After 100 years without a hurricane, people become complacent. They build houses next to the Ocean in low country, the County building code is outdated, some refuse to evacuate when told 5 days in advance, etc. These are barrier islands in a zone that used to be swampy with mangroves. The Continental Shelve extends many miles out and the water is shallow, this allows an easier path for surges.
Its hard to comprehend that we stayed in one of those four story buildings from 9/17 to 9/24/2022. We saw the condo in the video and could hardly believe the condition of the surroundings. It's hard to find words, especially for all the poeple that live there. Thank u for the footage!
Sad. We once had a great day on Sanibel, visiting the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. I truly wish you all the best. Greetings from Munich, Germany.
I have been Visiting Sanibel for 25 years, staying on Shell Island Beach apartments. It is our peaceful place. Beautiful , wild life, amazing birds , too much to comment on or say how sad to see such devastation. Love and prayers to everyone and the soul of the Island, was due to visit on 21stOct. Will be sending love and prayers and thank you. Margaret Day and Michael Fireman ❤❤❤
My family is 55 years in Tampa Bay, living at around 50 ft above sea level, and a few miles inland. I heard as a child that the local Indians would live on high ground and only go to the sea for fish and oysters, then return to the village. They lost little if and when a hurricane struck the coast. Times have changed and we now have multi million dollar mansions being built on spoil islands with no elevation. They are sitting ducks for every disaster. What a shame.
@@P.Galore The hubris of thinking we can withstand nature's fury while building on shifting sand at the waters edge, is why this tragedy continues every few years. No wind rating really matters. The Indians had more sense hundreds of years ago, than we do now.
@@Diana1000Smiles The Tocobago indians were the dominant tribe for about 700 years in upper Pinellas County. They planted crops, and hunted local game such as deer and alligators. Not much is known about their demise as they battled other tribes and were subjected to disease brought by the Spaniards. It is assumed they merged with other tribes over the years such as the Calusa and Seminole. A few tribes still have reservations in the state where casinos such as the Hard Rock operate under a compact agreement.
That all looks better than expected. Shingles and pool cages are the usual victims. Would like to see some big ones back on west golf dr. I'm surprised the bridges performed so poorly. I guess everything built after 1990 is OK. (I was there for Charlie)
nope,nothing is ok,first and second floors were all gutted and destroyed,most of these houses have new been demolished and removed for new buildings,the ariel views are misleading
@thevictors6724 I was in a house at lake murex last week - no upstairs damage. (5ft water line downstairs) Took 2 weeks to switch out interior drywall in the downstairs area ( not occupied) There was a reason they built on stilts. Beach front is rough for anything not new. .... after 9 months. What a giant difference properly installed windows make. I'm surprised no one is talking about surge protection along the beach ( and bridge)
In this video, you can tell a lot of the homes had hurricane standards, their roofs and buildings were still intact. We are going to stay strong, unite and help each other rebuild because that is what Floridians do. Thank you for your videos 👍
Yes, the entire World can see how Governor DeSantis is helping Humans. He still has several million USD to ship the unwanted Humans to "Progressive States", doesn't he?
Live in these locations, and this will eventually happen. Living in a house within these low lying coastal areas means understanding the risks. Says me, in the tropics, in cyclone season, on a boat 😅😊
@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 go back to school - I clearly said I live on a boat - and Floridians need to take responsibility for their own decisions, including living on a sand cay
My prayers are with the people who lost so much. I know what it's like to clear and clean up after your home has been damaged from a flood. You are exhausted; you feel like you have been robbed but you cant call the police because everything you have lost is in front of you and is broken and damaged and covered with mud and filth. You have days and months of clearing mud and years down the line you will still be finding something you didn't get all the mud off just to remind you all over again of that hopelessness you felt. I send you all what little strength I have left in a prayer.
OldLadyFish you said it all, with what strength I might have left I'd still share your same empathy, compassion, good will and whatever I have in my little lifeboat with you and them. 🇺🇲
So lucky to be living in a big fine house on a beautiful island in Florida. The Christian gets waved through while publicly insulting intelligence with suggestions progress is made with one foot in fantasyland. God help us they get elected.
Hurricane Besty in 1965 was devastating and people talked about it for years. Hurricane Camille in 1969 killed 23 people in a collapse three story building. It was said to be a party which was later de- bunked as a lie. A movie was made using Hurricane Party which in real life never happened. I remember Camille and recall my father going outside to take something down and he was a big strong man and to this day still don't know how he made it through the wind. I recall my ears popping and the suction through the house with small opening in every window. Sitting in the hallway with pillows and blankets and my mom very scared. Then my father put me and my three brothers and mom in the bathtub with pillows, blankets and a mattress on top of us. When the eye was over us my father went outside and I was allowed and it was dead still nothing moving or could be heard very scary feeling. The first sign of wind movement we went back inside and into the tub. I recall visiting family and the gulf cost line was demolished. You could see these huge steps leading up to homes that were not there any longer. That was my remembrance of my first hurricane at seven years old.
You and I have both seen some in our years. The biggest difference really is the population and number of homes now vs then. 259 deaths total with Camille. I’m from the pan handle and have seen quite a few there, but moved out permanently in 95. We lost our home from flooding with no flood insurance. FEMA would arrange a low interest loan to rebuild, but we still would owe on the original mortgage! Just said the heck with it and told them all nope.
And ever since 1965, more and more people have built more and more shanty construction on the shore. Even the more modern, well built stuff is is so close to water, roofs come off, boats end up in living rooms, windows are broken out and we end up with another slum. All waterfront should be dedicated to national park and public beach. No private homes, condos, commercial should be allowed within one mile distance to water. Create a buffer zone.
@@davidoetting1551 That would be so great. I remember in my youth, and even as a young adult, there was really nothing between Panama City beach and Ft. Walton Beach. Not even much on the beach in Panama City Beach. Now it is all built up with hotels, resorts, condos etc. Same thing from North Miami to Ft. Lauderdale back in 70s. Back then the people in the entire state were friendly. Over time more and more moved from up north and brought the attitude with them. Then they take over government and start passing stupid laws such as no BBQ in your own yard, claiming health and safety as the reason. For all I care they can all get the heck out of FL and take that crap back up north where they came from!
