@@bengagnon2894 I'd suggest doing what they said as houses shouldn't be built on sandbars since we don't have the technology to make them resilient to the forces of nature you smartass.
@@bengagnon2894 looks like 40 foot steel stilts and frames and elevators if they are going to rebuild , these storms are going to get stronger not weaker, climate change is here , the temperature in manatee bay last summer was 102 F thats insane these storms are fueled by warm waters. This is just the beginning of these kind of storms.
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I don't wish no one to die, but getting a CAT 5 to clean the coastline free in Florida about once a year would discourage the beach building. Eventually something would have to give. Insurance needs to stop insuring as well.
What about the people who don't live in the beach?! Stop being so hateful. Many areas have been destroyed! Mug sludges inland. Should you not live inland emitter. Stop being so RUDE! Have empathy or be quiet!
They are called "barrier islands" for a reason. If you want to live on or near the ocean, you need to accept the risks and expenses involved. I do not own a person jet, but if I did, I would not complain about the cost of a pilot, hanger expense, airport usage expense, jet fuel expense and maintenance....................if you can't afford to live on or near the ocean (hurricanes and flooding are sooner or later expense), don't.
@@brennan2014 You are unfortunately, correct. Those of us inland our pain high insurance premiums for people who insist on building at the beach. We shouldn’t be carrying their folly.
Agreed, with these expensive second homes. But my heart goes out to the fisherman who lost everything in Keaton, Horseshoe, etc. Many of these people were just making it and now they’ve lost everything; they didn’t have insurance as they couldn’t afford it. Their photos, heirlooms, history are memories now. And where the displaced can move to is anyone’s guess.
THAT ACTUALLY IS THE ANSWER. ANDBPUT THE SEA OATS BACK IN THE DUNES. THAT PROTECTS THE SHORELINE. SHORELINE IS BASICALLY UNSTABLE. IT CAN'T SUSTAIN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS WHEN STORMS COME IN.
Stop wasting federal tax dollars cleaning and fixing beachfront property. It’s going to happen again. Why are we bailing out millionaires who know the risk? Our tax dollars can be used elsewhere instead of wasted here.
Not everyone are millionaires and we got taxed WAY more than those inland!! Especially for any “renourishment”. It seems the contractors that get the job are the rich ones.
Could say the same about tornadoes in the midwest and the South or the fires and landslides in California or blizzards in NY, Michigan or anywhere else up north. The beach isn't any riskier than anywhere else
Anybody remember what they called these places before bridges, mosquito control and unregulated dredging ruined Pinellas County? They were called barrier islands. Key word "BARRIER". Other than fish camps nothing ought to have been built on them! Now we can all pay higher insurance rates.
Rich people are not that smart they just pretend to be! You are right I said the same thing no buildings should be on that small strip of land~! No, none of them!
But the local government$ $aw $$$ in property taxe$. $and mean$ money. Wait until in$u8ance companie$ refu$e to in$ure these home$. Everyone will have to be $elf-in$ured.
I think its mostly corporate greed using these situations to raise rates so we blame each other. They make an absolute killing. Plus the prices aren't spread across the general population but are mostly targeted to those folks owning the risky property. Its really the companies who are to blame. I agree though...building on a barrier island is an act of hubris. I suppose waking up to beachfront views is too much a temptation for many of us.
Yes, I hope everyones safe, however, you shouldnt be building on barrier islands nor sandbars, all these planners passing these regulations with construction companies are morons.
Shouldn't be allowed they help ruin our waters honestly and now look how much they have to clean up all the stuff gets into the water and kills fish and causes contamination.
That's the fake (white powder) sand they've been bringing in every few years during beach renourishment projects. They've killed the seagrasses, the water is devoid of life unless you go miles out and the it's always murky. It's a very beautiful area and it will be cleaned up but they need a seawall or similar. Unfortunately they've built too close to the water.
Yes, by 2050 the rate of sea level rise…none of these coastal regions will be habitable anymore. Remember warming seas increase in volume as well as increased rainfall, storm surge and storm intensity . This is directly due to CO2 peak (highest since dinosaur) in our atmosphere. This much CO2 in the atmosphere just naturally holds more moisture . Plus melting glaciers,etc. Too late to stop this but for the next generation ..we really do need to look at ways of reducing our carbon footprints…we need to develop new technology to replace our present carbon use.
You build on the beach, you reap what the ocean produces. That's the risk of waterfront property. As far as the beach sand, if you claim it as your personal property, you pay to replenish it. NO tax money from the state or federal level should be used if the public taxpayers do not have access to it.
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Building with nature in mind was never, if ever, a consideration that results in the reality we are witnessing. Barrier islands with mangroves next to the mainlands were a natural development and were replaced by humans dividing land to occupy and enjoy paradise. Historically, Indigenous tribes never built permanent settlements next to the water.
Not quite understanding about the owners not wanting you to walk past their house unless you're in the water and not on the dry sand. But now they are wanting the public to help shovel them out?
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We left Tarpon Springs in Dec 23. This was the first year in a long time we didn’t have to worry about a Hurricane. This is every year now. I’m sorry for the entire country affected. It’s bad in a lot of places right now
The complete breakdown of logic from "beaches buried in sand" to people putting sandbags around a house when you live on a sandbar convinces me there may need to be two planets - one for those who want to live in reality, and one who want to live in fantasy. I guess we gotta make do until then!
@@safeandeffectivelol No, just for the wealthy real estate brokerages that operate them. They're not losing any money in this. Deep pockets can pay and real estate lobbyist have a lot of power here in Florida. They even make the state rules in a lot of cases to ensure money is continually flowing into their pockets.
