Hurricane Ian | Walking Through Matlacha Florida after the storm

[@michaeltheboatinglife9359]

All this time later, it still breaks my heart to see the devastation. Our is almost done about 10 mins from there.

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed. Craxy

[@MamaGator]

So much love for this community. Working at Wildchild for a year when I was in my early twenties helped shape me and the locals are honestly such good people. They deserve all the support in the world. Long live Old Florida

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@styner3]

My wife and I decided against moving to Florida to retire ten years ago because of the storms. We rent a different place every winter for a couple of months instead. We rented a place here two years ago, you guys passed where it “was”. 😢

[@MoneyComethToshelia]

Very smart idea! I started to move there as well for the sunshine and beach! And decided not to! I only visit during summer or spring but will never live there!

[@cheeseburger6001]

@@MoneyComethToshelia As long as your 30 mins away from the coast and you live in a well constructed up to code structure you’ll be fine living in Florida lol

[@MoneyComethToshelia]

@@cheeseburger6001 what part is best?!

[@ivanjones8144]

Wise decision 👌

[@cheeseburger6001]

​@@MoneyComethToshelia Central Florida near Ocala is nice, 2 hours away frrom st augustine beach the beach. But thats just my opinion.

[@peggybreaux8973]

I am from new Orleans, I have been praying the moment the weatherman said it was headed your way. God bless

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@pete2169nv]

I was just there in July of this year 2022. Wow man. I took my family to the Yucatan Bar n Grill and to see it now in this shape is heartbreaking. Thoughts and prayers go out to those affected during this tragic time. Stay positive. We will get thru this and rebuilt stronger than ever before.

[@shannon1446]

We were at the Yucatán in January😮

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks!

[@pcatMe]

Thank you for the valuable service. Those who evacuated now can see what's happened back home. Please tell us that most everyone there evacuated. We're not just sending prayers, we're sending money. I'll never forget the wonderful feeling that people cared when we received gift cards after being flooded out from H. Katrina in NOLA.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@carmealismyname4872]

This is what I’m talking about, show me details not what the news media puts out.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@holeeshietpyro4072]

great docuvid coverage, just awful circumstance. what a beatiful town just wiped out. Hope yall bounce back quick and safely

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@urse3israw]

Thank you for showing us this walk through. Glad you and the people in the video are safe. I’m a Florida boy from South Florida lived in Naples for a while. This could’ve been me and God forbid it happens over here on this side Miami and Fort Lauderdale. All we can do is try help each other prepare, survive and rebuild.

[@billkarmetsky4003]

I am as much of a Florida boy as one might get. Moved to So. Miami with the family in 1968 when Miami was still a small town, years before Mariel and Carter's wanton destruction of So. Beach with Cuba's criminals still coming over illegally to this day. I survived every hurricane since. The one that nearly got to us was Andrew. We were living in an all-Dade Co. pine built house where those trees were virtually decimated by the early 70's because of massive overdevelopment when Nixon took the currency off the gold standard. What gets me here are the people taking the videos. Few are wearing shoes. Most seem to be transplants living in expensive housing developments who a) should have NEVER bought into this area and b) should have gotten the Hell out when told to. Now there's nothing to come back to. There will be no rebuilding. All those people affected by Ian -- don't come knockin' on my door for help. You will meet your end. You don't belong in this once highly productive and intelligent and conservative state. Yankee go home. Fix your problems there, not here.

[@robloxmaster-bh8iq]

Biden and the Democrats can send billions to Ukraine which is not our nation. Yet refuses to help Florida which is a part of our nation. they piss me off so bad😡 we're not stupid and they need to stop treating us like we are😡

[@krissykrupski4973]

@@billkarmetsky4003 🎯

[@krissykrupski4973]

@@billkarmetsky4003 someone had to say that, a once lovely place was overrun by wasteful, excessive entitled heathens. Treated it like they stole it. Makes me sick, I only hope that hoards of spoiled slobs don’t come where I am.

[@mpinline1]

@@billkarmetsky4003 you seem like a nice guy… Luckily, the people filming this don’t and won’t ever need your help. So because you moved to FL in 1968 you own it? and anyone who moved there after that are all “transplants”? What were you in 1968? Surely your last name does not come from Karma if you are still living in FL.

