@@djaudioxtc02 it seems that beach front housing should be on,y for those tht can pay for replacement without the expensive govt backed waterfront insurance
Thank you for taking the time to survey this horrible destruction. My grandmother has lived in St James my entire life, I have so many amazing memories on the islands. I cried when I saw an avocado tree I helped plant still standing. Thank you for providing this information for the people of Pine Island and those who care deeply about the place and its people.
The problem with St. James City is that there are so many mobile homes and manufactured homes, which can't stand up to Cat 4 winds, or even Cat 2. If you live there, it should be in a brick house, and even then you would have to evacuate when a storm like Ian is coming.
@@macking104 agree but a mobile home becomes a flying weapon during a hurricane. Trailers are being destroyed and in other areas….the land under them is more valuable than the metal box and is being sold. Trailer parks are being transitioned
This type of wetland area is not for building. The low lands and marsh areas are designed to absorb tidal overflow and storm surge. Not for building on.
The United States can fly themselves to the moon and back in one day courtesy of Richard Branson. Make automatic cars courtesy of Musk. Launch telescopes deep into space courtesy of nasa. But can’t seem to figure out where to build a home?! Even the Bible warns of building structures on shifting sands. It’s not only metaphorical.
@@hoosierbaddy3052 But we’re all expected to break out our violins and play “My Heard Bleeds For You”, while our government hands out billions in tax dollars for “relief”!
As a Resident of Lee County.....moving forward no Trailers should be allowed to be built within 30 miles of the coast. Also, all homes should be built at least 12 Feet above the ground!
What a sad sight. Seeing this reminds us just how fragile our lives really are. One minute life is pure paradise and the next, paradise is gone along with all the things that made it paradise. Things can be rebought, homes can be rebuilt but the damage done to the human mind and heart will forever remain. The lives lost cannot be replaced nor the ones that are missing. Many of these people have stayed through many storms and felt they could make it through this one, sadly it didn’t happen. God be with all impacted by Ian, may He touch them and give them peace and the will to carry on. I pray all the missing people and pets be found alive and in good health. For those who passed I ask God to be with their families and loved ones and ease their pain in Jesus name I pray. Amen😇😇😇🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The first rule of GOD is to use your empty mind you are borne with and fill it with Knowledge and Wisdom’s. If you do so, then you must learn from the past. Up North in New England we do not build houses with low pitch or flat roofs; Why? Because we know that snow pack will cave the roof in. Most Coastal communities are insane. Insanity is doing things the same old way and they fail every time so they build again the same, never gaining any wisdoms. Billions of Cubic yards of trash is washed into our oceans and in this case the Gulf of Mexico from Stupid people that will now take Government free money and rebuild the same insane way. SAD.
What I’ve seen of the coast near Tampa is that it is endless neighborhoods all crammed together just like this place. Being from a rural area it’s hard to fathom just how many homes in Florida are on these coasts and massively vulnerable to these hurricanes.
Heart wrenching to see and so much damage. Prayers for all in that area! It is apparent that some of the roof designs were better than others. Mobile homes didn't stand a chance as with some of the solid structures!
at about 6:25 a round house was coming into view on the left, we would call it a Gher. Would like to know owner/neighbor comments if anyone recognizes it and how it performed.
I caught that as well. That staircase looks unscathed. If it got minimal to no water on the inside, people considering rebuild should take notes. Looks like the way to go
I too noticed that. I also saw another round house in a Naples Sanibel island video that seems to have held up really well. Maby there's something about that design we need to look into.
Geodesic dome style homes or round homes do withstand winds better than angular buildings. They might even withstand a storm surge, but the interiors would still be destroyed by water unless you could make them waterproof. There is a Geodesic dome style house somewhere on the west coast of Florida. I forget exactly where. It is on pillars and I think about a dozen feet tall. Not sure if it's still there but it was highlighted in a news report after a hurricane because it sustained no damage.
Bokeelia didn’t have surge. We also don’t have extensive foundationless structures like st james. Our few trailer parks had some losses, but not even close to this. Homes have damage but just wind for the most part. Not minimizing it, it’s bad....just not clear it with a dozer like St. James. Matlacha is way worse than St. james.
Wow. Pine Island and St James City used to be nothing but beautiful VACANT LAND . Water, trees, mangroves.. and now look at all those homes. The over development is what's sickening! NO ONE should be allowed to build on ANY water.. the natural beauty of a beach should be for ALL people to enjoy! 🇺🇸 Look at what Jimmy buffoons margaritaville will do to once beautiful Ft Myers Beach. 😪
the mobile homes and motor homes are part of… “Cherry Estates has been serving the St James City, FL community since 1967. Our mobile homes have everything you need and more. Whether you come in a car or RV, we will get you a beautiful home that has space for your vehicles. Have a boat? We can dock your boat in our canals, giving you easy access to the sea.”
Good point. The insurance may not allow a rebuild. They keep saying this a storm that happens once in 500 years. We're there even records of something like this 500 years ago. This could happen again next year if the conditions are right. Maybe not the same area but definitely in Florida somewhere.
They will let them rebuild, but there's going to be stronger building codes than there were back in the 60s and 70s. FEMA will require raised houses with blowout walls on the first floor and no living spaces on ground level. They can be made safe. Manufactured homes and stick built homes aren't suitable.
