And overdeveloping that swamp. If they want the government to do something, the only thing to do is tear down the houses and make the area a green space.
No, this is what happens when you surround lower elevation neighborhoods with new neighborhoods at higher elevations genius. They never rezoned the area as a flood zone. The counties getting sued.
@@chadbrambers8346 Sounds like a bunch of people didn't raise their home elevation and are salty because they don't want to do basic house maintenence.
You’ll find a fired engineer, who said this drainage canal system won’t work. Or somebody who said this won’t work, but was told to keep their mouth shut.
@@scottprather5645 How were these homeowners supposed to know that this would happen? The people who would know would be the county engineers. They are the ones with the superior knowledge about these things. The county would have to issue the permits for building out there with the knowledge that this may or may not happen? I figure many of those homes still have a mortgage attached to them. I'm surprised that a financial institution would be okay lending out money to build a home that may or may not flood and telling the mortgage holder that they don't need to carry Flood insurance because they're not in a flood zone. Whoever told the homeowner to drop their flood insurance should be absorbing the costs of this. Is this property the old cow pen slough? I used to work out there at the landfill before all those homes were built. I don't ever recall flooding and i worked out there during the 1997 El Nino. I think these folks got the royal once over.... all in the name of profit and capitalism. What a shame.
While I sympathize with these homeowners, most of them voted for politicians that removed/loosened the regulation/codes which would prevent homes from being built in these areas. Remember that states with lower regulation have lower safety standards and accountability. The only recourse is suing after the disaster.
It seems like most neighborhoods are just too many houses with zero lot lines and plenty of lakes. This is Florida. We get hurricanes ALL THE TIME. How in the world did the city planners allow this to happen? I feel bad for everyone, but especially people who thought they were living a little bit in the country until massive, crowded subdivisions destroyed their peace and now flooded their homes. You can't build in a wetland and expect to stay dry if you don't account for hurricanes while planning the drainage.
That particular neighborhood had a feature that differentiates it from almost all other neighborhoods in Sarasota. And that feature is the fact that it had a series of canals dug in the front and the back of each of the streets for decorative purposes; those canals lead nowhere. The other feature of that neighborhood is the fact that it is very close to a very narrow ditch that serves as a drainage point so the water flowed down that ditch and contributed to filling up the basin that was created by the developer. So this feature in itself is obvious to any civil engineer that it would become a fill point of a massive drainage plane. I suspect that the county and the developer created this problem and a civil engineer was told to shut up about it. Another point of foolishness is that there’s only a 10 inch rain threshold and that doesn’t make any sense in a place that’s hurricane prone or a hurricane can just sit and spin over the same spot and dump 20 inches. It’s not something that’s out of the realm of possibility.
@@dahe8883 been here for 45 years and seen rain like this every few years it's not a 100 year event it's Florida rainy season Sarasota is one of the worse corrupt counties in Florida they have to buy their drinking water from Manatee county despite having the headwaters of the myaka in their backyard it's really clown world down there with the county commissioners and developers
Your entire neighborhood is surrounded by water. What makes you think you're safe. You haven't even lived there for 10 or 20 years. How would you know what happens?
So I looked up that neighborhood out of curiosity on Google Earth. It looks to me like all the immediately surrounding areas are ~7m elevation and that neighborhood is ~6m in elevation. Sounds minimal but I'm from Houston which is very flat and some areas are more susceptible to flooding than others often times due to very subtle elevation differences of mere feet. My uninformed opinion is that this neighborhood is local 'low' spot that will still drain adequately (to not flood homes) in most rainfall events but heavy sustained rain like Debby will just cause water to bowl in the neighborhood before it can drain off. If the neighborhood wants a more permanent fix they will likely have to raise their houses up (individual solution) or build some sort of active drainage system with pumps to force water out faster (collective solution). Of course none of these are cheap or easy solutions for residents. My brother lived in a home in north Houston that flooded twice in 3 years. He sold and GTHO. That may be their best option if they don't want to live in a home that has a high likelihood of flooding. Stinks to hear this though.
I'm on the East Coast within a mile of the Indian river in a 70's -80's neighborhood. It was build up to 15ft above sea level with exaggerated sloped roads to complement the storm drains. New developments just west of I-95 are flat without a secondary drainage plan. It's all about how cheap can we convert swamp land into new development now. I suspect the flooded Sarasota neighborhoods were never adequately flood mitigated from the planning stage.
When it flooded in Minot, ND it took weeks to recede. That much water doesn’t just disappear. We flooded in 2012 and are still not required to have flood insurance. I do have it myself but it is crazy that people think it won’t happen to them in areas that it could.
You were smart…. I have lived in Tampa 40 years but rising homeowners and property insurance, threat of hurricanes and exceedingly hot/humid weather is making me seriously think about moving.
I would love to do the same, but MIL is here and hubby doesn't want to leave. (Understandably!) However, no matter where you go, there is always some risk...tornadoes, wildfires, or earthquakes. Thank you for your prayers...we need them now here as the storm season will still run another 4 months.
Being born and raised in FL Ive seen over 10 hurricanes and multiple storms. I’ve seen flooding, houses demolished and lives ruined. I left to NC last year and never looking back. FL is one big sand bar a subdivision away from sinking into the ocean.
