😔 I live on pine island. I survived Hurricane Ian at the center. I've only seen 1 aerial picture of matlacha.. none of pine island. I'm on the ground and seeing it at eye level.. I could only get as far as froggys in st James City 2 days afterwards. I'm 4 seconds in to the video and stopped to write this comment before I see my island from the sky for the first time. 🥺 ty for this recording of the devastation we encountered here. For documenting it. I'm frightened and sad for what I'm about to see because living in it is heartbreaking enough. 💔 I'm from Ohio originally and have only seen this type of disaster on the news. This was my first hurricane 🌀. I've always believed everything happens for a reason. So true for this event as well. My God... the people here are indescribably amazing. I'm in complete awe at how heroic every single person has been. How warm and kind and totally unselfish in coming to the rescue of neighbors, loved ones and strangers. I can't wait to write a book about the beauty of the people here and share their stories with you. May the lord continue to bless us and help us through the recovery and rebuilding process. And may the friends and family we lost rest in peace and be forever remembered 🙏 and with that.. im going to cry and catch my breath as I begin to watch this video.. with utter sadness and with hope. 💜 Pine Island Strong 💪 amen
This hurricane completely destroyed the lives of so so so many in southwest Florida. I’m in fort Myers. My parents brand new house is destroyed, all their new furniture, their cars, their boat, and so did countless others. This is so devastating, I was blessed my apartment on the first floor avoided flooding by living in an area completely safe from the surge, but so many others weren’t lucky. Pretty much everybody lost something or someone so personally valuable to people
Kellie, paired with the Sanibel-Captiva video these have been SUCH a help to those of us who only vacation in Southwest Florida. We've been coming since 1983 and LOVE it there. We will be VERY sad to have to miss for a time, as we did after Hurricane Charley. In future videos could you repeat what the other people in the party say so we'd know what you're responding to? NOT A COMPLAINT. We look forward to seeing future videos on the pwogwess in cleanup and rebuilding. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think we need to be teaching students how to read satellite weather images in our schools. When you have one of those big storms right off your coast that has that classic buzzsaw appearance on satellite, then that’s your warning that it’s time to get the hell out of Dodge! A giant atmospheric buzzsaw is exactly what that storm is!
Matlashe with 🌈 colored little shops on way to Bokeelia many yrs ago. Sooosad . Thank you for air plane views of Yusepa cabbage Cay. All the beautiful islands. It will take 30 yrs. Maybe more to get back the beauty of Florida.
Excellent video, thank you. Was hoping to see shots of St. James city. as my parents had a house there on Sycamore Ave . They passed 25 years ago and the house was sold, but we have many fond memories of visiting there. Went to St. James general store many times. Can't imagine all of the devastation there, so sad.
It's actually St James City from about the 5 minute mark until they head towards Matlacha. The places she calls Buttonwood Key and Treasure Cove are in St. James City. I had to look at a map.
It's awful and rebuilding is going to be a tall order - virtually every structure, it seems, has some sort of damage.....some are leveled, some aren't horrible. The infrastructure is going to have to be rebuilt before the place is livable, even if your house is in reasonably decent shape. But, man, how long is it gonna take to put this place back together? Very sad....so many lost so much.
So sad. We loved the Bridgewater Inn. They just did such a beautiful remodel. Took our boat there after Irma and stayed in one of the shanty’s over the water near the peach home. 💔 We wonder if zoning laws will change and they will not rebuild. We see permanently closed on line. Ian, like many hurricanes, has changed our demographics. This is the one. We know living on the beautiful SW Gulf Coast, or any coast, has its challenges and risks. We have so many pictures and wonderful memories of Matlacha. We plan to help where we can. I hope we can save the “Old Florida” Art & Fishing Village. 💙 We are thankful to have been lucky enough to have see and experienced that charm. Thank you for the good video coverage. 💜
25 years ago, while visiting the area, I remarked that the only place I would want to live was Pine Island. You could actually have a boat or vehicle in your own driveway to repair, the Disneyesque look of the upscale areas was revolting.
Just an FYI....If you are coming from St James City on Pine Island & Headed up Stringfellow towards Bokeilla....Then you are Headed NORTH Not South.....Wish people that report could give more Accuracy.
