Recovery efforts underway after Helene floods Tampa region

[@Traveler1717]

Get prepared for round 2 stay safe everyone

[@theSatanicNaturalists.]

Round 3

[@ileanamalave8282]

Your life is more precious than anything else in this world, everything else comes and goes.

[@burningbluestar]

your salvation in more important than almost anything else except for JESUS CHRIST put HIM FIRST in your life and accept JESUS CHRIST as your LORD GOD and SAVIOR today here is how Romans 10:9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

[@fionareed9884]

​@@burningbluestar Amen 🙏❤️

[@sunshinebees290]

The same happened to me 34 years ago. With couple of bags per person we came to America at age of 30. We were happy to start a new life

[@billreed986]

My place was under water on n redington , I feel the same, very happy to start a new chapter,

[@stacysu9131]

You have your life, nothing more precious than that. May God give you peace.

[@suehoffman5105]

Amen you can replace things but not life!!

[@MissJellybean]

Until Wednesday when another storm comes through. Please be safe everyone.

[@chelsealeighhh2222]

Praying for everyone affected by this horrible hurricane 💔💙

[@glendareserva9930]

We're glad you're safe and alive. Praying for an immediate restoration to every loss you've experienced

[@VRYYanforh]

I used to snowbird in St.Pete and have seen MANY a hurricane but this is unbelievable. Thank God I usually live in a hotel several stories up but if I couldn't get out 😢 Prayers for all these ppl!

[@truthray2885]

Treasure Island is "outside of Tampa" because it is a barrier island to ST PETERSBURG, which is west across Tampa Bay on the Gulf coast. That causeway at the beginning leads to St. Pete, not to Tampa. Tampa is an hour away from there.

[@digleman1]

No one cares about St.Pete. It's all Tampa Bay

[@Floridamancan]

You spitting facts bro

[@SherylWillis-ws7hl]

Glade your alive , Amen

[@lynsylva-bb6ss]

I read a comment about the fact that the native Americans told the white man of the flood areas, hurricane areas and tornado allys three hundred years ago and still they build there. Ridiculous when you think about it.

[@mojo7493]

Do you really think you wagging your finger at ppl who have lost everything is productive?

[@lynsylva-bb6ss]

@@mojo7493 Hmmm good question, But no it doesn't. It's just a fact.

[@Pablo44528]

As a central Floridan I can tell you the same thing don’t build anywhere in low lying areas or near water

[@IndepenisDay]

​@@lynsylva-bb6ssalright buddy with autism. We have flood zones along almost every coast on America. Not understanding the odds of a wipeout storm and why industry would be right on the beach makes you look like a 12 year old Redditor.

[@cdmc965]

Heartbreaking, I pray the Lord gives them strength

[@joannedavis1991]

Well so much for my thinking I might relocate Florida!

[@edgefan4437]

It doesn't look like anywhere in Florida would not possibly be affected at this point and the rising sea is only going to get worse.

[@IndepenisDay]

​@@edgefan4437the sea is not rising in Florida. It hasn't risen at all in 50 years. Stop watching fake news and go out to the beach to see it yourself

[@paulaswann6990]

Sending prayers and love. Have visited Tampa. Such a beautiful place. Beyond sad what storm destroyed.

[@harrietcarpenter2387]

As I live here, it's the truth.😟

[@supertrucker99]

Always buy renters insurance Including water damage

[@naomiemoore5725]

Expect the rates to quadruple if not more.

[@Username0467]

Not everywhere is eligible for coverage now :(

[@MyLoserBrain]

It's called flooding insurance, this is not water damage as an insurance company would consider water damages superficial. This is part of property insurance, so you need to add on flooding insurance cause it's never included.

[@shawnwieber2564]

Took on Milton head on...and now We just got a cold front going to be in the 50s tonight..love it

[@roriemarie2968]

Love treasure island. My grandfather lived there for decades. 😢

[@AlyseNicoleO]

Imagine not having money or family to help. Where will they go now?