[@LN-hm6po]

Thank you for the video. I lived there in the late 1980s and you showed me my first home at 0:12. It is still standing. Good luck and stay safe.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@susanbrandi4431]

My hubby and I went there for my birthday trip after never having been to the west coast. We had such a marvelous trip. Went to Berts on our trip a few times. So devastating for all who own property there. Prayers for all who call Matlacha your home. Recovery will happen, but it will be a while. Thank you for your visuals.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@brucemattes5015]

One of the most informative videos of the aftermath of Hurricane Ian that I have watched thus far. It was kinda clear prior to this video, but is abundantly clear to me now, that Florida lost an incredible amount of coastline due to beach, and coastal erosion. Here in Matlacha, there simply won't be enough land to rebuild the same number of structures as before Hurricane Ian.

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@mariequinn370]

A lovely Old Florida village ... so sad ❤️🍀

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@stevensims3342]

My heart goes out to everyone affected by this storm but I'm also surprised such sea level communities didn't expect such surge damage. Your level with the sea and we know she take no prisoners.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@MegaBait1616]

This is Terrible was my winter home for years n years.... Prayers to all the Locals ....

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@MegaBait1616]

@@bobbygfl , I'm here now and their fixing the road to the bridge but have a long way to go yet.. be well MB.

[@ukiahsguitarsolos3436]

Bless everyone and stay strong!

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@DonnaKase]

How did you guys get over there that early?

[@bobbygfl]

It was before the police arrived and by boat.

[@jamjam9930]

Great footage. My house is (was) the third bridge corner property blue house that is now halfway into the pass. Matlacha- I love you. It will never be the same, but I’ll never forget the history. It’s going to be a 2-3 lane baby Cape Coral when it’s rebuilt. Fuck

[@markconner3234]

YEP

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@jessiekaylee6496]

This place was so fun and magical :'(

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@mastropoll1]

Great video. Thanks.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@michaelventrone77]

I'm driving down from St Pete Saturday afternoon, with my truck loaded with donated supplies from folks at work and neighbors. Please let me know where I should go to help you guys. If you need anything please let me know. I will check back here later. Thanks and be safe.

[@pamelamallory3922]

Pine island needs help badly 💗🙏🙏 people lost everything there.bridge is now fixed.god bless you all for the help to others thank you👍💗💗🙏🇺🇲🤣sad what these people are facing now.most lost there homes completely 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💗💗💗🇺🇲 Florida strong love to all

[@pamelamallory3922]

News media miss lead all these people saying it was going to Tampa 🤣🤣 people did not have time to leave get out.came in that fast.Tampa Tampa Tampa 😭no south Florida got it all😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️love to all stay strong.,🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@kimdresser7739]

I was just there on the 11th-14th. Lived in Fl all of my life just 1.5 hrs away from this beautiful place and had never been there before. I am beyond sad and heartbroken for everyone affected. Old Florida destroyed 😭 but I know these people will rebuild❤. FL strong💪

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@epiphonium]

So glad as many people survived as did !

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@davidmellet261]

Live in paradise this is the price of that

[@bobbygfl]

Craxy

[@alexgonzalezMI]

I was just there in April. This is devastating to see. Such an awesome place.

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@peggycrochetz2400]

Absolutely heartbreaking! It brings back unsettling memories of when Hurricane Ivan hit us here in the Panhandle 😭🙏🙏🙏

[@rowenacountryman2242]

I agree. Ivan was horrible a did over $50,000 worth of damage to my house with a tornado. I didn’t evacuate and it was one of the scariest things I have gone through. It’s also one of my biggest regrets of being a parent because I let my kids 14&15 years old stay with us. This storm was on another level. Those winds were crazy. I really thought Ivan and Katrina was bad but this was so much worse.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@dianeo]

Thank you for sharing this. I was wondering what was left of this lovely little town. So sad. This is the 2nd hurricane I've been through in 5 years. I am ready to leave Florida now.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@cheyennemarie6904]

I hope everyone is okay God bless peace and love ♥️☮️🙏

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@evensbass6204]

Wow 😯

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@hallsjuju2400]

God bless everyone. You will recover, other places have. Take care.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@PMELKUS]

Oh this is so sad. This was one of my favorite places to go camping at I stay at the Sugar Sands RV park many of times over the year and was just telling my wife we need to get back soon but now it's all gone and there no telling when things will reopen.

