Aerial survey of Hurricane Ian damage to Bokeelia & Boca Grande in Florida

@blueskies8834 1 year ago

Great Reporting. A pleasure to hear from someone who knows the area.

@catherinecoleman7864 1 year ago

Fantastic footage and great reporting, no drama just information!!!

@lauriej4597 1 year ago

Thanks for releasing this video to the public. I haven’t seen this on the news and it really helps bring it into perspective. There are no words………. So heartbreaking.

@dentech4710 1 year ago

Thank you for your vid’s of the barrier islands. They are the most informative that I’ve seen.

@andyandy4423 1 year ago

The dark water is NOT pollution. It's just fresh water from rain and from our coastal rivers. By bad mouthing our waterways incessantly in these videos, you are doing a huge disservice to our communities.

@Itsthesollife 1 year ago

Completely glossed over two of Boca Grande’s icons, Port Boca Grande Lighthouse and Gasparilla Island Lighthouse. Both weathered the storm but they are damaged. The water looks like that after every storm and the beautiful turquoise waters will return. Nature usually recovers.

@pilothouseking 1 year ago

Thanks! If only they would bury their lines, this wouldn’t happen over aand over and over and over. It’s sand-it’s literally not that hard. That “pollution “ is fresh water, which floats over salt water. You will see this on every ebb tide everywhere.

@lewislambert2141 1 year ago

Thank you so much for sharing. We stay twice a year on cabbage key and was very anxious on how they fared.

@raymondcoulombe9149 1 year ago

Thank you. Excellent job narrating this video

@christiana8820 1 year ago

Just remember when you watch this that A LOT of these million dollar plus beachfront homes are owned by VERY rich people who only stay in these homes a few weeks or couple months a year at most. Maybe THEY should be paying for the rebuilding costs if these people all want to lay in a hammock at their beachfront homes during the winter????

@haunebu2360 1 year ago

Seeing this in hindsight, the response was absolutely incredible! 😮

@zbignoz.tunnlerwitz_109 1 year ago

the architect and contractor who built the Tarpon Lodge are masters of their craft.

@tasbar7743 1 year ago

Thanks Kellie for doing a phenomenal job bringing this view to us. So many structures still intact compared to the 1st video. So when they build back on FM Beach, this is the material they need to use. This area looks untouched. As you said the dirty side of the storm vs the good side. Very interesting info.❤️🙏🏽

@photoeditor51 1 year ago

Thank for reasonable reporting, without drama or sensationalism.

@Happy-Trails-To-You 1 year ago

Excellent video. This shows the significant difference between being on the norths side (clean side) of the eye of the hurricane vs what happened at Sanibel and Ft. Myers which was on the south side and saw the huge storm surge. Most of the newer homes had modest damage. A few miles north of landfall makes a HUGE difference. 50 to 100 miles south (or the the right looking down) of the eye landing is a bad place to be.

@blueshirtguy6741 1 year ago

I'm a Fort myers native currently in Georgia. My car blew a head gasket, but I'm gonna find a way back to help clean up. My heart is broken for Fort Myers.

@tomtillman4650 1 year ago

You should not comment on things of which you are obviously ignorant. What you are calling polluted water is just the fresh water exiting the bays. The fresh water has tannin in it from the rivers, mangroves etc…. This happens anytime there is a massive rainfall on the gulf. It will be fine in a few weeks and is part of the natural ecosystems along the gulf.