Great story! As a meteorologist living in Ft Myers it will be something I never forget. I have been to 14 hurricanes but nothing lie this.

This was put together very well. Love the voice of the young man speaking. I’ve seen just about all of these videos and they are heartbreaking.

this story was well done I have watched so many heart braking videos like this one and looking at all the devastation this Hurricane has caused just brakes my heart

I have a home in Cape Coral, and I went through Hurricane Andrew and knew not everyone would leave the Beach. It's sad because one suffers the consequences of their decisions. Some were unaware...and like you say Matt, the storm intensified when it left Cuba rapidly, but a Cat 4, 155 mph is nothing to joke about. It is unavoidable to be on a beach where the forces of the winds, waves, and sand are all against you. The evacuation notice was sent out for Zones, A, B, and C ..I guess we all learn lessons in life. It is unfortunate, but inevitable...sand will always give way to wind and water forces of nature...My prayers go out to my fellow residents, and praying for all of them, and for the loss of life that didn't have to happen. 🙏🙏🙏♥♥♥

Thirty years of living here in S W Florida, been through a few, we respect the forces of nature but this is where we live and will continue as before, rebuild and carry on.

Thank you MyRadar!

Beautifully done documentary thank you Praying for all affected

This is awesome . Great footage. Ty

If you think about the impact and intrusion that covid had on the world, it's like all of that heaped on one area down here in SWF. Never imagined I'd be a part of a story like this, and the despair and shock this town is still feeling is not to be overstated. It's like 'wtf just hit us?'. Still can't come to grips with the utter devastation of our beautiful coastal city.

@deborahswett3508

Жыл бұрын

One can only imagine and thank God that you are all safe!!

@lindahollfelder1201

Жыл бұрын

Prayers for you all it is so very sad.I pray God helps you all recover soon & give you the strength to move forward.You will see the sunshine again.!

@storytime8805

Жыл бұрын

my heart goes out to you stay strong my friend it WILL get better

@dpl2617

Жыл бұрын

Hurricane was the real deal, covid was man made, and a over hyped political crime. The two can't be comparable.

@sunnydaze2359

Жыл бұрын

You’re so right. This part of Florida has never seen anything like this storm. Almost every Area of the southwest Coast has been impacted by it in one way or another. It’s now five months later and so many people are still waiting for their homes to be repaired. I’ve been down here over 25 years & i’ve been through many hurricanes and was never worried about them. From now on I think I’ll be shaking a little bit worrying about the next one. I stayed in my home on the water in Placida, but I’m really not sure what to do about the next one. 😱

Wow I’m in Clearwater, that was supposed to hit here! Thankful for the miss, but still praying for those in South West FL! Good coverage again guys!

@Facebook-sb3eo

Жыл бұрын

My daughter inlaw father stay in Clearwater, Florida. We are from Detroit, Michigan

@maumor2

Жыл бұрын

We are SWFL

@kvmalley

Жыл бұрын

@@maumor2 I stand corrected my friend, you are absolutely right my bad!

@kvmalley

Жыл бұрын

@Daniel Brockman sorry bro, hope everything comes together quickly for you!

Shows you why the power of prayer is so important!!!

If you can’t afford to let the sea take everything you own, you can’t afford to live on the coast...wise words from my Dear Old Dad, long gone, but never forgotten.

Matt, you did a very nice job on this. I’ve watched so much and my heart just bleeds for these people. I do not know how these people do it. They are maxed of better stuff than I am .😢

Good video

This video is so very well done. My brother, his family and many friends live on FMB. They have lost so much. A few have even lost their lives. The devastation is heartbreaking. The will of the community to rebuild is amazing.

Very well done. Nice summary and recap of the disaster 👍🙏🇺🇸

If I had a live aboard boat I would not have been on the west coast of Florida during the hurricane!

@shawnrhyme5831

Жыл бұрын

@Daniel Brockman Fort Myers is on Florida's West Coast on the Gulf of Mexico. Fort Lauderdale is on Florida's East Coast. Most of my adult life was in the Pacific Northwest. I use to get thrown like that when I first moved to Florida.