@@davidoetting1551, none of the barrier islands around Florida should have any sort of buildings on them. Another direct hit from a cat 3 or 4 hurricane will recreate the same outcome
1961, 9/11 Carla Port Lavaca; I was a child when Hurricane Carla hit. What I remember most was the constant rain and the fact that we had no roof on our house; we did have a roof but it was like a spaghetti colander when it rained. The only dry places in the house was under the dining room table and bed. We rode out Carla in the out house. My dad was away at war and my mom and older brothers were working as migrant workers took the one mattress off the bed and took the bedroom door off of our shotgun house and covered the opening of the septic tank and placed a mattress on top of it then piled us 7 kids inside. She stood up half that day and all that night holding the door shut with a slide board and she repeated "The Lord's Prayer" over and over for hours. Sad but true; the out house had thicker walls than our shotgun house and the roof didn't leak. When the first part of the storm passed my mom looked out and said the house was ok. After the eye passed over and the storm started up again all you could hear was the wind screaming, wood cracking and the nails in the boards of the toilet walls grinding and groaning. This is the image that has stuck with me ever since. When we all came out of the out house; the house and even the bricks that the house sat on were gone. My mom stood in the place where the house was looking down the street. I remember how painfully loud she screamed. She wasn't upset about what little we had was gone along with the derelict migrant worker rent house we were living in. She was screaming at the sight of nothing. You see there were more than 50 rundown rental homes on our street. In all directions there was nothing, only our out house and a scripped of it's bark mulberry tree that grew next to it and the clean shadows of where houses use to be. My mom said when the death toll was counted they left out the hundreds of poor people living in substandard homes that disappeared off the face of the earth that day. And yes I believe in GOD !
Sanibel has some of the strictest building codes anywhere. Over half the island is nature preserve that will never be developed. No structure is/can be more than 3 stories. Definitely not over developed. It's a beautiful place. Once it's back on it's feet you should visit. You would be surprised.
Abound 70% of this island is nature preserve. There is only really damage to show in the areas where there are homes and most of those are clustered together.
drone camera's are stabilized, unless you are flying at high speeds they are very stable, I have a DJI Mini 2, even with the 3 battery, charger and carry case "fly more bundle" it was $600 and will be this stable.
I spent many a day on that beachfront before Sanibel became what it is today. There were so few homes there in the 60’s and early 70’s. Haven’t been back there since ‘85.
Wind did little damage compared to the water damage. Our mobile home on Sanibel plus 100 more of the same minimum wind damage almost none all damage was water surge the likes that never happened before.
It's probably a ridiculous idea to try and make requests for footage, but just in case the drone operator is still on the island and still has permission to fly, could they get some footage of the Periwinkle and Casa Ybel area? My grandmother lives on Roseate Lane, and her husband's house is across Periwinkle on Ardsley Way. They were out of town during the storm, thankfully, but they left long before Ian was a storm and sadly did not board up. I'm trying to find out if they have anything to come home to.
I had the same comment on Saturday when my dad asked me if I had seen any of the storm damage to Sanibel (we used to vacation there every summer), he said Sanibel is newer construction so the buildings are better built to survive these storms.
@@maureenbauer685 yes that makes perfect sense. I even thought more trees were still standing and not as much sand all over everything. Fort Myers looked like it had snow. Hahaa
Fort Myers Beach refused to allow any improvements or rebuilds. So most homes and buildings were very old construction that are far worse construction than modern building codes enforce that is why Fort Myers beach has so much worse damage. Old construction residential or commercial are damaged far worse than 2001 or newer construction throughout the damaged areas of Florida.
Considering the wind speed, I have to write that I think the hurricane codes on the buildings are working. If this had been 1970 instead of 2022, we'd be looking at total devastation. Next year, at this time, most of the mess will be cleaned up and the area will look as good as new again.
Except, it's Climate Change, not just Florida's usual catastrophe. Some US areas are getting tornadoes in December, remember? And, ofcourse the US West is having longer Wildfire Seasons, every year. Maybe ignorance is bliss, or maybe the majority of Americans are pharmaceutically dependent?
@@gomertube Only 18% of the people affected had flood insurance. It's sad to think that many of the people who are in their 80s will have to start all over again. Insurance will be available but, at an exorbitant price. There was a Nurse on TV after one hurricane in Florida who said that her hurricane insurance went to more than $4,000.00/month. That was more than her mortgage, according to her.
Hmm..houses from the 70's in FL are usually made of concrete beams and concrete blocks. The roofs are the problem..anything made of wood (frame houses etc) do not survive these winds, though I think Irma was worse in terms of winds. Most of the damage here was done by the surge.
@@waynejohnson1304 I wonder if even the ultra-rich will want to rebuild. The stress of it all may not be worth it. I predict a major cooling in the market for coastal properties.
Is there any possible way you could get drone footage of the Gumbo Limbo neighborhood? I have a close friend of mine who's home is on Sanibel Island and we would love to be able to see closer footage of their home. Great footage and video of the island, really sad to see this destruction.
Echoing the positive thoughts and comments. I'm a Floridian. Years ago there was a broadcast program on Public Television. The guest is a woman from Emergency Management. She had some wise words. Visit the coast. Don't live there. Don't live anywhere near a body of water meaning lake or river. It's going to flood sooner or later. A elderly gentleman once told me about home insurance. If you need a mortgage. Set a side the same amount in savings. While others are fighting to get money to repair and replace you are will on your way to restoration. All those homes that are still standing. You are looking at a complete removal of all interior surfaces. Even though the water intrusion may have been minor in some cases. Mold grows fast in this environment. What you are looking at are essentially shells.
@@petemavus2948 from what I can see in the Google street view they looked older, like maybe 60's era construction and most likely largely washed off by the storm surge that was as high as most of the cottages where
@@DanielRichards644 Wow Daniel, I hope they survived and are all alright.Thank you for your reply. I noticed you are really kind, helpful and informative in a lot of the comments here and a big comfort to many trying to understand and cope with the anxiety and aftermath. It's a beautiful thing to see amidst so much death and destruction. Please don't change, take good care of yourself as well and ALL THE BEST to YOU and them. 🙏⚖️🇺🇲🌉💙✌️
@@petemavus2948 if they rebuild they will have to be vastly different, newer buildings aren't allowed to be that close to the ground in a hurricane zone specifically because of storm surge, that's why you see so many of the resorts having a parking garage as the lower level, this gives a place for storm surge to pass through the building without causing a lot of damage to the structure. The main reason I was able to identify it was I recognized one of the resorts nearby and so I was able to use Google maps to cross reference and see what was missing, it's the same way I confirmed the Mucky Duck off the drone footage, I spotted something that felt like it could be the MD and so I compared buildings near it to the 3D view of Google Maps to confirm that was the MD. Sanibel was my go to vacation spot. It's been 9 years since I've been, I'm looking at pictures on my computer now of my car in the MD parking lot with the Gulf in the background and another picture parked on the beach of Causeway Island B with the lighthouse off in the distance. We got rained out most of the week but our last night there the sky's cleared, we drove to Captiva, watched the sunset from Turner Beach and had dinner at MD.
