great footage you really showed the power and intensity of that storm. im on a freshwater canal in mid-cape and didnt get anything iike this. im sorry to see my neighbors had to go thru this. ❤
Our power & cell service was off at 11am that morning. Never knew what exactly was coming. Devasted our area also in west Englewood. 180 mph winds gusts to 208 recorded. Still have shutters up since Idalia until thanksgiving. PTSD Big time Glad we all up here survived🙏❤️
I was in an area, Rotonda west, where in my opinion homes suffered some of the worst wind damage(Northwest quadrant) and I can say it was hard to record the videos I took as it just felt super unsafe. Pieces of homes were being destoryed all around us including our own, lots of homes had boarded windows on our street that blew out and we were just waiting for our turn. It's incredible. A newer home definitely fairs better in a hurricane. We didn't have much time to watch as we combatted water coming through every crack in the ceiling and to protect our belongings. And then the flood water came.
My son's name is Ian and he feels terrible! We were slated to get the hurricane 🌀 here in Tampa but as usual TWC was wrong. Thanks for taking one for the team. Btw, I collected water, gas, charcoal, food etc and brought it to the Cape the day after as an offering of gratitude. I used to live there and my heart broke for my fellow SW FL peeps 😢
Have to give props to Dr Rick Knabb, he was saying the storm could well hit Fort Myers a couple days before the track from the NHC shifted away from tampa
Pretty good documentation and great video! Looks like the homes did quite well. If Ian was structured a little differently (strongest winds on E side instead of W) you would've definitely had way worse wind damage. Ian wasn't too bad at my home in Collier County, just some trees snapped, shingles ripped off, and siding ripped off but nothing too serious.
@@noahpage7459 Actually it's usually the northeast quadrant. It's pretty rare that the west side is stronger (as was the case with Ian) Offshore though when the storm was a cat 5 off the coast of Naples, it seems that the cat 5 winds actually occurred on the right side, that side just happened to lose a lot of strength before coming ashore.
@@tvold9204 oh you’re right, my mistake! Guess it could have been worse. Though, there was a gust, I believe, that had an unofficial measurement of 140 in south cape. Which I believe is the strongest land measurement from the storm. But that may be an unreliable report.
@@noahpage7459 Yeah I saw the same thing but I bet you in places with no observations (Cayo Costa/Sanibel/Cape Haze Peninsula area) there were gusts quite a bit stronger than even that.
House sits 9ft above water level. Predicted surge for my area inland was 6-10ft. 2nd floor starts at 21ft above water level. There was no way the water level would rise that much.
Everybody in FL is paying for the people who live on the water! My insurance went up 100$ a month this year. I’m surprised your house didn’t float away! 😣 I live in Orlando. Wow have fun … getting back to normal is pretty bad if u have to move out of your house. It must have been weird knowing the ocean could just fill up your house.
I guess there is a much bigger price to pay for living in paradise besides the normal cost of living. Thank God you were luckier than most. Stay safe and God bless you all.
I’ve been through five or six hurricanes. What surprised me was how slow it was and how violent the Eye was. We took the dogs out and could barely stand up! Then hours and hours of pounding wing and the sounds of debris striking the house. I thinks the cone put out by the weather service didn’t accurately reflect how huge this storm was.
The cone is only supposed to represent a 66% chance of the very center of the eye passing somewhere inside of the cone. The actual eye wall and the outer bands will not be confined to the cone.
At 6:30 pm in cape coral, it took a break, wind slowed down, only gust came up to 130, we felt relived thinking oh well, it s about over, but no, 7 pm, it started again exactly the same speed 150 fiercely coming from opposite direction. This time was a torture because we worn out , exhausted . It last till 9:30 pm.
Not sure what part of Cape you’re referring to because winds shifted about 4:30pm in western Cape Coral. And no winds of 150 were measured anywhere over land with this storm. At 6:30pm the winds were coming out of the west. And they remained out of the west for the rest of the storm.
We arrived our vâcation home in cape coral from houston a week b4 storm. Our relatives freaked, we stayed during storm, everyone else evacuated. Once the electric cut off, it was scary, lake water kept raising up n boiling cause of big wave. In houston, we went through cat 3 Ike, cat 2 Harvey, but nothing like this. This reminded me of the bombardment of vietcong during vietnam war
U got lucky the water receded. I live in North Port by the myakkahatchee creek and the water was rising. The next 2 days. Got chest deep in the road luckily it didn't get in the house though
@@noahpage7459 I got luck it didn't get on the house. Literally 4more inches and it would have. It was crazy. I had to kayak to dry ground to get rescued
Holy cow! That is an unbelievable amount of water coming up. And so much in the house too. Obviously the boats knew just the right spot to party up at. Great filming and editing. Glad everyone is safe. I was in Venice and I hope I never have to go through that again. It was scary.
All permanent homes built in Florida after 1992 are rated to withstand 150mph winds so all non mobile homes built after 1992 that were hit by this storm should still be standing.
I’m on the west coast and not knowledgeable about the aftermath cleanup…I’m curious about the debris in the canals, rivers ocean…does anyone cleanup/ remove the massive amounts of debris from these areas or are they left. Also how is the oil gas cleaned up from all water? I’m shocked about the number of boats in the marinas…front yards and in general all over the state! I’ve never see so many boats large and small…wow. Glad you are ok. Great video…wow. Did the neighbors claim their boats from your back area?
Even though there was nothing you could do, I think it was amazing how calm you were as the water is coming in your house. I do construction work and I've seen what kind of damage just a couple of inches of rising water can do. It don't sound like much but it is still a very BIG MESS and a long restoring process, but at least you weren't wiped clean off the map. I wish you the best at restoring everything. Blessings and Prayers
I lived in Cape Coral , raised my children and had three motorcycle shops there and My parents are buried there in the military cemetery … My heart hurts. Please know you are all in our prayers. Hopefully repairs and rebuilding are moving along. Blessings ❤
I hope 🤞 y’all let the landscaping live a year before deciding which needs to be removed. Nature is resilient, and I hate to see good trees that were damaged lost thank heavens you all were OK.
OMG, you are all fearless. I’m right on the GA coast, and I don’t leave either. I have a marsh that catches the surge, and during Ian I suddenly had lake front property. This footage is just amazing. It’s a shame they don’t make hurricane proof, leak proof, sliding doors. You have such a beautiful property I’m glad your damage was minimal!
I live in Cape Coral Florida, I moved here to Cape Coral Florida from Texas 3 months ago and this was terrifying. I was so thankful to God Almighty that the storm surge didn't come anywhere near our house. I was checking the front door obsessively making sure there was no flooding in the street of our neighborhood and there was none. I prayed to God to keep me and my family safe. We took refuge in our kitchen because it was the center most area.
A lot of the homes in the Cape are built on mounds, which I always thought looked kinda silly when I first came here. Now we see how important that design was!
Sat through Irma and now through the eye of Ian but got lucky with both. If anyone is watching this and thinks they should sit through one. Don't. There is no reason to do so. There's no difference between being there 2 or 4 days after the storm and being there when it hits. Just get out of the way
My brother lives just off Del Prado along a canal and the water got to within 6 inches of coming in the house. So, he was lucky. Where in Cape Coral is this? Are you near the Yacht Club area? Just trying to envision why the water was so high in your canal. Glad you are OK, though. Not fun watching uninvited boats with minds of their own trying to dock near your house. 😕