[@calypsodream8059]

It will take years and years. Panama City some 5+ years after Michael is still not back to the way it was before the storm.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@sarahc8862]

You answered one of the questions I had before watching this video, if island visions and the leoma lovegrove gallery made it through ?and it looks like island visions is standing but I couldn't see leomas ? Thanks so much for sharing💜

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@tammykauffman5204]

I’m curious about organized searches. After Katrina and others they went door to door in neighborhoods like this and every house was searched and marked on the outside as to finding and to know it has been cleared. I haven’t seen anything like that here. How do they know there aren’t bodies in those homes??

[@bobbygfl]

I’m not sure

[@11ccom]

::While staying in the Florida Keys in the 80s, a hurricane went over Cuba and when it got to Key West, within 30 minutes it made a 90 degree turn and went straight up the keys. I turned off the radio when it was at Key West thinking it was heading straight north...what a surprise.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@Saiaku_Komuso]

My elderly wife and I were saved from the storm surge in Matlacha by the heroic efforts of Captain Billie Joe Snowden who got us into his 23 foot boat as the eye of the storm passed overhead. We saw sun and blue sky as were swept north by the wind and finally were able to land miles north in a mangrove. We sheltered under the root ball of an upturned tree. And thanked God we were still alive but lost everything else and are now homeless.

[@crystaltrocar5237]

So sorry for what you went thru. We live in Bokeelia and also rode it out. This storm was something else.

[@bobbygfl]

That’s amazing

[@beautifulflorida]

This hurricane was the most powerful in many years. Stay safe, everyone!

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@JayTee0007]

This was such a sleepy laid back place in the late 1970's. My parent had a place right around the corner from the little Matlacha bridge.

[@bobbygfl]

It is sad. But it’s rebuilding!

[@KrustyKlown]

Great time to buy a fixer upper .. I'd look for one with a couple boats parked in the yard.

[@moceri55]

The homeowners insurance will be more a month than a mortgage payment after this. Even more so with what’s been going on lately with insurance companies leaving Florida.

[@KrustyKlown]

@@moceri55 buy cheap enough.. ya don't need insurance. 10 years from now, people will forget and be paying huge prices again... just sell before the next big one.

@@moceri55 yeah here in australia some of the flood plains that have flooded a few to many times in the last few years now cost upto 20k a year for flood cover.

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@Pinti9]

Have those homes been checked for injured and dying?!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋how are you doing?

[@bobbygfl]

Yes

[@madamedubonnet92]

Thxs for the video 🙏 God bless you all

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@sheilamase2558]

Was looking for the Galleries to see how they fared but never saw them.

[@bobbygfl]

Me neither

[@Noname-xm2lj]

Thanks for filming. 😢

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks!

[@audraturner5365]

It's sad losing what you had but now you can look to the future and be grateful you are alive and thank God you can pick up where you left off while those who perished can't I'm sorry for their loss but be happy your alive and look at the positive things instead of the gloomy side this will eventually be a thing of the past you will be able to move on and prosper once again "we Americans are like the Phoenix when nature turns against us we rise again all mankind rises again"

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed!

[@betterthanideserve76]

Now get in a car or on a bike then travel 3 miles to PI center. Not one outlet has shown PI, let alone StJames city which has to be as bad if not worse than sanibel

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@tamarathornton5331]

This might be a silly question, but at what point are bulldozers and other construction vehicles brought in to help with the cleanup?

[@calypsodream8059]

They are usually the first response. Unfortunately with 130 miles worth of coastline and communities affected, there aren't enough resources to go around. I imagine it will take close to a decade for Florida's southern West Coast to bounce back.

[@tazjammer]

There is no bridge to the Island anymore. Not one to Sanibel either.

