Only 20 miles north of Ft. Meyers with no damage ? Seems unreal. I was 90 miles from Coral Gables when Andrew hit and there was damage and tornados where we were 90 miles away..
No serious damage? Not even a bent palm frond. Total BS story. I’m in Ft Myers 5 miles from the eye and we were the same as Babcock Ranch. If you aren’t in the eye, you can’t brag about how great your place did compared to others that were IN the bad part of the storm.
@@Cyberbronco Even Ft Myers got f’d up in a lot of places and ways. Downtown took the River trying to eat it. Traffic lights got ripped apart. A lot of store roofs ripped up to. Water was knocked out because of all the downed trees roots ripping up the mains. Babcock had no trees of size within the community as they clear cut. As for native plants, you are right. They should see all the slash pine that ate the snitzel. The live oaks that got ripped out by the roots. Babcock is not a coastal town in any way, sitting at 30’ above sea level and a water table that as of June was 6’ below the surface. Also, Babcock is just a collection of homes. It has no real economic reason for being. The only jobs there are a few low paying service jobs.
God has indeed blessed you Syd Kitson and the Babcock Ranch community. Thank you so much for your brilliance, environmental awareness, care for the planet and community. Wow!🕊️❤️🙏🦜🌴🌎🌴🦚🌏🌴🐊🌺
Wrong. Babcock Ranch is 30 feet above sea level while most places within 30 miles are less than 10 feet above sea level. I'm further north east, got flooded and had massive wind damage. And the storm surge wrecked our neighborhood.
Yeah they generally build million dollar homes a little better. I glad they were able to enjoy Netflix while the rest of the town was fighting for their lives.
This should be repeated and shared by everyone. There really IS a better way! And no, it won’t get between you and your god. But it will create a better world that all of us can enjoy!
Only to people who don’t understand the logistics and how economics work. This is just a propaganda push like the others. In fact it is a stupid one. Look at Texas. That solar powered wind turbine did not hold up in a snow storm. They are already imposing a Sun Tax on solar panel. People pay Sun Tax in Spain and other places. A lot of these solar towns are failing in Europe. They are doing things to fast
Everything comes from C your phone your laptop your TV so unless your getting around in a Amish horse buggie and making fires at night to sing kumbaya my lord I don't believe you
It's almost impossible to even get solar panels in Florida without an enormous cost. The power companies own & control them just like when car companies bought out cable car lines and shut them down leaving their vehicles as the only method to travel.
@@jancoley9051 yeah, the power companies only want something in their tool box if they can monopollze it... sadly the only sane remedy is to take profit motive out from the management of public utilities.
Smart to add resilience to the development including buried electric transmission lines, buried internet lines and a natural gas plant to power them during cloudy days and at night. Wait...What...100 percent solar?
Solar panels are over priced and hard to find in Florida. Evidently that is controlled by the utilities companies. Just like when car companies bought all cable cars and facilities and shut them down leaving their cars the main source of travel. Big business always wins.
I had a 5.9kW array installed October 2022. I went through a Solar Co-Op in my area, Central Florida. They vetted several contractors and bc of bulk contracts, the price was very competitive. The Co-Op committee even reviewed the proposals I had from vendors when I was investigating it by myself. A great option IMO. I basically pre-purchased my power for the next 20-25 years.
I was looking for this too. My research shows it doesn't. Not a single word about this solar advantage on any of the countless listings for sale on Zillow and Realtor in Babcock Ranch. You know if solar power covered HVAC or major appliances it would be advertised, major savings? Likely FPL did a deal with the developer so they get the power back to FPL, not the homeowners. And HOA is around 500 monthly, what a lie calling it first solar community.
fails to mention how much it cost to live there in that ranch community also did anybody else notice they only talked to one person that lived there bet alot of the house in that ranch are empty which is why they have so much extra power to spare for when they have cloudy days
It said between $200K and $1M per house. Not sure how just talking to one person could mean much about the total, very googleable population. They did mention the battery storage. So you just weren't paying attention. Quick google search shows that, yeah, the place does in fact have a laundry list of issues (solar power is not one of them) and is suitable only for a certain type of person.
