Developers are ruining the state of Florida and actually a vast part of the United States. Most projects in the last few years should never have been started
Amazing what happens when you fill in wetlands, remove trees, develop every square inch of open space and lay down concrete on the earth. VOTE AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONNECTED TO DEVELOPERS!!! Get them off the commission and out of government.
@@Vickey-b5t Exactly. There is nothing you can do to stop rain and when you get enough rain, it does not matter how high you are it matters what the topology of the terrain is and how much storm drain infrastructure you have. My guess is that the developers simply didn't put in enough capacity in the storm drain system for the development. Climate scientist have been warning for decades that Florida was the state that would see the most financial consequence from climate change.
Years ago, my dad was one of many developers who paid handsome bribes to Sarasota County Commissioners to approve these subdivisions irrespective of drainage issues.
Be careful where you buy property people, old orange Grove property is usually high and dry, old cattle property is usually low and flat , I've lived here 61 years so I've seen a thing or two.
I know someone who intentionally bought a home on a golf course at the highest elevation in New Smyrna Beach, well west of the shoreline. During Hurricane Ian, they flooded. I live seven miles north of NSB, on the intracoastal in Port Orange. I'm five feet above sea level. The water stopped four feet from my house, thankfully. Elevation means little. Drainage is EVERYTHING!
😂😂😂😂😂 there is no mystery. It was all orange groves or cow pastures. You know why? Cause you couldnt build on it. Backhand deals now make it no longer a flood zone. But it still gonna flood. 😮
I grew up near airport industrial area, my friend had horses we road on, watched new 301 be built...and All the orange groves& pastures from there .As soon as they started with Lakewood Ranch because of Neal the real estate mogul, we could see it coming.This is direct result of the new towns they created all for $$.
Because back then agriculture was Florida's biggest industry because land was plentiful and inexpensive with year round sun, good for growing. Now Florida's biggest industry is Real Estate.
Actually, he didn’t do his job. If he would have done his job, this area would be deemed a flood zone and require flood insurance so taxpayers don’t have to face this issue now. This guy needs to be fired immediately and be charged criminally for not having investigated this prior to the flood. He knew! He’s probably never even looked into the drainage issues Because he just doesn’t care. But now, he’s got a few thousand people after him blaming him for the issue so he has to make it look good and begin an investigation. What a joke. Like Trump would say - you’re fired and we are charging you for the millions of dollars in damages you have caused for not having done your job
Stop building. We can't handle anymore. Back in the late 80s Sarasota county proposed a 2 year building moratorium but commissioners we're bought off like they are now and never passed.
Pinellas county too!! We are in Zone E/F. We never get evacuated, and this time, flooded like crazy. Cars floating down the street. Houses engulfed. Something has to give!! We had our place up for sale for over a year, the manager told us we are not supposed to leave. ?????
If he grew up there then he should know the answer ... Im a Floridian of 60 years now.. its called over- development.... the land cant hold all of these new people.
Sarasota county commissioners have allowed developments everywhere which is causing sheetwater runoff and no ability to absorb water..they r in the pockets of the developers
The "state" turned a blind eye to land developers building in areas that have always held the water during big rain events. Why would they give it a second thought now??
The problem is greedy state officials .. after every storm Florida has received Federal disaster funds to assist with rebuilding and repairs ... non of that money has been spent on making the roadways or drainage or anything else any better for the citizens ... so where is the money going?
Nonsense. You know nothing about this. FEMA money is used for repairs of all types of infrastructure including roads, buildings, canals, and water control structures. When i worked at the South Florida Water Mgmt District I was directly involved in how those funds were spent. And while some things didn't get fixed that's all uncovered when the Homeland Security Office of Inspector General comes in and does an audit to determine if the repairs were made.
They built all these houses in the Myakka floodplain, And didn’t even bring enough fill to raise each lot 3 feet, and then build a slab on top of that so that the houses are up a little !! expensive houses that were built right at ground level. !!! this is Done to build the house cheaper , screw doing it the right way when insurance will pay for it.later. ! It’s all a fraud !
Exactly, I can't believe this Senator is acting surprised. Look back 40 years, nothing was built there for that reason. I really do feel sorry for the people who are suffering this loss
A middle aged white local Republican State Senator, demanding an investigation into the result of longstanding local Republican politics. The self-unawareness is as staggering as it is unsurprising.
2:40: “hopefully the state will come through, pick up some of these pieces”…. A Republican? Saying the tax dollars of some should be spent to remedy the stupid purchases of others? RINO!!
This the one of main reason why I move from Sarasota it’s bad flooding, and a lot of the sewages is bad in whole city it’s a lot of old neighborhoods.😢
You build homes in the #1 most hurricane prone area in the world. A lot of it being former swamp land. Then complain when a hurricane hits and said homes get damaged and/or flooded.
Right?? What do they expect?? Everybody in Florida should be buying flood insurance, regardless of where you live in Florida. These storms are going to get worse as time goes on. Debby dropped a lot of water on the state. Some areas had up to 30 inches of rain.
