Generator extra food and water and a deep freezer the standard equipment for Floridian. Anyone caught off guard is either a tourist plain stupid or ignorant and disconnected.
Please stop saying this guy is in love, he is probably nervous and trying not to look at the camera. He knows she will be asking him questions so he is focused on her.
I feel like he's very tired and trying to focus. They have been up all night saving people plus it's a very stressful situation. When you're worn out it takes all you have not to zone out.
They did not expect the storm surge? I heard warning after warning about the storm surge! However, I do feel horrible for the people and the animals. Literally, a disaster.
It's not that we weren't warned, it's just that many Floridians don't get it - specifically Tampa and the surrounding areas we've been very lucky to not take a direct hit from a major hurricane for many years and the big ones we have experienced, the storm surge was only 2-3 feet. This was double that, or three times in some areas.
That vehicle is great for coastal rescues. Thanks to all those involved, pros, volunteers, everyone trying to get rescue peeps to those in need. Sorry to hear of loss of life. ♥🇬🇧
"Didn't expect this?" How could that be? I live a thousand miles north of Florida and I've been checking the weather network for the past several days to see what impact the storm will have on us and when.
Hard to believe but not really. You have elderly who live alone who maybe don't comprehend what is really going to happen, just have land phone not smart phone.
If you don’t live here, you don’t understand. *Not everyone owns a car, not everyone is mobile. We have a lot of seniors with health problems, Not everyone has the finances to stay in a hotel if the shelters are full.* Yes, there are shelters, but if you have a pet which you love like a child, there are not a lot of shelters which will take pets, you have to register in advance, bring supplies because those pets won’t be near you.
This was the worst storm i have ever been through since ive moved to Florida in 2009. I was terrified, not only the water but the wind. I lost power and had some damage to my home but myself and kids are alive.
Thank you to all the service workers, the media and all others risking their own lives to be the rescuers. The shot of the Mother and her brand new Baby at the beginning of the clip is heart breaking. Have you non believers now woken up to climate disruption yet? Blessings to All those affected and may this pass over quickly sparing all the Souls possible.
As a life long Floridian, you don’t just go evacuating before you have a good sense of where the storm is going to make landfall because the storm can turn at anytime and you could end up evacuating right into the storm. Plus, Tampa was only expected to experience tropical storm force wind which and flooding in low areas which is just normal day for a Floridian during the summer 😂
Not everyone has the resources or abilities to just up and leave at the drop of a hat. I'd ask.... Why do people always ask what you asked? Do you live in Florida? Do you know the personal lives of everyone who lives in the effected areas? Hindsight is always 20/20 and it's easy to project ignorant opinions from the comfort of not being in the middle of a situation such as this. You don't get it and you probably don't want to get it - Much more satisfying to just chastise and victim-blame, I guess. (Most of this comment is speaking in general - not necessarily directed at you)
@@JAVetter Governors have been warning their people about Hurricane Helene. NOAA, hurricane hunters, professional experienced meteorologists, National Hurricane Center give Governors their necessary information.
Never been in that situation thankfully, but I'd imagine it is very hard to turn away from everything you have and some people don't have the means to just get up and leave.
Sometimes it’s a simple as not having money to do it. Florida is abysmal for workers rights and wages. Some people don’t even have cars with which to evacuate in. I lived there for 25 years. I never regretted my decision to leave that state.
They have been forecasting up to 20 foot storm surge for days now. Anyone who says they didn't expect that has not been paying attention. I live in California and have been following this storm pretty closely, and even I know that these people should not only have been better prepared, but many should have evacuated or at the very least gone to a shelter. Their inaction put first responders lives at risk.
You are right. I live in asia but I observe almost all the storms. I was observing this helene, the news & weather report said it clearly. People should have taken preparation.
Yes, but to be fair: It's for some of the same reasons that residents of RPV won't vacate even as the area has been sliding for decades; or why people don't leave any of the wildfire areas there, even when told it's coming right over the hill for their home. Certainly, there are those in CA or FL who are just too arrogant, ignorant, or proud to go. Yet others don't know where to go or have noplace else, and we don't know their financial, health, mental, or physical states. Some, like the example in this video of the bedridden 97 yr-old and her adult daughter, probably 60s/70s herself, maybe only have each other, and stuck as they are, probably leave it up to fate.🤷♀️
Dudes smiling like a helpless fool in love while looking at her 😂 his picturing a whole future with her while she's talking about civillians in stress.@@serendipityfire
As a kid in the early 70s, my dad was stationed in Japan. We actually got hit by a typhoon without warning. We spent the entire day trapped in the kitchen of a small restaurant. We were fed well! Imagine the loss of life from these storms nowadays if we didn’t have modern satellites and storm tracking!
Yes! Local law enforcement should be spending so much more money on things like this amphibious vehicle, and less on riot tanks and body armor. It's serve and protect. Not abuse and oppress.
95% of LEOs are not "abuse & oppress." If that is your experience, then the issue may be you or those you hang around with. Remember, all police, and military come from the same communities, and schools as you do. They are a product of their upbringing and the "societal norms" they grew up around. There are always outliers like those who had no friends, or were bullied or picked on as children/in school that become police and grow to love to abuse their positional authority over others. But the vast majority join because they want to serve their communities & help others. Their LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES are derived out of the LAWS enacted by POLITICIANS YOU ELECT to "DO SONETHING, ANYTHING" whenever something happens that others do not like. Almost EVERY LAW comes about because scared people scream at the politicians they elect to "DO SOMETHING" so they write well intentioned but FLAWED laws, then task the LEOs to entice them and courts to collect the fines & fees.
How terrifying for everyone who are affected. Not to minimize the human risks, but I always fear for the poor wee pets and animals also who don’t understand what is going on and sometimes through cruel necessity are abandoned in evacuated homes. I know efforts are certainly made to remedy that but still … . Kudos to the rescue people who risk their physical well being to help others.