[@suemitchel-runow3566]

No freinds either?

[@marys4565]

​@@suemitchel-runow3566Well, depends on the friends. From my experience there are many who are there for the fun times. But in tragedy, nowhere around. Some just don't do well under certain circumstances

[@jd88080]

God bless these people.Stay safe and well!

[@VTKingdomsawing]

I guess its not surprising the camera found Bailey Martin. Beautiful and articulate! All the best, Bailey!

[@susanwright4414]

Let's build back sustainably. ❤

[@_strawberrynyquil]

No, no more community and business on barrier islands. They’re called barrier for a reason

[@richardg4764]

Everyone is sick of Florida and natural disasters. Anyone that builds on a barrier island really expect these kind of events and the government needs to step in and stop it. They are called a barrier island for a reason.

[@VTKingdomsawing]

Apparently not everyone...

[@taritabonita22]

@@richardg4764 I agree 💯 I would’ve been gone already.

[@MattyNelson-rs3ik]

True...but are there real barriers,,natural barriers? And how big can an island be to prevent a cath 4?

[@MyLoserBrain]

​@@MattyNelson-rs3ik it literally did stop a lot of flooding actually. Just cause it still flooded past them doesn't mean that they didn't lessen the amount or even the impact of the storm.

[@fldesigner5047]

I live in St Petersburg, just across bridge from TI. Just went through Helene AND Milton. This will take YEARS for these beach communities to cover.

[@conniegravelle1803]

Renting is completely different than ownership.

[@carolynturk-hu7je]

Nothing that could have prepared that couple for what they saw? How about the last hurricane or tornado? Come on people!

[@MattyNelson-rs3ik]

I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA,SAN ANDREAS, NOT VERY FAR AWAY,FROM MY HOUSE..DISASTERS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE IN 100 YEARS OR 500 YEARS..No one has a crystal ball

[@LoriDunbar-on9nl]

You have your life. That is all that matters

[@janetbunker4003]

So sad😢❤ prayers for all affected!

[@angiedillman7963]

And now we have Milton..I live less than a mile from the coast, Im scared..this one will be in the books for sure..

[@kelsiefletcher]

Im in zone A pasco county. Prayers to you❤❤ we are evacuating to zone D to our sister in laws.

[@frogganna]

Oh we're young adults and able bodied.... We are leaving and never coming back. Not to live or to freaking HELP ANYONE... Thx guys. Great of you to be a humanitarian

[@_strawberrynyquil]

Is this Treasure Island Crossway into Pasadena or Tom Stuart Crossway into bay pines? Either way it’s nuts to see, I passed over both a ton of times in July on vacation

[@GalacticPossum]

Fishing poles and deer antlers. ❤ I hope he can rebuild and it's peaceful from here.

[@beckydennis6591]

🙏 thank you Jesus for getting them out safely and help them through this difficult clean up. Human life is more precious than any material possession. Amen

[@robindavis432]

Praying for all that have been displaced and who have suffered thru this.

[@lucindaandresen7360]

Your life. You have your life. Praise God. Thank you Jesus

[@Mmmmkaaay]

I spent a few decades in Tampa Bay. In some cases, it didn't even take a hurricane to flood my mother's house in Tarpon Springs...just a few days of rain. This State is a ticking time bomb of hurricanes and the aquifers that have made the land Swiss cheese, causing sinkholes.

[@kellibarnhouse6160]

With all of the Hurricanes in that area why are Our Elected Officals selling that land on Barrier Islands? I remember a ferry to shell island back in the early 70s! Barrier islands are meant to take All of the water from Hurricanes and swamps are Also! Thank God, That most of those Folks got out OK! That they are Alive!

[@DebraVick-l3j]

Prayers

[@nathangutierrez1537]

Gyaaaaat!!!

