Blocks of beachfront homes in Daytona Beach Shores are crumbling into the ocean. 4k Drone Video. For licensing inquiries please email Brandon@wxchasing.com
Born and raised in Florida 50 years. When I was younger I used to do some surfing in the jupiter area and I remember seeing all of these fancy places condos and nice houses go up. Even as a kid I remember thinking you can't own the beach for long, dude. It's just a matter of time
Category 1 & it causes all this damage ? Your right Dude , beach homes are going to get demolished especially with climate change happening making hurricanes more frequent with worse damage. Knarly !
My father told me once when I was a kid, “never turn your back on the ocean.” Same applies to building on a coast, you’re taking chances. This type of thing has happened on Lake Erie’s north shore as well as Lake Ontario. Actually when he gave me that advise I was probably standing on a Lake Erie beach.
Good Advice! My cottage was on Lake Erie and we got hit bad Twice!! picture shows my cottage and the retaining wall that was built after the storm. The next year we got hit again. Needless to say we got out. Bought a home in Fort Myers. Of course, Fort Myers got hit the worst ever! Thankfully, we learned our lesson and stayed far away from the beach and got minimal damage. These storms are destroying peoples lives. God help everyone who has been affected. Such devastation.
@@staceycabral Lake Erie shore line has been hard hit quite a few times and cottages and homes have been eaten by the lake. I’ve seen some places there for sale and they have had the banks shored up but it’s still scary! Thankfully,you made a good decision and stayed away from the shore in Fort Myers.
Never build a house directly next to the ocean. I live in Florida, and my house is 3 miles from the ocean. It survived 8 hurricanes with little or no damage.
For those few days of the Storm and maybe some time after... it's few and far between while the rest of the time it's like Heaven. And don't forget all those who had 10' of water in their homes after Ian, and they were 50 miles inshore.
wow just wow. this is so well done, smooth video, no sound because who needs it, and slow enough that we can take in the damage and maybe even suss out why some properties did better than others. Thank You for this!
Living in Florida for many years I have seen this happen to countless homes, yet people will continue building on oceans edge. Very sad to see lives destroyed like this,but eventually Mother Nature will win.
When Mother Nature is the casualty in these events she is not the winner. The environment is greatly effected by people insisting on building in disaster prone areas when it is destroyed.
@@GillAgainsIsland12 And super hot and humid in the summer. I had family that lived inland. Made the mistake of visiting one summer. Nope. Never again.
2:42 Whatever pool construction company built this pool should include this picture of the pool still standing after a hurricane, in all their advertisements!
When visiting the USA a huge culture shock was how close to the ocean homes are built. Some even in the ocean depending on the tide. Houses built on sticks on Malibu beach with the tide coming in underneath them. It's madness. My money is on the Ocean.
The days are numbered for every single one of these homes still standing along this coast. This was only a Cat 1 hurricane and dozens of these homes are already done for. Imagine if Ian had hit this coast instead of the southwest coast. This coast has been dodging the bullet for years and their time is running out.
Absolutely natural phenomen (lost house is lost home for sure). People love to build on top of active volcanoes too (until lava starts flow in bedroom). But I get it as it is nice place.
Sorry to see all the destruction. But that's the price you pay when you live right on the coast of a tropical area noted for hurricanes and tropical storms.
So sad but you half to expect that. Shame on city/county for allowing them to build like this. Even the walls did not help unless they had established trees. But that might block their views.
Everyone assumes they’re stupid and ignorant. Some might be, but I think most people realize it’s a risk they’re willing to take to live on the ocean. Florida has thousands of miles of beaches. The odds are really low if you think about it. It’s not life threatening either. Everyone has plenty of time to leave. Is it really any more foolish than living in Tornado alley where you have no real time to escape?
I’m not far from here a little inland. A cat 4 or 5 and I’m doomed. My friends I grew up ask me if I’m afraid of hurricanes. I’m not a fool, I realize the risk I take in Florida. It’s a risk I’m willing to take to go to the beach in December while my brother is freezing in NJ. Call us fools in Florida if you want, but I think you’re all fools wasting half you life inside in the winter. I’ll be riding my cycle tomorrow. Have fun on the couch up north. 😝 😆
I definitely see the benefits of a good sea wall. Erosion by the water is what caused most of the sad mess. Paradise 90% of the time. But when the Atlantic comes calling...
