Posted on 09/29/2022 8:27:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
A portion of a major roadway in southwest Florida collapsed after the impacts from the devastating landfall of what was Hurricane Ian.
Video from NBC affiliate WBBH-TV showed a portion of the Sanibel Causeway that collapsed as a result of Ian's impact on the area.
The collapse cut off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people normally live. How many heeded mandatory evacuation orders before the storm surge washed over the island was impossible to know.
VIDEOS AT LINK.............
0:11 Sanibel Causeway Bridge Collapses Courtesy Gabe Goulding / WBBH-TV
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a Thursday news conference that two deaths were believed to be related to the storm, but not confirmed. Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson told NBC’s “Today” that he had not been told of any deaths in the city, but Ian by far is the worst storm he's witnessed since the 1970s.
“Watching the water from my condo in the heart of downtown, watching that water rise and just flood out all the stores on the first floor, it was heartbreaking,” Anderson said.
The Naples Pier, a top tourist destination, has been destroyed by Hurricane Ian, with even the pilings torn out, a county official said Thursday.
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Car Rescues, Fires and Near Misses: Florida Residents Document Historic Hurricane The storm sent waves of at least 20 feet over the historic structure, said Penny Taylor, a commission in Collier County.
“Right now, there is no pier,” Taylor said.
I bet the storm brought up a lot of good seashells
With the animals still inside!.....................
Mrs. Afterguard and I have spent our anniversary at a particular resort on Sanibel every year for the last 30+ years. The causeway is(was?) long and very well built with one or two nice recreational islands on the way. This is an amazing development. It also looks like both Sanibel and Captiva suffered a LOT of surge damage since the place is maybe 10 feet high at the highest point. I’m glad we never bought property there. Pray for the nice folks that live there....
Is there video of this? They posted the webcam from the pier yesterday.
We go to Captiva every May........
where 6300 people normally live...
is that a judgement they are willing to make? who defines normal? c’mon man.
Sanibel always gets slammed by large hurricanes. I feel sorry for the residents but this absolutely 100% should have been expected by anyone who lives there.
I’ve been to Sanibel. It is nice.......or was.................🤷♂️
We lost our pier in a hurricane once. Took them years to get it repaired..................
What a great opportunity for someone to begin a ferry business between the island and mainland.
Took the ferry to Sanibel in the late fifties before the causeway was built. Hardly any development there back then, the island was almost uninhabited. It was a world shelling destination back then, don’t know about now, being continuously picked over.
I was just thinking the same thing!
Have any preachers yet suggested that the storm was God’s vengeance for west-coast Florida’s sinful ways?
We’ve been having our anniversary dinner at the Mad Hatter in Sanibel for years. Our go to place is (or was) on Captiva. We were looking at property on Venice Island before the prices went nuts.
My question is, how many of those homes are vacation homes?
When I was a little kid back in the 60’s, I used to listen to my grandfather and his friends talking under the shade trees of summer.
Of course they talked about politics and current events and local gossip.
Whenever there was a hurricane or flood or earthquake somewhere with large loss of life and/or property, someone would inevitably say “There must be a whole lot of sinnin’ goin on down there....” and everyone would knowingly nod in agreement...........sometimes with an ‘Amen’ to give it that extra kick................😉
If it is anything like around here, probably 25%..............
I sailed under that many times back in the 80s. It was always cool to watch the traffic wait while the bridge raised for me.
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