'The beachfront is IN their home': Surreal sand displacement at Pinellas Beaches after Helene

The Pinellas Beaches are buried in sand in the aftermath of record-level storm surge from Hurricane Helene. WFLA Jeff Patterson is live in Eagle 8 HD over St. Pete Beach. You can report damage in your area with photos and videos sent to WFLA.com/ReportIt

[@poollife777]

The sand is where it's supposed to be the houses are not.

[@joshwilson8501]

Yes they should just leave the sand!

[@aheimdahl5201]

Exactly.

[@curtisducati]

Dumb idea building homes on the beach , 30ft from the Ocean ? Flooded ? No I'm shocked lol

[@nuclearbum9858]

leave the sand alone move the houses....

[@GaryMckenzie-qy9hw]

THAT ACTUALLY IS THE ANSWER. ANDBPUT THE SEA OATS BACK IN THE DUNES. THAT PROTECTS THE SHORELINE. SHORELINE IS BASICALLY UNSTABLE. IT CAN'T SUSTAIN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS WHEN STORMS COME IN.

[@intelligenceisrarethesedays]

❤ Exactly!!!

[@louisedavis]

The sand belongs there not the houses, the sea is taking back its own.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Probably true.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Maybe these people can move inland in the same community. Just relocate them outside the flood zone. A special program.

[@picolascage5270]

Now imagine what would happen to pinellas county if a hurricane came right into the mouth of the tampa bay? only the highest point of Saint Petersburg would be above water and would literally be an island for god knows how long. The damage would be worse than what Katrina did to New Orleans.

[@KEAHON]

Beachfront property…living the dream

[@Iamtheclip]

Then they awoke

[@DARWINZOO]

Record breaking isn't relevant? Perry area Florida with New construction did really well with stilts. As to our tax dollars? Not at all happy

[@brennan2014]

I’m so sorry the 2.5 million dollar home you decided to build 1ft above sea level on an island, flooded. It’s gonna be great when my insurance rate goes up again next year, appreciate it.

[@brennan2014]

@@LadieKadie haha laughing at rich people doing dumb things and paying for it is bipartisan. If I was a Democrat, I’d be mad at you for simply being rich. I don’t care if people are rich, but it’s kind of ironic what happened lol Trump 2024

[@yourmom10269]

exactly... we all are subsidizing the lifestyles of the rich and or famous...

[@JamesJensen-g4m]

@@LadieKadie get a life.

[@angelbulldog4934]

My aunt and uncle had a beautiful brick house on the coast in Myrtle Beach SC years ago. If I remember correctly, they couldn't get insurance, which is how it should be. We all pay in some way for that kind of stupidity.

[@camresearch5120]

Trump says climate change will create more beach ⛱️ front property. 😮 Wow I guess he was telling the truth 😢

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

MEANWHILE 600 + people missing in Ashville NC and other places....

[@torinsall]

Feel bad for the homeowners, BUT ... realistically ... ocean shorelines naturally have sections which are worn away over time while other sections are built up over time... it is expected. For that reason, it is not very bright to live within about a half-mile or mile of the shoreline (depending on which shoreline). You want the sand dunes and marshes and wetlands to be your storm buffer... buildings are horrible storm buffers. edited for typos

[@KristinaDisney777]

Theres another storm coming! Just stop until hurricane season is over. The water is so hot.......

[@RobbieOakley-z1e]

Did Jesus say something about building on the sand, hmm think we'd listen but of course they will rebuild again right on the sand😮

[@tracelee7332]

They won't have the chance to.

[@jase4270]

Lets go live right on the ocean front what a great idea.

[@bamboo1165]

the beach is for everyone! not for the rich alone.

[@Michael-k1z4r]

what did you expect when a home is 100 yards from the ocean. On flat land.>>

[@charlesglegg7330]

Anybody remember what they called these places before bridges, mosquito control and unregulated dredging ruined Pinellas County? They were called barrier islands. Key word "BARRIER". Other than fish camps nothing ought to have been built on them! Now we can all pay higher insurance rates.

