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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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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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Blizzard. I-80 is a parking lot. It’s getting dark. #blizzard #California #snow #donnersummit @bclemms #CAwx
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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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Jonathan Petramala
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Dawn from the devastation in downtown Sulphur, Oklahoma #tornado #sulphur #okwx
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8 months
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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6 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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2 years
Tow truck companies are raking it in this morning in Miami. #miami #flashflooding #miamiflood #brickell #flwx #PTC1
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8 months
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
4 years
Power just went out. A lot of lightning in this eyewall coming to #LakeCharles #HurricaneLaura @accuweather @breakingweather
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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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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
On #GrandBahamaIsland #HurricaneDorian was powerful enough to not only change lives but also the landscape. @accuweather
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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
5 years
Beautiful morning if it wasn't so cold. #Chicago #Chicagoweather #Chiberia @accuweather
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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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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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Jonathan Petramala
3 months
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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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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Jonathan Petramala
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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Jonathan Petramala
5 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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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
A frigid and fast #timelapse of this mornings record breaking cold #sunrise over downtown #Chicago #chiberia #polarvortex @accuweather @breakingweather
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Jonathan Petramala
1 year
SE of Pleasantville, IA #tornado
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Jonathan Petramala
6 years
I apologise for the verticle video, but it came out of nowhere. #thundersnow #NorEaster2018 #NorEaster #NYC @accuweather
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Jonathan Petramala
3 years
The situation downtown #Miami with bad flooding along Brickell #Eta @breakingweather @accuweather
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Jonathan Petramala
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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New England dodging what could have been a catastrophe. #HurricaneLee
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Jonathan Petramala
2 years
Guess what happened next? #miami #brickell #flwx #PTC1
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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
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
9 months
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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Jonathan Petramala
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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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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Jonathan Petramala
5 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
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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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Jonathan Petramala
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Water rescues all over Waterbury, CT #flashflood #ctwx
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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
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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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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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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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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A terrified deer running as the northern eye wall of #HurricaneIsaias2020 slams into #oakissland #NorthCarolina #ncwx @accuweather
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You don't want to be in your car during a #tornado @accuweather
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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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Jonathan Petramala
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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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Jonathan Petramala
2 years
This was just one street in Downtown Miami...a microcosm of the chaos in all directions. #Miami #Flwx #florida #flashflood #miamiflood #Brickell #PTC1
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Jonathan Petramala
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Temps struggling to keep above zero...but you can see the blowing snow, real feel is into the negative teens already in #Chicago #chiberia #chicagoweather @breakingweather @accuweather
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Want to see first hand why hundreds of us were stranded on Donner Summit in the middle of a blizzard? Watch a first hand short documentary, link is in my profile! #California #snow #blizzard #CAwx #DonnerPass
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Historic flooding in #ConwaySC I am live from one of the hardest hit neighborhoods on @accuweather @breakingweather #scwx #waccamaw
