Fort Myers Beach FL videocam shows 15-foot storm surge

[FakeNoose]

Yikes!

[Demovictory9]

1. Omg..that red building washed away

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Tumbulu]

3. Wow!!!!!!!

Hoping people had actually evacuated!!!!

[lostnfound]

4. How fast does that surge come in and how fast does it disappear?

Wish there were time stamps.
Thanks for sharing.

[Roy Rolling]

12. An hour or so

The surge scours the coast and recedes quickly as winds shift.

This is Camille/Katrina at Waveland, Mississippi destruction. Storm surge wiped out almost everything within a mile of the coast. Fort Myers will never be the same.

[LittleGirl]

5. OMG, Wow!

That is a stunning video.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Google Street View of that location;

This is just unbelievable footage. I've been down that road many times in the past.

Footnote says this image was captured in July;
https://goo.gl/maps/kVrKEHDGgfc3ZMKT6

[yortsed snacilbuper]

13. What are the telephone poles made out of?

[Phoenix61]

16. Treated pine. nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

24. Steel Reinforced Concrete.

At least the three on the street nearest the camera position are.

The others are, as stated above, treated wood.

[IcyPeas]

21. oh wow. what a comparison!

[Warpy]

7. It's not just the surge, it's the wind driven waves on top ot it

and that water comes in really fast. It's the waves that batter things to pieces. Reinforced concrete has a chance but not much else does. It's why people near the coast need to GTFO, even if they're living in brick houses.

I know every time I went through one, I was always surprised by how LOUD the damned things are.

[sop]

8. That house was elevated a full storey on pilings to withstand storm surges, yet it didn't help.

Building codes will have to change in the aftermath of Ian. All new homes will have to be built higher, and their foundation pilings made much more resistant to wind-driven waves during storm surges.

[A HERETIC I AM]

25. Lots and lots of houses on Estero Island were like that.

Plenty of buildings all over the coastal areas of the US, frankly. Parking underneath, living quarters on top. Designed that way specifically because of flooding possibilities.

But if the water is that deep, there's bugger all you can do about it.

I was in East Texas a few months ago and took a ride down to the coast and went through the town of Sabine Pass. The High School there is built in a similar fashion, with the entire ground floor allowing for flooding to flow underneath;

https://goo.gl/maps/JK9moJhznvpSYkRh7

[COL Mustard]

9. It's going to take people years to recover and rebuild

If they ever do.

I hope they all are able to get past it. Awful.

[Stuart G]

10. Incredible Photography. no text

[WarGamer]

11. and yet... cities will give out building permits to build there again. SMDH

[RussBLib]

17. hopefully tempered with more knowledge

It is possible to build things high enough and tough enough to withstand that. Would likely be prohibitively expensive, though.

I'm glad I'm not in the insurance business in Florida.

[calimary]

20. Only to have the next big "1000-year storm" wash the new one away, too.

[liberal N proud]

14. Total destruction

[Lucinda]

15. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[herding cats]

18. There was a person in there!

At the beginning (:05-:10) they peek out the front door, then they open the blind all the way up.

I cannot believe what I just saw.

[AKwannabe]

22. You are right!

I looked again cuz would never have noticed what you did! The door looks all one color and then a long dark middle. At some point the curtain?shade? Was raised??? Omg

[A HERETIC I AM]

26. The YouTube account creator said they escaped and are safe.

Click the "Watch on YouTube" link and look at the 1st comment.

[mn9driver]

19. Wow! The rebuilding will need to look different, sadly.

It s possible to build structures that can handle even this. But they aren’t cheap and they will never have that “old Florida” look.

[BigmanPigman]

23. Reminds me of the Japanese Tsunami

only with wind.

Insurance companies will never cover the cost of those who want to build back in the same area. Same goes with CA areas prone to fires.