Surviving Hurricane Ian - Vlogging From Babcock Ranch
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida on Wednesday September 28th 2022. As a resident of Babcock Ranch, I documented my entire experiencing living out this horrific storm that has decimated Southwest Florida. For those of us living far enough inland in Babcock Ranch, our experience was no where near as catastrophic as some of the hardest hit areas such as Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach, and Cape Coral. For anyone moving to Florida, Hurricanes are part of life. While it should not prevent you from moving here, there are definitely some points to consider when choosing where to live in Southwest Florida that I discuss in this video. See the impact Hurricaen Ian had on Babcock Ranch in this 35 minute Vlog.
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Amazing! I’ve been telling people we all need to start building smarter. I’m elated see this community hold up so well! Well done, Babcock Ranch.
So cutting every single tree down for almost a 1000 acres of solar panels is smarter? We continue to destroy this state with our development and have already changed much of what once was a beautiful state forever. If we were smarter, we would stop over populating this planet. A majority of our problems today are all caused by humans. Too many of us now, especially in this state.
fantastic ! So proud of this builder and community
You have a Pulte home?
Should mandatory with all construction contractors.
Babcock Ranch is at the frontpage of CNN website right now. Pretty cool.
I noticed!
I hear that Babcock Ranch was a "Planned community" with the solar panels and buildings to hurricane standards as well as being out of the flood areas...considering other communities not far had considerable damage... I think the planners and builders did a good job in your community!!
They are setting the standard for how communities should be developed
@@livinginbabcockranchflorida - how did the solar panels fair? Can you get shots of that?
@@toxicslix I can try and drive down there….currently occupied watching children
@@livinginbabcockranchflorida No worries. Living in Vancouver BC Canada, so not sure how far everything is. Certainly don't put your self out. I work in local gov't here in an Environmental Section / Planning Dept. so it would be interesting to see the panels. I'm sure they faired pretty well, since you still have power and all.
Thanks John, glad to hear you are safe! Great video, very informative!
This needs to be the blueprint for rebuilding
thanks so very much. Your experience was pretty much what we went through in north Lakeland. South Lakeland was hit harder. Again thanks for doing this.
Who's here after watching about this ranch in CNN? It is pretty impressive very minimal damage, no single solar panel lost in the hurricane. And it is only 15 miles from the eye
The block walls that stayed have had their concrete filled already the ones that falled look like they were only motored and yet to be filled. I’m a contractor;) That would make the most sense and reason why we fill block walls per code after install;)
That’s what we do in Minnesota but we do it to keep dirt from pushing them in since our block walls are under ground and primarily basements. Same concept high winds or soil pressure.
That makes sense….I don’t know construction enough to comment but i am pretty sure they pump concrete in to the block
This place is really cool. Only heard of it because my mom is there right now for shelter she lives in west rotonda and they had flooding inside their home and no water as of yesterday.
Great blog John glad u guys made it safely
John, thank you for this. It's great to see how well built Babcock Ranch is; I'm glad people were safe. There are five solar trees in the neighborhood. I saw the two in Founder's Square standing in your video. Do you know the condition of the other three?
They’re still standing
@@livinginbabcockranchflorida Thank you very much, John.
Thank you so much for this! I’m glad you are safe! You mentioned some of the collapsed houses are Lennar, trying to figure out which community you are filming. And wondering how Pulte or other constructions faired in comparison. (Perhaps it wouldn’t matter with those kinds winds anyway?!) We are looking into Northridge.
Let me know how I can help!
Port Charlotte here & Iran was no biggie as my "real " home got little damage. 140+ MPH and I'm impressed with my home. You know FPL owns those vast solar panels.
There doesn't appear to be any steel reinforcement in the corners or the belt, no wonder they collapsed.
well they were still being built...
Some of the columns that collapsed were up to the belt. Where i live we require a steel reinforced concrete column at every corner. These are tied into a steel reinforced footing and stee reinforced belt.
I heard that Babcock Ranch is unhappy with the Lakehouse (the restaurant that replaced Table & Tap)
I am not unahppy....people always find things to complain about...
@@livinginbabcockranchflorida My Dad told a worker that Babcock Ranch is now unhappy with it because they had new management twice and if Boathouse doesn't pay their rent, Babcock Ranch will evict them out of here. They don't hate the restaurant but I liked it better as Table & Tap anyways.
@@matty1452 well I never heard anything of the sorts but I don’t know everything. Kitson and partners only started table to tap to bring people to the town. I know for a fact he doesn’t want to be in the restaurant business, hence why he leased the restaurant to Kearns restaurant group.
What was the top windspeed you guys got? You're about 12 miles from the coast more or less, right? The storm came on shore as a Cat 4 so I'm just trying to understand what the windspeed was when it got to you guys. Stay safe!
I’ve been trying to confirm this. I have not seen anything official but people are saying we got gusts up to 140mph.
@@livinginbabcockranchflorida That's crazy. How did all the solar panels fair? I would have thought with winds like that there would be some significant damage.
@@l84cabo have not heard anything bad...so I am guessing zero to minimal damage
Looks like movie of horror I’m stick with snow
Cold sucks!
You need to stop saying that Babcock Ranch is terrific and all solar. It’s not. At might and on cloudy days, the electricity is
Supplemented by natural gas powered generators. Hah. Not as wonderful as advertised
correct....at night it does run on the natural gas plant...but there is a plan in the works to have enough battery power for the city at night
Move back up north yankee boy
no chance
Bull shit Babcock ranch was damaged like every one else..
Minor damage