Yep. The entertainment value though. The look of surprise on peoples faces. The outrage because insurance rates are skyrocketing. Like they thought they should be able to live in a swamp without consequence.
Overbuilding gives the water no place to go. That’s why that whole coast is getting worse and worse consequences from these storms. It wasn’t like that years ago.
Yes! Florida is ruined from overpopulation! My family settled there in the early 1800s and we are starting to leave our heritage because of the results from too many people moving there! I love my home state, Florida in in my blood. But it’s home no more😢
Ben, thank you for your video and the coverage of Punta Gorda as we just bought a 1920 home on Durrance Street on the second block from harbor and we had 1 foot of water in our house. Walk down our street and everything is piled in the street in front of our home that we just bought nine months ago … just got our metal roof done and I guess we have at lot more added to our checklist now.
If you are thinking of moving to Florida, reconsider!! I moved here 6 years ago and it has been hurricane after hurricane. Yeah! it is great that there are no state income taxes because you are going to need that money to constantly be spending it on home repairs because of these storms. My insurance premiums are over $14,000 a year and I have a $15,000 deductible. Roofing contractors were charging thousands just to put a blue tarp on your roof.
Oh my Put a new roof on our home in Louisiana 10,000 I guess that was a bargain 😊 The stories I hear coming out of Florida so sad People lost jobs as well no money coming in Thanks for your honest post ✝️
Yes, and people want to flock their to live. My mother has been out their since the late 90's. She thinks Sun Seekers won't last long out their. She survived hurrican Charlie and Ian. Florida is known for hurricanes. She had to replace her roof 2 times. The insurance is expensive.
Our dream was to live in SWFL , we made that happen in 2020, took a big hit from Ian, Insurance and taxes are nuts. We left our dream and moved to Virginia. We'll just vacation there now. No income tax means nothing if you're retired.
Storm surge was the big problem not rain. The forecast for storm surge was pretty much spot on, from Fort Myers Florida to Perry Florida. The Florida insurance industry is focused on wind, that's only half of the equation. what about storm surge?
@@juniorcrandall8933 Ots called Flood Insurance. If your in a Flood Zone, then, yeah. I was born in Cocoa Beach Florida. My insurance company wants us to purchase flood insurance when we’re no where near flood areas. Why? To help off set all the folks that live in flood zones..it’s not rocket science.
Extremely informative video Ben. This video brought back so many memories of Ian. Ian destroyed our home and basically everything we owned, but thankfully we were spared from this one. I hope you and your family are safe and sound. P.S. IMHO either hurricane Ian and hurricane Helene are flukes or there are some serious changes in the weather trends happening right before our eyes.
Those of us were who very fortunate and not affected (Pensacola area) will likely still face increases in property insurance premiums because of the kind of devastation Ben points out. A few years ago we had a "freak" storm that dropped 28 inches of rain in 24 hours; so it's not just hurricanes that can cause this kind of flooding. I'm beginning to wonder if building codes shouldn't require 1st story break away walls ANYWHERE such flooding is even remotely possible. I also wonder how many people in those subdivisions knew that the land where there houses were built was previously "swamp land".
You're exactly right. It's time to reorder priorities. More focus on home safety, even in extreme environments, and less on decorative concerns and other nonsense.
Thanks for the update. Siesta Key looks like a war zone. Just checked on one of my clients' houses and had about 2' of water inside. The boat was taken off his lift and it ended up down the street in his neighbor's yard. Crazy.
Not all of FL is like that...move to one of those better locations. Smart people do, the others need to be on or near the coast regardless of the increase risks -- they get what they deserve, no sympathy for them here. I used to live in Galveston TX (a barely-above-sea-level sand-bar/barrier island)...there's NO FUTURE for most homes there when sea levels rise. But people continue to build there anyway. Same for most coastal areas. No common sense but lots of Herd Instinct I guess. -- BR
Hey Ben. Thoughts and prayers for all hit. This is why flood insurance is mandated in many areas. This catastrophe could break Citizens. Hope you get some government financial assistance as a Realtor. I'm sure tihs is a big financial loss issue for Realtors impacted.