@@ericatorres9089 I am with you. I have two cats (yes, I am a childless cat lady) and I would refuse to leave without my Boys. Our pets are the same as children with a far less capability of speaking up and helping themselves (age dependent of course). I remember a few years ago, location forgotten, during which lovely people were taking boats around to check on houses to see if there were pets left behind. And they showed one case where there was this adorable small dog sitting on the back of a sofa surrounded by water.. it had been a couple of days. Dear heaven. And these rescuers swam into an aperture they were able to make to rescue the wee one as they could see him through a window. Such wonderful people. However, I would not leave the building without my wee ones. Easily said, as I live in .southern Ontario and these dreadful destructive natural occurrences rarely happen here!
If pet owners can't bring their pets to shelters with them...that needs to change. There are times when a person is not sure what, when to leave. Not everyone has the $$ to stay in a hotel in another state! What about all the strays, the forgotten. Praying for all. Hang in there. Praying for all the lineman and others coming to help.
This comments are...disheartening...As a Florida native who now lives in the big bend region, I won't deny that complacency can be a factor, but if you've lived somewhere for 30+ years with no incidents, would you really be that inclined to leave for this one? You wouldn't -- not if you were honest. People lost their homes and their lives because an unprecedented event happened for the time in 100 years. My house and family are safe. Many of our friends are not so fortunate. I dont think now is the time to get haughty about what you "would've done" else's shoes.
If a storm the likes of which hasn't hit for many years was predicted, I'd heed the warnings. I'd do what I could to protect my family, home, and pets, and then I'd pack my bag and go to the hospital, because I'm a nurse and I'd be expected to be there, no matter the weather. Complacency kills, and it's tragic.
@ArmednotTriggered, Thank you. I wish anyone who hasn't experienced at least one hurricane would refrain from telling those of us who have how to react. The situation is always a lot more nuanced than, "Well just don't be there, duh!" With a storm this widespread, evacuate to where? Out of the southeast U.S. entirely? I once evacuated my home for a cat3 storm, right into its path when it changed course. I was paying for an expensive hotel room while my cats were terrified and miserable in the back of my truck out in the parking lot. Meanwhile, my neighbors who stayed home didn't even lose power or communications. I've lived on central Florida coast for over 40 years, through several hurricanes and many tropical storms. Sometimes evacuation is the best idea, but usually not. "OMG, people are dying! Evacuate!" When all the numbers are sorted out, there will have been a 1-in-a-million chance of being killed by riding out this storm. If a storm passes leaving 99.9% of the buildings and infrastructure usable, where do you suppose the news crews will point their cameras? They'll be standing in knee deep water amid the 0.1% damaged, leaning into the wind, like that's the safest spot they could find to report from.
What catches people off guard is the strength of a storm bringing what you’d only expect from a tornado storm cell. But instead of a small amount of ppl it’s entire states. It’s like an earth quake from the sky, walls of rain will pick you up and move you. People don’t expect rain to bring such force. NOT TO MENTION the flooding. You never expect to have your home flooded.. we should hold consideration for the people affected
Funny you mentioning the blizzard of 78, I was 5. Michigander here. We have pictures of the snow halfway up the house. My parents had to drive a snowmobile to get the few things we needed and had to go miles because everything was closed. I gotta go look through the old polaroids now. ✌️
Most of Tampa was completely fine and had no need to evacuate especially since the storm was expected to make landfall in Tallahassee. The biggest surprise is why this news station is reporting from Tampa and not in Perry.
@Kinghllngshd641 Floriduh has been declared a no go zone with the biggest insurance companies. These storms keep getting stronger and it's not a large land mass to get across. Gain momentum from the warm waters just on the other side.
ANYONE (especially that mother) who didn't listen to the warnings are idiots and should be fined. Money, time, and frankly putting everyone at risk to rescue you because YOU thought you knew better??! Infuriating
The confusing part is why are they in Tampa and not in the Big Bend area. Tampa got alittle rain and wind but the overall impact in the Bay Area was minimal. There’s nothing unsurvivable about it.
My house was destroyed by wildfire in California I have empathy just help the older people and the children for they are scared so don't panic be pragmatic and pray 🙏
Please don't forget that Project 2025 includes defunding NOAA weather reports. Imagine storms this bad and worse with more global heating-- without state of the art weather reporting!
People must heed the call to Evaculate because they are putting themselves family and first responders in danger. Pray that all is well with the people and first responders.
@@CassandraXI Transportation was provided through Uber. Shelters were provided. Likely light snacks and water would be provided at said shelters. People must prepare for hurricane season. Many waited until last minute to ask “what zone do I live in…?”
@@CassandraXI shelter was free getting a ride to the shelter was also free. No excuses. I was in zone A with several pets and money is absolutely is an issue.. luckily we have a car all we did was drive to the east coast to hunker down
@@KevinKenna-wv6qx Didn't say they shouldn't have it. All I'm saying is that Republicans hate the Federal government and handouts, all the way until it benefits them and their interests. See corporate welfare.
"Over 3 million without power". Maybe it's time for the US stop putting powerlines on wooden popsicle sticks, especially in states that have hurricanes and tornadoes? Underground powerlines are the norm in many Western European countries. The US just never seems to want to improve infrastructure. We never seem to "build back better" because of the uniparty procrastination that has been coasting on the way things have been done for the last 70 years.
Some land is higher than others. My dad’s house stills 25 ft above sea level, a few miles away is 2ft above sea level, and completely flooded to the second story during hurricane ian. My dad’s house just suffered some wind damage. It’s all relative to many factors.
