Fort Myers beach two weeks after hurricane Ian

If you have never been in a war zone after weeks of bombings, come to Fort Myers beach and check by yourself. The best video cannot reflect what human eyes are going to see but if you live far this is a good opportunity to see how destructive nature can be.

[@susancousins8766]

This is horrific , I lived in Fort Myers for 4 years more inland. We use to go to the beach and pier all the time, then we moved to Bonita Springs and live there 18 years. My husband passed in 2015 , my son and I sold are home in 2017 to move back with family. I can’t imagine what these folks are going through. May the Lord Jesus be with you all as you try to get your homes back up and running again, giving you strength, and love in Jesus Name. Amen.

[@LeeCountyWalkersFortMyersFL]

Thanks for sharing

[@justlooking2007]

Thank you to all who hung their flag 🇺🇸 no matter what condition it was found. United We Stand. Thanks for sharing this.

[@francesfrost1715]

Absolutely heartbreaking! It will never be the same. This is "old" Florida. But to all of you who are going through this loss, there are no words to express how sorry I am.

[@romanzoldak3506]

the houses was made cheap

[@trkonkal]

Earth has reshaped itself.

[@JustMe-xk2tb]

We are a strong community We are bouncing back each day…..and I am fortunate enough to be able to talk about it❤

[@estelleandjason]

This is my hometown. 3 yrs ago we had a cat. 5 here in the panhandle. I also lived thru a cat5 when I was a child on avenue e on fort Myers beach. I am so sorry you have been so deeply affected and know just how you feel. We are just beginning to rebuild after 3 yrs. here in Marianna. I miss my home there every day. Sending you love and prayers.

[@estelleandjason]

Also note the old buildings are unfazed… I wonder if my old home on avenue e is still there…

[@yvette968]

Thank you for sharing this. My heart goes out to you all. ❤. Stay Strong!

[@romanzoldak3506]

more storms to come florida

[@MaryMacElveen]

There are poorer neighborhoods in North Fort Myers. And very little coverage of them. Please shoot some videos in North Fort Myers.

[@Community-Action]

Why? 🤮 People know Fort Myers for the beaches. No one wants to see the slums on vacation why would they want to see it now…

[@liorayahisrael5485]

@@Community-Action actually, that is where the people lived that worked in the “opulence” you so admire.

[@Molly-pb2yb]

Since we're all equal in God's eyes...maybe we can be nice??

[@jess85]

Well your more than welcome to head down and cover them yourself. Why aren't the people who live their covering it? Let me guess you are a white liberal who thinks they don't own phones or know how to work KZbin along with not knowing how to get an ID 🤣🤣🤣

[@nalasgrandma262]

@@Community-Action I guess the "one" only counts if you are not in the poverty or lower-class economic group

[@johnharper2016]

Best video I have seen of Ft. Myers Beach destruction. We lived in North Naples for 14 years and loved coming up to Times Square in the evening. Tragic that it is all gone. My heart goes out to all the small business owners that are wiped out. There employees are also devastated. Going to take YEARS to rebuild and it is going to be very different. An Era has come to an end. Thank you for posting. Take care.

[@SzymczykProductions]

Yeah we live here and have to suffer and this guy and people like you watch, turn the video off and off to your perfect lives while WE SUFFER!!!!! DISGUSTING!!

[@ninasamone5285]

@@SzymczykProductions No one’s life is perfect.

[@debbieholman906]

Thank you for filming. My parents HAD a place there and it’s gone. Family would vacation there at the beach and pier. Shocking to see the destruction. And all the shops.

[@grigsbywhite3309]

Heartbreaking. Time Square will never be the same. We would have breakfast at Pete’s Time Out all the time. It’s just gone. I was worried that Margaritaville would change the islands feel but Ian did that for everyone. My hope is that the town council doesn’t let big corporations like that come in and overtake the island now. Let’s make sure the same businesses can come back. You have to think about the clean up too. There are piles of debris all around but where is the rest of it? In the water? Surrounding communities? Just heartbreaking. Thankful for all the first responders and co tractors stepping up to help as well as all the volunteers that will be needed going forward.