[@bobbygfl]

Takes about a month for the clean up to be in full swing and a year to really see the recovery.

[@nancymeyers3844]

My mom and dad and I moved from Ohio to matlachee in 1960. If the storm didn't take it out my dad built a house by himself on that lachey down off of Gary Street. That's spelled GearySt. It might still be one of the smallest little houses on that street. I believe it's the only house that still has a small piece of land right next to it. Unless it got sold. Would like to know if it's still standing and how it held up or not.

[@bobbygfl]

Not sure

[@bobbygfl]

Not sure

[@h.schneider5818]

We evacuated and desperate for any information about Punta Gorda, Burnt Store, Pine Island! Matlacha, our hometown.God this would be such a great video if you didn’t swing around so fast…. I know you aren’t professionals but…..I wanted to catch some addresses to verify the houses.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@katiedjcakes]

Are the open hoods from people taking batteries??

[@bobbygfl]

Maybe

[@rupe53]

on a positive note... the idiots who don't know enough to stay away from fallen power lines will be safe for a few weeks because the juice will not be back on for a LONG time!

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@latitudemarine4975]

The jet ski in the video has been there since hurricane Charley😂😂

[@bobbygfl]

Ha I didn’t know that. Crazy

[@LilNrthStar]

Every 5 to 10 years we are saying each storm is the new record storm, the time span is getting shorter and the land along the coastlines diminishes. It's almost too much to think about in terms of people no longer having a choice to rebuild where the once lived, but we are at and have been at this point. I live in drought fire ridden CA, when I think about sonewhere else to move to, there is no where else to go, without that particular areas issues. 😔

[@fishingpinky3165]

I live in Florida and when people ask why do we stay? For the same reason you stated. You cant live anywhere without chances of natural disasters.

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@gettalife5501]

Wild some houses not even touched!

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@321novrain]

Sickening.... I love Matlacha , so sorry for those that live there and the great businesses . unreal

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@stravations]

Hi. Today we visited matlacha. i was in disbelief. Some of my favorite places are gone. It irkes me when people complain about stupid thing.When people in Matlacha lost everything

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@robincoley2376]

Don’t approve of people going though other people stuff and putting it in there pockets and they are not even helping or seeing if there are dead

[@bobbygfl]

Craxy

[@woaken]

Wow, completely clear skies after the storm, crazy! Prayers up for everyone there 🙏🏽 I’m moving to Tampa in 2 days, totally thought it was gonna be hit too! 💯

[@Jadedxx]

Unfortunately these storms are hitting harder and closer together. Tampa will be hit eventually, sad to say. And the infastructure and ungodly amount of people that moved there since 2020 doesn't help things. Hope that's not the case but I'm in ft Myers and each hurricane is getting worse. It is built on flood plains.

[@crystaltrocar5237]

The storm went well into the night... I was sitting in my car at 11 pm trying to get something on the radio, and winds were steady rocking me... but they had died down quite a bit by then.

[@crystaltrocar5237]

I will say this, the weather afterwards was amazing. Not like after Charley, when it was hot and miserable.. lol. That hurricane season we went to the end of the Greek alphabet. Haven't a season like that in 20 years now

[@crystaltrocar5237]

I will say this, the weather afterwards was amazing. Not like after Charley, when it was hot and miserable.. lol. That hurricane season we went to the end of the Greek alphabet. Haven't a season like that in 20 years now

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@MissBetty920]

Did Leoma Lovegrove get out before storm?

[@sarahc8862]

I saw island visions still standing but he didn't show leomas

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

So easy to tell someone what to do when you are on the outside looking in, this is someone's home you are making negative comments about, they don't need them. Brave people have lived on the edge and faced the wilds to make a home since the early settlers arrived. You don't have to come or live here, so unless you are looking to help in some way, you need to move on👋

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@karenreichenbaugh856]

I have thought about moving down there. Now I'm glad I didn't.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@magnum0173]

How are those EVs working out in west Florida now?

[@Tampa0123456789]

The same as any. No electricity means Fuel stations are also offline.