@@kianna270 yep: you have to be aware of what your elevation is if you live in a storm zone - I live 5 miles inland from a small town called DeLisle, MS - my land is approx. 85 feet above sea level : DeLisle is 3 to 4 feet max - in Katrina the water was 28 feet deep ( to the tops of the power poles ) in DeLisle - OVER the roofs of the houses built on pilings
I live an hour north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and I’ve been hearing about this storm every day for the last week! It boggles my mind how so many locals “didn’t expect” this storm.
probably the worst thing you can do is have your baby strapped to your front while wading through water. If you fall and have to swim, your baby is underwater.
She probably was more focused on trying to get them rescued and knew that having her baby strapped to her was safer than the possibility of slipping and dropping her baby in the water in the dark
I hate to bring this up, but Trump's Project 2025 calls for the dismantling of NOAA and the National Weather Service which would hinder storm path prediction, and weather warnings. It also calls for eliminating disaster relief. Really sad also that we keep getting hit in Florida every year and insurance goes up and Desantis doing nothing.
Well , He never really said climate change is a hoax per se but just paints a picture that it is what it is and is our fault for not managing it well . Trump claims that if elected President he will use climate change to our advantage . How ? no one knows, but his followers have faith
I'm praying for all those affected by this hurricane especially in Florida & Georgia! I live in TN but I lived in Ga from 1970 - 2013. My siblings still live there & just sent them messages but I haven't heard nothing yet. I couldn't believe it when they said 2M people just in Ga are without power, so that might be why I haven't heard from them yet. Here in TN we have some flooding but minimal, but we suppose to get lots more rain. God bless everyone & be careful!!!
It's hurricane season. A college in the state named their mascot after it. MOST people don't deny climate change, they deny the asinine solutions for it.
@@Mr.White10-65 Sorry lots of folks deny climate change. All you need to do is look at the "Hocky Stick Graph" to see the tie between co2 and heat hotter temps in water = stronger storms.
I really enjoyed this article and appreciate the positive outlook on the topic. It's refreshing to see someone highlighting the good things in life and offering solutions instead of just complaining. Keep up the great work!
Insurance companies are already leaving coastal areas. When an insurance company figures it can't make a profit, you know things are bad. The Insurance industry knows more about climate change than most people realize.
Scientists warned us years ago that this kind of weather was coming. Florida is going to be under water permanently in the next 50 plus years. It’s horrible, I feel for those that are suffering, but honestly, I’d never by a home on any coastal area let alone Florida. This is what happens when you live right next to the water.
I’m currently in Augusta, GA and we were hig bad also. Tress uprooted, blocking lanes, no traffic lights work, all businesses are closed, people driving around looking for food. It’s bad.
On German television, we talk about climate change all the time, it's very strange to me it's almost not mentioned on US TV, even when a hurricane like this hits
Agree. We're having loads of rain, floods and even a couple of small tornadoes at the moment. Nothing like in the US or Central Europe but the change is noticeable.
You guys are right. We have never had bad hurricanes or storms in history. I'm glad you are here to point out how special this time is. Cause God knows. All the other hurricanes were weak.
South Carolina got hit pretty bad, over 200k people in several different counties are without power, trees are down on power lines, gates, flooding, I’m just thankful it’s not as bad as 2015.
Sorry for the losses and especially the deaths. Watch out, New England, a new crop of damp used cars will be on the way to local dealerships. Check the trunks for displaced alligators.
The Hillsborough county sheriff's department isincredible . These men and women are are real heroes. The news reporter for msnbc could care less. She like many reporters just want to make a name for themselves. This is a life and death situation. Hats off to Hillsborough county fire and rescue. THE HEROES OF AMERICA
Ill never understand why people have so much notice and stick around... even when theyre saying unsurvivalable... no sense in putting other peoples lives in danger
You have no idea how the media hypes every single storm, so it's impossible to decipher reality from fiction. Count your blessings and work on that ignorance. Compassion
Them folks told y'all to get up out there ...y'all know this thing was coming for at least a week ..I woulda left out walking if I had to ..this crazy ..man I hope y'all folks ok though ..my condolences to the families may you find strength and understanding during this tragedy ..good vibes to everyone
Thanks for your post, I hope you've had a good week. I totally agree with you: these people had the opportunity to be informed of this tragedy so that they could get there quickly and avoid the losses, but unfortunately they stayed... I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you a good weekend!
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That dude is in love
lol, I was thinking the same thing!
Oh yeah
Y was I just thinking the same thing.. lol
I noticed that too.
Smiling while she's talking about the crying family. He only hears birds singing
guy is fixated.
Yes , very much so . His only hope is if she accepts his proposal of marriage .
😂😂😂
hes tired and listening and answering q.
Tired
Sorry those who say they didn't expect this.. must have been living under a rock for the past ten years..
Yup
We've been told for 50 years that this type of thing was coming. we didn't listen.
Unprecedented. Not seen in 100 years. The bend never hit by a Cat 4. Etc. Jogged east at the last minute. So yeah, folks were surprised.
@@windycityliz7711
They should not have been surprised. This is what they have been told to expect for years and have seen more and more of.
Generator extra food and water and a deep freezer the standard equipment for Floridian. Anyone caught off guard is either a tourist plain stupid or ignorant and disconnected.
Please stop saying this guy is in love, he is probably nervous and trying not to look at the camera. He knows she will be asking him questions so he is focused on her.
I feel like he's very tired and trying to focus. They have been up all night saving people plus it's a very stressful situation. When you're worn out it takes all you have not to zone out.
No way, he is clearly checking her and he is nervous at the same time❤️🩹
Middle school.
Dude no, have you read body language books
This guy is in love
They did not expect the storm surge? I heard warning after warning about the storm surge!
However, I do feel horrible for the people and the animals. Literally, a disaster.
It's not that we weren't warned, it's just that many Floridians don't get it - specifically Tampa and the surrounding areas we've been very lucky to not take a direct hit from a major hurricane for many years and the big ones we have experienced, the storm surge was only 2-3 feet. This was double that, or three times in some areas.