Ian was THAT storm. hard to watch this without tears.

Great reporting.

Nice job. Thanks.

fantastic job

I enjoyed that, thank you!

Well filmed

Well Florida has been hurricanes for many years. It doesn’t stop and that area and up north nearest passed west palm also gets it. It’s in the wind pattern. My husband and I moved to Texas. Prayers for those who got caught in it but welcome to the tropics.

Just unbelievable.

People are suffering down here.

Yes, we can understand and deeply sympathize lived in Homestead, Florida City destroyed during Hurricane Andrew.

Sweet lady, Robin, and brother, so wonderful.

Unfortunately Fort Myers Beach and the surrounding islands were mainly built up during the 1960's and1970's. Most of the buildings were stick made and not cement block made or even steel. Percentage wise, it was bound to happen but nobody knows when. Fort Myers Beach WILL rebuild and will be better and stronger, but it will take a good 3-5 years to rebuild and in some cases 7-10 years. I have faith in Floridians and what they can do. The water is my calmness in life, such beautiful surroundings and surreal at times and you could even call it my Zen. I would still take this land of sunshine over a blizzard, ice storms, and -10 degrees any day.

@williamboorn2097

Жыл бұрын

haha zen at 155mph?

@barbaramcdaniel463

Жыл бұрын

Don’t know you but I love you. 😊 Be Happy and safe and have a great life!

@MoMoMyPup10

Жыл бұрын

It's no different than any other old town or village in the US, they are all susceptible to adverse weather conditions. But in reality, chances _are_ you won't get hit by something like this, as nothing even close to this has rocked Ft. Myers Beach for the last 75 years.

@Facebook-sb3eo

Жыл бұрын

Well enjoy the ocean because mother nature isn't letting up no way soon its going to get worse its in the Bible an Global warming scientist have predicted for decades an its here cat 4 155 mile winds sea 🌊 water 18 to 20 feet deep . In Detroit mi we don't have snow or cold winter's no more we have southern winter's now because of Global warming some snow some cold but don't last long any more .

@buffybrown1619

Жыл бұрын

Many of those old “stick made” cottages made it through Donna.

If this narrator does not work for a news company, he should be.

So well done, Matthew.

Dad of the year award goes to 8:23 ....

Wow. My compliments and appreciation to the engineers and architects who have heeded the wrath God's forces of wind and water by developing tactics that mitigate loss. Newer homes 🏡 have thicker pilons driven in bedrock like piers (not sand), slat style overlapping roof covering. Keep your roof keep your house. Concrete sides all the way up. Not wood. 2 stories of flood water is crazy however

At 11:45 This is a great effort on their part, but how do You truck 300 gallons of gas 1100+ miles legally & safely?

@dennymcfastlane8530

Жыл бұрын

@@SWFLAerialGuy That is a Helluva Bomb!

Ivan split Dauphin Island , AL as well in the same fashion. Looks very familiar but they rebounded- Dont loose hope guys!

Hit by a hurricane and still looks better than most places in California

Gotta luv the kid just casually playing with downed power lines in the background.

I agree

I worked at an accounting firm in Ft Myers and one of the partners first job as a budding CPA was to go to Everglades City to wade through soaked documents from some hurricane.

In "The old days", before the 1040s, beach communities were tiny wooden homes on pillars driven into the sand or elevated in anticipation of storms. When the tiny wooden building was washed away the people gathered up the wood and rebuilt another tiny wooden house.

@hello_its_me.

Жыл бұрын

Yes, people were tiny back then in prehistoric times. 🙃

I feel really sad for the people in Florida, but I can not understand how the love of that water would allow them to. Keep putting themselves through this over and over. I live within walking distance from the beach ⛱️ and barely visit it. Yes it's beautiful to look at , but it does not define me. I would not want to get any closer to it We had a hurricane 🌀 come through here years ago and I had some damage and no power for over 30 days. Not fun..I would not keep building over and over again like these people are willing to do and who is going to pay for this comeback.

