Thanks so very much ... I have been searching for information on the destruction and damage at Blind Pass for days...It looks like Castaways and The Mad Hatter didn’t fare to well...made lots of memories there with family and friends...Prayers for all who lost loved ones and homes ...
I like these videos. Had been to Sanibel and Captiva many times. My Uncle had a place on Sanibel decades ago but moved to Naples. Getting back to the videos, I am amazed on how clear the video is and the range of this drone. The drone gives us the ability and a different view of the world around us. Thanks for the views. Keep it up.
@@__Salty I don't know why I can't stop laughing but when you said tourist only in golf carts I thought that was fantastic thank you. 😄 Great idea. That's true those million dollar homes are sitting right on the ground. Looks to me like they weren't even trying to stay away from the water, at least some of them.
@@__Salty Poured concrete with polished concrete floors. As long as we all have to pay the increased insurance rates then the $20 million homes will be rebuilt lavishly.
Your drone video footage is awesome! You should be selling it to the news outlets. One thing I think would be very cool is if you could overlay a map to show approx area. We typically travel to Fort Myers area every winter but other than the Times Square / Pier area, I couldn't really place the footage or the affected areas. Thanks.
Blind Pass is the little pass or inlet between Sanibel and Captiva spanned by the short bridge shown at the start of the video. The video starts at the southern- most tip of Captiva looking south and then moves southeast over the bridge to the Sanibel side. Here you can see the wreckage of the Castaways cottages -- with its little yellow A-frame office building.
@@jrbeckman2194 , thanks. I was actually referring more to one of his other videos (I watched a bunch of them). I just happened to click on this one to comment.
Congratulations - Excellent video, and very well done! My family and our Florida relatives sometimes vacationed at the Castaways, so I was very much looking forward to a video such as this one. I found it fascinating to see all the interesting homes there, and how they stood up to the hurricane. To my surprise, most did surprisingly well. But the vegetation really seemed decimated. Thanks again for this high quality video!
Excellent quality video and flight coordination. This video illustrates the extensive damage. Sad to see such destruction of a place my wife and I love to visit.
Have seen few pictures/videos of home farther from the water. Specially Rabbit Road homes, Ding Darling, schools.. will there be any videos for these areas? Please and thank you much ❤️
Now lets be honest here. The eye wall of a Cat 4 (borderline Cat5) hurricane buzz sawed through this area slowly. And yes the damage is great. But just look at how many places are standing and how many metal roofs withstood everything nature tossed at them. I would have expected everything to look more like the Sanibel Causeway with huge areas just wiped away. But much of it stands. The first floors may have flooded but wow, the construction is amazing.
Surprisingly many homes in this video are still standing and many look untouched structurally with minimal damage. This of course is in comparison to other videos of Sanibel which look like a war zone, completed destroyed.
New vs old construction. A lot of reinforced concrete in new builds. Old wooden structures and little chance. Unfortunately, much charm and individuality goes with them.
This is so breaking heart to see that's why you should never take granted in what you got home vehicles cause you could end up like this in that's not funny them are beautiful homes there in what I heard these people can't even go back to their homes my prayers are with you all in Florida keep the faith in don't give up
53 years in SE Florida and last September was the first and only time we surfed Florida's west coast (for Hurricane Larry). We surfed just South of blind pass and parked in that lot past the bridge at 0:55. The sand bar was perhaps 200 yards off the shore and it appears to have been washed away with much of the beach sand.
Thank you for your continued videos. Watched another channel ("Southern Life") and the guy just incessantly badgers his wife/partner. It's sad. I'm THRILLED to find your amazing videos and coverage - so THANK YOU.
Thanks for your videos, both this and the prior one of North Captiva. The drone footage is incredible and devastating at the same time. Do you happen to have any flights further north from Blind Pass, on the homes along Captiva Drive before Tween Waters? The other clip stopped north of there.
Wild to think how HARD Sanibel fights affordable housing, because it might affect "the island charm" and "property values." Now the island is an uninhabitable wreck of yachts and mansions.
It has a seasonal economy and I'm not sure too many affordable housing residents would be able to afford living there under that umbrella. They have a secluded tropical island ambiance there and it's a beautiful place to visit as is.
@@yoshit9819 With taxpayer dollars from Blue states. The money that DeSatan used to send migrants to Martha's Vineyard could have been put to good use after Ian. DeSatan, Scott and Rubio - the personification of evil.
@@yoshit9819 It won't be quick. Even a temporary bridge will take a year. 4 years to build a full span above-ground bridge. Construction workers have to be housed....where?, there's no homes even for residents on the mainland. Homeowners who can't afford to rebuild will abandon the property.