[@robertgembala8532]

Brings me to tears, heartbreaking, God bless you all ❤️🙏

[@rcustis2645]

😢. My heart aches for all who were so affected by Ian.

[@laney3182]

Very good ground coverage. Thank you.

[@FBIcriminals8671]

Floridians are resilient. This mess will be rebuilt back better maybe in, 5-10 years. Hopefully, improved, 20'+ slab-on-grade building codes, and possibly building a dyke too. I am amazed that elevated iron piling building sustained so much catastrophic damage. Best wishes to those affected by this storm. Keep the faith. ♥️

[@cameroncastel8370]

Yes we Floridians are resilient, but we Floridians are not stupid. A substantial amount of the destroyed properties were owned by outlanders who moved here during COVID with their wealth drove home values to a point where us locals could not afford it and the local realtors were a bunch of sellouts, builders could care less all they saw were $ and profits. I'm hoping that the insurance companies only pay out at 2019 values plus historical annual growth of 3%. So if you purchased a home that was valued at $250k in 2019 and paid $500k in 21 or early 22 tough shit. Your loss for being stupid. And don't ask either the state of fed Gov for $. Your risk, your stupidity, your greed, your loss. Take your greed and loses , leave. We Floridians are fair, loving, kind , love and take care our of our beautiful eco system and environment. Greedy we are not. Great opportunity for the Floridians to return to our normal life

[@FBIcriminals8671]

@@cameroncastel8370 Yes. The wealthy retirees want warm weather so they should buy high-ground lots in, Palm Beach on, "the hill" on, Division Avenue north of, Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. Before, "the hill" parcels start selling, $6M+. They are at, ~42' above sea-level. Right now? Parcels on, "the hill" are selling for relative peanuts at, $2.2M. Great strategic investment opportunities. My opinion.

[@goochmcduck4285]

@@cameroncastel8370 that’s my biggest dream for the future. Can’t even get a table on the weekend anywhere because of the mob of ppl that moved here

[@saywhat951]

I'm not sure the 80% of 70 80 or 90 year olds are that resilient unless they had have full insurance or serious life savings to rebuild. The questions in all their minds are what are our options looking at a slab or mud lot when is IAN II coming what then, we're 500 feet from the Ocean 7" above sea level...we might be able to rebuild but can we rebuild twice? .... My suggestion is to live in squalor until spring which time they either are rebuilding or realize it's time to leave for higher ground up north inland Georgia way perhaps.

[@FBIcriminals8671]

@@saywhat951 Georgia? Great State, but not tropical year-round. So, year-round tropical seekers can find plenty of high-ground properties in, Palm Beach. Some at, 42 feet above sea level. And, IAN II, III, and IV are probalisticly coming with global warming and the, "Doomsday glacier" (Thwaites) situation reaching critical mass. I believe if you're not at, 35'+ in, Southern Florida, or can't afford it, you need to give up on a paradise lifestyle and relocate elsewhere but stay out of flood, tornado, drought, and fire regions in the U.S. As the wealthy baby boomers retire they may just make, Florida the, "new Bermuda" (unaffordable for most). But, anyone living on the coast lines ought to lookup, "Surfside Condo collapse" and fsctor-in climate change now undermining sea-side building structures. They're playing, "Roulette" living in these buildings. Parts of, Dade and, Broward counties are projected to be under water soon, west of the turnpike. So, IAN has served as a wakeup call perhaps saving millions of lives. Tragic at the expense of, West Coast lives. Let's hope high-rise buildings do not start collapsing like dominos. 🙏🤞♥️

[@bobgrant7593]

I visited there September 4th. Left Fort Myers September 5th for St. Charles County, Missouri. Still have an apartment in the Iona area. Difficult to comprehend the Natural Destruction.

[@richardpace5809]

Hard to believe what I'm seeing. So many memories. It's unrecognizable. Stay 💪 SWFL!

[@Michael-bl9ud]

Very Heartbreaking. Was just there in late May. Some of our best vacations have been in Fort Myers. Stay Strong.