[@floridacracker-cn4nt]

Beaches buried in Sand after storm surge? Way Too Funny!! What else are beaches made from? Idiocracy!!

[@Netcentric-fk6ek]

Hats off to those woking hard in Fla, driving those loaders, trucks, working on water and elec. Its hard work and you have a big job.

[@1wildwackywoman]

Time to stop issuing building permits within a mile of the coastline.

[@JohnSmith-vo9zc]

They are called "barrier islands" for a reason. If you want to live on or near the ocean, you need to accept the risks and expenses involved. I do not own a person jet, but if I did, I would not complain about the cost of a pilot, hanger expense, airport usage expense, jet fuel expense and maintenance....................if you can't afford to live on or near the ocean (hurricanes and flooding are sooner or later expense), don't.

[@bruh_hahaha]

All these irresponsible ppl with their beachfront homes, now ALL insurance premiums will go up and us common folk will be picking up the tab. 😡

[@ericvonp]

The “Thing” will be on the road again guaranteed! I know the area, had a Hotel there in the 70’s. People should have left. They had a week.

[@eugenialinn1834]

Call coastal regions should be made into preserves

[@v.dargain1678]

Not such a bad idea .

[@WillEddy-s1d]

I was in IRB today, and it all smelled like a port a jon. Absolutely terrible

[@starcrib]

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[@1GoodWoman]

In a snowstorm, says the lady who grew up in Rochester and Buffalo New York, eventually the snow will melt. Not true with sand. How many times will the zoning boards and insurance industries allow rebuilding in dangerous places and also not force evacuations no matter how stubborn in time? Looking at the flyover images honestly those entire areas need to be permanently cleared and returned to nature. Building and repairing there is irresponsible, short and long term.

[@thedreamqueen]

The complete breakdown of logic from "beaches buried in sand" to people putting sandbags around a house when you live on a sandbar convinces me there may need to be two planets - one for those who want to live in reality, and one who want to live in fantasy. I guess we gotta make do until then!

[@SRK-I]

These people built the homes at the wrong locations. We are going to pay for it. I hope they wont get insurance or insurance co declares bankruptcy.

[@wetrucken1689]

Stepped on a nail lol😂 God says we have to be humble. Or I will humble you!!!!

[@3ngi_n33r]

Dang! It took chunks of asphalt out!

[@michaelbarlowe2958]

The Elevation is so low close to actual sea level how can people be surprised when it floods?? Tragic none the less

[@DrewberTravels]

Frankly… insurance companies should pay out for the loss but refuse to insure a rebuilt property. Turn this area into a national park and let nature take it back over.

[@KatMama55]

Rich man storm rich man problems anyone rich enough for primary 2nd airbnb onnear the water storm

[@JimSuperwhite43]

When native sand dunes are flattened at the behest of developers, then the first line of defense against storm surge is eliminated. City councils need to start listening to environmentalists and stop thinking that more development is a plus.

[@LadieKadie]

🥱

[@Palerider2023]

Oh no. I don't feel bad for those well off people who lost a second home.

[@sherrydesantis3437]

You couldn't pay me to live there. I feel so sorry for the people who lost their lives. Too many hurricanes for us! Just look @ the Carolinas Tennessee Georgia it flooded them out in the mountains inland. These storms are getting worse each year & I hear more are forming. God bless youall!

[@michelerich1590]

"beaches buried in sand" ya think?

[@bayboybob]

If those rich people are trying to take over the beach as their own private preserve they should be responsible for all maintenance including clean up and replenishing the sand. Why should the ordinary taxpayer foot the bill?

[@LinuxUser00]

@@LadieKadie No, just tired of footing the bill for wealthy people's bailouts, which the Fed Gov always approves!

[@chrisearls4220]

Cause those people pay most of the taxes that pay for all the other roads.