@MoMoMyPup10

Жыл бұрын

Because you see things from a distance and think 'oh, Florida gets hit hard again', but in reality this will only happen once in a lifetime for most, and even that is a stretch. Just because Florida got hit again, doesn't mean it's the same place every time. For 75+ years this small little coastal fisherman's town thrived without any major hurricane making a direct hit. And nowadays, these people will have no choice but to replace their old outdated code homes with new and stronger hurricane resistant structures. Time to update your knowledge on the subject, as your current view is as outdated as those demolished homes.

@veronicapatterson2158

Жыл бұрын

@@MoMoMyPup10 Excuse you..Punta Gorta had been hit several times in my life time as well as Andrew AFB. Alot of other places in Florida have been hit in my lifetime as well.. So, for you to say I don't know what I am talking about is an understatement. Climate change is happening whether you be want to believe it or not, so you can not say it will not happen again. Yes, they will have to change their codes and build back stronger and better, but my question ❓ to you is most of these people didn't have flood insurance for this catastrophic damage, so who do you propose to have to pay to rebuild these people's homes, businesses and boats on these barrier islands to make them whole again and maybe again.????

@kianna270

Жыл бұрын

@@MoMoMyPup10 exactly . People act like this happens every year which is just incorrect. That last major Hurricane to hit that area was Irma in 2017 and it was nothing near as strong as Ian. We were out of power for a few weeks, some flooding but nothing like Ian.

I know people who survived Katrina Our prayers are with you

Macabre is pronounced like ma cab not ma cabur

❤️A dear friend owned a mobile home in a beautiful community in Ft. Myers, and him, and several other family members evacuated on 9/27/22 to a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale to return after 4 days to find out he’d lost both his cars, his home, and it’s contents, and is currently homeless!! To say it’s sad doesn’t even come close to describing what he’s been thru, and has been experiencing since IAN wiped him, and his community out, as well as the whole of Ft. Myers, Ft. Myers Beach, Sanibel Island, and surrounding areas?! He told me (whole speaking with him on the ph) he witnessed children begging for food on roadsides who’s parents were nonexistent apparently having drowned during the storm surge, but children who somehow survived, but not sure how, altho know there were many folks who attempted to ride out the storm as they had no other option’s, and were forced to, but whose children somehow survived to be homeless, were starving, and relegated to begging in the streets, that is, what was left of the streets…💔 🙏🏻✝️🕊

Good video but 5:39 and 5:44 that is not San Carlos Island

Should we rebuild? Absolutely! I find it interesting that no one questions rebuilding in Moore, Oklahoma despite getting hit 9 times by tornadoes between 1998-2015. No location in Florida has ever been hit anywhere near that often or seen that many violent storms. Wilkes-Barre, PA was completely flooded out by Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Agnes made landfall near Panama City, Florida... 800+ miles away. Some people say we shouldn't build near the coastline... So where in the USA is more than 800 miles away from a coastline, since 800 miles obviously wasn't enough for Wilkes-Barre. 158 people died in the Joplin, MO tornado in 2011 and was only 1 mile wide and lasted 38 minutes. Almost half that many died in Florida due to Hurricane Ian, a storm which was over 1,000 miles wide and took 3 days to move across the state. Obviously loss of life is to be avoided, but the weather forecasters got this storm waay wrong, telling people it was a "Tampa storm" and that it was going to weaken substantially before hitting the coast. If the forecasters had the cajones to say "Cat 5, SW Florida", I don't know of anyone who would have stayed, myself included, and I was born and raised here. I usually go TO the beach to ride out storms in my solid concrete bunker there..up to a Cat 4. Cat 5? No way. I'm getting on a plane and heading far away. I also take offense to the notion that buildings shouldn't sustain damage in storms. We don't expect cars to get into accidents and ever look or work the same again. A building's job is to protect its occupants. My building did exactly that. It's all solid-pour concrete, even interior walls. Hurricane windows, and shutters. We barely knew there was a storm going outside. Even my 75+ year old parents still say that they weren't scared riding out the storm on the beach. Seeing videos from 200+ miles away in site-built houses, or worse, mobile homes, looked absolutely frightening in comparison.

