RECORD-BREAKING river flooding on Peace River in Arcadia, Florida from Hurricane Ian 

Gotta stay hydrated 😉

That is the correct way to conduct a rescue hahaah

Doesn't get worse than it is right now, I would too.

classic florida man represent

gotta keep the spirits up !

💯✝️

Prayers 🙏✝️🙏

Is he really a doctor?

@@mariebee3146 - yep.

I concur

You get your weather reports from a random youtuber?

Reed Timmer is NOT a random utuber!

Ya I miss the dominator

Agree

Couldn't have said it better, from Canada.

There are a few still down there Jeff is too. Bring back memories of Katrina

100% So proud of the storm chasers who stayed to help.

@@brinicole2999 Exactly. The mainstream media packed up and left the day the storm was over. Off to the next storyline.

@@Tampa0123456789 - major networks are all still there. What on earth are you smoking?!

​@@Patrick_Ross weather channel but that's about it I've not seen one other channel outside of local news channels

Florida will never be the same Florida again! Most people won’t be able to live there because it will be too costly.💰💰💰

@@snnetteachexnayder63 yes your absolutely correct. The damage is beyond catastrophic. I wish people would have left when they were advised to do so. Many decided not to, and these are the results of cause and effect from not adhering to emergency mandatory evacuation orders. This is very sad and hard to watch , I'm sorry for the loss of people and animals.

are you in Australia Jessica?

was this in Queensland ?

@@boromirofmiddleearth557 has to be if she’s mentioning Steve. Most likely Queensland or other Northern Territory area. Folks in the Western Territory had issues as well though. If I remember it’s the only recorded in Australia’s history to make as many landfalls as it did. Can’t remember how many.

Why tho

Wow

😩 Just so devastating and heartbreaking for all involved! 🙏

I couldn’t see him?! I hope they save the little guy 😭

Good eye, I wish they had seen him!

We can shelter from high winds but not the water

Please be careful .

@@leslievey8453 Thank you for this. We are doing okay now. Not too much damage at home. Just a lot of things, which were on the porch, got ruined. Water got into some totes. Plus it had a week to “marinate” in that water. Lots of mold. I’m still cleaning it up. *But* it is all just “things.” I’ve been trying to simplify for quite a while, so it’s actually helpful in that sense.

@@lmcwill0502 So true - I can’t even fathom what the people along the coast have been through (and still going through the aftermath).

Actually foreign media. They won't care because it doesn't suit their best interests.

Right, it makes me mad million dollar homes are going to be rebuilt by my hard earned money via federal hand outs.

Pressure your governor to disperse money to the working class first.

Government aid is only for peoples first homes, not vacation homes

Thx for info on the black water!! I was like “what the heck is that”?? Wow!! Unbelievable

Actually, the water in the river here is always that color. It's from the tannic acid in cypress trees.

There is actually black water down in the far southern states. The Doobie Brothers even have a song called Black Water.

@@megaoldskool76 It's still much worse than the natural black water due to contamination. Nothing compared to those in New Orleans water after Katrina.

@@gyrospinup I definitely know about the New Orleans water.

To be fair, if everything is flat the water comes up in very strange places. And besides if they do know the house is in flood plain, its probably the only thing they can afford. All the big houses are high and dry for a reason.

@@dfinlen Majority of rescues are happening where there are many luxurious homes as well. There is many elements to the discussion for sure but when you see the flood map, waterbed map and other geographical legends you can see that it really doesn’t matter. All regions in Florida have a potential to be this way. Look at Orlando and Kissimmee for example, many people have heavily impacted by this as well.

Too much living in the moment, and not enough thinking about the future or what could happen. The Scout motto is "Be Prepared," but this has been forgotten by many who were former Scouts. Thing is, when you're prepared for disaster, you're also prepared to help others in theirs.

My parents are in Arcadia. They’re elderly and my Mom is wheelchair bound. They don’t have much money so what they knew was that it was “supposed to” hit north and they stayed home. We encouraged them to leave but it’s a big undertaking so they stayed. My brothers and I live out of state so we are unable to help them which is heartbreaking. We are so thankful to hear they have a truck coming into their park delivering a couple meals a day to them. Anyone helping right now is truly a hero to them and us!

I certainly understand about living thru a disaster in a rural area. Correct, little to no help at all.

WTG. Stay safe.

They could drive away in their RV though, some just didn’t take the warnings seriously enough. There is a reason we are told to prepare & be ready to leave at last the moments notice here in Florida!!! I especially feel for those who had no transportation out, no money to leave, were ill, disabled or elderly.

If I remember correctly they have had drought situations . So people think low lying areas are ok till the rains come . I lived in Colorado in the late seventies , the old timers would just shake there heads at the new development being built on flood plains .you never know when it will strick . The wind , the rain , the earth quack . But the poor are often put into these situations due to cost . As a nation we are not in a good place .

It's amazing how poor listening comprehension is these days. The man flat out said in this video that the evacuation warning came too late and that there wasn't time to get these trailers out before hand. Many people who live in those RVs full time don't have a vehicle that can tow them. They buy them, get somebody to tow it to a lot in a park like this and then live their fulltime. People like that wouldn't have time to make arrangements in the face of impending disaster to get their homes to safety. I used to be a fulltime RV dweller and even though I DID have a vehicle that could tow my trailer prepping it to move it safely would take more time than what these people were given. And the idea of pulling that thing in hurricane force winds is just absolutely laughable. There is just so much ignorance and lack of understanding and compassion for people in some of these comments!!!

@Last Chance I love all the armchair quarterbacking going on this thread.

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Thank you everybody keeps forgetting the storm was supposed to hit Tampa Bay but we all went to sleep and next morning the storm struck a completely different city 100 miles south. That's what really happened.

@Ferro Equus I was about to say the same thing man.

Mine in the late 1700's . So devastating 😢

My deceased parents whole subdivision got wiped in Ft. Myers. The devastation is mind boggling.

the thought is many of them were elderly and might not have left....the death toll may end up being horrifying

Right, maybe some megaladon shark teeth.

BINGO

I hope you’re living a secure life now. I can’t imagine being homeless and enduring a hurricane. ❤

@@brookiebrooke928 Thank you. I'm back to being a renter. 💐

🙏😭

I've wondered the same thing....there are a lot of deer & other wildlife that area is well known as hunting ground

@@miamidolphinsfan and cows etc. So sad

I was thinking the same..but hopefully that's not the case 😔

I saw one of the news outlets yesterday an area of Fort Myers that had mobile homes that survived very well. Could be the newer hurricane straps did their job!

Or mine? Longley. Cape Coral.