I'm not from Florida but my heart hurts for Florida in today's world we should be protecting with hurricane storm walls to protect the shore from major surges from these hurricanes storm walls would be in the water to protect the high tide from destroying the beaches
All the flooded mobile homes are totaled, the floors are laid first, then the walls on top, cannot fix that. We still had scars from Camile 1969 when Katrina hit in 2005.
The only road going through was washed out and boat trips were too questionable.The airports were closed and what news helicopters that had enough fuel from Miami or Tampa could only be in the area for 15 minutes. They had to wait till service was reinstated at the local airports here to have full tanks of fuel.
Because Pine Island doesn't have the $$$$$$$$$ Clout should I say like Sanibel, FM Beach, Naples, Etc. Just working class people in PI & Matlacha. Same thing after Charley (2004) & Wilme (2005)....Island Time Residents will rebuild.....
So sad what the hurricane did i do not live there any more but i was born and raised there and still go there every weeken to fish and look at all the lost memories that just got tooken away in 2 days i know it was like a year ago but it it still hearts just to drive out there and look at everything yes i know there are other places like sanibell that got it bad to but pine iland jus hearts my heart to see it like this The changes that im feeling from this and i see 1 all my childhood hood was there with my uncle that passed and lots and lots of family members that are atill with us today 2 it just does not feel the same when i drive there 2 one of the best memorys there the fishing is is just not the same And remember guys every thig happends fir a reson although it was devisating to see but what we learned was that WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER AND STRONGER PINE ILAND STRONG 💪
All the home were built to "a" code, the newer homes though have a much stricter hurricane focussed code. My Sister actually lives there and she hasn't been able get there to see if her home is even there. NOAA did supply them with a blurry picture so she knows it's there but can't tell the extent of any damage. Her home isn't elevated so its probably flooded at the least. But even if your home is in perfect shape you can't live out there anytime soon.
Yeah, that’s gonna be South Seas Plantation Pine Island edition. All us retired middle class people who don’t have millions of dollars in cash sitting around will have to go live in one of the rental apartment communities they’re going to build on the mainland, along with the service workers, OR stay out of Florida-it’s for billionaires and MULTI millionaires.
@SimpleArt OfHealing The place looks so flat & vulnerable to tsunamis, storm surges and flooding! You can't pay me enough to live there, it's just not smart!
So don't come here. simple as that. keep your money and your bullshit comments to yourself. There are plenty of working class people that live in these homes. Pine Island is a community full of middle class workers and retired individuals. It's beautiful and very tight knit. It's not some bullshit resort town. Many of the homes were built before code changed many years ago and will be rebuilt to current standards. Pine Island will bounce back to the fullest. Y'all can watch from a distance.
The Anchor Hotel, Perfect Cup, Bert's, lil Shops are all gone.... Best Wishes to the Full Timers.. Ya have a good Governor working for You.... Be Well.
The "Smell" is from EVERYTHING Mixed together....Twisted Trees/Shrubs, Fuel from Boats, Dead Sealife washed ashore, Dead Animals & Human remains, Mold & Mildew, Materials from Structures ripped apart Etc.....Starting to get the Picture?! It is Indescribable....Prayers For All in Florida 🙏💞🙏
You sort of missed the numbered streets in St. James City, Kelly. Lived there for 35 years, just left a short while ago. Frustrating, you don't even know north from south.
It's basically taxpayer subsidized housing, as well as subsidized insurance by way of higher premiums for all other inland homeowners. FEMA & SBA give the uninsured interest-free loans to rebuild.
This is the problem with Florida and its building code denial. These houses are basically at sea level. It is time to wipe out the old codes and rewrite new ones. A few starters, Florida won't be for the "cheap" anymore. You must elevate your house with an 8' concrete 1st floor. The living portion will begin at the second 2nd floor. All Mechanical components will be located at the 2 second floor. If you elevate your flood insurance will cost you less. If you choose not to elevate, your flood insurance will cost you more. Plain and simple. Flood maps for ALL of Florida must be redrawn. This storm was small in comparison to Super Storm Sandy that hit the Northeast in 2012. Life was very different afterwards and Floridians will experience the same. If you can't afford to live in this NEW environment , maybe Florida is not for you.