Just look at the number of newer looking hones that have minimal damage and intact roofs. Those are built with Dade County building codes adopted after hurricane Andrew in 1992 and mandated for new construction in most of Florida.
SO MANY counties, towns, cities affected, and flooding is STILL ongoing for those "down river" from Ian rains. Many people still missing. Tragic. It seems worst case scenario happened. 😕 Amazing drone quality photos. Thank you. ❤️ many regular working folks lost their home AND their jobs... just the removal of all the debris from such a huge area (miles & miles) will be a challenge and take a long time. I am already hearing reports of the air smelling like stinky stagnant foul smelling water, mold, mildew, rotten debris of assorted "stuff". Woe.
Good grief!!! Would you feel that way if a natural disaster ever hits your home!? Remember....you don't have to live on the coast to be hit by fire, floods, land slides, tornadoes ect.
Great video. I have seen a lot of TH-cam videos lately of Hurricane Ian - damaged Ft. Myers' homes from above and also of the homes' interiors. Even if the roofs were intact, it seems all the homes got severely flooded inside. In other words, uninhabitable until major rehab work is done. Which ain't going to happen in many cases unless the government steps in to finance the rebuild.
It's unfortunate that so few people build houses out of metal framing or brick in these regions, doing so could prevent a lot of tragedies. I hope they do so in the future. My condolescences to the families there.
If building a good home in the US was cheap people could afford. Instead only rich people can do it. Also a lot of expensive homes were damaged because they were built on low level and almost inside of the ocean. In my opinion homes should not be build close to the water and sand. Some of this houses are basically inside of the sand area. They invade the ocean. Other point here is that this areas will be only for rich people from now on? Where those poor folks are going to live?
@@vivonasnuvens you are absolutely correct!! This is OVER DEVELOPMENT and I agree. NO ONE should be allowed to build directly on the water.. Beaches etc should be NATURAL and for ALL people to enjoy. 🇺🇸
These video's tend to focus on the destruction. I noticed the same thing in Marsh Harbor after Dorian sat over them for how long? I cannot remember now, 24 hours as a strong Cat 5. While all the drone footage focused on the destroyed houses, I was impressed by all the newer construction homes that look no worse for wear after enduring 175MPH+ winds for a long time. My take away was, we can indeed build homes strong enough to withstand Cat 5 hurricanes. Ignoring all the trailer homes which did not fair well, as expected, these newer homes did excellent. I am encouraged to see that.
I agree, but I imagine many of those that look untouched had water inside from the surge and may be unsalvageable. I hope that isn’t the case, but I’m concerned it might be.
Most of the State of Florida is a natural swamp, so it's amazing how much development took place over the years to make it habitable. I wonder how many people will move to solid ground and away from the unpredictability of the seas.
When I was planning where & how I would get ahead of my retirement, Florida was somewhere I thought about, all those beautiful sunny days & the palm trees. then I thought of Eleuthera - cheaper land/homes & still palm trees, glorious weather etc - then i realized the penalty for those blessings - the threat of fierce weather in both places - finally decided I would stay right where I am in NJ - brave the snowy days, but enjoy my woodland lot & the mostly cooler summers, a few very hot days where I stay in my basement office for max coolness - I am so sorry for the horrors these storm ravaged people are now having to deal with - hoping for your eventual recovery & some freedom from so much horror. Best of luck for sorting it all out ! Stay brave people !
A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks.
Must have been creepy inside the eye of the hurricane for 20 minutes. I guess Captiva/Sanibel barrier island didn't offer much of a protective barrier for Pine Island.
Why do these hurricanes get so much coverage and those who lost because of the fire in the west or tornadoes in the Midwest get pushed under the rug… all those people have lost everything as well… why are Florida’s losses any more important? I feel for all of them.
I see a lot of trailers that have been added to many poorly built structures lots of wealthy homes and just a very poor location to build such hi density residential on. You couldn't ask for a more easily destroyed location for a hurricane and they will just build back so it can happen again.
Wow. That Island is very densely populated. I know by living in Florida for going on 30 years that the state is densely populated along the shore or in bigger towns but that is alot of structures crammed into a very small area. There is people that are shocked this state has a insurance crisis every so often (why do you think Citizens was created).
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When you see that many boats and RV’s, truth is, most people say “f*ck it” and just left stuff for insurance to deal with. Almost all those items could have been moved…if the owners cared. (From a recovering boat owner who had to submit a hurricane plan for his boat in Tampa)
It’s actually pretty awesome that more homes were not wiped out like another areas. A good friend has a home there and it did flood and there is a boat in the front yard, or was but comparing the damage to Fort Myers, St. James city actually did very well. And that city is a mix of homes built in the 50s and newer homes, not counting the mobile homes because it’s a given that they will be wiped out, actually made it through fairly well. Being that I live in an island North of there the older homes are actually very well built as long as they are concrete block homes. We may lose everything, and I did after ETA, but plaster walls and Terrazzo floors saved our home. A company with some beastly dehumidifiers also helped us. But ETA was no news yeah a whole bunch of homes were wiped out and trashed by the flooding on our island. It’s only news when there is devastation but I’m happy to see that there is not devastation in St. James city.
man made peninsula's in hurricane alley. never was a good idea. still isn't. It's hard to imagine why an insurance company would ever insure property on man made islands.
