I'm in tears at the stupidity of people who think it's okay to destroy all that natural landscape in florida for their ugly, cheaply thrown together houses and their big status symbol gas pig yachts. Not an ounce of class to be found Anywhere down there.
@@toniatchison3678 I'm as safe as I can be. I've got an 80ft oak tree about to fall on my house. It already crushed my large tool shed and gazebo. What a terrible hurricane this was. The damage in Sarasota/Bradenton is extensive. But nothing like further south
@@Drew_K.79. way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth (1979), I got to experience hurricanes David and Frederick. I think that's plenty for an Illinois girl, lol. But my cousin is down there, and we haven't heard from him (as of about 6 pm), and I do worry about everyone down there. So here's hoping clean up goes fast for you...hopefully without that tree doing any more damage!
Looks like the mangroves really make a different. We need to nourish and plant tons of those instead of chopping them up Burying them and building on top of them
Excellent coverage and yet so devastating and terribly sad to see. Thoughts and prayers are with our brothers and sisters in Florida. Much love from Oklahoma.
What good does any rational person think that "thoughts and prayers" are going to do? They had no effect on PREVENTING this catastrophe! All this religious mumbo jumbo is NOT how things work! Come on in to the 21st Century!
To think this is where I use to hang out for the last three years ..and just left four months ago . This was my worst fear and this is the exact reason why I left . All those poor old people
The problem is all the money these people have stolen from america through the years. I guess brains and common sense cannot be taken away from us common folk.
Wow, I think it's time to take the billions of dollars that's being sent to Ukraine and start helping our own country out because we need the money to rebuild our country. I hope people made it out before this tragedy hit.
It was 40 billion, that nobody knows where it went. No check or balances. You send supplies, military support, food. You don’t just hand over money. Yup take care of the US. You don’t see any others Counties sending aid to us.
We made it. It was one heck of a night. Howling and rumbling. Worse then Irma back in 2017. Our studio survived and will be back on the air on Monday. Prayers to those South of us and a big thanks to all the utility workers form out of state that are here to help.
God bless you all from Tampa. Our bay drained out (87 nautical miles from Cape Coral). That tells you the magnitude of the draw from that terrifying surge
I feel horrible 😞 😫. We live in Tallahassee and we thought it was heading our way until it turned 😢. We got alot of wind for a couple of days. My boss lives in Ft. Myers and our coworkers had to evacuate that area.
Here's a Conscious Topic: Was trying to see what it looked like before Ian. I'm starting to notice throughout watching Ian is how "certain" people are literally living lavish while other "certain" people are living poor, minimum wage/slave wage for back breaking work for up to 10 hours a day. People can barely keep up with rent bills and children, trying to get help from the government but "certain" people are living in the lap of luxury??? This is NOT just coincidence.. Something fishy is going on and "certain" people know it. Sad.
Thank you to all of the kind people sending prayers and support to us in Florida. But all of the comments criticizing peoples choice to live in Florida and not just sharing sincere thoughts of caring, please keep your opinions to yourself. People are dead and many of us have lost our homes. We don’t need ANYONE to chirp in with insensitive comments.
I had the honour of visiting your amazing hometown! I came from Ireland and saw my first dolphins close to the shore. I've never forgot that experience and will treasure it!!!! Your beautiful hometown will shine again. ✨ 🫂
Any news on the Sundial Resort? My dad has a condo there…lives in Illinois the other half of year! I can’t believe this…to all the people affected by Ian, my heart goes out to you all. The causeway has so much damage and so many people rely on that bridge daily. Sanibel/ Ft Myers, you all are strong and you have the entire world praying for safety and a fast recovery. ❤❤❤
Such a shame seeing Sanibel and this area so wrecked. I'm in the UK but had some great times on Sanibel and the Gulf Keys. My favourite parts of Florida.
Know that area well lived on Captiva. My land was mine but the home was basically disposable. So many roads, small bridges known " one day a storm will wipe it way" areas that it would be a great time to "do it right". Not only are the islands tricky, narrow ,overbuilt but the mentality will be get them back up and running as fast as possible. Bridge is #1 priority.