"why don't we see more communities like this?" What kind of community can't survive a hurricane where it's a multi-million dollar commune who has the capacity of building far deep inland it's so stupid that they even asked that.
What’s the cost to the planet for building these panels? This “green at all cost” ideology is going to endanger countries and the poor. The materials, chemicals, processes, and the way they are being gathered must be looked at to ensure safety. Disposal is the other end. When machines run on solar or another non oil based fuel are built, then I might be swayed. Otherwise, stop acting like you don’t need fossil fuel. Fossil fuel is named incorrectly. Oil is not from dinosaurs.
@@emort6 I have customers all over Florida including Fort Lauderdale. I literally have video on my phone from englewood where the neighbors roof is destroyed but my customer didn’t lose one panel. Btw this area still experienced INSANE wind.
@@matwest711 sure but they will get replaced once back in stock by that point the light company fixed the grid so then your set up became useless when you really needed it
It's not propaganda. I live in south Florida, and I know people that live up there. Everything they reported It's 💯%truth. They had little damages, my friends told me the same thing.
i'm sure there is definite radar evidence to declare it one way or the other... if you are debating it in yt comments, you probably huff your own farts like florida man do.
Right...but wouldn't any independent energy generator have done the same thing? Gas for instance? The fact that it's solar is completely incidental to the story
People could not get to gas stations, gas stations were closed, and _then_ resupplying the gas stations was hampered by damage to the roads and the stations. The fact that this town is sustainable because of solar, careful town planning, and construction, is not incidental to the story, it is integral to the story. It would be nice to get a response, to see if you have any counterpoints, but you’ll probably never respond.
Solar, wind, nuclear, hydro, any kind of power is wonderful, and I love the idea of buried lines rather than above ground. My objection in the what kind of energy decision is politicizing any of it. The government should simply not be involved, it should be left up to businesses and their customers.If something is a good thing and it works well and all the kinks have been worked out of it, it will catch on . I drive a hybrid, not because I think I'm "saving the planet" but because I love 50 miles per gallon.
@@leahtate261 Umm… nobody politicized anything, except you. Also, not caring about saving the planet is something your grandchildren will be so proud of you for. Nobody tells you what to do, right? That’s probably because nobody can reason with you.
@@leahtate261 : Government Grants fund energy research, as it also has done for previous innovations in the past, including even military weapons (whether you believe in it, or not). Good or bad, that's the reality of it. This is not politicizing it. This is how good government should be. We, the people, are the government and we definitely should be the beneficiary of these Green Energy innovations. It also helps to make us self-sufficient and independent of foreign energy interference. Don't confuse stupidity of some politicians who think it's counterintuitive to be more progressive in science and technology. There is nothing more destructive than not using intelligence to move forward with our lives. Greater for us and our planet.
Great sales pitch don't fall for it a couple miles away to the west several of residences experienced significant damages you have cleared most all the native vegetation our air quality is not as clean with the pollution that the city creates the development got very lucky thank the Lord for that this time don't Bank on it always being that way the roadways are much more dangerous than they ever have been because of the increased volume of traffic it should have been mandatory that that was done first it has changed the environment we are wetter during the rainy season and we are drier during the dry season the facts are the facts if a hurricane ever comes up through the caloosahatchee river area instead of where they have been cutting through it's not if it's when none of the local residents were notified of the shelter being completed and opened except for the residents of the community itself which should have been done as part of the infrastructure as well as the main highway long before the community was started once again the old mighty dollar is what is of most importance to the investors the permitting for everything should have been done before the community was started instead of being delayed think about everyone's safety first instead of your bank accounts public safety in our district should be of the most important things to consider all of the residents that were living out here prior to the Green City being built feels the same way I've said my part ! Years ago I made mention of this at a public hearing in Murdock that our elevation protects us from a storm surge to the board and the commissioner when one said that we lived in a swamp out here I told them that if we ever have a hurricane you're going to want to come up on the hill well I see where the city is built but water still runs over State road 31 at the fire station and several other places the lack of planning and engineering has caused several people to lose their lives because of that throughout the years if the natural drainage was not impeded we wouldn't have the sheet flow backed up Lee County does not want Charlotte county's rain water but historically it went to the caloosahatchee river through the creeks & strands and the wetlands which are expanding because of the impediments this is common sense not rocket science... Be a man of your word Kitson and partners don't blame it on permitting and how long it takes for all that to go through it should have been done first like you proposed it would be 🤔
Only 20 miles north of Ft. Meyers with no damage ? Seems unreal. I was 90 miles from Coral Gables when Andrew hit and there was damage and tornados where we were 90 miles away..