It is truly obvious that the properties with a breakwater have weathered very well. There has to be something solid between the ocean and the homes. So sad this is happening.
Do we really need to change the entire landscape and disrupt nature because we insist on living next to the water. Sounds pretty selfish. We have one earth and this is how we are treating it.
My dad built a modest 2 room house on a Mesa overlooking the ocean in Baja, Mexico. His mantra was never build in Mexico what you’re unwilling to lose. Some expat’s have built huge beautiful homes and have had them confiscated for nefarious reasons. Same mantra with building along the beach. My dad passed away 23 years ago and I still have the house. It costs me $1,200 a year for the land, water, trash and security. Thanks dad for the beach house that will never wash away🙏🏽
Yet there are many homes that are in the same vicinity and had no damage. They are not as old as some you see and are built to different codes than years ago. They survive without a problem. On the west coast you had many homes that had no damage but another house across the street or next to it was obliterated. Go look at NJ's coastline, when they had a storm everything was gone.. whole blocks of homes that weren't even on the ocean fell apart. It's all about how they are built..
It's unbelievable, thankyou for the footage. When I was a kid 60 years ago my families beach house was lost to the ocean. During the 70s in New Zealand.
@@peternolan4107 The problem is that all of us residents end up paying MUCH MORE for insurance and those who lost homes often can rebuild in the same spot.
Heartbreaking?? How? No one should be allowed to build that vlose to the beach. Beachfront should be easily accessible to everyone. Second they literally built their houses on SAND. Third we all end up paying for this.
I love the swimming pool at time stamp 2:43. It looks like a giant bathtub suspended in air over the ocean. Perfectly intact....just hanging there. Incredible.
I say this with no offense whatsoever to the people who've lost property in this storm. But, it appears (at least in this video) these are mansions. I doubt they were purchased to live in full time or much at all throughout the year. Over here on the Gulf Coast places like this on the water were bought solely for tax purposes. Many of these owners will simply see it as a headache. The real tragedy is if they were historic and not not new builds. Just my opinion from what I've learned as a Florida resident.
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@@WestShoreMan You actually have soil erosion in Pacifica, CA where houses have literally fallen off the cliff! A lot of the houses there have already been abandoned and demolished. You can watch some of the videos here on yt.
I am so sorry for the affected persons, life and dreams attained shattered. Starting over is not going to be easy but it is going to hard, just remember please if you have life, your family and people that love you, you are bless and more rich than you think. All the other factors are just things that can be replace.
@@LazySusan. may I? My view sometimes we see things and achievements, never the struggles. What does a hurricane experience teaches us? It doesn't give a F who you are! So my view what ever was a person struggle to attain their achievements is theirs. I am just about empathy, sympathy and understanding in persons time of pain.
Most buildings survive 70 mile winds. Might have a shingle or piece of siding blow off here or there. If you did a cheap concrete seawall, it couldn't handle the pounding waves. Try pounding a few steel posts in the ground before pouring the wall next time
This has happened on the west coast. If you build on cliff you must build on granite rock foundation and rocky coast. You build on a cliff of sand foundation above a beach then nature will tale the beach back and sea will take away your foundation.
Not one single comment on the UNUSUAL GIANT waves this storm generated... They were 33 FEET TALL, That isn't even the biggest for this storm... They were 40 feet off of Canaveral in the Gulf Stream, That is WHY all the destruction, NOT NORMAL even for a Hurricane.
In reality, thousands of homes did survive the storms. It was a tough year for FL coastlines. But building right on the ocean front just is not smart in my opinion.
please , let them keep building on the ocean coast line, the ocean can show them better than you or I can tell them. The only way for some people to learn is to give them what they want.
How many times are the taxpayers and insurance companies going to have to pay for rich peoples houses because they insist on living on the ocean front?
Hopefully they don't allow these homes to be rebuilt. Otherwise it's just going to keep happening over and over again Florida needs to realize like many states that have shorelines. That these areas should be protected as Barrier island or barrier fronts meaning there should be plenty of vegetation growing there not homes. The area should be made public or protected under Reserve protection Acts. Yes it's a shame that many people have lost their homes and their dreams but it was something that was eventually going to happen. Florida should have never allowed zoning to approve or code enforcement to approve those structures to be built there in the first place. Especially when those homes and structures were built clearing out the vegetation to put them there. And if a home is to be built in such a area it needs to have a seawall that goes around the entire property and that Seawall should go down 50 ft into the ground minimal and should also be a minimum of 30 ft above ground meaning the structure or home should be built way above sea level. So that in the event of a title surge this kind of damage is not seen. That should be an absolute requirement.
