Hurricane Ian Leaves Florida’s Southwest Coast Unrecognizable
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2022
- Hurricane Ian left behind a trail of destruction in Florida, decimating entire neighborhoods. Lester Holt is on the ground talking to residents and sharing more details on the scope of the damage.
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They begged them to leave for DAYS....
Look at all the Maga Hats scattered in the debris. What a bunch of idiots. Give them a Darwin award.
Did you see how many mobile homes there were? These people didn’t have much but that was all they had in the world, everything they had worked their lives for. If they stay in their home, there is the possibility of securing things during the storm so they DON’T lose everything. It’s all they have. Also, Evacuating is expensive and poses a separate risk of getting trapped on the road, breaking down or running out of gas. Your response is proof that you have no understanding of the human condition which means that you are the least qualified to be offering your opinion to people who actually have boots on the ground.
@@tlandry9689 Water goes where it wants and sitting on your roof with water all in your home want save your stuff. That water has waste and everything in it and the black mold to come in the walls. Its a loss even staying. People that left were not all broken down on roads. Lol thats b/s
@@hard-truthsbetter-than-swe6543 you OBVIOUSLY have never experienced a hurricane!!!!
@@tlandry9689 I have. Biden just said hundreds will be found dead. Replaceable things not worth your family's life.
I hope they are able to find and identify everyone that's missing. There's nothing worse than not knowing if your loved one is dead or alive.
Won’t be easy though… I hope they find them
Cons are going to reduce even more building regulations and they will make make climate change even more cataclysmic. Cant wait to see Cat 7 hurricanes wipe out Florida forever lol. CONservative life expectancy is 72 in some parts, soon it will be 0 HAHA!
I have no sympathy, they chose to stay. I will never understand these people
The thing is bodies might have been swept towards the sea.
@@moniqueengleman873 you do know some people were unable! Think about the old, disabled, those too poor for transportation, etc.
Prayers to all of you. My heart breaks for those lives lost and those that lost everything.🙏🏼
I'm pretty sure that Florida residents could use that $12M right now, governor.
😅
Right?
When told to evacuate, DO IT! Or don't live on an island.
Being from Louisiana with direct hit from hurricane Ida I would have left as soon as it was coming my way. After Ida I never want to experience another ever
Same here with Harvey. We took a beating in Houston with that hurricane. Now if authorities say to evacuate, I'm outta here.
Next time I'm leaving. Thing was terrifying. We're like walking zombies. No electricity. No water. Intermittent internet. I'm in my car charging my phone. It's been a week. Things seem like they're moving slow but, there's so much! Hundreds of poles down. Cell Towers down. Banks closed except for ATM. Gas lines are ridiculous. Sorry don't mean to whine. Im waiting for a sleep pill to take affect because I'm having trouble sleeping in this humidity. I know things will be ok by soon.
Why didn't Trump use his Mind Powers and reclassified the Hurricane to the Best Summer Day.
He didn't think of it because the news was probably a hoax.
Spray Lysol may help!
trump I like people who don't keep building and living in hurricane zones. So screw these people for they should have known better.
Too bad Mara-Lardo didnt get wiped out
He would go away of people would stop talking about him 24/7
So tragic for all the missing ppl and animals.
People who could leave and didn’t are idiots. People who *couldn’t leave are victims
Yes. Someone on the media please call the people, who were warned and did not leave, idiots.
I'm in all of the Florida FAcebook groups. Everyone was saying they weren't leaving and that it is no big deal. They are idiots for staying, what makes me most mad is that their stupidity put the lives of our responders at risk bc they have to put themselves in dangerous situations to save the idiots.
Florida is a beautiful state to visit as tourist, but it is a terrible choice for retirement for obvious reason like this.