Back in the 1980's, St.James City was nothing but a little general store with two gas pumps and a low rent trailer park at the end of it, not much else. Then the owner of the park sold it to developers, ran the trailer dwellers away, and here came the developers. Amazing the growth on Pine Island over the last thirty years, population is up 4 or 5 times what it once was. The historic, old Florida look and feel that Matlacha had is now gone forever, all the old buildings have been lost. In their place will be modern structures built to hurricane code. If it's not built to the newer code, insurance companies won't insure it.
Can you blame the insurance companies? I get it everybody wants to live on an island and be able to afford it but the wise decision is if you are then you need to build something that is Hurricane and flood resistant.
@@di4085 No, I don't blame them and the newer code will be better for all. HOWEVER.....here is the issue I have, knowing insurance companies like I do: They won't be paying out on nearly as many claims after the homes and buildings are built to east coast hurricane codes. So theoretically, premiums should be less. But they won't be, they will be more. Insurance companies want to claw back all those claims they paid out.
I’m looking for information on York rd. Saint James City. Any one have any information? Or does anyone know where the footage would be on this drone footage? We really appreciate any help. Thanks
Healing energy and prayers sent out to all who have been affected by hurricane Ian. May they find everyone, May everybody be reconnected with their families. And for those who have lost somebody I am sorry for your loss. Much love to all of you 🖤
I am in N Sarasota and those winds were scary but I could not imagine what it was like for all those that rode that storm out to the south of us ,with that storm surge they got. We in Sarasota did not get that surge which saved us.
When I look at these videos it makes me so Thankfull of where I live in PA. No way would I ever enjoy the closeness of the houses. One after another on top of each other. Surely not for me! I like looking out my windows and seeing no close neighbors. Prayers to the Fl people effected by this hurricane. But, I'll stay right where I'm at.
Heartbreaking. Only been there twice but loved it and Matlacha. We stayed at the Koa and was hoping to get back there. Can you tell me how it faired with the hurricane?
The ones you see damaged badly are older homes built before the codes where updated - so wood homes = gone. Well built, full concrete block homes just have mirror roof damage. You can build a home to survive a Cat 4 but its expensive. The first floor should just be pilings that lift the entire house to be above the surge level.
@@johnmoore3504 Hello thanks for the local information. I have another if you don’t mind . How are homes with todays codes in the PanHandle constructed ? Is it all cement and metal roofs ? Elevation is much higher I would assume it’s farming country so inland not the coast it’s much destruction ?
@@gozone10-s1c no idea as the codes as vary by county and of course date of construction. My house in Broward County was built post Andrew (92) when big changes were made based on what was learned. I was in the eyewall of Cat 2 Wilma in 2005 when the winds blew 80-100 verified and only lost maybe two or three dozen roof titles. I live inland so no surge. You also don’t know what went first- IE did the windows break, did the roof lift, or did the walls collapse? Once the wind and rain gets in you have cascade failure and the whole house is gone. It’s only as good as the weakest link. For surge the only defense is height - the ocean waves are incredibly powerful so much so the waves undercut the bridge to Sanibel causing it to fall.
@@berneebrawn7102 In South Florida for years they have been facing them out. They can't altogether because it is an affordable housing option but all these trailer parks where the owners do not own the land their structures sit on have found themselves with no options. They are not insurable.
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I can't help but compare this to Andrew, where the damage seemed a lot worse. Just about all the mobile homes in parks were completely leveled. The mobile homes here seem to have survived much better. The newer ones had no more damage than the regular homes. It even looks like the state's tie-down program for older homes did its job as I didn't see any of them overturned. I only saw a couple of them that someone may not have survived in that were totally destroyed. I'm only talking about wind damage, not water. I'm not trying to minimize the damage at all. I'm just comparing results from the stronger building codes since Hurricane Andrew. After seeing the results of that hurricane I was surprised to see so many mobile homes still standing.
This is the beauty of living things on the ocean front !! The ocean is unpredictable and something you don't need a Storm to come in ! It could happen whenever it. Wants to !
What a disaster! I’m heartbroken for all those people that are now homeless. Some may have another place up north or move in with family or rent if they can afford it, but for many these were their only homes. Unfortunately it will take decades to rebuild if they even want to rebuild. Imagine the money people lost, and not only the people but also the state. This was a big chunk of change for the state too. How do you cope with something like this? Will the state even allow to rebuild or repair? What if there is another big one? Very confusing. I’d say create an RV park so people can put rv’s on their land and in case of a hurricane at least you’re not looking at huge losses, plus you can always take your RV and go inland, otherwise maybe a concrete building with condos for everyone that could withstand hurricane forces, just an idea, because I don’t think many people have the money to rebuild to current building codes, not to mention that vast majority of those folks are retired.
Amazing that so many of these mobile homes have survived intact but probably flooded out on the inside rendering the "manufactured" home a total loss. Since Floridians hate government regulations; perhaps insurance companies will force the hand and not cover properties unless they are rebuilt on stilts as shown here. The area under the house can be used as parking, storage room etc. These sacrificial areas on the ground level should utilize walls that easily break-away in a storm surge leaving the building above the surge intact and ready for the next recovery. End the use of wooden utility poles and replace with concrete columns as they are much better able to survive a hurricane. It is understood that these mobile homes offer affordable living but in the long run building higher and better is cheaper over the long term.
