St James City Pine Island, FL Hurricane Ian drone damage covering most of City in 4k

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2022
  • Multiple passes over St. James City on Pine Island in Florida after Hurricane Ian damaged most structures on the island. I flew as much of it as I could, some low and slow but most is higher and faster trying to get as many homes as possible in the shots. For the ground version including coming in from a boat and then walking around talking with survivors please click below.
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  • @cody8ccramer
    @cody8ccramer Год назад +19

    Thank you for taking the time to survey this horrible destruction. My grandmother has lived in St James my entire life, I have so many amazing memories on the islands. I cried when I saw an avocado tree I helped plant still standing. Thank you for providing this information for the people of Pine Island and those who care deeply about the place and its people.

    • @brittanyford5739
      @brittanyford5739 Год назад

      I found my Grandmas old place. I spent every summer as a kid there 😢

  • @jbr84tx
    @jbr84tx Год назад +56

    The problem with St. James City is that there are so many mobile homes and manufactured homes, which can't stand up to Cat 4 winds, or even Cat 2. If you live there, it should be in a brick house, and even then you would have to evacuate when a storm like Ian is coming.

    • @macking104
      @macking104 Год назад +6

      mobile home on canal $300K… 3 bdr, 2 bath 1966sqft house on a canal sold in July for $1,400,000

    • @beachworkout6979
      @beachworkout6979 Год назад +2

      That mobile homes and could have been moved out of this zone instead of waiting there 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 Год назад +14

      @@beachworkout6979 no, they cannot be moved. They fall apart. They are flimsy boxes that become hurling metal during a storm

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 Год назад

      @@macking104 agree but a mobile home becomes a flying weapon during a hurricane. Trailers are being destroyed and in other areas….the land under them is more valuable than the metal box and is being sold. Trailer parks are being transitioned

    • @jessvd1
      @jessvd1 Год назад +4

      @@arribaficationwineho32 "They looked a lot better as beer cans." JB

  • @jessvd1
    @jessvd1 Год назад +95

    Placing "manufactured homes" at ground level is all too common near the coast of Florida. That is a recipe for disaster.

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 Год назад +2

      Surely new codes prevent that?

    • @rebeccastone3301
      @rebeccastone3301 Год назад +5

      Did you mean “At SEA level?”

    • @paceflchick
      @paceflchick Год назад +8

      They are everywhere throughout the entire state.

    • @djaudioxtc02
      @djaudioxtc02 Год назад +16

      True… but not everyone has $5mil for a house on stilts, so should the beach only be for rich people?

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 Год назад +13

      @@djaudioxtc02 it seems that beach front housing should be on,y for those tht can pay for replacement without the expensive govt backed waterfront insurance

  • @PatrickHenryLibertyorDeath
    @PatrickHenryLibertyorDeath Год назад +5

    This storm made me seriously rethink the dream of living on a catamaran.

  • @captaincrunch1707
    @captaincrunch1707 Год назад +8

    What I’ve seen of the coast near Tampa is that it is endless neighborhoods all crammed together just like this place. Being from a rural area it’s hard to fathom just how many homes in Florida are on these coasts and massively vulnerable to these hurricanes.

    • @coolmtnman1
      @coolmtnman1 Год назад

      too effin stupid to figure out why we have wetlands

  • @DroneUpp
    @DroneUpp Год назад +9

    Heart wrenching to see and so much damage. Prayers for all in that area! It is apparent that some of the roof designs were better than others. Mobile homes didn't stand a chance as with some of the solid structures!

    • @CrazyKazy
      @CrazyKazy Год назад

      The elite will be just fine. So many climate refugees..

  • @cheryllclark7318
    @cheryllclark7318 Год назад +23

    Thank you for this extensive footage that we are not seeing from our newscasts. Can you show us how Bokeelia fared?

    • @donate1sttt
      @donate1sttt Год назад +5

      That is what I'm trying to find out.

    • @robertbiermann4666
      @robertbiermann4666 Год назад +1

      Bokeelia didn’t have surge. We also don’t have extensive foundationless structures like st james. Our few trailer parks had some losses, but not even close to this. Homes have damage but just wind for the most part. Not minimizing it, it’s bad....just not clear it with a dozer like St. James. Matlacha is way worse than St. james.

  • @may86bear
    @may86bear Год назад +20

    I’ve seen structures that look untouched on the outside, but totally devastated on the inside 😢

  • @nancymas12
    @nancymas12 Год назад +9

    This type of wetland area is not for building. The low lands and marsh areas are designed to absorb tidal overflow and storm surge. Not for building on.

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 Год назад

      Now they know.