If you're trying to live on social security it is one of the cheapest places to live and easy, no snow to shovel etc. that is why people come here. Plenty of good health facilities too. I get what you're saying but we don't have storms like this every year. If you are wealthy and buy a place on the beach you are asking for it. One day insurance companies are going to smarten up and refuse to rebuild every house wiped away by these newer monster storms. I have been here 30 years now and I have yet to be impacted in a serious way, it's a gamble for sure, but so is being old.
@@lideabarker8161 …I don’t know anyone who loves comfortably on social security or disability here.
@@lideabarker8161 I guess that I can only speak for myself in light of the devastation I saw over the news of Ian. Stay safe!
@@lideabarker8161 No major insurers are in the state of Florida anymore for this reason. Once you reach a certain size, you have too much to lose by being here. If we had a Katrina/Andrew scale disaster, a lot of the carriers here would simply go bankrupt and call it a day.
@@lideabarker8161 yeah I’m in CT worst we get is BS little storms and yes we do have to shovel out snow but I’d rather that than to possibly have my home , belongings and or children be swiped away by a hurricane that I can’t control. CT obviously isn’t the best state either so that says a lot
Prayers 🙏 this is catastrophic . I hope everyone is ok
Seeing the devastation should be a wake-up call to everybody. From Hurricane Andrew State of Florida got tough building codes, and it is my sincere hope if people still want to live right next to the big ocean waters, it would be mandatory to build on 20 feet stilts to allow the heavy mass to flow underneath and take away the impact of the moving mass to the structures, just like in Key West. Florida's West Coast is stunningly gorgeous paradise, but State's Governor's statements about "once in a 500-year event" are both ridiculous and clownish, at best. There will be another event within the next 10 years, perhaps a number of times within that time period, possibly a stronger Hurricane than Ian was. Safety is job #1, and building on stilts is the way for people to keep on enjoying the unique, beautiful sub-tropical paradise. "Once-in-a-100-year-", or "Once-in-a-500-year-event"-statements do not reflect the new normal.
Without a doubt. With the ocean rising this will be the new norm. Oh its rising and with it new and stronger weather. They'll figure it out sooner than later
Welcome to the ANNIHILATION GENERATION; when the climatologists have given up trying to force countries energy landscapes into a proactive approach to climate change,the result will now be carnage.
My buddy’s family is from fort myers and they said stilt homes were ripped out and floating away through pinecone island
@@zakrios7389 I was looking at some of the footage- clearly it didn't appear stilts were 20 feet high nor made out of steel/concrete. If stilts are built 30-40 feet down and poured with number of rebars for footing, it should hold really well. If the storm surge was higher than 20 feet, then no prayer will help. Using this building method would save many lives along the immediate Coastline. Stating this with the understanding, that constructing right next to the big ocean waters should never have been allowed in the first place........
Well said, so ridiculous to say that
And so many people want to move down there😳
Probably shouldn't have vote NO to that infrastructure bill.
It is heartbreaking to know that many people may have gone into the sea. May God have mercy on us all.
DO YOU NOT THINK GOD MIGHT BE THE ONE DOIGN THIS BECAUSE SOCITEY IS SUCH TRASH NOW?
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
God has no interest in this fun society
In events like these you see the best in humanity.. and sadly some examples of the worst.
Peace for the affected lives
I'd like to know what happened with every human in Florida, like; are all 1:33 of them 5' 9" tall, just like 4:40 Ron DeSantis?
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there was the thought about moving to Florida but with the high housing market prices and devastating hurricanes we'll stay in San Antonio Texas . the gulf is only 2hrs away it's not worth to deal with the threat of hurricanes every year.
Amen Im in Dallas the hurricanes turn me away from Florida
Is it that great down there that it's acceptable to have 3 month yearly game of russian roulette with mother nature.
@@fandam801 they can take out perpetrators like nowhere else. Florida stands it’s ground.
@@fandam801 we loved the idea to be closer to the beach we love the water and we pushed our negative thoughts about Florida away but in reality the cons to live there are getting more. We can go there on vacation while enjoying the cheaper cost of living in Texas and far away from hurricanes.
