Thank you for being a service to your community and for not sugarcoating this video with filler music or the like. These are people's homes, images of their lives perhaps now in disarray, which you honored with solidarity and enough respect to understand that neighbors who see this footage will likely be emotionally impacted by it. Thank you for caring for your neighbors more than you do for likes on a video, as you always have. God bless.
Thank you so much for posting this. You got a great shot of our home on Harpoon which was very helpful. I ended getting down to the house from Illinois on 10/9. Fortunately for us, no storm surge in the house (newer and higher home) but we had a lot of exterior damage from wind and flying debris. Boat fared very well (leaving the drain plug in with the boat strapped to the bunks and the bunks to the pilings was the right decision!). I was there for 2-1/2 weeks and it was hell...but made a lot easier with the support of so many volunteers (God bless all those people). Red Cross meals taste pretty darn good when you have been eating beans out of cans for a few days! Anyway, our house is secured and in the process of being repaired. We fared much better than the vast majority of the homes in Cherry Estates. Five of our immediate neighbors are tear downs. What a sad, sad day for so many folks and our hearts are with them. But, Pine Island strong...right! 🙂 Looking forward to getting back to paradise in January! Again, thank you for posting this video.
Maybe you're the elevated home next to George? I'm glad you found the video useful and that you escaped flooding. We did too, since our home was built to code in 2019. Houses are slowly disappearing now.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing yep, that’s us. Poor George and Kathy along with so many others. Glad your home survived. The newer codes seem to have really made a difference.
I'm sorry to hear of all the damage you guys have suffered during this... some of my friends live in pine Islands and they had to evacuate and come up north but are now preparing to come down to fit damages. I'm also leaving on Monday to help some friends as well. thank you for this.
Awfully sorry for the damage done to your community, I’m a Long Islander for 60+ years and never been to Florida, so please don’t take this the wrong way, but what comes to mind looking at your aerial view, I see all the homes that look like shoe boxes, built on top of piers, so close together, It looks like a recipe for disaster, I’m amazed that their still there ? Praying for a speedy recovery for your community 🙏🏻.
@@martinsmith2786 It was a Category 1 when it hit NJ though. Not a Category 5. It's highest winds were 115mph which would make it at most a CAT 3. When it hit NJ, it had 80mph winds, which is far below CAT 5. Congrats on surviving, it was a bad storm in the sense that NJ isn't built for any type of weather that isn't snow. But it wasn't truly a bad storm in regards to the winds it packed. It was a pretty weak storm.
@@martinsmith2786 Strongest Hurricanes to hit the US: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: 185-mph in Florida Hurricane Camille (1969): 175-mph in Mississippi Hurricane Andrew (1992): 165-mph in Florida Hurricane Michael (2018): 155-mph in Florida Hurricane Ian (2022): 150-mph in Florida; Hurricane Ida (2021): 150-mph in Louisiana; Hurricane Laura (2020): 150-mph in Louisiana; Hurricane Charley (2004): 150-mph in Florida; 1932 Freeport Hurricane: 150-mph in Texas; 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane: 150-mph in Florida
That's a lot of destruction! Very expensive repairs ahead! Hope your estate took a lesser beating. PS: Great drone footage - the image quality is impressive.
I lost my home on Matlacha. I am a charter captain and Its my primary residence. It will be a long journey back. The blessing is I am surrounded good people.
I saw the spaghetti models, and I saw the cone of uncertainty. Fortunately, we live inland, but we were in the center of the cone of uncertainty. A few days before Ian made landfall I was digging drainage trenches around my home. Fortunately, we dodged the bullet and Ian just dropped about 7" of rain and hardly any wind. We were blessed. My heart goes out to everyone that suffered damages as it is heartbreaking to see the devastation.
Heartbreaking to see, but what you've done here is a true community service - I'm sure your neighbours will get important information from this footage that will help them plan next steps.
This doesn't look as bad as it did initially. The roofs are mostly intact, the water damage and the mold will be a big concern. Getting material and a contractor will be a challenge.
my parents are over on the "mainland" off of pine island road and luckily only lost their lanai hopefully they get that bridge up I'll miss those matalacha restaurants tho
Your roof looks like it took a bit of a beating and the boat looked good ... I hope everything else was ok. If you need any help or other forms of support please feel free to ask. Best wishes to you and your family for this stressful event.
Besides the damage emotionally and physically to people and property. The water channels probably have changed drastically. Prayers to all. Hugo survivor
I could come down from NC to help rebuild if someone wants. I'm from Florida and I help remodel homes and businesses. Also I happen to speak Spanish fluently if it helps, I lived in Central America for a while. I'm looking to relocate anyway so if anyone needs help I can be there in a week or so.
Thank you for being a service to your community and for not sugarcoating this video with filler music or the like. These are people's homes, images of their lives perhaps now in disarray, which you honored with solidarity and enough respect to understand that neighbors who see this footage will likely be emotionally impacted by it. Thank you for caring for your neighbors more than you do for likes on a video, as you always have. God bless.
Thank you so much for posting this. You got a great shot of our home on Harpoon which was very helpful. I ended getting down to the house from Illinois on 10/9. Fortunately for us, no storm surge in the house (newer and higher home) but we had a lot of exterior damage from wind and flying debris. Boat fared very well (leaving the drain plug in with the boat strapped to the bunks and the bunks to the pilings was the right decision!).
I was there for 2-1/2 weeks and it was hell...but made a lot easier with the support of so many volunteers (God bless all those people). Red Cross meals taste pretty darn good when you have been eating beans out of cans for a few days! Anyway, our house is secured and in the process of being repaired. We fared much better than the vast majority of the homes in Cherry Estates. Five of our immediate neighbors are tear downs. What a sad, sad day for so many folks and our hearts are with them. But, Pine Island strong...right! 🙂
Looking forward to getting back to paradise in January! Again, thank you for posting this video.
