Thanks for releasing this video to the public. I haven’t seen this on the news and it really helps bring it into perspective. There are no words………. So heartbreaking.
The dark water is NOT pollution. It's just fresh water from rain and from our coastal rivers. By bad mouthing our waterways incessantly in these videos, you are doing a huge disservice to our communities.
Completely glossed over two of Boca Grande’s icons, Port Boca Grande Lighthouse and Gasparilla Island Lighthouse. Both weathered the storm but they are damaged. The water looks like that after every storm and the beautiful turquoise waters will return. Nature usually recovers.
The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse is located at the southern tip of the island. The other lighthouse is the Rear Range Light, not the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse.
Thanks! If only they would bury their lines, this wouldn’t happen over aand over and over and over. It’s sand-it’s literally not that hard. That “pollution “ is fresh water, which floats over salt water. You will see this on every ebb tide everywhere.
Just remember when you watch this that A LOT of these million dollar plus beachfront homes are owned by VERY rich people who only stay in these homes a few weeks or couple months a year at most. Maybe THEY should be paying for the rebuilding costs if these people all want to lay in a hammock at their beachfront homes during the winter????
Thanks Kellie for doing a phenomenal job bringing this view to us. So many structures still intact compared to the 1st video. So when they build back on FM Beach, this is the material they need to use. This area looks untouched. As you said the dirty side of the storm vs the good side. Very interesting info.❤️🙏🏽
I'm a Fort myers native currently in Georgia. My car blew a head gasket, but I'm gonna find a way back to help clean up. My heart is broken for Fort Myers.
Excellent video. This shows the significant difference between being on the norths side (clean side) of the eye of the hurricane vs what happened at Sanibel and Ft. Myers which was on the south side and saw the huge storm surge. Most of the newer homes had modest damage. A few miles north of landfall makes a HUGE difference. 50 to 100 miles south (or the the right looking down) of the eye landing is a bad place to be.
You should not comment on things of which you are obviously ignorant. What you are calling polluted water is just the fresh water exiting the bays. The fresh water has tannin in it from the rivers, mangroves etc…. This happens anytime there is a massive rainfall on the gulf. It will be fine in a few weeks and is part of the natural ecosystems along the gulf.
You're right. This fresh water runoff repeats during every heavy rain event on the Florida peninsula, but, what you didn't include are the massive amount pesticides, fertilizers, raw sewage from overflowing septic fields, and petroleum waste/runoff from flooded vehicles, gas stations, etc. all washing into the gulf and associated estuaries. This "natural" runoff is one of the major causes the deadly (to marine life, that is) red tide and blue algae blooms we are constantly seeing on Florida's east and west coast over the last several years and before as well. So, to whom are you referring as ignorant?
I hope your power gets turned on soon. When we lived in lake Wales and got hit by Charlie, Francis and Jean it took them 3 weeks each time to get our power back on! It was a horrible experience.
She said "Whites Only" Then quickly made reference to must wear only white clothing. A great example of a Freudian Slip. Great footage of the devastation. Soon it will be normal again.
2:03 them people living in them fish houses thinking they will be ok in the future but wait til they get hit by another hurricane also. I don't know how them people be living in them flat land surrounded by water not knowing someday a hurricane will come. Whomever came up with this idea living in them flat land was dumb. Look at them now shredded in pieces.
She is only partially knowledgeable about the area and has no clue about the history of the islands. She obviously is from somewhere else and calling this dark area pollution is just being ignorant. Maybe you would be better suited to report on cupcake baking contests or dog shows. Glad to see that the millionaires are getting their power restored before anyone else tho. The chopper pilot probably wants to take ice picks to his eardrums after listening to her whining voice.
Does she realize that the pollution she's talking about is probably caused from a lot of these fishing boats and a lot of other things. The fishermen are probably the most heartbroken because it's their lively good .
Now, admittedly I don't know WTF I'm talking about, but if I had a million dollar boat and was given a week's notice that a storm was headed towards it, I'd high tail it up the coast out of the projected path.
Yup you are 100% correct, you don’t know WTF you are talking about…wish more people would start their comments out with this simple statement. A week before the hit, high tailing it up the coast (as you so eloquently put it) would have placed you in the projected path. The cone that you see on your local weather report there in Kansas is the cone of uncertainty. Meaning we don’t really know where we should be going. It’s part of the risk of owning a boat or anything for that matter. Easy to be on this side of the comments after the hurricane has passed through. But thanks for your thoughts Gilligan🤙.
@@scottt2096 Well, I'll tell you something I DO know. A friend is a pilot flying a private jet and EVERY private plane headed out at the warnings. Any plane left on the runway was there for service. The owners weren't risking their millions.
Are you comparing the speed of a plane to that of a boat? The space of which that plane can fly and all the destinations they can go to that of a boat? Are you serious?
Exactly, they had plenty of time to get these boats to safe harbor. As a boat owner myself I would have been watching the weather for a week and either you get it out of the water and tow it north or hire somebody to go away from the storm to Louisiana or Texas. Having money doesn't equate to commen sense.Totally unnecessary piling of boats.
@@fritterfoof5146 this shows how little you know about the area, this is one of the more poorer islands, fishing, farming, tree farms, and mostly people who couldn’t afford the wealthy mansions. But either way, losing your life’s possessions isn’t easy.
You wouldn't have all that pollution in the water if people weren't permitted to build on every blade of grass on every island, on top of each other at sea level!
Looks like the American oligarchy did pretty well. They have multiple homes to take care of so it is good to know they won't have many expenses in Florida. Welcome to the "haves" versus"have nots" trailer-park crowd in Ft. Myers.
Pollution? There’s silt, dirt, etc. I don’t think her claim is necessarily correct. We’ve had a lot of hurricanes and it isn’t just a huge thing of pollution rolling into the water. I’d like a fact check on her claims.
So if people want to live here they need to be responsible! I’m tired of my money replacing their beach front properties over and over again! Where do they think FEMA money comes from? My insurance rates go up because people want to live on the beach! Infuriating! You build you pay!!!!!
MY ONLY CONCERN IS HOW MUCH MY HOME OWNER'S INSURANCE IS GOING UP FOR THESE PEOPLE'S MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES THAT THEY LIKE TO BUILD WHERE HURRICANES HIT. I ALREADY RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT CITIZENS INSURANCE NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY AND A POSSIBLE ASSESSMENT FOR THIS SHIT.