I still plan on moving from north Carolina to Florida. North Florida though. Only the south of Florida is the worst of the hurricanes
my boyfriend and his family are in a bnb right now, theyre not sure of the damage yet and im so scared for them. so happy theyre all okay. i hope their houses are fine :(
This really sucks but like seriously, why do people continue to live along hurricane routes? I know beaches are cool and for some strange reason people like Florida but this is what happens.
Why didn't they evacuate? They told people five days ago to evacuate.
@@LB-wl4iq not everyone can. They might not have anywhere to go or don’t have money to stay at a hotel, etc. some people don’t leave because they have to watch their animals, like farm animals, that are too large to travel with. Etc. they shouldn’t be living in an area where they would need to evacuate in the first place. I don’t get it
WhAT? WHY!?!
WHY WOULD PEOPLE STILL BE ON THE BOATS!!?!?
Their boat is their home and their livelihood. If they ride the storm out facing the waves head on and not turning sideways, they can possibly save everything they have in the world. The boat has almost zero chance of salvagability otherwise. It’s all they have in the world.
It is more than ridiculous to refer to these storms as one in 500 years, 1 in 1000 years, when they occur annually now, perhaps not striking the same region every year, but they are occurring annually or more frequently now. My friend lives in Manilla, Philippines and that region has been devastated by numerous category 4 and 5 hurricanes over the past several years.
The storms occur every year, but they don't hit the same place every year. If you've ever had to get flood insurance, it's based on a calculation called the "100 year flood". It doesn't mean that it's a flood of that scale that only occurs once in a 100 years anywhere, but a risk assessment of would could occur at that specific location.
Not true at all! Manila has not really experienced any category 4 or 5 storms for several years now! Hopefully, it will stay that way and the Sierra Madre mountain range will continue to protect the National Capital Region or Metropolitan Manila from strong typhoons! The Philippines had some category 4 or 5 typhoons in other regions of the country but not in Metro Manila.
That’s not true. This doesn’t happen every year.
It was category 5 in Leyte Philippines several years ago. Praise God, people were able to recover and rebuild! Florida, you can do it!
Thank you for your encouragement!
Still think we don't have climate change? We were hit by Hurricane Michael, clocked at over 160 mph (may be strongest storm to strike America)four years ago and it was devastating. We lost 80% of our trees, which wind weaponized into projectiles and misses through homes, businesses,and structures. Storm flattened Mexico Beach and dessimated Tyndall AFB. It was brutal. My heart goes out to people who are dealing with this right now. We up in the Panhandle sympathize with you and will send funds and aid.
Hurricanes have been hitting Florida since forever. But since people LIVE down there now as opposed to 100 years ago, the devastation doesn't go unnoticed. Just give all your money to Al Gore already and be done with it
Nobody said the climate isnt changing. The climate has always and will always change, which is why the world we live in now is very different from what it was thousands of years ago. The point is that it is not "man" who is affecting the climate to the point of devastation. Yes, we certainly should reduce our waste and take care of our environment but our activities do not result in climate change. Nature will do what it does and has always done.
And no, hurricane Michael is not the strongest or fastert to hit the US...that goes to an unnamed hurricane which hit Florida in the 1930s with speeds of up to 185mph
Reminds me of Hugo, Andrew and Katrina. Easy. Widespread devastation. Roads broken like sand, boats thrown on land. Houses miles from their original location. It’s truly devastating having been in one of the aforementioned historic storms. My heart goes out to Florida.
So sorry for people of Florida.
Such large scale of loss, unbelievable. God bless you, and keep you safe. Hurricane Ian is indeed monster, reinforces back to category 1, on the way to South Carolina.
God bless, and protect South Carolina. 🙏 🙏
I feel for the animals.
All the animals in our local park were drowned in their enclosures. Awful.
I hope everyone is doing okay. I’m so sorry about devastating in Florida.