Frankly… insurance companies should pay out for the loss but refuse to insure a rebuilt property. Turn this area into a national park and let nature take it back over.
that's whats happening on the east coast of Australia following the floods over the last few years the insurance companies will not cover properties in flood prone areas
Exactly. That what they should do along the coast of NC as well. But, real estate lobbyist are making money by the billions and they have a lot of power here in Florida.
The time comes when humans just have to move out of the way of natural forces that cannot be stopped. The difficult decision has to be made that rebuilding can’t be allowed everywhere. Things shouldn’t have been built on barrier islands in the first place but it’s way too late to change that now.
I wish I could feel your sentiment here but they don't feel anything from this. They probably have five houses across the country and only stay at these houses a couple months out of the year.
Bravo for the Army Corp of Engineers! No beach renourishment if the public can’t access the beach. Florida should follow Hawaii- no private beaches anywhere!
You're asking people to come and help these wealthy home-owners who, once the job is done, won't allow YOU access to the beach? If they can afford to live there, they can afford to fix things themselves!
Well said! No sympathy here. Need to stop giving insurance payouts. Hopefully a few more insurers will leaver the state or stop insuring beachfront properties. When none is left then they can fend for themselves.
I’m so sorry the 2.5 million dollar home you decided to build 1ft above sea level on an island, flooded. It’s gonna be great when my insurance rate goes up again next year, appreciate it.
@@LadieKadie haha laughing at rich people doing dumb things and paying for it is bipartisan. If I was a Democrat, I’d be mad at you for simply being rich. I don’t care if people are rich, but it’s kind of ironic what happened lol Trump 2024
My aunt and uncle had a beautiful brick house on the coast in Myrtle Beach SC years ago. If I remember correctly, they couldn't get insurance, which is how it should be. We all pay in some way for that kind of stupidity.
They will rebuild and it will happen somewhere down the road only worse the next time. Stupidity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. Will we ever learn? Probably not.
In a snowstorm, says the lady who grew up in Rochester and Buffalo New York, eventually the snow will melt. Not true with sand. How many times will the zoning boards and insurance industries allow rebuilding in dangerous places and also not force evacuations no matter how stubborn in time? Looking at the flyover images honestly those entire areas need to be permanently cleared and returned to nature. Building and repairing there is irresponsible, short and long term.
@@floridacracker-cn4nt Even more true words as most politicians here are deep in bed with the real estate industry and they lobby and make up most of the rules which continues the lunacy.
If insureres would stop insuring after the first destroyed property and make them use their own money to rebuild then people might think twice about rebuilding on the sand and oceanfront.
Feel bad for the homeowners, BUT ... realistically ... ocean shorelines naturally have sections which are worn away over time while other sections are built up over time... it is expected. For that reason, it is not very bright to live within about a half-mile or mile of the shoreline (depending on which shoreline). You want the sand dunes and marshes and wetlands to be your storm buffer... buildings are horrible storm buffers. edited for typos
@@barbaravyse660 the climate has always been changing since the dawn of time, what people like your governor apparently don't buy into is the WEF line that we are ruining the planet and only have a few years to fix or reverse things, that's a gulit trip many generations have been fed & every prediction has been a lie, not one has come true and the changes in weather is due to their own tampering with it, people trying to bloack sunlight, alter rain patterns etc etc - here in England it's been happening since at least the 50's where by the famous Lynmouth disaster ensued, whats going on is a lot of fear and blame, aimed at the wrong people, if the poeple that spout climate change cared so much they wouldn't do even half the things they do in the name of 'enviroment'
Agree, live in Wisconsin. Would take snowstorm over this. Plus our winters are not nearly as bad as used to be. Florida people are haughty on top of it
Why? They built their houses on the mountain next to a river. Shouldn't they know to expect floods? Quit being a tool and showing your lack of compassion for people who have lived in their beach home for 40 years without an issue.
To be fair the houses used to be 200 ft from shore. You can see that on Google maps. But with this storm much of that sand was brought into the community. This is of course what it is insane and arrogant to build on the beach anywhere, but especially on a sand bar. Because the shore constantly shifts on a sand bar especially in big storms.
Real estate lobbyist have a lot of power here in Florida and a lot of their lobbyist will work in politics and the switch doors back into real estate. It's a huge money grab for developers regardless of the damage. They're getting their pockets filled with money every year. Insurance carriers need to stop the payouts.
And then they’re going to contest to the fact that they own the sand behind their house all the way to the water and that you and I cannot walk on the beach unless we’re walking in the water that’s insanity. Hence God cannot be marked. The foolish man built his house upon the sand, they’re all fools and I’m not calling them. Fools God is.
Man, those houses are close to the ocean. Seems like folly. Meanwhile none of us can afford to buy insurance because some people lose their homes annually even though I just had to pick up some branches and vacuum my pool. Seems like we might want to think about how to live here safely and more cost effectively instead of paying for these losses every year and multiple times a year... It's not going to get better, only worse.
Those are 10s of millions of dollar homes and buildings sitting on that beach and they are saying please come help them clean this up for free. They chose to build there they can pay to have it cleaned up and maybe workers will pour in from around the area but to say that people should volunteer to clean up for this is something for sure.
When native sand dunes are flattened at the behest of developers, then the first line of defense against storm surge is eliminated. City councils need to start listening to environmentalists and stop thinking that more development is a plus.
True,,, Provincetown, the tip of The Cape,,,, Cape Cod, of course. Those Dunes are natural, they build up and sand and bushes grow on top to keep them stable. If you've ever been there,,, it is a long walk on the paths that lead to the beach,, but it is gorgeous. The Dunes are HIGH, Nature built them. To think anyone would touch those and build houses there is unthinkable.