@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356

Жыл бұрын

Learn meteorology yourself in your spare time so you can build the instincts and not fully depends on the national weather service. That GFS model for hurricanes is a joke. Ian left Cuba heading due north heading for the gulf loop current. I told everyone I knew expect a cat 5 and it’s taking Charley’s path because when it rapidly intensifies heading north it turns northeastern, always. Reed Timmer called it as it was leaving Cuba also. Many times the national weather service is darn near clueless because they are too dependent on computer models instead of common sense/instincts. Please evacuate if you are told to. I know most the people in my waterfront neighborhood in st Pete did not evacuate. If Ian would have went thru st Pete area we’re talking 500+ deaths easily. Glad most of the people in FMB got out of there. That gulf loop current is like nitromethane for hurricanes, it’s unlimited super fuel.

@grayrabbit2211

26 күн бұрын

@@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356 I've been committing acts of meteorology since the 1990s. I'll echo your comments on the NWS/NHC being too model-focused. I remember Rick Knabb directly plotting the GFDL's output as his forecast, when it was obvious that the initialization for the model was completely wrong. A hurricane with decent forward motion isn't going to slam into reverse for 6-12 hours then start moving forward again, yet that's what he issued. I'm not sure if you've noticed it, but draw a triangle, with Tampa, Key West, and Miami as points. Any storm which enters that area automatically will automatically increase 1-2 categories. NWS/NHC still foolishly believe the Everglades is land. A storm coming straight across the Everglades will NOT lose intensity.

🙏🙏🙏🙏

Where was that concern for the prior homeless? Doesn't FL law forbid feeding the homeless? Or even helping them?

@maumor2

Жыл бұрын

FL law just prohibits interaction between people driving cars and homeless to avoid hazard in the roads. Nothing forbids people from helping the homeless

@WatupGable

Жыл бұрын

FL Law prohibits feeding the homeless. This may be why Biden has to ask permission to help the people in those conditions. Who, in Paradise, CA did Trump help?

My nephew and his wife got married on the beach of Captiva Is. , Several years ago now. Not sure if the hotel the wedding party stayed in is still standing or not .

Its always heart breaking to see your home state in shambles like this but I know Florida Strong and they will rebuild.

Still looks better than buffalo NY 😂

Sad evidence why barrier islands should never be developed like this. There's nothing that can stop such destruction. Use them for recreation, certainly - but no residences or major retail or restaurants, or hotels. The minimal amount of construction that's allowed should be considered disposable.

@missmarlene8893

Жыл бұрын

Are you saying that islands like Puerto Rico shouldn’t be either????

@collette6103

Жыл бұрын

That’s not a barrier island, which given the name sounds like they were to be the natural barrier to storms hitting the mainland.

@hebneh

Жыл бұрын

No, I am not saying that Puerto Rico is a barrier island. Your assignment now is to look up the definition of “barrier island” so that you might have some idea of what you’re talking about.

@gemjourney5210

Жыл бұрын

Agreed...they at most should be a 'Dawn to Dusk' beach then... GO HOME! Btw I grew up on FMB

@MM-qe9by

Жыл бұрын

It didn't matter if you lived on the beach. The storm surge came all the way inland...almost everything west of US41 from Bonita Springs to South.Fort Myers was hit with 8 to 10 feet of water. I lost everything and didn't live on the beach!

Did I just see kids holding a power line ?👀

Climate predictions coming true

@super_tomtendo

Жыл бұрын

Hurricanes have been happening since the beginning of time. This isn't anything new. The destruction only gets worse because population and cities are growing, therefore, more to hit. If this hit a rural area, you wouldn't think that.