I still can't believe after hurricane Andrew Fla still has slack building codes. I'm in Orlando and there's new builds going up and the 2nd stories are made of wood frame. Terrible building code.
This is why I loved being in gatlinburg ,, but, back in fla. The reality of living here ,surrounded by water . Between the Atlantic / gulf and the rivers in between 😮
These houses are built right on top of an ocean flood zone. Quiet possibly the drained swamp. How stupid is that to live in a place like that? I wouldn’t live there because of that. I rather live far away from that and the visit.
Looks like the common denominator from the aerial view is mobile/manufactured and stick homes destroyed, concrete block homes with roofs that meet code standing.
GLOBAL WARMING ACTIVISTS EVERYWHERE: How can we cut down on the use of motor boats to reduce pollution and reduce demand ? HURRICANE IAN: hold my beer.
I see a lot of the silver metal roofs undamaged other than weak structure that failed. Very impressed and wonder who put it on the house and what method and material was used.
Placing "manufactured homes" at ground level is all too common near the coast of Florida. That is a recipe for disaster.
Surely new codes prevent that?
Did you mean “At SEA level?”
They are everywhere throughout the entire state.
True… but not everyone has $5mil for a house on stilts, so should the beach only be for rich people?
@@djaudioxtc02 it seems that beach front housing should be on,y for those tht can pay for replacement without the expensive govt backed waterfront insurance
Thank you for taking the time to survey this horrible destruction. My grandmother has lived in St James my entire life, I have so many amazing memories on the islands. I cried when I saw an avocado tree I helped plant still standing. Thank you for providing this information for the people of Pine Island and those who care deeply about the place and its people.
I found my Grandmas old place. I spent every summer as a kid there 😢
The problem with St. James City is that there are so many mobile homes and manufactured homes, which can't stand up to Cat 4 winds, or even Cat 2. If you live there, it should be in a brick house, and even then you would have to evacuate when a storm like Ian is coming.
mobile home on canal $300K… 3 bdr, 2 bath 1966sqft house on a canal sold in July for $1,400,000
That mobile homes and could have been moved out of this zone instead of waiting there 🤷🏻♀️
@@beachworkout6979 no, they cannot be moved. They fall apart. They are flimsy boxes that become hurling metal during a storm
@@macking104 agree but a mobile home becomes a flying weapon during a hurricane. Trailers are being destroyed and in other areas….the land under them is more valuable than the metal box and is being sold. Trailer parks are being transitioned
@@arribaficationwineho32 "They looked a lot better as beer cans." JB
This type of wetland area is not for building. The low lands and marsh areas are designed to absorb tidal overflow and storm surge. Not for building on.
Now they know.
The United States can fly themselves to the moon and back in one day courtesy of Richard Branson. Make automatic cars courtesy of Musk. Launch telescopes deep into space courtesy of nasa. But can’t seem to figure out where to build a home?! Even the Bible warns of building structures on shifting sands. It’s not only metaphorical.
@@hoosierbaddy3052 But we’re all expected to break out our violins and play “My Heard Bleeds For You”, while our government hands out billions in tax dollars for “relief”!
too effin stupid to figure out why we have wetlands
As a Resident of Lee County.....moving forward no Trailers should be allowed to be built within 30 miles of the coast. Also, all homes should be built at least 12 Feet above the ground!
The mobile homes built to code all survived the winds.
What a sad sight. Seeing this reminds us just how fragile our lives really are. One minute life is pure paradise and the next, paradise is gone along with all the things that made it paradise. Things can be rebought, homes can be rebuilt but the damage done to the human mind and heart will forever remain. The lives lost cannot be replaced nor the ones that are missing. Many of these people have stayed through many storms and felt they could make it through this one, sadly it didn’t happen. God be with all impacted by Ian, may He touch them and give them peace and the will to carry on. I pray all the missing people and pets be found alive and in good health. For those who passed I ask God to be with their families and loved ones and ease their pain in Jesus name I pray. Amen😇😇😇🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Amen
1 John 5:19....
Keep in mind God created Ian!
🙏 agree with you in Jesus name
Holy Spirit guide the minds and hearts of those affected and tbose in rescues 🕊
The first rule of GOD is to use your empty mind you are borne with and fill it with Knowledge and Wisdom’s. If you do so, then you must learn from the past. Up North in New England we do not build houses with low pitch or flat roofs; Why? Because we know that snow pack will cave the roof in. Most Coastal communities are insane. Insanity is doing things the same old way and they fail every time so they build again the same, never gaining any wisdoms. Billions of Cubic yards of trash is washed into our oceans and in this case the Gulf of Mexico from Stupid people that will now take Government free money and rebuild the same insane way. SAD.
What I’ve seen of the coast near Tampa is that it is endless neighborhoods all crammed together just like this place. Being from a rural area it’s hard to fathom just how many homes in Florida are on these coasts and massively vulnerable to these hurricanes.
too effin stupid to figure out why we have wetlands
Heart wrenching to see and so much damage. Prayers for all in that area! It is apparent that some of the roof designs were better than others. Mobile homes didn't stand a chance as with some of the solid structures!
at about 6:25 a round house was coming into view on the left, we would call it a Gher. Would like to know owner/neighbor comments if anyone recognizes it and how it performed.