These videos are fantastic! Any chance you'd do one down the other end of the island along Blue Heron Drive and White Ibis and the neighborhoods around there? (Gulf Shores and Gulf Pines). Again- great footage- such detail! Thanks for considering!
The bridge with fallen sides had to be put one more row of concrete foundations from the begining of the bridge at the both left and right sides and concrete slabs put on them as in the middle.
Every single one of these buildings is rotted out with seawater, soggy furniture, gutted, full of sand & marine remnants, and God knows how many people that are still in them that didn’t leave or get help. The task of going through each and every one of those buildings to search for survivors. It’s reported 200 to 300 people stayed. awful
I live close to Lake Michigan it's amazing how powerful water is at what rolls up onto the beach I just saw some big logs, that rolled up onto the beach.
I live close to Lake Michigan it's amazing how powerful water is at what rolls up onto the beach I just saw some big logs, that rolled up onto the beach.
::While staying in the Florida Keys in the 80s, a hurricane went over Cuba and when it got to Key West, within 30 minutes it made a 90 degree turn and went straight up the keys. I turned off the radio when it was at Key West thinking it was heading straight north...what a surprise.
Yeah, but I've seen a bunch of those that when they showed the sides the inside of the house was blown out/inundated from surge. Hopefully not all though 🤞
was discussing this with my dad on Saturday, far more of Sanibel is standing compared to Fort Myers Beach, the main difference is many of these structures are newer so are built using newer codes and so they hold up better.
@@feedermonkey7233 you'll notice many of them have stairs leading to the front door because the lower level is generally kept open or built with walls designed to "blow out" in event of storm surge so they are used as garages, you expect to see those walls blown out, but notice you don't see living rooms in them?
do you have video of the northern end of the island? A friend of mine is wanting to see his house and the NOAA satellite pictures don't have enough resolution.
If anybody knows what happend to Danny Morgan on Sanible give a shout out..he's a musical legend there and has deep roots on Sanibel..he's a boomer..not young my age around 75...my old high school friend..kinda worried about him right now..SO IF YOU SEE OR HEAR FROM HIM post a comment please..much appreciated.
Next to the Japan tsunami, I’ve never seen such widespread destruction from a natural disaster. Indescribable loss. I can’t get this out if my mind & I keep praying. My heart aches for Florida up here in Michigan. We have family in Tampa; miraculously, they never even lost power.
Climate changes are getting more radical, and Climate Change is definitely caused by selfish Humans. If you look around the Planet, you might see how dangerous our environment has become. Not everyone is able to buy million dollar homes. Some people don't even have clean Water.
The eye of the storm was 35 miles or so. The total distance of the Hurricane North to South was about 300 miles. That’s about the distance from Cincinnati to Toledo.
@@patrickwhelan5703 There are lots of places we “shouldn’t” be living. Should anyone live in the Midwest with Tornadoes? Or California with Earthquakes. We could go on and on.
This looks as bad as Katrina. Water damage turns into mold fast. They're still areas that have not come back in Louisianan. I was at Katrina a week after the storm hit. It's un-describable how bad it is and how shell shocked the locals were. The main problem after the water receded was mold and the total tear out of thousands of homes interiors. Wire,sheetrock , insulation, I mean everything. it was crazy to see the garbage mountains in front of endless homes.Many were new nice two story brick fronts. American dream. No flood insurance, the surge excuse. People lived in tents inside their homes because the mortgage didn't stop coming which left no money for repairs. Took people years to recover. Floridians are in for a tough row.
Honestly I'm not shedding a tear for anyone who lived on Sanibel. If you can afford to live on Sanibel, you'll be fine. I'm more concerned for the people who can't go to work at the resorts and hotels on the island and earn a living. Tourism is Florida's main source of income.
I live in the mountains! 2-3,000 feet above sea level! I come from a very STRONG US Navy family. I love the ocean & the beach! But I also RESPECT Mother Nature! She is very, very, very STRONG and powerful! " Man belongs to the EARTH. EARTH does NOT BELONG TO MAN"! Chief Seattle! Wise man! 🤔🤔🇩🇪🇺🇲🥰😉😉😉⛱️🌅🏖️⚓⛵⚓🌲🌄🌲
When i was young i remeber watching an old black and white movie about some islanders experiencing a hurricane, or likely a typhoon or cyclone or whatever. One part someone was tyingbthemselves to a tree as the water rose over the island. The image stuck with me my whole life. Anyone know what that movie might have been?!
Just like the causeway the actual bridge infrastructure held up, the water actually eroded the dirt underneath the road sections before and after the bridge hence the collapse. This should be an easier repair the having to replace the actual bridge which "looks" to be fine, but of course will require assessment by on site structural engineers.
I have all the faith in the world that as catastrophic as the damage is; Sanibel Island will be restored to its wonderful and absolutely beautiful paradise it has always known to be !
Nice job, but this is mostly showing single family homes on canals, etc. It would have been nice to have seen some of the beloved businesses and how they fared -- the Thistle Lodge at Casa Ybel, the Periwinkle Shops, Traders, the Island Cow, Jerry's, Bailey's, etc. My guess is these Storm Chasers are not that familiar with the island as it looks pretty random.
Why don't you call him and Request the footage. SMFH some people are never happy. 100 Percent of the island is affected. I'm certain the businesses are as well.
Looks like more of the newer higher end places survived pretty well, you are going to have to replace the pool cover but it will be livable pretty quickly. Its a lot better than Ft Myers, just needs the bridge fixed and power turned back on so people can head back and start the cleanup.
funny enough it's not the "bridge" that needs fixing, it's the land areas between the bridge sections and a good chunk of the road leading to the toll booth on the main land. they can probably rebuild the connecting islands with sand dredging (the same way they built the Palm islands in Dubia) while they rebuild the roadway to the toll booth so as each segment is repaired they get closer to being able to bring in trucks for the paving work.
It's kind of like living in a caldera in an active volcano and then being surprised by an eruption. I live in Sarasota, Florida and Ian was our 5th near direct hit miss but still destructive hurricane since I've moved here.
