Despite rains long gone, Laurel Meadows homes are still submerged in water

[@scottkraft1062]

They build their houses on top of swamps and then wonder why there underwater

[@alabamagirl2725]

Stop building!

[@lovemoves3312]

Correct 🎯 they have ruined the watershed table

[@jtcouch]

It was supposedly not in a designated FEMA 100-year flood zone, someone said.

[@mondocjenson-dy8zd]

Yep...man has gone awry and Houston 🚀 we Have a problem...

[@daveb8449]

I agree. But that will never happen.

[@TommyTomTompkins]

No stop snitching

[@richardrigg9916]

They built all around them at a higher grade. The county allowed it and this is the result. The county needs to make these homeowners whole by fixing the drainage problem permanently AND repairing the damaged homes... I can guarantee you, those that moved there had no idea this would be a problem.

[@patrickwhelan5703]

Those houses are toast. you'll be lucky to salvage and move back.........in 4 years.....

[@Battleneter]

Yea he doesn't seem to realize you have to strip all the walls and dry out, then re-build.

[@joshuapaul349]

It doesn't take 4 years to remodel the whole house top to bottom. What planet are you on?

[@patrickwhelan5703]

@@joshuapaul349 Everyone in that area will be fighting to get contractors, supplies and the like. Have you ever been through a flood or hurricane rebuild? And if you don't have Flood Ins, as most Floridians don't, you're S.O.L. Only 18% of Floridians have Flood Ins.

[@joshuapaul349]

@@patrickwhelan5703 Yes, I've been through Ian and Irma as well as this last mess. My grand parents and dad had separate construction companies. I've seen multiple house's remodeled in 12-18 months. These home builders are cranking them out in record time. The hardest thing to get are full size trees at a decent price. Anything else you care to claim to know?

[@joshuapaul349]

@@GreenNoDeal So why didn't it happen any of the other times like I mentioned, that were worse?

[@danielakasmart2891]

Pump water out to where??? Serious question

[@cheesecakefan4880]

He also said He doesnt live in a flood zone Hilarious All of Florida is a flood zone Water runs underground thru limerock Next up Sinkholes😮

[@SigFigNewton]

Can’t they just sell their homes to Ben Shapiro?

[@unknownsource1729]

😂 Your guess is as good as mine!

[@levmoses742]

California of course!! 😂🤣

[@fishydubs7964]

That's right Florida is one big swamp everybody knows that I had a time

[@frankmartin8471]

Never build or live below the local high water mark. As a kid, I learned from the sad mistakes of others.

[@callmeishmaelk767]

High is relative in this case. They used to be high at 35ft above sea level until a bunch of developers swarmed in and filled the area with developments filled in to be 35ft.

[@mondocjenson-dy8zd]

God is displeased or Mankind has really screwed up...

[@Dee-ny6uo]

Something is seriously wrong here. How could have this been labeled a no flood zone leaving homeowners without such insurance?

[@centerforheartconsciousliv9154]

My thoughts exactly!

[@fishydubs7964]

It doesn't matter what they label it every homeowner has the option to get flood insurance it's just an added expense people want to do without

[@timguillory6339]

There’s a magical thing the state of Florida has chosen to ignore called climate change

[@GameArmorGameplay]

All of southern Florida is a flood zone. Developers and real-estate agents be lying to you.

[@Jenvlogs404]

@@timguillory6339it was labeled in the beginning of the year but was not communicated to the owners, this neighborhood has a drainage issue and rainfall is average

[@patrickwhelan5703]

If you live in that area of Sarasota, march down to City Hall and demand to see the maps for underground sewers and where each of the new developments put their storm pipes. Find out where they are all draining to. If you want to see officials run from you do the above. I'll bet you're going to have a good laugh or a good cry.

[@Kristopher-m4s]

That area is under county mgmnt, the ONLY thing the county concerns themselves with is a bike path. sounds incompetent but its reality. They are currently building an overpass for bicycles, roads, floods, mayhem be damned

[@annem.parent8580]

Sorry for those that lost their homes. A costly miscaculation by the builder. These homeowners are now in a flood prone zone.

[@Howrider65]

Some Developer built homes in a swamp.