Exactly! We bought a home near NASA which is just south of Houston. We were not in a flood zone but we bought it because Hurricanes happen. We never flooded the entire time we owned the house but we were covered. Others 2 miles away were flooded during Harvey.
Why do you ask the taxpayers of Florida to address a city counsel problem in the zoning department letting subdivision build higher in elevation than the neighboring subdivision the county should address drainage problems
Only Americans are offended by their material possessions being gone. There are gonna be ALOT ALOT ALOT of very sad people. Mother Earth is passing out VALUABLE lessons! ❤
Got to county records and look at the difference between the permitted drainage for the new developments and the completed drainage! Is called’As permitted vs As built! Then call an attorney!
@@rockets4kids Yes. It is odd to me that most Florida residents don't seem to know the the National Flood Insurance Program is broke, and congress will not re-fund it unless it raises rates dramatically. Even if Flood insurance would have been $500 a year before, under at least one proposed solution, it could triple.
Yep over development in surrounding areas moves the water table. I'm being flooded by new building around me. Houses are 3 ft to 5ft higher than mine because the county won't force the builders to use sewage instead they use septic. I'm still looking for a lawyer to sue the county for loss of use.
If only there were experts in climate science who could help us understand what is going on. I know, I know, I am sooo stuuuupid for taking the word of more than 99 percent of the experts over the word of politicians like Florida’s Governor.
@@PaulLibrand-rj7np just what percentage of experts in their field of study have to disagree with you before you consider the fact that you, and or a politician, may be wrong? 80%, 90%, 99%? Listening to politicians instead of experts is not thinking for yourself. Allowing yourself to be manipulated with hate and fear to such a degree that you refuse listen to experts is not thinking for yourself.
@@PaulLibrand-rj7np I know right? I mean all those people who go to school to become doctors should just ignore all the experts and just think for themselves. Learning from those who have studied a subject is a smart thing. Ignoring what the experts say because a politician told you the experts are wrong is not. Weird how easily the Republican Party got the “hate and fear your government” crowd to trust politicians more than they trust experts in their field of study.
Science is politics now. If the Covid plandemic wasn't a wake up call for you about totalitarian fascism at the handed of Democrats then nothing will be.
“Clare experts”?? Lmaooo that means nothing when you have chemtrails and HAARP. Wake up and look into the sky. That haze in the sky isn’t because of the heat, it’s aluminum sulfate and barium. Debby was seeded to drop as much rain as possible.
That's why I'd never advise ANYONE to purchase a home near, a lake, canal, river, beach or anybody of water at bare minimum. I don't care how good the drainage system is in the area.
I encourage everyone to purchase land by the water, any body of water. It's peaceful and the wildlife is beautiful. Judging by the price of coastal property, seems that most people agree with me.
@@AFAskygoddessI live in Florida on a canal boats out back on a lift … my house is just over 15 feet above the high tide mark …. Wouldn’t trade it for the world
Congrats on building subdivisions as quick as you can with with no regards. Engineers and meteorologist the 2 jobs that can always be wrong but never be wrong
Fortunately for us we live near an aquifer, a water treatment plant, and we're surrounded by multiple gigantic retention ponds. The most retained water I've ever seen happened during hurricane Ian. We drained the pool about 6 feet and that baby filled right up and over the top during that storm. But all the retention ponds held up really well and even the sea walls on the lake kept that stormwater at bay even after the corps of engineers pumped water off the streets for a day. Flood mitigation is more important now than ever before. So, to anybody thinking about moving to Florida, I highly encourage you to do as much research as possible before moving in ANYWHERE in the state.
No np no Sir Senator they will and should get treated just like us.. FEMA allows for 30k to 36k total ... that's the limit Bubba ! No special treatment for wealthy folks over the poor.
I know how that feels we lost everything in Irma. Packed our cars with little of what we had drove the left lane all the way to TN. Started over never looked back. Praying for y'all.
Stop cutting down trees to build developments and there won't be a problem. You buy a house where orange groves, cow pastures, cedar hammocks and celery fields once were, that's the risk you take.
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New houses and all the businesses that go with them, were built where the water used to go. When these houses were built the water went to someone else's property and flooded it.
There's no way for the flood water to remakn after several days. The water should recede when the rain stop. There's definitely something wrong with the water system.
Florida is really just a well placed category 4 or 5 hurricane away from being completely destroying the state. All these tropical storms or category 1 hurricanes shouldn't be doing this much damage
I want to add that here in Virginia, we had a neighborhood built on a area that was near a famously flooding creek in the 1950s. Because of constant flooding in homes over the years and many lawsuits against the city of Richmond, those homes were bought up with tax payer dollars and demolished. And the city finally built proper drainage along Midlothian turnpike. Now its a grassy area, a real wetland, left alone. Sorry for you folks in that part of Sarasota.
I've heard that the release of water from a lake caused a lot of problems. Did the homeowners know of such things set up. Where they told no need for flood insurance. Years ago, at least in lakeland, Fl You couldn't build until "Swift Mud" aproved building any building after it was looked into about flooding due to that building project. Is that thrown out years ago?! What is in place in each county?