20 miles North but 30 miles inland. 150 mph gusts in Babcock? I call bs.
No serious damage? Not even a bent palm frond. Total BS story. I’m in Ft Myers 5 miles from the eye and we were the same as Babcock Ranch. If you aren’t in the eye, you can’t brag about how great your place did compared to others that were IN the bad part of the storm.
@@Cyberbronco Even Ft Myers got f’d up in a lot of places and ways. Downtown took the River trying to eat it. Traffic lights got ripped apart. A lot of store roofs ripped up to. Water was knocked out because of all the downed trees roots ripping up the mains. Babcock had no trees of size within the community as they clear cut. As for native plants, you are right. They should see all the slash pine that ate the snitzel. The live oaks that got ripped out by the roots. Babcock is not a coastal town in any way, sitting at 30’ above sea level and a water table that as of June was 6’ below the surface. Also, Babcock is just a collection of homes. It has no real economic reason for being. The only jobs there are a few low paying service jobs.
God has indeed blessed you Syd Kitson and the Babcock Ranch community. Thank you so much for your brilliance, environmental awareness, care for the planet and community. Wow!🕊️❤️🙏🦜🌴🌎🌴🦚🌏🌴🐊🌺
This place is far enough inland to avoid the devastating winds and storm surge.
Moron... you should shut your mouth or risk everyone knowing your stupidity. Lmfao
Wrong. Babcock Ranch is 30 feet above sea level while most places within 30 miles are less than 10 feet above sea level. I'm further north east, got flooded and had massive wind damage. And the storm surge wrecked our neighborhood.
@@Talix. what neighborhood or county do you live in?
Finally. This is a great idea for states that have mostly sunny days.
It was inland not on coast, the coast is where all damage was. Let’s see how well those houses would of compared to construction in hardest hit areas.
That’s really your take on it. Do you hate solar power? Or sid you get slammed harder than them? I mean, why even comment?
Part of intelligent sustainability is NOT building in the wrong place !!
@@Anthroid9 yes solar power is stupid
Exactly!
They clearly didn’t build for the coast because they’re not on the coast
Yeah they generally build million dollar homes a little better. I glad they were able to enjoy Netflix while the rest of the town was fighting for their lives.
Whoosh you idiot
i think u missed the part where they said “homes range from 200k-1m”
This should be repeated and shared by everyone. There really IS a better way!
And no, it won’t get between you and your god. But it will create a better world that all of us can enjoy!
Only to people who don’t understand the logistics and how economics work. This is just a propaganda push like the others. In fact it is a stupid one. Look at Texas. That solar powered wind turbine did not hold up in a snow storm. They are already imposing a Sun Tax on solar panel. People pay Sun Tax in Spain and other places. A lot of these solar towns are failing in Europe. They are doing things to fast
When Solar Panels are made in USA I'll rethink Solar Powered Panels. I don't want anything from China!
Everything comes from C your phone your laptop your TV so unless your getting around in a Amish horse buggie and making fires at night to sing kumbaya my lord I don't believe you
I wish Florida would get behind a movement like this . Solar power in every home and business. Make the improvements to the utilities
It would take many many years. And it’s not for everyone town or state
180 miles for almost 8 hours? This is a good sells ad comercial ,
Yeah let’s put solar panels on every house and business, till the storms totally rip them off the roofs and blow them from the fierce winds.
@@freddyg1769 they weren’t on the coast.
These people weren’t on the coast and they are super wealthy so they can afford those solar panels.
now just put the panels on each house so they can have solar power year round without a power co involved
It's almost impossible to even get solar panels in Florida without an enormous cost. The power companies own & control them just like when car companies bought out cable car lines and shut them down leaving their vehicles as the only method to travel.
