Sanibel Island Causeway destroyed by Hurricane Ian - Drone assessment

[@stevef]

Great flying. You know how to use a drone. For those of you wondering why he can't go further, two reasons. #1 The drone has a certain range and will warn and stop, #2 With these drones they have to fly them within LOS (Line of Sight) which means they need to be able to see the drone.

[@WxChasing]

Thank you. You are correct. It wasn't a range issue, it was a LOS issue though.

[@ferretocious]

Wow. This was incredible. VERY chilling to see the destruction up close. AMAZING camera work! I especially loved that part towards the end where you paused then flew up to pivot to see the section of bridge that had caved in. Crazy control there!

[@sjay149]

In a couple of weeks, all that brown water will be crystal blue again. In a few months, all of the rotting corpses will be found. In several years, we’ll all be in love with Sanibel and Captiva again.

[@cmonman7082]

Wow that is great drone footage,awesome job

[@superseal717]

When you build on barrier reefs and low lying shorelines, what is one to expect? Most humans are short sighted to the perils in which mother nature operates...yet we flock to the sea like flies to a flame.

[@CHMichael]

Most houses built after 1990 are ok. The ground floor is supposed to have break away walls. ( the uninsured section) Take a look at his Captiva video. We usually don't get a storm surge with hurricanes - that's why many old cottages ( ground level) that managed to survive Charlie got seriously damaged. Next year Sanibel will look as good as it did before the storm. I was there for Charlie.

[@schoolgirl4suzuki]

Seems like a bit of hubris to build cities and roads on the sea or the edge of the sea.

[@CHMichael]

@@schoolgirl4suzuki the majority of the world population is on a shore line.

[@lindakaymills8746]

...moths to a flame

[@bobwiley69]

@@schoolgirl4suzuki There have been bridges there since 1963. These bridges were built between 2004-2007. It’s the first time they’ve been destroyed. Mother Nature can strike anywhere. By your logic where should people live? Tornados, Earthquakes, wildfires…..There are risks everywhere.

[@stevef]

I know you are not a resident but if you do more video, we are trying to locate footage on the Sundial Resort which is where we stayed every year. I would assume most of it destroyed or seriously damaged.

[@icare7151]

The storm surge barrier wall totally failed and saving money by using the small sound sand bars as miniature islands for the roadway major mistakes. They must remove all the submerged asphalt, exposed asphalt and rebuild a new elevated causeway bridge system the entire length from FT Meyers Beach to Sanibel Island. The massive environmental cleanup is going to take years, the local shrimp and other fishing industry in the area destroyed for years as the water and land are deeply contaminated with oil, tar, diesel, fiber glass, asbestos, lead, pesticides, gasoline, glass, metal, PCBs, chemicals, latex, plastics, etc.

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

I'm amazed parts of the causeway are still intact while others are just gone

[@CHMichael]

These bridges are fairly new and built higher than the old one. I wonder what type of storm the were supposed to withstand?

[@Roaming50]

As I kid you learn that a sandcastle on the beach gets washed away when the tide comes in. Turns out that if you lay 4 inches of asphalt on sand "islands" that they same thing happens. These were not solid immovable structures. Perhaps they need more bridge next build and less "sandcastle".

[@francisconavarro8010]

Asphalt is very thin maybe wow no wonder it washed away

[@stephendoing2253]

The army Corp has everything to open travel to Sanibel.

[@kingboagart899]

Why is that Steve? One good reason.

[@pmczapczara5332]

There hardly is enough sand above the water to even consider where a replacement causeway could exist. Ferry service could be more appropriate.

[@yvettescavuzzo5341]

Have you gone on the other side of Bridge at the rv parks? Ft myers rv resort?

[@kingboagart899]

Confucius say "woman who fly airplane upside down have hairy crack up"

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

So did water or floating debris destroy the causeway?

[@michelewallace8568]

Stop building on barrier reefs. Developers you are guilty of being money hungry at the cost of human life. Disgusting!!!

[@GoGreen1977]

It isn't just developers. People want to visit and live on these islands. Then they need places to stay and visit and restaurants and grocery stores and many other goods and services and the infrastructure to support all of that. We the people are to blame.

[@russelllowry1061]

Rent , don't buy, is my advice. I plan on moving to Florida some day, but I will build far inland, and drive to the beach, or occasionally rent a beach front property. And anyone who bought on the island knows the risk they are taking. So, no it is not disgusting.

[@hartmutlorentzen9659]

The sea level is rising. Within 40 years Sanibel is gone .

[@willowsloughdx]

Didn't make it all the way to Sanibel Island, did you?

[@WxChasing]

Yes, I have video up on my page and will be adding more over the next few days.

[@willowsloughdx]

@@WxChasing I have yet to see any video anywhere of the Sanibel Island landing of the causeway.

[@brainthesizeofplanet]

@@WxChasing could I also post a drone view over Captiva? I really wonder how bad it was over there this time

[@WxChasing]

@@brainthesizeofplanet I have Captiva on my page.

[@shane989xp]

Do any of you have footage along Periwinkle Way showing businesses such as Bailey’s, Doc Fords, etc… and how they fared in the storm?

[@propheticswordnita3603]

Built in sinking sand.

[@dirtydinner6463]

A great reminder not to live on the coast. As the west loses water and the coasts continue to have more extreme disasters the Midwest is going to be a very attractive real estate market. Tornados are small potatoes compared to the disasters other regions in the US face.

[@crismcdonough2804]

Pennsylvania has few tornadoes. If so, they are usually EF 1 or 2. The southern part gets snow but it's manageable.

[@chrismclean2989]

I drove the causeway a week ago… nature is unforgiving…

[@jl901645]

THEIR GOES MY FLORIDA DREAM

[@russelllowry1061]

If all these wealthy property owners had to bare the true cost associated with building in these areas, there would be no 10, 20 million dollar homes. Just the cost to tax payers to rebuild the road to Sanibel will be billions, if not trillions. Ocean front property would be cheaper, not more expensive, than safer building spots inland. In days of old, beach houses were cheap, rustic structures that could easily be replaced when destroyed. Now, with ridiculous building codes you can't build them. Look for your insurance rates to go up all over America, to subsidize these wealthy property owners.

[@LIGHTWORKER-po9di]

WEATHER WAR FAIR 🆘️ ‼️ GEO ENGINEERING 🆘️ ‼️ PLEASE WAKE UP 🆘️ ‼️

[@lizzalee3686]

Absolutely just like the fires inCalifornia they are normal forest Fires some kind of chemical dusted over those areas The ones from few years back after fire put out could see that they were a different type of fire cause of the way they burned and was odd looking ?

[@tangaeric6706]

Oh! Babylon...

[@kathyyoung1774]

Alas Babylon, Pat Frank

[@ronaldboonstra4834]

WTF............

[@apelsinas691]

next time build stronger.. tarmac on the sand,,,genius,,

[@dave.bosarge840]

Rich white road dangerous

[@bobbyd6499]

Well, what can I say, that’s the price one pays for living in “paradise”. No sympathy for the rich, oh well. 🥲

[@WxChasing]

Perhaps we should look at humans as people instead of net worth.

[@fritterfoof5146]

@@WxChasing Perhaps people should look at humans as more then how much money they can make from them .

[@thepiercefamilyproduct2841]

UGH. Another woke liberal.