat up my SUV. The water came in, down the walls, I tried to catch it in plastic totes. 1st time I turned my back to it, the ceiling came down in half of my apartment. The sinks gargled. It was an experience never to be forgotten. At day break, I started to go around & look at the damage, to check on friends homes to see if their homes were still there so I could report back to them. Sooo many people lost so much. Full ice chests in front of gas stations blown down the road. Hoods & truck beds UP in the trees. Power lines looked like dominos. 4 weeks & 2 days living on generator power. Thankful to be alive & unharmed.

The most intense hurricane video footage I have ever seen!  This is proof that definitely these things are nothing to play with!

Great footage from a variety of angles!! Well-done!

Thought I'd seen all the footage of Laura and I watched all the live streams as it happened on multiple screens. THIS however is the best of all them. Brilliantly done!

the best footage i have seen of Laura, awesome

having lived here all my life , it gives me an adrenaline rush getting prepared and when the storm makes land fall.

I've been in Lake Charles since the day after the hurricane doing clean up and helping people try to find some sort of new normal. It's insane to see this footage and now see the same places completely destroyed. Love you work man. Keep it up!

I went to lake charles personally my brother stay there he lost his entire home . But we Louisiana strong 💪 he will be back everyone of lake charles resident's

I live in Lake Charles and evacuated to Deridder hours before Hurricane Laura hit. I woke up around 2AM and could hear the ferocious winds Laura was producing and I was absolutely terrified! This is my first hurricane and I remember feeling so sick knowing many people’s lives were changing so quickly 💔 my heart feels so heavy knowing my state and city is absolutely destroyed beyond recognition.

I rode this storm out at home and have watched this several times still gives me chill

Thank you for this heartbreaking video.

I cried for weeks when I lost my home. I’ve lived there almost my whole life. We thought it wasn’t going to be bad and at the last minute we were force to leave.

I've watched many, many Storm Chasers doing what  you guys do best. But I must say you and your Team did an excellent job to show us just what a Major Hurricaine  is like. I so glad you all made it through safely. But again, thank you for giving your viewers a Class A 1 Job!!

This video is excellent. I grew up in Colorado then moved to Arizona. I have only been around one natural disaster and that was when the dam broke in Estes Park Co. and the Big Thompson River flooded. It was horrible. This video is my first hurricane footage. Amazing!!!Great Job !!!

Please remember Sulphur, La. just west of Lake Charles.  It's just as bad as the damage in Lake Charles.