Hey I have a great idea, let's build on a Barrier Island so hurricane can wipe us out and then have the insurance companies and the government build back better!
What do people expect when they intentionally build homes right next to bodies of water. Mother nature does not discriminate and eventually she reclaims what belongs to her.
Apparently, it pays to: -have a good sea wall. -have neighbors with a good sea wall. During a hurricane, the "natural beach" frontages washed away, and compromised their neighbors. That's what I sea as a native Floridian.
@@hihatjas9477 Insurance companies have been pulling out of Fla for years. I just don't think persons should be allowed to rebuild in risky areas unless it's at their own risk.
Never understood why build so close on the beach. What cones from the sea returns to the sea always. But they build like ants they will build right back by the sea.
But this is what the people want! They vote knowingly for a party/politicians that they know is lying to them about climate change. So the politicians offer little or no substantive regulation of land use in the state or even building standards. The whole economy of Florida when it comes to development is a giant Ponzi scheme financed by federal and state bailouts.
These are sand castles. Tear them down and make the area into a park with an ocean promenade. Not every inch of land needs to be sold for a profit. I always wondered why ocean waves were smaller than sea waves, because the ocean just comes and takes.
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Born and raised in Florida 50 years. When I was younger I used to do some surfing in the jupiter area and I remember seeing all of these fancy places condos and nice houses go up. Even as a kid I remember thinking you can't own the beach for long, dude. It's just a matter of time
Mother nature wins.
Beach erosion in Jupiter is terrible. In some places it's just feet from the stairs leading to the beach to the water.
Category 1 & it causes all this damage ?
Your right Dude , beach homes are going to get demolished especially with climate change happening making hurricanes more frequent with worse damage.
Knarly !
well, same old story. Another ex New York realtor selling a house on the sand to another newbie New Yorker who just got there a year ago.
They're called barrier islands for a reason.
My father told me once when I was a kid, “never turn your back on the ocean.” Same applies to building on a coast, you’re taking chances. This type of thing has happened on Lake Erie’s north shore as well as Lake Ontario. Actually when he gave me that advise I was probably standing on a Lake Erie beach.
ABSOLUTELY 💯 CORRECT HE WAS....
Good Advice! My cottage was on Lake Erie and we got hit bad Twice!! picture shows my cottage and the retaining wall that was built after the storm. The next year we got hit again. Needless to say we got out. Bought a home in Fort Myers. Of course, Fort Myers got hit the worst ever! Thankfully, we learned our lesson and stayed far away from the beach and got minimal damage. These storms are destroying peoples lives. God help everyone who has been affected. Such devastation.
@@staceycabral Lake Erie shore line has been hard hit quite a few times and cottages and homes have been eaten by the lake. I’ve seen some places there for sale and they have had the banks shored up but it’s still scary! Thankfully,you made a good decision and stayed away from the shore in Fort Myers.
A smart man , your father .
Same in San Diego, they built the Amtrak line along the cliffs and now we’re screwed. Those houses are awaiting their demise.
Never build a house directly next to the ocean. I live in Florida, and my house is 3 miles from the ocean. It survived 8 hurricanes with little or no damage.
Smart. 👍
For those few days of the Storm and maybe some time after... it's few and far between while the rest of the time it's like Heaven. And don't forget all those who had 10' of water in their homes after Ian, and they were 50 miles inshore.
wow just wow. this is so well done, smooth video, no sound because who needs it, and slow enough that we can take in the damage and maybe even suss out why some properties did better than others. Thank You for this!
Glad it was helpful!
Shoddy workmanship and skimping on materials could be why some collapsed while others didn't
@@WxChasing what kind of drone did you use for this? Great video
Living in Florida for many years I have seen this happen to countless homes, yet people will continue building on oceans edge.
Very sad to see lives destroyed like this,but eventually Mother Nature will win.
When Mother Nature is the casualty in these events she is not the winner. The environment is greatly effected by people insisting on building in disaster prone areas when it is destroyed.