[@NalaRichenbach]

I think the county has to approve the development plan to allow for homes to be built in that area. I used to work out there at the old Bee Ridge landfill... and there was never flooding out there that I can recall.... before all those subdivisions were built. I remember driving to the end of Bee Ridge Road, where the landfill started, back in 1997 when we had that El Nino and it rained every day for weeks. Don't recall any flooding back then and I was always able to make it to work in my small car. It was a nice area back then, before all the development. I feel bad for these homeowners. I know what they're going through. I had my home, in Port Charlotte, ripped apart during Hurricane Ian. Afterward, I stayed on a couch in my friend's back lanai for almost two weeks... It was miserable. Then I rented a one bedroom trailer, in Bradenton, for two months, then rented a 3 bedroom house, in Port Charlotte, for a year until we found a pretty nice apartment in Venice that we plan to stay in for a while. I had furniture and household stuff in storage. The only thing that saved me was that my home was fully insured. I received a nice settlement from my insurance company, and I now have financial piece of mind. After Ian, I decided that I'm not buying any more homes in Florida. I'm going to rent here from now on.

[@daveb8449]

It's 30 feet above sea level and neighboring houses didn't get water in their homes. Something is going on with Laurel Meadows.

[@NalaRichenbach]

@@daveb8449 This flooding should not have happened if they're 30 feet above sea level. Something IS going on here. These people got screwed. I feel so bad for them. I wish I could win the mega millions so I could help them all out. They lost everything.

[@daveb8449]

@@NalaRichenbach Yep. It's a terrible situation.

[@Bradimoose]

The swamp buggy owners are so happy to be of use.

[@dariosotherradio]

It seems like common sense that if you destroy the natural habitat in the middle of a marine estuary, and in it's place, build non-porous structures, such as houses and roads, and when you have replaced the barrier islands with seawalls, you are more vulnerable to extreme flooding in the case of natural recurring weather events.

[@jtcouch]

At a certain point, in a stalled hurricane, the ground becomes completely saturated with water. The normal flow out of an area is blocked by other ponded water. Evaporation will take many days.

[@edmardt]

These homes are surrounded by man made canals that go nowhere, they do not drain and are basically ponds with standing water so when the heavy rain came in these canals overflowed and the water flooded the community. The quick fix would be to pump the water out of these canals leaving them dry, or fill them in and install grass but would probably be hard to get everyone in Laurel Meadows to agree to this, to give up their water view.

[@zeke5491]

Don’t build houses in a dry lake bed, it might rain some day. Take this as an education to the greedy developers and government zoning officials

[@geoffreykeating8172]

Scary stuff , I hate to side with criminal insurance companies , but I can see why they are leaving 😮

[@DEG1985]

There are several scenarios where lifting your home can be a viable way to protect it to to prevent flooding. Raising a house above flood level gives it added protection from storms it entails elevating the entire physical structure either on stilts or on concrete foundations so that flood water can run underneath or through it, leaving your main living space untouched.

[@nthewalk]

If they are smart they would take note of the water level right now and build over that level in the future ….thats smart 👍

[@japprivera3129]

Yet, they keep building in flood areas. And with cardboard and wood roofs. The favorite Forest Gump quote describe them perfectly!

[@mike-uw6wt]

Thanks Ron.

[@RobertGray-wf6py]

This is hilarious. It’s like building a house in the desert and complaining about sand.

[@Bubba-wx7lp]

Exactly.Its all alligator habitat.

[@daveb8449]

Something bad is going on with Laurel Meadows. Neighboring communities didn't get water (or very little) in their homes. Laurel Meadows got three feet. The residents deserve some answers, and the state needs to stop all development. It's getting ridiculous how Florida is being ruined.

[@edmardt]

Aerial view tells the story, these homes are surrounded by man made canals that don't exit anywhere, they just overflowed and the neighborhood just filled up with water during the storm, and I did not see any storm drains so this community was built horribly wrong, extremely sad for the homeowners, so class action lawsuits will be coming, you can bet on it!

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

What's next? They move to Colorado and wonder why it's all snowy?

[@renewashington791]

😂😂😂😂

[@rochellet1333]

LOL! True.

[@macho13us]

Praying for a speedy restoration

[@trianatymony3720]

THAT IS SO SAD 😞😞😞😞😞😞

[@Slimedog1963]

🤣🤣

[@Indomitablespirit108]

Bummer! Move On! Florida's a peninsula at sea level, wake up!

[@timatkinson9291]

My sentiment exactly. Be practical move to higher ground.

[@wulfeman9948]

its nature .. storms dont always hit the same areas every time

[@HsingSun]

It looks like a nice area, but when the flood comes in. It changed everything.

[@lisaschreiber2893]

welcome to florida, it’s just beginning this year too. sarasota has flooded multiple times in the past perhaps this was a new neighborhood and the residents simply didn’t know or they have been lucky. I’m scared for them with ernesto predicted to be coming in soon.