Of course it’s the new construction……duh! You grade away grassy fields and woods and pave them over with asphalt and concrete and there’s nothing to absorb and rainwater. Blame the developers.
Interesting. When it first happened in Port Tampa 2000s? 2010s? Westshore area...it turned out sewers/pipes had been diverted and some street corner drains even cemented up. No warning.
Goodbye homeowners insurance. Most will spend years suing the insurance companies because claims weren’t paid and they were dropped the day they filed one. Another storm is already on the way.
The majority of the Florida Coastline is a Flood Zone . Unfortunately it is also the most coveted and profitable Real Estate for developers . Which has led to massive overbuilding of Florida's Coast's . Which in turn leads to Flooding events during Hurricanes or Tropical Activity . So don't act all surprised when Flooding occurs , It's to be expected .
New developments usually are the cause. City planners here in cuyahoga county ohio learned the hard way that the old sewer lines can’t handle all the extra water from new developments farther up from the older developments. It sucks.
I feel for them. I lived in Florida for 14 years. I didn't live in a flood zone either and wasn't required to have flood insurance. I'm glad I got the hell out of that state. This is beyond awful.
The EPA requires that rain water be blocked from going into the ocean. Higher curbs for starters. Car manufacturers to achieve better gas mileage race car model the front of their cars giving you that crunching sound when you are parking. With Bill Gates tinkering with the weather, EPA with stupid rules and greedy developers perhaps we need to live off the grid.
Keep on building and building, the county is to blame, it's all about the revenue they collect. They don't care about the way it affects any of the residents, SAD
@@freddyrodriguez4732 there's a river that flows down right down the middle of Florida. When all that rain 🌧 happens it floods the dam and that dam busted a few years ago with hurricane 🌀 Ian
Here is a crazy thought , the reason the flooding seems to be getting worse , is maybe all the construction and building going on . There's no place for the water to run off to . Just a simple idea from a donkey 😊
If someone can afford a $400,000 house, they can afford $500/year of flood insurance, even if they’re not in a flood zone… They DON’T need a government bailout… If anyone deserves assistance, it’s people living in a manufactured home or “poorer” neighborhoods who are less fortunate… 19 inches of rain is gonna cause flooding; I had 18 months inches of rain with Ian, but near Lake Wales ridge, we’re high enough runoff went “downhill” down Peace River…
A $400k house is a very run of the mill house in today's market. Stop bashing people who sacrificed sufficiently enough to have a nice home and pay plenty of taxes to the state to do so. Maybe they worked 70 hours a week and didn't get drunk on the weekends. The "poor people" will always get more out of the government than they will ever put in. We all make choices every day that define our reality. No one is more or less entitled than another.
Government bailout means everyone else has to paid for other peoples stupidity. You chose to buy a house where mangroves use to grow and you chose to not buy flood insurance for an additional $500/year because it wasn’t “mandatory “.
This, folks, is identical to the issue with the condo assessments in the wake of the Champlain Towers collapse. It is collusion with developers by state officials, including the courts, to paint an artificially low picture of the true cost of living in Florida. Thus taking money from the pockets of retirees, and lining their own pockets in the process. Proper drainage? That would have cost more! Proper regulation of the construction and maintenance of that drainage? Would have resulted in higher taxes!! Instead, the developers built these communities on the cheap and walked away rich. And the elected officials? They are long out of office, living their own wealthy lives. And the suckers who bought these properties now face massive, often bankrupting, costs to repair. Welcome to retirement in the Confederacy!
They keep building like crazy and the water doesn't have a place to go. They better check those builders without checking or studying our grounds. Unfortunately is going to happen everywhere.
The county management of civil projects is very concerning. They tore up Beneva road for 6-8 months then tore up another section while the first section was left . Then they finally finished the road but why not finish it when it was started. All the equipment was onsite .
What's interesting is that they keep showing this neighborhood but not the area off of Fruitville (on the other side of Celery Hill). The library, the brand new apartments/condos, the old batting cages and the new development of apartments ALL flooded. What didn't flood, and is in the exact same spot, is the new Publix and that mini ER. This area is where all the rain water runoff would go and in the last few years, they just keep building on it. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what's going on.
Stop cry me a river! This sub-division has approx. 300 homes, all surrounded by RETENTION PONDS which are "Permanent pond areas with landscaped banks and surroundings to provide additional storage capacity during rainfall events". So obviously when you buy a home (homes with market value when purchased $500-$700 thousand) maybe they should have thought about another $500.00 a yr for flood insurance.
With unbridled building in all areas of Florida this will continue to be a major issue! Environmental impact studies have gone by the wayside. Hydrological studies as well are not being done either. The truth is the builders don’t care! 5 houses per acre, nowhere for the water to go, no thought of how it will effect the area! Florida is a very large flood plain, when you cover the land, the water will stand…
No just the ones involving sexual conduct and inappropriate discussions that kids don’t need to read. Try reading and getting your facts straight. It’ll help
When you fill in natural watersheds and build houses and pave roads this is what happens the water has no where to go HELLO
Exactly!!!