CORRECT I LIVE SECOND FLOOR 2 MILES FROM fort Myers beach been in 4 MAJORS and 3 caused major flooding but not for me I moved the car in land and I live 20 up
@@Joker-lv6ed you are a clown so if it didn’t have tropical rain this would have still happened been here for 26 years and yall never get any tropical weather just wait until you get a real storm like us 16 foot storm Surge yall gunna get it from the insurance companies now like us
Build more houses and businesses on every piece of land you can find. Should fix the problem. Greedy money destroying people's lives. Someone should be sued!!
When the highest elevation in Florida is 345 ft above sea level and there are seasonal hurricanes with this one in particular bringing in 18+ inches it should come as no surprise.
Florida, governed by republikkklans. Keep voting against your interests like the rest of the southern states. These flood victims are wealthy white peoples, that’s why they are outraged. If it were poverty stricken areas it wouldn’t make the news. Florida is a shithole state.
The man clearly said the canals wasn’t design to drain 14 inches of rain in one hour you take that across a large area everything drained everything drains that way so the water runs to the ocean what do you expect
I used to mow lawns in this neighborhood. it's not a wetlands or flood prone area. Or wasn't until they built 2 other neighborhoods at a higher elevation around it where there used to be open pastures.
I live in Florida and in a no Flood Zone also. While I understand that language and feel for all the people affected, I also understand that it's Florida and these storms are getting more and more catastrophic by the year. Whether it's storm surge, rain totals, tornadoes, waterspouts, hurricane categories etc. I still have flood insurance even though it's not required, I'm never taking that chance.
People that support the Florida Government can't admit its becoming more catastrophic every year, or changing. But, they keep voting for it. Oh well, thoughts and prayers.
There used to be a saying, "..if you believe that then I've got some swampland in Florida to sell you." I was shocked to learn that people not only bought that land, but actually built homes on it. 🙄
I’m from this area and trees keep getting destroyed, many plants that play a huge roles to suck up all the water as soon as it rains, have been getting wrecked in the past decade, this area has grown so fast that not even highways can’t keep up with the growth, 🌴🌳🌲🌴 the more you kill trees the more water accumulates, sucks for the homeowners im really sorry, but we can’t stay quiet and let developers keep destroying nature
Flood insurance is a personal responsibility- not the government’s responsibility. If you live anywhere near water, flood insurance should be purchased.
The flood insurance programs are run by the federal government. And as such, you have to qualify for it before they will let you take out a policy. This is why they make people put their homes on stilts when the government reviews their policies--to minimize claims.
@@AStanton1966 I have FEMA flood insurance...they have a website for people as they partner with more than 50 private insurers (NFIP program) for the insurance....I'm not in a flood zone but nearby and I didn't have to "qualify" but it has gone from $230 - $908/yr in 7 years.
@@AStanton1966 Half true. Flood insurance policies are primarily managed through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). However, it is recommended that if you live in area even low-risk, you should get a flood insurance policy through a third party that works with NFIP/FEMA.
The entire State of Florida is practically a flood zone. Swamps are flood zones. Every single pond and lake in Florida is a lower part of the area where rainwater pools. Debbie was an exceptional storm in the way it held all that water in the clouds. Expect more and more heavy rains. Every single person should have flood insurance! I wish everyone the best! I can't begin to imagine the horror of a flooded house in a tropical climate. It would be my biggest nightmare come true!
Exactly florida is literally a giant swamp if anything anywhere is prone to flooding. It doesn’t have to be complicated its common sense! The only places that wouldn’t need flood insurance are places that dont historically flood.
Over building and failing to take into account drainage is the problem, the county commissioners are to blame as are city commissioners in city limits. All they see are new tax dollars they can spend like drunken sailors so they just approve every new development, that causes issues with drainage because water has nowhere to go once you build on every inch of land.
The street the news reporter is standing next to is above the flooded properties. It looks like the street is at least 10 feet above. That alone should have been a big clue....
Horrible. They have to pay the mortgage on destroyed homes, come up with $100k or more to fix their home, and pay for a new apartment or hotel to live in for months while the repairs are done. Many neighbors won't be able to pay so the property values will be ruined.
I agree it is horrible! My family lost our metal roof during Hurricane Ian, the trusses lifted, can see the sky in the upper floor rooms and my house has severe structure cracks, mold and non functioning PGT casement windows, we still today almost 2 years have water damaged drywall every time it rains. I still have to make mortgage payments, property tax, and Insurance 😢 just wrong
@@654Bearcub i lived in Sarasota in 1990 to 1996 off Fruitville rd. We had flooding from hurricane Andrew but it receded fast. All the development and changes to the street drains caused all this. I am so sorry I can’t imagine the anxiety you experience. Praying for you . Hang in there.
Don't worry the flippers are waiting to buy cheap there's always somebody that's going to buy if they didn't wanna pay your mortgage they should've paid cash for the home
Sadly if you look back how long Laurel Meadows has been there, almost 20 years... that's a lot of storms its been through without flooding. Go back on Google Earth... and no real heavy development until 2020 in the surrounding area. But the amount of man made lakes and how close these homes are, is no wonder why we have a problem. It's a combination of both over development, bad engineering and historic rainfall within a short time period. Maybe building homes 10 feet next to each other and building near or on wetlands isn't such a great idea anymore...? This will happen again, all this is fair warning from mother nature. I feel for those people.. Seems odd to me that all these new gated, walled up subdivisions, have nothing but man made lakes in every section of the housing layout. Look west of the interstate and you will notice all the older Sarasota neighbors don't have lakes as backyard waterfronts.
