Incredible time lapse footage of storm surge at Ft. Meyers Beach

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15ft Storm Surge Washes Away Homes in Ft. Myers Beach - Hurricane Ian

From Max Olson

Our surge probe captured the heartbreaking evolution of a massive storm surge in Ft. Myers Beach, FL.

[a kennedy]

1. OMGAWD.

[LakeArenal]

2. So much better reporting than some weather guy standing outside the studio.

I can almost feel the power of that wind and surge.

[RustyWheels]

3. WOW.... (edited to fix time mark of wind change)

This area must have went thru the eye of the hurricane... Notice how the wind is blowing the opposite direction at about the 2:04 mark.

[Wild blueberry]

4. Holy shit

[Warpy]

5. They expected the storm to weaken and only produce a 3 foot surge

Instead, it tracked east and hit before it had a chance to weaken and the surge was over 10 feet.

3 feet would have been bad enough, people tend to think of it as 3 feet of calm water, nor realizing it's topped with 6 foot waves.

Thanks for this. Local news on the coasts need to play this when it looks like a hurricane is going to hit the area. People need to know what a storm surge really is and they need to be reminded frequently.

[Cozmo]

6. DON'T FUCK WITH MOTHER NATURE!

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. That is near where we stayed. Heartbreaking indeed.

[Pas-de-Calais]

8. Holy Shite!

[Traildogbob]

9. Holy shit

I am a old salty Navy veteran. I served on a DDG, Guided Missile Destroyer. I would have been terrified on that ship on seas as tough as those streets got to. That is a horrific sight.

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10. My dad was a Marine in WWII and was on a carrier in the South Pacific during a typhoon in

in 1944. He said it was one of the scariest things he'd ever gone through.

[Traildogbob]

11. And a carrier is a big ass boat.

3,000 sailors on board vs 300 on a DDG. Had to had been one hell of a storm. Luckily never sail during a typhoon of hurricane. But ships in port during a major storm were ordered to sea to weather it out.
Kudos to your dads service.

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12. I don't know if he was in Halsey's Typhoon or not, he never would get that

specific with me. The typhoon was one of the few things he did share with me. That, and "Guadalcanal was hotter than hell." I'm sure it was a lot more than that in 1942.

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. No words

[bahboo]

14. that should be shown in every evac alert...

holy shit....

[dickthegrouch]

21. You don't hide in the basement from that! /nt

[CaptainTruth]

15. Holy crap...

[irisblue]

16. The building!

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19. It looks like the one across the street was swept away, too.

That footage was just horrifying.

[Quanto Magnus]

17. The sad thing is...

the water level may be like that more permanently (or near so) if we don't do something about it....


but no climate change whatsoeverrrrrrr....

[lunatica]

18. I much prefer to live in earthquake country

I guess everyone has their preferred catastrophic place to live! I wonder if the MAGATs stayed home.

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20. The biggest threat to me here on the Lansing/East Lansing border is

if Michigan State loses a playoff game.