    • @hoosierbaddy3052
      @hoosierbaddy3052 Год назад +1

      The United States can fly themselves to the moon and back in one day courtesy of Richard Branson. Make automatic cars courtesy of Musk. Launch telescopes deep into space courtesy of nasa. But can’t seem to figure out where to build a home?! Even the Bible warns of building structures on shifting sands. It’s not only metaphorical.

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 Год назад

      @@hoosierbaddy3052 But we’re all expected to break out our violins and play “My Heard Bleeds For You”, while our government hands out billions in tax dollars for “relief”!

    • @coolmtnman1
      @coolmtnman1 Год назад

      too effin stupid to figure out why we have wetlands

  • @elizabethspencer4496
    @elizabethspencer4496 Год назад +1

    Thank you for posting this video. My mom lives in St. James City. Thankfully, she evacuated, but has not been able to get back.

  • @joenop3393
    @joenop3393 Год назад +5

    As a Resident of Lee County.....moving forward no Trailers should be allowed to be built within 30 miles of the coast. Also, all homes should be built at least 12 Feet above the ground!

    • @jjbud3124
      @jjbud3124 Год назад

      The mobile homes built to code all survived the winds.

  • @jeanetteshawredden5643
    @jeanetteshawredden5643 Год назад +13

    SO MANY counties, towns, cities affected, and flooding is STILL ongoing for those "down river" from Ian rains. Many people still missing. Tragic. It seems worst case scenario happened. 😕 Amazing drone quality photos. Thank you. ❤️ many regular working folks lost their home AND their jobs... just the removal of all the debris from such a huge area (miles & miles) will be a challenge and take a long time. I am already hearing reports of the air smelling like stinky stagnant foul smelling water, mold, mildew, rotten debris of assorted "stuff". Woe.

    • @mrss4328
      @mrss4328 Год назад +3

      I hope other states offer the use of dump trucks, backhoes, dumpsters etc. to expedite cleanup.

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 Год назад +2

      But they won’t have to shovel snow for 4 months a year!

    • @coolmtnman1
      @coolmtnman1 Год назад

      humans that destroyed the wetlands are the real stink

    • @IS-jy3dx
      @IS-jy3dx Год назад

      @@tomrogers9467 lol!

  • @kathyrobertson4493
    @kathyrobertson4493 Год назад +36

    What a sad sight. Seeing this reminds us just how fragile our lives really are. One minute life is pure paradise and the next, paradise is gone along with all the things that made it paradise. Things can be rebought, homes can be rebuilt but the damage done to the human mind and heart will forever remain. The lives lost cannot be replaced nor the ones that are missing. Many of these people have stayed through many storms and felt they could make it through this one, sadly it didn’t happen. God be with all impacted by Ian, may He touch them and give them peace and the will to carry on. I pray all the missing people and pets be found alive and in good health. For those who passed I ask God to be with their families and loved ones and ease their pain in Jesus name I pray. Amen😇😇😇🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @ThyGirlnextdoor
      @ThyGirlnextdoor Год назад

      Amen

    • @RussellALeenders
      @RussellALeenders Год назад

      1 John 5:19....

    • @victorvandyke9898
      @victorvandyke9898 Год назад

      Keep in mind God created Ian!

    • @s4r4h4rp3r
      @s4r4h4rp3r Год назад +1

      🙏 agree with you in Jesus name
      Holy Spirit guide the minds and hearts of those affected and tbose in rescues 🕊

    • @peterepoet2535
      @peterepoet2535 Год назад

      The first rule of GOD is to use your empty mind you are borne with and fill it with Knowledge and Wisdom’s. If you do so, then you must learn from the past. Up North in New England we do not build houses with low pitch or flat roofs; Why? Because we know that snow pack will cave the roof in. Most Coastal communities are insane. Insanity is doing things the same old way and they fail every time so they build again the same, never gaining any wisdoms. Billions of Cubic yards of trash is washed into our oceans and in this case the Gulf of Mexico from Stupid people that will now take Government free money and rebuild the same insane way. SAD.

  • @jdstewart8572
    @jdstewart8572 Год назад

    Thank you for the drone footage. The house that I wanted to check on was right at the very end.

  • @brittanyford5739
    @brittanyford5739 Год назад

    Thank you so much for the video. I found my Grandmas old place 6:52. Breaks my heart 💔

  • @JudgeCrater22
    @JudgeCrater22 Год назад +6

    Great video. I have seen a lot of RUclips videos lately of Hurricane Ian - damaged Ft. Myers' homes from above and also of the homes' interiors. Even if the roofs were intact, it seems all the homes got severely flooded inside. In other words, uninhabitable until major rehab work is done. Which ain't going to happen in many cases unless the government steps in to finance the rebuild.

  • @pappyjames9228
    @pappyjames9228 Год назад +16

    It amazes me how some of the houses look un-touched and others demolished.