I caught that as well. That staircase looks unscathed. If it got minimal to no water on the inside, people considering rebuild should take notes. Looks like the way to go
I too noticed that. I also saw another round house in a Naples Sanibel island video that seems to have held up really well. Maby there's something about that design we need to look into.
Geodesic dome style homes or round homes do withstand winds better than angular buildings. They might even withstand a storm surge, but the interiors would still be destroyed by water unless you could make them waterproof. There is a Geodesic dome style house somewhere on the west coast of Florida. I forget exactly where. It is on pillars and I think about a dozen feet tall. Not sure if it's still there but it was highlighted in a news report after a hurricane because it sustained no damage.
This storm made me seriously rethink the dream of living on a catamaran.
Thank you for posting this video. My mom lives in St. James City. Thankfully, she evacuated, but has not been able to get back.
I’ve seen structures that look untouched on the outside, but totally devastated on the inside 😢
My ex wife 🤣
Thank you for this extensive footage that we are not seeing from our newscasts. Can you show us how Bokeelia fared?
That is what I'm trying to find out.
Bokeelia didn’t have surge. We also don’t have extensive foundationless structures like st james. Our few trailer parks had some losses, but not even close to this. Homes have damage but just wind for the most part. Not minimizing it, it’s bad....just not clear it with a dozer like St. James. Matlacha is way worse than St. james.
Wow. Pine Island and St James City used to be nothing but beautiful VACANT LAND . Water, trees, mangroves.. and now look at all those homes. The over development is what's sickening! NO ONE should be allowed to build on ANY water.. the natural beauty of a beach should be for ALL people to enjoy! 🇺🇸 Look at what Jimmy buffoons margaritaville will do to once beautiful Ft Myers Beach. 😪
the mobile homes and motor homes are part of… “Cherry Estates has been serving the St James City, FL community since 1967. Our mobile homes have everything you need and more. Whether you come in a car or RV, we will get you a beautiful home that has space for your vehicles. Have a boat? We can dock your boat in our canals, giving you easy access to the sea.”
If you pause at 1:42 there is a round house to the left. It looks totally unharmed. Totally designed for this situation
@IAN yes your right. Floods is the downfall
This is going to take a decade to rebuild, IF the insurance companies allow rebuild... horrible road ahead for these folks, even with insurance
Good point. The insurance may not allow a rebuild. They keep saying this a storm that happens once in 500 years. We're there even records of something like this 500 years ago. This could happen again next year if the conditions are right. Maybe not the same area but definitely in Florida somewhere.
one unluck yperson just bought a 3 bedroom house on a canal for $1.4 million
Always a good thing when insurance takes your money then doesn't want to insure your rebuild. Should be a law against that.
They will let them rebuild, but there's going to be stronger building codes than there were back in the 60s and 70s. FEMA will require raised houses with blowout walls on the first floor and no living spaces on ground level. They can be made safe. Manufactured homes and stick built homes aren't suitable.
Just look at the number of newer looking hones that have minimal damage and intact roofs. Those are built with Dade County building codes adopted after hurricane Andrew in 1992 and mandated for new construction in most of Florida.
SO MANY counties, towns, cities affected, and flooding is STILL ongoing for those "down river" from Ian rains. Many people still missing. Tragic. It seems worst case scenario happened. 😕 Amazing drone quality photos. Thank you. ❤️ many regular working folks lost their home AND their jobs... just the removal of all the debris from such a huge area (miles & miles) will be a challenge and take a long time. I am already hearing reports of the air smelling like stinky stagnant foul smelling water, mold, mildew, rotten debris of assorted "stuff". Woe.
I hope other states offer the use of dump trucks, backhoes, dumpsters etc. to expedite cleanup.
But they won’t have to shovel snow for 4 months a year!
humans that destroyed the wetlands are the real stink
@@tomrogers9467 lol!
Thank you so much for the video. I found my Grandmas old place 6:52. Breaks my heart 💔
Wait until the residents get their insurance bills! Private insurers should refuse coverage to properties in such vulnerable places.
These areas will increasingly become uninsurable
@@KeepItSimpleSailor Yes, so will Climate changes.
only one in five homes have insurance, most people lost everything, and there will be no insurance money either
I don't even understand why folks bother with insurance...it's a scam
Good grief!!! Would you feel that way if a natural disaster ever hits your home!? Remember....you don't have to live on the coast to be hit by fire, floods, land slides, tornadoes ect.
Great video. I have seen a lot of TH-cam videos lately of Hurricane Ian - damaged Ft. Myers' homes from above and also of the homes' interiors. Even if the roofs were intact, it seems all the homes got severely flooded inside. In other words, uninhabitable until major rehab work is done. Which ain't going to happen in many cases unless the government steps in to finance the rebuild.
It's unfortunate that so few people build houses out of metal framing or brick in these regions, doing so could prevent a lot of tragedies. I hope they do so in the future. My condolescences to the families there.
If building a good home in the US was cheap people could afford. Instead only rich people can do it. Also a lot of expensive homes were damaged because they were built on low level and almost inside of the ocean. In my opinion homes should not be build close to the water and sand. Some of this houses are basically inside of the sand area. They invade the ocean. Other point here is that this areas will be only for rich people from now on? Where those poor folks are going to live?