Insurance companies going out of business for this
14 years old! That kid looks at least 30 😮
I thought he was about 25! 😳
When there is no hurricane, they eat themselves to death.
This is America
It gets me how someone can live in a flimsy mobile home or manufactured home in a place that is prone to storms like this. Those homes aren't meant to withstand that kind of weather.
It’s all some people have and you don’t know there story. Now they have nothing at all to call home which really gets me 😢
Bc they possibly don’t have money for a home? Contrary to popular belief…. Not everyone in floridas coastal cities are rich… home insurance here is insane. It’s for some people, 10x the national rate which is around $1500 for a avg for the nation. In Florida, expect to pay 5-10k a year on home insurance, I’ve seen 18k a year in home insurance as well.
Bless everyone involved 🙏
Amen
Thanks for your prayers
This is really touching
Only the evil, bless and curse others.
I am not convinced that this will be 500 year storm event. I think that this will be sadly more common.
My heart goes out to all those effected with this hurricane.. I’m in New Orleans so I know exactly what you guys are going through. Things will get better.
New Orleans would be even worst if we was hit by Ian.
@@KingGiL7 bro this isn't a competition smh
@@KingGiL7 what ? My guy Katrina was a cat 5 with 30 ft storm surge..
@@GhostlyGhille I was talking about the after math of Florida
@@KingGiL7 probably not NO has levees. The reason Katrina flooded the city was a barge broke loose and was pushed into the levee breaking it and letting water through.
Why didn't Trump break out his Black Magic Sharpie and steer the storm towards Mexico.
Why mexico
@@franciscabrochu1041 Because they still have not paid for the Wall. LOL (Sarcasm)
What I want to know is how many times can they keep rebuilding it’s time to go more inland really Eventually insurance companies won’t insure anyone
Last hurricane was 17 years ago and this is probably the first time any of these people have experienced this kind of destruction so it’s not like the cycle of destruction and rebuilding that you obviously imagine. Did you notice how many mobile homes there were? It’s not like these people have the luxury of too many choices. Give them a break and show some compassion or just don’t say anything at all.
It's the first time a hurricane hit that area in 100 years. Since 1932. So not sure what you mean by "keep rebuilding".
@@LB-wl4iq - every time a hurricane hits, these people start talking without the slightest idea of what’s going on. I bet he’s from Nebraska or something.
And everybody wants to live in Florida?
That's why I don't live there..with more and more of these storms I think I will stay up in the PNW. WHAT A TRAGEDY. GOD BLESS THOSE PEOPLE
Same. Great place to visit, but...
This reminded me Alligators everywhere down there! Be careful.
What happened to wildlife and pets left behind
Florida people are real strong, not even a hurricane can move them. I wouldn't even last 5 seconds due to the heat and mosquitos alone, Florida people real tough and nice. If it wasn't for the heat, storms, no mountains and no constant blizzards, i would live there. My prayers for them to fast recovery.
In other words, you'd never live there
Better be tough enough to not spend all my tax money like they always do during a hurricane. Hey Florida, show everyone how strong you are by accepting zero federal help & letting the private sector handle this. I pay enough in taxes already, maybe you shouldn’t have your hand out looking to spend all my money on something you should have been prepared for. #buyinsurance #buildingcodes #stockpilesupplies #trump2024
FLORIDA LAW STATES those homes are suppose to withstand this hurricane.
I would sue the builders and the inspectors.
Traffic fall on the road that is very deadly.
"Something that is going to require a lot of love and care" .... definitely not a strong character trait for DeSantis
Destruction of humankind the planet wants itself back.
All needed healing to everyone everywhere affected by hurricanes fiona and ian!
De Santis voted against FEMA funding.
Prayers for you all in Florida and Canada!!
I'm surprised the governor didn't leave to the north
Lol!! Like Ted Cruz got caught running out of Texas during the freeze of 2021.
