'This is what they call devastation': Mexico Beach after Hurricane Michael
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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Standing here in Mexico beach right now what’s already being put together and coming together is amazing it’s incredible how far the community has come in such a short time
Carry on, Mayor Cathey. I hope you find strength in the fact that your people need you now more than ever.
Al Cathey was a great man before Michael...now everyone can see what character he has. It's an honor to know him.
That mayor is the kind of mayor, governor and president this country needs. Someone with love and compassion. Someone who loves other people, and his town/country as much as he loves himself. Mexico Beach is lucky to have him!
What a dedicated Mayor, My prayers go out to you and your town. This is the time for people to come together and help each other. The other day I watched my County Sheriff preparing several cruisers to donate to your location. God bless you all and hope is here.
This is heartbreaking. I'm New Orleans and this always hurts to see. I love y'all.
After a week of looking at damage...Michael was a Category 5, without a doubt.
BAMA G it was upgraded to a Cat 5.
There's been storms in the past category 5 damaged but it was 4 or 3.
Just because the damage was bad doesn't mean it was a 5.
@@unitgamex2972 it was a 5
@@unitgamex2972 I was tracking Micheal back when it wasn't even named.. he was a five no doubt
@@imjusstchillin5776 maybe a borderline case.
Mayor you keep doing what you are doing... I have the utmost respect.. am so proud of you and the city of Mexico beach... it won’t be the same.. but your words and actions speak loudly... and you are doing a terrific job considering the circumstances... hope you can get some peace from these words.. you have a huge road ahead... wish there were more folks like you....
Love from Santa Rosa as we are recovering from the firestorm one year ago. You're in my prayers!!!
I'm in Panama City. I am sorry for your town.
I would move there just to have this man as mayor. His "dust off and try again" attitude is incredible. The world needs more al cathey's
Hes cool. Met him at church and had no clue he was the mayor. He's helped me load my truck with lumber and supplies many a time. He's good people
I grew up in Panama City. My dad was stationed at T.A.F.B. I’ve take many trips over to Mexico Beach & I love that place! It breaks my heart seeing the devastation there and in my home town. My parents and sister both lost their homes, so I can relate to the pain of losing everything.
Seeing the Mayor Al Cathey’s positive attitude and brotherly love he has for his community is uplifting & inspirational! Bravo Mr Cathey! Seems like Mexico Beach has the right guy to help get the good people of Mexico Beach back on track!
I helped out at Panama City and Mexico Beach I was there for this horrible hurricane just got home the other day. I still wish I am down there but they sent us and red Cross home. Was in Alabama and Georgia then Florida and wow the devistation is beyond belief. Our crew set up camps for those who lost homes to hurricane micheal. Please stay safe everyone there. Always thinking of those in need.
What a wonderful soul you are❤️❤️❤️
To hear his house was the only one standing and they road out Michael is poof that living God sheltered him and his family from harm. What a wonderful mayor. God Bless the residence of Mexico Beach, FL.
So those who died in the storm didn't pray hard enough right?
Anyone who stayed took their own lives into their hands period.
Or, he got lucky...
well constructed house helped
Wow awesome grassroot leadership. Everyone knows him and he knows everyone.
My heart just breaks for these people who live only 121 miles to the east of us.
I went there 2 summers in a row and I know that town up and down but I can barley recognize it..
Kaprie Watermelon & Galaxy Me too :/
I used to go there every summer since this hurricane hit. It’s unrecognizable now.
I'm also a full time resident in Mexico Beach and we will rebuild no matter what
You see all that devastation and look across the road at the shoreline it's like two different worlds.
We lost out beach trailer/home when Michael hit. I lived in MB for 3 years before taking a job in north Alabama. i saw Al Cathey many times as I was in his hardware store every week for something. What a wonderful man and a great leader.
I'm originally from PC. My heart breaks for yall.
My 86 yr. Old Mom had to go to Tallahassee. Two days ago my stepdad said Mom is despondent. Praying for you.