[@Brekstahkid]

A lot of those people aren't rich. Boomers back in the 90's-2000's bought those homes for dirt cheap. Regular people. Nothing special. Also, how are the tax payers paying for this? Insurance covers most. Tax payers have nothing to do with this.

[@raybod1775]

@@chrisearls4220 All drivers pay equal taxes on gas for the roads, rich don’t pay any more than anyone else.

[@chrisearls4220]

You obviously dont own a home and pay property tax on it. school, road, land, improvements, tax tax tax. 2 million dollar house pays northward​ of 20k a year in taxes...@@raybod1775

[@jadeheart911]

Is that sand now contaminated with sewage?

[@noneya61]

Ding ding ding! Johnny We have a winner! 🎉🎉 that my friend is the million dollar question! While the sanitary sewer manhole covers are extremely heavy they are NOT water tight. So there is a very real possibility that not only do they have to sift all the sand for debris, They have to check it for sewage contamination as well before that can even consider putting it back on the beach.

[@muscleman125]

@@noneya61 the way you type makes me feel like you are insufferable in real life

[@Netcentric-fk6ek]

everything is....

[@dorisacker6292]

That happened to Ocean City, NJ with Super Storm Sandy It had about 3 feet on their streets.

[@dorisacker6292]

Of sand after water left.

[@mikeallosso]

Mother natures Etch-a-sketch

[@augustwest-e8l]

Oh my god these poor rich people…..

[@LadieKadie]

Jealous much

[@goldieslacks]

​@@LadieKadienobody is jealous of people dumb enough to buy property that close to the water.

[@v.dargain1678]

9 are dead . Money means nothing to mother nature .

[@RobbieOakley-z1e]

😂😂😂

[@JaimieJo]

Why don't you look at the huge loss in North Carolina! I don't care about rich people building homes on a beach.

[@JamesBrown-dv4ve]

North Carolina is ten times worse than Florida!!! I loved to visit Ashville it's hard to imagine!! Stay safe!

[@debbielwilliamson8546]

There are many videos from North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Illinois on KZbin. This is a local Florida news station.

[@M-zg2sg]

I care. I seen enough of that North Carolina damage.

[@UnitedStatesOfArabia7]

There's more coverage on North Carolina than any other state . What's wrong with you

[@hokeypokeypots]

Ohh...cry me a river! Anyone along the Atlantic coast who builds a house by the water deserves to lose it in a hurricane. It's not like it hasn't happened before. Wealthy people can afford to lose their waterfront vacation homes and rebuild, but anyone else is screwed. Don't know if insurance companies even insure those properties.

[@sugarmagnolia1475]

It takes decades of preventative maintenance and planning for climate change, with acceptance of the concept. Where were the US army corps of engineers directed 2016- 2020? The border.

[@doneown503]

, OH ! - the Body Count ! 😢 , quite the kick in the pants ! , Astronomical High Times!😢

[@DARWINZOO]

Sorry to be political but trump said at a rally "people will get beach front homes" with storm events. That's just not funny. Hoping for good people to step in, which they are. ❤

[@SenatorBlutarsky]

Use to live in a house right-on St. Pete Beach.... it must be under 10 ft. of sand right now - if it's still standing.....

[@KeithCindyPanama]

This Sand Looks like snow drifts after a blizzard. In Fairfax VA we had a blizzard in 2016.

[@Nationalfruitcakeoutlet]

Governor Ron DeSantis is going to declare marijuana relief for the state of Florida. Those that have lost everything at least you can grow marijuana and the police will never harass you for it again. Call the governor and demand marijuana relief. Besides home growing.... It's card or no card at these dispensaries now all throughout Florida just over 21

[@JamesBrown-dv4ve]

I'd rather have a blizzard than Hurricane! I lived in Jacksonville till 2020 glad I left, we had Faye, Irma and Matthew! Safe safe Florida!

[@erogers7053]

Almost every part of this country goes through some form of strong violent weather. Know your risks, know how to mitigate the risks of damage and injury.

[@enuclear]

Are they pushing the sand back to the foreshore is the right question. If that doesn’t happen, the next hurricane surge will take out the houses. Although it won’t feel like it now the beach is their only protection.