I cannot believe this happened. At least I can't believe it was this bad. I moved to South Carolina from Charlotte county fl just shy of 2 years ago and I'm thankful I did although it is now heading towards the Carolinas. I pray for each and every person affected by this storm and as bad as it looks, Florida is used to this and it's heartwarming to see such an immediate effort to help each other to get back on their feet. It's a huge community helping one another through this devastating incident and I pray that this is the worst of it.
This is unbelievable though… so bad that one can ever imagine
@@generalscott1530 yes Ik, I watched the storm chasers stream all yesterday. It feels like a dream
mother nature lol
I hope your Carolinas will be safe, I been watching the tracker. 🙏♥️
I can believe it happened. What I can not understand, is how stupid these people were not believing the storm was as serious as it was.
Prayers 🙁
After seeing what Katrina did I will never live within 150 miles from the coast or Gulf
I can't stand looking at DeSantis. He spent $12,000,000 in taxpayer dollars on a political stunt, putting his personal interest over the people of Florida. That $12,000,000 would have been much better spent helping the residents of Florida.
And his paid trolls are acting all tone deaf with their projecting.
Praying for everyone in Florida 🙏🙏🙏
Make sure you take a selfie, and livestream it, and when you talk about 'decimation' make sure you hashtag it.
I filmed 170+ mph gust yesterday near Punta Gorda was insane it's on my channel very intense storm!
Thank God the storm in Florida is over.
I'm in Polk County and grateful to have power back after 28 hours.
Has it been restored all over Polk Co?
@@katz20200 I don't think so. I think it's happening little by little. Our neighbors are still running their generator.
I feel so bad they will end up homeless cause this monster storm 😰
So now the autonomous state of Florida will want FEDERAL ASSISTANCE money.?
Just very sad. I hope everyone is okay.
Lived there 2.5 yrs got a taste of their rainstorms there and threat of hurricane & I moved back to the northeast. Not a chance. So sad
Smart. Better to not wait for something like this to happen and until then start thinking about moving out.
In difficult times, people help each other. Florida helped Texas to fly people to Martha's Vineyard and now Martha's Vineyard my send people to help Florida to rebuild. I heard they have a number of new citizens that are looking for work.
Ulr, thats what you heard. Now wait.
only states we trust to help Florida are states that can relate to hurricanes and I'm sorry Martha's Vineyard wouldn't get it..
Yea wait until the cons descend from the “heartland” to rip people off. Roofers etc….seen it in Texas. Watch out for those license plates.
@@thepamela050 The New England area gets hit by major Noreasters a bunch, they can relate and can help.
@@thepamela050 as a lifelong Floridian, we don't want people like you to taint our state.
Heartbreaking.
I was three and five years old when I saw two 🌀 when you have to be rescued 🛶 from the living room, houses passing by . every time you see another hurricane is almost like deja vu.
OMG, very powerful storm.
Thank God we have a capable president. When this happened in Puerto Rico, no one came to help.
That's why JESUS said don't store treasures down here,everything is temporary,praying for you guys
It not over , prayers for the first responder. They are in danger. I could would help but I be in the way. Take care of each other.
The consequences of global warming are clear. It is time for working together.
Sadly this is the new norm. :(
God tried to Flush all the Maga Trumpers down the TOILET!
Hurricanes have been synonymous with Florida since recorded time.. just like earthquakes and wild fires here in Ca.. recorded even 1k years ago, by indigenous history.. “ the poles of fear, the extremes of how the earth might conceivably be doomed, minor exercise in the care and feeding of a nightmare, respectfully submitted by all the thermostat watchers”.. Rod Serling.
@@debbie5728 weve had droughts before too they're all just becoming more frequent
@@debbie5728 then why is everyone saying this is a 500 year hurricane?? Because we haven't seen one this powerful for quite a long time and we're going to see more and more powerful ones
So like people to criticize the Govenor for misspeaking about 500 year flood event. Easy to be critical when one doesn't consider his responsibility exhausting non stop work load. He has been awake and working for days right in the midst of it all. He didn't board a plane and leave the state he is right in the thick of it.