[@lacyboi0019]

Wow did not know this place was out side of Tampa. I live in st. Pet and tampa and st. Pet are at least 20 to 30 miles from each other

[@ChrisWilliams-n3y]

GOD. BLESS YOU.

[@TMarkLenthall]

Not climate change, it's not a problem, insurance companies aren't dropping policies in droves.

[@QueenofNonSequitur]

You guys better move. It won't get better.

[@marilenesaenz5830]

I am without words 🫢😳😓😥but never and never slowed down, GOD'S BLESSINGS TO EVERYONE 🙏👍✌️💌🕊

[@JamesBarry-j7m]

Flood insurance it's so important to have

[@Mmmmkaaay]

It's becoming unaffordable. That's why my mom sold her house there. When she bought the house in 1982, flood insurance cost about $400 a year. By the time she sold her house 10 years ago, flood insurance was costing her $4,000 a year.

[@MyLoserBrain]

​@@Mmmmkaaay well yeah, idk why anyone who doesn't have a bunch of money even lives on the coast of FL anyway. If anything the price is perfect, we weren't getting storms like this till recently. You want them to not up the charge just cause you moved there when the storms weren't bad?

[@IndepenisDay]

​@@MyLoserBraincuz this area never gets this kind of destruction

[@michek579]

Glad they made it out with their lives. Possessions can be bought again

[@nancychandler768]

Land grab

[@IndepenisDay]

Yup

[@bonniejones3032]

My heart breaks for these people dismantle FEMA

[@BogardanLord]

KAMALA/WALZ 2024 SAY NO TO HATE

[@SLF-nw2yc]

The hardest part is deciding what to take and what to leave behind.

[@robertbrinson1387]

Treasure island is in Saint Pete Florida

[@AvisHodges]

thank God you are safe spending you prayers and alot of love ❤❤❤❤

[@valfranks2006]

Praying for victims!

[@dondileighsox]

I used to live in Treasure Island ❤❤

[@tinasalazar8298]

Sending miraculous healing prayers blessings miracles and angels for protection always amen

[@Elize-i5t]

It's heartbroken 😢

[@sarafishersmith2547]

About time we hear about Florida. ❤😂🎉😱😱😱😱

[@terywetherlow7970]

Did Holiday get hit??

[@mississippiqueen2164]

This is just a preview folks.

[@IndepenisDay]

Oh of what exactly, Nostradamus?

[@vascodesena]

Ask FOX for help, they lit the fire…

[@amandacostello4630]

Wow where are you for milton

[@shaunhall3155]

Imagine waking up to 6 boats in your front yard

[@dougroberts299]

So sad! 😢❤️🙏🏻

[@Georgemaze-ve1bv]

Outside of st.petersburg ,tampa is a trip away

[@--FL-Agent]

😂😂😂😂Hearing people who are wearing out of state T-shirts say they are leaving and not coming back….is calming for me.

[@ironwolph]

His fishing poles and golf clubs..

[@2003oki]

🙏🏼

[@lindaglover7088]

It actually flooded in places it has never flooded. You should expect flooding all along that island area but it flooded way farther inland.

[@barbarakaiwi8364]

It seems like packing everything into a truck BEFORE the arrival of the hurricane and finding a place that's on higher grounds seems to be the way to deal with hurricanes. These people do know that Florida is a hurricane zone?? It's been like that for years

[@m.a.w1231]

🙏🏽

[@charleenwilkes1714]

Helene was nothing compared to hurricane Milton, just 2 weeks later!!

[@allenrichardson7815]

People for Detroit is praying for your 🫂💔🙏🏿❤️‍🩹

[@jeremycarroll2161]

They recognize its earthly treasures and worldly possessions. Godly perspective helps in the worst of circumstances.

[@MrBigCheese589]

And now they have to face hurricane Milton 🌀

[@debbiehall9892]

James & Dani are you okay?

[@fairlane19641]

Now they are leaving again ! Geez !

[@kirksink6002]

It's not Tampa,it's St Petersburg.