[@katekennedy2320]

First off, thank you for capturing some of what’s going on. I’d walk with ya! I have footage of fort myers. They’re doing good at cleaning up the main drags. But for the majority , it looks like this. The fact that sanibels bridge just buckled- is incredible. That storm just wouldn’t stop. They kept saying afterwards that hurricane IAN will go down in history. Let’s hope that gets written soon. Before people forget.

[@deplepfan]

Just heart breaking.prayers to all❤️🙏💙

[@rongendron8705]

My best friend's parents, (now deceased) lived for 50 years in Ft. Myers Beach, (Hercules Rd.)! The dad personally built his two-story home there & went through 'devastating' Hurricane Donna, in 1960! I'm glad that they didn't have to go through this again, in old age!

[@mountys_photoadventure]

Thanks for the video 🙏 My heart bleeds when I see this.💔 My sweetheart and I have been to Florida CC every year and visited FMB to eat, eat delicious ice cream or go fishing at the pier. I wish all those affected a lot of strength. Warm greetings from Germany.

[@LeeCountyWalkersFortMyersFL]

Thanks for sharing

[@danielthommen8243]

Danke fuer die Anteilnahme!

[@nigelsaunders3573]

Crazy...the amount of times I rode my bike up and down Estero Blvd from Bay Beach Lane up to Bowditch...and so much of it is now gone. North end definitely took the brunt, my thoughts with the residents and business owners in that area. As a Canadian who has spent a lot of time in the US one of the many things I appreciate about you guys is that you waste no time in situations like these, band together as one and rebuild quickly!

[@yasminemccoy3005]

Wow my client is still going to rough it out just to support ft myers. They had an option to not go but they still wanted to go. I commend them because this breaks my heart. Prayers going up to you all. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@cameroncastel8370]

Tell your client to go back to NY and stay.

[@stacygammell4164]

@@cameroncastel8370 how do you know they're from New York. Rude much. Maybe they are coming to help out, serve food, bring water or supplies. Maybe be nice, it's hard on everyone. I lived on Ft. Myers Beach for several years and still have friends that live there. I am worried about them and still don't know if they are okay or not. So maybe have some compassion.

[@mowowie]

Just watched a before and after video of these streets. All i can say is WOW. It's going to take a LOT of work, heart and money to bring this place back. My prayers to everyone that lost everything during the storm.

[@ronaldmiears4554]

It will take time it will be better than before

[@crand20033]

I don't think it would be worth bringing it back. With global warming, these hurricanes and storm surges are becoming more and more severe.

[@lsemerad3285]

Thanks so much for not talking while you shoot !!! The images say it all.

[@dmeyerification]

It's going to be like this for a good while. And now colder weather is coming. Keeping all affected in my prayers.🙏 I went through Katrina and Ida, so I definitely know what everyone is dealing with. Man, those "I" storms are bad news! But you will get back on your feet again. And you won't take anything for granted anymore. In the course of a few hours things can change so dramatically for so many people.

[@sharoncrawford7192]

It doesn't really get cold down there. I lived there for 25 yrs.

[@dmeyerification]

@@sharoncrawford7192 well that's a blessing.

[@dandahl5964]

Colder weather? Wtf?

[@ynraider]

@@dandahl5964 Yes, a plague of cold... #Karma for no #FBA Reparations...

[@davido3403]

@@dandahl5964 75 is colder weather for us! Hopefully those without power can at the very least can try to get some sleep. After Irma and 9 days no power even the simplest things like sleep where very difficult. The house stayed a crappy 95 till like 4am. So much cleaning and work to do while you feel stuck trapped hot and sweaty and feel helpless plus tired as hell from trying to sleep in 95 degrees. So any lower temperperture is still some kind of a blessing.

[@laney3182]

I like the fact the there’s law and order in Florida. No looting. You can sense it.

[@clarkkent9634]

Plenty of looting & scamming contractors here.

[@elizabethowens8548]

We have a free loader squatter in my mil condo on Estero. There's always leaches in Florida. Addicts and drunks

[@jnewcomb1395]

In Florida, you loot we shoot.

[@stephankyser3211]

We will shoot on site. Stay up north. We have bedbugs

[@elizabethowens8548]

@@stephankyser3211 and drunks, meth heads ,religious loonies,bums,scammers, city scum pretending to be country. Yup I'll stay on the farm

[@garysuper5338]

Praying daily that God will carry you and bring you encouragement in this greatly difficult time.

