From street level, the devastating Category 6 hurricane barrels into Bradenton, Florida. The “Sky over Florida” text, in bold, jagged letters, seems to hover ominously in the swirling clouds above, as if etched into the storm itself. Filmed through Panavision lenses, this viewpoint focuses on the human experience amid nature’s wrath: gators thrash through the flooded streets, their heads barely visible above the violent current, while flamingos are swept from their usual calm, desperately battling the gale- force winds. Towering waves crash over sea walls, sending water surging into neighborhoods. Streetlights flicker and sway as debris and palm fronds fly chaotically through the air. Lightning cuts through the sky with thunderous cracks, casting eerie flashes of light over the flooded city. The perspective from the ground intensifies the feeling of being engulfed by the overwhelming power of the storm, as the urban and natural worlds collide in a cataclysmic struggle