Idiots in charge throwing money away at a problem that's been known forever. 🙄
That's only part of it, the other is proper mitigation, which was not done, shame on the county.
Cape Coral
@@gunner6903 With NO flood insurance!
Sarasota Co is a Criminal enterprise in bed with big developers
And Manatee.
Certainly is Yep
Floriduh
Developers are ruining the state of Florida and actually a vast part of the United States. Most projects in the last few years should never have been started
Pure greed😢
Amazing what happens when you fill in wetlands, remove trees, develop every square inch of open space and lay down concrete on the earth. VOTE AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONNECTED TO DEVELOPERS!!! Get them off the commission and out of government.
Overdevelopment plain and simple it needs to stop
As a Sarasota resident since 95' I agree
17 inches of rain would have flooded any area, except for a mountain which would cause landslides.
@@Vickey-b5t Exactly. There is nothing you can do to stop rain and when you get enough rain, it does not matter how high you are it matters what the topology of the terrain is and how much storm drain infrastructure you have. My guess is that the developers simply didn't put in enough capacity in the storm drain system for the development. Climate scientist have been warning for decades that Florida was the state that would see the most financial consequence from climate change.
You dont blame...oh idk... the years worth of rain you got in a day?
Don't worry, open borders will save us
Years ago, my dad was one of many developers who paid handsome bribes to Sarasota County Commissioners to approve these subdivisions irrespective of drainage issues.
Wow, you must be proud😳😡
Water has a way of making people come clean.
@@lauriepolden6594 Shush. He said nothing about being proud.
I'll take "things that never happened" for $400
@@joshuapaul349 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Be careful where you buy property people, old orange Grove property is usually high and dry, old cattle property is usually low and flat , I've lived here 61 years so I've seen a thing or two.
I know someone who intentionally bought a home on a golf course at the highest elevation in New Smyrna Beach, well west of the shoreline. During Hurricane Ian, they flooded.
I live seven miles north of NSB, on the intracoastal in Port Orange. I'm five feet above sea level. The water stopped four feet from my house, thankfully. Elevation means little. Drainage is EVERYTHING!
😂😂😂😂😂 there is no mystery. It was all orange groves or cow pastures. You know why? Cause you couldnt build on it. Backhand deals now make it no longer a flood zone. But it still gonna flood. 😮
......or Backdoor deals.. !
I grew up near airport industrial area, my friend had horses we road on, watched new 301 be built...and All the orange groves& pastures from there .As soon as they started with Lakewood Ranch because of Neal the real estate mogul, we could see it coming.This is direct result of the new towns they created all for $$.
Because back then agriculture was Florida's biggest industry because land was plentiful and inexpensive with year round sun, good for growing. Now Florida's biggest industry is Real Estate.
@@HellboundAmerica Who buys a neighborhood and turns it in to farmland?
@@Bradimoose That does sum it up.
he must be up for reelection
the whole demand for investigation is so performative
lmao true
What else would you have him do? Ignore the people and the problem? He is doing his job.
Actually, he didn’t do his job. If he would have done his job, this area would be deemed a flood zone and require flood insurance so taxpayers don’t have to face this issue now. This guy needs to be fired immediately and be charged criminally for not having investigated this prior to the flood. He knew! He’s probably never even looked into the drainage issues Because he just doesn’t care. But now, he’s got a few thousand people after him blaming him for the issue so he has to make it look good and begin an investigation. What a joke. Like Trump would say - you’re fired and we are charging you for the millions of dollars in damages you have caused for not having done your job
@@thomass5169loon-atic
@@FrankFernandez-l8t Flood insurance is subsidized so taxpayers (like me) have to pay for it.
Hello. I am a 68 year old Floridian. Fort Lauderdale flooded all the time. You live in Florida, folks.
Word of advice DO NOT REBUILD THERE.
It's swamp land, always has been.
Hello water table anyone?
And will return that way.
🎯✔️💯
Stop building. We can't handle anymore. Back in the late 80s Sarasota county proposed a 2 year building moratorium but commissioners we're bought off like they are now and never passed.
Too many houses and too much concrete. Many of these areas should have never been developed.
And almost no trees😩
This is the fault of our local government selling out to developers.
And he wouldn't even except money for hurricanes this year to help Florida
Did a developer build your house ?
30 ft above sea level its.not a flood zone its a draining issue! The county is resposible Sue them!
the only intelligent comment on this video. it amazes me of the stupidity of mankind.
No infrastructure to carry away heavy rains, poor planning.
its a swamp. could be 1000 feet above sea level it can still flood it's not ocean water.
Pinellas county too!! We are in Zone E/F. We never get evacuated, and this time, flooded like crazy. Cars floating down the street. Houses engulfed. Something has to give!! We had our place up for sale for over a year, the manager told us we are not supposed to leave. ?????
Mother nature is pissed!
If he grew up there then he should know the answer ... Im a Floridian of 60 years now.. its called over- development.... the land cant hold all of these new people.