Thank you so much for the coverage. It is important to those that have friends and family there with no way to reach them. Seeing the damage to the properties is so tragic. I love how you tried to name the streets or areas where you were. Please do more aerial coverage of Sanibel, Captiva, Fort Myers and Cape Coral. Great coverage and thank you.
thanks to all the utility workers. Great coverage thank you I been sad after all thats going on, is verry devastating. staying strong. will be in prayers.
people are alive is all that matters! we will rebuild but we learned this from Andrew! walls can be repaired, water can be delt with, debrit can be taken care of, you are alive brothers! we move forward now
I always say that at seas, oceans, rivers, you have to leave a lot of empty space for nature, water must also have a place for itself ... adults decide we plan and our children have no influence on how they will now ride something like this. For the rest of their lives they will have this image in front of their every time you storm - it's terrible for these children, I feel sorry for them.
@@lucynagajda8990 You and the comment above yours. Your comment is odd and insensitive. Just send thoughts and prayers to all of the people impacted. Not criticizing and finding fault because people (adults) have decided to live in Florida. What an odd and uncalled for thing to say. I can’t believe how insensitive and inappropriate some people can be.
@@chrisjenkins203 That person's comment is no less sensitive, and perhaps more sensitive, than all the rest, because the heart is hurting for past ... and future storms, that will do the same thing again and again. It is realistic. If people would learn from nature, we may perhaps have much less damage to natural resources, not so quickly renewable. How many storms and devastating loss must we watch over and over? before we stop building so near it? Granted, tornados can happen anywhere, but those losses right along the shores are unnecessary. They will rebuild and do it all again in four to five years.
Vacationed in Fort Myers and Sanibel the last 3 years. I always told everyone if a hurricane can at the right time Sanibel is like a death trap and only one road out and that's the bridge. I know Fort Myers and Sanibel Island very well.🦅
"God" didn't see fit to prevent this. So, how and why would some imaginary deity intervene after the fact?! Stop with all this cultish mumbo jumbo! Floridians were warned well in advance what was coming, yet the made the conscious decision to stay. What did they EXPECT would happen to them and to their neighbors?! The voters of Florida have elected climate change deniers for a good four decades now. You reap what you show. Elections have consequences, indeed! What's more, the blindness of Florida's voters have had, and will continue to have a seriously negative impact on the climate of our entire planet. As to what political havoc they will continue to wreak on us, they have a chance to do the right thing in just a few weeks. There's an old saying from medieval Russia, "Tuffski shitski."
We vacationed on Sanibel island many times and hearing the names of familiar places like the sanibel outlets etc is heartbreaking. Prayers for Florida.
In my mind I don't think I'll ever see anything worse than Katrina, but this is so bad and heartbreaking. I can't help but feel bad for all those that can't go home. I hope most got out and took their most sentimental items with them.
My wife and I've gone out to Sanibel for years, places we've stayed are gone, many were run by regular working class people. It was NOT just rich people. God Bless the people of the American Legion Post 123, hopefully you're all safe. Donate to the Cajun Navy and Project Dynamo who are currently going in and saving people.
Speechless... There's another looming problem because of all this water - ground erosion & new sink holes opening up. Not right now, but likely very soon. People really need to rethink moving to Florida, especially senior citizens. This just isn't worth the heartache.
Was just going to move to Clearwater. Fla.. and then before that corpus Christi Texas was another spot right before the ice storm. So twice. So far two places. The lord above made the decision for me
@@mikewithers299That's good, I'm glad. Yes, you are correct, south FL has much fewer sinkhole problems. They do tend to be deeper & more serious when they occur though. Tampa east, central FL & NW have a tremendously higher concentration of holes but they tend to be shallow. My concerns are mostly about coastal Tampa & inland central. Pretty much the path of Ian.
@@monkeybusiness1999 I got you. I did see a news cast years ago about a huge sinkhole that swallowed a house hole with a man inside. I think it was east of Tampa. That would scare the crap outta me!