@@bornwin-sx9oz .. We lost a tree and a tree's worth of large branches. Followed by a day and a half of intense cleanup, no power for over a day and we are considering ourselves lucky. We often lose power and lose power for over a day, time after time because no one here has enough common sense to BURY the power lines, but instead the power lines are mixed in with tall tree lines. The lines in the subdivisions are all buried, but all the lines to the subdivisions are tangled around trees. This time of the year I feel like I'm living in Hurricane Alley and the best analogy is like trying to walk across a highway without getting hit. The only thing odd this year is the cool weather after the hurricane, normally it's hot and humid.
Yellowstone is partly in my State. I don't think a huge volcano disaster will happen before Humans cannot afford clean Water and start killing one another for food.
@@DJaquithFL , Volcanoes should be a bigger worry for Scientists than Storms or Asteroids. When was the last Super Eruption of Yellowstone's Super Volcano ? 640,000 years ago ?
@@BSU55 .. Actually, the chances of you having an eruption anywhere in the world versus having a hurricane hit you in Florida by comparison are essentially an absolute guarantee and an often occurrence. I've lived in the Sarasota area since 2000 and I've had my homes affected or otherwise damaged now for a fifth time.
2:32 I’m pretty sure this is Loggerhead Cay……3x we’ve stayed here….Hopefully someday we can return. My prayers go out to everyone who works there and everyone else affected by Hurricane Ian.
Have been to this island many times and have never seen it in this state. Such a nice island to visit. They will rebuild as we always do and it will back to its natural beauty.
I guess it’s in my DNA to be fascinated and horrified with hurricanes. My great grandmother was killed in the great Miami hurricane in 1926, I believe. My grandmother and all her siblings became orphans. The lived in the attic of their house for three days until the water subsided.
Don't know if you will have another chance to film the island, but it would give a good perspective if you would start from the light house, make your way up one side of the island and down the other side.
My Massachusetts neighbor lost his Sanibel condo to Ian. And you wonder - even if places are rebuilt, is anyone going to want to live in a place where many or most of the people are gone and may never return? Where homes may not be repaired for years, if ever? It seems like you could make a horror movie about it.
Another video of this has the sound on and there are detectors beeping everywhere. Such a shame, all destroyed in a matter of hours. With the bridges out, this will be a long, long rebuild and recovery, all by boat! So sad,
After 100 years without a hurricane, people become complacent. They build houses next to the Ocean in low country, the County building code is outdated, some refuse to evacuate when told 5 days in advance, etc.
These are barrier islands in a zone that used to be swampy with mangroves. The Continental Shelve extends many miles out and the water is shallow, this allows an easier path for surges.
Its hard to comprehend that we stayed in one of those four story buildings from 9/17 to 9/24/2022. We saw the condo in the video and could hardly believe the condition of the surroundings. It's hard to find words, especially for all the poeple that live there. Thank u for the footage!
Sad. We once had a great day on Sanibel, visiting the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. I truly wish you all the best. Greetings from Munich, Germany.
They will rebuild. It will take 5 to 10 years.
@@passingthroughtime3033 No, only 1 1/2 or two. Roofing companies will be busy.
@@jrbeckman2194 False!
I have been Visiting Sanibel for 25 years, staying on Shell Island Beach apartments. It is our peaceful place. Beautiful , wild life, amazing birds , too much to comment on or say how sad to see such devastation. Love and prayers to everyone and the soul of the Island, was due to visit on 21stOct. Will be sending love and prayers and thank you.
Margaret Day and Michael Fireman ❤❤❤
My family is 55 years in Tampa Bay, living at around 50 ft above sea level, and a few miles inland. I heard as a child that the local Indians would live on high ground and only go to the sea for fish and oysters, then return to the village. They lost little if and when a hurricane struck the coast. Times have changed and we now have multi million dollar mansions being built on spoil islands with no elevation. They are sitting ducks for every disaster. What a shame.
Had the local Indians developed a teepee that could withstand 150mph winds, they would have lived on the water too.
@@P.Galore The hubris of thinking we can withstand nature's fury while building on shifting sand at the waters edge, is why this tragedy continues every few years. No wind rating really matters. The Indians had more sense hundreds of years ago, than we do now.
What happened to the "Indians"?
@@P.Galore Can't tipis flood?
@@Diana1000Smiles The Tocobago indians were the dominant tribe for about 700 years in upper Pinellas County. They planted crops, and hunted local game such as deer and alligators. Not much is known about their demise as they battled other tribes and were subjected to disease brought by the Spaniards. It is assumed they merged with other tribes over the years such as the Calusa and Seminole. A few tribes still have reservations in the state where casinos such as the Hard Rock operate under a compact agreement.
How long did the water stay? Are those houses and condos fixable?
Ever been to Gary, Indiana? Looks like this without being weather-related.
Thanks for the video! For numerous people, this is the only way of knowing if their homes are still there.
That all looks better than expected.
Shingles and pool cages are the usual victims.
Would like to see some big ones back on west golf dr.
I'm surprised the bridges performed so poorly.
I guess everything built after 1990 is OK.
(I was there for Charlie)
nope,nothing is ok,first and second floors were all gutted and destroyed,most of these houses have new been demolished and removed for new buildings,the ariel views are misleading
@thevictors6724 I was in a house at lake murex last week - no upstairs damage. (5ft water line downstairs)
Took 2 weeks to switch out interior drywall in the downstairs area ( not occupied)
There was a reason they built on stilts.
Beach front is rough for anything not new. .... after 9 months. What a giant difference properly installed windows make.
I'm surprised no one is talking about surge protection along the beach ( and bridge)
So if you end up with 4-5 nice boats in your lawn, can you keep them?
Maybe after 90 days 🤣
In this video, you can tell a lot of the homes had hurricane standards, their roofs and buildings were still intact. We are going to stay strong, unite and help each other rebuild because that is what Floridians do. Thank you for your videos 👍
*Americans
No it's what Floridians are forced to do.
Yes, the entire World can see how Governor DeSantis is helping Humans. He still has several million USD to ship the unwanted Humans to "Progressive States", doesn't he?
Im just shocked why people keep living there ? Is it worth it ? Blessings
At some point homeowners insurance is going to be so astronomically high that only the uber-rich will be able to afford to live in FL.
Live in these locations, and this will eventually happen. Living in a house within these low lying coastal areas means understanding the risks.
Says me, in the tropics, in cyclone season, on a boat 😅😊
did you see some crazy madlad stayed in his houseboat through the storm?
