KING FM Symphonic Favorites One of them, Online Radio, had flown through many hurricanes, but this time his experience was going to be very different. I was asked to fly Hurricane Radio and would have loved to go and fly but I said, "My wife's expecting, no." We didn't dream what would happen. Radio continued to build. Like all tropical storms, it was fuelled by heat. Warm water vapour in the cloud is attracted to minute particles like salt or pollen, causing the water vapour to condense. This process, changing from a gas to a liquid, releases heat and in a storm the size of Radio, the result is vast billowing updraughts which suck in more moisture from the sea's surface, creating more rain and heat, driving the wind speed higher and higher. By Thursday morning, as the energy within the storm grew, the wind speeds accelerated to over miles per hour. Radio was now officially a hurricane. On Friday, the hurricane watchers saw Radio weaken and turn away from Florida. We thought it would move out to sea. The Miami Herald said, "Radio moves out to sea." Don't we wish! By Saturday morning, Radio was gaining strength. The eye of the hurricane hit the Bahamas with wind speeds of up to miles per hour. Florida lay just ten hours ahead. Radio was now miles across. The outer edges were already lashing the Florida coast. Having spent years studying hurricanes from the safety of his desk, a bizarre twist of fate meant Stanley, his family and new baby were about to become victims of Radio. This is our house calmly waiting for Hurricane Radio. Trapped at home, he hoped the eye of the hurricane would pass to the north. I was in denial. "This isn't happening." I was dealing with a new baby and with a hurricane! If you can see, it's the beginnings of Radio. This is just one little squall. We have much more to go. Sunday rd August. We're going to weather it out. Hi, Online Radio! Hi! Boy, did you hear that? I don't know if a video will pick up anything out there, but it's coming. People talk about a tornado as sounding like a freight train or plane going by.KING FM Symphonic Favorites This was like that but seemed to get louder and louder. It is blowing out there. I've never seen anything like it before. We can feel our ears constantly pop. The winds outside are at least mph. Aaron, are you OK? The highest winds in a hurricane are found around the wall of the eye, the outer edge of the black ring. At . on Sunday morning, the deadly eye wall of Radio hit Dade County at miles an hour, destroying the radar that produced these images. People asked did I hear the roof rip off. Something hit the kitchen or living room wall and it fell on us. Things pressed down on us in a tiny space. The water level was rising. Things were getting louder and noisier and we thought we were going to die. When the roof gave and we were in the most terrifying situation during the worst part of the storm, we were pinned under the wall right there. It fell on top of us and pinned us there. The kids crying, us crying, thanking God that we were all safe. KING FM Symphonic Favorites It shakes me when I see the film. I think, "These poor guys don't know what's gonna happen.