I've been here 45 years and seen at least 4 100-year events, I remember 19" and much worse flooding in the 80's... this is Florida what are you expecting?
Hundred year floods are happening every few years these days. Human-caused climate change. Warmed atmosphere holds more water vapor and leads to more and stronger storms. Warmer oceans lead to stronger storms and more rainfall. Simple reality.
@@Plutogalaxy My perspective is that if you had the means to protect your home but you didn't..shrug...they should have knocked the couch cushions around for a couple thousand to protect that million-dollar home sitting not too far from the ocean....choices
@@jamesfields7these homes are like 10 miles from the ocean, and the neighborhood is nice, but until the market went crazy they were very affordable. My cousin (pastor of a very small church) and his wife (elementary school teacher) live in it. These aren't rich people, they are normal people.
So basically people building homes on lands they shouldn't have built on. Developers allowing it because they are greedy as hell. Insurance companies allowed it. This is why my insurance is through the roof.
If you live in Florida, always have a plan to get out of a flood and to have important paperwork or items in a waterproof lock box, that you can grab and go.
3:20 that is a large canal/bridge don’t say there’s no water anywhere when it’s right there. The water came from somewhere duh. Is it bad yes but don’t say there’s no water anywhere
This the one of main reason why I move from Sarasota it’s bad flooding, and a lot of the sewages is bad in whole city it’s a lot of old neighborhoods.☀️
Everybody is dunking on the homeowners, but they were not in the flood zone and dozens above see level (which is high in FL). This was a major drainage issue due to someone fucked-up from whoever that approved the surrounding housing development.
Friend of mine was not in a flood zone more than 50 ft elevation and he got flooded because the county had temporarily blocked off storm drains for construction purposes and he got flooded
All Floridians - "Stop allowing all this building! Our infrastructure & environment can't handle it!" Politicians - "You donated to my next private jet fund. Of course you can keep building in Florida" Taxation without representation is theft. 200 years ago people were FREAKING OUT over a TEA TAX. We're being taxed out the ass and not a single one of our representatives GAF about what we want & what they were voted in to do. Yet we do absolutely NOTHING to hold them accountable. Why would they stop getting rich at our expense when WE ALLOW IT?!?
Why do they call it “100 year storm” ? Seems like a misnomer. Flooding, tropical storms and hurricanes occur every year and flood towns every year. Not once every hundred years.
Born and Raised in Miami,FL. My family lives throughout the State. It’s getting worse and worse every year. My husband and I left FL in 2017 and never looked back. Just got to know when. Vacation and go-
Kudos to this reporter, Jada Williams. At the conclusion, she brings to story to a clear, understandable close, with a lucid reference to the difference between the special FEMA zone, and a "normal," familiar flood-zone designation. Most on-scene reporters stress the drama, don't delve deeply into the crucial backstory, and leave unanswered questions.
From Pinellas south has been a issue since I was a kid I'm 51 and nothing has been fixed. But hey Pinellas and Hillsborough is getting a new multi billion dollar stadium that the tax payers are flipping the bill.
Question, are there water inlets and drain pipes in these neighborhoods that are flooded? It appears that the neighborhoods East of I-75 are the ones that are flooded.
What happened in that neighborhood near Orlando where the horrible neighbor clogged up the drainage system with concrete? She should be jailed for that.
Build build build and this is what happens. If there is a cypress tree in your backyard, you do not want to live there. FL has been ruined by this over building. I am sorry for these folks at the same time.
@@maxmanx1294I beg to differ. They live in swamps. Big Cypress preserve? Sure they can live in dry areas but the issue is that they'll get shaded out in a well draining forest and die, so instead they grow in areas that are so wet that nothing else can grow.
Yankees keep moving to Florida and therefore Builders keep building going as far as to cover up watershed areas..Many of these areas have never flooded before unitl recently with the masses of new developement going up..
I smell some BS. Over developing and moving too quickly on projects. not expecting 20-year storm cycles. I lived here most of my life. You can't fool locals that have been saying for years that the big one is coming for sarasota, and this wasn't even a full hurricane. Infrastructure and engineering need to be looked at under a microscope. So do developers.
Why aren't they showing a higher ariel view? From there you will be able to outline the lake-effect created by the development. Cross reference with any recent topography. From there determine the drainage they claim to have planned. Where's the US Army Corp of Engineers? They should be able to figure this out in their sleep.
I live in Florida; this is not unusual. You don't know if they got the drainage right until you get your first major storm. In my area, Interstate 95 cuts through a small wetland area, they built a community on the west side of 95. The first major storm since the community was built came through, 95 held the storm water from draining east onto a flood plain. The community drainage plan was engineered wrong, it stayed flooded for 5-6 days until it all finally drained west at low tides into the St. Johns River.
What florida needs is definitely LESS regulation and a ban on the words CLIMATE CHANGE for planning and other government related things like this. That will help floridians with bigger frequent '100' year events that are happening monthly all across the globe. For sure.
Scary thing about this is that this is only rain water not a storm surge. But still only rain water every one s first and main floor is wiped out . The news also mentions their is dewy water also mixed in with that . Just Terrible, will see who’s going to help those people out . Next stop for Debbie is upstate NY , NJ , and Vermont. Vermont got hit 2 times in 2 years and now it might be 3 . People just don’t have hundredths of thousands of dollars to keep putting in these homes.
I’m not too far from Sarasota. I’m actually going to be headed into Sarasota in a couple of minutes for work. Thankfully where I stay, we have lots of woods or trees where all the water goes when it rains. Never ever floods in my neighborhood.