Sand
Not to mention the pollution from everyone’s stuff in the water 🤦🏽♂️
"Castles made of sand fall into the sea eventually" Jimi Hendrix
Favorite Hendrix song. Sadly Florida is all sand and water washes it away.
Shows how critical those retaining walls are.
Good times for the bulk head companies.
Retaining walls help in the short term, but a strong hurricane would send a storm surge right over that wall.
Shout out to whoever constructed that pool around the 2:40 mark
Right I was like. Did I just see a swimming pool on stilts
Pin piles..👍🏻
My thoughts exactly
Seems like a lot of concrete, I wouldn’t want to go for a swim.
Should you ever pull the plug to drain the tons of water...
So some people have lost their ocean front property while those behind them now have new ocean front property 😢
the word "property" applied to south florida makes me laugh because, really, isn't it just a big sandbar? with a similar lifespan?
@@iamlalapalooza No, that's only along the coast. The rest of Florida, the majority, is a beautiful land of forests and lakes.
@@GillAgainsIsland12 And super hot and humid in the summer. I had family that lived inland. Made the mistake of visiting one summer. Nope. Never again.
@@williebeamish5879 Yeah, takes a bit of getting used to. All I can say is, thank God for air conditioning.
No ones owns land. Mother nature is in charge.
2:42 Whatever pool construction company built this pool should include this picture of the pool still standing after a hurricane, in all their advertisements!
Not the pool construction company, it was the company that built the sea wall who saved that home.
When visiting the USA a huge culture shock was how close to the ocean homes are built. Some even in the ocean depending on the tide. Houses built on sticks on Malibu beach with the tide coming in underneath them. It's madness. My money is on the Ocean.
She always wins
I think that the beaches should belong to all of the people - not just those with money.
Pretty stable drone for such a windy day.
The days are numbered for every single one of these homes still standing along this coast. This was only a Cat 1 hurricane and dozens of these homes are already done for. Imagine if Ian had hit this coast instead of the southwest coast. This coast has been dodging the bullet for years and their time is running out.
When Ian came through it was a CAT 4, it did extensive damage to the east coast as well.
saw this and it instantly made my day better :)
Absolutely natural phenomen (lost house is lost home for sure). People love to build on top of active volcanoes too (until lava starts flow in bedroom). But I get it as it is nice place.
It's amazing what a weak storm can do to you if you live on the water.
Never should be allowed to build homes right on the edge of the coast line like that
This is years of Beach erosion
@@kimjones2056 when the beach disappears, it's time to move! To watch the Weather Channel, you would think all this erosion happened since Tuesday.
But large
No imagination can conceive of the power of ocean and wind together. God speed for recovery.
Sorry to see all the destruction. But that's the price you pay when you live right on the coast of a tropical area noted for hurricanes and tropical storms.
Excellent Drone Video #WXChasing and a very Powerful Drone flying INTO 25 to 40MPH winds...👍 🤝
IKR - good quality drone
Alot of this damage was done during Ian, this storm added to the already damage there, also the sea was bigger because of high tide, and red full moon
So sad but you half to expect that. Shame on city/county for allowing them to build like this. Even the walls did not help unless they had established trees. But that might block their views.
Maybe we should do what’s best for the environment not what we want to do. I don’t even feel like the environment is considered in these situation‘s.
Volusia County is so corrupt and scummy
They don't mind blocking everyone else's view when they build these monolithic blunderbusses.
People that build their houses so near to the sea must take into consideration, the risk of stupidity and ignorance!!
Well said.
Everyone assumes they’re stupid and ignorant. Some might be, but I think most people realize it’s a risk they’re willing to take to live on the ocean. Florida has thousands of miles of beaches. The odds are really low if you think about it. It’s not life threatening either. Everyone has plenty of time to leave. Is it really any more foolish than living in Tornado alley where you have no real time to escape?
I’m not far from here a little inland. A cat 4 or 5 and I’m doomed. My friends I grew up ask me if I’m afraid of hurricanes. I’m not a fool, I realize the risk I take in Florida. It’s a risk I’m willing to take to go to the beach in December while my brother is freezing in NJ. Call us fools in Florida if you want, but I think you’re all fools wasting half you life inside in the winter. I’ll be riding my cycle tomorrow. Have fun on the couch up north. 😝 😆
@@neilgunns8391 Exactly, along with the right to CC.