@@vivonasnuvens you are absolutely correct!! This is OVER DEVELOPMENT and I agree. NO ONE should be allowed to build directly on the water.. Beaches etc should be NATURAL and for ALL people to enjoy. 🇺🇸
I saw some structures right on beach with wood frames - how is that even allowed code-wise unless just for storage
Livin on the edge ..
If you build at sea level in a known storm area what do you expect.
that part
too effin stupid to figure out why we have wetlands
The west side of Florida has escaped damage like this for a long long time. Lets hope it will be many decades before it has to go through this again.
Wow, what a surprise, mobile homes were destroyed. Tell us something we don't know.
0:54 That Flag: "Yes, pole is snapped... but all is not lost."
It amazes me how some of the houses look un-touched and others demolished.
Updated building codes at work.
Luck? 🙂
@@Diana1000Smiles Bit of luck and also good contractors
These video's tend to focus on the destruction. I noticed the same thing in Marsh Harbor after Dorian sat over them for how long? I cannot remember now, 24 hours as a strong Cat 5. While all the drone footage focused on the destroyed houses, I was impressed by all the newer construction homes that look no worse for wear after enduring 175MPH+ winds for a long time. My take away was, we can indeed build homes strong enough to withstand Cat 5 hurricanes. Ignoring all the trailer homes which did not fair well, as expected, these newer homes did excellent. I am encouraged to see that.
I agree, but I imagine many of those that look untouched had water inside from the surge and may be unsalvageable. I hope that isn’t the case, but I’m concerned it might be.
Most of the State of Florida is a natural swamp, so it's amazing how much development took place over the years to make it habitable. I wonder how many people will move to solid ground and away from the unpredictability of the seas.
When I was planning where & how I would get ahead of my retirement, Florida was somewhere I thought about, all those beautiful sunny days & the palm trees. then I thought of Eleuthera - cheaper land/homes & still palm trees, glorious weather etc - then i realized the penalty for those blessings - the threat of fierce weather in both places - finally decided I would stay right where I am in NJ - brave the snowy days, but enjoy my woodland lot & the mostly cooler summers, a few very hot days where I stay in my basement office for max coolness - I am so sorry for the horrors these storm ravaged people are now having to deal with - hoping for your eventual recovery & some freedom from so much horror. Best of luck for sorting it all out ! Stay brave people !
Within a year, most of these destroyed homes will be replaced with manufactured and mobile homes. Floridians never learn our lessons.
How about showing the other end of the island and Bookelia?
I've ask that very same question but nobody answers.
They can build homes that can withstand hurricanes, but the question is how cheap they can make them to be affordable.
They could make them very cheap, but there is no profit in making and selling them cheap
Thank you for the drone footage. The house that I wanted to check on was right at the very end.
A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks.
Every year the hurri season can hit anywhere in Florida, even Boca, the land of the obnoxious condescending
boca was hit this time pretty bad
Must have been creepy inside the eye of the hurricane for 20 minutes. I guess Captiva/Sanibel barrier island didn't offer much of a protective barrier for Pine Island.
Why do these hurricanes get so much coverage and those who lost because of the fire in the west or tornadoes in the Midwest get pushed under the rug… all those people have lost everything as well… why are Florida’s losses any more important? I feel for all of them.
It’s amazing how some homes buckle and others didn’t
Humans are the exact same way in the storms of life. Some buckle, and other's don't. interesting....
Newer homes built to stricter codes since Charlie went through 18 years ago
I see a lot of trailers that have been added to many poorly built structures lots of wealthy homes and just a very poor location to build such hi density residential on. You couldn't ask for a more easily destroyed location for a hurricane and they will just build back so it can happen again.
Wow. That Island is very densely populated. I know by living in Florida for going on 30 years that the state is densely populated along the shore or in bigger towns but that is alot of structures crammed into a very small area. There is people that are shocked this state has a insurance crisis every so often (why do you think Citizens was created).
it has become "populated" to this degree within the last 4-5 yrs.... it used to be a quiet little island
Building tin houses on a sandbar next to an ocean sounds like a foolproof plan to me! 🤣
Crazy how quickly the pools turn green and swamp like!
just like the wetlands they destroyed
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When you see that many boats and RV’s, truth is, most people say “f*ck it” and just left stuff for insurance to deal with. Almost all those items could have been moved…if the owners cared. (From a recovering boat owner who had to submit a hurricane plan for his boat in Tampa)
One huge RV was upside down with it's wheels in the air - unbelievable !
It’s actually pretty awesome that more homes were not wiped out like another areas. A good friend has a home there and it did flood and there is a boat in the front yard, or was but comparing the damage to Fort Myers, St. James city actually did very well. And that city is a mix of homes built in the 50s and newer homes, not counting the mobile homes because it’s a given that they will be wiped out, actually made it through fairly well. Being that I live in an island North of there the older homes are actually very well built as long as they are concrete block homes. We may lose everything, and I did after ETA, but plaster walls and Terrazzo floors saved our home. A company with some beastly dehumidifiers also helped us. But ETA was no news yeah a whole bunch of homes were wiped out and trashed by the flooding on our island. It’s only news when there is devastation but I’m happy to see that there is not devastation in St. James city.
man made peninsula's in hurricane alley. never was a good idea. still isn't. It's hard to imagine why an insurance company would ever insure property on man made islands.
