Fort Myers Beach Recovery Update, Entire South End, Publix to Big Carlos Pass
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2022
- Here's a look at the entire south half of Fort Myers Beach, three months after Hurricane Ian hit. You see everything from Publix to Big Carlos Pass. We fly over Outrigger Resort Wyndham Gardens Resort, Santini Plaza, Fish Tale Marina and more.
Best overview of the south end that I've seen. We used to vacation at the Outrigger every December. This is the best view of it so far. I also really appreciate the markers pointing out where we were in the video.
Thank you.
We are owners at the Tropical Sands Resort! Thank you for showing us our island and the progress that has been going on! Our hearts go out to all those who are still putting their lives on the island back together!
My pleasure.
The music selection was very appropriate...well done.
Tremendous amount of progress has been made… I was there at the end of November and I can tell a lot of progress has been made. This place will come back even stronger!
So will the hurricanes.
This is a stunning and very refreshing video of the progressing back to normal island.
Appreciate you putting this up. Been going to the south end for forty years. Tough to look at.
Just got back from fmb. Did two weeks of volunteering on the north end (matanzas) I’m amazed by the resilience of the peeps who are determined to rise back up and restore the island. Heartbroken by determined.
We are trying every day.
@@CaribbeanCastaways great! I and we send prayers and good tidings to all involved in the rebuild. Two weeks removed from my volunteering, I still can’t forget the experience. Godspeed to all!🙏
I know what you mean. The images I saw and people I met will forever be in my mind.
Thanks for your efforts.
You're mistaking stupidity for resilience. Duh-Santis put the "duh" back in Flori-duh.
Good video of the south end. Everyone does done videos of the north end but no one does good mid island/southern end
Thanks. Want to show as much as I can to people.
Thanks for all the great videos since Hurricane Ian! In this one, you flew right over my old rental house on Palmetto St, not far from where Lahaina Inn got wiped off the map! My beach access was Dakota St, just the other side of the Sandpiper. I lived on FMB Summer 2011-Spring 2014 and I still consider that beach my home! I miss the Mermaid, the Outrigger, Beached Whale, Surf Club, Dolphin Inn (which my friends used to own) and other hangouts--the McDonalds! A co-owner of the Beach Pub graduated high school with my parents! I love the Critsers at Beach Baptist. I miss the Sandpaper, where I was a freelance contributor. My band played Time Square Sunset Celebration, Sunday nights at The Cottage (shout out to Roxie and Johnna), Castaways, Nervous Nellies and so many regional venues (The Dek in the Cape)! My heart is broken...there's just nothing else I can say.
Great view of the south end. We have a condo across from the Santini plaza. The clean up looks way better than i expected. Nice to see car traffic
Thank you for posting this. It does give a better idea.
My pleasure
I loved staying at the outrigger. I was there yesterday taking pics of the carnage. Words can’t describe what happened on Estero! :(
You may need to work on your vocabulary.
Thank you for showing the south side of the island.
My pleasure
I miss Florida can't wait to move back. Thank you for this video.
My pleasure
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Very sad the loss for so many people. That being said the heart of the people in this country to get up and work so hard to rebuild after tragedy always amazes and humbles me. Fort Myers will come back better and more beautiful then ever thanks to the spirit and attitude of its people.
We often came there (Sandpiper), sad to see it. Love your video.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thank you. Things are getting better every day.
We stayed in Sunset condo and Creciente, a couple of years ago, before that, Neptune, on the north end. Was looking forward to 3 more months and more, on FMB.
Had stayed at Outrigger a bunch and ate over at Charley's Boathouse. Walked the beach to square area. Always a nice lunch then. Just all over the way it use to be. Was last in area early 2020. Hate to think it could go all corporate? I sure hope someway Mom and Pop's can get back one day.
Great video! I have been trying to find one that showed the Outrigger and the Wyndham Garden. We've stayed at both. Was at Outrigger right before Ian hit. I'm so sad it sold, but happy everyone that worked there is safe. Thank you for the great content. Still praying for everyone effected by Ian.
Did the Outrigger sell? I know the Carousel did.
Yes, I believe it did.
@@CaribbeanCastaways I just confirmed that the Outrigger property was sold and it won't be back.
I was also looking for the Wyndam Garden
@@davebell8357 I think the Wyndham Garden is supposed to re open soon.
Thank you for this. We were frequent guests at the Sandpiper Gulf Resort on Fort Myers Beach but never seem to get any clear pictures of that resort. I would love it if you could focus on that resort. Their website states that it is closed with no definite re-opening date.😭
My pleasure, I'll see what I can do about individual hotel highlights.
Great, thank you, Any chance you could do a fly over from the Punta Razza boat ramp and over to the Marriott, and the boat yard, and the Resort harbor rental buildings. We stayed at the last building of the Resort Harbor rentals.
My Sanibel Bridge video shows the Punta Rassa boat ramp. It's completely be used for Bridge work.
Wow, normally by this time of year the key would be getting pretty crowded.
Great footage, thank you! Is there anything left of Mo Joe's coffee and those buildings?
No much from what I can see.