Gr8 Video Rose out Charley and Irma... This was Charley 2.0 ... That Wind... We got beat down ffrom Noon til 6 then we got our asses kicked hard big time until 11 pm.. If Charley didn't give me PTSD ... Ian surely did ... Winds of Change 💨💨💨💨 Gr8ful for my Community... My neighbors.. my town.. is our Family ❤️⚡💙🐢❤️‍🔥🪶🤘🏽💗🫂🌊🌊 stayin Strong

I keep seeing the phrase "Sense of community", but community is people, and people can move... These residents hellbent on rebuilding in an unsafe area are not attached to people, they're attached to a location. Or maybe the idea that beaches and boats are luxury. Organize with your neighbors to find a new start someplace you can truly live out your life in. These storms will continue to be costly and have an environmental impact every time things get leveled... It's why I couldn't be paid enough to live in New Orleans or Houston.

Ft. Meyers was a low rent dump before Ian. It will build back better. Hopefully, in a way that will accommodate future storms.

@maumor2

Жыл бұрын

the smart opinion of someone that cant even spell Ft Myers

@msjulsfl

Жыл бұрын

Wow, how rude.

@debharm5802

Жыл бұрын

Really some people r so thoughtless! I've gone there every year for 10 yrs,it's fun,relaxing, your a jerk,hope you don't live there!!!

I would love to help Brett Green and his family in anyway I can. I am pretty close to them by both boat and land.

@daha9580

Жыл бұрын

Brett, ask The Capt of that ship, for my number... I'm sure he still has them all... His place got BLOWN Apart..... I'm sure he is still providing bait.

No one should be allowed to rebuild. These areas should be turned into parks.

@meganbishop8604

Жыл бұрын

Why are people allowed to live in California with strong earthquakes, landslides, and wildfires? Why are people allowed to live in tornado alley? This was a 500-year flood event. We have been through hurricanes before but this was not a normal storm for our area. We will rebuild and we will rebuild stronger.

Don’t build homes on the water for starters. Just don’t do it. Unless you plan to build an ark don’t do it. Spend money on building the land up or start working on a fortress.

@usbcable2690

Жыл бұрын

They built on sand bank,was just a matter of time..

God is watching and won't be mocked!

I have two friends that lives in Florida there house was destroyed

Only about 20% of the Floridians who have been flooded out by storm surge and rainfall flooding caused by Hurricane Ian in Florida had flood insurance. That means that about 80% of the people who got flooded in Florida are probably financially ruined, and will likely go completely bankrupt! Homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover any kind of flood damage at all. Most people can’t afford the cost to rebuild their homes out of pocket, while still paying a mortgage on a destroyed or heavily damaged home. We’re talking absolutely epic levels of financial ruin caused by this hurricane throughout a huge expanse of Florida, due to a lack of flood insurance on a home or a business. The financial damage to Florida from this hurricane in an already weak economy has been absolutely catastrophic! It’s like dropping a hydrogen bomb on Florida financially and economically. This hurricane will likely spell an end to the recent boom in growth in Florida for many years to come. People in other states who were thinking about moving to Florida are going to think again after seeing all this destruction by a monster hurricane, and all the financial ruin caused by this hurricane. It’s important to remember that Hurricane Ian is many times worst than any previous hurricane to hit Florida. Ian is many times worst than Charley, Irma, Wilma, or Andrew was! The massive size of this impact is going to leave very lasting damage upon the state of Florida.

@gwsmusic68

Жыл бұрын

Very well said and your thoughts on this is so true and we the people of florida need to think about where the place to rebuild is and not close to shore. It’s already expensive as ever to live here and just hope one never hits our area again, but that’s wishful thinking.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Florida Salt

Our little beach community was destroyed by Hurricane Ike. The storm surge was estimated to be 15’ Everything was destroyed. Completely leveled the beach. However, 10 yrs later it’s a beautiful community again. In some ways, prettier than ever. Ft. Myers will be rebuilt.