I'm not sure why some of the best news reporting these days comes out of immediate on-site disaster coverage. This commentator is such an intelligent dude and did some great, informative coverage. Thanks, Jeff Patterson! I will look up where I can find other reports by you!
We live on the beach in Washington, but the house is about 75ft over sea level up the mountain. We had a King Tide last year and houses and businesses close to sea level got completely flooded. Time to rethink beach living as Mother Nature is fixing the weather...
I remember this at the Jersey Shore after Sandy. It was like snow had fallen but it was all sand. I said to someone I had not seen in ages, "Didn't you have a pool there?". They said, "It's there but under the sand". You would never know by looking there since it was all level. Really eerie.
If those rich people are trying to take over the beach as their own private preserve they should be responsible for all maintenance including clean up and replenishing the sand. Why should the ordinary taxpayer foot the bill?
A lot of those people aren't rich. Boomers back in the 90's-2000's bought those homes for dirt cheap. Regular people. Nothing special. Also, how are the tax payers paying for this? Insurance covers most. Tax payers have nothing to do with this.
You obviously dont own a home and pay property tax on it. school, road, land, improvements, tax tax tax. 2 million dollar house pays northward of 20k a year in taxes...@@raybod1775
Now imagine what would happen to pinellas county if a hurricane came right into the mouth of the tampa bay? only the highest point of Saint Petersburg would be above water and would literally be an island for god knows how long. The damage would be worse than what Katrina did to New Orleans.
That was a BIG topic in the late 1950s when a developer was subdividing the barrier sand bars (where I used to hog hunt). HE said Tampa Bay was Hurricane proof and multiple people called BS. The houses were built anyway. It's just a matter of time. A hurricane or a hundred made Tampa Bay and can remake it anytime.
My aunt lost her beach house and the beach front property it sat on during Katrina. It was insanse to not even have the land left to build on. These hurricanes seem to be getting stronger and stonger over time.
How many storms do we need in a given year to make the idiocy of building on sand and on the beach fronts go away? Obviously we're not getting enough storms to scrub the shorline clean of homes. Several good Cat 4 and Cat 5 storms for a few years straight might actually get people to rethink the lunacy that they do every year.
Will anyone talk about the recent project by Pinellas County (two years ago), where they dumped countless truck loads of sand on the beaches in the Indian Shores/Rocks areas? That sand, is now in the pools and the streets. Bright idea!
These are predominantly rich people correct? Who else can afford to live on the coast? Who else pushes locals out for the superior beachside property. I hope they’re physically okay but I don’t feel bad for their property!
I have lived in FL my entire life, 25 of those years in Naples, beach nourishment is always temporary, when you get the winter cold fronts that come in that creates high surf, it depletes the beach by removing the sand from the shore. Unfortunatly the depletion is much faster and greater then when nature replenishes the beaches. The groups that exasperated the problem in FL is local governments, state governments, lawyers, insurance companies and the army corp of engineers. Fueled by greed, fiscally irresponsible politicians and the attitude that man can improve on what God created - everglades to make a point.
Almost every part of this country goes through some form of strong violent weather. Know your risks, know how to mitigate the risks of damage and injury.
Building and living on these beaches the way they do should have never been allowed. There should be a 100 meter buffer including forested trees and and a road past the 100 meter area. These people are nuts for living right on the beach. It's increased insurance rates and caused problems and costing tax payers huge amounts of money and resources to fix this damage. It's insane.
😮 😮 Sand bags are good for about 15 inches of standing water, not so much with regards to a possible 35 foot storm surge from Milton the immediate second storm threat. 😮 😮
Gas or diesel vehicles may be ruined by sand exposure in salt water but EVs burn catastrophically when batteries are degraded and short out due to salt water exposure
I cannot imagine the conversations in various insurance companies war rooms....FL has some serious problems now.......always has but since COVID all bets are off......property costs, insurance costs, condo costs, assessments, RE taxes I mean it has to stop somewhere and I don't see an end to it..........
Wow lol no empathy… laughing emoji . Name calling , and the idiot sayings it’s not fair ……………… cause insurance will go up … These people have basically lost everything, also the nine lives lost … Horrible souls ….. projection of there self hate that they ignore … And purge onto others …. Lack of a lot obviously….
It’s difficult to feel too much sympathy for those who’ve decided to buy (or build) a house on any barrier island. The state should have never allowed it! But-when there’s money to be made…..
@ReganTanzer1..."The state should have never allowed it!" you're EXACTLY RIGHT. Building homes and even towns on these barrier islands is a disaster waiting to happen it's just a matter of time. It's just not this one hurricane it can happen on the east west or south side of Florida. As a matter of fact all up and down the east coast people living AT sea level should have never been allowed..
See when the water receded it would take a lot of that sand with it back out into the ocean, EXCEPT there’s building in the way that should never be there.
if you build anything but cheap shacks on a barrier island you deserve what you get. everything on these beaches should be considered temporary. this is a normal hurricane. it's also embarrassing to be complaining about sand, on a barrier beach, when probably hundreds of americans have died. i am very sorry for the elderly who could not evacuate. probably with nowhere to go and limited mobility, or stayed because of pets. be nice to improve shelters and emergency evacuation transportation instead of digging out these ugly mcmansions.
Houses are not supposed to be built on sandbars
Houses are not "supposed" to be built anywhere, really. Houses are not "natural" formations. This said, what do you suggest?
@@bengagnon2894 ok build your tp I’ll come visit lol
@@bengagnon2894 I'd suggest doing what they said as houses shouldn't be built on sandbars since we don't have the technology to make them resilient to the forces of nature you smartass.
@@bengagnon2894 looks like 40 foot steel stilts and frames and elevators if they are going to rebuild , these storms are going to get stronger not weaker, climate change is here , the temperature in manatee bay last summer was 102 F thats insane these storms are fueled by warm waters. This is just the beginning of these kind of storms.