[@ronweiss8529]

Very nice coverage

[@yonacx_idealis]

Thanks for sharing

[@phreeesubz]

Thank you so much for this video, I haven't been able to see the beach in person yet.. If you're ever back i've been wishing so much to see the fate of 925 Estero blv.

[@susancousins8766]

Glad you did this video,but this is very sad for all involved 😞😔

[@micahpauldunford2052]

Park benches made it..that's really all that should be that close to water..I'm surprised so many wood structures made it.

[@bubbamell50]

I was just vacationing there in September and I just can’t wrap my head around all this devastation. I loved it there and thankfully the Neptune Resort where we stayed is still standing as well as the Tuckaway cafe across the street. Yes there’s damage but they’re still standing unlike other businesses and homes. It’s just unimaginable! I think of all the people I met and feel terrible for them. If I were an ultra elitist I’d be donating a ton of $ to the locals that lost their homes and or business. Especially to the more poor neighborhoods. I will continue to pray for all affected by the storm. I have donated and every little bit helps. God bless them all.

[@collins5038]

While there is a tremendous amount of work to be done, one can see cleanup is going on. This community will stay strong and not give up.

[@outoftime7740]

That’s is so unbelievable, so much damage. It looks like everything has to be leveled. There is so much trash to be picked up and hauled out of there. Where is all your help there? I sure hope those folks who had these stores, hotels, houses, had insurance . So sad to see this. Thank you for walking around and filming this

[@Batmanpooped]

I was in Ft. Myers for my mother's wedding in June. She stayed at the Lani Kai. I walked past that 711. I bought souvenirs from a local shop that stood at the 15:00 mark. I bought a mermaid doll for my niece at another shop that's nonexistent. These images are insane. The vibes were great the 30 hours or so I spent there. I'm sorry for everything lost 😔

[@doodad3366]

The Lani Kai still stands. Amazing. I don’t know it’s damage.

[@vicphil1339]

All PR🙏YERS still on high straight to #GOD for Florida !

[@patriciafredal6308]

Thank you. Could you indicate through subtitles or audio the name of the streets as you walkthrough neighborhoods on your next video?

[@evelyncacacho1372]

Don’t build houses near the ocean. Maybe 5-10 years from now another hurricane happens. They’re getting stronger.

[@Metkafu888]

It's going to take some time to rebuild but they will rebuild. Stay safe everyone

[@mindbodyfitness99]

One one hand, I’m glad to see the area I spent 4 years in and am grateful for this video, on the other hand, I know that KZbinrs see this catastrophic event as a money maker for their channel. People who live/ lived on the island, DO NOT WANT people recording like this for entertainment value and I don’t blame them.

[@LeeCountyWalkersFortMyersFL]

If we don't film people will never know about every detail of the disaster because tv channels were there at the beginning but they are all gone.

[@stephankyser3211]

Stop exploiting us

[@TropicalParadisebyLisaLisa]

With all good intentions showing the world what is still happening. The news no longer shows this detail . This ytber is not making anything for showing this video. Its done for free.

[@starrycrown]

This channel has under 500 subscribers! They are literally just getting their two cents in.

[@michellemcdermott2026]

@@LeeCountyWalkersFortMyersFL Good work

[@collins5038]

Those affected by Ian needs help regardless of their economic status. Let us give everyone positive support whether it be in our conversations, financial support or physical labor.

[@alliesinger297]

That blue house in the beginning looks perfect

[@LeeCountyWalkersFortMyersFL]

All those houses in the area were affected by the hide tide.

[@LeeCountyWalkersFortMyersFL]

They lost personal property

[@IMStrawman]

This is what the Florida Keys looked like after Ivan in 2017. Six months later you could hardly tell it had ever happened. A year later you couldn't tell at all.

[@IMStrawman]

@TheTpanative Wait and see. This is a high revenue producing area, massive resources will be expended here. This will be an easier cleanup than the Keys due to the Keys being more remote and debris needed to be hauled great distances.

[@IMStrawman]

@TheTpanative Sorry, I didn't know you were going to go all Karen on me.