💔🙏🏻💯
Marissa talks at 175 words per minute with gusts up to 300.
And at least one guy totally without power in her presence.
Ha!
🤣 🤣
@@rahinc she’s a category 5 in the Corporal’s brain
She's nervous.
That vehicle is great for coastal rescues. Thanks to all those involved, pros, volunteers, everyone trying to get rescue peeps to those in need. Sorry to hear of loss of life. ♥🇬🇧
"Didn't expect this?" How could that be? I live a thousand miles north of Florida and I've been checking the weather network for the past several days to see what impact the storm will have on us and when.
Hard to believe but not really. You have elderly who live alone who maybe don't comprehend what is really going to happen, just have land phone not smart phone.
@@rohipsalm2370If you live in Florida you had better know what to expect, or you'll never see old age
Because most Floridians deny storm exists
republicans want to privatize weather alerts....hes probably republican
I’m in Alaska and have been following for days!
There were plenty of news outlets warning people for days about this hurricane.
100%
The storm was expected to make landfall somewhere near Tallahassee so it’s not unexpected that people in Tampa didn’t just evacuate.
These people dont believe in climate change, they think it's fake news and they want to dismantle NOAA.... and they get these storms every year.
Sad people like you are so judgemental. Bedridden elderly people some with no family and their minds not like they once were.
@@10sherra True. I was referring to the ones who could have evacuated and didn't. Sorry!
If you don’t live here, you don’t understand. *Not everyone owns a car, not everyone is mobile. We have a lot of seniors with health problems, Not everyone has the finances to stay in a hotel if the shelters are full.* Yes, there are shelters, but if you have a pet which you love like a child, there are not a lot of shelters which will take pets, you have to register in advance, bring supplies because those pets won’t be near you.
Thanks for the reminder. Those circumstances are not the first things most of us think of.
Many many shelters accept pets.
People were caught off guard because they failed to plan.
I know what you mean! Praying for everyone.
Exactly
@MsAdventure531 wrong , my guy.
This was the worst storm i have ever been through since ive moved to Florida in 2009. I was terrified, not only the water but the wind. I lost power and had some damage to my home but myself and kids are alive.
Thank you to all the service workers, the media and all others risking their own lives to be the rescuers. The shot of the Mother and her brand new Baby at the beginning of the clip is heart breaking. Have you non believers now woken up to climate disruption yet? Blessings to All those affected and may this pass over quickly sparing all the Souls possible.
Amen. Thank you for ur kind words. From Texas.
How did they not expect it when there were so many warnings of this for the past week? They don't take the warnings seriously.
I knew it was coming and I live in the uk.
As a life long Floridian, you don’t just go evacuating before you have a good sense of where the storm is going to make landfall because the storm can turn at anytime and you could end up evacuating right into the storm. Plus, Tampa was only expected to experience tropical storm force wind which and flooding in low areas which is just normal day for a Floridian during the summer 😂
Donald Trump did not tell them to take shelter so the hurricane is obviously only a left wing media conspiracy.
Not everyone has the resources or abilities to just up and leave at the drop of a hat. I'd ask.... Why do people always ask what you asked? Do you live in Florida? Do you know the personal lives of everyone who lives in the effected areas? Hindsight is always 20/20 and it's easy to project ignorant opinions from the comfort of not being in the middle of a situation such as this. You don't get it and you probably don't want to get it - Much more satisfying to just chastise and victim-blame, I guess. (Most of this comment is speaking in general - not necessarily directed at you)
Evacuating costs money.
I get the jokes about the smitten rescuer, but kudos to him and the other folks on his team, who are out in the worst weather saving people.
Such a wonder soul and the other rescuers. All I see is love for others. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Anything over a Category 1 is nothing to fool around with. Evacuate.
It’s over, Im in Atlanta and we are having a major flood, but should be good
Are you a meteorologist?
@@JAVetter No. I'm an experienced hurricane survivor.
@@JAVetter
Governors have been warning their people about Hurricane Helene.
NOAA, hurricane hunters, professional experienced meteorologists, National Hurricane Center give Governors their necessary information.
Not from Florida I see. The barrier is CAT 3. Anything over you should go.
Why don't people evacuate when they're told to do so?
stubbornness
floridiots do as floridiots do.
There’s a lot distrust in the media and government these days…. It’s hard to tell when to listen to them or not….
Never been in that situation thankfully, but I'd imagine it is very hard to turn away from everything you have and some people don't have the means to just get up and leave.
Sometimes it’s a simple as not having money to do it. Florida is abysmal for workers rights and wages. Some people don’t even have cars with which to evacuate in. I lived there for 25 years. I never regretted my decision to leave that state.
Marissa is a doppelgänger for Joanne Gaines
Yes! I see it
They could be cousins, MAYBE. Marissa is much prettier.
HUUUUUGE thank you to those out there helping others today. Words can’t do it justice.
They have been forecasting up to 20 foot storm surge for days now. Anyone who says they didn't expect that has not been paying attention. I live in California and have been following this storm pretty closely, and even I know that these people should not only have been better prepared, but many should have evacuated or at the very least gone to a shelter. Their inaction put first responders lives at risk.
You are right. I live in asia but I observe almost all the storms. I was observing this helene, the news & weather report said it clearly. People should have taken preparation.
Yes, but to be fair: It's for some of the same reasons that residents of RPV won't vacate even as the area has been sliding for decades; or why people don't leave any of the wildfire areas there, even when told it's coming right over the hill for their home.
Certainly, there are those in CA or FL who are just too arrogant, ignorant, or proud to go. Yet others don't know where to go or have noplace else, and we don't know their financial, health, mental, or physical states. Some, like the example in this video of the bedridden 97 yr-old and her adult daughter, probably 60s/70s herself, maybe only have each other, and stuck as they are, probably leave it up to fate.🤷♀️
Omg! That guy is in love!!!!