' Home is where the heart is' Hope they're o.k
@@petemavus2948 Yes you tell yourself that with you stuff gone and you living in a trailer park or is that the usual place?
@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 go back to school - I clearly said I live on a boat - and Floridians need to take responsibility for their own decisions, including living on a sand cay
@@KeepItSimpleSailor I'm waiting to see if Murphy Brown replies.
My prayers are with the people who lost so much. I know what it's like to clear and clean up after your home has been damaged from a flood. You are exhausted; you feel like you have been robbed but you cant call the police because everything you have lost is in front of you and is broken and damaged and covered with mud and filth. You have days and months of clearing mud and years down the line you will still be finding something you didn't get all the mud off just to remind you all over again of that hopelessness you felt. I send you all what little strength I have left in a prayer.
Even the last of family buried. 'Superstorm Sandy' the gift that just kept giving.
OldLadyFish you said it all, with what strength I might have left I'd still share your same empathy, compassion, good will and whatever I have in my little lifeboat with you and them. 🇺🇲
😆 Yeah, apparently everyone is "praying" for you, too. Unfortunately, no gods exist.
So lucky to be living in a big fine house on a beautiful island in Florida.
The Christian gets waved through while publicly insulting intelligence with suggestions progress is made with one foot in fantasyland. God help us they get elected.
@@Diana1000Smiles *PREACH MY FRIEND!!* 👏👏👏
If you go back over to Sanibel..,,can you go over and cover the homes on Rabbit Road?
Excellent angles showing the progressive forces of the Hurricane. Thoughts, Prayers and Condolences for the Families who are suffering "!
😳 so blase.
Hurricane Besty in 1965 was devastating and people talked about it for years. Hurricane Camille in 1969 killed 23 people in a collapse three story building. It was said to be a party which was later de- bunked as a lie. A movie was made using Hurricane Party which in real life never happened. I remember Camille and recall my father going outside to take something down and he was a big strong man and to this day still don't know how he made it through the wind. I recall my ears popping and the suction through the house with small opening in every window. Sitting in the hallway with pillows and blankets and my mom very scared. Then my father put me and my three brothers and mom in the bathtub with pillows, blankets and a mattress on top of us. When the eye was over us my father went outside and I was allowed and it was dead still nothing moving or could be heard very scary feeling. The first sign of wind movement we went back inside and into the tub. I recall visiting family and the gulf cost line was demolished. You could see these huge steps leading up to homes that were not there any longer. That was my remembrance of my first hurricane at seven years old.
You and I have both seen some in our years. The biggest difference really is the population and number of homes now vs then. 259 deaths total with Camille. I’m from the pan handle and have seen quite a few there, but moved out permanently in 95. We lost our home from flooding with no flood insurance. FEMA would arrange a low interest loan to rebuild, but we still would owe on the original mortgage! Just said the heck with it and told them all nope.
And ever since 1965, more and more people have built more and more shanty construction on the shore. Even the more modern, well built stuff is is so close to water, roofs come off, boats end up in living rooms, windows are broken out and we end up with another slum. All waterfront should be dedicated to national park and public beach. No private homes, condos, commercial should be allowed within one mile distance to water. Create a buffer zone.
@@davidoetting1551 That would be so great. I remember in my youth, and even as a young adult, there was really nothing between Panama City beach and Ft. Walton Beach. Not even much on the beach in Panama City Beach. Now it is all built up with hotels, resorts, condos etc.
Same thing from North Miami to Ft. Lauderdale back in 70s.
Back then the people in the entire state were friendly. Over time more and more moved from up north and brought the attitude with them. Then they take over government and start passing stupid laws such as no BBQ in your own yard, claiming health and safety as the reason. For all I care they can all get the heck out of FL and take that crap back up north where they came from!
@@davidoetting1551, none of the barrier islands around Florida should have any sort of buildings on them. Another direct hit from a cat 3 or 4 hurricane will recreate the same outcome
1961, 9/11 Carla Port Lavaca; I was a child when Hurricane Carla hit. What I remember most was the constant rain and the fact that we had no roof on our house; we did have a roof but it was like a spaghetti colander when it rained. The only dry places in the house was under the dining room table and bed. We rode out Carla in the out house. My dad was away at war and my mom and older brothers were working as migrant workers took the one mattress off the bed and took the bedroom door off of our shotgun house and covered the opening of the septic tank and placed a mattress on top of it then piled us 7 kids inside. She stood up half that day and all that night holding the door shut with a slide board and she repeated "The Lord's Prayer" over and over for hours. Sad but true; the out house had thicker walls than our shotgun house and the roof didn't leak. When the first part of the storm passed my mom looked out and said the house was ok. After the eye passed over and the storm started up again all you could hear was the wind screaming, wood cracking and the nails in the boards of the toilet walls grinding and groaning. This is the image that has stuck with me ever since. When we all came out of the out house; the house and even the bricks that the house sat on were gone. My mom stood in the place where the house was looking down the street. I remember how painfully loud she screamed. She wasn't upset about what little we had was gone along with the derelict migrant worker rent house we were living in. She was screaming at the sight of nothing. You see there were more than 50 rundown rental homes on our street. In all directions there was nothing, only our out house and a scripped of it's bark mulberry tree that grew next to it and the clean shadows of where houses use to be. My mom said when the death toll was counted they left out the hundreds of poor people living in substandard homes that disappeared off the face of the earth that day. And yes I believe in GOD !
I'm impressed with how some of the newer houses stood up.
me too! not much roof damage..
Some held up really well while the one next door is totaled!
Concrete
Ditto!!!
They held up the the interiors appear to be gutted.
I'm astounded at the amount of houses they have built in such a small area. I live on a barrier island and we fight developers and politicians daily!
Those areas I visit briefly but will never pay to live in full time. Too many people trying to run your life.
Homeowners insurance premiums are going to get to the point where no one but the rich will be able to afford FL
Sanibel has some of the strictest building codes anywhere. Over half the island is nature preserve that will never be developed. No structure is/can be more than 3 stories. Definitely not over developed. It's a beautiful place. Once it's back on it's feet you should visit. You would be surprised.
I visited Sanibel Island back in the mid 80s and apart from the destruction the Island looks unrecognizable. So much development
Abound 70% of this island is nature preserve. There is only really damage to show in the areas where there are homes and most of those are clustered together.
Generations of my family have lived in that area. No storms like this one. Sanibel is magical. She will regenerate.
So devastating. So sorry for the loss.