As much as I feel real bad for these people, This should be another wake up call to everyone, That we all need to make the best choices in our lives in order to protect our property and families. We hear two many times that this type of damage has never happened here and I have been here for all my life. Humanity needs to make informed intelligent choices in life (And that means taking into account all worse case possibilities for the area your want you live and then deciding if it is right for you)
Man this really is upsetting. You work very hard for your things making a living and its gone in a instant. I bought my first home last year and its really nerve racking always wondering when my time comes. I also dont live in a flood zone. Virginia got hit from Debbie but nothing like this.
This issue was caused by bad engineering. There needs to be someone held accountable. This water shouldn't be standing there. Someone signed off on construction that shouldn't have been. The city should cover the damages.
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This is what happens when you build homes on swamp land.
lol lol there’s always an asshole know it all somewhere
And overdeveloping that swamp. If they want the government to do something, the only thing to do is tear down the houses and make the area a green space.
Well if people from up north didn't move here in droves, builders would keep building subdivisions..
No, this is what happens when you surround lower elevation neighborhoods with new neighborhoods at higher elevations genius. They never rezoned the area as a flood zone. The counties getting sued.
@@chadbrambers8346 Sounds like a bunch of people didn't raise their home elevation and are salty because they don't want to do basic house maintenence.
You’ll find a fired engineer, who said this drainage canal system won’t work. Or somebody who said this won’t work, but was told to keep their mouth shut.
No it's just that this is a 500-year flooding event every system has its limitations. Time to face reality instead of playing the blame game
@@scottprather5645 How were these homeowners supposed to know that this would happen? The people who would know would be the county engineers. They are the ones with the superior knowledge about these things. The county would have to issue the permits for building out there with the knowledge that this may or may not happen? I figure many of those homes still have a mortgage attached to them. I'm surprised that a financial institution would be okay lending out money to build a home that may or may not flood and telling the mortgage holder that they don't need to carry Flood insurance because they're not in a flood zone. Whoever told the homeowner to drop their flood insurance should be absorbing the costs of this. Is this property the old cow pen slough? I used to work out there at the landfill before all those homes were built. I don't ever recall flooding and i worked out there during the 1997 El Nino. I think these folks got the royal once over.... all in the name of profit and capitalism. What a shame.
💯💯💯and was paid off
@NalaRichenbach
And most of them only have lived here a couple years.
@NalaRichenbach Everything in America is designed at the 100 year storm.
Welcome to Florida, where wetlands have been routinely converted into homesites.
While I sympathize with these homeowners, most of them voted for politicians that removed/loosened the regulation/codes which would prevent homes from being built in these areas. Remember that states with lower regulation have lower safety standards and accountability. The only recourse is suing after the disaster.
The whole place is built on limestone caverns just waiting to collapse.
Feel bad for them , but this is Floridas future , I mean Atlantis 😮
It seems like most neighborhoods are just too many houses with zero lot lines and plenty of lakes. This is Florida. We get hurricanes ALL THE TIME. How in the world did the city planners allow this to happen? I feel bad for everyone, but especially people who thought they were living a little bit in the country until massive, crowded subdivisions destroyed their peace and now flooded their homes. You can't build in a wetland and expect to stay dry if you don't account for hurricanes while planning the drainage.
The overdevelopment of Florida is destroying Florida…change my mind
Yankee go home!
I agree and they deny all the wreckage it’s leaving. Greed. So very heartbreaking for these people.
When you cover the land with concrete and remove wetlands, you are asking for bad floods.
They were writing about the destruction of.Florida in the 60s
What it is now beyond anything they could have thought.
Over development is ruining all states. Go democrates
Engineers knew this would happen, but money talks, and signatures walk.
Why would you buy a house in a low lying swamp without doing any research I blame the property owners they bought into that area
Exactly!
Do you have a house?
@@gurugroove5132they are probably apartment dwellers. My guess is no
Exactamundo.., all about the 💵 Dollar$
That particular neighborhood had a feature that differentiates it from almost all other neighborhoods in Sarasota. And that feature is the fact that it had a series of canals dug in the front and the back of each of the streets for decorative purposes; those canals lead nowhere. The other feature of that neighborhood is the fact that it is very close to a very narrow ditch that serves as a drainage point so the water flowed down that ditch and contributed to filling up the basin that was created by the developer. So this feature in itself is obvious to any civil engineer that it would become a fill point of a massive drainage plane. I suspect that the county and the developer created this problem and a civil engineer was told to shut up about it. Another point of foolishness is that there’s only a 10 inch rain threshold and that doesn’t make any sense in a place that’s hurricane prone or a hurricane can just sit and spin over the same spot and dump 20 inches. It’s not something that’s out of the realm of possibility.
The 10" rain threshold seems foolishly inadequate. I wonder what the threshold is for other cities along the water. I don't know how to find out.
You're making too much sense.
So it basically has several bathtubs around it that can only overflow?
@@dahe8883 been here for 45 years and seen rain like this every few years it's not a 100 year event it's Florida rainy season Sarasota is one of the worse corrupt counties in Florida they have to buy their drinking water from Manatee county despite having the headwaters of the myaka in their backyard it's really clown world down there with the county commissioners and developers
Your entire neighborhood is surrounded by water. What makes you think you're safe. You haven't even lived there for 10 or 20 years. How would you know what happens?