[@DypoMage]

All those houses are worthless. It will never be "normal" again! Wee are past that point. Al least next year this same will happen again, before they are able to repair from this one...

[@geoffreykeating8172]

Funny what would looked like paradise a few years ago looks like hell now , and it's never going back paradise 😮

[@sunnywen4080]

may need to have some kinds of protected sand dunes between beach and land to prevent this from happening again?

[@snoopcow]

They built houses 10 ft away from the water. Insanity.

[@v.dargain1678]

The state of Florida should make building the close the shore forbidden .

[@SophyTiffany-r7g]

Lee Richard Lopez Susan Brown Shirley

[@REXKUEHNER]

THERE IS NOTHING MORE EMOTIONALY AND JUST SHEER EGHAUSTING THAN CLEANING UP AFTER A FLOOD EVEN. IT GONES ON FOR MONTHS.

[@cindysan5385]

Omg! So this is what they call “ Beach Front life style"?

[@bamboo1165]

the once not found............think of the aligators!

[@charlespryce7067]

Why don't they just get a conveyor belt and put it back into the ocean

[@bamboo1165]

we gonna ride the storm ! now they are missing! 1000 are missing

[@oceanrock733]

Good advice about the electricity danger.

[@williamfugatt5003]

the problem is we never learn we just keep doing the same stupid shit

[@olgaehernandez57]

Nothing stop mother nature...move!

[@stardel]

Consumed by the water they love😢

[@MsBeeFuerst]

Don't mess with mother nature, she rules!

[@LuckyPenny-dw3uw]

The work alone is overwhelming!

[@romeodal12]

They need a big vacuum cleaner!

[@jerryowenssr.9894]

Mother Nature is rebuilding the coast keep the sand and rebuild off of it

[@JS-cz5zm]

Stop rebuilding!

[@skunkyaawax4546]

More grouper holes for me to fish

[@misterfunnybones]

Like Newfoundland every winter.

[@bgatlin5918]

Unbelievable! 😢😢😢

[@Jesus_story_in_Talmud]

ooooopppsss 😂

[@KeithCindyPanama]

Question: Will the fed send money into these areas or will they send it into Ukraine??

[@TomDotCom2]

Send it to Ukraine. Send it to anyone but the idiots that pretend climate change is a hoax

[@RegenTanzer1]

It’s difficult to feel too much sympathy for those who’ve decided to buy (or build) a house on any barrier island. The state should have never allowed it! But-when there’s money to be made…..

[@LadieKadie]

Ah. The generation of greed and rabid jealousy.

[@SasukeUchiha-zu6dw]

Perhaps the govt could buy them all out at full market value then turn the area into a nature park, could get pretty expensive though

[@raybod1775]

@@SasukeUchiha-zu6dw Just stop the government giving them money, eventually they’ll abandon their properties.

[@harryberry474]

@ReganTanzer1..."The state should have never allowed it!" you're EXACTLY RIGHT. Building homes and even towns on these barrier islands is a disaster waiting to happen it's just a matter of time. It's just not this one hurricane it can happen on the east west or south side of Florida. As a matter of fact all up and down the east coast people living AT sea level should have never been allowed..

[@DrewberTravels]

6:55 suicide by disaster

[@LadieKadie]

God bless Florida. Stay safe Americans.

[@v.dargain1678]

The videos one year from now will definitely different and more optimistic .

[@stevem-h5e]

"I built my house of sticks." One of Three Little Pigs.

[@peterrichard3706]

If i lived there,id be moving to Maine, or Colorado, some where thats way above sealevel. I can handle snow but not water n sand.

[@patty520]

Side effect ....no water equals lots of sand its like medicine dide effects 😮

[@JimEdds]

Great video thanks. The commentary is a bit much. You want to know about storm surge ask me.