[@bobbygfl]

Lol

[@bobbygfl]

Yep

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

I moved to Florida from Pennsylvania in 2002 living on the East Coast near the ocean I've been through cat 3- 4 and 5..On the Gulf Coast it's about the water table and water surges that did a lot of that damage.Plus 150 mph winds..I've seen a lot of Destruction and devastation been outside with winds 120mph but this is unbelievable so much loss..To me it's still better then Cold,Snow,Ice..It's not like this happens once a month the last time we had a bad storm was probably four or five years ago but after watching the news and the videos this is as bad as it gets..In 2004 or 2005 I drained my built-in swimming pool as low as I could get it put all the hurricane shutters on me and my family left for Savannah Georgia for 2 weeks no power for weeks no gas,food,people in-lines for 24/48 hour's for Plywood you could only get so much gas to run generator's.Who know it would last 2-weeks..You go home you clean up you fix up you put everything back the way it was and you move on.. Thank God Florida has a great governor otherwise people would be in FEMA trailers for the next year or two the other big problem is the insurance companies they want to take your money but when it comes to fixing up your damaged roof or your whole house they disappear like cupcakes at a pot party..🤤💨🍪🎂🍩🍨🍦🍰 ..RIP.. to the people that lost their lives sometimes it might be better to get the insurance money and move to a different part of Florida or back to the cold even places like Georgia and the Carolina's got hit hard.. when you lose everything I'm sure it's very traumatizing you have to make that decision do you rebuild and stay or Take the Money and Run..The way Biden & the evil Democrats are destroying the United States there's basically no place to go.. it's bad enough what happened to Florida and now we have to live in a country that's ran by communist.To bad we do not have a good president he would get that $80 billion dollars back from the Ukraine and give it back to Florida to rebuild.. he's sending all that money there for money laundering to put back in his own pocket he doesn't care about the United States at all..Needs to be out of office faster than the hurricane left Florida..Trump said he would Fuk everything up Trump predicts things as good as The Simpsons..Higher Gas, higher food, higher taxes, This only affects the middle class they are putting all the illegal immigrants in $700 a night luxury motel rooms they get to eat anything they want plus they get a food card a voters card..Send them to the Gulf Coast to rebuild if you want all the videos it's 90% men in their 20's, 30s,40's coming into the country anyway let them earn their keep till they all get deported they are only using them for votes..Then Biden said he's going to deport every one of them back to their own country..😏🤣🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️🛶⛵⚓🤣🤣

[@Jadedxx]

Yes I was just telling a coworker that as bad as I feel for Ukraine, we need to clean up our own backyards and help ppl struggling here with all these natural disasters before dishing out so many things and so much money to other countries. Let some other country help for once. We're can't always be the country helping everyone else but neglecting ourselves.

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

@@Jadedxx All that $60 to $80 Billion dollars was for "money laundering" they're splitting it three ways between Biden the Ukraine & Russia this is basically all scam.. it's like the Great Depression of 1929 and Adolf Hitler running Germany during World War II they robbed this country blind they want to do away with the middle class and the poor all about control he's only in there to help out the Rich & Elite now we have the Chinese police invading the United States that should be treason for Biden and his administration as far as I'm concerned it's an act of War and I am so ready to take this country back..He went to Puerto Rico first and gave them $60 million they're not even part of the United States and the last time they had a severe hurricane was 2017..I live in Florida luckily this time I'm on the East Coast I didn't get hit that bad but you watch people will be in tents⛺⛺ and FEMA trailers for the next three or four years for a long time everybody hated Trump now they found out he was right about everything and they're begging him to come back because Biden does not give a shit after what Ron DeSantis did by bringing all the illegal immigrants into Martha's Vineyard.. it's called socialism this is what Biden wants if we cannot get our Military, National Guard and police force and the peoples together we will never win Biden will tell the National Guard and our military if anybody starts anything Kill Them All..How much worse can the United States get.. I wasn't there but the people of the Great Depression in 1929 they were probably happier than we are now this whole country is so doomed and we have a world of snowflakes that will do absolutely nothing..Sad..See the Chinese invading the United States on the news the other night.. we dropped two atomic bombs on Japan maybe it's time to do it again in China..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