YAHAWAH AT HIS BEST AND HE'S JUST GETTING STARTED. ALL PRAISES TO YAHAWAH AND YAHAWASHI. 🕎🌝🕎
Kal Halalym wa Hawad Yahawah Bahasham Yahawashi Bahasham Rawchaa Qadash Barak Ahtha!!!!!! 👏🏼😘
Thanks to the Washington Post for making this video. Good luck with your recovery, Mexico City.
All yall in the comments talking about trump and how he isn't helping, but as a person from right next to Mexico Beach... Almost 100% of these people voted for trump and will probably be doing it again come 2020. We love our president
just like everybody in texas, you have to apply......your state folks should be there....
Maybe a couple more hurricanes can hit the area before 2020.
@@SlinkySim ever hear of karma? what you just wished will be your problem.
SlinkySim-- You are another loser who wishes disaster on his/her fellow Americans simply because they might not have the same political views as you.
What a country we have become....
Love him? do you realize how brainwashed that sounds? You seem to miss the whole point that he works for you, your gvnt is paid for with your taxes & you hired him. The only time global populations say "They love their leader" is in S.Korea or other communist countries where you can be killed if you don't comply. Please wake up.
Well done, thank you, for creating this, I love that little place,
❤ may God Bless you and your family. Praying for Mexico beach ❤ ❤
God Bless you good folks. I'm in Panama City Beach very close to the Gulf and it wouldn't have taken much for this to be my house. My Heart breaks for y'all...You're in my prayers.
Hurricane Michael came ashore in a lightly-populated area. Someday another storm of equal strength is going to move over an urban area, and that will be horrific.
Ian
There are no words other than God Bless Mexico Beach. Yes it's been over 2 yrs since Michael but I'm sure the recovery & rebuilding continues.
Excellent documentary. Really shows the people who were impacted most.
hella respect for gray tank dude, such a positive attitude and mindset after such a catastrophic and traumatizing event
Not all but a lot of the homes damaged were second homes/vacation homes of people who live elsewhere (well off). I think this is why people haven't been very vocal about their needs because many of them have the means to move forward. The not so well off who lived in the area are being ignored because that is not the narrative the Governor wants now that he is in a tight race for the Senate.
or maybe they dont turn into snowflakes and think everyone hates them. this isnt california.
we lived in parker and lost our home and some clothing and beds and a night stand but we where lucky to be able to salvage alot of things
Just came back from there I had to see for myself but as of December 26th 2019 it looks all cleaned up! What an impressive job they did on the cleaning.
Was just there in May. Such a beautiful small town and beach. I hope they can rebuild soon.
My mother, nephew, and I visited Mexico Beach/Port St. Joseph in 2017 and we will come back!
Omg, just to see so many people road out the storm I'm speechless.😫 A very terrifying experience.
After Hugo I carried a tire plug kit at all times. Got nails for 4 months from debris removal. Once I went 2 weeks with no nails I got new tires. The right front had the most at 7 plugs.
True leadership. Checking on the well being of his people first. Onto starting the process of rebuilding his community. I don't live there but he's got my vote!
My prayers are with them.
This is a nightmare and now another hurricane is headed towards Florida and is suppose to hit by Tuesday evening. They are worried about the storm surge and the flooding and rain. 🤔
im so so sorry.its so sad.rebuild to withstand an 8
Compassion is a human trait most have, you are lucky to have a mayor who is able to express it openly and genuinely. Please remember some people just toss paper towels at citizens who survived hurricanes, then go on to lie about how many died, and federal recovery efforts.
That said how is the Mayor, and his family. How goes cleanup and recovery now that the media is gone and focus has shifted?
Please WP do a follow up, always always do follow up stories on disasters and the people who survive them. The media is the biggest and often only tool the public has to make sure we take care of our own two, three, six months down the road.
I would love to see the WP do a follow up story on this.
wish more folks had an attitude like Mayor Cathey. Positive Mental Attitude goes a long way.
Seeing this in person is wild, me and my team tarped and mucked and gutted some of these homes. It was heartbreaking
I once went to a vacation here with my family for a week in 2017. It's really hard to belive this is actually the place I went to. So I basically went all the way in Google earth looking for our old vacation house. Looking up the location of the house, I went to Google earth and the small house we were in got destroyed. The vacation was fun, but I'm sure if we go back, we're staying somewhere else now.
