Captiva, FL after Hurricane Ian Drone 4K 

Thank you for sharing video of Captiva…South Seas is our place every year for our Anniversary…relieved to see it is still standing…praying for everyone on the West coast🙏🏻

On a positive note engineers can clearly see what works and what doesn't.

Was anxiously waiting to see the damage to South Seas. Looks like some buildings sustained damage, but the resort appears to be mostly intact, I hope. Fond memories of our vacations there. Captiva is one of the best places to visit in Fl.

the overwhelming majority of the structures in this video survived very well. the rebuild after Charley helped tremendously. Life will return to normal with time.

This video starts at North Captiva and quickly shows Red Fish Pass. The drone flies over South Seas Plantation/Island Resort, until 04:33. At 04:33 you see a red semi trailer near the public parking lot (Gulf Side), a large blank area and two of the original SSP employee housing buildings, with one roof completely peeled off. If you freeze the video at 04:33 you can see, in the upper left corner, the sand over the tennis courts of the Tennis Villas, the small guard entry shack and to the right the parking lot for the General Store and Chadwicks. The video continues over the local houses and towards the Mucky Duck. I arrived in 1980, from Las Vegas, pitched for the Beach Bums (We Care Era), and I haven't been back since '81. I had the El Camino. It was twenty years before the internet and have lost contact with everyone.

@wxchasing I only came across your page today. I’m watching some of your current videos and sub’d after watching 2 videos. I’m purposely NOT watching so many videos on the destruction of hurricane Ian in Fl but your videos are the best “coverage” I have seen.

Thank you for posting this. We were staying at South Seas , and had to evacuate. Good to see that our building fared pretty good from what I can see. On a side note, we are still waiting for South Seas to call us to tell us to evacuate like they said they would... Fortunately, we didn't wait for the call.

Have you been able to shoot any of North Cap? Specifically Captiva Pass between Cayo Costa and North Cap? Interested to see how the houses fared on the pass?

Thank you for this video. I was able to verify that our mom's timeshare is actually in good condition. Amazing! 👍👍👍👍

We first came to Captiva in 2004 right after Charley. The damage from that storm looked far worse. New codes and regulations really helped with the buildings since then. The greenery will come back. It will take a good 5 years or so but most of the buildings at SSIR look to be in pretty good shape.

Thank you So Much for this video of South Seas!

Thanks for the coverage, it'll take years to recover. Any footage of Sundial beach resort?

Thx for the images of Captiva and the resort In general it looks pretty good, most houses still standing, some roof damage but a lot better than after Charlie - it looks like Florida man learned something last time If the fixed the bridge or have an intermittent ferry the most important part of the cleanup can start

I moved a retired commercial airline pilot to North Captiva just last year. He lived on the north side of the airstrip at the house with a copper colored roof I think, right on the beach with two boat docks. All homes beside the airstrip have hangers, so I hope he was also able to get his plane out of area. Great guy, who picked up our crew from a marina in Pine Island. The truck was barged over the day prior. Hope he got out.

We love Captiva and have been going there for over 30 years. Hope the wildlife is surviving and also wishing all those who own on the island a fast recovery. What a beautiful place to live. It happens to be my favorite place in the US! It's magical. Hoping to come back in November of 2023. What do you think the chances are? We stay on Laika Lane on Captiva.

Thanks....Do you have any footage going the other way on Upper Captiva?

Didn't read through all the coments but was surprised at not seeing any on the wellbeing of our beautiful manatees, loggerheads and birds. I cant imagine what they endured and is anyone feeding them since the island was stripped of their food?

my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families

I'm not seeing the General store, Captiva Island Inn, Mucky Duck, Bubble Room. Did you fly over that area?

Can you take a video of North Captiva Island, airport area and around there

Those bbeaches are going to be covered in even more shells than usual by the time we get to go back out there again. speedy recovery to my favorite place in the world. god bless and may all of you get your homes back soon.

Looks like the beginning was Captiva then the end was Sanibel. No crazy storm surge damage on Captiva. Sanibel might have protected Captiva from the Hurricane destructive forces. That area is still the nicest area in FL by far.

The salt water surge killed all green..wow.Properly bolted Solar panels and hip roofs survive cat 5 hurricanes, Engeneering note !!

South Seas - Lands End section did extremely well. Even the pool has blue water in it. Very impressed as Charley devastated the resort last time. The Marina section did not fair as well…

I'm always amazed at the complete lack of green once the winds hit a certain level of force. You don't even see remnants of green. Anyone who knows this area, knows it was extremely lush.