It's always so shocking to me that one parcel of land can be obliterated, while right next to it is left almost untouched. These storms are so cruel.
Thanks so much for the update! I was seeing a lot of Sanibel but was interested in FMB. Although I haven’t been there in many years, I’ve been vacationing there since a baby (I’m 63). At min 13.06 it shows many condos but not alot of vehicles. Is anyone able to return home? Thank you for everything
Not sure what condos are doing as far as letting people back in. Might be on a building by building bases. Based on inspection.
Anything made from wood got wiped out and you can bet it won’t rebuild with wood again going to be to today’s code or it won’t happen
What would make anyone think it's ok to stay on an island, At Sea Level! With Any hurricane approach? No way I would even consider that an option. Sorry, and I lived several years on Pine Island....
Did Charlie browns (opposite the outrigger) come through it ? Outrigger tiki bar used to have nice music sat afternoons
You mean Charlie's boathouse? It is still standing but gutted all ripped open.
@@HulaShack1 yes that must be right -- been some years - so many good restaurants around the beach - I even remember the poor old mucky duck that was taken out by the previous hurricaine
I'm a northerner. My impression is that all the parking lots are empty and the December traffic is very light. They may be coming back but its going to take a decade to be "normal" and maybe another hurricane may come in that time. Best of luck
just saw caribbean beach club we will see you soon
Does anyone know if The Outrigger has plans to reopen? Spent every 4th of July there with kids for the last few years 😢
It's been sold. Not sure what new owners have planned.
Lots of cleanup done, but still a few places where the garbage is still lurking. Such a horrible job for everybody to tackle. I think this spit of land should never have been built on really it's barely above sea level & obviously just sand. However it doesn't get destroyed by a hurricane every year so people get too confident. I bet the Insurance companies are being real dogs about paying out ! Poor people, for many these were their dream homes. Hoping it will be restored to beautiful eventually, you can see what it once was. I love the tropics but prefer mountanous islands to flat beach like this. Thank you for your video & wishing for you all to get back to normal asap !
Thanks for your reply and your insensitive comments.
Anyone know if the Wyndham Garden is making progress?
Zero progress. I believe they are selling.
Coming from Canada my wife and I love staying at Smugglers Cove condos 48sec. When we visit our daughter. Every year we come sometimes twice but now we hear they are demolishing the unit down.😢
Personally it will never be the same and things will only be more expensive now
Very true
yes no more wood !!! concrete is very sterile looking but surived
It’s like, we were bombed. So sad.
One thing I noticed is you don’t see any workers or construction going on. What you do see a lot of, I’m assuming, is sightseeing vehicles. So sad.
It’s possible that since the date on this video was January 1, the construction crews had the holiday off.
The gawkers are terrible. If I am trying to do any work in my yard cars creep by and will stare and take pictures. It's annoying. People will get out of their cars and do selfies as they are walking by our destroyed homes.
@@HulaShack1 I’m sorry. I really sympathize. People are so cruel nowadays and lacking in empathy.
Once there is so much beach erosion, there comes a point that you cannot rebuild.
Beaches heal and come back.
It looks like the majority of the houses are un-occupied...
Many people are snow birds and either have already been down or still needing to come down. Many waiting on contractors.
@@CaribbeanCastaways I would imagen that it could take months just to get a contractor to look at your place...
@@masterspin7796 Outrigger said it would be into 2024 before they can finish anything.
They're occupied, just not by people.
The lure of living on a beach in Florida is so overwhelming that people will rebuild it, only to risk of having it wash away again.
You must be fun at parties
beach houses should be made as strong as a boat built for North sea storm waves..
built like boats with no floor penetrations.. built to float in a severe storm.. live in a boat at the beach, built as a boat, put it on stilts too if you want.. your foolin yourself, if you think otherwise.
Why do people live on these coastal areas where you have huge storms. Makes no sense, but I suppose making sense is not a natural human trait.
You know like half the world's population lives by a coastline right?
@@CaribbeanCastaways They do now, they did not used to. 200 years ago before home insurance, if your house was blown away you had to rebuild it yourself. These wacko people dont seem to mind rebuilding their life every 10 years or so.
Months later and not much has changed. Tough times are ahead with economy. The system is on the
verge of collapse now. Polar Caps are melting; raising the sea level which will erode Florida's coastline
Be cautious of buying fixer uppers around florida's coast. this erosion is only the beginning
What? I just got back from two weeks helping the rebuild. I have family there and by many accounts progress is obvious. Giant projects such as this takes time but little by little brings noticeable results.
Voice of reason, but there is little reasoning in Florida. No one will listen even when it hits them in the face and wallet.
Let me guess, you are an investor trying to disparage Florida so you can pick up a property you can afford. Run along sparky. The sky is not falling.
@@HulaShack1 Wrong Guess, The wind did not destroy Ft Myers, The ocean water did. The highest surge recorded in Florida was 8ft
this last hurricane the surge was 17ft...Go and take a look at Daytona Beach. destroyed 2 weeks later from another hurricane
Did the wind destroy Daytona Beach? No, the surge did...........some people are born without common sense
Is that you Al?