[@holliberry2614]

When we live in a place that is beautiful and sunny most of the time.... we can forget how that place was created. Any barrier island was created, over time, by the movement of large amounts of sediment by the force of wind and water. The AMOUNT of sand deposited is AMAZING! But you can't forget....if you live on a barrier island in Florida.....hurricanes made them...and hurricanes will take them away.

[@john-brady]

My dad built a house in Port Charlotte back in ‘72 - of course it’s long gone, dragged into the Peace river during some autumnal storm. (Does it matter which one?)… The beautiful skies and the enchanting sea, both holding inevitable tragedy and destruction. When are folks going to stop putting themselves in harm’s way?

[@rebeccaott5424]

So very sorry from north fort myers....we lost everything too..what can we do to help???? Love to our neighbors 😘😘😘😘😘

[@gailbarrett9834]

Unbelievable 💔💔😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏 looks like a war zone.. 😢 God bless everyone going thru this horrible ordeal! 🙏🙏🙏

[@saywhat951]

A small sample of how the Ukrainians are feeling except here it was Mother Nature not Mother Russia raining bombs down. It's knowledge that IAN II is lurking out there in the Sahara Desert not knowing when they will get hit again...pack up accept a loss or grasp hoping a few years can be enjoyed until IAN II.

[@niurkacruz6854]

Qué pena por todo esta catástrofe, por todas las personas que perdieron la vida.

[@thesharpshootersfl]

No words still.. Lee County strong

[@joanseibenick3435]

You walked right by my friend’s house!!

[@NENNINGERPhil1]

Praying 🙏 for the people for Ft Mayer Florida all this week be safe FT Mayer

[@WeggieQueen2005]

I am so sorry to every single person affected by Ian. I can't imagine the emotions. I live on the beach in the Treasure Coast and it could have easily been us that got hit straight on. Having said that, Mother Nature is so angry and we must take steps to make the planet a better place.

[@danielthommen8243]

I get the "frustration" with Mother Nature and the devastation it brought to us, however, when we look back at all the records we do have, there were ALWAYS hurricanes, some stronger some less crazy, nothing to do with global warming or anything humans did or do!... This is a total different story, one that Brandon tried to get onto us during his staged visit in SW Florida a few days ago...

[@WeggieQueen2005]

@@danielthommen8243 I feel like the state isn't run well enough to go through these big storms. Busses should have been sent to evacuate the poor, elderly and disabled. No one cared about those people. That is why I'm so infuriated. Did we learn NOTHING from Katrina in LA? I guess not.

[@WeggieQueen2005]

@@danielthommen8243 ps . are you a scientist? Your're entitled to your OPINION because you are a well informed scientist? I didn't think so.

[@circlethewagons]

Thanks for this video, I worked the the Tropical Sands resort back in the early 90's. I wonder if it's still there.

[@TicklerDude]

Now is the perfect time to buy cheap land in Fort Meyers. People are stressed out and scared for the next hurricane, so they don't want to rebuild. Buy the land cheap, hold onto it for a few years, then sell it at a high price when the rebuilding is almost complete.

[@TheBikerjim666]

Terrible all gone but time to rebuild RIP all who perished.

[@trkonkal]

I'd be curious to know the structural differences of the buildings standing vs not.

[@laney3182]

I bought a pair of earrings at that little store on the pier. How sad.

[@MrJx4000]

Wow, this is far worse than I thought. Do you have the time to make a before-and-after comparison with your Feb. 14, 2022 video?

[@LeeCountyWalkersFortMyersFL]

For sure , I'm working on it but it'll be shorter.

[@lucky1u]

So the palm leaves stayed in tack on the little huts, yet entire houses where swept away? Curious

[@flyingfree3422]

It's called science... palm trees evolved to bend and give way in the wind and water... they bend so they don't break (for the most part,) The fronds are strongly attached and their structure allow winds to pass trough them. If they didn't evolve this way, they would not have survived for millions of years, as the fossil record shows. Just dropping a little tropical botany education on you.