@@bengagnon2894 More inland, perhaps?
I'm so glad this news reporter is being so blunt and honest about this storm you are fantastic
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Bro get your houses off the beach. Nature has claimed it.
I don't wish no one to die, but getting a CAT 5 to clean the coastline free in Florida about once a year would discourage the beach building. Eventually something would have to give. Insurance needs to stop insuring as well.
He said push the sand back on the beach I almost died 😅 this is the beach now!
What about the people who don't live in the beach?! Stop being so hateful. Many areas have been destroyed! Mug sludges inland. Should you not live inland emitter. Stop being so RUDE! Have empathy or be quiet!
@@shirleesantiago8529I thought the same! This seems an impossible task.
@@flyaprilflythey aren’t talking about the people not living on the beach
Time to stop issuing building permits within a mile of the coastline.
Many other countries and even Puerto Rico make all beaches Open to the Public and illegal to build homes on them
I agree
within 5 miles you mean lol
And no insurance coverage for building on a flood plain.
The beach might be worth visiting if they did that.
They are called "barrier islands" for a reason. If you want to live on or near the ocean, you need to accept the risks and expenses involved. I do not own a person jet, but if I did, I would not complain about the cost of a pilot, hanger expense, airport usage expense, jet fuel expense and maintenance....................if you can't afford to live on or near the ocean (hurricanes and flooding are sooner or later expense), don't.
I'm surprised you don't have any comments saying I was thinking the same thing 😊
exactly, like having kids and dogs and not accepting the huge bills and vets bills that go along with it
@@JohnSmith-vo9zc saddle up because insurance is about to double again. It’s bs
@@brennan2014 You are unfortunately, correct. Those of us inland our pain high insurance premiums for people who insist on building at the beach. We shouldn’t be carrying their folly.
Agreed, with these expensive second homes. But my heart goes out to the fisherman who lost everything in Keaton, Horseshoe, etc. Many of these people were just making it and now they’ve lost everything; they didn’t have insurance as they couldn’t afford it. Their photos, heirlooms, history are memories now. And where the displaced can move to is anyone’s guess.
leave the sand alone move the houses....
THAT ACTUALLY IS THE ANSWER. ANDBPUT THE SEA OATS BACK IN THE DUNES. THAT PROTECTS THE SHORELINE. SHORELINE IS BASICALLY UNSTABLE. IT CAN'T SUSTAIN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS WHEN STORMS COME IN.
❤ Exactly!!!
The sand belongs there not the houses, the sea is taking back its own.
Probably true.
Maybe these people can move inland in the same community. Just relocate them outside the flood zone. A special program.
Stop wasting federal tax dollars cleaning and fixing beachfront property. It’s going to happen again. Why are we bailing out millionaires who know the risk? Our tax dollars can be used elsewhere instead of wasted here.
Who is responsible for the road network?
Not everyone are millionaires and we got taxed WAY more than those inland!! Especially for any “renourishment”. It seems the contractors that get the job are the rich ones.
@@nijoleladd7209 Don't live on the beach if you can't afford to rebuild.
Stop making everyone else’s insurance rates go up.
Could say the same about tornadoes in the midwest and the South or the fires and landslides in California or blizzards in NY, Michigan or anywhere else up north. The beach isn't any riskier than anywhere else
Anybody remember what they called these places before bridges, mosquito control and unregulated dredging ruined Pinellas County? They were called barrier islands. Key word "BARRIER". Other than fish camps nothing ought to have been built on them! Now we can all pay higher insurance rates.
Rich people are not that smart they just pretend to be! You are right I said the same thing no buildings should be on that small strip of land~! No, none of them!
Quite. And I don't understand why the government issues building permits for these places.
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I think its mostly corporate greed using these situations to raise rates so we blame each other. They make an absolute killing. Plus the prices aren't spread across the general population but are mostly targeted to those folks owning the risky property. Its really the companies who are to blame. I agree though...building on a barrier island is an act of hubris. I suppose waking up to beachfront views is too much a temptation for many of us.
Yes, I hope everyones safe, however, you shouldnt be building on barrier islands nor sandbars, all these planners passing these regulations with construction companies are morons.
Why build so close to the beaches!!! Stop building huge hotels right on the beaches! It’s ridiculous!
Because you and I pay for it. Why not?
One home that had been there since early days and said the beach was out a lot further then. That was last year 😢
@@CharleneWagner-u7s Beaches sink. Thats why they haul in sand from inland.
Shouldn't be allowed they help ruin our waters honestly and now look how much they have to clean up all the stuff gets into the water and kills fish and causes contamination.
That's the fake (white powder) sand they've been bringing in every few years during beach renourishment projects. They've killed the seagrasses, the water is devoid of life unless you go miles out and the it's always murky. It's a very beautiful area and it will be cleaned up but they need a seawall or similar. Unfortunately they've built too close to the water.
maybe people should STOP building on beaches.
Yes, by 2050 the rate of sea level rise…none of these coastal regions will be habitable anymore. Remember warming seas increase in volume as well as increased rainfall, storm surge and storm intensity . This is directly due to CO2 peak (highest since dinosaur) in our atmosphere. This much CO2 in the atmosphere just naturally holds more moisture . Plus melting glaciers,etc. Too late to stop this but for the next generation ..we really do need to look at ways of reducing our carbon footprints…we need to develop new technology to replace our present carbon use.
Not until "WE" stop paying for it and insuring it! Why would they?
@@jpaynter149 You are in Sane and uneducated but fully indoctrinated. Sad
@@SamuelRochester-p2kactually denial is absolute bliss. Your brain doesn't want to get it. It's a defense mechanism.
