Hurricane Ian Ft Meyers Beach: A time-lapsed video was sent to me of Hurricane Ian going through Ft Meyers Beach. Not sure how the power to the camera stayed on but the power of the...

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

A time-lapsed video was sent to me of Hurricane Ian going through Ft Meyers Beach. Not sure how the power to the camera stayed on but the power of the storm is awesome and so damaging....thought many might find this interesting and a good reason to leave if advised. PS, note the wind change near the end.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1575665861914169344/pu/vid/1280x720/5uSklNuTfQDQec0y.mp4?tag=14

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Damn!!

Just Shoot Me Loc: Ithaca, NY

Awesome video. Awesome Power of Ian. Thanks for the link.

Ron

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Wow!!! Thanks for sharing!

Dodie

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Horrible. We had two in the same year two years ago. Came ashore almost in exactly the same place. We still haven't recovered. We had to evacuate twice during the peak of the Covid epidemic. Then when had a flood and once in a century freeze a few months later.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

kpmac wrote:

Horrible. We had two in the same year two years ago. Came ashore almost in exactly the same place. We still haven't recovered. We had to evacuate twice during the peak of the Covid epidemic. Then when had a flood and once in a century freeze a few months later.

LA has been taking the hits the last few years Ken....best of luck and recover quickly.

Mr. SONY Loc: LI, NY

That was awesome.
Terrifying but awesome.

ClarkJohnson Loc: Fort Myers, FL and Cohasset, MA

This video has been around for a while, and is still horrifying. One of my band members HAD a house a few blocks from where this was taken, and there is nothing left but a few posts buried in the sand. He and his wife evacuated (and he saved his guitar!), but he and many others have a long rebuilding process. Developers are snapping ip properties from folks that can’t or don’t want to rebuild.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Looked like a storm surge of about 15 feet! Amazingly destructive.

Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown

I lived through Hurricane Andrew but that flooding is so powerful. A gallon of water weights around 8-9 pounds. Think of the weight of that moving water against that building. Impressive.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I have seen a lot of these kinds of photos--near total destruction of anything made of wood and lots of damage to lower floors of the concrete structures. We spent a couple of weeks there in the winter for many years, always renting a condo. We had just paid for this year’s trip a couple weeks before Ian hit. Fortunately, the rental company refunded all our payment before we even asked.

I saw a podcast from FMB this weekend around Times Square, the hub of activity down there, taken thirty days after the hit. The park is gone, the pier is gone, the wooden structures are gone, building materials and shop goods piled in the streets, awaiting removal to somewhere. It is near total devastation. So sad.

Caribou Loc: St. Louis, MO

The power of nature must be respected. And yet, people are allowed to build on those coastal areas. I'll never understand it. These areas were never meant for habitation. It will happen again. The monumental waste involved in building, then clearing the destruction away, then rebuilding makes no sense.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

A friend of mine's daughter had a business on Fort Myer's Beach. Had being the operative word. Fortunately neither he nor she lived there and their houses received damage but were not destroyed.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Caribou wrote:

The power of nature must be respected. And yet, people are allowed to build on those coastal areas. I'll never understand it. These areas were never meant for habitation. It will happen again. The monumental waste involved in building, then clearing the destruction away, then rebuilding makes no sense.

Like building in the Mississippi River Flood Plain? Pay your dime, take your chance. We live near the coast and pay our private insurance, it’s what you do. I personally believe anyone building in designated flood prone areas should be required to purchase their OWN flood insurance, not insurance paid for by the taxpayers…Cheers

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes, that video has been circulating. It makes you think twice about that seaside home.