    • @scubasmith
      @scubasmith Год назад +11

      Updated building codes at work.

    • @Diana1000Smiles
      @Diana1000Smiles Год назад +1

      Luck? 🙂

    • @vangledosh
      @vangledosh Год назад +1

      @@Diana1000Smiles Bit of luck and also good contractors

    • @Jims5543
      @Jims5543 Год назад +3

      These video's tend to focus on the destruction. I noticed the same thing in Marsh Harbor after Dorian sat over them for how long? I cannot remember now, 24 hours as a strong Cat 5. While all the drone footage focused on the destroyed houses, I was impressed by all the newer construction homes that look no worse for wear after enduring 175MPH+ winds for a long time. My take away was, we can indeed build homes strong enough to withstand Cat 5 hurricanes. Ignoring all the trailer homes which did not fair well, as expected, these newer homes did excellent. I am encouraged to see that.

    • @maryellerd4187
      @maryellerd4187 Год назад +2

      I agree, but I imagine many of those that look untouched had water inside from the surge and may be unsalvageable. I hope that isn’t the case, but I’m concerned it might be.

  • @veronicaroach3667
    @veronicaroach3667 Год назад

    When I was planning where & how I would get ahead of my retirement, Florida was somewhere I thought about, all those beautiful sunny days & the palm trees. then I thought of Eleuthera - cheaper land/homes & still palm trees, glorious weather etc - then i realized the penalty for those blessings - the threat of fierce weather in both places - finally decided I would stay right where I am in NJ - brave the snowy days, but enjoy my woodland lot & the mostly cooler summers, a few very hot days where I stay in my basement office for max coolness - I am so sorry for the horrors these storm ravaged people are now having to deal with - hoping for your eventual recovery & some freedom from so much horror. Best of luck for sorting it all out ! Stay brave people !

  • @Chocolate-wb1bu
    @Chocolate-wb1bu Год назад +7

    It's unfortunate that so few people build houses out of metal framing or brick in these regions, doing so could prevent a lot of tragedies. I hope they do so in the future. My condolescences to the families there.

    • @lolocaboclo
      @lolocaboclo Год назад +1

      If building a good home in the US was cheap people could afford. Instead only rich people can do it. Also a lot of expensive homes were damaged because they were built on low level and almost inside of the ocean. In my opinion homes should not be build close to the water and sand. Some of this houses are basically inside of the sand area. They invade the ocean. Other point here is that this areas will be only for rich people from now on? Where those poor folks are going to live?

    • @fljetgator1833
      @fljetgator1833 Год назад +3

      @@lolocaboclo you are absolutely correct!! This is OVER DEVELOPMENT and I agree. NO ONE should be allowed to build directly on the water.. Beaches etc should be NATURAL and for ALL people to enjoy. 🇺🇸

    • @noonetalksaboutaaroncarter
      @noonetalksaboutaaroncarter Год назад +1

      I saw some structures right on beach with wood frames - how is that even allowed code-wise unless just for storage

    • @elizabethhallowell5115
      @elizabethhallowell5115 Год назад

      Livin on the edge ..

  • @guidedmeditation2396
    @guidedmeditation2396 Год назад +2

    The west side of Florida has escaped damage like this for a long long time. Lets hope it will be many decades before it has to go through this again.

  • @clive6267
    @clive6267 Год назад +1

    That was an amazing video. Those beautiful boats. Too terrible man ! Those huge RV,s upside down. Wth

  • @Christa10
    @Christa10 Год назад +1

    Excellent footage. Do you have anymore of Sanibel Island?

    • @WxChasing
      @WxChasing  Год назад +1

      I do, please keep checking back. We have been shooting and uploading as fast as possible.

  • @macking104
    @macking104 Год назад +2

    the mobile homes and motor homes are part of… “Cherry Estates has been serving the St James City, FL community since 1967. Our mobile homes have everything you need and more. Whether you come in a car or RV, we will get you a beautiful home that has space for your vehicles. Have a boat? We can dock your boat in our canals, giving you easy access to the sea.”

  • @bobbieclevinger6399
    @bobbieclevinger6399 Год назад

    Heartbreaking. Only been there twice but loved it and Matlacha. We stayed at the Koa and was hoping to get back there. Can you tell me how it faired with the hurricane?

  • @springhillgolfer878
    @springhillgolfer878 Год назад +2

    Must have been creepy inside the eye of the hurricane for 20 minutes. I guess Captiva/Sanibel barrier island didn't offer much of a protective barrier for Pine Island.

  • @tammytilley6051
    @tammytilley6051 Год назад +4

    It’s amazing how some homes buckle and others didn’t

    • @71degrees
      @71degrees Год назад +2

      Humans are the exact same way in the storms of life. Some buckle, and other's don't. interesting....