And now there house insurance will go up ten fold or not be available. AND THEY ARE MADE W O O D. .......,LMAO. Rich and Stupid
I definitely see the benefits of a good sea wall. Erosion by the water is what caused most of the sad mess. Paradise 90% of the time. But when the Atlantic comes calling...
Erosion not, built on 'sand dune/s
Did anyone else notice that ceiling fan hanging strong ...
The fan still on 😂
@@Kookka_ fan was from the wind blowing it.
Ain’t no way I would live in Florida this is crazy 😩
You’re using jokes that are built literally on the edge of the ocean as an example of why you would t live in Florida? Lmao
@@PTBCANADIAN no not at all… I watch a lot of TH-cam channels of ppl who live in Florida & this just puts the icing on the cake
That is not all of Florida. The same bad judgment happens everywhere there is coastline.
@@Dallas_K yes I know it’s not all Florida ✌🏻
Shouldn’t be allowed to build that close. Insurance premiums go up for all when these HomeOwners make a claim….
It's called socialized homeowners insurance. A big thank you to Hillary DeSantis.
It is truly obvious that the properties with a breakwater have weathered very well. There has to be something solid between the ocean and the homes. So sad this is happening.
Do we really need to change the entire landscape and disrupt nature because we insist on living next to the water. Sounds pretty selfish. We have one earth and this is how we are treating it.
My dad built a modest 2 room house on a Mesa overlooking the ocean in Baja, Mexico. His mantra was never build in Mexico what you’re unwilling to lose. Some expat’s have built huge beautiful homes and have had them confiscated for nefarious reasons. Same mantra with building along the beach. My dad passed away 23 years ago and I still have the house. It costs me $1,200 a year for the land, water, trash and security. Thanks dad for the beach house that will never wash away🙏🏽
Amazing footage! I didn’t think this hurricane would do this kind of destruction. It was only a cat one.
Ian started it and Nicole finished it.
🙀😿😾🙊🙉🙈 IAN would have made it look like piles of 🗑
It's erosion .
Only a cat 1 is still a hurricane. Especially so soon after Ian. Maybe communities still hadn’t recovered from that one.
Storm surge with high tide and a full moon can wreak havoc.
Amazing but sad footage. AT 3:30 is that interior ceiling fan still running or is the wind blowing it?
Another win for mother nature!
How are those insurance rates? You think they gonna go down since there's less to insure now?
Full moon, high tide, hurricane surge- to be expected. What kills me is on the ocean with a swimming pool.
You’ve definitely got the best shots of the devastation. Way worse than I thought.
Yet there are many homes that are in the same vicinity and had no damage. They are not as old as some you see and are built to different codes than years ago. They survive without a problem. On the west coast you had many homes that had no damage but another house across the street or next to it was obliterated. Go look at NJ's coastline, when they had a storm everything was gone.. whole blocks of homes that weren't even on the ocean fell apart. It's all about how they are built..
Any one else notice the houses with vegetation on the beach side fared better?
It’s all a matter of how the waves hit. Like a tornadoes there isn’t always a rhyme or reason as to who suffers and who does not.
The roots of the plants holds the soil i think.
I bet the owners were told to plant trees but refused because it would block their view.
That's why it's a crime with fines to pull sea oats or other beach vegetation off Florida beaches. They help hold the beach together.
They probably all had vegetation before Ian hit.
Would a lot thicker and higher sea walls be the answer?? Like what they did in Japan after the 2011 tsunami.
It's unbelievable, thankyou for the footage. When I was a kid 60 years ago my families beach house was lost to the ocean. During the 70s in New Zealand.
Hurry! Don't miss out! Florida real estate is moving fast!
I live in Daytona beach - the damage is beyond words
I feel your pain
So, this was a Category One hurricane? What happens next season when there will be lots of stronger storms?
This is so heartbreaking 😭...I would never live that close to the ocean.
People chose to build there.
@@peternolan4107 The problem is that all of us residents end up paying MUCH MORE for insurance and those who lost homes often can rebuild in the same spot.
Heartbreaking?? How? No one should be allowed to build that vlose to the beach. Beachfront should be easily accessible to everyone. Second they literally built their houses on SAND. Third we all end up paying for this.
They can afford it.
SO MUCH FOR OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY. THE DAMAGE IS HORRENDOUS.