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Despite what you might have heard…this storm isn’t busting, it’s just getting started. #CAwx #donnersummit #blizzard
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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
Very few actual snow plows in the southern Panhandle of Texas so they improvise along I-27 @accuweather
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From a severe thunderstorm to heavy snow in just around 50 miles. California is CRAZY. #CAwx #donnerpass #AtmosphericRiver #snow #severethunderstorm
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A lot of trees bending or broken by over two feet of snow in some spots in NE Ohio. Around 46k customers woke up without power. #OHwx #snow @accuweather @breakingweather
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One of many cars flooded in downtown #WilmingtonNC by storm surge and #HurricaneIsaias @accuweather #ncwx
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Over 100 years of history wiped away in seconds in Downtown Sulphur, Oklahoma #tornado #Sulphur #OKwx
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Jonathan Petramala
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Whoa. Seriously close lightning as the eye of #Gordon makes landfall here on the Gulf Coast. Pascagoula is getting pounded by rain and wind. @breakingweather @accuweather #MSwx
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New info from assessment crews from #NOAA on the surge on #MexicoBeach they found the high water mark in a condo building near the beach that was at the top of the buildings second floor...but that is really the third floor due to the raised building. @accuweather
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The biggest snow storm in YEARS and it still sounds like I am in Gaza here in Memphis. Make sure to listen to the end 🔫🤦‍♂️ #snow #memphis #tnwx
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What an honor to walk among these heroes who sacrificed everything #DDay75 #Normandy75 @accuweather
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Wow! Watch that lightning bolt and then BOOM!!!!!! @breakingweather @accuweather #txwx #fortworth @NWSFortWorth
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In a helicopter above #Socastee #SouthCarolina with @bclemms and these homemade dikes and pumps appear to be doing just enough to save these houses from historic flooding @accuweather @breakingweather
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The water from #lakePontchartrain surging over onto Lakeshore Drive in #neworleans @accuweather
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Already windows busting out of some buildings in #neworleans #HurricaneIda
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Troubling sign. Waves are already starting to surge onto Hwy 82 in lower Cameron Parish. #HurricaneLaura is hours away. @accuweather
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The town of #markleeville is evacuated but I found "smokey" the bear wandering the town, looking for food after surviving the #tamarackfire
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6 years
🚨FLAMINGO ALERT!!!!!!!!🚨 #Mexico
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Another angle of #MexicoBeach Utter devastation. Winds, storm surge... @breakingweather @bclemms @accuweather
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The paddle out to remember #lahaina was incredible. This was just a fraction. So powerful. #MauiFire
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2 years
Hotel has sprung a lot of leaks. #hurricaneian #PinardelR ío #cuba @bclemms
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Jonathan Petramala
4 years
This is what the #SnowSquall warning ⚠️ is all about. It was blue skies a half hour before here on the NY Thruway. @accuweather @NWSBinghamton
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Just got back from flying over #theabacos and here is some of what I saw. Full report and video coming later on @breakingweather @accuweather #TheBahamas #HurricaneDorian
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It’s only going to get louder. #HurricaneLaura #LakeCharles @accuweather
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Incredible!!!! Look at this gorgeous #rainbow over #panamacitybeach as the sun shines briefly between rain bands from #Alberto @accuweather @breakingweather @AccuRayno
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5 years
Rescues ongoing by @uscg in the #Bahamas from the #AbacoIslands @accuweather
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1 year
Over 37 inches and counting just east of #LosAngeles The snow machine is just getting started here in #bigbearlake #snow #cawx
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1 year
Why is @ReedTimmerAccu so close! Doesn’t he know it’s dangerous!!?? 😏
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Insane tornado that took place in Jalan Bani Bu Ali, #AshSharqiyah South Governorate, #Oman . Notice the insane amount of dust & the rapid tornadic rotation. Sadly, this tornado damage structures & killed several animals. 📹: @ahmedalzadjali #severewx
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Gas = liquid gold after a hurricane. Many people I talked to say once they fill up, they are getting out until services are restored. #PanamaCityBeach #michael @accuweather @breakingweather
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Jonathan Petramala
8 years
Viewer called in to complain about the #amberalert interrupting the broadcast of #JonBenetRamsey
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5 years
Look at that snow blowing across I-90 west of #Mitchell #SouthDakota A lot of truckers are pulling over for the day, done risking this drive. @accuweather @breakingweather
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Jonathan Petramala
5 years
Snow already starting here in #SouthDakota Much more on the way. Coverage for @accuweather starts tonight.
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Jonathan Petramala
6 years
Look at this incredible #drone footage of #topsailbeach #northcarolina captured by @a1986production The waves are getting intense!!! #HurricaneFlorence
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Ambulances continue to stand by here at the #Nassau airport as the @USCG continues rescue operations on the hardest hit parts of the #Bahamas #HurricaneDorian @accuweather @breakingweather
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