    • @debrahelmlinger6256
      @debrahelmlinger6256 Год назад +1

      Newer homes built to stricter codes since Charlie went through 18 years ago

  • @PianoUniverse
    @PianoUniverse Год назад +2

    A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks.

  • @alanlovesmusic6442
    @alanlovesmusic6442 Год назад +5

    at about 6:25 a round house was coming into view on the left, we would call it a Gher. Would like to know owner/neighbor comments if anyone recognizes it and how it performed.

    • @Beach_Guy
      @Beach_Guy Год назад

      I caught that as well. That staircase looks unscathed. If it got minimal to no water on the inside, people considering rebuild should take notes. Looks like the way to go

    • @Tampa0123456789
      @Tampa0123456789 Год назад

      I too noticed that. I also saw another round house in a Naples Sanibel island video that seems to have held up really well. Maby there's something about that design we need to look into.

    • @jjbud3124
      @jjbud3124 Год назад

      Geodesic dome style homes or round homes do withstand winds better than angular buildings. They might even withstand a storm surge, but the interiors would still be destroyed by water unless you could make them waterproof. There is a Geodesic dome style house somewhere on the west coast of Florida. I forget exactly where. It is on pillars and I think about a dozen feet tall. Not sure if it's still there but it was highlighted in a news report after a hurricane because it sustained no damage.

  • @frankpet3170
    @frankpet3170 Год назад +1

    Crazy how quickly the pools turn green and swamp like!

    • @coolmtnman1
      @coolmtnman1 Год назад

      just like the wetlands they destroyed

  • @fljetgator1833
    @fljetgator1833 Год назад +2

    Wow. Pine Island and St James City used to be nothing but beautiful VACANT LAND . Water, trees, mangroves.. and now look at all those homes. The over development is what's sickening! NO ONE should be allowed to build on ANY water.. the natural beauty of a beach should be for ALL people to enjoy! 🇺🇸 Look at what Jimmy buffoons margaritaville will do to once beautiful Ft Myers Beach. 😪

  • @loriwitmer6596
    @loriwitmer6596 Год назад

    When I look at these videos it makes me so Thankfull of where I live in PA.
    No way would I ever enjoy the closeness of the houses. One after another on top of each other.
    Surely not for me!
    I like looking out my windows and seeing no close neighbors.
    Prayers to the Fl people effected by this hurricane.
    But, I'll stay right where I'm at.

  • @freyaamberfolkvangr7678
    @freyaamberfolkvangr7678 Год назад +3

    Healing energy and prayers sent out to all who have been affected by hurricane Ian. May they find everyone, May everybody be reconnected with their families. And for those who have lost somebody I am sorry for your loss. Much love to all of you 🖤

  • @tomrogers9467
    @tomrogers9467 Год назад +1

    Building tin houses on a sandbar next to an ocean sounds like a foolproof plan to me! 🤣

  • @rowingtothedream
    @rowingtothedream Год назад +3

    They can build homes that can withstand hurricanes, but the question is how cheap they can make them to be affordable.

    • @71degrees
      @71degrees Год назад

      They could make them very cheap, but there is no profit in making and selling them cheap

  • @scottdorsey8220
    @scottdorsey8220 Год назад +1

    Most of the State of Florida is a natural swamp, so it's amazing how much development took place over the years to make it habitable. I wonder how many people will move to solid ground and away from the unpredictability of the seas.

  • @msroseydaniel777
    @msroseydaniel777 Год назад

    Prayers, help and faith for all

  • @Michael-ut6mu
    @Michael-ut6mu Год назад +6

    Wait until the residents get their insurance bills! Private insurers should refuse coverage to properties in such vulnerable places.

    • @KeepItSimpleSailor
      @KeepItSimpleSailor Год назад +2

      These areas will increasingly become uninsurable

    • @Diana1000Smiles
      @Diana1000Smiles Год назад

      @@KeepItSimpleSailor Yes, so will Climate changes.

    • @framazz7575
      @framazz7575 Год назад +1

      only one in five homes have insurance, most people lost everything, and there will be no insurance money either

    • @XXX_xxxxxxxx
      @XXX_xxxxxxxx Год назад +1

      I don't even understand why folks bother with insurance...it's a scam

    • @r.f.736
      @r.f.736 Год назад +3

      Good grief!!! Would you feel that way if a natural disaster ever hits your home!? Remember....you don't have to live on the coast to be hit by fire, floods, land slides, tornadoes ect.