You mean THE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS HORRENDOUS!
This is one way to keep the Yankees from coming south.
I love the swimming pool at time stamp 2:43. It looks like a giant bathtub suspended in air over the ocean. Perfectly intact....just hanging there. Incredible.
I say this with no offense whatsoever to the people who've lost property in this storm. But, it appears (at least in this video) these are mansions. I doubt they were purchased to live in full time or much at all throughout the year. Over here on the Gulf Coast places like this on the water were bought solely for tax purposes. Many of these owners will simply see it as a headache. The real tragedy is if they were historic and not not new builds. Just my opinion from what I've learned as a Florida resident.
How much do you suppose these folks' property insurance premium will be next year?
Do you actually think they will be able to keep insurance?
You mean ours! Because it affects us all!
@@randyk7699 no I don't.
They won’t have any houses to insure.
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None of those should qualify for federal money. Private insurance and owner responsibility.
Why weren't there seawalls in front of ALL the homes?!!! Built before "codes" changed?! Thx guys for the footage!!! SO sad!!!!
Many seawalls were already lost to Ian.
Had enough yet coastal dwellers?
Hmmmmm you built on a coast line.......And ????????
Don't understand why so close to the shore when this happens ever year? It's crazy, no wonder insurance is so high.
People in California found this out the hard way too. Hope these folks had insurance so they can rebuild somewhere a little further inland.
When did we have a hurricane in Cali?
@@WestShoreMan You actually have soil erosion in Pacifica, CA where houses have literally fallen off the cliff! A lot of the houses there have already been abandoned and demolished. You can watch some of the videos here on yt.
I am so sorry for the affected persons, life and dreams attained shattered. Starting over is not going to be easy but it is going to hard, just remember please if you have life, your family and people that love you, you are bless and more rich than you think. All the other factors are just things that can be replace.
Oh they will fix it all back up, as cheaply as possible, for the next storm...
It doesn't look like most of these owners will have any trouble fixing these mansions.
@@LazySusan. may I? My view sometimes we see things and achievements, never the struggles. What does a hurricane experience teaches us? It doesn't give a F who you are! So my view what ever was a person struggle to attain their achievements is theirs. I am just about empathy, sympathy and understanding in persons time of pain.
@@boblatkey7160 Many of those people have owned their homes for years.
Wow. I lived there back in the 90's. This is pure nature reclaiming the coastline. Looks like across A1A will be new
"waterfront" property. 😬
Most buildings survive 70 mile winds. Might have a shingle or piece of siding blow off here or there. If you did a cheap concrete seawall, it couldn't handle the pounding waves. Try pounding a few steel posts in the ground before pouring the wall next time
That's some quality craftsmanship when your house crumbled but the boardwalk right next to it still stands. Smh
Can you buy home insurance for properties damaged by storm surge in Florida? Does the insurance require you rebuild in the same spot?
Americans feel no compassion or pity because it's such a ridiculous place to put a house and expect it to survive..
Hmmmmm ... sand foundation, ocean front, approaching hurricane, king tides ... what could go wrong?? That's basic freshman Coastal Hydrology 101!!
This has happened on the west coast. If you build on cliff you must build on granite rock foundation and rocky coast. You build on a cliff of sand foundation above a beach then nature will tale the beach back and sea will take away your foundation.
No cliffs here, those were dunes
@@randolphh8005 same difference you build on sand the ocean will always take the beach back. You must build on a solid foundation such as granite.
Not one single comment on the UNUSUAL GIANT waves this storm generated... They were 33 FEET TALL, That isn't even the biggest for this storm... They were 40 feet off of Canaveral in the Gulf Stream, That is WHY all the destruction, NOT NORMAL even for a Hurricane.
All I see is expensive houses on a sand dune that will disappear over time. How stupid to build that close to the Ocean KNOWING HURRICANES COME....
In reality, thousands of homes did survive the storms. It was a tough year for FL coastlines. But building right on the ocean front just is not smart in my opinion.
Risk exists everywhere.
@@TobeornottooB True. But there is low risk and high risk.
please , let them keep building on the ocean coast line, the ocean can show them better than you or I can tell them. The only way for some people to learn is to give them what they want.
How many times are the taxpayers and insurance companies going to have to pay for rich peoples houses because they insist on living on the ocean front?
Good question!!!