But what will people do without lesurance?
Blame the president
Back in the 1980's, St.James City was nothing but a little general store with two gas pumps and a low rent trailer park at the end of it, not much else. Then the owner of the park sold it to developers, ran the trailer dwellers away, and here came the developers. Amazing the growth on Pine Island over the last thirty years, population is up 4 or 5 times what it once was. The historic, old Florida look and feel that Matlacha had is now gone forever, all the old buildings have been lost. In their place will be modern structures built to hurricane code. If it's not built to the newer code, insurance companies won't insure it.
Can you blame the insurance companies? I get it everybody wants to live on an island and be able to afford it but the wise decision is if you are then you need to build something that is Hurricane and flood resistant.
@@di4085 No, I don't blame them and the newer code will be better for all. HOWEVER.....here is the issue I have, knowing insurance companies like I do: They won't be paying out on nearly as many claims after the homes and buildings are built to east coast hurricane codes. So theoretically, premiums should be less. But they won't be, they will be more. Insurance companies want to claw back all those claims they paid out.
@@papawx3 yes you are probably right. Insurance companies are only good until you make a claim. And then you have to fight.
That was an amazing video. Those beautiful boats. Too terrible man ! Those huge RV,s upside down. Wth
I’m looking for information on York rd. Saint James City. Any one have any information? Or does anyone know where the footage would be on this drone footage? We really appreciate any help. Thanks
the entire beginning up till about 1:56 or so is York Rd...
@@berneebrawn7102 Thank you
Healing energy and prayers sent out to all who have been affected by hurricane Ian. May they find everyone, May everybody be reconnected with their families. And for those who have lost somebody I am sorry for your loss. Much love to all of you 🖤
I am in N Sarasota and those winds were scary but I could not imagine what it was like for all those that rode that storm out to the south of us ,with that storm surge they got. We in Sarasota did not get that surge which saved us.
We live in Cale Coral and that was a horrendous storm for us couldn’t imagine being on Pine Island 😢
That will never be the same. I know , a tornado ruined our house and neighborhood. It's been a little over 2 years and there is still remenets of it.
Does anybody know what became.of the RV resort north of St James City? We stayed there a while back, nice place. I hope everybody is ok.
When I look at these videos it makes me so Thankfull of where I live in PA.
No way would I ever enjoy the closeness of the houses. One after another on top of each other.
Surely not for me!
I like looking out my windows and seeing no close neighbors.
Prayers to the Fl people effected by this hurricane.
But, I'll stay right where I'm at.
Excellent footage. Do you have anymore of Sanibel Island?
I do, please keep checking back. We have been shooting and uploading as fast as possible.
Heartbreaking. Only been there twice but loved it and Matlacha. We stayed at the Koa and was hoping to get back there. Can you tell me how it faired with the hurricane?
Is Flamingo Bay in there? If so, what time?
no... more south
All these areas should never have been developed in the first place. Who in their right mind thinks it's ok to live on a barrier island at sea level.
what is teh average price for one of those homes? I guess expensive since they have their own boat launch
This is exactly why I don't live in a place like this... It was never a question of if but only a question of when....
How does this happen I thought all south Florida homes are poured cement buildings ? Are these old homes / or stick built homes ?
The ones you see damaged badly are older homes built before the codes where updated - so wood homes = gone. Well built, full concrete block homes just have mirror roof damage. You can build a home to survive a Cat 4 but its expensive. The first floor should just be pilings that lift the entire house to be above the surge level.
@@johnmoore3504 Hello thanks for the local information. I have another if you don’t mind . How are homes with todays codes in the PanHandle constructed ? Is it all cement and metal roofs ? Elevation is much higher I would assume it’s farming country so inland not the coast it’s much destruction ?
@@gozone10-s1c no idea as the codes as vary by county and of course date of construction. My house in Broward County was built post Andrew (92) when big changes were made based on what was learned. I was in the eyewall of Cat 2 Wilma in 2005 when the winds blew 80-100 verified and only lost maybe two or three dozen roof titles. I live inland so no surge. You also don’t know what went first- IE did the windows break, did the roof lift, or did the walls collapse? Once the wind and rain gets in you have cascade failure and the whole house is gone. It’s only as good as the weakest link. For surge the only defense is height - the ocean waves are incredibly powerful so much so the waves undercut the bridge to Sanibel causing it to fall.
@@johnmoore3504 Thank you for the information I know more now Take care be safe ..
The new homes fared quite well. Mobile homes do not have a place in Florida. CBS construction period and windows etc.
they have been there for years and years... but won't be allowed to be rebuilt we are guessing. Sad but necessary.
@@berneebrawn7102 In South Florida for years they have been facing them out. They can't altogether because it is an affordable housing option but all these trailer parks where the owners do not own the land their structures sit on have found themselves with no options. They are not insurable.
Our manufactured home has gone through 2 hurricanes with no problems. It’s rated for 125mph winds .
Man are they packed in there like sardines.
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I can't help but compare this to Andrew, where the damage seemed a lot worse. Just about all the mobile homes in parks were completely leveled. The mobile homes here seem to have survived much better. The newer ones had no more damage than the regular homes. It even looks like the state's tie-down program for older homes did its job as I didn't see any of them overturned. I only saw a couple of them that someone may not have survived in that were totally destroyed. I'm only talking about wind damage, not water. I'm not trying to minimize the damage at all. I'm just comparing results from the stronger building codes since Hurricane Andrew. After seeing the results of that hurricane I was surprised to see so many mobile homes still standing.