He's just spent all night rescuing people--exhausted with bright lights in his face--and this is what you think of to say?
@serendipityfire uhhh...yeah.
Dudes smiling like a helpless fool in love while looking at her 😂 his picturing a whole future with her while she's talking about civillians in stress.@@serendipityfire
@@serendipityfire So he can't be in love because he worked a long shift? 😅
@@madtrucker0983 for some weird reason people are acting defensive over joking about this. Lol. Why can’t people just recognize it and laugh about it
Did the corporal ask you for a date after that interview? That guy is smitten
Dude has a unhappy marriage or dude is lonely 😂
He's very tired and looking at her so he can keep up.
@@pegs1659 he looks more awake than I have for years lol
@@pegs1659 With a big goofy "you sure are purty" smile.
@@madtrucker0983 😂😂😂
As a kid in the early 70s, my dad was stationed in Japan. We actually got hit by a typhoon without warning. We spent the entire day trapped in the kitchen of a small restaurant. We were fed well! Imagine the loss of life from these storms nowadays if we didn’t have modern satellites and storm tracking!
The way he’s looking at her. He’s fallen hard.
What a creep
@@davidhornbeck1470 that's not being a creep.. he probably didn't want to look at the camera and if that's not the case, then he probably likes her.
Yes! Local law enforcement should be spending so much more money on things like this amphibious vehicle, and less on riot tanks and body armor. It's serve and protect. Not abuse and oppress.
95% of LEOs are not "abuse & oppress." If that is your experience, then the issue may be you or those you hang around with. Remember, all police, and military come from the same communities, and schools as you do. They are a product of their upbringing and the "societal norms" they grew up around. There are always outliers like those who had no friends, or were bullied or picked on as children/in school that become police and grow to love to abuse their positional authority over others. But the vast majority join because they want to serve their communities & help others. Their LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES are derived out of the LAWS enacted by POLITICIANS YOU ELECT to "DO SONETHING, ANYTHING" whenever something happens that others do not like. Almost EVERY LAW comes about because scared people scream at the politicians they elect to "DO SOMETHING" so they write well intentioned but FLAWED laws, then task the LEOs to entice them and courts to collect the fines & fees.
I want someone to look at me like hes looking at her, hes adorable too ! 😊 STAY SAFE EVERYONE 🫰
How terrifying for everyone who are affected. Not to minimize the human risks, but I always fear for the poor wee pets and animals also who don’t understand what is going on and sometimes through cruel necessity are abandoned in evacuated homes. I know efforts are certainly made to remedy that but still … . Kudos to the rescue people who risk their physical well being to help others.
I couldn't leave my pets
@@ericatorres9089 I am with you. I have two cats (yes, I am a childless cat lady) and I would refuse to leave without my Boys. Our pets are the same as children with a far less capability of speaking up and helping themselves (age dependent of course). I remember a few years ago, location forgotten, during which lovely people were taking boats around to check on houses to see if there were pets left behind. And they showed one case where there was this adorable small dog sitting on the back of a sofa surrounded by water.. it had been a couple of days. Dear heaven. And these rescuers swam into an aperture they were able to make to rescue the wee one as they could see him through a window. Such wonderful people. However, I would not leave the building without my wee ones. Easily said, as I live in .southern Ontario and these dreadful destructive natural occurrences rarely happen here!
@@ericatorres9089 maybe everybody should leave you, cold blooded. Don't ever have pets, kids or a partner.
If pet owners can't bring their pets to shelters with them...that needs to change. There are times when a person is not sure what, when to leave. Not everyone has the $$ to stay in a hotel in another state! What about all the strays, the forgotten. Praying for all. Hang in there. Praying for all the lineman and others coming to help.
Didn't they have mandatory evacuation ?why would you stay?
This comments are...disheartening...As a Florida native who now lives in the big bend region, I won't deny that complacency can be a factor, but if you've lived somewhere for 30+ years with no incidents, would you really be that inclined to leave for this one? You wouldn't -- not if you were honest.
People lost their homes and their lives because an unprecedented event happened for the time in 100 years. My house and family are safe. Many of our friends are not so fortunate. I dont think now is the time to get haughty about what you "would've done" else's shoes.
If a storm the likes of which hasn't hit for many years was predicted, I'd heed the warnings. I'd do what I could to protect my family, home, and pets, and then I'd pack my bag and go to the hospital, because I'm a nurse and I'd be expected to be there, no matter the weather.
Complacency kills, and it's tragic.
Just ignore them, they're idiots living states away with no clue.
@ArmednotTriggered, Thank you. I wish anyone who hasn't experienced at least one hurricane would refrain from telling those of us who have how to react. The situation is always a lot more nuanced than, "Well just don't be there, duh!"
With a storm this widespread, evacuate to where? Out of the southeast U.S. entirely? I once evacuated my home for a cat3 storm, right into its path when it changed course. I was paying for an expensive hotel room while my cats were terrified and miserable in the back of my truck out in the parking lot. Meanwhile, my neighbors who stayed home didn't even lose power or communications.
I've lived on central Florida coast for over 40 years, through several hurricanes and many tropical storms. Sometimes evacuation is the best idea, but usually not. "OMG, people are dying! Evacuate!" When all the numbers are sorted out, there will have been a 1-in-a-million chance of being killed by riding out this storm. If a storm passes leaving 99.9% of the buildings and infrastructure usable, where do you suppose the news crews will point their cameras? They'll be standing in knee deep water amid the 0.1% damaged, leaning into the wind, like that's the safest spot they could find to report from.
Climate change. Facts. Numbers. "Worse" means more water. It's not complicated.