Maybe you're the elevated home next to George? I'm glad you found the video useful and that you escaped flooding. We did too, since our home was built to code in 2019. Houses are slowly disappearing now.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing yep, that’s us. Poor George and Kathy along with so many others. Glad your home survived. The newer codes seem to have really made a difference.
Sincerely heartbreaking to watch. So much damage.
You and your neighbors are in my prayers, John.
I'm sorry to hear of all the damage you guys have suffered during this... some of my friends live in pine Islands and they had to evacuate and come up north but are now preparing to come down to fit damages. I'm also leaving on Monday to help some friends as well. thank you for this.
Glad you and your family are OK John
Thanks for a close up view of my folks roof.
The panoramic view of this land is very beautiful.
Awfully sorry for the damage done to your community, I’m a Long Islander for 60+ years and never been to Florida, so please don’t take this the wrong way, but what comes to mind looking at your aerial view, I see all the homes that look like shoe boxes, built on top of piers, so close together, It looks like a recipe for disaster, I’m amazed that their still there ? Praying for a speedy recovery for your community 🙏🏻.
Some folks will walk away but the vast majority will rebuild and resume their lives. Good luck John. Sea Bright, NJ Sandy survivor.
Category 1 Sandy, survivor?
@@stay_free Sandy, October of '12 was a CAT V 'storm of 500 years. Out of house for 56 weeks.
@@martinsmith2786 It was a Category 1 when it hit NJ though. Not a Category 5. It's highest winds were 115mph which would make it at most a CAT 3. When it hit NJ, it had 80mph winds, which is far below CAT 5. Congrats on surviving, it was a bad storm in the sense that NJ isn't built for any type of weather that isn't snow. But it wasn't truly a bad storm in regards to the winds it packed. It was a pretty weak storm.
@@martinsmith2786 Strongest Hurricanes to hit the US:
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: 185-mph in Florida
Hurricane Camille (1969): 175-mph in Mississippi
Hurricane Andrew (1992): 165-mph in Florida
Hurricane Michael (2018): 155-mph in Florida
Hurricane Ian (2022): 150-mph in Florida; Hurricane Ida (2021): 150-mph in Louisiana; Hurricane Laura (2020): 150-mph in Louisiana; Hurricane Charley (2004): 150-mph in Florida; 1932 Freeport Hurricane: 150-mph in Texas; 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane: 150-mph in Florida
@@stay_free Should have referred to it as 'Superstorm Sandy'. Had a 13 foot tidal surge come through our little barrier peninsula.
Hope that all is fine for your property and your neighbors. Most importantly, hope all your neighbors survived this storm.
Hopefully you will be able to cleanup and move on - glad you are safe - Andre Roy !!
It's a mess up here in Cape Haze and Rotonda too. Some water damage, but mostly wind damage. We sat in the eye wall for hours.
Prayers for a speedy recovery and rebuild to you, your family, and your neighborhood John!
That's a lot of destruction! Very expensive repairs ahead! Hope your estate took a lesser beating.
PS: Great drone footage - the image quality is impressive.
I lost my home on Matlacha. I am a charter captain and Its my primary residence. It will be a long journey back. The blessing is I am surrounded good people.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Matlacha was so destroyed, and so beautiful before.
Heartbreaking to see John.
So sorry for all you guys. A real mess to clean up. This too will pass.
I saw the spaghetti models, and I saw the cone of uncertainty. Fortunately, we live inland, but we were in the center of the cone of uncertainty. A few days before Ian made landfall I was digging drainage trenches around my home. Fortunately, we dodged the bullet and Ian just dropped about 7" of rain and hardly any wind. We were blessed. My heart goes out to everyone that suffered damages as it is heartbreaking to see the devastation.
Hope the homeowners hear about this video and get some assurance of whether or not they have damage. Kind gesture to help others.
Heartbreaking to see, but what you've done here is a true community service - I'm sure your neighbours will get important information from this footage that will help them plan next steps.
Good Luck..
This doesn't look as bad as it did initially. The roofs are mostly intact, the water damage and the mold will be a big concern. Getting material and a contractor will be a challenge.
my parents are over on the "mainland" off of pine island road and luckily only lost their lanai hopefully they get that bridge up I'll miss those matalacha restaurants tho
Your roof looks like it took a bit of a beating and the boat looked good ... I hope everything else was ok. If you need any help or other forms of support please feel free to ask. Best wishes to you and your family for this stressful event.
Thanks. We were lucky. We missed flooding the home by less than 6 inches.
This is your neighborhood John ??
Is your charter close to St James???
Besides the damage emotionally and physically to people and property. The water channels probably have changed drastically. Prayers to all. Hugo survivor
The mangroves look really crappy.
I FEEL BAD FOR THESE PEOPLE
HURRICANE HARVEY DEVASTATED HOUSTON 5 YEARS AGO BUT WE RECOVERED
Lived in Cape Coral for 20 years. Ian was definately the worst in my lifetime.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I brother lost everything. He’s trying to deal with the insurance now.
Awful sight. Did you lose your FL boat in the storm?
No. It was secured well to the ground.
I could come down from NC to help rebuild if someone wants. I'm from Florida and I help remodel homes and businesses. Also I happen to speak Spanish fluently if it helps, I lived in Central America for a while. I'm looking to relocate anyway so if anyone needs help I can be there in a week or so.
Move to California, John. Skip all the bad weather and fish 365.
Terrible.
John did you lose any kayaks or anything??
No. They were secured well with a cable and ground anchor.