I hope everyone is safe and injury free. I’m tired of 90% of Floridians paying increased Home insurance premiums for 10% of the Floridians that must live on the barrier islands!
That’s true, I live in Orlando where we’re pretty safe from hurricanes for most part, and my insurance premiums have increased 3x from 6 years ago. 0 claims.
I hope this is not the norm 😩 I stopped by my new lot and the water went about a foot over the seawall witch is not terrible but I’m not looking g forward to be flooded every year is that the case
A new house in my area beside an older house.The new house sets at about mid height of old house garage door.Raised 4 foot or so is new standard building code.
Of course it’s the new norm. Two more storms are gathering strength now. You should EXPECT this now every 1-2 years. Ian hit two years & 1 day ago from this hurricane. Irma was only 3 years earlier. Idalia last year. You’re just now approaching the “I” in the alphabet.
Who are you kidding? Punta Gorda floods after a pop-up rain storm. The problem is the drunk city manager and the boomer mayor and city council. There is a drainage problem in Punta Gorda that could be repaired. Until Punta Gorda has competent city leadership, the problem will persist.
Maria’s Garden, a plant nursery in downtown Punta Gorda & also her home has been ruined again. She had just gotten back on her feet & it’s now devastated once again.
Rotonda is mostly protected by the lock at the Myaka River. If any flooding occurred, it should be limited to rain and possible surge spill over from the creek on the south side and the creek on the west side. My guess is streets were flooded, but most homes probably stayed dry. All of the properties in that area are mounded prior to building, which helps a lot. Own canal property in South Gulf Cove, across Gasparilla Rd, and haven't heard anything from that area yet, but they faired well from Ian, just street flooding from heavy rain. That lock might be a PITA when on the boat, but it works well in cases like this.
What are some good Florida insurance companies to check with for a residential home paid off, value less than $200k for just the basic coverage ? Tampa area.
What did you expect??? You live by the ocean!! It's like people in California who live in the woods and wounder why their homes burned down!! DA,you can't figure out why you insurance is going through the roof!!!
The sad thing is that regular insurance does not cover surge events, you have to have had federal flood insurance, I would not count on any help from fema
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In 2004 after Charley, we got hit every weekend with a storm for 3 weeks, major tropical storms. Already damaged houses are less able to withstand repeated storms.
We own a home on Conway Blvd Port Charlotte located north of Tamiami. We are on a gated/lock canal. During Ian, the water was high (appx 10-15ft high) but this time not bad. The homes in my area are high and dry thank goodness. But on the Conway Blvd south side of Tamiami, the open harbor side, it was bad with a lot of flooded homes and damaged boats.
I certainly wouldn't mind moving to FL...but the plan is (and was!) only to Central Fl -- not on or even close to the coasts/beaches -- and specifically The Villages, and just for this reason (storms/storm-surges/flooding). They did pretty well -- hardly any indication of hurricane passing by at all. And pretty much the same story for past hurricanes/storms. So for me it's Central FL only. -- BR
I'm about 15 miles west of The villages and we got just a little bit of rain and wind. Not even enough to call it a storm. There are safe locations in Florida
@@Kristin-sw1zt I'll take the heat over storm-surges. Besides, I had heat (and storm-surges) in Galveston TX for Hurricane Ike. Oh, and humidity & mosquitoes, too. -- BR
@DementiaDon Maybe it won't run out: You should see how I do at the tables in Las Vegas. ;-) Seriously though, even if my "luck" did run out, that's okay with me (for several reasons). "Full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes." -- Admiral D. Farragut (1864)
@@MissMyMusicAddiction never had a direct hit. Why do you think the Kennedy space center is there? They wouldn’t put a space center with rocket launches in a high prone hurricane area. I’m not saying in can’t happen, but the Indian and banana river help insulate it
@@livingmybestlife365 you made me curious, so i went to the noaa historical hurricane map (coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#map=8.71/28.5281/-80.7535&search=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). zoom in to say 20 nm, to get the noise out of the map. there certainly have not been many (7 in roughly 100 years), but ian (2022) looks like it was a direct hit, and David (1979) looks like it went right along the coast.