[@Meatislife]

These house have been here for 20+ years.

[@stevem-h5e]

Looks like Governor Duh-Santis put the "duh" back in Flori-duh.

[@Regenold]

His Karma is Deadly.

[@TangibleExistence]

Abject failure of the county and its leadership. Zero county taxes should be paid with zero consequence until these residents are made whole.

[@patrickwhelan5703]

You have to blame the Republican Mafia party of Tallahassee. For years they have enabled builders to run roughshod over local building codes even preempting the local build codes and ordinances. Move out!!

[@ginapereira8948]

🙄

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if they overrode local zoning codes, too, like change agriculture, forestry and conservation zones to single family residential or revoked traditional (pre-WW2 type) neighborhood development requirements to allow more conventional auto-centric suburban development.

[@Jenvlogs404]

been strict and why prices remain low, issue is no state tax so things go slower, it’s a local thing and area was coded in the beginning on the year but was not communicated

[@reneewauchula]

It takes a while for water to go down because it has to drain off somewhere in those areas have to have the water drain off from them too. If you're living in the houses that are in low-lying areas especially in swamp areas where houses should have never been built, it's going to be an issue and the rain is not long gone it's only been a few days. I feel bad for them I feel like they've been duped by people who pretended that they could control the Earth

[@Coloradocorean]

Didn’t know they lived in a flood zone?!?! It’s Florida. It’s sea level.

[@Bubba-wx7lp]

All of Florida is a swamp.Its a strip of sand, into open ocean. Lot of people are going to understand where they really are,but ....🌊🌊

[@Meatislife]

We’re actually at about 24 feet out here.

[@philspd473]

Because its limited to one neighborhood i wonder who shut the pumps off. 🤔

[@Oldguy-k3t]

Time to lawyer up. Class action lawsuit against the developer.

[@Oldguy-k3t]

There is nothing that can be done to prevent another flooding.

[@michaelsnively3621]

Government officials saying they'll do a study and here come the feds. Jackwagons

[@Paul1958R]

Its amazing these people live in FLORIDA and are shocked that they get hurricanes and tropical storms and torrential rains

[@terrymarks4388]

Thank god theres no climate change

[@Watchingonthewall24]

MFATW said there would be "a water event" He is always right.

[@porpouree]

Aren’t these folks tired of rebuilding!? Like aren’t you sick of it? It’s not sustainable!

[@danasmith858]

But the alligators are happy, ?

[@utilid4lifefigureitout602]

Thank goodness for Ron DeSantis's sage governance & not insane words like "knocking on wood that we won’t have a big storm" regarding the insurance crisis he has only addressed on the insurance companies side. What his divorced from reality approach and rhetoric that casts expert input aside didn't account for was how a tropical storm(Debby was a tropical storm until the eye was off the shore of Cedar Key nearly 200 north of Sarasota) could do this kind of damage and experts have been warning about the massive problems he has tried to pretend don't exist. Culture wars don't accomplish anything for average Floridians.

[@tonyyglesias7784]

😂😂😂 are you for real... this is 100% local planning not doing their job..."culture war"..you are lost.

[@SigFigNewton]

@@tonyyglesias7784far far more instances of “local planners not doing their jobs” incoming in coming decades

[@28704joe]

Culture wars gets him reelected. That's all that matters , go back to mopping out your house.

[@patrickwhelan5703]

For Ron, pronouns were more important and besides, getting huge checks from every industry so they can do business here is what keeps tiny White Boots hoping for a White House one day.

[@shanematthews7713]

@@tonyyglesias7784 where is governor puss in boots?

[@ahtanumj]

How many feet above sea level is this development naturally? Serious Question

[@DCGreenZone]

I could understand this sort of thing if it were near cane fields, as the gates always remained closed that drained the residential areas while the Belle Glad and surrounding areas were being drained, sometimes for weeks. I know because I saw it happen.

[@raydemos1181]

always check to see if the house is on a flood plain before you buy it, then you will not have to deal with this crap

[@michaels7566]

Stormwater drainage system must be screwed up. The elevation is above flood zone in many of these areas. Total disaster for those affected without flood insurance. Build your new house on piles or move if you can.

[@Zero8880]

Dude looks like Pedro Pascal.

[@sneek762]

it doesn't surprise me that this town doesn't hold its residents in any priority or regard for general safety or care. this mess is an absolute disgrace. absolutely disgusting to see the lack of planning and urgency. definitely something is not right and the town will never know the true story of the neglect of their lives while they are in peril. shame on you Sarasota county officials.