I love your humanity ❤ Cheers for such an understanding comment
Useful reminder. Listen to experts.
how is anyone "caught off guard" by this"?
we have been warned about this for 50 years.
ignorance comes with peril, shocker!
What catches people off guard is the strength of a storm bringing what you’d only expect from a tornado storm cell. But instead of a small amount of ppl it’s entire states. It’s like an earth quake from the sky, walls of rain will pick you up and move you. People don’t expect rain to bring such force. NOT TO MENTION the flooding. You never expect to have your home flooded.. we should hold consideration for the people affected
Huh??? 50 years???
Rather like the annual fires in Northern California, or the tornados up the center of the U.S., right Lefty?
@@sailormoon1095 So, your saying these people don't watch the news or have common since?
They just crying for more bailout money
I hope people next time will listen to your governor when he says get out it is a bad storm. We had 20 died not cool
Darwin
Not everyone can just pick up and just go somewhere else.
why is there always one guy walking around when they know they should not??
Listen. A surprise? Was the hurricane of 38. The blizzard of 78. This was warned about for days. WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING?!
Funny you mentioning the blizzard of 78, I was 5. Michigander here. We have pictures of the snow halfway up the house. My parents had to drive a snowmobile to get the few things we needed and had to go miles because everything was closed. I gotta go look through the old polaroids now. ✌️
@@aprilfox9205wow, Clevelander here...them Great Lakes snow storms LAKE EFFECT SNOW..PERIOD AINT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY
Most of Tampa was completely fine and had no need to evacuate especially since the storm was expected to make landfall in Tallahassee. The biggest surprise is why this news station is reporting from Tampa and not in Perry.
@Kinghllngshd641 Floriduh has been declared a no go zone with the biggest insurance companies. These storms keep getting stronger and it's not a large land mass to get across. Gain momentum from the warm waters just on the other side.
To quote a great grifter : just turn up the a/c
What would Kamala say???
@@will7its How can I help?
@@1ApeinSpace Yeah ok, she will be the biggest puppet ever, right after joe. Wake up.....
@@1ApeinSpace out of your money
@@czarcastic1458 That's the difference between republicans and Demarcates, We don't mind helping fellow Americans in need.
ANYONE (especially that mother) who didn't listen to the warnings are idiots and should be fined.
Money, time, and frankly putting everyone at risk to rescue you because YOU thought you knew better??!
Infuriating
Maybe she had no transportation to evacuate. So glad she and her baby are safe. Dog too.
Feel smarter, better, wiser, more valuable as a person after that nasty comment?
Someone getting rescued has fueled your anger and it’s really weird lol
@@jessiewilliams3845
Transportation was provide via Uber.
@@MsAdventure531 you got thee perfect Karen cut 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sorry erm… What’s the confusion about the term “unsurvivable”?
The confusing part is why are they in Tampa and not in the Big Bend area. Tampa got alittle rain and wind but the overall impact in the Bay Area was minimal. There’s nothing unsurvivable about it.
My house was destroyed by wildfire in California I have empathy just help the older people and the children for they are scared so don't panic be pragmatic and pray 🙏
praying doesn't work
@@beaulieuc8910 Many people would disagree with you.
Why did nobody ask trump to stop the hurricane?
with his black sharpie he could have deported the hurricane to Haiti
Hurricanes didn't form when Trump was president 🤭
@@richardd2347 Fair point. Does it not rain cats dogs down there as well tho?
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@@cristo6007 dont you even remember the sharpie incident with the map? that was trump.
Florida should change its nickname from "The Sunshine State" to the "Hurricane State".
And California to the Annual Fires State.
to the poorly educated state FloriDUH
@@davidgray1515Your “education” is on full display. I’d stop talking if I were you…
@@davidgray1515Florida is higher than California 😂
And I thought this storm wouldn't be like Ian was . I was wrong . My condolences to the ones that lost lives
In Pinellas County. Its bad. So bad. The flooding got THOUSANDS of houses in this county alone.
I heard, did anyone pass away?
@@digleman1 I heard of an incident last night in Tampa, but not in Pinellas County. Knocks on wood.
So sorry to hear that
thats so sad i hope everyone will be ok :(
Please don't forget that Project 2025 includes defunding NOAA weather reports. Imagine storms this bad and worse with more global heating-- without state of the art weather reporting!
Please remember this has nothing to do with trump everyone and who ever thinks it does loves the socialist democrats!
Project 2025 is not endorsed. Stop spreading lies
That will cost many people their lives. I plan to vote Republicans out from President down Ballot to the lowest position.
I don’t understand how anyone could think that 2025 is anything but a manifesto to completely destroy America on every level.
@@SissyAustin AKA Vote Blue!🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Thanks to all who are helping those in need.
Why didn't those people get out ahead of time?
what vehicle is it ? could we get a good view of it ? thanks, for the reporting!
People must heed the call to Evaculate because they are putting themselves family and first responders in danger. Pray that all is well with the people and first responders.
People in Florida don't have the money to heed the call, what do you think everybody's sitting on a mountain of cash like you are?
@@CassandraXI There are emergency shelters for evacuation zones. You don't have to pay to get in.
@@windycityliz7711 People in Florida don't have the money to heed the call, what do you think everybody's sitting on a mountain of cash like you are?
@@CassandraXI
Transportation was provided through Uber.
Shelters were provided.
Likely light snacks and water would be provided at said shelters.
People must prepare for hurricane season. Many waited until last minute to ask “what zone do I live in…?”
@@CassandraXI shelter was free getting a ride to the shelter was also free. No excuses. I was in zone A with several pets and money is absolutely is an issue.. luckily we have a car all we did was drive to the east coast to hunker down
Mother nature doesn't care about your house or your car choose wisely where you live! 🌨️⛈️⛈️🌪️
facts!