@@geocam2 Sure , just like the hairspray was putting a hole in the ozone back in the 1970s... find a new Farie Tale....
Yeah cause it never once flooded until they moved there 🙄🙄🤡
Sarasota county commissioners have allowed developments everywhere which is causing sheetwater runoff and no ability to absorb water..they r in the pockets of the developers
The "state" turned a blind eye to land developers building in areas that have always held the water during big rain events.
Why would they give it a second thought now??
The problem is greedy state officials .. after every storm Florida has received Federal disaster funds to assist with rebuilding and repairs ... non of that money has been spent on making the roadways or drainage or anything else any better for the citizens ... so where is the money going?
@@contactpq to be fair the problem like mot things in life, is IDIOTS who let greedy state officials hoodwink them into bullshit
Straight to desantis pockets
Hillary Desantis
Nonsense. You know nothing about this. FEMA money is used for repairs of all types of infrastructure including roads, buildings, canals, and water control structures. When i worked at the South Florida Water Mgmt District I was directly involved in how those funds were spent. And while some things didn't get fixed that's all uncovered when the Homeland Security Office of Inspector General comes in and does an audit to determine if the repairs were made.
@@ka0s-j1g moronic reply, but you lefties can't help yourselves
Yes! I have lived here 40 years never seen this flood before, ever! Stop building! Greed!
Same. 32 yrs. Corruption on the County level is giving us this
Research weather manipulation/modification…. The gov’ts around the world “playing god” for many decades.
Florida was never meant for this type of growth. It won’t ever stop the flood gates are wide open .
Not as long as republicans run this state!
Blame the Republican Party of Florida! For the last 25 years they have been in charge of the bribery and corruption in Tallahassee.
They built all these houses in the Myakka floodplain, And didn’t even bring enough fill to raise each lot 3 feet, and then build a slab on top of that so that the houses are up a little !! expensive houses that were built right at ground level. !!! this is Done to build the house cheaper , screw doing it the right way when insurance will pay for it.later. ! It’s all a fraud !
Bingo
Exactly, I can't believe this Senator is acting surprised. Look back 40 years, nothing was built there for that reason. I really do feel sorry for the people who are suffering this loss
@@jonathanleerichesinvestigates hope you report on this JLR!
You are spot on except for one thing: It is the taxpayers who will be paying for it.
The insurance doesn't pay. We do the restt off us with our raised premiums.
This is so horrible. I feel so bad for all of them.
A middle aged white local Republican State Senator, demanding an investigation into the result of longstanding local Republican politics. The self-unawareness is as staggering as it is unsurprising.
2:40: “hopefully the state will come through, pick up some of these pieces”…. A Republican? Saying the tax dollars of some should be spent to remedy the stupid purchases of others? RINO!!
Let's not talk about all of the homes in California that burn down every year.
So you’d be happier if no one did anything rather than it be a republican? Typical.
😂 we know.
@@JackBean-rd4uoit’s about when you don’t care until it happens to you. The issue floated up to their doorsteps literally
Stop building at grade level is a good start
🤦♂️ Tell us more about what you don't know about that specific area.
Build the house in higher ground level should be by law
@@wallikapaul8700 9 miles inland and 30ft above sea level already. Try again muffin.
@@wallikapaul8700 20’ approximately elevation
@@freddyrodriguez4732 Good luck, they missed the part about the mass release of water from Lake Manatee
You're not feeling for the neighbors by plowing through the water creating such a wake🙄
I was thinking the same thing watching this video. There was a man arrested for doing this in the next neighborhood over from this one.
Didn’t show us his house he probably all good too lol
This the one of main reason why I move from Sarasota it’s bad flooding, and a lot of the sewages is bad in whole city it’s a lot of old neighborhoods.😢
You build homes in the #1 most hurricane prone area in the world. A lot of it being former swamp land. Then complain when a hurricane hits and said homes get damaged and/or flooded.
Right?? What do they expect?? Everybody in Florida should be buying flood insurance, regardless of where you live in Florida. These storms are going to get worse as time goes on. Debby dropped a lot of water on the state. Some areas had up to 30 inches of rain.
Exactly! We bought a home near NASA which is just south of Houston. We were not in a flood zone but we bought it because Hurricanes happen. We never flooded the entire time we owned the house but we were covered. Others 2 miles away were flooded during Harvey.
@@juju-xx5xnBetter hide under your bed ... THE CLIMATE CRISIS MONSTER is coming to get you. 😂
@@JackBean-rd4uo You seem to know nothing of climate science, and even less about comedy.
@@ritornelloandrefrain IFYOUONLYHADABRAIN
Why do you ask the taxpayers of Florida to address a city counsel problem in the zoning department letting subdivision build higher in elevation than the neighboring subdivision the county should address drainage problems
People stop moving to Florida it's not the paradise you think it is
Only Americans are offended by their material possessions being gone. There are gonna be ALOT ALOT ALOT of very sad people. Mother Earth is passing out VALUABLE lessons! ❤
Florida is about to go through some serious change. Lots of folks are going to lose it all. Very sad
When you mess with mother nature . Youve developed so much. Regulations be damned!