The anti shake lens you are using is fantastic.
drone camera's are stabilized, unless you are flying at high speeds they are very stable, I have a DJI Mini 2, even with the 3 battery, charger and carry case "fly more bundle" it was $600 and will be this stable.
Hope the drone guy gets a big fine.Clearly not flying line of sight..
It was apocalyptic a few days ago and now, the sky is blue. How fast the weather changes…
It's nice there most of the time!
@@jrbeckman2194 Is it? The wealthy aren't disturbed by Climate Change, you say?
It's always beautiful, blue skies after a hurricane, I lived through 3 of them
Matthew 24:8
@@benjaminfreeman8111 *HOW FUNNY!! YOU'RE QUOTING BS FROM THE OLD BOOK OF JEWISH FAIRYTALES!!* 🤣🤣
I would like to see Northwest side of the Sanibel Island, like Bowman's Beach area.
I spent many a day on that beachfront before Sanibel became what it is today. There were so few homes there in the 60’s and early 70’s. Haven’t been back there since ‘85.
Do you have any footage of the shalimar. I see gulf breeze is gone. Assuming they are gone as well.
all gone.
So sorry for so much loss. Its very hard to come back to normal again. Take care.🙏
I’m amazed how well these 2 and especially 3 story structures survived.
Another drone video showed the first floors of every building on Sanibel trashed by the storm surge.
All you are seeing is the rooftops that stayed intact… The inside of a good 90% of these buildings is rotted and soaked and destroyed.
@@jstmichele That's very true!
@@jstmichele black mold
Wind did little damage compared to the water damage. Our mobile home on Sanibel plus 100 more of the same minimum wind damage almost none all damage was water surge the likes that never happened before.
Metal roofs seemed to do the best, tiles ok, anything frame is gone. There was a 6-8 foot wave through the island I suppose.
Tsunami strength.
Try 14.
So eerily calm after such a monumental storm.
Amazing some homes still standing with roof and windows intact.
@Art Garfunkle Ahahahahahahhaha this is a joke, right?
Look on the inside, it's Black Mold city!! They're all going to need to be gutted!
Thank you for all you do!!
There was a huge glass mansion on the beach near Tahiti Drive ! I wonder if it survived?
It's probably a ridiculous idea to try and make requests for footage, but just in case the drone operator is still on the island and still has permission to fly, could they get some footage of the Periwinkle and Casa Ybel area? My grandmother lives on Roseate Lane, and her husband's house is across Periwinkle on Ardsley Way. They were out of town during the storm, thankfully, but they left long before Ian was a storm and sadly did not board up. I'm trying to find out if they have anything to come home to.
I hope everything works out. I have wanted to see Shell Island have been going to island since I was 3.
is it just me. or does it seem Fort Myers took on more damage than Sanibel?
I was thinking the same thing. Sanibel is more affluent so buildings are newer/built to a higher code.
I had the same comment on Saturday when my dad asked me if I had seen any of the storm damage to Sanibel (we used to vacation there every summer), he said Sanibel is newer construction so the buildings are better built to survive these storms.
@@DanielRichards644 that makes sense. Thanks for replying.
@@maureenbauer685 yes that makes perfect sense. I even thought more trees were still standing and not as much sand all over everything. Fort Myers looked like it had snow. Hahaa
Fort Myers Beach refused to allow any improvements or rebuilds. So most homes and buildings were very old construction that are far worse construction than modern building codes enforce that is why Fort Myers beach has so much worse damage. Old construction residential or commercial are damaged far worse than 2001 or newer construction throughout the damaged areas of Florida.
Considering the wind speed, I have to write that I think the hurricane codes on the buildings are working. If this had been 1970 instead of 2022, we'd be looking at total devastation. Next year, at this time, most of the mess will be cleaned up and the area will look as good as new again.
Except, it's Climate Change, not just Florida's usual catastrophe. Some US areas are getting tornadoes in December, remember? And, ofcourse the US West is having longer Wildfire Seasons, every year. Maybe ignorance is bliss, or maybe the majority of Americans are pharmaceutically dependent?
If insurers refuse to renew policies, then what?
@@gomertube Only 18% of the people affected had flood insurance. It's sad to think that many of the people who are in their 80s will have to start all over again. Insurance will be available but, at an exorbitant price. There was a Nurse on TV after one hurricane in Florida who said that her hurricane insurance went to more than $4,000.00/month. That was more than her mortgage, according to her.
Hmm..houses from the 70's in FL are usually made of concrete beams and concrete blocks. The roofs are the problem..anything made of wood (frame houses etc) do not survive these winds, though I think Irma was worse in terms of winds. Most of the damage here was done by the surge.
@@waynejohnson1304 I wonder if even the ultra-rich will want to rebuild. The stress of it all may not be worth it. I predict a major cooling in the market for coastal properties.
Thanks for the footage. Such a shame. Was there 4th of July at Sundial. It’s hardly recognizable 8:30 in the video.
Thank you so much for this.
Can you post a flyover of the Dunes neighborhood on Sanibel?
Is there any possible way you could get drone footage of the Gumbo Limbo neighborhood? I have a close friend of mine who's home is on Sanibel Island and we would love to be able to see closer footage of their home. Great footage and video of the island, really sad to see this destruction.
Echoing the positive thoughts and comments.
I'm a Floridian. Years ago there was a broadcast program on Public Television. The guest is a woman from Emergency Management. She had some wise words. Visit the coast. Don't live there. Don't live anywhere near a body of water meaning lake or river. It's going to flood sooner or later.
A elderly gentleman once told me about home insurance. If you need a mortgage. Set a side the same amount in savings. While others are fighting to get money to repair and replace you are will on your way to restoration.
All those homes that are still standing. You are looking at a complete removal of all interior surfaces. Even though the water intrusion may have been minor in some cases. Mold grows fast in this environment. What you are looking at are essentially shells.