New Orleans was rebuilt and it has been destroyed or compromised more than once.

Nice video, sad story. We came from Miami to Bradenton/Sarasota Florida after [lot's of damage] "Hurr. Andrew." Hope in Christ Jesus [redeemer]. Time to put more treasures in [eternal life] heaven, where no storm can destroy. We still live here and continue to live by faith in God. "Named Storms" and destruction, earthquake's, ship-wrecks and hurricanes are mentioned in the New Teastament. Peace, love, eternal life, hope and faith in Christ and the [atonement] forgiveness of sin to all who believe. Joy in hope, for Christ has given us eyes to see an expected happy ending to come. We send prayers to God for you, excpect a better future.

Common sense says its gonna get worse // i wouldnt wait for the next one then say we will rebuild every year ?????

Little kids stepping right on downed electrical lines....!

@dmg1mn

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Didn't anyone else see that.

@Brockton153

Жыл бұрын

@@dmg1mn no

8:26 Dad just lets his little girl grab cables from a downed utility pole,I don't care if it's de-energised,you treat it as though it's live.🙄🙄🤬🤬

Humans caused everything that is happening to Mother Earth.God said we must look after it and we messed up.

Hurricanes Harry's had been closed for years so no one would have been in there

Matthew 7:24-26 tells us only a FOOL builds a house on SAND!

Well, they're called barrier islands for a reason. Just hope that any rebuilding is not done at government (my) expense.

10:20 - But it's NOT a "one in 10,000 day." That would be about one in every 30 years. With global warming (aka climate change), we're going to see storms such as this MUCH more frequently. Each year the odds will increase until there comes a point when they're the norm rather than the exception. Pardon the harshness of my opinion, but anyone who lives along the coast is an idiot. I've lived in central Florida for 57 years, after moving down from Chicago. I would no sooner live within a few miles of the coast than jump off a tall building expecting to fly. 13:40 - "The people that I know and love are tough." Except for the ones who are dead, but you can ignore them and just rebuild. Next time it may be members of YOUR family who die. Will you feel the same way then?

@tommytwogloves16

Жыл бұрын

There is no global warming. Scientific fraud!

@SolRayz

Жыл бұрын

People are clueless, they will rebuild in flood zone, then complain why their insurance is too high and flood insurance is no where to be found, then get wiped out again by another storm years later. You have to crazy or just stupid to rebuild along some of these coast lines.

Jesus said “Lay not treasures in a material world where moth and rust corrupts and thieves break through and steal. Seek first the kingdom of heaven and the rest will be added to you. ❤

If the state of Floriduh had any sense, they would declare all of Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, and other devastated coastline areas as nature areas. Bulldoze, clean up and return to nature. Building in these areas is a waste of time and money and it's pure madness rebuilding considering we are headed towards a climate catastrophe and rising sea levels. Use your brain people.

@johnjones-yt8rt

Жыл бұрын

Problem is all of the origianal natural vegetation has been taken out real estate developers for homes and such. I am not so sure it can be returned to nature.

@johnturner2813

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great but even houses that were really far inland still got leveled and then you also have to think about every other part of the US and or world tornadoes earthquakes tsunamis blizzards volcanoes erupting there are nature's natural disasters everywhere it's hard to be correct on either side

Florida..the land of dreams, illusions and like minded people of a failing state.

They where kind of wealthy on this island 🏝 I don't see not one black or brown person. 🤔 have to have money 💰 an they probably would look at you funny if you do live there 0% colour people.

Hey I have a good idea why don't we build on a Barrier Island so that when it is destroyed by a hurricane the insurance company and taxpayers will rebuild it!

Do fire victims rebuild? Yes Do flood victims rebuild? Yes Do earthquakes rebuild? Yes Do flood victims rebuild? Yes it's their home

great video but an excess of metaphors and similes, again great video but you are not writing a novel this is a video. Simply exploiting peoples pain spewing too much mouth vomit for no reason. I would get it if this were a piece of literature but come on.