Surprised so many homes look still great after the storm, the ones built tough seemed to take the storm no problem. Metal roofs FTW
Yes. I noticed the metal roofs did very well.
I like the part where Ariel shows up and helps with the cleanup efforts
mavic mini 2?
This is the beauty of living things on the ocean front !! The ocean is unpredictable and something you don't need a Storm to come in ! It could happen whenever it. Wants to !
What a disaster! I’m heartbroken for all those people that are now homeless. Some may have another place up north or move in with family or rent if they can afford it, but for many these were their only homes. Unfortunately it will take decades to rebuild if they even want to rebuild. Imagine the money people lost, and not only the people but also the state. This was a big chunk of change for the state too. How do you cope with something like this? Will the state even allow to rebuild or repair? What if there is another big one? Very confusing. I’d say create an RV park so people can put rv’s on their land and in case of a hurricane at least you’re not looking at huge losses, plus you can always take your RV and go inland, otherwise maybe a concrete building with condos for everyone that could withstand hurricane forces, just an idea, because I don’t think many people have the money to rebuild to current building codes, not to mention that vast majority of those folks are retired.
Is this wind or surge damage
both- but a lot of it water
Can't believe how many mobile homes are on the coast, and how easy a hurricane can destroy them.
Affordable housing is needed.
For ppl who have minimum wage jobs, that is all they can afford.
Also people on social security or disability can't afford any other housing without a partner or roommate:(
wonder why nobody builds low-cost apartments? saves land space, more nature, better higher views, and definitely more durable
@@braunarsch one word: greed!
I own a house in St James City. Do you offer a real estate video service?
They should make people of Florida build their houses out of cement so every other year the house doesn't go to the landfill.
Most houses in Florida are built with cement blocks. In fact, all new ones are as far as I know. Got my house in 1998 and it was built that way.
@@jjbud3124 there is a lot of frame construction in Florida even today
No matter what , I have faith in America to pick itself up and dust itself off and rebuild. All the best Florida. God bless America.
Wow. I don't see that many Human dwellings in a whole year. My condolences to folks suffering because of weather. ♡
Amazing that so many of these mobile homes have survived intact but probably flooded out on the inside rendering the "manufactured" home a total loss. Since Floridians hate government regulations; perhaps insurance companies will force the hand and not cover properties unless they are rebuilt on stilts as shown here. The area under the house can be used as parking, storage room etc. These sacrificial areas on the ground level should utilize walls that easily break-away in a storm surge leaving the building above the surge intact and ready for the next recovery. End the use of wooden utility poles and replace with concrete columns as they are much better able to survive a hurricane. It is understood that these mobile homes offer affordable living but in the long run building higher and better is cheaper over the long term.
I still can't believe after hurricane Andrew Fla still has slack building codes.
I'm in Orlando and there's new builds going up and the 2nd stories are made of wood frame.
Terrible building code.
Same here in Tampa Bay too. To add insult to injury they charge an arm and a leg for them.
Prayers, help and faith for all
I’m soooo proud of my water front house…soooo proud!
Omg
This is why I loved being in gatlinburg ,, but, back in fla. The reality of living here ,surrounded by water . Between the Atlantic / gulf and the rivers in between 😮
Valleys have a tendency to flood.
Unbelievable destruction. The power of mother nature is deadly. Thanks for sharing.
So sad. I’m in Orlando we got very lucky. Just debris everywhere. This is heartbreaking. Fort Meyers and Sanibel got destroyed too.
Why didn't they move the RVs? The whole point is that you can move them. I wonder if they left them there just to collect the insurance.
It costs atleast 15,000 to move a trailer!
@@sabrinabowden-hughes1730 $15k to move an RV? You just need a big pickup truck. I wasn't referring to the mobile homes.
storm was supposed to hit Tampa- turned right fast. Many owners are not there to move them.
These houses are built right on top of an ocean flood zone. Quiet possibly the drained swamp. How stupid is that to live in a place like that? I wouldn’t live there because of that. I rather live far away from that and the visit.
Welcome to Florida 😁
ok I am confused. Some of the houses are completely destroyed and some doesn't have any damage at all.
Multi billion dallers damage, some of the newest strong build houses got no damaged ,the building code/way has to change now .
A car in the front door and a boat in the back door
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Great video. Very sad.
Wonder how long match sticks near a fire 🔥 would last.?
Looks like the common denominator from the aerial view is mobile/manufactured and stick homes destroyed, concrete block homes with roofs that meet code standing.
Excellent, (however extremely sad to watch) video. I haven't seen any mention of Cabbage Key?
I try to visualize where all the debris - homes, RVs, cars, boats, docks, mattresses, refrigerators, etc is going to end up
That's why I live in Missouri I've never even seen a tornado before
So devastating, like a warzone.
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state of Florida is very strict on cutting down oak trees and hurricane ian goes oh yea: HOLD ME BEER!
Mother Nature's Beautifulication!
I see a lot of the silver metal roofs undamaged other than weak structure that failed. Very impressed and wonder who put it on the house and what method and material was used.
those would be the newer building code… think they can be aluminum or galvanized steel…