Sounds like something a uneducated Trump supporter would say. No global warming here🥴 while standing in knee deep flood water. 😬
We paved over the beaches and now nature is paving it back. Its interesting.
You build on the beach, you reap what the ocean produces. That's the risk of waterfront property. As far as the beach sand, if you claim it as your personal property, you pay to replenish it. NO tax money from the state or federal level should be used if the public taxpayers do not have access to it.
100%
In Florida, there is no such thing as a private beach, fyi. Access to the beaches in some places is solely by boat
Explain this to Tr***. He is eager to build hotels on this new beachfront!
I wish the government paid when a tree fell on my house in a storm.
Don't mess with mother nature, she rules!
She will win every time. Wait til she gets REALLY mad.😮 Have to respect her.
Mother Nature is mad and don't care about karen or Brandon or really anyone the end of the world may soon be here. The seven Trumpets 🎺 may soon be heard by everyone. If you know what I'm talking about you know what to do if you don't then you don't believe in him there still time for you to change but you better do it fast.
And she wins.
men, been trying to get that messege across. Damnocraps don't like it.
@@cherylgoodall8120 EVERY TIME !!! Peace.........
If you live there, you take the risk. NOT the taxpayers.
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I guess they still have to clean up the mess. But rebuilding seems foolish.
Building with nature in mind was never, if ever, a consideration that results in the reality we are witnessing.
Barrier islands with mangroves next to the mainlands were a natural development and were replaced by humans dividing land to occupy and enjoy paradise.
Historically, Indigenous tribes never built permanent settlements next to the water.
How silly people are to build their homes on the edge of an ever shifting ocean.
Your comment is silly! Have some respect look at the rest of the country devastation you headless people soulless.
I agree. Most people most countries - almost all global cities are on the shoreline. Dumb as dumb can be.
@@yes_JD Boat was the only way to transport merchandises for long time. this is why most cities are located near water.
@WhirlpoolEnzyme Seriously ! ?
Like the biblical parable says, the foolish man built his house on the sand but the Wiseman built it on the rock.
Not quite understanding about the owners not wanting you to walk past their house unless you're in the water and not on the dry sand. But now they are wanting the public to help shovel them out?
Lol... That's Silly
Kharma in some cases.
What goes Around!! Come around!!
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You pick the Apple up!!! The people want to call the Police!! You stealing my Apple!!!
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SORRY I CAN'T HELP!!!
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Get the properties out of the beach ASAP or face the problem all over again in the future storms.... it’s that simple!
Spoiled rich brats who are ignorant enough to live on a sandbar.
Storm surge doing what a storm surge does! Duh! What do you expect would happen if your property is built right by the shoreline. Duh!
Those are summer homes for the rich and famous who live along the San Andreas fault line.
"The wise man built his house upon a rock. The foolish man built his house upon the sand."
So then, would you say that the Bible is correct and that all who lives in Florida are fools?
Tell the people in North Carolina that...
Ironic considering most civilizations throughout history have been built right next to rivers and oceans.
@@itwasaliens most of them have fallen for a reason lol
@@itwasaliens Ironic that my quote is several thousand years old then...
We left Tarpon Springs in Dec 23. This was the first year in a long time we didn’t have to worry about a Hurricane. This is every year now. I’m sorry for the entire country affected. It’s bad in a lot of places right now
We live in Tarpon Springs now, for 5 yrs, dunedin for 5
We want to leave here in a year
Pray for us that we make it. 🙏 😢 ✝️
"Beaches covered in sand...." Who comes up with this stuff?
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Children. They are called reporters...but no.
Exactly..AI..
Up in Alaska I've seen rock beaches.
It's our Florida education I must admit
This is why no one should build houses on where the sand is supposed to be & where the ocean flows with all its currents.
People unfortuneately are deluded enough to believe nature cares for their feelings.
All these irresponsible ppl with their beachfront homes, now ALL insurance premiums will go up and us common folk will be picking up the tab. 😡
Maybe all those beachfront homeowners should just be denied insurance.
Yup! Exactly
The complete breakdown of logic from "beaches buried in sand" to people putting sandbags around a house when you live on a sandbar convinces me there may need to be two planets - one for those who want to live in reality, and one who want to live in fantasy. I guess we gotta make do until then!
lol.1 sandbag here 1 sandbag there.. that'll do
the beach is for everyone! not for the rich alone.
I doubt those old condos and motels are for rich people.
@@safeandeffectivelol No, just for the wealthy real estate brokerages that operate them. They're not losing any money in this. Deep pockets can pay and real estate lobbyist have a lot of power here in Florida. They even make the state rules in a lot of cases to ensure money is continually flowing into their pockets.
The Native Americans tried to tell settlers that this land is uninhabitable in the long-term, especially on the coasts 🤷♂
facts
I thought beaches buried in sand would just make a better Beach?
As Trump says, rising sea levels creates more beach front properties.
Frankly… insurance companies should pay out for the loss but refuse to insure a rebuilt property. Turn this area into a national park and let nature take it back over.
In many countries they made it illegal to build anywhere near close to the ocean.
that's whats happening on the east coast of Australia following the floods over the last few years the insurance companies will not cover properties in flood prone areas
Exactly. That what they should do along the coast of NC as well. But, real estate lobbyist are making money by the billions and they have a lot of power here in Florida.
Payout is for structure loss not property value, but i agree with you otherwise.
all the trash washing into the water,so much pollution
The time comes when humans just have to move out of the way of natural forces that cannot be stopped. The difficult decision has to be made that rebuilding can’t be allowed everywhere. Things shouldn’t have been built on barrier islands in the first place but it’s way too late to change that now.