@@jancoley9051 yeah, the power companies only want something in their tool box if they can monopollze it... sadly the only sane remedy is to take profit motive out from the management of public utilities.
This place was built far from the coast and I'd hate to see what the hoa fees are.
And how do you fight Mother Nature right?
Awesome!
Smart to add resilience to the development including buried electric transmission lines, buried internet lines and a natural gas plant to power them during cloudy days and at night. Wait...What...100 percent solar?
Solar panels are over priced and hard to find in Florida. Evidently that is controlled by the utilities companies. Just like when car companies bought all cable cars and facilities and shut them down leaving their cars the main source of travel. Big business always wins.
I had a 5.9kW array installed October 2022. I went through a Solar Co-Op in my area, Central Florida. They vetted several contractors and bc of bulk contracts, the price was very competitive. The Co-Op committee even reviewed the proposals I had from vendors when I was investigating it by myself. A great option IMO. I basically pre-purchased my power for the next 20-25 years.
A cat 4 how close how long did it linger over the area?
Does the solar power also power the HVAC system and the clothes dryer and oven? Solar power is just powering the lights.
I was looking for this too. My research shows it doesn't. Not a single word about this solar advantage on any of the countless listings for sale on Zillow and Realtor in Babcock Ranch. You know if solar power covered HVAC or major appliances it would be advertised, major savings? Likely FPL did a deal with the developer so they get the power back to FPL, not the homeowners. And HOA is around 500 monthly, what a lie calling it first solar community.
@wptv your audio is only on the left. no sound coming out of the right.
you might check your settings...it's left and right for me lol
fails to mention how much it cost to live there in that ranch community also did anybody else notice they only talked to one person that lived there bet alot of the house in that ranch are empty which is why they have so much extra power to spare for when they have cloudy days
It said between $200K and $1M per house. Not sure how just talking to one person could mean much about the total, very googleable population. They did mention the battery storage. So you just weren't paying attention. Quick google search shows that, yeah, the place does in fact have a laundry list of issues (solar power is not one of them) and is suitable only for a certain type of person.
small towns can be solar powered but large cities need a LOT of energy.
How is solar panels covering all that land environmental?
So sad I didn't know this happened in Florida to our ranch in our last name
Bob'scock ?
"why don't we see more communities like this?"
What kind of community can't survive a hurricane where it's a multi-million dollar commune who has the capacity of building far deep inland it's so stupid that they even asked that.
Too many panels ,it uses si much space , also what about batteries disposal
I would rather have them placed on my rooftop.
If they are tesla batteries, they are 90% recyclable but if they’re not I don’t know
Too many panels? Lol why? It’s a first step in the right direction
What’s the cost to the planet for building these panels? This “green at all cost” ideology is going to endanger countries and the poor. The materials, chemicals, processes, and the way they are being gathered must be looked at to ensure safety. Disposal is the other end.
When machines run on solar or another non oil based fuel are built, then I might be swayed. Otherwise, stop acting like you don’t need fossil fuel.
Fossil fuel is named incorrectly. Oil is not from dinosaurs.
@@AnimatingStudios2002 They have both it is personal decision of each home owner. To buy from FPL or to generate their own.
You mean the ranch on the other side of the coastline wasn’t hurt? No way! This is green propaganda.
So why aren't they wiped out?
Exactly 😊
I sell solar in Florida and I cannot believe how well solar held up in the storm. Even I’m more sold on it now haha
This place is inland so keep your reservations.
@@emort6 I have customers all over Florida including Fort Lauderdale. I literally have video on my phone from englewood where the neighbors roof is destroyed but my customer didn’t lose one panel.
Btw this area still experienced INSANE wind.
I have a friend who rode out the eye in cape coral and lost every single panel. So much for 25 yr warranty.
@@oui.monsieur they aren’t under warranty?
@@matwest711 sure but they will get replaced once back in stock by that point the light company fixed the grid so then your set up became useless when you really needed it
There is NO way that area was directly hit. Propaganda at its finest.