I have a flight with American Airlines on October 10th to travel to Fort Myers and I called them and they're acting as if nothing is wrong and it seems like they won't be giving refunds for flights but yet the city is 90% destroyed, its destroyed and its not safe there. Thank god my friends house is ok but what are people to do with future flights?!
I would move, another storm is around the corner.
And I though my life sucks.
I experienced Andrew back in 1992. Ian has made a name of it's own.
Guess it's time to say no to building on or so close to the ocean, cause it's only going to get worse.
are there no strict building codes in hurricane prone areas in USA?
There are.
I don’t understand why people decided to stay home and ride it out.
Mother Nature, once again, showing who's boss.
Who is Mother Nature?
Florida homes are built to this code: the homes should stand.
GOD is in Control, read job in the HOLY SCRIPTURE, he is over any and all Natural disasters.
Can't understand why people would try to ride out a cat 4 storm next to the ocean. Too many people move south and do not understand the powers of a hurricane
Dear god protect Florida and south Carolina stay safe from Canada 🇨🇦
Anything past Jacksonville is too much Florida for me.
stay safe everyone, I hope everything is fine, and bounce back
God bless you all..may you remain safe in jesus name..
I just don’t understand why would you stay and ride out the storm. So many stubborn people, when they say evacuate leave!! Your life is more important
"How about those people in Kilauea, Hawaii who built their homes right next to an active volcano and then wonder why they have lava in the living room." - George Carlin
You can say that about any area who experiences natural disasters. What part of the world doesn’t experience natural disasters?
@starrappeal ….North Dakota? I’m just guessing.
Do research before you spew nonsense...because united states military illegally oveethrew the hawaiian monarchy in 1893... stole all the land .. advertised it as a paradise destination for rich tourists.. that end up buying all our stolen land..people like Mark Zuckerberg buying thousands of acres .. land prices and cost of living in hawaii is so outrageous that the only land us hawaiians can afford is in lava zones... while the rich can pay 500k for a lot that's safe.. so please stfu
@@magesalmanac6424 Too much snow...blizzards.
@@cristywyndham-shaw5111 Lived in North Dakota for years, the blizzards are rough at times but nowhere near earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes, etc. The only real natural disaster there is tornados and those impact such narrow strips that it's very uncommon for one to be too terrible.
Devastating 😢
So Sad... our house are there too.
Horrible...
God blessing Florida people.
As a meteorologist, you never want people to die but sometimes people need hard lessons to take these things more seriously. We hate to hear “it won’t be that bad” from the public because it’s careless. Heal up soon, Florida💪🏾.
It takes money to evacuate, and this hit at the end of the month. Not everyone can leave, even if they take the warnings seriously.
Exactly why I wouldn’t live on the coast like that. Not in Florida, the gulf coast, or the east coast.
Speedy recovery for those who's a life....
*I wish Ian was a cat 1, though we evaculated in time, it destroyed all our homes locally. Who knows when our area will be repaired as our area never required flood insurance nor does hardly any insurance offer hurricayne insurance in Florida. We have other insurance for water damage that we can use for other issues but it does not cover this much* .
*Though Hurricayne cat ones are not bad and Floridians and south Carolina's know all to well, hardly anyone runs from a cat one. I do not bother fleeing a cat one or two but fleeing from catagory 4's and 5's we will always on this coast however the east side has way better building codes since Andrew in 1992 that hit as a cat 5, with Hurricayne Ian with it being 2 miles less than a cat 5, I pray now building codes will improve on this coast itself also. If it does not, I do not encourage anyone from buying here* .