@@Jadedxx The president of the Ukraine the last time I looked he was 44 years old has $1.4 trillion dollars, a $6 million dollar mansion in Italy and he just purchased a big expensive mansion in Miami Beach Florida for $35 Million Dollars Scam 110%.. and then Biden said he left $350 million dollars worth of military equipment and machine guns to the Taliban he said he forgot all about them..Ya Right..The list keeps going on with.. the Obama's George Soros, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, the Clinton's, George Bush and his Cartel,Bill Gates, The Rothschilds controls all Central Banking total net worth $500 trillion dollars.. these people are all career criminals and this is who's running our country..😡😳😡

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks for the comment!

[@xdsmastermia]

I rented a nice home in Saint James 2 years ago. I'm 100% sure it's gone. It's sad, and I saw it live which is different from videos and the smell of death.....

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@maryannzoeller8096]

Wow! So much damage.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@tanikanakeyalewis4202]

Homelessness: After all of the Hard, Smart, and/or Diligent Work. [Praise God: Hands Claps: Applause: Standing Ovation]. Vacation Homes? 😶.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@helencline5768]

What is this city close to don’t know it…

[@susanbrandi4431]

Just west of Cape Coral. A great little fishing and artsy town known for bold colors on houses and art galleries. Old Florida fishing town/island.

[@bobbygfl]

Fort Myers

[@moceri55]

When my wife first mentioned the town of Matlacha I asked her if he was a meteorologist on the 5 pm news. It sounds more like the name of some news caster than a Florida town.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@jamesnorth8478]

Geez people are shocked?…so how many hurricanes hit Florida each decade? And how often will people rebuild? And…how much money does one lose before moving out of this state

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@assby2694]

Aww matlacha a gem, I pray they can recover if there’s any links or places where we can help please leave a comment😢

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@rnp1785]

Unbelievable houses just laying in the streets I don’t know how anyone can come back from that it’s total destruction it’ll take years to rebuild all that

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@inkpearls3364]

It’s pronounced MAT-LA-SHAY & my heart is in a million pieces 💔💔💔💔

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@jeffreymoscardelli8428]

One of Florida's last great little fishing village a place where people got away to relax fish and drink beer soo sad 😢 to see it destroyed

[@bobbygfl]

Sad

[@3dartist43]

💜💝💖💗

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@herbertaguiar5968]

😱😱😱😱😱

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@mariaarroyo5223]

😲😱🥺

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@jamsax6915]

Lord please help all the people who got hit the hardest comfort them all.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@brucemattes5015]

Even if a single building had not been damaged, which of course, tens of thousands were; the loss of all of the watercraft, from simple rowboats, canoes, kayaks & jetskis, all the way up to commercial fishing boats & personal yachts, is simply staggering. Coupled with the damage to all of the privately-owned cars & trucks, the losses must be in the tens of thousands, with a replacement price tag that will reach a billion dollars easily. Just some simple math. Ft. Meyers Beach had a year round population of over 6,000 residents. Divide that number by 2.5 to get approximately 2,400 private residences (number likely higher). Then, add in all of the businesses, from pizza parlors, to restaurants, to dive shops, to t-shirt shops, to gift shops, to grocery stores, to pharmacies, to clothing stores, to marinas, to gas stations, to convience stores, to appliance stores, to repair shops, etc. On average, most resort towns have at least 1 business for every 4-5 private residences. So, approximately 360-480 businesses in Ft. Meyers Beach were lost.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@robelliott3049]

There’s so much destruction that you don’t know where to start cleaning up.

[@michaelmartin7073]

Said the same thing for Hurricane IDA last year in Golden Meadow La, I just stayed busy one piece at a time, and don't think in the future, and we were out of power for 26 days and water for 12,a year later better but some areas will never come back in my lifetime, in Louisiana, I was born in North Fort Myers. I fell your pain.

[@bobbygfl]

Yep. Crazy

[@barbaratrubenbach115]

Some will just see the destruction, others will remember it for a small area of artist, fisherman, a couple good places to eat, so many lives just destroyed.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@lordTowle]

Bert's is gone... wow

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@tamarathornton5331]

I mean, I know there is a step-by-step process for cleanup and recovery from something like this...I just wonder if it's possible to bring in some kind of construction vehicles to help remove/clean up debris, maybe with the government's help??

