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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums*RARE* first person view of storm surge. This camera is 6 feet off the ground in Ft. Meyers
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Mike Bettes
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*RARE* first person view of storm surge. This camera is 6 feet off the ground on Estero Blvd in Fort Myers Beach, FL. Not sure how much longer it keeps working. Youll see it live only on @weatherchannel #Ian
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10:46 AM · Sep 28, 2022
Walleye
(30,997 posts)Faux pas
(14,657 posts)looks like noah's flood squared.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,638 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I lived in Orlando some 40 yrs ago for awhile. Omg! Roaches the size of transport planes & lizzards all over in yards. Being a native Chicagoan, that was FAR from appealing.
Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Not a fan. I just don't belong there.
Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)forehead, no less!!
Kidding
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)FakeNoose
(32,613 posts)I'm just fine in my quite little corner of Pennsylvania where nothing much happens, most of the time.
DownriverDem
(6,227 posts)We have storms every now & then but nothing like what is going on in Florida. Not to mention their politics.
wnylib
(21,417 posts)but less often than pride gets hurricanes.
I have relatives in the Tampa area who wanted me to move there. Not a chance. I have visited, but would not choose to live there. Too humid, too hot, too RW, and they get hurricanes.
I'll stick to occasional blizzards in a blue state.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)DownriverDem
(6,227 posts)is insane and too dangerous.
mia
(8,360 posts)Fifty year-old Florida dreams of waves going by while I'm hanging on to a palm tree with my 3 young children tethered to me with ropes. Now they're living in Central and North Florida with their own families. All I can do is send them love and peaceful music.
BumRushDaShow
(128,714 posts)Ft. Meyers Beach -
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You're looking at major flooding over at Diamondhead Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach @nbc2 #HurricaneIan absolutely devastating
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1:53 PM · Sep 28, 2022
Naples -
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Brenna Weick
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HAPPENING NOW: Cars underwater in Naples. You can see them starting to Bob in the water in this video. @NBC2 #hurricaineIan
1:14 PM · Sep 28, 2022
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The City of Naples has issued an emergency citywide curfew to protect and safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of City of Naples residents, visitors, and first responders. The curfew is effective immediately until further notice.
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1:24 PM · Sep 28, 2022
calimary
(81,179 posts)It's so murky, there's not only dirt but debris - debris of all kinds, sizes, shapes, and edges, and not lightweight enough to float. YIKES.
Gosh people! Take care! Be safe! NO unnecessary risks! You'll be a bigger hero (to your loved ones) when you've survived it.
BumRushDaShow
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Gulf Shore Boulevard on Vanderbilt beach looks like an ocean. Cars are slamming up against buildings. #Ian
2:46 PM · Sep 28, 2022
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Water creeping up to the first floor our our hotel. Looks like the inside of the Titanic. Cars are fully underwater #Ian
2:45 PM · Sep 28, 2022
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)Thanks for the updates!
BumRushDaShow
(128,714 posts)but as long as the hotel was built to code, they should be okay.
You might have tourists (including foreign ones) who couldn't leave right away and you may have some first responders who are holing up there until called into action.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,714 posts)it might be worse.
wnylib
(21,417 posts)Should be Venice.
BumRushDaShow
(128,714 posts)so...
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Roc2020
(1,614 posts)2004 the state got hit with at least 4 hurricanes. I was affected greatly by two in Jax. I moved the next year 2005. Will visit, will never live there again. Just horrible.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)DeSantis that the "European beach nation of Finland had spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things. And they dont have any problem.
Not out of any sense of humor, but to remind him that his and the Republican's support of Trump and their party's pro-coal & oil anti-environment policies are exactly why people are likely to lose their lives today and many certainly will lose their homes. It's a reference to Trump's reactions to California wildfires, where he told us we should've raked the forest to prevent tragedy. I just don't see DeSantis as having any better grip on the situation of climate crisis. I'd not be surprised if in the aftermath he'll push for a "Don't say Global Warming" bill next. It's just so frustrating, and so preventable.
Tom Yossarian Joad
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The storm surge is so powerful from #HurricaneIan that it has brought a shark into the city streets of Fort Myers.
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11:43 AM · Sep 28, 2022
Tom Yossarian Joad
(19,227 posts)crickets
(25,959 posts)My sister has pictures of an alligator in her SC neighborhood one year, but sharks have got that beat. Wow.
calimary
(81,179 posts)Says this kind of thing happens every year.
Like THIS???? Seriously??????
All those people who thought it wouldnt be a big deal and now saying they regret not evacuating.
The local guy saying its the worst hes seen in 40 years living there. Mayor of Ft. Myers Beach saying the wind, the rain, the surge is like nothing Ive experienced before.
At 12:40pm the anchor offered a this just in: Ian is now the 5th most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. - ever.
But this happens every year
Tom Yossarian Joad
(19,227 posts)Kaleva
(36,291 posts)As I stated in another post, it's only going to get worse.
wnylib
(21,417 posts)It hit land as a cat 4.
calimary
(81,179 posts)He's been there 40 years? I guess he'd know.
honest.abe
(8,649 posts)They just saw a 100 year old oak tree fall right near their house. They are older and could not evacuate.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)IcyPeas
(21,856 posts)what a storm this is!!
ProfessorGAC
(64,960 posts)The water is just roaring through there.
Mozeltov Cocktail
(200 posts)🌴🐊We've had rain all day with some wind gusts...once again it would appear we've ducked a large hurricane.
🌴🐊South of Tampa is having a very bad time of it as you can see. It really is wild to see all of this in real time...as horrific as these videos are, the technology that made this possible is astonishing.🐊🌴