That’s what people in Fort Myers thought since there were no direct hits in decades - Charley was close. Many retirees lived in little wood frame bungalows near the beach for decades. Now, they are gone. Sooner or later, your number will be up. Never say never.
@@RickAndell I didn’t say never. They wouldn’t put a space center in an area that’s prone to consistent hurricanes. The Indian and banana rivers help insulate that area. Lee county has absolutely no protection. Wide open down there. I would never live down there, it was bound to happen. I like my chances a lot more in the space coast.
Assume that the land is about 5 feet above sea level add a 10 foot storm surge and you have 5 feet of water in homes that are not raised. The whole Gulf Coast suffers the same problem. The most worrying aspect is the petrochemical businesses that are right on the coast.
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I lived in Punta Gorda in 2004 during Charley! What a mess that was, but luckily there was minimal flooding. I was not in the Isles but a small neighborhood of 3 streets on the east side of the i 75 bridge….in fact you could see up to I 75 across the canal that surrounded my yard. We were in the eye of Charley. What a mess. The neighbor down the street had bought their house that Thursday and Charley hit on Friday. They hadn’t even moved in yet! Charley took the roof completely off their house and threw it into an empty lot across the street! I eventually lost the house and moved out of Florida…….best decision I ever made, leaving Florida!
In Charley, and probably all the hurricanes, there is an aftermath rise in deaths due to all the stress related with coping with the aftermath of a hurricane. And because there is a huge elderly population in Florida and us old people are less able to handle stress without it affecting our health.
Water? Yes. Damage? Not so much. In fact, it looks ok, given that people know this is the price of living in the semi-tropics. That community will be 100% in a month.
Much of the damage is yet to come….because of the heat and humidity the wet walls, floors, etc…will develop black mold. Black mold is very dangerous to your health. If black mold gets in your lungs it attacks the delicate lung tissue and you get very sick. They’re not done yet…the worst part of a hurricane is not the storm itself, that’s only weather, it’s the clean up and recovery afterward. There is such a huge area hit by this storm that clean up resources are going to be spread very thin. How do you rebuild, or clean up your property when millions and millions of people are hit by the same storm and all competing for the limited resources? People come in to work who are fly by nighters that do shoddy work, or never finish the project then they just vanish taking your money with them. And insurance companies don’t release your insurance money right away and then they release it to your mortgage company not you. My mortgage company simply kept about $15,000 and refused to release it and refused to put that money on the principal of the house. Meanwhile the bills still keep coming, the mortgage and all utilities those bills don’t stop coming just because there was a hurricane in the area that hit your house. Damaged, destroyed or not your mortgage still has to be paid!
I left Florida in 2015. Would love to live there again but right now Florida's need to get it's act together and force the government to reform the insurance industry by bypassing it and the need for profits.
There are ways of mitigating this but yes this is why the State of Florida has going forward much higher building standards...and this needs to be explained in the most direct manner possible as with an incredible 10 plus Supertalls going up well underway in Miami alone obviously "Hurricane risk" is not going anywhere in Florida or anywhere else along the Gulf Coast or East Coast Atlantic Ocean as far North as New York City itself which is tasked with insuring all of this risk. Point I'm trying to make and *UNLIKE TEXAS* Florida is moving in the right direction on all of this but this needs to be explained as the remnants of this massive Storm are having massive impacts deep inside the USA as well and they too will be demanding US Government largesse and money to solve that as well. There is most definitely no lack of steel in the USA in production currently and of crazy high quality and amount hence why 10 Supertalls well underway upon Southeast Florida with one planned for Fort Lauderdale as well so yes this has been thought through as an issue that must be addressed in the State of Florida as the State proceeds along this very challenging task of "building up" which was even attempted in only Chicago and New York for good reason this obviously being one of them and *ALL* done before there was even air conditioning #air_rights so yes, if every new Florida residence now has to be built above ground to be considered Hurricane Safe so be it😊
It's both you must EVACUATE no matter what. The county should have gone door to door 2 days before. To convince residents to leave. HURRICANE ANDREW 🌀 MIAMI 1992. 😮😮😮 I ❤️don't ride any HURRICANE 🌀 Out. BORN AND RAISED IN FLORIDA.