[@saywhat951]

Palapa's breathe quite well, the trick is the stitching method and age as most breakdown at weak spots on roofs or if the walls are not secure so as to allow the building or Palapa's to lift slightly. So yes a cheap looking Palapa standing next to a destroyed home would not be out of the ordinary.

[@goochmcduck4285]

I saw what I looked like down there this weekend. Boats in ppls homes. Mountains of random things and everything they owned piled out by the road. You don’t even know that place when you see it now. Remember once it was all over and they showed Ft Myers beach took me 20 mins to understand the camera was showing the pier and the restaurants. So many ppl have so many memories their. Ripped my heart out.

[@idk-ed3ck]

Heart breaking doesn’t even explain the feeling.

[@thesonicdreambelievers]

Please shoot some of condo conditions. I liked to stay at Caper Beach Club.

[@mwhite6522]

Seen this happen to a lot of places in Louisiana -- all those empty slabs, sand and mud everywhere. Every time it's the same anywhere -- it'll be a full year before things even start to look like they're getting a bit back to normal, and in many ways, the place will never be what it was before the storm. A full third of residents won't come back. Four years until foliage fills in and grass grows again. For years there'll be empty slabs where houses used to be; drywall fragments and nails everywhere. I believe this place could be rebuilt in a sustainable way, but the island will need a seawall and floodgates, with roofs built to top code if you don't want a repeat of this down the road.

[@saywhat951]

They have until next hurricane season to prepare.... If by then they have not built bomb shelters of houses those whom choose to rebuild with a couple of extra nails or screws will have a terrible second awakening, IAN II is playing a waiting game....unfortunately.

[@mwhite6522]

@@saywhat951 It's statistically nearly impossible for a major hurricane to hit the same area two consecutive years in a row.

[@saywhat951]

@@mwhite6522 NO your wrong, Stats of past no longer apply, Florida is new to Hurricanes so Stats are being compiled. Honduras got hit back to back Puerto Rico got hit back to back, do a History Search of every Island every Mainland hurricane or tropical depression / storm etc... The next series of Hurricanes to hit Florida will attack from all sides its only a matter of time as predicted hurricane's will increase to Category 6 and 7, hitting Miami at 6 it would enter the gulf at a 4 destruction across the path east to west. IAN spared Florida the damage isn't that bad when in 10 years we look back in 2032....after all Florida is a sand bar....

[@saywhat951]

@@mwhite6522 you ever heard of the State of Louisiana? 2020 she got hit by not 1 not 2 not 3 not 4 but 5 Hurricanes! MARCO CRISTOBAL LAURA DELTA and ZETA! So what are the statistical odds that Florida won't be hit in the same Gulf Coast Region in the same year or any other year more than once.. I guess your not using Statistics NOAA NHC has been keeping for umpteen years.

[@mwhite6522]

@@saywhat951 I live in Louisiana. Cristobal was a weak tropical storm. None of the storms made landfall in the same place. Only Laura was catastrophic.

[@doodad3366]

People in Lee County have been deeply affected. Many are in desperate need of help. Ian hurt us

[@saywhat951]

They're going to be living in squalor for the winter and into spring, unfortunately. Many people will have empathy now for true homeless people by no fault of their own, just like here. At least here one can run down to the ocean and bathe wash clothes etc. The pure joy of a flush toilet is something people won't take for granted for a LONG time...or a tap or faucet with clean water....

[@milliereyes-pabon3763]

Wow this time last year I was there at Lani Kai. I can't believe the devastation is so heartbraking.

[@susanwillmore754]

The businesses are just empty shells. So sad 😮

[@mcarlkv53]

so sad,...i went thru charlie, jeanne, frances, irene....but this is much worse....where do you beegin? where do you start?...😮‍💨

[@taracorbin426]

Darn I wish you were able to walk down Pearl St from the beginnig of the video....We have friends that still have a place there and haven't heard much of what it looks like. Lots of memories on that street and island!!

[@LIFEFLIXnow]

thanks for this video. Keep safe my friend

[@kathymanley8711]

How do you start over with no insurance and total loss. Only God knows 🙏🙏 Praying for those that need answers...💕

[@reddwitdreadz]

Is my Airbnb home still there on Estero BLVD?