Barely any damage!!!!!Maybe she has a leak in the attic.Sheesh!!!!!!Was the lady on drugs?Maybe another State than Florida or area that don't need help at any rate very minor damage.
Hello, so I recognize that these peoples homes are gone and I empathize with them….. NOW…….Let’s not rebuild right on the sea level, let’s not allocate so many GOVERNMENT resources to reconstruction WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. LETS BE SMART
😔 I live on pine island. I survived Hurricane Ian at the center. I've only seen 1 aerial picture of matlacha.. none of pine island. I'm on the ground and seeing it at eye level.. I could only get as far as froggys in st James City 2 days afterwards. I'm 4 seconds in to the video and stopped to write this comment before I see my island from the sky for the first time. 🥺 ty for this recording of the devastation we encountered here. For documenting it. I'm frightened and sad for what I'm about to see because living in it is heartbreaking enough. 💔 I'm from Ohio originally and have only seen this type of disaster on the news. This was my first hurricane 🌀. I've always believed everything happens for a reason. So true for this event as well. My God... the people here are indescribably amazing. I'm in complete awe at how heroic every single person has been. How warm and kind and totally unselfish in coming to the rescue of neighbors, loved ones and strangers. I can't wait to write a book about the beauty of the people here and share their stories with you. May the lord continue to bless us and help us through the recovery and rebuilding process. And may the friends and family we lost rest in peace and be forever remembered 🙏 and with that.. im going to cry and catch my breath as I begin to watch this video.. with utter sadness and with hope. 💜 Pine Island Strong 💪 amen
Excellent reporting, young lady!
Excellent overview of the damage. Thanks
Thank you KELLIE! Awesome coverage.
Top notch coverage 👌 👏 👍 We thank you.
Kellie you do such a fine job. I remember you covering Hurricane Dorian. Was so good to see help going over there with goods and services. ❤️
Well, mixing up St. James City with Bokeelia was confusing af. 2:07 "... south towards Bokeelia." Bokeelia is at the northern end.
@@camplethargic8 Thank You!! Wish they learned how to read a Map if not Familiar....Or at least a Compass...🌻
This hurricane completely destroyed the lives of so so so many in southwest Florida. I’m in fort Myers. My parents brand new house is destroyed, all their new furniture, their cars, their boat, and so did countless others. This is so devastating, I was blessed my apartment on the first floor avoided flooding by living in an area completely safe from the surge, but so many others weren’t lucky. Pretty much everybody lost something or someone so personally valuable to people
Kellie, paired with the Sanibel-Captiva video these have been SUCH a help to those of us who only vacation in Southwest Florida. We've been coming since 1983 and LOVE it there. We will be VERY sad to have to miss for a time, as we did after Hurricane Charley. In future videos could you repeat what the other people in the party say so we'd know what you're responding to? NOT A COMPLAINT. We look forward to seeing future videos on the pwogwess in cleanup and rebuilding. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great coverage, thank you.
I think we need to be teaching students how to read satellite weather images in our schools. When you have one of those big storms right off your coast that has that classic buzzsaw appearance on satellite, then that’s your warning that it’s time to get the hell out of Dodge! A giant atmospheric buzzsaw is exactly what that storm is!
Outstanding reporting. Thank you.
Matlashe with 🌈 colored little shops on way to Bokeelia many yrs ago. Sooosad . Thank you for air plane views of Yusepa cabbage Cay. All the beautiful islands. It will take 30 yrs. Maybe more to get back the beauty of Florida.
My heart goes out to the fishing and fisherman here and my church family . Sending prayers. It was one of my favorite places in SW Florida
Excellent video, thank you. Was hoping to see shots of St. James city. as my parents had a house there on Sycamore Ave . They passed 25 years ago and the house was sold, but we have many fond memories of visiting there. Went to St. James general store many times. Can't imagine all of the devastation there, so sad.
It's actually St James City from about the 5 minute mark until they head towards Matlacha. The places she calls Buttonwood Key and Treasure Cove are in St. James City. I had to look at a map.
It's awful and rebuilding is going to be a tall order - virtually every structure, it seems, has some sort of damage.....some are leveled, some aren't horrible. The infrastructure is going to have to be rebuilt before the place is livable, even if your house is in reasonably decent shape. But, man, how long is it gonna take to put this place back together? Very sad....so many lost so much.