It's not propaganda. I live in south Florida, and I know people that live up there. Everything they reported It's 💯%truth. They had little damages, my friends told me the same thing.
i'm sure there is definite radar evidence to declare it one way or the other... if you are debating it in yt comments, you probably huff your own farts like florida man do.
Love it...
Cool 😎
Now this is how you do it if you care about people instead of money
They got lucky is all 700000 solar panels was not the reason
Right...but wouldn't any independent energy generator have done the same thing? Gas for instance? The fact that it's solar is completely incidental to the story
It fits the narrative..
People could not get to gas stations, gas stations were closed, and _then_ resupplying the gas stations was hampered by damage to the roads and the stations. The fact that this town is sustainable because of solar, careful town planning, and construction, is not incidental to the story, it is integral to the story.
It would be nice to get a response, to see if you have any counterpoints, but you’ll probably never respond.
Solar, wind, nuclear, hydro, any kind of power is wonderful, and I love the idea of buried lines rather than above ground. My objection in the what kind of energy decision is politicizing any of it. The government should simply not be involved, it should be left up to businesses and their customers.If something is a good thing and it works well and all the kinks have been worked out of it, it will catch on . I drive a hybrid, not because I think I'm "saving the planet" but because I love 50 miles per gallon.
@@leahtate261 Umm… nobody politicized anything, except you. Also, not caring about saving the planet is something your grandchildren will be so proud of you for. Nobody tells you what to do, right? That’s probably because nobody can reason with you.
@@leahtate261 : Government Grants fund energy research, as it also has done for previous innovations in the past, including even military weapons (whether you believe in it, or not). Good or bad, that's the reality of it. This is not politicizing it. This is how good government should be. We, the people, are the government and we definitely should be the beneficiary of these Green Energy innovations. It also helps to make us self-sufficient and independent of foreign energy interference. Don't confuse stupidity of some politicians who think it's counterintuitive to be more progressive in science and technology. There is nothing more destructive than not using intelligence to move forward with our lives. Greater for us and our planet.
They never lost power because they got it from the grid.
"We got very little damage..."
@clot shots higher ground, better infrastructure... planning and location have benefits.
Great sales pitch don't fall for it a couple miles away to the west several of residences experienced significant damages you have cleared most all the native vegetation our air quality is not as clean with the pollution that the city creates the development got very lucky thank the Lord for that this time don't Bank on it always being that way the roadways are much more dangerous than they ever have been because of the increased volume of traffic it should have been mandatory that that was done first it has changed the environment we are wetter during the rainy season and we are drier during the dry season the facts are the facts if a hurricane ever comes up through the caloosahatchee river area instead of where they have been cutting through it's not if it's when none of the local residents were notified of the shelter being completed and opened except for the residents of the community itself which should have been done as part of the infrastructure as well as the main highway long before the community was started once again the old mighty dollar is what is of most importance to the investors the permitting for everything should have been done before the community was started instead of being delayed think about everyone's safety first instead of your bank accounts public safety in our district should be of the most important things to consider all of the residents that were living out here prior to the Green City being built feels the same way I've said my part ! Years ago I made mention of this at a public hearing in Murdock that our elevation protects us from a storm surge to the board and the commissioner when one said that we lived in a swamp out here I told them that if we ever have a hurricane you're going to want to come up on the hill well I see where the city is built but water still runs over State road 31 at the fire station and several other places the lack of planning and engineering has caused several people to lose their lives because of that throughout the years if the natural drainage was not impeded we wouldn't have the sheet flow backed up Lee County does not want Charlotte county's rain water but historically it went to the caloosahatchee river through the creeks & strands and the wetlands which are expanding because of the impediments this is common sense not rocket science...
Be a man of your word Kitson and partners don't blame it on permitting and how long it takes for all that to go through it should have been done first like you proposed it would be 🤔
SOLAR POWERED TOWN?!?!? DURING A HURRICANE???
OK...
Sound horrible
Why is this even on the news. What another waste of time and oxygen
your comment covered that, now stop stealin my oxygen you low iq swamp rat.
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Why don't they say how expensive it is to live there. It can only be a solar town if they are not connected to the grid at all.
To bad the whole thing wasn't washed out to sea.
Hmm, I suppose it's up better than Fapcock