  • @jeffbarnes54
    @jeffbarnes54 Год назад +17

    This is going to take a decade to rebuild, IF the insurance companies allow rebuild... horrible road ahead for these folks, even with insurance

    • @beverlyanngilbert4794
      @beverlyanngilbert4794 Год назад +5

      Good point. The insurance may not allow a rebuild. They keep saying this a storm that happens once in 500 years. We're there even records of something like this 500 years ago. This could happen again next year if the conditions are right. Maybe not the same area but definitely in Florida somewhere.

    • @macking104
      @macking104 Год назад +3

      one unluck yperson just bought a 3 bedroom house on a canal for $1.4 million

    • @MoMoMyPup10
      @MoMoMyPup10 Год назад +3

      Always a good thing when insurance takes your money then doesn't want to insure your rebuild. Should be a law against that.

    • @fredbrillo1849
      @fredbrillo1849 Год назад

      They will let them rebuild, but there's going to be stronger building codes than there were back in the 60s and 70s. FEMA will require raised houses with blowout walls on the first floor and no living spaces on ground level. They can be made safe. Manufactured homes and stick built homes aren't suitable.

    • @fredbrillo1849
      @fredbrillo1849 Год назад +2

      Just look at the number of newer looking hones that have minimal damage and intact roofs. Those are built with Dade County building codes adopted after hurricane Andrew in 1992 and mandated for new construction in most of Florida.

  • @captraykelly
    @captraykelly Год назад +2

    Great video. Very sad.

  • @nancylongworth9617
    @nancylongworth9617 Год назад

    Does anybody know what became.of the RV resort north of St James City? We stayed there a while back, nice place. I hope everybody is ok.

  • @therealcomment1811
    @therealcomment1811 Год назад +1

    This is exactly why I don't live in a place like this... It was never a question of if but only a question of when....

  • @lmcwill0502
    @lmcwill0502 Год назад +1

    I am in N Sarasota and those winds were scary but I could not imagine what it was like for all those that rode that storm out to the south of us ,with that storm surge they got. We in Sarasota did not get that surge which saved us.

    • @brittanyford5739
      @brittanyford5739 Год назад

      We live in Cale Coral and that was a horrendous storm for us couldn’t imagine being on Pine Island 😢

  • @susanbezio6708
    @susanbezio6708 Год назад +2

    How about showing the other end of the island and Bookelia?

    • @donate1sttt
      @donate1sttt Год назад

      I've ask that very same question but nobody answers.

  • @jasoncrandall73
    @jasoncrandall73 Год назад +4

    Wow. That Island is very densely populated. I know by living in Florida for going on 30 years that the state is densely populated along the shore or in bigger towns but that is alot of structures crammed into a very small area. There is people that are shocked this state has a insurance crisis every so often (why do you think Citizens was created).

    • @berneebrawn7102
      @berneebrawn7102 Год назад

      it has become "populated" to this degree within the last 4-5 yrs.... it used to be a quiet little island

  • @Weazle099
    @Weazle099 Год назад +2

    0:54 That Flag: "Yes, pole is snapped... but all is not lost."

  • @jimfrankovich2339
    @jimfrankovich2339 Год назад +1

    That will never be the same. I know , a tornado ruined our house and neighborhood. It's been a little over 2 years and there is still remenets of it.

  • @khbow2810
    @khbow2810 Год назад

    It’s actually pretty awesome that more homes were not wiped out like another areas. A good friend has a home there and it did flood and there is a boat in the front yard, or was but comparing the damage to Fort Myers, St. James city actually did very well. And that city is a mix of homes built in the 50s and newer homes, not counting the mobile homes because it’s a given that they will be wiped out, actually made it through fairly well. Being that I live in an island North of there the older homes are actually very well built as long as they are concrete block homes. We may lose everything, and I did after ETA, but plaster walls and Terrazzo floors saved our home. A company with some beastly dehumidifiers also helped us. But ETA was no news yeah a whole bunch of homes were wiped out and trashed by the flooding on our island. It’s only news when there is devastation but I’m happy to see that there is not devastation in St. James city.

  • @DroneCowboy59
    @DroneCowboy59 Год назад +1

    Great and Horrible Flight ✈️ It Gos to Show Humanity What Mother Nature can Do! Thanks to the Drone Pilot for sharing This with us ✌️✌️🤠 And let’s get together and Send each other LOVE VIBES ❤️❤️❤️❤️. For a Better Words & Let’s take care of this Old Planet 🌎 And Yes I watched it to the end 🙏✌️🙏✌️🌍🌎🌏

  • @tammytilley6051
    @tammytilley6051 Год назад

    This is why I loved being in gatlinburg ,, but, back in fla. The reality of living here ,surrounded by water . Between the Atlantic / gulf and the rivers in between 😮

    • @jjbud3124
      @jjbud3124 Год назад

      Valleys have a tendency to flood.