So sad. We loved the Bridgewater Inn. They just did such a beautiful remodel. Took our boat there after Irma and stayed in one of the shanty’s over the water near the peach home. 💔 We wonder if zoning laws will change and they will not rebuild. We see permanently closed on line. Ian, like many hurricanes, has changed our demographics. This is the one. We know living on the beautiful SW Gulf Coast, or any coast, has its challenges and risks. We have so many pictures and wonderful memories of Matlacha. We plan to help where we can. I hope we can save the “Old Florida” Art & Fishing Village. 💙 We are thankful to have been lucky enough to have see and experienced that charm. Thank you for the good video coverage. 💜
You can’t go south from Flamingo Bay to get to Bokeelia. Bokeelia is north of Flamingo Bay.
Thank you Kelli Burns
25 years ago, while visiting the area, I remarked that the only place I would want to live was Pine Island. You could actually have a boat or vehicle in your own driveway to repair, the Disneyesque look of the upscale areas was revolting.
Just an FYI....If you are coming from St James City on Pine Island & Headed up Stringfellow towards Bokeilla....Then you are Headed NORTH Not South.....Wish people that report could give more Accuracy.
Thank you guys🙏
I'm not from Florida but my heart hurts for Florida in today's world we should be protecting with hurricane storm walls to protect the shore from major surges from these hurricanes storm walls would be in the water to protect the high tide from destroying the beaches
They build those houses with no support like they were plastic cups on a table
Wow. That's really devastation. 🥺
How long will it take to rebuild the settlements there? It looks like the environmental damage caused by hurricanes is extraordinary.
Great coverage thanks
All the flooded mobile homes are totaled, the floors are laid first, then the walls on top, cannot fix that.
We still had scars from Camile 1969 when Katrina hit in 2005.
Why did it take so long for a news crew to get to pine island?
Was the same way after Charley too. Nobody talked about pine island
The only road going through was washed out and boat trips were too questionable.The airports were closed and what news helicopters that had enough fuel from Miami or Tampa could only be in the area for 15 minutes. They had to wait till service was reinstated at the local airports here to have full tanks of fuel.
Dumb question if you paid attention to aerial video. Listened to it.
Because Pine Island doesn't have the $$$$$$$$$ Clout should I say like Sanibel, FM Beach, Naples, Etc. Just working class people in PI & Matlacha. Same thing after Charley (2004) & Wilme (2005)....Island Time Residents will rebuild.....
Not an area that "manufactured" homes should be zoned.
So sad what the hurricane did i do not live there any more but i was born and raised there and still go there every weeken to fish and look at all the lost memories that just got tooken away in 2 days i know it was like a year ago but it it still hearts just to drive out there and look at everything yes i know there are other places like sanibell that got it bad to but pine iland jus hearts my heart to see it like this
The changes that im feeling from this and i see
1 all my childhood hood was there with my uncle that passed and lots and lots of family members that are atill with us today
2 it just does not feel the same when i drive there
2 one of the best memorys there the fishing is is just not the same
And remember guys every thig happends fir a reson although it was devisating to see but what we learned was that WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER AND STRONGER
PINE ILAND STRONG 💪
The newer homes survived almost untouched bc they were built to code. With that being said though, those well built homes have flooded.
All the home were built to "a" code, the newer homes though have a much stricter hurricane focussed code. My Sister actually lives there and she hasn't been able get there to see if her home is even there. NOAA did supply them with a blurry picture so she knows it's there but can't tell the extent of any damage. Her home isn't elevated so its probably flooded at the least. But even if your home is in perfect shape you can't live out there anytime soon.
Yeah, that’s gonna be South Seas Plantation Pine Island edition. All us retired middle class people who don’t have millions of dollars in cash sitting around will have to go live in one of the rental apartment communities they’re going to build on the mainland, along with the service workers, OR stay out of Florida-it’s for billionaires and MULTI millionaires.
@SimpleArt OfHealing The place looks so flat & vulnerable to tsunamis, storm surges and flooding! You can't pay me enough to live there, it's just not smart!
So don't come here. simple as that. keep your money and your bullshit comments to yourself. There are plenty of working class people that live in these homes. Pine Island is a community full of middle class workers and retired individuals. It's beautiful and very tight knit. It's not some bullshit resort town. Many of the homes were built before code changed many years ago and will be rebuilt to current standards. Pine Island will bounce back to the fullest. Y'all can watch from a distance.
