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ARCHIVE: Venice, Florida – 12 October 2024
1. Wide of homes buried in sand
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill O’Connell, Bahia Vista Gulf board member:
"What we found out in Helene, was that it seems to be just the coastal properties that were affected. If you notice, coming in here, the rest of the island during Helene, everything was fine until you got the Tarpon Center Drive, which is the front of our building, between the Intercoastal and the Gulf of Mexico. And we had taken on all that sand, our pool was completely filled with sand. It really wasn’t a big wind and rain event. It was more of a surge event."
3. Aerial shot of damage
4. Pool filled with sand
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill O’Connell, Bahia Vista Gulf board member:
"We emptied the pool, it was all prepped. Last Monday, they were supposed to start refurbishing the pool. And then we start hearing about the storm that was coming. So we didn’t have much time to prepare. We did what we could. And now we’re back, and Milton brought further damage because it re-flooded everything that was already flooded, brought all the sand back on our property that we removed. And also did, you know, some catastrophic wind damage, ripped off many roofs and blew out a lot of windows that cause more damage inside."
6. Various of homes buried in sand
7. Crew shoveling sand out of home
8. Crew working on roof
9. Tractor cleaning beach
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill O’Connell, Bahia Vista Gulf board member:
“It’s the price you pay to live in paradise. That’s the tagline I always use. I mean, if you want to live here with this view, beautiful sunsets, be able to go out on your boat, enjoy what we offer, what south Florida has to offer. You have to be willing to accept that these storms are going to come.”
11. Various of homes buried in sand
STORYLINE:
When a hurricane sets its sights on Florida, storm-weary residents may think of catastrophic wind, hammering rain and dangerous storm surge. Mounds of sand swallowing their homes? Not so much.
When a hurricane sets its sights on Florida, storm-weary residents may think of catastrophic wind, hammering rain and dangerous storm surge. Mounds of sand swallowing their homes? Not so much.
That’s the reality for some after Hurricanes Helene and Milton clobbered Florida’s Gulf Coast with back-to-back hits in less than two weeks.
"It’s the price you pay to live in paradise," said Bill O’Connell, one of the board members for Bahia Vista Gulf.
O’Connell noted that the beachfront property was already repairing damage from Hurricane Helene before Milton was announced to make landfall again.
Storm surge as high as 10 feet swept mountains of sand into communities.
The fine, white sand helps make Florida’s beaches considered among the best in the world. But the powerful storms have turned the precious commodity into a costly nuisance.
It’s creating literal barriers to recovery as residents dig their way out and grapple with what to do with all that sand.
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