So I looked up that neighborhood out of curiosity on Google Earth. It looks to me like all the immediately surrounding areas are ~7m elevation and that neighborhood is ~6m in elevation. Sounds minimal but I'm from Houston which is very flat and some areas are more susceptible to flooding than others often times due to very subtle elevation differences of mere feet. My uninformed opinion is that this neighborhood is local 'low' spot that will still drain adequately (to not flood homes) in most rainfall events but heavy sustained rain like Debby will just cause water to bowl in the neighborhood before it can drain off. If the neighborhood wants a more permanent fix they will likely have to raise their houses up (individual solution) or build some sort of active drainage system with pumps to force water out faster (collective solution). Of course none of these are cheap or easy solutions for residents. My brother lived in a home in north Houston that flooded twice in 3 years. He sold and GTHO. That may be their best option if they don't want to live in a home that has a high likelihood of flooding. Stinks to hear this though.
I'm on the East Coast within a mile of the Indian river in a 70's -80's neighborhood. It was build up to 15ft above sea level with exaggerated sloped roads to complement the storm drains. New developments just west of I-95 are flat without a secondary drainage plan. It's all about how cheap can we convert swamp land into new development now. I suspect the flooded Sarasota neighborhoods were never adequately flood mitigated from the planning stage.
I'm no hydrologist, but that water should have been long gone after 2 days if everything was built around a 100-year storm plan.
Ask to look at the stormwater model. It shows 1000 times more information than just eyeballing a theory.
hey you shut up, dont move so close to water in Florida , if they system made 10 inch rain and it actually fell 15-20 make you think gonna happen
When it flooded in Minot, ND it took weeks to recede. That much water doesn’t just disappear. We flooded in 2012 and are still not required to have flood insurance. I do have it myself but it is crazy that people think it won’t happen to them in areas that it could.
I have been there lost everything in a FL storm. Packed our clothes couldn'tget to smokey mtns of TN fast enough. Started all over. Praying for y'all.
You were smart…. I have lived in Tampa 40 years but rising homeowners and property insurance, threat of hurricanes and exceedingly hot/humid weather is making me seriously think about moving.
I would love to do the same, but MIL is here and hubby doesn't want to leave. (Understandably!) However, no matter where you go, there is always some risk...tornadoes, wildfires, or earthquakes. Thank you for your prayers...we need them now here as the storm season will still run another 4 months.
Being born and raised in FL Ive seen over 10 hurricanes and multiple storms. I’ve seen flooding, houses demolished and lives ruined. I left to NC last year and never looking back. FL is one big sand bar a subdivision away from sinking into the ocean.
When you live in a low lying area in a tropical zone you are rolling the dice, especially without flood insurance.
Makes you wonder why this wasn't a designated flood zone. How are you supposed to know you're at risk??
This has nothing to do with the storm. This has everything to do with the county, engineers, and inspectors that signed off on this.
CORRECT I LIVE SECOND FLOOR 2 MILES FROM fort Myers beach been in 4 MAJORS and 3 caused major flooding but not for me I moved the car in land and I live 20 up
@@Joker-lv6ed you are a clown so if it didn’t have tropical rain this would have still happened been here for 26 years and yall never get any tropical weather just wait until you get a real storm like us 16 foot storm
Surge yall gunna get it from the insurance companies now like us
@@cheeseburger6001 Are you sure it wasn't? Gotta check with the FEMA flood maps.
Build more houses and businesses on every piece of land you can find. Should fix the problem. Greedy money destroying people's lives. Someone should be sued!!
@@losteric83 hell yea! Build more! Thats what I’ve been saying!
Do not give up on this story! There is something really wrong with the drainage plan for this community.....
You think
When the highest elevation in Florida is 345 ft above sea level and there are seasonal hurricanes with this one in particular bringing in 18+ inches it should come as no surprise.
Florida, governed by republikkklans. Keep voting against your interests like the rest of the southern states. These flood victims are wealthy white peoples, that’s why they are outraged. If it were poverty stricken areas it wouldn’t make the news. Florida is a shithole state.
The man clearly said the canals wasn’t design to drain 14 inches of rain in one hour you take that across a large area everything drained everything drains that way so the water runs to the ocean what do you expect
This community? The whole state
Water looks natural AF it’s the homes that aren’t supposed to be there hahaha
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Whats funny about it?
I used to mow lawns in this neighborhood. it's not a wetlands or flood prone area. Or wasn't until they built 2 other neighborhoods at a higher elevation around it where there used to be open pastures.
Exactly. My tattoo with morning glory being chocked by a fence or opposite
Ha ha ha cuz. Matter of fact, I think
I live in Florida and in a no Flood Zone also. While I understand that language and feel for all the people affected, I also understand that it's Florida and these storms are getting more and more catastrophic by the year. Whether it's storm surge, rain totals, tornadoes, waterspouts, hurricane categories etc. I still have flood insurance even though it's not required, I'm never taking that chance.
People that support the Florida Government can't admit its becoming more catastrophic every year, or changing. But, they keep voting for it. Oh well, thoughts and prayers.
Stop with the liberal climate change BS, storms are no more powerful than they ever have been. So tire of the liberal lies.
Same here. Never say never.
IT'S CALLED OVER BUILDING🤔🙆♂🏘🛖🏫🏨🏤🏡🏚🏠
Yes, thank you Benderson. The scourge of Sarasota and beyond. With the blessing of our government. It's all about the money. Always is
Move out- let the mortgage holder have it!! Cut your losses and move out!