They told us 3-5 ft .. 11pm the water just start coming fast until 3:30am little over 10ft ! Many houses get flooded my neighborhood. It’s just sad to see and please don’t come and drive by and taking pictures many homeowners sad!
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Massive housing developments built on reclaimed swamp land on the coast in an area prone to hurricanes? What could go wrong?
Yep. The entertainment value though. The look of surprise on peoples faces. The outrage because insurance rates are skyrocketing. Like they thought they should be able to live in a swamp without consequence.
Born here in 1959, you hit the nail on the head.
I remember years ago they couldn’t build on any swampland in Florida. Period. It was considered wetlands. Now it’s wet concrete.
Thanks for video; offset for some of your expenses. Sorry to you and folks in the region.
Thank you that was very kind!
Overbuilding gives the water no place to go. That’s why that whole coast is getting worse and worse consequences from these storms. It wasn’t like that years ago.
Yes! Florida is ruined from overpopulation! My family settled there in the early 1800s and we are starting to leave our heritage because of the results from too many people moving there! I love my home state, Florida in in my blood. But it’s home no more😢
Tragedy of the commons !
Climate change. Lots more water in these storms due to the warm currents in oceans. These storms dump tons of water in minutes.
The wall of water from the surge is incredible. Thanks for posting. If you didn’t see it, you wouldn’t believe it.
Ben, thank you for your video and the coverage of Punta Gorda as we just bought a 1920 home on Durrance Street on the second block from harbor and we had 1 foot of water in our house. Walk down our street and everything is piled in the street in front of our home that we just bought nine months ago … just got our metal roof done and I guess we have at lot more added to our checklist now.
Very sorry to hear this. I hope you guys have a quick and easy recovery. Tough times for many in that area right now sadly. Wishing you all the best.
If you are thinking of moving to Florida, reconsider!! I moved here 6 years ago and it has been hurricane after hurricane. Yeah! it is great that there are no state income taxes because you are going to need that money to constantly be spending it on home repairs because of these storms. My insurance premiums are over $14,000 a year and I have a $15,000 deductible. Roofing contractors were charging thousands just to put a blue tarp on your roof.
Oh my
Put a new roof on our home in Louisiana
10,000 I guess that was a bargain 😊
The stories I hear coming out of Florida so sad
People lost jobs as well no money coming in
Thanks for your honest post ✝️
Yes, and people want to flock their to live. My mother has been out their since the late 90's. She thinks Sun Seekers won't last long out their. She survived hurrican Charlie and Ian. Florida is known for hurricanes. She had to replace her roof 2 times. The insurance is expensive.
Why did you move out their?
Our dream was to live in SWFL , we made that happen in 2020, took a big hit from Ian, Insurance and taxes are nuts. We left our dream and moved to Virginia. We'll just vacation there now. No income tax means nothing if you're retired.
terrible I feel for everyone affected thank you for taking the time to share
Storm surge was the big problem not rain. The forecast for storm surge was pretty much spot on, from Fort Myers Florida to Perry Florida. The Florida insurance industry is focused on wind, that's only half of the equation. what about storm surge?
@@juniorcrandall8933 Ots called Flood Insurance. If your in a Flood Zone, then, yeah. I was born in Cocoa Beach Florida. My insurance company wants us to purchase flood insurance when we’re no where near flood areas. Why? To help off set all the folks that live in flood zones..it’s not rocket science.
Englewood here. Lots of flooding last night. Very sad....
The tsunami of insurance costs will be worse than the storm. Time to leave Florida !
this will be the abandoned state pretty soon. natives will reclaim this land without a fight
We all share it. Our homeowners suddenly went up over $200 in the north last year.. ..we all pay for it
Higher insurance costs equal mortgage foreclosures which equals bank failures which equals capital destruction. THE END !