They are not natural..that term doesnt exist..it was invented...
Nothing to see here but the RICH folks being HUMBLED 😮
I wish I could feel your sentiment here but they don't feel anything from this. They probably have five houses across the country and only stay at these houses a couple months out of the year.
Hurricane Iron Sheik, Bubba!
Insurance needs to stop payouts and then we can say humbled. Stop the payouts. No public beach access then no sand for you.
@@grafando WRONG 6
Bravo for the Army Corp of Engineers! No beach renourishment if the public can’t access the beach. Florida should follow Hawaii- no private beaches anywhere!
No private beaches in Australia also .
And Oregon.
You're asking people to come and help these wealthy home-owners who, once the job is done, won't allow YOU access to the beach? If they can afford to live there, they can afford to fix things themselves!
Well said! No sympathy here. Need to stop giving insurance payouts. Hopefully a few more insurers will leaver the state or stop insuring beachfront properties. When none is left then they can fend for themselves.
SAY IT AGAIN THE RICH CAN'T CONTROL GODS WORH HUH
Yup, the same people that vote for the govt that keeps them from paying their fair share too. We lose so they can keep more of their money than we do.
Love it , so true.
I’m so sorry the 2.5 million dollar home you decided to build 1ft above sea level on an island, flooded. It’s gonna be great when my insurance rate goes up again next year, appreciate it.
@@LadieKadie haha laughing at rich people doing dumb things and paying for it is bipartisan. If I was a Democrat, I’d be mad at you for simply being rich. I don’t care if people are rich, but it’s kind of ironic what happened lol Trump 2024
exactly... we all are subsidizing the lifestyles of the rich and or famous...
@@LadieKadie get a life.
My aunt and uncle had a beautiful brick house on the coast in Myrtle Beach SC years ago. If I remember correctly, they couldn't get insurance, which is how it should be. We all pay in some way for that kind of stupidity.
Imagine that? 😮😂
That sand is exactly where it's supposed to be...
🎉
It's an effing barrier 🚧 Island 🏝️
Good grief Charlie Brown
They will rebuild and it will happen somewhere down the road only worse the next time. Stupidity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. Will we ever learn? Probably not.
It looks like the beaches are "covered" in houses...that's the issue here
Exactly
The houses are a part of that barrier now, super effective for people on the mainland
@@MrFLEWEYep, I’m sure there happy. You win some you lose some.
In a snowstorm, says the lady who grew up in Rochester and Buffalo New York, eventually the snow will melt. Not true with sand. How many times will the zoning boards and insurance industries allow rebuilding in dangerous places and also not force evacuations no matter how stubborn in time? Looking at the flyover images honestly those entire areas need to be permanently cleared and returned to nature. Building and repairing there is irresponsible, short and long term.
@@1GoodWoman No truer words were ever written. Unfortunately, every politician in floriduh is on the take so nothing will change.
@@floridacracker-cn4nt Even more true words as most politicians here are deep in bed with the real estate industry and they lobby and make up most of the rules which continues the lunacy.
Guess the same goes for tornado prone areas of the country. Or the west where fires burn entire neighborhoods every year.
Homes should have never been built here, this is arrogance and ignorance.
Not to mention defiance. It's like spitting in God's face. How can a barrier island be private property?
They came down from up north because they didn't like shoveling snow out of the driveway. Well, welcome to Florida hope you brought your shovel.
Sad thing is they wont learn from this. They will rebuild and move right back in.
If insureres would stop insuring after the first destroyed property and make them use their own money to rebuild then people might think twice about rebuilding on the sand and oceanfront.
Thank you so much WFLA for this aerial view and the commentators information.
Idk, it’s hard to feel sorry for someone who can afford beachfront property…
Dig deep. We'll all be suffering soon
Feel bad for the homeowners, BUT ... realistically ... ocean shorelines naturally have sections which are worn away over time while other sections are built up over time... it is expected.
For that reason, it is not very bright to live within about a half-mile or mile of the shoreline (depending on which shoreline).
You want the sand dunes and marshes and wetlands to be your storm buffer... buildings are horrible storm buffers.
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That's crazy that people build expensive homes right on the beach, and don't expect a storm to impact them. Then they blame it on climate change!
obviously climate change is making things a lot worse ie more frequent storms, stronger
"Climate Change" has no way of accepting blame. It just is what it is, - an "inconvenient truth".
According to our crazy governor, there is no climate change in Florida.
@@barbaravyse660 the climate has always been changing since the dawn of time, what people like your governor apparently don't buy into is the WEF line that we are ruining the planet and only have a few years to fix or reverse things, that's a gulit trip many generations have been fed & every prediction has been a lie, not one has come true and the changes in weather is due to their own tampering with it, people trying to bloack sunlight, alter rain patterns etc etc - here in England it's been happening since at least the 50's where by the famous Lynmouth disaster ensued, whats going on is a lot of fear and blame, aimed at the wrong people, if the poeple that spout climate change cared so much they wouldn't do even half the things they do in the name of 'enviroment'
I'd rather have a blizzard than Hurricane! I lived in Jacksonville till 2020 glad I left, we had Faye, Irma and Matthew! Safe safe Florida!
Agree, live in Wisconsin. Would take snowstorm over this. Plus our winters are not nearly as bad as used to be. Florida people are haughty on top of it
So true…. Snow melts, sand does not!!
"Beaches buried in sand"...really?
LOL, oceans inundated with water ..
I know. the stupid stuff. these guys say is amazing.
The beach was ruined by sand. 😂
@@MsAsha-mf7tz LOL!!!
@@whydotheathensrage LOL!!!
I do not feel sorry for these people, however I do for North Carolina and Tennessee !!!!