Unfortunately not sea shells ...
that empty section at @4:15 was multiple houses or dwellings. crazy how theres nothing left but the poles they stood on.
that was a place called Gulf Breeze Cottages
@@DanielRichards644 So much for that 'Breeze'
@@petemavus2948 from what I can see in the Google street view they looked older, like maybe 60's era construction and most likely largely washed off by the storm surge that was as high as most of the cottages where
@@DanielRichards644 Wow Daniel, I hope they survived and are all alright.Thank you for your reply. I noticed you are really kind, helpful and informative in a lot of the comments here and a big comfort to many trying to understand and cope with the anxiety and aftermath. It's a beautiful thing to see amidst so much death and destruction. Please don't change, take good care of yourself as well and ALL THE BEST to YOU and them. 🙏⚖️🇺🇲🌉💙✌️
@@petemavus2948 if they rebuild they will have to be vastly different, newer buildings aren't allowed to be that close to the ground in a hurricane zone specifically because of storm surge, that's why you see so many of the resorts having a parking garage as the lower level, this gives a place for storm surge to pass through the building without causing a lot of damage to the structure. The main reason I was able to identify it was I recognized one of the resorts nearby and so I was able to use Google maps to cross reference and see what was missing, it's the same way I confirmed the Mucky Duck off the drone footage, I spotted something that felt like it could be the MD and so I compared buildings near it to the 3D view of Google Maps to confirm that was the MD. Sanibel was my go to vacation spot. It's been 9 years since I've been, I'm looking at pictures on my computer now of my car in the MD parking lot with the Gulf in the background and another picture parked on the beach of Causeway Island B with the lighthouse off in the distance. We got rained out most of the week but our last night there the sky's cleared, we drove to Captiva, watched the sunset from Turner Beach and had dinner at MD.
These videos are fantastic! Any chance you'd do one down the other end of the island along Blue Heron Drive and White Ibis and the neighborhoods around there? (Gulf Shores and Gulf Pines). Again- great footage- such detail! Thanks for considering!
Oh no not the Golf course and outdoor pool and my personal boat dock
The bridge with fallen sides had to be put one more row of concrete foundations from the begining of the bridge at the both left and right sides and concrete slabs put on them as in the middle.
Que?
Every single one of these buildings is rotted out with seawater, soggy furniture, gutted, full of sand & marine remnants, and God knows how many people that are still in them that didn’t leave or get help. The task of going through each and every one of those buildings to search for survivors. It’s reported 200 to 300 people stayed. awful
Just amazes me the power of a storm, all these boats thrown like toys....
I live close to Lake Michigan it's amazing how powerful water is at what rolls up onto the beach I just saw some big logs, that rolled up onto the beach.
I live close to Lake Michigan it's amazing how powerful water is at what rolls up onto the beach I just saw some big logs, that rolled up onto the beach.
Water is very powerful
It's amazing to see what rolls up onto the beach. It's amazing to see this big log be thrown up onto the beach. Water is really powerful.
::While staying in the Florida Keys in the 80s, a hurricane went over Cuba and when it got to Key West, within 30 minutes it made a 90 degree turn and went straight up the keys. I turned off the radio when it was at Key West thinking it was heading straight north...what a surprise.
Beautiful area
My boat was on land behind the sanibel marina. We can not find it in video. Marina says they haven’t found it yet. Can this same person help us.
Praying u will rise up again Florida, stronger and more beautiful. U are an envy Florida.
I see alot of buildings intact..with roofs
Yeah, but I've seen a bunch of those that when they showed the sides the inside of the house was blown out/inundated from surge. Hopefully not all though 🤞
was discussing this with my dad on Saturday, far more of Sanibel is standing compared to Fort Myers Beach, the main difference is many of these structures are newer so are built using newer codes and so they hold up better.
@@feedermonkey7233 you'll notice many of them have stairs leading to the front door because the lower level is generally kept open or built with walls designed to "blow out" in event of storm surge so they are used as garages, you expect to see those walls blown out, but notice you don't see living rooms in them?
But you don't see all that black mold growing on the inside.
do you have video of the northern end of the island? A friend of mine is wanting to see his house and the NOAA satellite pictures don't have enough resolution.
Oh, and GREAT video by the way.
I pray for all the people who suffered a great loss from such calamities around the world.
Can you fly by and around pointe Santo please?
If anybody knows what happend to Danny Morgan on Sanible give a shout out..he's a musical legend there and has deep roots on Sanibel..he's a boomer..not young my age around 75...my old high school friend..kinda worried about him right now..SO IF YOU SEE OR HEAR FROM HIM post a comment please..much appreciated.
Wow! We bought his cassettes when vacationing there in the 90s and played them over and over driving around the island. The soundtrack of Sanibel!
Next to the Japan tsunami, I’ve never seen such widespread destruction from a natural disaster. Indescribable loss. I can’t get this out if my mind & I keep praying. My heart aches for Florida up here in Michigan. We have family in Tampa; miraculously, they never even lost power.
Climate changes are getting more radical, and Climate Change is definitely caused by selfish Humans. If you look around the Planet, you might see how dangerous our environment has become. Not everyone is able to buy million dollar homes. Some people don't even have clean Water.
The eye of the storm was 35 miles or so. The total distance of the Hurricane North to South was about 300 miles. That’s about the distance from Cincinnati to Toledo.
This what you get when you are repeatedly told not to build on barrier islands....
@@patrickwhelan5703 There are lots of places we “shouldn’t” be living. Should anyone live in the Midwest with Tornadoes? Or California with Earthquakes. We could go on and on.
This looks as bad as Katrina. Water damage turns into mold fast. They're still areas that have not come back in Louisianan. I was at Katrina a week after the storm hit. It's un-describable how bad it is and how shell shocked the locals were. The main problem after the water receded was mold and the total tear out of thousands of homes interiors. Wire,sheetrock , insulation, I mean everything. it was crazy to see the garbage mountains in front of endless homes.Many were new nice two story brick fronts. American dream. No flood insurance, the surge excuse. People lived in tents inside their homes because the mortgage didn't stop coming which left no money for repairs. Took people years to recover. Floridians are in for a tough row.
Lol!😂 Louisiana is a poor state. Florida is not. 🤡👎
Many prayers comming. Can't believe amount of homes there?
Thanks - you went right by our place!
What happened to the shell museum and nature preserve ?
So sad for the people's loss & their properties. Hope everything recovers very soon.
Honestly I'm not shedding a tear for anyone who lived on Sanibel. If you can afford to live on Sanibel, you'll be fine. I'm more concerned for the people who can't go to work at the resorts and hotels on the island and earn a living. Tourism is Florida's main source of income.
Can you fly over Isabel Drive please?
Did the Blind Pass bridge survive?
I live in the mountains! 2-3,000 feet above sea level! I come from a very STRONG US Navy family. I love the ocean & the beach! But I also RESPECT Mother Nature! She is very, very, very STRONG and powerful! " Man belongs to the EARTH. EARTH does NOT BELONG TO MAN"! Chief Seattle! Wise man! 🤔🤔🇩🇪🇺🇲🥰😉😉😉⛱️🌅🏖️⚓⛵⚓🌲🌄🌲
When i was young i remeber watching an old black and white movie about some islanders experiencing a hurricane, or likely a typhoon or cyclone or whatever. One part someone was tyingbthemselves to a tree as the water rose over the island. The image stuck with me my whole life. Anyone know what that movie might have been?!