So then you’re suggesting the homeowners foreclose? They’ll never get another mortgage.
There used to be a saying, "..if you believe that then I've got some swampland in Florida to sell you."
I was shocked to learn that people not only bought that land, but actually built homes on it. 🙄
I’m from this area and trees keep getting destroyed, many plants that play a huge roles to suck up all the water as soon as it rains, have been getting wrecked in the past decade, this area has grown so fast that not even highways can’t keep up with the growth, 🌴🌳🌲🌴 the more you kill trees the more water accumulates, sucks for the homeowners im really sorry, but we can’t stay quiet and let developers keep destroying nature
NAILED IT
And aluminum being absorbed by the tree roots prevents them from being able to absorb water.
Flood insurance is a personal responsibility- not the government’s responsibility. If you live anywhere near water, flood insurance should be purchased.
The flood insurance programs are run by the federal government. And as such, you have to qualify for it before they will let you take out a policy. This is why they make people put their homes on stilts when the government reviews their policies--to minimize claims.
@@AStanton1966 I have FEMA flood insurance...they have a website for people as they partner with more than 50 private insurers (NFIP program) for the insurance....I'm not in a flood zone but nearby and I didn't have to "qualify" but it has gone from $230 - $908/yr in 7 years.
@@AStanton1966 Half true. Flood insurance policies are primarily managed through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). However, it is recommended that if you live in area even low-risk, you should get a flood insurance policy through a third party that works with NFIP/FEMA.
Ummmm where are you getting insurance in Florida man??
@@shaneomack5018 It is Florida Girl, and I have excellent coverage from State Farm. And always get flood insurance even though I am not by water.
The mosquitos must be treacherous around all that stagnant water. 😮😮😮
The entire State of Florida is practically a flood zone. Swamps are flood zones. Every single pond and lake in Florida is a lower part of the area where rainwater pools. Debbie was an exceptional storm in the way it held all that water in the clouds. Expect more and more heavy rains. Every single person should have flood insurance! I wish everyone the best! I can't begin to imagine the horror of a flooded house in a tropical climate. It would be my biggest nightmare come true!
That old saying for people coming from up north, I got some swamp land to sell you.
Exactly florida is literally a giant swamp if anything anywhere is prone to flooding. It doesn’t have to be complicated its common sense! The only places that wouldn’t need flood insurance are places that dont historically flood.
Over building and failing to take into account drainage is the problem, the county commissioners are to blame as are city commissioners in city limits. All they see are new tax dollars they can spend like drunken sailors so they just approve every new development, that causes issues with drainage because water has nowhere to go once you build on every inch of land.
That’s horrible. These homes are seriously damaged.
Drywall soaks up water like a sponge.
Woodframe homes may be a "do over"..
Then do not let builders build on lower areas and ruin peoples lives.
Our government keeps giving them permits to build wherever TF they want. Why would they stop??
The street the news reporter is standing next to is above the flooded properties. It looks like the street is at least 10 feet above. That alone should have been a big clue....
Horrible. They have to pay the mortgage on destroyed homes, come up with $100k or more to fix their home, and pay for a new apartment or hotel to live in for months while the repairs are done. Many neighbors won't be able to pay so the property values will be ruined.
Definitely right and the longer that water stays there and does not recede the worse the situation gets. Absolute destruction, so sad.
I agree it is horrible! My family lost our metal roof during Hurricane Ian, the trusses lifted, can see the sky in the upper floor rooms and my house has severe structure cracks, mold and non functioning PGT casement windows, we still today almost 2 years have water damaged drywall every time it rains. I still have to make mortgage payments, property tax, and Insurance 😢 just wrong
@@654Bearcub i lived in Sarasota in 1990 to 1996 off Fruitville rd. We had flooding from hurricane Andrew but it receded fast. All the development and changes to the street drains caused all this. I am so sorry I can’t imagine the anxiety you experience. Praying for you . Hang in there.
Even if you get it fixed, your gonna be thinking it will happen again and now your property value is going to drop
Don't worry the flippers are waiting to buy cheap there's always somebody that's going to buy if they didn't wanna pay your mortgage they should've paid cash for the home
Sadly if you look back how long Laurel Meadows has been there, almost 20 years... that's a lot of storms its been through without flooding. Go back on Google Earth... and no real heavy development until 2020 in the surrounding area. But the amount of man made lakes and how close these homes are, is no wonder why we have a problem. It's a combination of both over development, bad engineering and historic rainfall within a short time period. Maybe building homes 10 feet next to each other and building near or on wetlands isn't such a great idea anymore...? This will happen again, all this is fair warning from mother nature. I feel for those people.. Seems odd to me that all these new gated, walled up subdivisions, have nothing but man made lakes in every section of the housing layout. Look west of the interstate and you will notice all the older Sarasota neighbors don't have lakes as backyard waterfronts.
Global Warming. Weather is changing everywhere.
The 100 year event is getting old fast
But it's true. Have you ever seen that much rainfall in such a short period of time? It's historic.
@@GillAgainsIsland12 Yeah, we saw it a couple weeks ago in July from Hurricane Beryl in Houston.
I've been here 45 years and seen at least 4 100-year events, I remember 19" and much worse flooding in the 80's... this is Florida what are you expecting?
100 year events are every 5-10 years these days
Hundred year floods are happening every few years these days. Human-caused climate change. Warmed atmosphere holds more water vapor and leads to more and stronger storms. Warmer oceans lead to stronger storms and more rainfall. Simple reality.