[@trirail812productions8]

florida has mabey a onther storm coming its okay lets keep letting people move here but thats there choice if florida gets this storm it will afect cost of living

[@trirail812productions8]

why are people saying they where not expecting onther storm its florida you can get hit with 1 you can get hit with 3

[@trirail812productions8]

there is already a onther storm out there and we are back in the cone lets see how florida where i live handles it if our state gets hit 2 times you may be saying good bye to your insurance

[@trirail812productions8]

even if you live in florida and dont get hit that will hit your insurance company still

[@commonsense6967]

@@trirail812productions8So pay off your mortgage and drop your insurance, after moving elsewhere. My FL house hasn't flooded in the 35 years I've lived here.

[@Bob-m6u]

Yes, this is the result of corrupt polititians in sarasota county, who are in the pockets of greedy land developers. Are we going let this continue? Vote them out of office. Power and money breeds corruption. Just ask a republican.

[@mgoodwi1]

I'm really concerned about that stagnant water breeding mosquitoes, and frogs etc. Not to mention the stench that accompanies stagnant water.

[@byronmcdougald6569]

😂 Good!! Why you think the Natives don't live in areas like THIS!!

[@SigFigNewton]

Good?

[@byronmcdougald6569]

@@SigFigNewton Uhm.. let me ask you when you go to purchase a car, open an investment account, business deal or anything in America especially a home... Wouldn't you do your own homework First?

[@Jenvlogs404]

live inland in many of the fIood areas along with the rural, houses are not well buiIt for this reason

[@byronmcdougald6569]

@@Jenvlogs404 💯👍

[@mannyechaluce3814]

@@SigFigNewton Good, only if they learn from the situation, unfortunately bad because they will still choose to live within or below the waterline and complain about their house being flooded

[@boogerdog5247]

Literally waterfront property...The worst is yet to come...that being the insurance adjustor.

[@hustlecrowe9440]

where's DeSantis?????

[@Slimedog1963]

DeSantis who?

[@MS-ty8eq]

What's he going to do? We all choose to live in Florida. we know the consequences.

[@commonsense6967]

DeSantis has nothing to do with your corrupt greedy Democrat Communist city/county commissioners and mayor, who probably took bribes years ago to allow these houses to be built in a swamp!

[@hpph1744]

Non flood zone? Buddy, check the record, don’t just listen to your RE broker.

[@Dragonfly657]

Start paying these people.

[@commonsense6967]

That would be for the city of Sarasota to do.

[@fishydubs7964]

So you want to live by the celery Fields which is low lying swamp and then you don't buy flood insurance because you want to save a few dollars and self insure there's nobody to blame but yourself just sit there and say this is not a flood zone with global warming over the last couple of years there's floods in places that they never had before

[@alexandrajohnson886]

Yikes 😢

[@vanessabryant3378]

Vote in a new governor and council people

[@user-vi2dk1qz5f]

So sad.

[@Blood-Magic]

No flood zone? They lied!

[@TommyTomTompkins]

2:18 he really wanted to say the end of their life.

[@philliphall5198]

Sadly it’s going to set there for a long time 😢

[@charlesritter6640]

Just don't live there, that's the solution. Every 6 months a disaster in Florida.

[@register1430]

0:45 kayak cay acts

[@TommyTomTompkins]

Kie-axs

[@cheesecakefan4880]

Imagine living on a Peninsula while claiming you dont live in a flood zone😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 These Funny People

[@kathleenking47]

SF PENINSULA doesnt do this

[@JJ-iq5cv]

You should tell them that - and capture their response on video.

[@mattjones1378]

The water lingers because of the effects of dredging rivers.

[@SigFigNewton]

I don’t understand what you are saying

[@mattjones1378]

@@SigFigNewton because you're an idiot.

[@jadesea562]

​@SigFigNewton I believe what he is saying is that dredging changes outflow sedimentation patterns. Which means the way water runs off, per gravity, to the direction of least resistance and ends up in rivers as results of that process is changed, thus dredging changes how that runoff takes places. So, dredging leads to stalled water runoff, leading to water accumulation. This concept has so many variables that are unseen as physics playing out over wide areas that it is mostly impossible to predict how any dredging will create new presentations of water accumulation. But as he is saying, this new pattern is correlated to the dredging happening, so thus they are witnessing the effects in live time.

[@SigFigNewton]

@@jadesea562 can’t we simply chastise sediment from settling where we don’t want it to? Does it have no shame?