When I first came to Florida, I paid for a third party inspection which included an environmental study, best money I ever spent.
What did the environmental study tell you about hurricanes and flooding in a swamp ?
Got to county records and look at the difference between the permitted drainage for the new developments and the completed drainage!
Is called’As permitted vs As built!
Then call an attorney!
Flood insurance in a non flood zone is only about 500 yearly!
Yep it’s not very expensive
Not for much longer!
@@rockets4kids Yes. It is odd to me that most Florida residents don't seem to know the the National Flood Insurance Program is broke, and congress will not re-fund it unless it raises rates dramatically. Even if Flood insurance would have been $500 a year before, under at least one proposed solution, it could triple.
Yep over development in surrounding areas moves the water table. I'm being flooded by new building around me. Houses are 3 ft to 5ft higher than mine because the county won't force the builders to use sewage instead they use septic. I'm still looking for a lawyer to sue the county for loss of use.
If only there were experts in climate science who could help us understand what is going on. I know, I know, I am sooo stuuuupid for taking the word of more than 99 percent of the experts over the word of politicians like Florida’s Governor.
Yeah, stop thinking for yourself man!
@@PaulLibrand-rj7np just what percentage of experts in their field of study have to disagree with you before you consider the fact that you, and or a politician, may be wrong? 80%, 90%, 99%? Listening to politicians instead of experts is not thinking for yourself. Allowing yourself to be manipulated with hate and fear to such a degree that you refuse listen to experts is not thinking for yourself.
@@PaulLibrand-rj7np I know right? I mean all those people who go to school to become doctors should just ignore all the experts and just think for themselves. Learning from those who have studied a subject is a smart thing. Ignoring what the experts say because a politician told you the experts are wrong is not. Weird how easily the Republican Party got the “hate and fear your government” crowd to trust politicians more than they trust experts in their field of study.
Science is politics now. If the Covid plandemic wasn't a wake up call for you about totalitarian fascism at the handed of Democrats then nothing will be.
“Clare experts”?? Lmaooo that means nothing when you have chemtrails and HAARP. Wake up and look into the sky. That haze in the sky isn’t because of the heat, it’s aluminum sulfate and barium. Debby was seeded to drop as much rain as possible.
Concrete doesn’t drain as well as grass, urban planners know where his rule. Profits come 1st with big development. Who needs planning?
Florida, the big sandbar get used to flood insurance when you apply for mortgage 😮
The ground is actually sinking over the past couple of decades as well.
I looked it up and they live right by a bunch of water. What made them think they wouldn't ever flood??
That's why I'd never advise ANYONE to purchase a home near, a lake, canal, river, beach or anybody of water at bare minimum. I don't care how good the drainage system is in the area.
I encourage everyone to purchase land by the water, any body of water. It's peaceful and the wildlife is beautiful. Judging by the price of coastal property, seems that most people agree with me.
,@chiphill4856 , agree. I wouldn't live in Florida if I couldn't see the water from my house. You might as well live in Kansas.
@@AFAskygoddessI live in Florida on a canal boats out back on a lift … my house is just over 15 feet above the high tide mark …. Wouldn’t trade it for the world
You're right, on google earth the homes are all in between man made ponds.
Congrats on building subdivisions as quick as you can with with no regards. Engineers and meteorologist the 2 jobs that can always be wrong but never be wrong
Who got the big Kickback by approving this development? Probably the senator who wants to investigate himself.
Also desatin
@@ka0s-j1gyea 40 years ago
We have investigated ourselves and have found no wrong doing. 😂
Fortunately for us we live near an aquifer, a water treatment plant, and we're surrounded by multiple gigantic retention ponds. The most retained water I've ever seen happened during hurricane Ian. We drained the pool about 6 feet and that baby filled right up and over the top during that storm. But all the retention ponds held up really well and even the sea walls on the lake kept that stormwater at bay even after the corps of engineers pumped water off the streets for a day. Flood mitigation is more important now than ever before. So, to anybody thinking about moving to Florida, I highly encourage you to do as much research as possible before moving in ANYWHERE in the state.
Florida & elsewhere overbuilding in floodplains. I say leave these areas natural & wild. Mother nature is fed up with us & taking it back!
Agree 100%
I think the entire Florida should be a huge National park.
@@natureloversadventures7335glad you're not paid for your opinions.
Yup. Humans have suffocated nature so much with overdevelopment and now nature can’t reabsorb the water with this storm.
Agree
A reminder that Sarasota HAD a plan for more sustainable building practices called "Sarasota 2050," but has failed to be implemented.
No np no Sir Senator they will and should get treated just like us.. FEMA allows for 30k to 36k total ... that's the limit Bubba ! No special treatment for wealthy folks over the poor.
Yet these same politicians are taking kickbacks from developers. Like most towns in Florida, Sarasota outgrew its infrastructure
I know how that feels we lost everything in Irma. Packed our cars with little of what we had drove the left lane all the way to TN. Started over never looked back. Praying for y'all.