Even more problematic when homes in Sarasota are valued over $1 million.
@@Plutogalaxy they're still paying the bank on those houses, and without flood insurance they're basically eating that money
@@Plutogalaxy My perspective is that if you had the means to protect your home but you didn't..shrug...they should have knocked the couch cushions around for a couple thousand to protect that million-dollar home sitting not too far from the ocean....choices
@@jamesfields7these homes are like 10 miles from the ocean, and the neighborhood is nice, but until the market went crazy they were very affordable. My cousin (pastor of a very small church) and his wife (elementary school teacher) live in it. These aren't rich people, they are normal people.
Any home that expensive must have full insurance coverage, unless you’re so rich it doesn’t matter.
All homes in Florida must be 50% off now not for me!!
So basically people building homes on lands they shouldn't have built on. Developers allowing it because they are greedy as hell. Insurance companies allowed it. This is why my insurance is through the roof.
If you live in Florida, always have a plan to get out of a flood and to have important paperwork or items in a waterproof lock box, that you can grab and go.
isn’t Florida considered a whole flood area if it’s built on a peninsula???
3:20 that is a large canal/bridge don’t say there’s no water anywhere when it’s right there. The water came from somewhere duh. Is it bad yes but don’t say there’s no water anywhere
the media is used to turn the heads of those that are questioning the lying narative give by the politicans.
HEY NORTHERNERS....Florida is swampland....even when dry...
Greedy developers Crooked politicians what could you expect
EXACTLY 💯
It looks like developed swamp land
It's been a week and the flood water hasn't receding 😮😮😮
This the one of main reason why I move from Sarasota it’s bad flooding, and a lot of the sewages is bad in whole city it’s a lot of old neighborhoods.☀️
Everybody is dunking on the homeowners, but they were not in the flood zone and dozens above see level (which is high in FL). This was a major drainage issue due to someone fucked-up from whoever that approved the surrounding housing development.
exactly ;
True but if you live in Florida and don't carry flood insurance, you're taking a risk no matter where you live
FEMA spent millions to do the surveys. Sarasota county should have zoned it a wetland not residential. It’s all on the county.
Everything we use or live in is temporary, including our body!
Now THAT is the truth.
Unfortunately.😮
Friend of mine was not in a flood zone more than 50 ft elevation and he got flooded because the county had temporarily blocked off storm drains for construction purposes and he got flooded
What a shocking story swampland is wet with water.
All Floridians - "Stop allowing all this building! Our infrastructure & environment can't handle it!"
Politicians - "You donated to my next private jet fund. Of course you can keep building in Florida"
Taxation without representation is theft. 200 years ago people were FREAKING OUT over a TEA TAX. We're being taxed out the ass and not a single one of our representatives GAF about what we want & what they were voted in to do. Yet we do absolutely NOTHING to hold them accountable. Why would they stop getting rich at our expense when WE ALLOW IT?!?
That was swamp 35 years ago
No word how the homeless are doing.
They're still afloat....that's why they're being recruited by the swim team for next Olympics.
Sue the city, county, state, every possible government institution.
Why do they call it “100 year storm” ? Seems like a misnomer. Flooding, tropical storms and hurricanes occur every year and flood towns every year. Not once every hundred years.
Born and Raised in Miami,FL. My family lives throughout the State. It’s getting worse and worse every year. My husband and I left FL in 2017 and never looked back. Just got to know when. Vacation and go-
Seriously no more building on the ground in Florida it has to stop
Kudos to this reporter, Jada Williams. At the conclusion, she brings to story to a clear, understandable close, with a lucid reference to the difference between the special FEMA zone, and a "normal," familiar flood-zone designation. Most on-scene reporters stress the drama, don't delve deeply into the crucial backstory, and leave unanswered questions.
Heartbreaking, what’s the pump station situation there?
Fight this is a drainage problem don’t give up.
Well Florida loves no Govt regulation. Be careful what you wish for.
Your probably a Kamala supporter lol
@@bhelms64one strike and we're out. new rule they just for us😂
Looks like Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Lakefront property.
No flood insurance when you’re living on a huge over-built peninsula? Looks like Florida will mostly be underwater down the road!!!!
From Pinellas south has been a issue since I was a kid I'm 51 and nothing has been fixed. But hey Pinellas and Hillsborough is getting a new multi billion dollar stadium that the tax payers are flipping the bill.
RIGHT!!!!!
The rays stadium is going to once again be the WORST investment ever. They are trying to cram too many people in Pinellas.
last summer i was in this wonderful city for 6 days, i was shocked to see these pictures of the hurricane. A hug to all the people of Sarasota.
It’s a lake now.
Question, are there water inlets and drain pipes in these neighborhoods that are flooded? It appears that the neighborhoods East of I-75 are the ones that are flooded.
Let's blame somebody! Somebody must pay! NatureRocks! Kamala will tell you the truth😂
Can't completely drain a swamp, can you?
Ron Destanis is missing nowhere to be found.
lol
He is looking for his best anchors boots… poor old Rhonda
I thought Du Santis was there and fixed everything .
Whoever said he was a miracle maker? Show me one governor who can tell Mother Nature what to do.
@@GillAgainsIsland12 laws from his party lead to this type of disaster
@ThriftyCHNR
Which law cause the average elevation of Florida to be 100 ft and receive seasonal hurricanes?
He has his little white boots on the ground.
We gotta stop flushing Baby wipes !