A lady named Carmen Poole said she and everyone she knew were staying on Pine Island
I dont see a land fill or sewage treatment plant where does it all go?
It's interesting to see how rich people talk about possessions....survived....
The narrator does not even know the area that is Stringfellow Rd and St James City is in the south not Bokeelia.
To me it's looks like over crowded land.
absolute devastation, sending you all love and hope...x...and the camera work was terrible
The Anchor Hotel, Perfect Cup, Bert's, lil Shops are all gone.... Best Wishes to the Full Timers.. Ya have a good Governor working for You.... Be Well.
Trailers always get destroyed. MFG house is just a trailer without wheels.
What is the smell from? Is the ocean there full of bacteria?
The "Smell" is from EVERYTHING Mixed together....Twisted Trees/Shrubs, Fuel from Boats, Dead Sealife washed ashore, Dead Animals & Human remains, Mold & Mildew, Materials from Structures ripped apart Etc.....Starting to get the Picture?! It is Indescribable....Prayers For All in Florida 🙏💞🙏
You sort of missed the numbered streets in St. James City, Kelly. Lived there for 35 years, just left a short while ago. Frustrating, you don't even know north from south.
I TOO LIVED IN SJC IN THE LATE 80's HAD A LONG LINER THERE ON SAN CARLOS DR.SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE HOUSE NOW !!!!
Had fresh fish last winter in a lot of these restaurants and once you taste fresh ...you never want to go back to frozen .
PLease be safe. Safety first!
Bokeelia is north. St James City is south. And indeed the stench was so bad I filled my nostrils with Vicks vapor rub
In tve future please havr the camera dude stop panning left and right so damn fast. Hold still for a few seconds so we can grasp the viewa
First Baptist church of Matlacha still standing I am wondering.....? ♥
Insane that anyone would live along those canals or even on those barrier islands, it’s mind blowing that Florida code allows this.
It's basically taxpayer subsidized housing, as well as subsidized insurance by way of higher premiums for all other inland homeowners. FEMA & SBA give the uninsured interest-free loans to rebuild.
Unfortunately your narrative is not accurate to the locations you are describing
Its so strange that these houses can just basically sit on the ocean without falling in :o
Great video with the exception of the unnecessary laughter....totally inappropriate
Also the FACT that they don't know the Area or Even which Direction they are headed.....
They are working very hard to get everything back in tiptop shape
A hard hit, dont you mean a DEVASTATING area. I think that's. More proper.
Return it to Mother Nature. It’s only gonna happen again.
I was supposed to buy a home on Pine Island. 😢
Ian was a Relentless sob..
South is st james city..north bv is bokeelia
God is in control........
Apparently not
Terrible camerawork
This is the problem with Florida and its building code denial. These houses are basically at sea level. It is time to wipe out the old codes and rewrite new ones. A few starters, Florida won't be for the "cheap" anymore. You must elevate your house with an 8' concrete 1st floor. The living portion will begin at the second 2nd floor. All Mechanical components will be located at the 2 second floor. If you elevate your flood insurance will cost you less. If you choose not to elevate, your flood insurance will cost you more. Plain and simple. Flood maps for ALL of Florida must be redrawn. This storm was small in comparison to Super Storm Sandy that hit the Northeast in 2012. Life was very different afterwards and Floridians will experience the same. If you can't afford to live in this NEW environment , maybe Florida is not for you.
Pine Island is basically built on Marshland. It was only a matter of time before Mother Nature calls for her land back.
So sad
Tudor Dixon ad on here. Defeat Whitmer!!
the laugh,,,?????
Terrible camera work, and doesn't even know where they are!
That’s not how natives pronounce It
Barely any damage!!!!!Maybe she has a leak in the attic.Sheesh!!!!!!Was the lady on drugs?Maybe another State than Florida or area that don't need help at any rate very minor damage.
Hello, so I recognize that these peoples homes are gone and I empathize with them…..
NOW…….Let’s not rebuild right on the sea level, let’s not allocate so many GOVERNMENT resources to reconstruction
WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. LETS BE SMART
Please fly over cabbage key
Yes!!! And Useppa