This is an Andrew palm, still living. I think. If you chained 50' loops into holes drilled into the bases of mature trees, then cut the moorings at the right moment, this idiot could actually live through the surge. And then brag about it.
where he’s at, the St Johns River, there are probably not those type of palms. Some of these folks that get stubborn and stay put either have inflated sense of their own prowess, or simply have nowhere to go.