@@mikewithers299 Yes, he was asleep in bed, they never recovered him. I considered moving to FL a few times but then these horrible storms happen & knock some sense into me. Right now though I'm just heartbroken seeing all these homes & lives within them a mess or destroyed. Especially knowing how many older people are living in the hit zones. Many don't have the financial means or health energy to start over.
She is also explaining the obvious. Like "these are washed up boats". EDIT: Some commentators below suggest she is describing what can be seen in the video to the benefit of recipients who can receive audio only. I did not think about that. So I retract what I wrote above.
@@andy99ish they kept explaining the visuals for people who were listening and couldn't see the video. My guess is there's a separate audio feed going out as well.
I moved to Florida in 1983, and it was Paradise. I lost everything I owned in 2004 when the back porch flew off my house and took the roof with it. FEMA and my friend, Kelly saved me. 6 months later I found a rental to live in. I went thru another 6 hurricanes before I finally left in 2018.
OMG Lord send help from the north,south,east and west,touch peoples hearts who are able to assist in whatever way they can,in Jesus Name Amen and Amen thank God
E de partir o ❤️ coracao chorei não tenho palavras que triste 😢 que Deus abençoe todos que estão passando por esta tribulação. Sou do Brasil, do sul estou orando p todos
I can't stand listening to her repeatedly cut off her co-host to add Nothing to what's being said. The guy speaking in the background seems to be the only person out of the three who knows what he's talking about.
Please have the girl stop talking over him., or allow one person’s description. One would be enough. This is one of the best channels out there, that reveals to the hearts and minds of everyone else; those untouched by this life threatening disaster. You are providing a way for others to see and realize the scope of this powerful unprecedented hurricane Ian. . I am viewing your report on RU-vid from Arizona. Thank you for such thorough coverage. I certainly send prayers for all who are devastated. I do pray this is not the beginning of the end for many of us in future days as the weather changes for the worse in other regions of USA Certainly our way of life could be threatened everywhere. Thank you for being there.
Terrible sad to see the devastation, my heart goes out to all those affected and hopefully no loss of life, prayers for everyone from Western Australia 😢💙🇦🇺
This is heartbreaking. There is already a huge housing shortage in almost every state and very little affordable housing for middle class and the poor. I hope that all those very rich folks in Florida who were not affected, that have huge million dollar homes will offer a place of shelter to those who don't have a home, until they can rebuild.
Emergency services could get a helicopter with a bucket to put out the fires. However the winds from the helicopter could move the fires from house to house. It is unbelievable of the damage. Prayers to all those who have been impacted by this hurricane, including Puerto Rico, Cuba, now Florida. God give you all strength.
you could see that the water was way higher than in this surveillance video because stuff was piled up look like maybe 10 ft higher that would mean every single house is pretty much destroyed the water has went down a lot but obviously it must have came up to like the ceiling on every single house on the island
That bridge will be out for months, the repair contracts alone will take a while. Best they can hope for is to instigate some sort of temporary ferry service or pontoon bridge until the causeway can be rebuilt. What a mess.
Originally from Savannah, GA now living in Jesup, GA a mere 65 SW from Savannah no hurricanes, maybe some winds like tropical storm. Don't miss the anxiety and worries; no electricity(and how long), when we run out of food and water. We were lucky, our family could hunker (go GA Bulldogs). You have to keep your humor or go a little insane 😉 😄 Don't miss those type of pictures of my long ago backyard.
My son is one of probably 10 people 😱 in Fort Myers to have never lost power and still has calling service on his cell phone. He swears it was a CAT 6. There will be many deaths. He thinks NONE of the Lee Hospitals may be functional. Lee County 911 was down and calls were routed to Collier County.
This is wild. Definitely need an investigation into what happened. This bridge was opened in 2007, after Charlie in 2004 so should have been designed with future storms in mind. A 15 year old bridge shouldn't collapse like this.
Man....this is apocalyptic. How long will this take to put back together? And so many of these homes/cars/etc. are so badly damaged will have to be trashed.