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

Yes, a temp road has been for now

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

Built

[@bobbygfl]

They do. Takes a full year to really see the recovery.

[@user-oy9zy4ds9m]

It’s like a small nuke went off

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@angeliastuart5555]

These swamp lands first floor should be garage and storage all living quarters should be on second and third floor.Houses should be built with blocks and steel. There is not enough sturdy trees and concrete walls to form barriers from wind

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@bobbyvee8941]

With all the shanties gone, in about 3 years, this will be a beautiful place to visit. Hopefully, there will be building codes in place to make it stronger and more resilient.

[@di4085]

I believe Florida has building codes since Hurricane Andrew. Maybe these buildings were grandfathered in. Notice how some of the newer buildings were still standing. These so-called cottages were an inexpensive way for people to be able to live near the water. I feel unfortunately that with the building codes it's going to be more expensive to live there. Did you notice how close these buildings were to the water. You think there would be a standard that you can't build so many yards from water.

[@johnvega1504]

It was already a beautiful place to live and visit. I’m sure your “beautiful place” doesn’t mean concrete and stucco all financed by outside money that locks out locals.

[@markconner3234]

Oh trust me there will be ugly ass condos all along that road. We fished that area in the 80s before every yankee and bunny hugger moved in. PI is fu ked

[@hizzlemobizzle]

Lived in Florida a very long time. Best thing is to pay everyone off and return the beaches to nature. Have campgrounds and huts for visitors.

[@feedermonkey7233]

@@markconner3234 what is a bunny hugger?

[@manuelarodriguez552]

How they could be build homes so close to the water? They municipalities should never allowed to do this! Sooner or later this is was mean to happen, unfortunately, I feel for the people, my gosh ,I just hopping that the get all the help that is needed!

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@nancymeyers3844]

Built our house on Matlacha*

[@bobbygfl]

Hope it’s still there

[@ИринаВидибор]

Напишите, что с Сев.Каролиной. У меня там родственники. Очень переживаю. Нет связи.

[@bobbygfl]

Not sure. Hope all Is well

[@MoneyComethToshelia]

Sad 😭 the hold community gone!

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@sunnyshine4621]

I just don't understand why showing pictures of private property in the bldgs, I understand from the roads but not on the people's property 🥴

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@leftylou6070]

Ah yes, the Hippie Commune of Matlacha. passed through it to Pine Island.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@thebluetarp]

Will peopl be crazy enough to rebuild here?? It could get hit again next month for Christ sakes

[@toledojeeper2932]

Then why do people rebuild after tornados , earthquakes , and fires ?

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

And floods, no matter where you live, you will have to deal with Mother Nature at some point

[@bobbygfl]

Yep

[@SherryONeill]

Looks Like SomeOne Was Taking Batteries From Cars,..

[@bobbygfl]

Airing out motor or opened to disconnect.

[@FollowingtheCliffNotes]

Typical Floridians exploring in crocs. I was too.

[@bobbygfl]

Lol

[@tamikoluong7628]

Totally destroyed.... Just so sad!

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@williamjschoenberg297]

SLOW YOUR CAMERA DOWN!

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@Vern355]

Billions were sent to Ukraine. There is no excuse for everyone in Florida to be 100% up and running in a few months.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@whitelion1111]

WHAT A MESS, I'd get low security prisoners to do some of the cleaning

[@bobbygfl]

Agreed

[@ВикаНоскова-ь8р]

Все на субботник!На улице жара,можно и без крыши ночевать.Президент пусть оказывает помощь.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@jamesalles139]

sorry spinning too fast for me. I'm out.

[@bobbygfl]

Thanks

[@jamesalles139]

@@bobbygfl all 4 Al Gore's rhythm

[@brendamullins7491]

Building in the middle of the street can Florida rebuild it really is destruction

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy

[@Makethetruthyourown1990]

Not for broadcast or breakfast.

[@bobbygfl]

Crazy