WxSynopsisDavid Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Maybe someone can help validate this claim but I seen various sources say "at least 10,000 missing". That number, along with the death toll, still does not factor in Cuba from my understanding. Also, the Ian wikipedia page has been updated and shows "10,000 missing". Just curious if the number being reported is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydbuster Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 2 hours ago, WxSynopsisDavid said: Maybe someone can help validate this claim but I seen various sources say "at least 10,000 missing". That number, along with the death toll, still does not factor in Cuba from my understanding. Also, the Ian wikipedia page has been updated and shows "10,000 missing". Just curious if the number being reported is true. I think it's horsecrap. The same thing with Hurricane Maria in 2017. The National Hurricane Center's official death toll was much lower than the allegedly high death toll some in the media stated which has still never been substantiated. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaPilot Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Anyone have any good links to damage assessment, videos etc for Ian around Ft Meyers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twister4999 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Lazy post here, but does anyone have the gif link to the NHC’s projected path through the entirety? It’s probably already been posted. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, twister4999 said: Lazy post here, but does anyone have the gif link to the NHC’s projected path through the entirety? It’s probably already been posted. TIA https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2022/IAN_graphics.php?product=5day_cone_with_line 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 9:06 PM, WxSynopsisDavid said: At least 1 death in NC was attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning because someone started up their generator inside their house and went to sleep shortly after. My brother's English teacher in High School died in a similar way-power was out so she was out in the car getting warm-in the garage with the doors closed. Smh. Blizzard of 78 in Ohio Per Cnn the death toll is 120 in Florida and 5 in N. Carolina. I wonder what the causes of death were? And the number missing is always super high for a while in disasters like these. That '10,000 missing'' will come down pretty dramatically after a while longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 7 hours ago, sojitodd said: My brother's English teacher in High School died in a similar way-power was out so she was out in the car getting warm-in the garage with the doors closed. Smh. Blizzard of 78 in Ohio Per Cnn the death toll is 120 in Florida and 5 in N. Carolina. I wonder what the causes of death were? And the number missing is always super high for a while in disasters like these. That '10,000 missing'' will come down pretty dramatically after a while longer. From the Washington Post yesterday - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/05/hurricane-ian-florida-victims/ Quote Ian is probably Florida’s deadliest hurricane since 1935. Most victims drowned. By Danielle Paquette and Meryl Kornfield October 5, 2022 at 4:10 p.m. EDT /snip/ Yet Ian already is shaping up to be the deadliest storm to pound Florida since 1935. State authorities have documented 72 deaths thus far — slightly under Hurricane Irma’s toll in 2017, according to the National Hurricane Center. County sheriffs have reported dozens more, pushing the total to at least 103. That makes Ian more fatal than Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Ian’s storm surge has claimed the most lives, according to the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, which is tallying direct and indirect deaths. Slightly more than half of Ian’s victims drowned, the latest data shows, underscoring what experts call a frequently overlooked reality: Water usually kills more people than wind. Storm surge as high as 18 feet blasted through homes, trapping some people inside while sweeping others into brownish rivers. One woman was found tangled below her house in wires. Many of those who drowned were elderly. “I don’t want to scare people, but they need to understand: The leading cause of death is going to be drowning,” said W. Craig Fugate, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Florida Division of Emergency Management. “Storm surge doesn’t sound inherently deadly unless you understand it.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 14 hours ago, Hurricane Agnes said: From the Washington Post yesterday - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/05/hurricane-ian-florida-victims/ This is why guys like Jim Cantore are so important. Too many folks are moving to these hurricane states and do not come close to understanding the violence of major hurricane. I’ve been through enough tornadoes and derechos to know you do not mess with 100+ mph wind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 9 hours ago, nwohweather said: This is why guys like Jim Cantore are so important. Too many folks are moving to these hurricane states and do not come close to understanding the violence of major hurricane. I’ve been through enough tornadoes and derechos to know you do not mess with 100+ mph wind With Ian's Cat 4, 150+ mph sustained winds at landfall, that would be in the range of a high-end EF2 tornado - but over a much larger area. And just based on some of the drone pics, that's the kind of damage that was observed where landfall occurred and where dwellings and other types of buildings weren't hardened for it. Add to that the surge, and you get a double-whammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 They interviewed sanibel mayor and she was pretty unsure of how many were missing and seemed like it was going to take a good while to know numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AChilders Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 17 hours ago, Amped said: I spoke with he and Jeff Evans yesterday at a property in Fort Myers Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/11/2022 at 4:52 PM, AChilders said: I spoke with he and Jeff Evans yesterday at a property in Fort Myers Beach. How was that, sad? Place is just gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AChilders Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Whineminster said: How was that, sad? Place is just gone. It honestly gets a little worse every day right now, traffic is obscene getting on and off Estero Island. Typically takes 3 hours to go 15 miles from Fort Myers city to FMB and 2 hours to get back off the island, debris piles are high and until they are somehow able to open the east end bridge towards Bonita Beach, it will stay that way. I was there again yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 2 hours ago, AChilders said: It honestly gets a little worse every day right now, traffic is obscene getting on and off Estero Island. Typically takes 3 hours to go 15 miles from Fort Myers city to FMB and 2 hours to get back off the island, debris piles are high and until they are somehow able to open the east end bridge towards Bonita Beach, it will stay that way. I was there again yesterday. Hopefully many of the homes that weren’t outright devastated can be salvaged. Many homes that have mold or other interior damage or shifted off the foundation will have to be leveled unfortunately. And yes, until there’s a good way to clear the debris (and there will be way more than people can imagine) from these towns and the roads/bridges are back open, there won’t be much improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbenedet Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Preliminary property damage estimates for Ian so far range from $42 billion to as much as $258 billion, with some landing in the middle. https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2022/10/how-costs-disasters-hurricane-ian-are-calculated-and-why-it-takes-so-long-add-them/378465/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed, snow and hurricane fan Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 After Allison 2001, FEMA was in my neighborhood (came to my house) and others, following the freshwater floods, and FEMA and Federal Flood Insurance offered some people money in lieu of further insurance, that is, they would not re-insure people who flooded many times before. They cleared entire subdivisions near the bayous, and I think they did the same in 2017. Saltwater flooding, if the risk is that high, FEMA and Federal Flood Insurance should buy the property and leave it undeveloped. Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize building in disaster prone areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AChilders Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Ed, snow and hurricane fan said: After Allison 2001, FEMA was in my neighborhood (came to my house) and others, following the freshwater floods, and FEMA and Federal Flood Insurance offered some people money in lieu of further insurance, that is, they would not re-insure people who flooded many times before. They cleared entire subdivisions near the bayous, and I think they did the same in 2017. Saltwater flooding, if the risk is that high, FEMA and Federal Flood Insurance should buy the property and leave it undeveloped. Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize building in disaster prone areas. Its the price you pay to live in paradise, people will not give up ocean front views (or gulf front), even if they do, real estate vultures will come in and buy it all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 This is an incredible watch by the man whose probe captured the infamous storm surge video. The interview with the couple whose house was being destroyed in the video while they were still inside is jaw dropping. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 hour ago, gymengineer said: This is an incredible watch by the man whose probe captured the infamous storm surge video. The interview with the couple whose house was being destroyed in the video while they were still inside is jaw dropping. That’s the most heavy story I’ve ever heard from a weather event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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