[@CampCrunk-o2k]

Twas a fool who built his house in the sand

[@augustwest-e8l]

I mean, it’s kind of cool to have a beach TOP property

[@v.dargain1678]

But because of the frequent storms , the financial risk is very high .

[@nhernandez925]

rich people problems

[@vet137]

RED STATE

[@KeruxLand]

NOBODY should be allowed to have a house that close to the water, NOBODY as this is what they ultimately risk. The other thing that bothers most of us, is the view AND access that is lost because these ''privileged'' people took the place. Karma.......................

[@stuartkidney3257]

they can be allowed, just that they have to SELF INSURE. No bailouts or low interest loans; caveat emptor ...

[@VegasYouTuberSteve]

Nobody should build on a earthquake fault zone too. Middle of Kansas during Tornado season. Mother Nature doesn't care..

[@doloresturnwall3200]

The sand is exactly where it’s “ supposed “ to be. The buildings are not where they are “ supposed “ to be. Overconsumption….wasteful , Mother Nature takes her revenge.

[@brendadrew834]

This has happened on Cape Cod for decades and it's happening now out in California, multi-million dollar homes for other environmental reasons! Not a Bible thumper but the Bible says "that people who hear Jesus' words but don't put them into practice are like a foolish man who built his house on sand, while those who do put them into practice are like a wise man who built his house on the rock. This is described in Matthew 7:24-27, where Jesus says that the house built on sand will fall when it's hit by rain, wind, and streams." So much for waterfront properties with their high rents/mortgages, property taxes and home insurance rates through the stratosphere these days! smdh

[@henrymorgan3982]

We got the bubble headed bleach blonde who comes on at five She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye It's interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

Maybe we should put some sand bags up on our Southern Border?

[@Soylntgrnisppl]

Enter Sandman.

[@Shelly-mz9yf]

Guys none of us appreciate our insurance policies Going off the charts for. hurricane damage . However it doesn't mean we as a country don't want to help and assist. HOW CAN we do that ?

[@LadieKadie]

Don’t donate to Red Cross. That’s the only advice I know for sure is correct. If you wish to help, help a family DIRECTLY.

[@ladyt1866]

A whole new meaning of “ beach front property “.

[@v.dargain1678]

That's for sure .

[@nicolej5670]

Is that the beach front property Trump was talking about?

[@williamtomkiel8215]

even better when the beach comes to you -tell them what they won . .

[@inappropriatejohnson]

Sea level is rising no matter what Meatball DeSatan says. Future storms gonna be much worse. Blub-blub-blub, Y'all.

[@LadieKadie]

Who cares! We can’t do ONE THING about it! I’m never going to cave to the globalist agenda. NEVER.

[@joseh3564]

Inappropriate is accurate. There is NO record of sea level rise anywhere. Also, if it were, then the glacier the size of Rhode Island that broke away from Antarctica years ago now that's spinning would have shown signs of melt that would easily be recordable, but NOT. Manmade climate change is a political football.

[@tertuetken565]

Some could not Afford to get out. That’s THE SHAME ALONG W/YOUR LACK OF EMPATHY.

[@patty520]

Wow😢😮

[@MyLoganTreks]

79 hurricanes made landfall since 2000 in Florida. The frequency and intensity is increasing so denying it doesn't help anymore prepare. I have spent lots of time in FL Keys, Pine Island, Anna Maria and Sunset Beach, Sad but I told you so years ago!

[@LadieKadie]

@@MyLoganTreks😱Climate change omg. Run, panic. Shut up.

[@tinkarules]

If people who did not evacuate can not provide a good reason for not leaving, they shouldn't get federal aide. How many disasters need to happen before people listen?

[@tensor120]

Omg you can't think of anything beer to say than "beaches buried in sand?" The beaches are sand. And it is not a bad thing that it moved. Leave nature alone!

[@AdamVilanueva]

If they don't want anyone on the dry beach,this report made a good point! Fix it with your dollars

[@sherrydesantis3437]

Why can't they use 4 wheelers & side by sides to get stuff in & out? Be quicker but limited access by the beach .