God bless you all we are praying for all of you.
Please don’t forget these people. Do what you can to help.
Fine Mayor. Build back , put in concrete foundations and build way back. Or better yet get off the beach.
Best video I've seen on the effects of the hurricane--just unbelievable force! Your house flies across the canal into the woods. What a wonderful mayor. May the Flying Spaghetti Monster bless the US of A!
where do you even start cleaning that up?
We did it quickly. Also by helping each other unlike Katrina.
You doggone right there's a price to be paid for not respecting nature!
look into the buoy info at the time of Michael.
This storm had lots of help......DEWs is what its called. What city will they ravish next? Guess one has to look into agenda 21 to see where where that may be on their hit list!
Al Cathey is a great man. I'm only 3 minutes into the video and God bless
I'm 8 minutes in now and I'll tell you if humility and perseverance could ever be taught by anyone it's these people. These people are true role models.
I hope the media (and voters) continue to follow this story and the other major disasters - not just for the few days around the storm. I am a liberal (and proud of it), but when I watch stuff like this my heart still bleeds for the people of the South who get more than their fare share of these "natural disasters". We, as people-not political parties-have to come together and force the government that works for us to lead us onto a path where this isn't such a regular thing. Storms are bigger (if you'd argue that then you're in denial), they seem to be more frequent (all the disasters like wild-fires, massive rain storms, etc.) and of course they are more damaging both because we haven't left enough land as protective barriers and because of the increased ferocity of storms. My friends from the South think I was secretly smuggled out of the South (other than my politics) and part of me wants to come down their to help people rebuild...but I can't help but think we need to stop rebuilding anything close to sea-level. Sure it may get rebuilt and last for 50 years without issue- but I bet you the insurance companies who track this well will tell you, there more likely to be wiped away again in a few years. Anyone from the area or literally the hundreds of other communities that have or are facing similar situations, I hope things improve for you. I also can help but hope you will keep considering how you can encourage your elected representatives to do anything and everything to right this environmental nightmare. This isn't a movie. This is really happening... Bless you all.
Watching before Idalia 😞
I went through Michael in Panama City. I went through Ivan (150 mph) in Pensacola and the winds were far stronger in Michael (insurance agent said it was 170 mph in Panama City, 183 mph in Callaway, and 200+ mph at Tyndall and Mexico Beach). The NHC said Michael was 155 mph sustained. No way. It was more like 170 to 200+. The pressure was the most intense ever in Florida history in central pressure. Michael actually strengthened on land, which is unheard of. It was a Cat 2 in Georgia, for crying out loud. One person at Tyndall said they got 230 mph gusts on the flight line. I can only imagine what Mexico Beach was like. Bless those people in Mexico Beach and Tyndall and Callaway (add Parker, Millville, etc.). It is horrible in Panama City, but looks like a war zone in those three areas. The eye went over Tyndall and Mexico Beach so they got the front and back of the storm. Panama City only got the front side and it was devastated. Panama City Beach escaped most of it. It is 11-27-2018, 48 days after the storm, and there is still debris piled up everywhere in Panama City and Bay County. They said it would take a year to remove it and they have picked up like one million cubic feet so far. In my neighborhood, Michael uprooted Oak trees that were huge and broke Pine trees like they were twigs. We had six pine trees in our yard. None remain. Next door had 15 maybe and none left standing. One thing I've noticed is birds are gone. Rarely do you see a bird in Panama City. Squirrels used to be around, but not anymore.
Wow if the WA post respects this Mayor then maybe they all ARENT a bunch of doofuses. This Mayor is incredible.
“Levity is something that can get you through a tough situation”
-Mayor Cathey
May you all find strenght in the prayers being sent your way.
God Bless and Take Care !
This is what desolation looks like.
I will be going down to help soon it will take a while to put it back but it can be done
Shouout to Randy, man... Wish I could help him personally.