Why? They built their houses on the mountain next to a river. Shouldn't they know to expect floods? Quit being a tool and showing your lack of compassion for people who have lived in their beach home for 40 years without an issue.
@@aprilbaby0467 it’s a little different but I get your point
They built houses 10 ft away from the water. Insanity.
The state of Florida should make building the close the shore forbidden .
To be fair the houses used to be 200 ft from shore. You can see that on Google maps. But with this storm much of that sand was brought into the community.
This is of course what it is insane and arrogant to build on the beach anywhere, but especially on a sand bar. Because the shore constantly shifts on a sand bar especially in big storms.
Real estate lobbyist have a lot of power here in Florida and a lot of their lobbyist will work in politics and the switch doors back into real estate. It's a huge money grab for developers regardless of the damage. They're getting their pockets filled with money every year. Insurance carriers need to stop the payouts.
And then they’re going to contest to the fact that they own the sand behind their house all the way to the water and that you and I cannot walk on the beach unless we’re walking in the water that’s insanity. Hence God cannot be marked. The foolish man built his house upon the sand, they’re all fools and I’m not calling them. Fools God is.
The houses were not so close to the water when they were built. The sand on the shore got moved inland.
Man, those houses are close to the ocean. Seems like folly. Meanwhile none of us can afford to buy insurance because some people lose their homes annually even though I just had to pick up some branches and vacuum my pool. Seems like we might want to think about how to live here safely and more cost effectively instead of paying for these losses every year and multiple times a year... It's not going to get better, only worse.
The work alone is overwhelming!
Those are 10s of millions of dollar homes and buildings sitting on that beach and they are saying please come help them clean this up for free. They chose to build there they can pay to have it cleaned up and maybe workers will pour in from around the area but to say that people should volunteer to clean up for this is something for sure.
People should now see why the Word said a man is foolish if he builds his house on the sand. One day the sea will reclaim all this land. Take heed.
When native sand dunes are flattened at the behest of developers, then the first line of defense against storm surge is eliminated. City councils need to start listening to environmentalists and stop thinking that more development is a plus.
True,,, Provincetown, the tip of The Cape,,,, Cape Cod, of course. Those Dunes are natural, they build up and sand and bushes grow on top to keep them stable. If you've ever been there,,, it is a long walk on the paths that lead to the beach,, but it is gorgeous. The Dunes are HIGH, Nature built them. To think anyone would touch those and build houses there is unthinkable.
I'm not sure why some of the best news reporting these days comes out of immediate on-site disaster coverage. This commentator is such an intelligent dude and did some great, informative coverage. Thanks, Jeff Patterson! I will look up where I can find other reports by you!
We live on the beach in Washington, but the house is about 75ft over sea level up the mountain. We had a King Tide last year and houses and businesses close to sea level got completely flooded. Time to rethink beach living as Mother Nature is fixing the weather...
Stupidity kills
And boy is there a lot of that going around. lol
MOMMA ALWAYS SAID STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES...........FORREST GUMP.
Love WFLA...Thank you for the info!💞🤗🙏✌...
I remember this at the Jersey Shore after Sandy. It was like snow had fallen but it was all sand. I said to someone I had not seen in ages, "Didn't you have a pool there?". They said, "It's there but under the sand". You would never know by looking there since it was all level. Really eerie.
Very appropriate name...hurricane Sandy.
Hats off to those woking hard in Fla, driving those loaders, trucks, working on water and elec. Its hard work and you have a big job.
That happened to Ocean City, NJ with Super Storm Sandy
It had about 3 feet on their streets.
Of sand after water left.
Damn
If those rich people are trying to take over the beach as their own private preserve they should be responsible for all maintenance including clean up and replenishing the sand. Why should the ordinary taxpayer foot the bill?
@@LadieKadie No, just tired of footing the bill for wealthy people's bailouts, which the Fed Gov always approves!
Cause those people pay most of the taxes that pay for all the other roads.
A lot of those people aren't rich. Boomers back in the 90's-2000's bought those homes for dirt cheap. Regular people. Nothing special. Also, how are the tax payers paying for this? Insurance covers most. Tax payers have nothing to do with this.
@@chrisearls4220 All drivers pay equal taxes on gas for the roads, rich don’t pay any more than anyone else.
You obviously dont own a home and pay property tax on it. school, road, land, improvements, tax tax tax. 2 million dollar house pays northward of 20k a year in taxes...@@raybod1775
Now imagine what would happen to pinellas county if a hurricane came right into the mouth of the tampa bay? only the highest point of Saint Petersburg would be above water and would literally be an island for god knows how long. The damage would be worse than what Katrina did to New Orleans.
😂😂😂😂
That was a BIG topic in the late 1950s when a developer was subdividing the barrier sand bars (where I used to hog hunt). HE said Tampa Bay was Hurricane proof and multiple people called BS. The houses were built anyway.
It's just a matter of time. A hurricane or a hundred made Tampa Bay and can remake it anytime.
St. Pete and Clearwater area is a peninsular on a peninsular. Unfortunately bound to flood and have hurricane 🌀 damage as well as Tampa.
Why did you have to write this…
Call coastal regions should be made into preserves
Not such a bad idea .
I bet they rebuild in the same spot.
Yikes.
"beaches buried in sand" ya think?
The beach is a nice place to visit but I wouldn’t build a house on it.
Use to live in a house right-on St. Pete Beach.... it must be under 10 ft. of sand right now - if it's still standing.....
Me too but I sold it a few years ago took the money and ran
Bless you for reporting so well
Beachfront property…living the dream
Then they awoke
Record breaking isn't relevant? Perry area Florida with New construction did really well with stilts.