Any footage of Useppa Island?
OMG all them beautiful houses
Just like the causeway the actual bridge infrastructure held up, the water actually eroded the dirt underneath the road sections before and after the bridge hence the collapse. This should be an easier repair the having to replace the actual bridge which "looks" to be fine, but of course will require assessment by on site structural engineers.
I have all the faith in the world that as catastrophic as the damage is; Sanibel Island will be restored to its wonderful and absolutely beautiful paradise it has always known to be !
Nice job, but this is mostly showing single family homes on canals, etc. It would have been nice to have seen some of the beloved businesses and how they fared -- the Thistle Lodge at Casa Ybel, the Periwinkle Shops, Traders, the Island Cow, Jerry's, Bailey's, etc. My guess is these Storm Chasers are not that familiar with the island as it looks pretty random.
Why don't you call him and Request the footage. SMFH some people are never happy. 100 Percent of the island is affected. I'm certain the businesses are as well.
@@onemorething100 Ever been there?
Update: The Island Cow is no more.
@@jrbeckman2194 😮
Oh no! I loved that place! 😢
nice job; what kind of drone?
No home insurance for evacuation zones. Build at your own risk. Period. Having said that, this looks better than I expected.
13:04 Is this the only pool in Sanibel without sand in it ?
WOW 😮
Why am I seeing 5 and more story buildings when Sanabel does not have any buildings than 3 stories?
It's not Sanibel.
Looks like more of the newer higher end places survived pretty well, you are going to have to replace the pool cover but it will be livable pretty quickly. Its a lot better than Ft Myers, just needs the bridge fixed and power turned back on so people can head back and start the cleanup.
funny enough it's not the "bridge" that needs fixing, it's the land areas between the bridge sections and a good chunk of the road leading to the toll booth on the main land.
they can probably rebuild the connecting islands with sand dredging (the same way they built the Palm islands in Dubia) while they rebuild the roadway to the toll booth so as each segment is repaired they get closer to being able to bring in trucks for the paving work.
insides of all of them are flooded, they will all have to be gutted
Who would want to live there now? Not me. You couldn't pay me enough to live there.
@@rajpat89 black molddddd
It's kind of like living in a caldera in an active volcano and then being surprised by an eruption. I live in Sarasota, Florida and Ian was our 5th near direct hit miss but still destructive hurricane since I've moved here.
I’m considering moving out and I’ve dodged many in my lifetime. They used to be cat 2 and 3 now they’re cat 4 and 5.
@@bornwin-sx9oz .. We lost a tree and a tree's worth of large branches. Followed by a day and a half of intense cleanup, no power for over a day and we are considering ourselves lucky. We often lose power and lose power for over a day, time after time because no one here has enough common sense to BURY the power lines, but instead the power lines are mixed in with tall tree lines. The lines in the subdivisions are all buried, but all the lines to the subdivisions are tangled around trees. This time of the year I feel like I'm living in Hurricane Alley and the best analogy is like trying to walk across a highway without getting hit. The only thing odd this year is the cool weather after the hurricane, normally it's hot and humid.
Yellowstone is partly in my State. I don't think a huge volcano disaster will happen before Humans cannot afford clean Water and start killing one another for food.
@@DJaquithFL , Volcanoes should be a bigger worry for Scientists than Storms or Asteroids. When was the last Super Eruption of Yellowstone's Super Volcano ? 640,000 years ago ?
@@BSU55 .. Actually, the chances of you having an eruption anywhere in the world versus having a hurricane hit you in Florida by comparison are essentially an absolute guarantee and an often occurrence. I've lived in the Sarasota area since 2000 and I've had my homes affected or otherwise damaged now for a fifth time.
Those were beautiful homes.
Please forgive me not knowing, but why is the water such a brackish color??? Look’s like swamp water. Never seen this up close before.
Oil from the boats probably
It's amazing how fast salt water killed all the lush vegetation
You should see the coral reefs all over the Planet.
@@Diana1000Smiles That's from over heated and acid ocean.
Where did the water go?
2:32 I’m pretty sure this is Loggerhead Cay……3x we’ve stayed here….Hopefully someday we can return. My prayers go out to everyone who works there and everyone else affected by Hurricane Ian.
Praying for all😢🙏
In a month or so island would be busy place with tourist I wonder how many people be Willing to evacuate?
Have been to this island many times and have never seen it in this state. Such a nice island to visit. They will rebuild as we always do and it will back to its natural beauty.
One thing you don't see are many vehicles. Seems the vast majority heeded the warning and evaced early.
Or they got dragged out to sea but I’m hoping it’s that people left before the storm
How much Water can a PENNINSULA hold? Is Florida sinking in elevation with so much weight of flood waters?
Sanibel is closed...you have to apply for special permits to get on the Island
I guess it’s in my DNA to be fascinated and horrified with hurricanes. My great grandmother was killed in the great Miami hurricane in 1926, I believe. My grandmother and all her siblings became orphans. The lived in the attic of their house for three days until the water subsided.
😮 WOW! That must have been terrifying, to say the least.
Don't know if you will have another chance to film the island, but it would give a good perspective if you would start from the light house, make your way up one side of the island and down the other side.
please do one for matlacha ❤
Where did all the people go
I can’t wait for the good deals, I want to buy in Florida 😊
My prayers on all of those people in Florida , South Carolina North Carolina
I assume you are praying to the same god that created the hurricane that caused all the misery and destruction?...That's sick. Stop it.
My Massachusetts neighbor lost his Sanibel condo to Ian. And you wonder - even if places are rebuilt, is anyone going to want to live in a place where many or most of the people are gone and may never return? Where homes may not be repaired for years, if ever? It seems like you could make a horror movie about it.
Good thing I didn't buy that mobile home I saw there listed for $110,000.
Does anybody have video of Periwinkle campgroung after IAN
I thought this would be wiped out but not the case..maybe more water damage then wind.
Definitely water damage
Another video of this has the sound on and there are detectors beeping everywhere. Such a shame, all destroyed in a matter of hours. With the bridges out, this will be a long, long rebuild and recovery, all by boat! So sad,
Heartbreaking 💔
Would like to see pictures of West Gulf Drive up to Rabbit Road.