@@MaxKasai-zm5mz BIBLE
@@Wayne-j5j huh??
Now it makes sense why insurers pulled out. Any day know DeSantis will be begging for that sweet sweet federal socialism he hates so much.
and I hope the federal government refuses
Why not ? Floridians pay federal taxes and pay for other disasters
He already is begging for federal aid
@@davidgray1515 only the ignorant believe that Florida has no democrats
@@KevinKenna-wv6qx Didn't say they shouldn't have it. All I'm saying is that Republicans hate the Federal government and handouts, all the way until it benefits them and their interests. See corporate welfare.
When all the insurance companies are gone, then what?
State Farm will keep paying Reid, Kelse and Mahomes
@@mikeb5664 y’all will simply blame trump..
When the girl you have a crush on finally notices you.
😂😂😂
When she touches you....🥹
"Over 3 million without power". Maybe it's time for the US stop putting powerlines on wooden popsicle sticks, especially in states that have hurricanes and tornadoes? Underground powerlines are the norm in many Western European countries. The US just never seems to want to improve infrastructure. We never seem to "build back better" because of the uniparty procrastination that has been coasting on the way things have been done for the last 70 years.
Underground power lines have been installed in many places, but the US is enormous.
Wish I could follow up with all those people who said they weren't evacuating because the weather was calm (about 12 hours before Helene hit)
the freezing winter that the southern hemisphere had, will bring a lot of turbulence near the tropics,
Why not show us the pictures instead of watching you yapping?
😂
Because she's paid to sit still look pretty 🤷♂️
My thought too
Aloha. I’ve already watched videos from Cedar Key this am on YT.
Amen. Boss Babe syndrome. Yuk
My prayers for Florida people we are all Americans and hopefully loss of human life is low 😢
officials : "THERE"S GOING TO BE A 20 FOOT STORM SURGE"
clueless residents: "We're at least a couple of feet higher than the street - it'll be fine."
Fund Southern Education '24
Some land is higher than others. My dad’s house stills 25 ft above sea level, a few miles away is 2ft above sea level, and completely flooded to the second story during hurricane ian. My dad’s house just suffered some wind damage. It’s all relative to many factors.
@@kianna270 yep: you have to be aware of what your elevation is if you live in a storm zone - I live 5 miles inland from a small town called DeLisle, MS - my land is approx. 85 feet above sea level : DeLisle is 3 to 4 feet max - in Katrina the water was 28 feet deep ( to the tops of the power poles ) in DeLisle - OVER the roofs of the houses built on pilings
@@-in-the-meantime...most educated people come from the south lol
@@bluecoconut9543are you joking😂 people thinking it’s safe to stay when a cat 4 hurricane is coming shows how dumb these people are
I live an hour north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and I’ve been hearing about this storm every day for the last week! It boggles my mind how so many locals “didn’t expect” this storm.
Al Gore warned us about this years ago.
probably the worst thing you can do is have your baby strapped to your front while wading through water. If you fall and have to swim, your baby is underwater.
Oh... good point... not something parents normally contend with.
You obviously swim on your back - which is easier to stay afloat, swim faster and keep the baby out of the water... 🙄
She probably was more focused on trying to get them rescued and knew that having her baby strapped to her was safer than the possibility of slipping and dropping her baby in the water in the dark
@@james.telfer cause people are so good at swimming on their back?
@@JacobSolbux probably, its easier than swimming front
How do you get caught off guard.?
Count your blessings that youve never had to find out for yourself.
@@Liminal_Galaxie I'm not so blind or prone to looking the other way.
Girl if u single, there you go...
creep
Dude is way below her level.
@@davidgray1515 Lol no. She's a 3
We are praying for our fellow Americans.
Did some people not learn any lessons from Katrina
I hate to bring this up, but Trump's Project 2025 calls for the dismantling of NOAA and the National Weather Service which would hinder storm path prediction, and weather warnings. It also calls for eliminating disaster relief. Really sad also that we keep getting hit in Florida every year and insurance goes up and Desantis doing nothing.
The magas of Florida will gladly support the idea . This will surely show the dems who's boss.
He had nothing to do with "project 25." He didn't even know it existed until Dems brought it up. Stop listening to CNN and research for yourself.
Well, that is who Floridians voted for.
What's even the point of project 2025, government do absolutely nothing for anyone and just cut taxes for the rich?
VOTE BLUE !!!!!!!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Selfish people who refuse to evacuate endanger everyone else.
what else are beautiful news repeaters going to do every year? withey hf ave nothing to say.
well, what do you know?
Poor guy, he got the thousand yard stare must be so traumatic for everyone, all my love and prayers for the people who are out there helping people
And Trump keeps talking about climate change being a hoax.
Hurricanes have always been around they got warned weeks out not like spur of the moment. But by all means keep pushing you’re false narratives
Well , He never really said climate change is a hoax per se but just paints a picture that it is what it is and is our fault for not managing it well . Trump claims that if elected President he will use climate change to our advantage . How ? no one knows, but his followers have faith
Trump isn't the president (yet)
@@KevinKenna-wv6qx He was and he was terrible at it
Waagh!!!! Trump hurt my fee fees!
I'm praying for all those affected by this hurricane especially in Florida & Georgia! I live in TN but I lived in Ga from 1970 - 2013. My siblings still live there & just sent them messages but I haven't heard nothing yet. I couldn't believe it when they said 2M people just in Ga are without power, so that might be why I haven't heard from them yet. Here in TN we have some flooding but minimal, but we suppose to get lots more rain. God bless everyone & be careful!!!
All the climate change deniers send thoughts and prayers your way.
It's hurricane season. A college in the state named their mascot after it. MOST people don't deny climate change, they deny the asinine solutions for it.
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@@Mr.White10-65 'nobody denies climate change' - Wrong.