As to our tax dollars? Not at all happy
That's my dream, but this is why it's only a dream. I'll settle for a couple of beach vacations each year
Not Now
My aunt lost her beach house and the beach front property it sat on during Katrina. It was insanse to not even have the land left to build on. These hurricanes seem to be getting stronger and stonger over time.
Lets go live right on the ocean front what a great idea.
How many storms do we need in a given year to make the idiocy of building on sand and on the beach fronts go away? Obviously we're not getting enough storms to scrub the shorline clean of homes. Several good Cat 4 and Cat 5 storms for a few years straight might actually get people to rethink the lunacy that they do every year.
Will anyone talk about the recent project by Pinellas County (two years ago), where they dumped countless truck loads of sand on the beaches in the Indian Shores/Rocks areas? That sand, is now in the pools and the streets. Bright idea!
These are predominantly rich people correct? Who else can afford to live on the coast? Who else pushes locals out for the superior beachside property. I hope they’re physically okay but I don’t feel bad for their property!
Great commentary and information. I love the local news!
MEANWHILE 600 + people missing in Ashville NC and other places....
It's not a contest
Beaches buried in Sand after storm surge? Way Too Funny!! What else are beaches made from? Idiocracy!!
Great video and good advice. Thank you!
Great coverage loved your reporting
The all-time, best-selling book has been read by too few. Praying for all those suffering, from Canada!
I have lived in FL my entire life, 25 of those years in Naples, beach nourishment is always temporary, when you get the winter cold fronts that come in that creates high surf, it depletes the beach by removing the sand from the shore. Unfortunatly the depletion is much faster and greater then when nature replenishes the beaches. The groups that exasperated the problem in FL is local governments, state governments, lawyers, insurance companies and the army corp of engineers. Fueled by greed, fiscally irresponsible politicians and the attitude that man can improve on what God created - everglades to make a point.
Dude, ALL beaches are buried in sand !!! What are these people talking about ?
Almost every part of this country goes through some form of strong violent weather. Know your risks, know how to mitigate the risks of damage and injury.
And have an exit strategy. Everyone!
Building on the beach is like playing tug of war with nature - only; you’ll never win coz nature pulls just one time; and many die
Building and living on these beaches the way they do should have never been allowed. There should be a 100 meter buffer including forested trees and and a road past the 100 meter area. These people are nuts for living right on the beach. It's increased insurance rates and caused problems and costing tax payers huge amounts of money and resources to fix this damage. It's insane.
😮 😮 Sand bags are good for about 15 inches of standing water, not so much with regards to a possible 35 foot storm surge from Milton the immediate second storm threat. 😮 😮
Gas or diesel vehicles may be ruined by sand exposure in salt water but EVs burn catastrophically when batteries are degraded and short out due to salt water exposure
Water and lithium don't mix (Page 2 of my chemistry book).
I love beaches. It would be a dream to have a house by the beach, but honestly people build their homes way too close to the shorelines .
I cannot imagine the conversations in various insurance companies war rooms....FL has some serious problems now.......always has but since COVID all bets are off......property costs, insurance costs, condo costs, assessments, RE taxes I mean it has to stop somewhere and I don't see an end to it..........
GLOBAL WARMING says "Don't live on the beach! NOWHERE near the beach!"😮
That's what happens when you're rich and greedy and build houses where they don't belong 😅😂
And ignorant~ As the day goes long, They are~! Just because they have money does not say it shows intelligence!
But everyone else’s suffers and their home owners insurance rates go up. Not fair.
Wow lol no empathy… laughing emoji . Name calling , and the idiot sayings it’s not fair ……………… cause insurance will go up … These people have basically lost everything, also the nine lives lost … Horrible souls ….. projection of there self hate that they ignore … And purge onto others …. Lack of a lot obviously….
we gonna ride the storm ! now they are missing! 1000 are missing
That's in N. Carolina where floods came unexpectedly.
Dont understand the headline. A beach is supposed to be buried in sand.
Guy seems way more sympathetic to the cars than the actual people. They are probably considered vulnerable adults but the poor cars.
I was in IRB today, and it all smelled like a port a jon. Absolutely terrible
Sad for the lives lost, but never should houses be built on a Barrier island. Nature does what it does. And Nature will win.
Call your HOA!
I actually do not feel bad for those wealthy people that decided to live on top of the beaches just a beautiful view!
It’s difficult to feel too much sympathy for those who’ve decided to buy (or build) a house on any barrier island. The state should have never allowed it! But-when there’s money to be made…..
Perhaps the govt could buy them all out at full market value then turn the area into a nature park, could get pretty expensive though
@@SasukeUchiha-zu6dw Just stop the government giving them money, eventually they’ll abandon their properties.
@ReganTanzer1..."The state should have never allowed it!" you're EXACTLY RIGHT. Building homes and even towns on these barrier islands is a disaster waiting to happen it's just a matter of time. It's just not this one hurricane it can happen on the east west or south side of Florida. As a matter of fact all up and down the east coast people living AT sea level should have never been allowed..
@@harryberry474Charleston and New York are at sea level...
@@angela2726 ...Are their homes built on stilts in New York? and isn't New York on the east coast?
See when the water receded it would take a lot of that sand with it back out into the ocean, EXCEPT there’s building in the way that should never be there.
when noah built the ARK they laughed
Can’t believe there is houses built on this beach, only time before there gone
if you build anything but cheap shacks on a barrier island you deserve what you get. everything on these beaches should be considered temporary. this is a normal hurricane.
it's also embarrassing to be complaining about sand, on a barrier beach, when probably hundreds of americans have died.
i am very sorry for the elderly who could not evacuate. probably with nowhere to go and limited mobility, or stayed because of pets. be nice to improve shelters and emergency evacuation transportation instead of digging out these ugly mcmansions.