Good seeing your safe and thanks for the update. Very sad situation. Hope you all regroup and life gets better with help soon.🙏👍🙏
Much appreciated
Slab houses in a flood prone areas is a really dumb idea. There should be at least a 3' crawlspace as code.
Extremely informative video Ben.
This video brought back so many memories of Ian.
Ian destroyed our home and basically everything we owned, but thankfully we were spared from this one.
I hope you and your family are safe and sound.
P.S. IMHO either hurricane Ian and hurricane Helene are flukes or there are some serious changes in the weather trends happening right before our eyes.
The weather has help. It’s called weather manipulation. It serves their agenda.
Thanks for the information. I’d be interested to see how things are or went in Wellen Park.
My prayers to you and your family 🙏🏻🦋🙏🏻
Pffft. They did this to themselves. They should MOVE.
Those of us were who very fortunate and not affected (Pensacola area) will likely still face increases in property insurance premiums because of the kind of devastation Ben points out. A few years ago we had a "freak" storm that dropped 28 inches of rain in 24 hours; so it's not just hurricanes that can cause this kind of flooding. I'm beginning to wonder if building codes shouldn't require 1st story break away walls ANYWHERE such flooding is even remotely possible. I also wonder how many people in those subdivisions knew that the land where there houses were built was previously "swamp land".
You're exactly right. It's time to reorder priorities. More focus on home safety, even in extreme environments, and less on decorative concerns and other nonsense.
The national news isn’t even talking about the SW FL coast. It’s all about the panhandle.
They certainly saw the most devastation
We are sorry for y'all down there Ben! You all just can't get a break! Keeping all in prayers 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for the update. Siesta Key looks like a war zone. Just checked on one of my clients' houses and had about 2' of water inside. The boat was taken off his lift and it ended up down the street in his neighbor's yard. Crazy.
Hope you guys fared well sir. I saw some footage up there it looks crazy.
It's all flat land on a peninsula with swampy , marshy land next to an ocean! Not the smartest idea
Not all of FL is like that...move to one of those better locations. Smart people do, the others need to be on or near the coast regardless of the increase risks -- they get what they deserve, no sympathy for them here.
I used to live in Galveston TX (a barely-above-sea-level sand-bar/barrier island)...there's NO FUTURE for most homes there when sea levels rise. But people continue to build there anyway. Same for most coastal areas.
No common sense but lots of Herd Instinct I guess.
-- BR
Hey Ben. Thoughts and prayers for all hit. This is why flood insurance is mandated in many areas. This catastrophe could break Citizens. Hope you get some government financial assistance as a Realtor. I'm sure tihs is a big financial loss issue for Realtors impacted.
There is no videos of damages after helene storm in st Petersburg forida downtown and the pier....could you video that area ...thank you
Is Burnt Store Marina flooded?
Is Denny’s Hooters ok up by Murdock Circle?
Yes lol
Thanks for keeping this community informed. You are providing an appreciated service. Since this is salt water, it will be especially troublesome.
I hope everyone is safe and injury free. I’m tired of 90% of Floridians paying increased Home insurance premiums for 10% of the Floridians that must live on the barrier islands!
That’s true, I live in Orlando where we’re pretty safe from hurricanes for most part, and my insurance premiums have increased 3x from 6 years ago. 0 claims.
@DementiaDon No because Insurances are separate state LLc’s.
@DementiaDon Agree.
I hope this is not the norm 😩 I stopped by my new lot and the water went about a foot over the seawall witch is not terrible but I’m not looking g forward to be flooded every year is that the case
Raise the first floor?
A new house in my area beside an older house.The new house sets at about mid height of old house garage door.Raised 4 foot or so is new standard building code.
Of course it’s the new norm. Two more storms are gathering strength now. You should EXPECT this now every 1-2 years. Ian hit two years & 1 day ago from this hurricane. Irma was only 3 years earlier. Idalia last year. You’re just now approaching the “I” in the alphabet.
@@carylhalfwassen8555 going about a foot above the flood zone
I would not want to be a homeowner in Florida. Prices are going to cascade lower as the cost of ownership and risk become too much to bear.