  • @paulahlstrom8784
    @paulahlstrom8784 Год назад +1

    Surprised so many homes look still great after the storm, the ones built tough seemed to take the storm no problem. Metal roofs FTW

    • @jjbud3124
      @jjbud3124 Год назад

      Yes. I noticed the metal roofs did very well.

  • @PlanBMarketing
    @PlanBMarketing Год назад +1

    When you see that many boats and RV’s, truth is, most people say “f*ck it” and just left stuff for insurance to deal with. Almost all those items could have been moved…if the owners cared. (From a recovering boat owner who had to submit a hurricane plan for his boat in Tampa)

    • @veronicaroach3667
      @veronicaroach3667 Год назад

      One huge RV was upside down with it's wheels in the air - unbelievable !

  • @stevehower1986
    @stevehower1986 Год назад

    Excellent, (however extremely sad to watch) video. I haven't seen any mention of Cabbage Key?

  • @Theworldisyouroyster156
    @Theworldisyouroyster156 Год назад

    So sad. I’m in Orlando we got very lucky. Just debris everywhere. This is heartbreaking. Fort Meyers and Sanibel got destroyed too.

  • @stuartaustin7134
    @stuartaustin7134 Год назад +10

    If you build at sea level in a known storm area what do you expect.

    • @71degrees
      @71degrees Год назад +1

      that part

    • @coolmtnman1
      @coolmtnman1 Год назад

      too effin stupid to figure out why we have wetlands

  • @redriverraider
    @redriverraider Год назад +7

    Can't believe how many mobile homes are on the coast, and how easy a hurricane can destroy them.

    • @Diana1000Smiles
      @Diana1000Smiles Год назад +4

      Affordable housing is needed.

    • @jeanetteshawredden5643
      @jeanetteshawredden5643 Год назад +4

      For ppl who have minimum wage jobs, that is all they can afford.

    • @XXX_xxxxxxxx
      @XXX_xxxxxxxx Год назад +4

      Also people on social security or disability can't afford any other housing without a partner or roommate:(

    • @braunarsch
      @braunarsch Год назад +5

      wonder why nobody builds low-cost apartments? saves land space, more nature, better higher views, and definitely more durable

    • @XXX_xxxxxxxx
      @XXX_xxxxxxxx Год назад +5

      @@braunarsch one word: greed!

  • @71degrees
    @71degrees Год назад +1

    I like the part where Ariel shows up and helps with the cleanup efforts

  • @kloss213
    @kloss213 Год назад +5

    I see a lot of trailers that have been added to many poorly built structures lots of wealthy homes and just a very poor location to build such hi density residential on. You couldn't ask for a more easily destroyed location for a hurricane and they will just build back so it can happen again.

  • @christinaphillips5933
    @christinaphillips5933 Год назад

    This is the beauty of living things on the ocean front !! The ocean is unpredictable and something you don't need a Storm to come in ! It could happen whenever it. Wants to !

  • @johnstonlarry
    @johnstonlarry Год назад

    Nice work

  • @richricogranada9647
    @richricogranada9647 Год назад

    I’m soooo proud of my water front house…soooo proud!

  • @ericnagler1
    @ericnagler1 Год назад

    Is Flamingo Bay in there? If so, what time?

  • @Diana1000Smiles
    @Diana1000Smiles Год назад +4

    Wow. I don't see that many Human dwellings in a whole year. My condolences to folks suffering because of weather. ♡

  • @mikepatton9445
    @mikepatton9445 Год назад

    I’m looking for information on York rd. Saint James City. Any one have any information? Or does anyone know where the footage would be on this drone footage? We really appreciate any help. Thanks

    • @berneebrawn7102
      @berneebrawn7102 Год назад +1

      the entire beginning up till about 1:56 or so is York Rd...

    • @mikepatton9445
      @mikepatton9445 Год назад

      @@berneebrawn7102 Thank you

  • @blakespower
    @blakespower Год назад

    what is teh average price for one of those homes? I guess expensive since they have their own boat launch

  • @life107familyfitnessboxing8
    @life107familyfitnessboxing8 Год назад

    Unbelievable destruction. The power of mother nature is deadly. Thanks for sharing.

  • @netizen_a
    @netizen_a Год назад +1

    So devastating, like a warzone.

  • @jameslane8364
    @jameslane8364 Год назад

    That's why I live in Missouri I've never even seen a tornado before

  • @d.b.4162
    @d.b.4162 Год назад +1

    OMG! Such destruction! 😢

  • @chrisservidio8965
    @chrisservidio8965 Год назад

    How does this happen I thought all south Florida homes are poured cement buildings ? Are these old homes / or stick built homes ?