[@mangafq8]

Barrier islands are not meant to be habitable. God bless them.

[@Ray-ml6iy]

May Jesus Christ give you all peace and the mental strength to get through these storms.

[@Floridamancan]

Outside of st pete

[@taritabonita22]

Why build there in the first place? It’s a disaster waiting to happen.

[@bartonbella3131]

Where do you live? I live in beautiful North Alabama, we have tornadoes but we also know that we have the 2nd worst fault line. We also have rivers that can flood. Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas are toward the middle but have tornadoes. Up north there are Blizzards, tornadoes and floods. Where do you think has the best shot?

[@taritabonita22]

@@bartonbella3131 Sacramento California. Which will someday be oceanfront property, due to a major earthquake! 😱

[@squatchit5700]

​@@taritabonita22, your original comment is insanely ignorant. Why live anywhere? A natural disaster can happen no matter where you live as we live in nature whether you believe it or not. You think you're safe from any of this because you live in California? We are seeing unprecedented weather patterns due to climate change who knows what or where the next disaster will be.

[@taritabonita22]

@@squatchit5700 Oh trust me I’m aware of that!!! I am far from being ignorant!

[@suemitchel-runow3566]

​@@bartonbella3131but we all know Florida is sticking out right in hurricane ally

[@savage22bolt32]

It must feel great to be free from so many physical possessions.

[@Mmmmkaaay]

The trappings of life literally trap us.

[@robertbrinson1387]

U mean to tell me it had nothing to do with Milton

[@analysisreporting5922]

Been having to live out of a backpack my whole life so I don’t get attached to objects like others do anymore buy when u are attached to your stuff to see it gone makes it worse and harder to move on

[@gcangel7673]

Snowbirds are there when hurricane is done dec to may. Being a renter your still have fees to help rebuild per renter agreement.

[@helenpatterson3858]

Milton is coming...

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

it's fine, they can afford it. More attention to the areas who were obliterated. They need the eyes and hearts ($) for any chance of making it

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

How do you presume to know what people can afford? Best not to be sanctimonious.

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

@@tanikokishimoto1604 lol you obviously dont know jacksh!t about this area and more specifically treasure island. go he erratic to your neighbors and stay out things you dont know anything about. they CAN afford it. that's why they live there

[@_strawberrynyquil]

⁠@@jusletursoulglobabywell I happen to know “Jackshit” about the area and not a lot of people there can afford it, you sound like a jerk. The area is pretty split between rich penthouse people and people scraping by

[@rosebanx00]

Treasure island outside of Tampa? Umm excuse me lol… treasure island is apart of st.pete not Tampa.

[@sellsformoola]

More coming be careful

[@sharonpyle8392]

😢💔

[@ericvonp]

Let me guess … NO renters insurance

[@MattyNelson-rs3ik]

So how much does renters insurance cost in Florida now.?

[@kal8344]

Why would they be going back when Hurricane Milton will mean they will face certain death very soon?

[@andreah6379]

Doesn't moving to another part of the US sound great right now? !

[@brendalowe2050]

❤🙏🏽

[@MyPersonalBrand]

Many aren't locals. It's all fun and games living on the waterfront until it isn't. Think before living in an area.

[@motonut4503]

Get ready for round two, get outta there

[@joannedonaldson5818]

This is why i would never live near water

[@vascodesena]

“Suck it up”- Desantis ain’t gonna help, he’s too busy hustling, and his ticket is in Mar a Lago, and nowhere else in Florida, you are all worthless cogs to his grinding machine, meat waves…..

[@IndepenisDay]

GFY, Desantis has been helping the whole time. Shows you how much you actually pay attention. Get lost, this is no place for politics

[@IndepenisDay]

Stop thinking about meat

[@michaelragsdale5643]

🙏💔❤️

[@BogardanLord]

KAMALA/WALZ 2024 SAY NO TO HATE

[@rachaelditta4224]

And then Milton hit. 😢