This is majority FEMA, federal flood insurance, not homeowners.
You’re a good man 🙏❤️. Thank you for your videos . ❤
I appreciate that
As unpleasant as it was, thank you for showing the aftermath of the hurricane!
i was thinking of you, yesterday, when the photos from punta gorda started coming in.
What's the latest from naples and north
Why in Gods Name would anyone want to buy a house in Florida?
Exactly! People keep on coming. Greed. Build build build.
“If you build it, they will come.” I left Cape Coral in 2022 and never looked back.
@@michellegarry1872 How did that work with your insurance? Was your home a total loss in Ian?
Where do you live?
My thoughts as well.
Who are you kidding? Punta Gorda floods after a pop-up rain storm. The problem is the drunk city manager and the boomer mayor and city council. There is a drainage problem in Punta Gorda that could be repaired. Until Punta Gorda has competent city leadership, the problem will persist.
One problem is I didn't see a single citizen opening up the clogged storm drains. In my Midwestern city, we do that.
Maria’s Garden, a plant nursery in downtown Punta Gorda & also her home has been ruined again. She had just gotten back on her feet & it’s now devastated once again.
Terrible to hear
Insurance going to the moon‼️‼️‼️
But is flooding covered by insurance?
I am so sorry
@@rwally1965 flooding is covered by Insurance with a separate Flood Policy.
@@rwally1965not unless a separate policy is paid for by those homeowners. Insurance NEVER covers all costs of these damages caused by these storms.
What insurance? 95% of the people there don't have insurance.
Great boots on the ground Ben. Thanks . 🙏🏻
You bet!
I’m so heartbroken for all those affected 😢
Welcome to Florida pal. This happens here.Where are you from? Just asking.
Thanks for sharing, I wonder how Rotonda West conditions look😮
Rotonda is mostly protected by the lock at the Myaka River. If any flooding occurred, it should be limited to rain and possible surge spill over from the creek on the south side and the creek on the west side. My guess is streets were flooded, but most homes probably stayed dry. All of the properties in that area are mounded prior to building, which helps a lot. Own canal property in South Gulf Cove, across Gasparilla Rd, and haven't heard anything from that area yet, but they faired well from Ian, just street flooding from heavy rain. That lock might be a PITA when on the boat, but it works well in cases like this.
@@chrism8013I used to live on Boundary Blvd in Rotonda West. The street and yard flooded every time there was a storm! Hope everyone is okay
Thanks for the information.@@chrism8013
Almost no damage. I wasn't expecting that. Even the picket fences are undamaged.
From the keys to the big bend, this is going to be bad for insurance premiums.
Terrible to hear and see what happened. Glad you are ok and we are keeping good thoughts for you.
Thank you!
Wow. How devasting for everyone. Thank you for the boots on the ground reports, seeing is believing.
What are some good Florida insurance companies to check with for a residential home paid off, value less than $200k for just the basic coverage ?
Tampa area.
Try self insure.
I am shocked. I am so sorry to see this. Those homes are beautiful and many have been there since I was a kid which was a long time ago.
What did you expect??? You live by the ocean!! It's like people in California who live in the woods and wounder why their homes burned down!! DA,you can't figure out why you insurance is going through the roof!!!
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The sad thing is that regular insurance does not cover surge events, you have to have had federal flood insurance, I would not count on any help from fema
Forget it Jake, it's Floriduh
FYI. RUclips makes you watch at least a 2 minute commercial before your video starts. I hope creators benefit from this move.
I ended up paying for RUclips Premium this year. No political ads. It's been beautiful. I thought that I would go back to regular RUclips after but I am now spoiled.
I didn’t have to at the beginning, but midway through I did. It’s typical if you don’t want to pay for ad free.
U only rent in Florida if a hurricane comes its the landlords problem
I heard, there could be another coming in a week, possible copycat of Helene.
You heard correct, it's forming now and possible landfall in 10 days
Yikes
In 2004 after Charley, we got hit every weekend with a storm for 3 weeks, major tropical storms. Already damaged houses are less able to withstand repeated storms.