*I owned my home for 5 years now and it's not that old for the west coast and I regret the purchase now . If you decide to move here, please ask your agent if the home has the 1996 to 2000 or newer matching it yourself to the building codes required from the* ( *west coast, not east coast* ) *Dade County to west Palm Beach county, no where else, fair warning* .) *The building codes from 96 to 2000 from Dade Broward County* ( *but not Not Dade City as that can confuse someone* ) *up to Palm Beach counties* ) *The said counties, have ready stood against Catagory 4 Hurricaynes in direct hits without fleeing but yet never have they been impacted by a direct hit by a cat 5 at all*
*Again I highly suggest you do not but if you do wish to buy on the west coast in which is normally is a lot cheaper but clearly is not worth this at all, remembering the phrase, if something sounds good to be true, it normally is when buying something but if some one does please ask the agent prior and before such a storm like this Hurricayne catagory strikes again if it has the same building code requirements as the 96 to 2000 same building codes as the same 96 to 2000 homes ONLY of dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Ask the agent to prove it on documents, if they fail to provide or it's confirmed not equal, avoid buying it all together* .
*This storm was not predicted by any news stations accuratly even with today's technology, our neighbors and all did not have time , it went way out of the original cone from well above Tampa to below ft. Myers and Naples Lee and Collier counties) so of course hardly anyone prepared without proper notice of the direction* !
*South Carolina does not need to worry about a cat one Hurricayne but they know that. Their damage would mainly be from flooding to some small if any tornados* .
We are still without power here in East Tampa. Just thankful we weren't down in Port Charlotte or Cape Coral those people down there have had it really hard
I am praying for all the flordians residents God please send your angels around everyone. I will keep you all in my prayers
I mean some of this was preventable, literally for longer than a week they've been saying it was going to be bad leave. For those that didn't heed warning I have a hard time having sympathy for.
You realize it was supposed to hit Tampa Bay, and within 24 hours it changed course and headed for ftMeyers right? Everyone in Hillsborough/ pinellas/ pasco counties all evacuated, and boarded up, and prepped, people in ft Meyers weren't on the radar (really) until the 24/36 hours before it hit.
@@LacyG
Haven't they learned, that hurricanes are unpredictable? No one can predict exactly, what will happen.
If the Tampa area was predicted to be a likely target, the entire west coast should have been prepared, especially in the lower areas.
Nowadays, more and more frequently, hurricanes bring with them heavy rains, so in addition to sea water, flooding of rivers and other waters is a threat. In addition, hurricanes move more slowly and gather strength from warmer sea water, so predicting the direction has become more difficult.
It would be time to learn new "rules", the old doctrines no longer apply.
Some say, that now is not the time to discuss, what might happen in the future.
Right now is the right time for authorities and residents to make difficult decisions. Once the destruction has been cleared, there must be ready plans on, how to prevent destruction of a similar extent.
However, rebuilding will take years. Now is also the time to look at how to improve safety in areas, where the hurricane did not hit now. It is also time to check the sustainability of the infrastructure.
When They say move out, Move out / leave the areas. then return after storm is clear.
Some people had absolutely no where to go.
@@smoll8746 or any way to get there.
Did you see how many mobile homes there were? These people didn’t have much but that was all they had in the world, everything they had worked their lives for. If they stay in their home, there is the possibility of securing things during the storm so they DON’T lose everything. It’s all they have. Also, Evacuating is expensive and poses a separate risk of getting trapped on the road, breaking down or running out of gas.
couldn't you end the video at the end of the report?
Could someone that understands sign language please tell me if this guy is really doing it right. The guy in the little screen. Thanks
I questioned the same thing!
Do you think they're not translating correctly?
Living next to the ocean is great until …
Have mercy lord 🙏🏾
I don’t get why people would just try and wait it out? Like for even a category 2 I’d be out of the state.
@Michael Carroll I sure do, but staying there isn’t going to save your stuff. You could drive, take a bus, carpool, hitchhike, bike etc to a safer city at least out of the way. Risking your life is pointless