    • @johnmoore3504
      @johnmoore3504 Год назад +2

      The ones you see damaged badly are older homes built before the codes where updated - so wood homes = gone. Well built, full concrete block homes just have mirror roof damage. You can build a home to survive a Cat 4 but its expensive. The first floor should just be pilings that lift the entire house to be above the surge level.

    • @chrisservidio8965
      @chrisservidio8965 Год назад

      @@johnmoore3504 Hello thanks for the local information. I have another if you don’t mind . How are homes with todays codes in the PanHandle constructed ? Is it all cement and metal roofs ? Elevation is much higher I would assume it’s farming country so inland not the coast it’s much destruction ?

    • @johnmoore3504
      @johnmoore3504 Год назад +1

      @@chrisservidio8965 no idea as the codes as vary by county and of course date of construction. My house in Broward County was built post Andrew (92) when big changes were made based on what was learned. I was in the eyewall of Cat 2 Wilma in 2005 when the winds blew 80-100 verified and only lost maybe two or three dozen roof titles. I live inland so no surge. You also don’t know what went first- IE did the windows break, did the roof lift, or did the walls collapse? Once the wind and rain gets in you have cascade failure and the whole house is gone. It’s only as good as the weakest link. For surge the only defense is height - the ocean waves are incredibly powerful so much so the waves undercut the bridge to Sanibel causing it to fall.

    • @chrisservidio8965
      @chrisservidio8965 Год назад

      @@johnmoore3504 Thank you for the information I know more now Take care be safe ..

  • @papawx3
    @papawx3 Год назад +1

    Back in the 1980's, St.James City was nothing but a little general store with two gas pumps and a low rent trailer park at the end of it, not much else. Then the owner of the park sold it to developers, ran the trailer dwellers away, and here came the developers. Amazing the growth on Pine Island over the last thirty years, population is up 4 or 5 times what it once was. The historic, old Florida look and feel that Matlacha had is now gone forever, all the old buildings have been lost. In their place will be modern structures built to hurricane code. If it's not built to the newer code, insurance companies won't insure it.

    • @di4085
      @di4085 Год назад +1

      Can you blame the insurance companies? I get it everybody wants to live on an island and be able to afford it but the wise decision is if you are then you need to build something that is Hurricane and flood resistant.

    • @papawx3
      @papawx3 Год назад +1

      @@di4085 No, I don't blame them and the newer code will be better for all. HOWEVER.....here is the issue I have, knowing insurance companies like I do: They won't be paying out on nearly as many claims after the homes and buildings are built to east coast hurricane codes. So theoretically, premiums should be less. But they won't be, they will be more. Insurance companies want to claw back all those claims they paid out.

    • @di4085
      @di4085 Год назад

      @@papawx3 yes you are probably right. Insurance companies are only good until you make a claim. And then you have to fight.

  • @dolittle814
    @dolittle814 Год назад +1

    I see a lot of the silver metal roofs undamaged other than weak structure that failed. Very impressed and wonder who put it on the house and what method and material was used.

    • @macking104
      @macking104 Год назад +2

      those would be the newer building code… think they can be aluminum or galvanized steel…

  • @hermanrogers1325
    @hermanrogers1325 Год назад +1

    A car in the front door and a boat in the back door

  • @timboc105
    @timboc105 Год назад +1

    Mother Nature's Beautifulication!

  • @cbc9002
    @cbc9002 Год назад +1

    I still can't believe after hurricane Andrew Fla still has slack building codes.
    I'm in Orlando and there's new builds going up and the 2nd stories are made of wood frame.
    Terrible building code.

    • @Tampa0123456789
      @Tampa0123456789 Год назад +1

      Same here in Tampa Bay too. To add insult to injury they charge an arm and a leg for them.

  • @deebo3864
    @deebo3864 Год назад

    mavic mini 2?

  • @kennixox262
    @kennixox262 Год назад

    Amazing that so many of these mobile homes have survived intact but probably flooded out on the inside rendering the "manufactured" home a total loss. Since Floridians hate government regulations; perhaps insurance companies will force the hand and not cover properties unless they are rebuilt on stilts as shown here. The area under the house can be used as parking, storage room etc. These sacrificial areas on the ground level should utilize walls that easily break-away in a storm surge leaving the building above the surge intact and ready for the next recovery. End the use of wooden utility poles and replace with concrete columns as they are much better able to survive a hurricane. It is understood that these mobile homes offer affordable living but in the long run building higher and better is cheaper over the long term.

  • @billb5684
    @billb5684 Год назад

    I own a house in St James City. Do you offer a real estate video service?