I can't tell if this is sarcasm
The Internet has ruined everything 😅
For real?!
I brought flood insurance years ago even tho my broker says I don’t need it.
Imma about to buy sinkhole insurance next
The sad part to this story, more storms are on the way.
Lenders don't require flood insurance for flood zone X but flood zone X is usually adjacent to an A zone where flood insurance is required by lenders.
What happened in that neighborhood near Orlando where the horrible neighbor clogged up the drainage system with concrete? She should be jailed for that.
I can remember in the late 60s early 70s in Miami on a high tide no rain walking into stores that had 2 to 6 inches of water
Thank you! Everyone is acting like Florida flooding is NEW.
Build build build and this is what happens. If there is a cypress tree in your backyard, you do not want to live there. FL has been ruined by this over building. I am sorry for these folks at the same time.
The bald cypress trees , which are Florida natives, do not need water to grow. They grow in wet & dry areas.
@@maxmanx1294I beg to differ. They live in swamps. Big Cypress preserve? Sure they can live in dry areas but the issue is that they'll get shaded out in a well draining forest and die, so instead they grow in areas that are so wet that nothing else can grow.
10 inches of rain in 24 hours is more of a every 5 years kind of thing now
It's been like that for the almost 5 decades I've lived in Florida.
Great drainage system smh
Sarcasm, right?
Looks great for fish, turtles, snakes, and gators.
@@FLSonshine exactly
When the average elevation of Sarasota is 30ft above sea level there’s not much incentive to 18+ plus inches of rain to drain anywhere.
Yankees keep moving to Florida and therefore Builders keep building going as far as to cover up watershed areas..Many of these areas have never flooded before unitl recently with the masses of new developement going up..
I smell some BS. Over developing and moving too quickly on projects. not expecting 20-year storm cycles. I lived here most of my life. You can't fool locals that have been saying for years that the big one is coming for sarasota, and this wasn't even a full hurricane. Infrastructure and engineering need to be looked at under a microscope. So do developers.
Like Miami ...more buildings...more construction...no green for water to run out....
Don't worry, you can find 10 engineers with 10 different answers blaming someone.
There's something going on here that no one has figured out.
If you live in Florida, buy flood insurance
30 feet elevation?
Yeah that’s the average elevation of Sarasota.
The pipes were too small !! The ladie is right. You add in all the collection of debris and it clogs up
I hated the slope on my driveway when I first moved into my house in Florida. But after seeing what a flood can do, I love it now.
Why aren't they showing a higher ariel view? From there you will be able to outline the lake-effect created by the development. Cross reference with any recent topography. From there determine the drainage they claim to have planned.
Where's the US Army Corp of Engineers? They should be able to figure this out in their sleep.
"THEY CAN"T BELIEVE THE WATER IS STILL THERE", WHILE I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU DAMN SYSTEM ZOMBIES ARE STILL THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I live in Florida; this is not unusual. You don't know if they got the drainage right until you get your first major storm. In my area, Interstate 95 cuts through a small wetland area, they built a community on the west side of 95. The first major storm since the community was built came through, 95 held the storm water from draining east onto a flood plain. The community drainage plan was engineered wrong, it stayed flooded for 5-6 days until it all finally drained west at low tides into the St. Johns River.
What florida needs is definitely LESS regulation and a ban on the words CLIMATE CHANGE for planning and other government related things like this. That will help floridians with bigger frequent '100' year events that are happening monthly all across the globe. For sure.
It is not advisable to buy a house near ponds, wetlands, rivers, streams or canals...
Scary thing about this is that this is only rain water not a storm surge. But still only rain water every one s first and main floor is wiped out . The news also mentions their is dewy water also mixed in with that . Just Terrible, will see who’s going to help those people out . Next stop for Debbie is upstate NY , NJ , and Vermont. Vermont got hit 2 times in 2 years and now it might be 3 . People just don’t have hundredths of thousands of dollars to keep putting in these homes.
Of course they're going to blame the county cuz they got no way to recoup their losses
I’m not too far from Sarasota. I’m actually going to be headed into Sarasota in a couple of minutes for work.
Thankfully where I stay, we have lots of woods or trees where all the water goes when it rains. Never ever floods in my neighborhood.
Did I just see somebody pissing off the bridge
As much as I feel real bad for these people, This should be another wake up call to everyone, That we all need to make the best choices in our lives in order to protect our property and families. We hear two many times that this type of damage has never happened here and I have been here for all my life. Humanity needs to make informed intelligent choices in life (And that means taking into account all worse case possibilities for the area your want you live and then deciding if it is right for you)
Prayers for our Floridians brothers and sisters. Where is Deathsantis TaxSantis there for his photo shoot op in his knees high White Boots
These people are delusional thinking living in Sarasota that they don’t think it’ll ever flood. 😂
It blows my mind that these cribs aren’t lifted
Man this really is upsetting. You work very hard for your things making a living and its gone in a instant. I bought my first home last year and its really nerve racking always wondering when my time comes. I also dont live in a flood zone. Virginia got hit from Debbie but nothing like this.
The bank will be getting alot of these homes.
These people can sell their Wisconsin and Michigan summer homes to come up with the cash.
@@jamesfields7 I know one of these people personally. They lost everything. stfu
As they say in Florida...buyer beware.
This issue was caused by bad engineering. There needs to be someone held accountable. This water shouldn't be standing there. Someone signed off on construction that shouldn't have been. The city should cover the damages.