Breaking - Hurricane Ian was Florida's most expensive hurricane ever

[malaise]

Damn,

https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2023/04/03/hurricane-ian-florida-landfall-damage-estimate-total-deaths/


Months after Hurricane Ian blasted Southwest Florida, the full scope of the storm’s damage has come into view: Ian now is officially the costliest storm in the state’s history and the third-most expensive in the nation’s.

The extent of the storm’s damage was detailed in a report released by the National Hurricane Center on Monday. Ian has racked up more than $112 billion in damage worldwide. Of that, more than $109 billion was in Florida.

The report outlines the life of Hurricane Ian, from its inception, to its landfall, to its eventual dissipation.

[roamer65]

1. I bet it gets outdone this season.

The Gulf is pretty damn warm right now.

[jimfields33]

13. It's supposed to be lessen this year. Nino is coming.

Last time Nino was here, Florida went 10 years without a major hurricane. Hopefully that happens.

[edhopper]

2. Also the deadliest in Florida

since the Hurricane of '35.

[malaise]

4. Yes indeed

but we knew this months ago.

[303squadron]

3. Yes, and it taught SW Florida a lesson:

You needed to have insurance on your insurance....since the insurers aren't paying up on what they insured!

Nice work if you can get it.

[Deuxcents]

5. I've lived thru a few and Ian, by far, was my most violent hurricane experience

After 6 plus months, we still have roof tarps and boarded up homes. Honest contractors and the supply chain are swamped with job requests and some insurance companies are ghosting us.. some closing shop and refusing to cover any new policies or honor the ones they have.

[malaise]

7. And a new season is just two months away

[Deuxcents]

8. Tell me!! We've already had record breaking temp last week...2 days of 94* and it's only April

I think we had 3 cold days this winter..it just went straight into heat and drought. Finally some rain this week as we’re conserving water usage and battling brush fires. I’m not looking forward to summer at all

[jimfields33]

14. Your lucky. It's 71 and chilly in central Florida

[Deuxcents]

20. We're due for that front you're experiencing now..we need the rain, too

[jimfields33]

23. I hope you get the rain.

It was supposed to rain but of course it didn’t.

[malaise]

17. From Jeff Masters at the link

“Those are unusually high deaths tolls for a U.S. hurricane,” said Jeff Masters, a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections.

All 66 deaths directly caused by the storm occurred in Florida. Storm surge alone killed 41 of those people, the report states.

The report concludes that maximum storm surge ranged between 10 and 15 feet above ground level on Fort Myers Beach and Estero Island.

“I think a lot of those deaths were avoidable,” Masters said. “The fact that Lee County waited so long to issue an evacuation warning is of concern.”

[Deuxcents]

19. I've got a few things to say about this..

The fact is a lot of people waited too long to prepare or leave but I ask this…when you’re in the “cone of uncertainty “ for 5 days and the hurricane is as massive as Ian was, do ya sit and stare at it waiting for an evacuation warning? I realize that there are people in this world that need to be hand held but I have no sympathy for that view. The local tv and radio stations constantly telling people where shelters were..how to prepare booklets came out months prior. What upsets me is people not pulling out their boats and now, we have environmental problems because they’re stuck in mangroves or leaking fuel and ruining our estuaries. Lack of common sense or just right out not caring is a major factor for our problems now. Imo.

[malaise]

22. Agree with you 100%

I don't need anyone to tell me to seek shelter

[RKP5637]

6. And insurance companies are looking to pull out or increase their rates to the sky!

Our insurance rate for the condo building had gone up $100,000 per year before Ian. And personal insurance when up, plus assessments. It's going to be prohibitive to even think of living in Florida unless one has megabucks. And the politicians suck.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. The largest Sargrassum bloom is approaching Florida.

Which will add even more misery to an already beleaguered state.

Can Ronnie D. handle it all by his onesies?

[NickB79]

11. He's laser focused on more important matters

Like fighting a giant billionaire mouse, banning books, and inspecting middle school genitals.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. If only Ronnie can cancel Hurricane season.

Nice coastline, Ron. Shame if something happened to it by Mother Nature.

[NickB79]

10. Now imagine one of these hitting every other year or so

A vast swath of the Gulf Coast will be uninhabitable in the next 20 years. No way we can rebuild indefinitely in a world 2-3C warmer.

[Model35mech]

15. How long will the NOT at risk of hurricane states keep paying for that?

we all KNOW AND DEEPLY BELIEVE that THESE DISASTERS ARE THE WILL OF THE GODS

Florida hates most of the Gods. It's weather tragedies are consequently their own fault.

[Deuxcents]

21. Every state is at risk from natural disasters.

Don’t know where you are but we, as a country, pull together and support each other. Tornadoes seems to hit the hardest in the same swath of the country. Blizzards, fires, whatever. We all pitch in. 🌴

[FloridaBlues]

16. Hope it's a quiet season not finished fixing house yet after Ian.

Season is right around the corner.

[malaise]

18. They get worse by the year

We are more than overdue

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Ironically

the guy whose district took the worst hit was the same one nominated multiple times by the RW side show clowns in an attempt to embarrass McCarthy - Byron Donalds (R, FL-19).

[malaise]

25. Ouch!

Thanks for this

[BumRushDaShow]

27. You're welcome!

The death and destruction in his district has been heartbreaking. Meanwhile all he cares about is "tax relief". From what I understand from a number of news articles, many of the people living at ground zero were actually low-income support staff for the resorts in the area and "tax relief" is probably the least of their worries.