[@joevara1349]

This is the norm now.

[@dougedoug2105]

Same shit, different day

[@veronicalee5937]

WHAT did they expect??? They live in single story homes in Florida where HURRICANES are a normal thing....that's WHY I won't move to Florida ANYWHERE in Florida!

[@karawilson5957]

😂 I've been here for 35 years this isn't usual for us. Please stay away too many have messed this place up already.

[@Slimedog1963]

BWA HA HA HA...tell me how great Florida is now Ronny Boy....

[@commonsense6967]

FL is fine. DeSantis is not responsible for these houses being built in a swamp years ago.

[@Handfulofhandsomeness]

More rain coming from that new tropical depression that will be arriving eventually.

[@robcyr839]

Alot of those developments are new so there is really no history on flooding issues. Its like when I lived in northern Alabama where tornados in the past would mainly just go through unpopulated areas but because of massive development, they now hit more houses. There is an easy way to solve the problem.......people should stay in NY or buy a home with a history of good drainage.

[@Heccordero2]

You have to be rich to own any of these homes very expensive.

[@3ngi_n33r]

Mother Nature my a$$

[@roncadorette4081]

Just proves, can not rely on tax collecting guvment to control over building, over populated areas. Tax dollars !!!

[@kss-l6t]

Where is FEMA???

[@daophan3709]

Go uphill. Lifes jackets. Boats made of wood. Boats made of metal. Metal boat Titanic iceberg collision sunk.

[@nthewalk]

Um ….your in a flood zone….so much for over priced homes in your area …..I wouldn’t buy anything in that area

[@gymjoedude]

Basic science knowledge is lacking. You build in low coastal areas, you get water. Your inches above sea level, you get water. You should pay high prices for insurance since you're going to be using it over and over again. Next storm, next flood. The Republicans are doing amazingly well Florida. Keep up the good work. Culture wars will fix flooding, housing, employment.

[@GigaChad_169]

Do California next…😂

[@commonsense6967]

You Democrat Marxists are fighting culture wars.

[@Francine-ph7xy]

Hate to say it but Florida will be going underwater one day it’s just getting worse there?

[@S.V.TeFiti]

build homes on pilings...

[@A.D.798]

I think the goverment have to help the people and fix their homes because they are paying taxes. How for the migranta they are giving money, houses and everything.

[@daophan3709]

Pipes pumps? ?

[@joevara1349]

Survey maps from 100 years ago, there's your answer

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Cover lands not suitable for development with houses, office parks, (st)roads, and strip malls, and this is what you get: bad flooding outside the 100 and 500 year flood zones!

blame it to debbie lmfao

[@daophan3709]

Builds houses in hills? ?

[@ihaveinsomnia1]

😢

[@janblackman6204]

Watch for snakes

[@may86bear]

Too much over development 😮

[@SD-ts7eb]

💔💔🙏

[@dbs555]

The long term flooding is only going increase throughout Florida as sea levels rise and the state sinks. Property values will eventually fall to zero, so move while you can, folks.

[@GigaChad_169]

Bunch of billionaires moved to Miami recently so smart says you’re wrong

[@EdwardM-t8p]

​@@GigaChad_169 Sometimes smart isn't so smart. There's a saying outside the United States, by the way: "In America, even the smart people are dumb."

[@commonsense6967]

FL isn't sinking, except for Miami and some coastal areas, as has happened for millenia. FL was once completely under water. In the early '80s, we rented a house with a fountain in the back yard, right on Pensacola Bay. By the time we moved out less than a year later, half the fountain had washed away into the bay!

[@EdwardM-t8p]

@@commonsense6967 Pensacola and Miami are at opposite ends of the state yet it's sinking too!?

[@Jenvlogs404]

It’s a drainage thing and this area is inland

[@patrickwhelan5703]

Can you imagine that only a few years ago in florida a seller didn't have to disclose if the house was in a flood or to what degree the house was impacted. It tells you right there what industry the Republicans were protected.

[@commonsense6967]

That was a law from when Democrats governed FL!😂😂

[@magooracing]

I guess they live in a swamp

[@mopes2713]

I think maybe it's time for you to listen to climate scientists and not your insurance company for expert advice.

[@GarthLivingston]

That will help the snakes migration

[@syntheticfuture1718]

omg

[@terrymarks4388]

Im sure its Bidens fault or something 😂😂

[@BlackRiggerEBTWelfare]

No one cares! leave! No one will buy your waterfront property 😂