Stop cutting down trees to build developments and there won't be a problem.
You buy a house where orange groves, cow pastures, cedar hammocks and celery fields once were, that's the risk you take.
So, trees help prevent flooding?
@@chiphill4856 Yes. Tree roots can absorb a lot of water.
@@chiphill4856100%... tree roots soak up the water and deliver it all the way up the tree...especially when most of the trees were water oaks....
@@KittyBertandErnie makes sense, learn something new everyday.
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I've always wanted to be involved for a long time but the volatility in the price has been very confusing to me. Although I have watched a lot of RUclips videos about it but I still find it hard to understand.
Can I also do it??? My life is facing lots of challenges lately.
Do they still have to pay HOA fees?
New houses and all the businesses that go with them, were built where the water used to go. When these houses were built the water went to someone else's property and flooded it.
There's no way for the flood water to remakn after several days. The water should recede when the rain stop. There's definitely something wrong with the water system.
Real estate developers own the Florida legislature you might want to investigate that.
Florida is really just a well placed category 4 or 5 hurricane away from being completely destroying the state. All these tropical storms or category 1 hurricanes shouldn't be doing this much damage
Better watch out for alligators
I want to add that here in Virginia, we had a neighborhood built on a area that was near a famously flooding creek in the 1950s. Because of constant flooding in homes over the years and many lawsuits against the city of Richmond, those homes were bought up with tax payer dollars and demolished. And the city finally built proper drainage along Midlothian turnpike. Now its a grassy area, a real wetland, left alone. Sorry for you folks in that part of Sarasota.
The Senator finally showed up. He wants to keep his job by saying something. Should of been there when it happened.
How did this happen??? It rained a whole bunch.
I've heard that the release of water from a lake caused a lot of problems. Did the homeowners know of such things set up. Where they told no need for flood insurance. Years ago, at least in lakeland, Fl You couldn't build until "Swift Mud" aproved building any building after it was looked into about flooding due to that building project. Is that thrown out years ago?! What is in place in each county?
Decades ago, my pop predicted this. When you build on the Myakka River floodplains this is what happens.
Of course it’s the new construction……duh! You grade away grassy fields and woods and pave them over with asphalt and concrete and there’s nothing to absorb and rainwater. Blame the developers.
Interesting. When it first happened in Port Tampa 2000s? 2010s? Westshore area...it turned out sewers/pipes had been diverted and some street corner drains even cemented up. No warning.
Goodbye homeowners insurance. Most will spend years suing the insurance companies because claims weren’t paid and they were dropped the day they filed one. Another storm is already on the way.
My BFF bought flood insurance first time ever....it was activated August first.And yes she needed it!!
The majority of the Florida Coastline is a Flood Zone . Unfortunately it is also the most coveted and profitable Real Estate for developers . Which has led to massive overbuilding of Florida's Coast's . Which in turn leads to Flooding events during Hurricanes or Tropical Activity . So don't act all surprised when Flooding occurs , It's to be expected .
You'd have to talk to your Governor. After all he's in charge.
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Desantis is friends with Pat Neal and the big developers
New developments usually are the cause. City planners here in cuyahoga county ohio learned the hard way that the old sewer lines can’t handle all the extra water from new developments farther up from the older developments.
It sucks.
Stop moving here to Florida. Its full
Florida is at over capacity right now. Way over. And DeSantis wants more people to move to Florida??
Didn't Cousin Eddie say that in Christmas Vacation?
@@roland7584 dude where have you been!!!
you could ban cloud seeding planes like TN has done but did they also look into HARP weather or not it changes the weather?
I feel for them. I lived in Florida for 14 years. I didn't live in a flood zone either and wasn't required to have flood insurance. I'm glad I got the hell out of that state. This is beyond awful.
Game over , flee Florida ASAP !
High tides, storm surge and torrential rainfall. The water can’t leave the area.
The doomsday glacier is melting faster than expected says yahoo news
of course not
and laurel meadows specifically is literally a big lake on which they built houses
The EPA requires that rain water be blocked from going into the ocean. Higher curbs for starters. Car manufacturers to achieve better gas mileage race car model the front of their cars giving you that crunching sound when you are parking. With Bill Gates tinkering with the weather, EPA with stupid rules and greedy developers perhaps we need to live off the grid.
@@geocam2 Tell us your source for that information.
I live on the East side of Webber and this is by FAR the worst flooding we I have seen, and it was not even a hurricane.
It’s not rocket science. Too much rain and too little planning for how to deal with it. Makes for a happy retirement.
Keep on building and building, the county is to blame, it's all about the revenue they collect. They don't care about the way it affects any of the residents, SAD
Not a flood zone? Not anymore
Flood Insurance in those area will be the new normal
A little bit of green goes along way.
Meh ~20 ft above sea level is pretty low. I would consider that close to floodable
@@freddyrodriguez4732 there's a river that flows down right down the middle of Florida. When all that rain 🌧 happens it floods the dam and that dam busted a few years ago with hurricane 🌀 Ian
@@airheadusmc3821 you mean the everglades river of grass, from the top of lake o , kissimmee valley downwards
A long resignation, and ignoring sciences, for corporate greed, are overdue. Ppl in FL, keep their pensions, for education?