[@mariafernandez6439]

Infinite devastation. Sorry it could had been us here in Palm Harbor 28 miles north of St. Pete, Florida. My prayers for all going through this horrible and convulsive time.

[@jaykopp9489]

my prayers are with you

[@barbaramickle3298]

Bleive it or not people are still trying to move to this area from up north😢

[@tyleredwards5643]

Did you offer to help at all or just film these people and their devastated property?

[@may86bear]

Clean up will take months; Rebuilding Years🙏😞

[@alancall5113]

What a video breaks your heart

[@charlesosborne9969]

the amount of sand that was washed ashore is crazy

[@super_tomtendo]

Unfortunately, it is going to look like this for a few months and more. This takes time.

[@owendewitt5371]

So sad. A friend and I were going to go in December. We went last year and is so sad to see what it is like after the hurricane.

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Terrible, it does look like a war zone. This will take time to rebuild. If possible this will take building from scratch. I will search for a donation organization. I don't have much but many donations can add up. The insurance that some have, meager as it may seem can help a little too I hope. Thanks for sharing. People need to know about this.

[@girlbonsai]

Wow incredible footage

[@agiantleapoffaith4502]

I don't see many excavators nor crews ... Its coming up 3 weeks and seems like very little debris and clean up happening. The way the gv talked you would have thought an army of equipment and manpower would be on the island.

[@stephankyser3211]

The clean up is going great in the areas where people live year round. Tourist and snowbird areas are not at the top of the list Floridians are thankful for all the workers who came to help us. Not everyone here is on vacation. Check out Pine Island and you will see the real deal.

[@marywinn8953]

It's going to take a long time to restore. As a former Floridian prayers and strength to everyone.

[@saywhat951]

Mary, your comment is correct, a long time, the problem will be just how much time until the next Ian hits, probably not this year but perhaps next year. As the Scientists have indicated forget Category 4 or 5 as the planet is warming so we are to expect Category 6 & 7. It will be really though when IAN II hits after much of the rebuilding is complete only to be destroyed a second time. My family has packed, gone, not willing to go through this again, 500 feet from the Ocean, 7 inches above sea level...gone to higher ground.

[@Joeelectronicschematicsforauto]

It took time until they built the bridge it can't be done overnight when Sandy hit New York it took months until New York rebuilt

[@nwproductions5763]

Crazy to think that just a couple of miles north the detestation is no where near as bad all because the wind was blowing in the other direction..

[@andinewman4865]

So unbelievably sad.

[@dbn52]

Not enough equipment in all of Florida to clean up this mess. So sad.

[@ericnilla5606]

I doubt this will ever rebound. It will take a generation. As someone who has family there and spent many a summer and Winter break there this is heartbreaking.

[@saywhat951]

Hi Eric, you said it, rebound to 60 perhaps 70 % maybe, I think that is pushing it. Knowing it's a warning from Mother Nature it'll be really hard for most people to rebuild without the fear of this happening next year or the year after. I guess most elderly people have it really hard, if no insurance they are really in dire straits.... Imagine your life's work your life's savings gone washed out to sea washed inland.....

[@jstrie275]

Prayers for you all

[@catherineursu2857]

You look at this and wonder how it will ever be cleaned up.

[@crysteldennis5474]

O my goodness the whole place is destroyed WOW ,and the Beautiful sky there now .

[@BenPorter904]

2weeks what did you expect it to be rebuilt already?

[@sauronthegreat5799]

They always showed what happen to the rich people but ignore what happened to the poor people.

[@debraporter1797]

Is anyone allowed back there to help pick up the piles? Give them tractors and dump trucks to get started. If I lived there that's what I would be doing. Such devastation.

[@lilly6991]

OMG - Devestating !!!!!! 😲

[@glendelcounts210]

How In Gods Name Jesus, did some of these houses come through that storm looking so good?

[@marymiller9656]

where does the immense amount of garbage from this event get hauled too?

[@johnberry1107]

Interesting perspective - nature is destructive? It could be seen as a natural place destroyed by people. Yes, loses are terrible but water always wins. Thank you for the insights.

[@otisharris4213]

How long & how wide was Ian Prayers

[@otisharris4213]

Prayers for the families 🙏🏿