@@JoeinWashDC lots of money on those islands. Most of the homes are seasonal. Army corps of engineers only have to put a temp bridge. Using barges. Getting equipment in is the first priority after making sure everyone is safe. Once that is done the process will speed up. As far as housing there are some resorts that are still usable.
this footage made me feel like my own body was magically flying over head...i could look side to side, up and down, turn abd look back. it was great drone control and skill. The devastation is so sad. So many beautiful homes but many looked in pretty good condition, but boy what a clean up mess. How do they get rid of all the sand everywhere? ( in yards and streets)
Really good video and devastating to see all the damage. Truly feel for all affected. Any video from north of Captiva? We have gone to Captiva beach several times when on holiday in the area.
Thank you for this video! It’s unreal! Do you have any footage / pics of Beachview Cottages - I heard most of them are gone now. One of my favorite places on Sanibel. Thanks again!
Fla is without a doubt is a unique lifestyle. I was born and raised in South Florida. In the early 60s it was hurricane Donna. To name a few, Hugo, Matthew Andrew and so many more. But I also have lived in other places West Virginia Kansas Michigan Georgia. I’ve traveled different places in the world. Every place is unique. But when you live in Florida especially on the coasts the east or the west side you have to take into consideration there will be hurricanes. This one was a doozy. It affected the multi million dollar homes on the water with their boats in their swimming pools, it affected the two bedroom one bath 950 square-foot house built back in the 60s. It affected the rich and the poor. What I’m saying is living here in Florida there is that risk. Anything I have learned when they say it’s a category two take your prize possessions your legal papers your medication and some clothes board up your house and leave. My heart goes out to all those who lost. But I still love Fla
Your live stream in New Orleans when you were driving around and saving people was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen on RU-vid. I’m still wondering what happened with the Italian navy guy
Looks like the majority of those homes made it through Ian pretty well. Must have been the construction? But that being said it is going to take years and tons of money to rebuild, grow, and clean. So sad to see such a beautiful place destroyed.
Forever changed. It'll never be the same. Oh it'll get better, but it'll never be exactly the same. Tornado victim here,, I know. Keep a positive attitude as you can and move forward. It's the only way to get through this. God bless ALL of those affected by this disaster.
the ones with money it seems make out the best, newer houses look like they made out very good other than the trees and a few boats, but when you get to the mobile homes they are destroyed or most of them, same as Irma and low rent stuff went away
Doesn’t look hit that hard. Strange. Maybe because the surge doesn’t “pile up” like on the mainland. Also not sure who had the highest winds…maybe just north of there ?
It’s amazing Florida building codes even let people build homes in these locations. The Florida Wind Borne Debris Zones Map shows 200-170 mph winds in these coastal areas and that’s not weighing in the dangerous storm surge.
I don't know how to tell you to do it but it would be interesting if somebody could take drone shots Before & After the hurricane to show the complete contrast. Simply run the same route and show the events effect in side by side videos.
The home owners have to get the debris off their land and put it at the curb and then the city/town picks it up off the side of the road. NO insurance does not pay for this. This is all flood damage and every flood policy is capped at 250K. So if you have a 5 million dollar home, the most you will get paid for a flood is 250K.
Nature wanted to reclaim what will eventually become hers. Not IF, but when, another CAT4/5 storm will hit again. They should payout these residents and declare this sandbar, Sanibel National Park.
You can briefly see that area here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n9tO67HGutg.html Nothing appears to be "leveled". Still haven't seen good footage of Land's End.
@@Furious321 Hey thanks. Doesn't look too bad. I appreciate the heads up. Chk this out at 9:08. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0ElzDe0dGZw.html
OK so this video is not Fort Myers Beach. Only the last couple of minutes. All of FMB was under the 15 ft surge. Not Fort Myers which is what this video is really of.
Shouldnt build or live on barrier islands or along the beach ,need to ban any build back in these areas!! these areas need to be all natural dunes and plants .they are there for a reason and to build and live on it isnt it !!..
Those poor poor multi-millionaires and their $5,000-$10,000/month rental property. Can you imagine waiting a year for the hard working taxpayers to rebuild your mansion for free!? The Horror!!!
You have no idea what you are talking about...This entire event was water/flood. So it doesn't matter how much your house costs, the cap that the insurance company will pay out is 250K. They do not pay to rebuild your home and when it is rebuilt it needs to be to the upgraded codes. So NO they are not getting their homes rebuilt for free. Shut your mouth if you don't know the facts and clearly, you do not.
but what about the restaurants the people ask at Boca Grande, the rich and famous - Bush, DuPont, Tucker Carlton people - what about my food and party? where will we go now?
Only the resorts will have restaurants. A family-owned restaurant will not be built there for years. Large/mansion homeowners won't be down there for years till their home is rebuilt. The noise from construction will be constant for years.
Yes! If all of the low wage "service" workers disappear, who will "wait on " the wealthy, the tourists & the vacationers who come there to beautiful Florida and who spend $money in Florida.
