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(32,475 posts)dalton99a
(81,590 posts)Tumbulu
(6,292 posts)Hoping people had actually evacuated!!!!
lostnfound
(16,191 posts)Wish there were time stamps.
Thanks for sharing.
Roy Rolling
(6,933 posts)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
(8,291 posts)That is a stunning video.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,378 posts)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
(7,939 posts)Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,378 posts)At least the three on the street nearest the camera position are.
The others are, as stated above, treated wood.
IcyPeas
(21,908 posts)Warpy
(111,352 posts)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
(10,253 posts)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
(24,378 posts)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
(5,925 posts)If they ever do.
I hope they all are able to get past it. Awful.
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)WarGamer
(12,484 posts)RussBLib
(9,036 posts)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
(81,500 posts)liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)herding cats
(19,568 posts)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
(5,680 posts)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
(24,378 posts)Click the "Watch on YouTube" link and look at the 1st comment.
mn9driver
(4,428 posts)It s possible to build structures that can handle even this. But they arent cheap and they will never have that old Florida look.
BigmanPigman
(51,629 posts)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.