@@Mr.White10-65 Dude, Americans have been the biggest climate change deniers in the last 30 years and counting.
@@Mr.White10-65 Sorry lots of folks deny climate change. All you need to do is look at the "Hocky Stick Graph" to see the tie between co2 and heat hotter temps in water = stronger storms.
why didnt they show the boat/vehicle thing they were in
Dude added her on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat after this interview
I really enjoyed this article and appreciate the positive outlook on the topic. It's refreshing to see someone highlighting the good things in life and offering solutions instead of just complaining. Keep up the great work!
When Floridians start using boats to go to work and back, it's too late.
Quit building and living at or below sea level. Every insurance company needs to abandon the idea of insuring anything there.
What?????
Sea level keeps rising
They already have
@@SwampHodagGeoengineering!! Research it!!
Insurance companies are already leaving coastal areas. When an insurance company figures it can't make a profit, you know things are bad. The Insurance industry knows more about climate change than most people realize.
What’s crazy to me is having storms like this steadily become the norm, and STILL finding a way to deny global warming and its impact 😅🙄
Scientists warned us years ago that this kind of weather was coming. Florida is going to be under water permanently in the next 50 plus years. It’s horrible, I feel for those that are suffering, but honestly, I’d never by a home on any coastal area let alone Florida. This is what happens when you live right next to the water.
Lol Florida has been a swamp it's already under water
Let's stop falling for the climate change lies cause it happens almost every year
The Bible talks about this too 😢 God bless Jesus is coming
I understand completely how he feels, but blink my man 😂
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People need to evacuate when ordered. Shameful they need to pay for their rescue. Thank you to thosw assistinf in reacue efforts.
What a foolish comment... clearly you do not understand how often financial issues is why people can't evacuate.
They pay to be rescued ?
I am surprised MSNBC didn’t blame Trump for hurricane Helene in Florida this time
It hit in NC near Newland and Boone too. It was not expected there at all. Last hit 40 years ago.
These people who didn't evacuate put others at risk that try to save them.
Praying for everyone 🙏🏽🙏🏽💖
Do you think those red states will refuse or accept federal disaster aid money?
they should accept it since they're the only ones producing positive income for the govt.
@@jimkroeker Quite the opposite
Shouldn't even be offered to floriduh. They can handle everything all alone, just like texass
They'll be the first to cry out for funds. Climate deniers that continue to vote against themselves.
@@HandyMan657 Both of those state's are in the top 5 for Federal Tax revenue.
I’m currently in Augusta, GA and we were hig bad also. Tress uprooted, blocking lanes, no traffic lights work, all businesses are closed, people driving around looking for food. It’s bad.
Thank you for mentioning climate change
On German television, we talk about climate change all the time, it's very strange to me it's almost not mentioned on US TV, even when a hurricane like this hits
Agree. We're having loads of rain, floods and even a couple of small tornadoes at the moment. Nothing like in the US or Central Europe but the change is noticeable.
@catmom23 Climate Change isn't real. How did the Ice Age happened? We didn't have cars and planes back then 😂
You guys are right. We have never had bad hurricanes or storms in history. I'm glad you are here to point out how special this time is. Cause God knows. All the other hurricanes were weak.
@@catmom23I think the world can take a time out from what Germany thinks. I mean twice in a century. You guys are still on probation.
South Carolina got hit pretty bad, over 200k people in several different counties are without power, trees are down on power lines, gates, flooding, I’m just thankful it’s not as bad as 2015.
Sorry for the losses and especially the deaths. Watch out, New England, a new crop of damp used cars will be on the way to local dealerships. Check the trunks for displaced alligators.
And for pythons.....
The Hillsborough county sheriff's department isincredible . These men and women are are real heroes. The news reporter for msnbc could care less. She like many reporters just want to make a name for themselves. This is a life and death situation. Hats off to Hillsborough county fire and rescue. THE HEROES OF AMERICA
this is going to go one of two ways, people are either gonna be moving further inland or people are gonna be dumb enough to try to keep living there
poorly educated will choose B
@@davidgray1515 i dont doubt that
I was expecting those 2 dudes by the blue truck to be holding beers...lol!
Dude has a mad crush on
Marissa Parra. Ask her out, Bro!
Take off all those storm soaked clothes. 🥰
😂😂😂 dude is smitten
Hands down to first responders. And who ever is helping. Don't even live there but love yall. Hang in there. Be safe. If you can.
They are reporting 20 people dead from this hurricane 🌀
This is terrifying these poor ppl are suffering this huge storm hope everything will be ok for everyone even the pets -😓
Ill never understand why people have so much notice and stick around... even when theyre saying unsurvivalable... no sense in putting other peoples lives in danger
poorly educated
You have no idea how the media hypes every single storm, so it's impossible to decipher reality from fiction. Count your blessings and work on that ignorance. Compassion
@@Liminal_Galaxie Anyone who pays attention sees that some of the predictions are devastatingly correct, so...
@@LulaMae21 do you live in FL? Do you know how much they hype things on the news?
@@davidgray1515 nothing to do with that, genius
My name is Christina thank you so much for what you are doing.!!!!!
This is why GTA 6 is delayed to 2026.
Need to fix every damage caused by hurricane.
Look at these southern coastal elites complaining about building in the path of Mother Nature.
I have some family members that say "O I think we'll be ok". That is so frustrating to me. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH LISTENING TO THAT WIND LAST NIGHT😮
Them folks told y'all to get up out there ...y'all know this thing was coming for at least a week ..I woulda left out walking if I had to ..this crazy ..man I hope y'all folks ok though ..my condolences to the families may you find strength and understanding during this tragedy ..good vibes to everyone
Thanks for your post, I hope you've had a good week. I totally agree with you: these people had the opportunity to be informed of this tragedy so that they could get there quickly and avoid the losses, but unfortunately they stayed... I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you a good weekend!