I like this mayor! Real person.
Trump is spending his free weekends all over the US, probably at taxpayers money, and hasn't said one thing about the environment. Or his home state of Florida and what's happening to the environment. You would think that would be at the top of his list, what's happening along the coastlines and the disasters. But not a word.
Shows you ALL you need to know about the bastard!
of course not. same old same old it's all about him.
You mean like the way Obama treated Texas? Florida is getting the help they need. Pathetic lying brainwashed crybaby losers you leftists are.
You must be watching your info on a liberal fake news broadcast. Try patriots news.
@@deadmankino Thats because global warming is a bunch of bullshit. MAGA
Awesome are awesome leader every leader should watch this video and see how he conducts himself as a leader and how you're supposed to govern
It's really sad but it's bound to happen living next to the ocean. I don't see how people can live n Hawaii surrounded by that much water. There's nowhere else for the water to go. There is more or it than the land so its gonna happen.
I'm happy FEMA was s good experience for you but FEMA was not so helpful to Panama city.
Where is 45 with his paper towels?
Our Guard🙄, you are ridiculous.
Idk where was Obama with his golf stick?
POTUS VISITED FL..PANHANDLE & GA.....
Our President came down here to see us. We who live here really do not need the "jokes" and the ignorant rhetoric. Why don't you come to the Panhandle and help those in need instead of making jokes?
How cute, you have two UA-cam accounts so you can reply to your own ignorant comments.
My people. 😻😻
god bless
What a lovely man... God bless.
Is he eating a sandwich? Not time for lunch Senior Citizen.
Florida needs to wake up and see how trump (has not) treated these people. Voting for him after this is just another punch in these people's faces.
why what is wrong what do you see ? what did the fake news say to you today.
Those of us who live down here really do not need your level of ignorance. Why don't YOU come down and help those who have lost everything? Oh that's right, liberals don't actually spend any of THEIR time or money to help others, they spend time whining and expecting everyone else to help.
Lived in florida my whole life (44 years) been through hurricanes.... never count on the federal government to help you out..... Thats why local government is more important and you prepare for the worst and hope dor the best. Hats of to this mayor.... better than rick scott or the feds!
Always blaming the President. wake up coast lovers. Go on the web, Images. look up mexico bch 1958, 1812..
Wow if I had the ways and means I would fly or drive down there and help these folks out. In my opinion I think the weather is being doctored up!
Thank you, we'd be glad to have you down here to help our communities. I think though that you give man way too much credit. We cannot alter the weather.
Hello there, Mexico Beach!
And a hearty welcome to the Anthropocene Era!
PRAY GOD IS GOOD
I think you mean uninhabitable
***Has the president visited these citizens or this area yet instead of speaking at his ' fear rallies'?***
Trump came and he's working for us.
Return to Jesus loved ones!
😙😥
THE MAN W/LOTS OF DEMONS TATOOES , NOW I WONDER WHY HIS HOUSE WAS TEARED OFF. TORAH IS A MUST. SHALOM 132
MARTHA N S'ALOM you live in a glass house my friend. Careful, sometimes heaven sends rocks...
@@absinthexiii4376 -1-YOU DO NOT KNOW MY HOUSE. 2-THE JUDGMENTS COME DIRECTLY FROM THE THRONE OF ELOHIM TO ALL INIQUITOR =ANTI-TORAH. SHALOM 132
CHRISTIANS AND CATHOLICS, AND ALL RELIGIONS HAVE THE SAME FOUNDATION IN THEIR SOULS. TORAH IS A MUST, THE STRONGEST FOUNDATION OF RESTORATION AND SALVATION. SHALOM 132
I call the devastation a act of God he's pissed at Trump supporters.
I'll say its a wake up call. You just can't win against nature.
And I call you a POS!
First of all, you show your complete lack of education by saying "a act of" when it should be "aN act of", but I digress. You clearly know nothing about God and that's sad. Perhaps you could visit a local church and learn. While you're at it, go take some reading comprehension and English classes, that will definitely help you.
Thank God that mans wife and family was awoken by God. My God!