Curious if the cabins and other structures on Cayo Costa survived. Best island in the bunch in my opinion.

Какой красивый и белоснежный песок !!!

Why does every drone shot cut right as it's approaching the Mucky Duck?

We were there for a week and departed 9/18/2022. Praying everyone survived. Lovely area and we hope it’s rebuilt before the next coming attraction.

What about North Captiva ?

Any video of Tween Waters area and the homes north and south of it?

Unfortunately, there’s definitely some pockets of major damage on Captiva. However, Captiva looks much better than Sanibel does. Captiva suffered major and widespread structural damage in 2004 with Hurricane Charley. I’m going to guess that the buildings were rebuilt to be much more hurricane resistant after Charley.

Trees are bare!

Buy a lighthouse. Live in it.

How about Cabbage Key?

Why did anyone allow homes to be built in many of these areas? And why was insurance available to those homes? Now that so much land has been reclaimed by Mother Nature, now what? It was bound to happen so now what is the plan?

Thanks for the information. I always thought it was an island but now I see it's just a sandbar. Not a bright idea to put your family at risk and build a home on a sandbar. I see that's why they put homes on stilts cuz they know the beaches will be coming in in at some point

How do solar panels stay on the roof? They must be bolted to the foundation.

He came tantalizingly close to showing the Bubble Room and the Mucky Duck but missed both. Obviously doesn't know the island. But he got Doc Ford's and it looks good.

Are the people still living in those big buildings or what are you going to be doing with the buildings and homes that have not been destroyed by the hurricane

Do not see many vehicles in flyover. Hope this means majority of the home owners evacuated!

Best time to film is BEFORE a storm hits. That way people can prove their homes were in good condition to the insurance companies. Filming after doesn't really help other than to prove the home is now damaged.

God bless all people and thevirgin of Guadalupe do not forsake them, i work at maky duck restaurantlike dis one,a jugando blessings.

It's an astronomically expensive area so probably built like forts. Most places not built to that standard because most people can't afford a 3-5million dollar home

What about the Mucky Duck?

I work for a company that has already sent a team there to buy up as much of the old trailer park land as possible. FL statute will not allow the parks to return unless each trailer (home) is 14 feet off the ground...Get ready for mass condo construction...

Gee not a grain of sand out of place after 14 feet of water. Film taken BEFORE Ian

I see this place needs some over building and stuff those people in like sardines, and wait for next years storms.

No more better then ...

Sadly it will never be the same. Tornado victim here, so I know. Natural disasters are something that seems to be getting worse. So living on the coast probably isn't a good idea. Never really was. Go visit, go vacation but don't live there. I know ,I know , it's your home and you love it there. Guess you have super great insurance huh? You'd better have, cause you WILL need it again.

All the rich persons houses seemed to do well!

Behold the wisdom of a standing seam galvanized commercial STEEL roof!!! Shingles should be banned!!!

Nah one should never build on a beach. Americans should adopt first world building codes.

Play ground for the rich… is wrecked

Matthew 7:24-27 KJV 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, WHICH BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON THE SAND. 27 AND THE RAIN DESCENDED, AND THE FLOODS CAME, AND THE WINDS BLEW, AND BEAT UPON THE HOUSE, AND IT FELL: AND GREAT WAS THE FALL OF IT. 😎🎸

Shouldnt be allowed to live in these areas ,not made for living made as a natural barrier area ,if they do live there should definitely not get any insurance or any assistance....

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Might want to Build Back Better Florida! Build Back GREEN ! Years ago there was a Mid- Western town , ironically named Greensburg that was totally destroyed by a massive tornado! The people decided to go GREEN on the re-build. Albert Einstein said " The definition of INSANITY is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results!" Might be time to try another way Florida! Geodesic Domes are very STRONG and can withstand high winds. If you built Geodesic Done houses on platforms with tires underneath, if the wind blew the platform into the water it might actually float! Another good idea is to do what Maryland did. Don't let developers build on Barrier Islands! Assateague Island in Maryland was formed by a hurricane in the 1930's. It is a State Seashore & National Park! Assateague Island is the home of the famous Chincoteague Island ponies! 🤔🏖️🌅⛱️🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🌊💙🐬🌊💙🐬

Stop destroying beautiful wetlands for ugly house, stop the think for one second about all the endangered species that lived there before the wetlands were destroyed

Excuse me if I don't feel so upset about all those rich people not being able to access their mansions for a while

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