  • @peytonb5591
    @peytonb5591 Год назад

    Is this wind or surge damage

  • @jjbud3124
    @jjbud3124 Год назад

    I can't help but compare this to Andrew, where the damage seemed a lot worse. Just about all the mobile homes in parks were completely leveled. The mobile homes here seem to have survived much better. The newer ones had no more damage than the regular homes. It even looks like the state's tie-down program for older homes did its job as I didn't see any of them overturned. I only saw a couple of them that someone may not have survived in that were totally destroyed. I'm only talking about wind damage, not water. I'm not trying to minimize the damage at all. I'm just comparing results from the stronger building codes since Hurricane Andrew. After seeing the results of that hurricane I was surprised to see so many mobile homes still standing.

  • @gilloera8912
    @gilloera8912 Год назад +1

    But what will people do without lesurance?

  • @TheDustysix
    @TheDustysix Год назад

    Rather incredible how they got the debris off the streets. Nails everywhere.

  • @palangnar3588
    @palangnar3588 Год назад

    Multi billion dallers damage, some of the newest strong build houses got no damaged ,the building code/way has to change now .

  • @AlexM-vh2pu
    @AlexM-vh2pu Год назад

    Looks like the common denominator from the aerial view is mobile/manufactured and stick homes destroyed, concrete block homes with roofs that meet code standing.

  • @benjaminthame4174
    @benjaminthame4174 Год назад

    No matter what , I have faith in America to pick itself up and dust itself off and rebuild. All the best Florida. God bless America.

  • @bluzman00
    @bluzman00 Год назад

    I was actually considering moving to St James City to get away from SE FL.

  • @Kaaaaammmm
    @Kaaaaammmm Год назад +1

    Wow, what a surprise, mobile homes were destroyed. Tell us something we don't know.

  • @Marss13z
    @Marss13z Год назад

    Interesting how some blocks appear almost untouched.

  • @gregmaggio5217
    @gregmaggio5217 Год назад

    Wonder how long match sticks near a fire 🔥 would last.?

  • @ron4501
    @ron4501 Год назад +3

    Within a year, most of these destroyed homes will be replaced with manufactured and mobile homes. Floridians never learn our lessons.

  • @goat165
    @goat165 Год назад

    Heartbreaking.

  • @Summerslake
    @Summerslake Год назад

    A- video. Well done!

  • @noonetalksaboutaaroncarter
    @noonetalksaboutaaroncarter Год назад

    I try to visualize where all the debris - homes, RVs, cars, boats, docks, mattresses, refrigerators, etc is going to end up

  • @krissto22
    @krissto22 Год назад +1

    What a disaster! I’m heartbroken for all those people that are now homeless. Some may have another place up north or move in with family or rent if they can afford it, but for many these were their only homes. Unfortunately it will take decades to rebuild if they even want to rebuild. Imagine the money people lost, and not only the people but also the state. This was a big chunk of change for the state too. How do you cope with something like this? Will the state even allow to rebuild or repair? What if there is another big one? Very confusing. I’d say create an RV park so people can put rv’s on their land and in case of a hurricane at least you’re not looking at huge losses, plus you can always take your RV and go inland, otherwise maybe a concrete building with condos for everyone that could withstand hurricane forces, just an idea, because I don’t think many people have the money to rebuild to current building codes, not to mention that vast majority of those folks are retired.

  • @sandramelvin7123
    @sandramelvin7123 Год назад +2

    All these areas should never have been developed in the first place. Who in their right mind thinks it's ok to live on a barrier island at sea level.

  • @Slimjim260
    @Slimjim260 Год назад

    They didn’t build em close enough to each other?

  • @Steve007124
    @Steve007124 Год назад

    I don't understand why people living on a barrier island don't get the heck out of dodge when they saw a major hurricane coming. It was on the news. They didn't need someone to tell them. Doesn't make sense.

  • @mikec886
    @mikec886 Год назад +3

    RIP. It's a shame so many have died.

  • @jamesburnette1850
    @jamesburnette1850 Год назад

    If you pause at 1:42 there is a round house to the left. It looks totally unharmed. Totally designed for this situation

  • @hermanrogers1325
    @hermanrogers1325 Год назад +1

    It is a swamp with dirt back filled just to build houses on what a swampy thing to do

  • @lovera3878
    @lovera3878 Год назад +1

    The new homes fared quite well. Mobile homes do not have a place in Florida. CBS construction period and windows etc.

    • @berneebrawn7102
      @berneebrawn7102 Год назад

      they have been there for years and years... but won't be allowed to be rebuilt we are guessing. Sad but necessary.

    • @lovera3878
      @lovera3878 Год назад

      @@berneebrawn7102 In South Florida for years they have been facing them out. They can't altogether because it is an affordable housing option but all these trailer parks where the owners do not own the land their structures sit on have found themselves with no options. They are not insurable.

    • @toledojeeper2932
      @toledojeeper2932 Год назад

      Our manufactured home has gone through 2 hurricanes with no problems. It’s rated for 125mph winds .