I am not scared because just think when that cold wind blows up north ,,,Florida is nice and warm and great
Won't walk down where the damage was?
I truly hope Florida doesn't get a third hurricane this season.
I put 85% of the blame on the commissioners who line their pockets with developer money. 15% to mother nature.
Florida is the most developer friendly state in the union. Always has been.
Don't forget insurance companies line DeSantis pockets
We own a home on Conway Blvd Port Charlotte located north of Tamiami. We are on a gated/lock canal. During Ian, the water was high (appx 10-15ft high) but this time not bad. The homes in my area are high and dry thank goodness. But on the Conway Blvd south side of Tamiami, the open harbor side, it was bad with a lot of flooded homes and damaged boats.
Glad you made it through ok! Yes I saw a lot of problems across 41.
I certainly wouldn't mind moving to FL...but the plan is (and was!) only to Central Fl -- not on or even close to the coasts/beaches -- and specifically The Villages, and just for this reason (storms/storm-surges/flooding). They did pretty well -- hardly any indication of hurricane passing by at all. And pretty much the same story for past hurricanes/storms. So for me it's Central FL only.
-- BR
It's much hotter in the summer in Central FL.
I'm about 15 miles west of The villages and we got just a little bit of rain and wind. Not even enough to call it a storm. There are safe locations in Florida
@@Kristin-sw1zt I'll take the heat over storm-surges. Besides, I had heat (and storm-surges) in Galveston TX for Hurricane Ike. Oh, and humidity & mosquitoes, too.
-- BR
@DementiaDon Maybe it won't run out: You should see how I do at the tables in Las Vegas. ;-)
Seriously though, even if my "luck" did run out, that's okay with me (for several reasons).
"Full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes."
-- Admiral D. Farragut (1864)
This is why we chose the space coast
why is the space coast better? you're still on the coast.
@@MissMyMusicAddiction never had a direct hit. Why do you think the Kennedy space center is there? They wouldn’t put a space center with rocket launches in a high prone hurricane area. I’m not saying in can’t happen, but the Indian and banana river help insulate it
@@livingmybestlife365 you made me curious, so i went to the noaa historical hurricane map (coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#map=8.71/28.5281/-80.7535&search=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).
zoom in to say 20 nm, to get the noise out of the map.
there certainly have not been many (7 in roughly 100 years), but ian (2022) looks like it was a direct hit, and David (1979) looks like it went right along the coast.
That’s what people in Fort Myers thought since there were no direct hits in decades - Charley was close.
Many retirees lived in little wood frame bungalows near the beach for decades. Now, they are gone.
Sooner or later, your number will be up. Never say never.
@@RickAndell I didn’t say never. They wouldn’t put a space center in an area that’s prone to consistent hurricanes. The Indian and banana rivers help insulate that area. Lee county has absolutely no protection. Wide open down there. I would never live down there, it was bound to happen. I like my chances a lot more in the space coast.
Florida is a future Atlantis
Hey that’s my house!
More than half the state was swamp land.
That’s my hometown😢
Very sad
Isn't there another hurricane coming in a week or two?
Mr. Weatherman says there's a system that could turn into a second hurricane following Helene in 3-4 days 🥺
Most residents have flood insurance. 😢 This is flood, right? 😢I'm praying 🙏 for 😎 🙏.
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Write your representatives and demand they put these criminals in jail
It's true. This isn't going to stop until we make it stop
Assume that the land is about 5 feet above sea level add a 10 foot storm surge and you have 5 feet of water in homes that are not raised. The whole Gulf Coast suffers the same problem. The most worrying aspect is the petrochemical businesses that are right on the coast.
Can I sue my landlord for mold ?
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Wow, that's a lot of flooding
I lived in Punta Gorda in 2004 during Charley! What a mess that was, but luckily there was minimal flooding. I was not in the Isles but a small neighborhood of 3 streets on the east side of the i 75 bridge….in fact you could see up to I 75 across the canal that surrounded my yard. We were in the eye of Charley. What a mess. The neighbor down the street had bought their house that Thursday and Charley hit on Friday. They hadn’t even moved in yet! Charley took the roof completely off their house and threw it into an empty lot across the street! I eventually lost the house and moved out of Florida…….best decision I ever made, leaving Florida!