Here is a crazy thought , the reason the flooding seems to be getting worse , is maybe all the construction and building going on . There's no place for the water to run off to . Just a simple idea from a donkey 😊
Where’s that powerful governor?
If someone can afford a $400,000 house, they can afford $500/year of flood insurance, even if they’re not in a flood zone… They DON’T need a government bailout… If anyone deserves assistance, it’s people living in a manufactured home or “poorer” neighborhoods who are less fortunate… 19 inches of rain is gonna cause flooding; I had 18 months inches of rain with Ian, but near Lake Wales ridge, we’re high enough runoff went “downhill” down Peace River…
Flood insurance around here easily runs in the 10s of thousands plus some. Where the hell do you get it for 500 a year? Sign me up.
A $400k house is a very run of the mill house in today's market. Stop bashing people who sacrificed sufficiently enough to have a nice home and pay plenty of taxes to the state to do so. Maybe they worked 70 hours a week and didn't get drunk on the weekends. The "poor people" will always get more out of the government than they will ever put in. We all make choices every day that define our reality. No one is more or less entitled than another.
@@lisad6106 ,100% Agree.
400,000? Ha try 800,000+ at the hight 400 gets you a 1950s complete tare down in Sarasota
Government bailout means everyone else has to paid for other peoples stupidity. You chose to buy a house where mangroves use to grow and you chose to not buy flood insurance for an additional $500/year because it wasn’t “mandatory “.
Lorraine Rd was the Agriculture Line meaning Rural Community Only
No storm sewers, missing infrastructure.
umm where are storm sewers going to take 2 feet of water lol
@@vg23air considering it’s almost 30feet above sea level it should take it somewhere 🤷🏻
@@victorlorraine6596 2o inches ???
This, folks, is identical to the issue with the condo assessments in the wake of the Champlain Towers collapse. It is collusion with developers by state officials, including the courts, to paint an artificially low picture of the true cost of living in Florida. Thus taking money from the pockets of retirees, and lining their own pockets in the process. Proper drainage? That would have cost more! Proper regulation of the construction and maintenance of that drainage? Would have resulted in higher taxes!!
Instead, the developers built these communities on the cheap and walked away rich. And the elected officials? They are long out of office, living their own wealthy lives. And the suckers who bought these properties now face massive, often bankrupting, costs to repair.
Welcome to retirement in the Confederacy!
@@Gk2003m lol
They keep building like crazy and the water doesn't have a place to go. They better check those builders without checking or studying our grounds. Unfortunately is going to happen everywhere.
OVERDEVELOPED and GREED
The county management of civil projects is very concerning. They tore up Beneva road for 6-8 months then tore up another section while the first section was left . Then they finally finished the road but why not finish it when it was started. All the equipment was onsite .
Corrupt governments make for hard times. This sucks. Didn’t have to be this way
What's interesting is that they keep showing this neighborhood but not the area off of Fruitville (on the other side of Celery Hill). The library, the brand new apartments/condos, the old batting cages and the new development of apartments ALL flooded. What didn't flood, and is in the exact same spot, is the new Publix and that mini ER. This area is where all the rain water runoff would go and in the last few years, they just keep building on it. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what's going on.
This State Senator needs to wake up & realize it's 2024 & not 1994.
@@zonian1966
State of Florida loves 2 entities.....
Developers & Corporations.
You can golf personally with DeSantis for $100k.
And that climate change is real. Flooding will be our new normal!
@@jasoncrandall73 Everything in Florida is for sale! Especially politicians!
@@jasoncrandall73 Gotta pay to play
Make sure DeSantis don’t pocket the money
Stop cry me a river! This sub-division has approx. 300 homes, all surrounded by RETENTION PONDS which are
"Permanent pond areas with landscaped banks and surroundings to provide additional storage capacity during rainfall events". So obviously when you buy a home (homes with market value when purchased $500-$700 thousand) maybe they should have thought about another $500.00 a yr for flood insurance.
It's almost like everyone ignored the climate scientists that told us 20 years ago all storms would get more intense... imagine 2050...or 2080.
With unbridled building in all areas of Florida this will continue to be a major issue! Environmental impact studies have gone by the wayside. Hydrological studies as well are not being done either. The truth is the builders don’t care! 5 houses per acre, nowhere for the water to go, no thought of how it will effect the area! Florida is a very large flood plain, when you cover the land, the water will stand…
Guess Desantis removed all the books explaining the importance of wetlands, from all the libraries in Florida!🤔
No just the ones involving sexual conduct and inappropriate discussions that kids don’t need to read. Try reading and getting your facts straight. It’ll help
@@Joker-lv6ed Sure like books on Rosa Parks and “To Kill a Mockingbird “
Looks like where it flooded is a flood zone. You name it what you want but it will still flood. So my suggestion is get flood insurance.