Basic search and rescue will be 5 days to 2 weeks. Getting core power lines back up and operational 2 to 5 weeks. Bridges roads etc are temp within days to weeks, 6 months to 2 years for proper repairs or replacements. Homes? Neighborhoods? Businesses? At best the debris removal will be a months long proposition. Rebuilding, even with quick cheap housing if done, is well over 18 months if every resource and full funds are instantly available via insurance and govt and crews... Repairs on those that can will start right away once flooding and access is dealt with. Some will get done within 6 months to a year, probably longer for those that have more than the roof and minimal lower flood damage. But odds are more likely that only the first NEW homes on repaired streets and infrastructure zones will be done 2 years out and stretching for many years longer.
Punta Rassa to Harlem Heights is the area they are showing. The two towers would be the Mastique @1:56, a Condominium Complex on Mastique Beach Blvd. I don't even live in Florida, but he power of Google maps makes it easy to find when you zoom in and around and look for landmarks. Feel bad for the people of Florida going through this.
You CAN tell new construction to the old lots of roofs intact no shingles but still intact! Very sad situation hoping for the best for everyone! This WILL BREAK THE INSURANCE COMPANIES !
I have no electricity and wont have any for a long time so how do I charge this electric car I just bought?!!!! What a freaking mistake that was !!!!!!!
When you reside in Florida this is part of life. Some states have snow storms, we get hurricanes. Some are bad, while others are not so bad. Together, with a caring and effective Governor Floridians will pull through this. Material things come and go, however we all survived yet another storm, I thank God Palm Beach County was spared again, and pray that help will come for all affected.
“We all survived”. You do realize that many deaths have already been reported and God only knows how many haven’t been discovered yet. Just delete your insensitive comment. Because NO, everyone DID NOT survive.
@@chrisjenkins203 Dude, I was referring to Palm Bch County. You don’t know me from carrots. You don’t know how I’m praying for those affected, you have NO IDEA how I feel about seeing the sunshine today yet realizing others are dealing with loss. You have no idea how I’m mourning for my fellow residents, how I’m praying for first responders, the Governor, and how my heart breaks for the loss of life. I’m just so thankful that Governor DeSantis is handling this for the victims of Ian. May God himself hover over this and comfort the hurting, may God send the right people to all affected areas, may the residents, in surrounding areas step up and pull together to help those in need, may there be NO hold up of funds from the federal government due to the feelings between biden and our governor, may Gods light shine once again in this destruction, may those who don’t know Christ, come to Him in this difficult time, and may we ALL seek God’s guidance in darkness. Blessings
You do realize that Hurricanes have devastated nearly every state on the east coast, throughout the years. Places like New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina and obviously, Florida. They’ve also hit states like Louisiana, Tennessee and many other states. Should no one live on the entire east coast of the United States? Should no one live in Louisiana?? Is that your “genius” suggestion?? I wonder if you even realize how insensitive and ridiculous you sound. Apparently not, or you wouldn’t post such uncalled for nonsense, right?
@@chrisjenkins203 did someone pee in your corn flakes this morning? It was a factual statement. Did I anywhere "suggest" that people shouldn't live wherever they chose to?? You need to take a chill pill.
@@chrisjenkins203 I agree, we also had a King Tide along with the storm surge, Been in naples Marco island since 86, Many hurricanes over the years, first time here like this because of the KING TIDE…. Hurricane Sandy was devastating because of same.. other hurricanes are mostly wind damage, So many fires that firefighters couldn’t get to because of badly flooded roads.. imagine the firemen not being able to help… sad. Imagine watching your buddys house burning down right in front of your eyes and you can’t do your job..😭💔
Wow I never seen something like this. I live in Massachusetts. I know all of people have die. My heart go out to you and yours at a time like this 💔 😔 Take care and always be careful. Sandra S Boston mass.
@@Kae6502 it’s a tragedy, no doubt. However the people that live in Florida CHOOSE to live there. Hurricanes aren’t a new thing. Just like earthquakes in LA - it’s a choice. I feel bad but I feel worse that the reporting is so awful. Sorry, that’s how I feel.
I don't understand why the news crew at the studio has no communication with the pilot? The pilot is moving the camera all over the place. They don't know where he is!! Having the pilot in direct communication with the station helps the viewer understand the enormous damage to SW Florida specifically!!