Nobody will want to live in Florida now! Not me.
bounce back - as long as possible
Now home and car insurance is going to go through the roof again!
This is crazy. Man they are never going to insure you all again.
In Charley, and probably all the hurricanes, there is an aftermath rise in deaths due to all the stress related with coping with the aftermath of a hurricane. And because there is a huge elderly population in Florida and us old people are less able to handle stress without it affecting our health.
Water? Yes. Damage? Not so much. In fact, it looks ok, given that people know this is the price of living in the semi-tropics.
That community will be 100% in a month.
Much of the damage is yet to come….because of the heat and humidity the wet walls, floors, etc…will develop black mold. Black mold is very dangerous to your health. If black mold gets in your lungs it attacks the delicate lung tissue and you get very sick. They’re not done yet…the worst part of a hurricane is not the storm itself, that’s only weather, it’s the clean up and recovery afterward. There is such a huge area hit by this storm that clean up resources are going to be spread very thin. How do you rebuild, or clean up your property when millions and millions of people are hit by the same storm and all competing for the limited resources? People come in to work who are fly by nighters that do shoddy work, or never finish the project then they just vanish taking your money with them. And insurance companies don’t release your insurance money right away and then they release it to your mortgage company not you. My mortgage company simply kept about $15,000 and refused to release it and refused to put that money on the principal of the house. Meanwhile the bills still keep coming, the mortgage and all utilities those bills don’t stop coming just because there was a hurricane in the area that hit your house. Damaged, destroyed or not your mortgage still has to be paid!
As Paul Harvey would say
That’s the rest of the Story
Over development because Di senseless can't say no to his corporate overlords
so sad
Salt Life
Much worse than I feared.
Is the Florida National Guard helping you'll
we need coast guards in boats rather
I left Florida in 2015. Would love to live there again but right now Florida's need to get it's act together and force the government to reform the insurance industry by bypassing it and the need for profits.
Your new to Florida 🤣
Well, just another reason for profit sucking insurance companies to raise rates again. I'm out.
Sioynara citizens.
There are ways of mitigating this but yes this is why the State of Florida has going forward much higher building standards...and this needs to be explained in the most direct manner possible as with an incredible 10 plus Supertalls going up well underway in Miami alone obviously "Hurricane risk" is not going anywhere in Florida or anywhere else along the Gulf Coast or East Coast Atlantic Ocean as far North as New York City itself which is tasked with insuring all of this risk. Point I'm trying to make and *UNLIKE TEXAS* Florida is moving in the right direction on all of this but this needs to be explained as the remnants of this massive Storm are having massive impacts deep inside the USA as well and they too will be demanding US Government largesse and money to solve that as well. There is most definitely no lack of steel in the USA in production currently and of crazy high quality and amount hence why 10 Supertalls well underway upon Southeast Florida with one planned for Fort Lauderdale as well so yes this has been thought through as an issue that must be addressed in the State of Florida as the State proceeds along this very challenging task of "building up" which was even attempted in only Chicago and New York for good reason this obviously being one of them and *ALL* done before there was even air conditioning #air_rights so yes, if every new Florida residence now has to be built above ground to be considered Hurricane Safe so be it😊
Where is Biden and the federal government to hep with food and shelter?
It's both you must EVACUATE no matter what. The county should have gone door to door 2 days before. To convince residents to leave. HURRICANE ANDREW 🌀 MIAMI 1992. 😮😮😮
I ❤️don't ride any HURRICANE 🌀 Out. BORN AND RAISED IN FLORIDA.
They told us 3-5 ft .. 11pm the water just start coming fast until 3:30am little over 10ft ! Many houses get flooded my neighborhood. It’s just sad to see and please don’t come and drive by and taking pictures many homeowners sad!
Same old story I don't care and my taxes need to support yous
Fake news
How about destruction footage and not face and head shots the whole time..lame..
"Yall got any more of those...destruction footage"