Hopefully they don't allow these homes to be rebuilt. Otherwise it's just going to keep happening over and over again Florida needs to realize like many states that have shorelines. That these areas should be protected as Barrier island or barrier fronts meaning there should be plenty of vegetation growing there not homes. The area should be made public or protected under Reserve protection Acts. Yes it's a shame that many people have lost their homes and their dreams but it was something that was eventually going to happen. Florida should have never allowed zoning to approve or code enforcement to approve those structures to be built there in the first place. Especially when those homes and structures were built clearing out the vegetation to put them there. And if a home is to be built in such a area it needs to have a seawall that goes around the entire property and that Seawall should go down 50 ft into the ground minimal and should also be a minimum of 30 ft above ground meaning the structure or home should be built way above sea level. So that in the event of a title surge this kind of damage is not seen. That should be an absolute requirement.
I assume most of the damage was done by Ian (blue tarps already on roof). Nicole finished some of the already damaged properties.
Wow. Some of those homes escaped significant damage while others are destroyed. Financial losses must be huge.
Hey I have a great idea, let's build on a Barrier Island so hurricane can wipe us out and then have the insurance companies and the government build back better!
What do people expect when they intentionally build homes right next to bodies of water. Mother nature does not discriminate and eventually she reclaims what belongs to her.
The bible wasn't wrong which says that only the wise build on the rock and the foolish build on the sand....
Man made disaster. Bible tells you. Foolish man builds his house upon sand , a wise man builds his house upon rock.
Will the last insurance company to exit Florida, please turn out the lights????
Fondation Fondation Fondation, remember the 3 little pigs story, how we learn
Apparently, it pays to:
-have a good sea wall.
-have neighbors with
a good sea wall.
During a hurricane,
the "natural beach"
frontages washed away,
and compromised their
neighbors. That's what
I sea as a native Floridian.
Here in Brevard, mangroves and sea grapes held our dunes together. Mother nature sea wall.
2km inland from the beach, in a hilly area if possible, is the smarter option 😀
Having lived in that area in the 50's and 60's on the beach, there used be a whole lot more land behind those houses.
yeah if a cat 4 or 5 hits there it's gonna be wiped completely gone. no doubt
Castles built on sand will fall into the sea..eventually. Jimi hendrix knew it back then but were still surprised now?
"Foolish man built his house upon the sand".
No need to build a staircase to the ocean…the ocean will come to you.
Looks just like the western shore of Lake Michigan. Any lessons learned here?
It’s true the homes on the next street now will have a safe ocean view wow‼️
The beaches are public spaces not private to construct houses there.
I can't feel sorry for them they knew the risks of living off the beach line like that.
jealous?
We get to help pay for their losses by Hillary DeSantis socialized homeowners insurance.
Exactly! Plus the environmental impact of all this devastation is so selfish.
@@hihatjas9477 another benefit to living in FL?😂
@@hihatjas9477 Insurance companies have been pulling out of Fla for years. I just don't think persons should be allowed to rebuild in risky areas unless it's at their own risk.
Perhaps we are reaping what we have sown....
Never understood why build so close on the beach. What cones from the sea returns to the sea always. But they build like ants they will build right back by the sea.
I am so sad at the destruction but also angry at the builders that built these structures so close to the ocean!!!!!
But this is what the people want! They vote knowingly for a party/politicians that they know is lying to them about climate change. So the politicians offer little or no substantive regulation of land use in the state or even building standards. The whole economy of Florida when it comes to development is a giant Ponzi scheme financed by federal and state bailouts.
People are stupid and will buy them. Building on a sandbank at ocean's edge - Not smart.
Build a home right on the water and you can expect to get wet.
Easy to see the price of not building a seawall.
Build your house on a sandbar...right, lol.
The people that sold them these properties are laughing.
Build your house on a sand dune and this is what happens sooner or later
Welcome Mother Nature
Poor millionaires, whatever will they do.
Is this why Florida has low property taxes.
sad to see so much land taken away for good. Where does all the sand go?
It seems it was all about the best built sea walls.
This why you don't build on barrier islands
Atlantic Ocean called. It wants its beach front property back.
I want to nominate this for best comment.
These are sand castles. Tear them down and make the area into a park with an ocean promenade. Not every inch of land needs to be sold for a profit. I always wondered why ocean waves were smaller than sea waves, because the ocean just comes and takes.