I love FMB. Last year I brought my metal detector and was able to greatly expand my collection of roofing nails.

I wish you all could've seen this beach and city back in the 1979s and 80s. It was beautiful. Palm trees as far as you could see, a really nice playground right on the beach, the old pier, and nothing was better than coming over the top of that bridge and seeing all the shrimp boats and that glorious red alpine looking A frame of the original Dairy Queen. No greedy investors or hotels to ruin the open ocean.

If they put a toll on fort Myers Beach,they will never see me or my money down there ever😝😁.

We still all messed up down here , I’ll be looking for my truck in the video 😊

Sounds like a bunch of names your Grandpa would have slept with😂😂😂😂😂 love it❤

No public showers anymore for rinsing off after a swim ??? That'll keep me off the beach and out of the water

Sound like a tour guide 😳

Florida is out on the edge like a tree limb. It's edgy and Floridians are aware, fast, and smart. I'm from the 305 and I've never experienced a 'faster-paced' city in everyday life than Miami-Dade. Longboat Key is a gem and St. Armand's circle also, fantastic. I have to compliment the architects, engineers, & labor, who work amazing miracles in Florida. On a sunny evening at Pier 66 or sailing to Elliot Key can be 'perfecto'. It has it's charms, Florida does.

Went on Fort Myers Beach August 2023, and never had seen it so desolate. There seemed to be a shortage of workers to help clean things up, so rebuilding can start. It's not a quick process; it takes a long time. I'm glad to see some improvement, but like I said it''ll take a long time to fully recover. The locals I am sure would be against a toll going there. Let it be what it was before. Just stronger buildings built to withstand the wind and water.

Why is this area taking so long to recover? I realize it was a bad hurricane, but Florida always has bad hurricanes and seems to miraculously recover and with amazing speed.

EEEOUUU! WHAT'S THAT SMELL?

My dad brought our family down to fort Myers in 1977.my dad had the first ice cream truck in lee county back then .the county commissioners did not have any laws on the books back then .they did not know how to control him.eventually they had enough laws passed that it would take many years to produce those crazy laws,this country has gone to 💩 since 1977😡.

I just came across your video and was watching, and you were naming hurricanes. Then you said "Irma. Sounds like a bunch of women your grandpa would have slept with". My Gramps did. My grandmother's name was "Irma"😂😂

Big Sugar's waste fertilizer is polluting Lake 'O' then flushed down the Calooosahatchee River into the Gulf.

Love the video thanks for sharing Jose

It's still a long way to go for skin cancer and a Slurpy.

Not many back this December. Recession inflation. Fort Myers Cape Coral is in the beginning stage of a major Housing price Correction. Let it rain. What happened to all the realtors? lol it’s different this time they said LOL

Paying money to sit in the sand is soooo "Old School."

Amazing how FMB has rebuilt. Naples haven’t even rebuilt their pier yet.

I wouldn't spend $15 to go to a toxic and trash infested looking beach lmaooo. What a bunch of rich, entitled boomer snobs. Sarasota for the win. Much better beaches and free access. The state of Fort Myers Beach actually makes me really appreciate how beautiful our beaches are on the East Coast and how I sometimes take them for granted. I went to Sebastian Inlet recently it was one of the most beautiful places I went to in Florida. Water turns aqua there.

Is the water quality on FMB crap due to the Caloosahatchee river emptying out right by FMB?I assume it's the same reason why over by Panama City the Apalacicola river empties out into Apalachicola bay and makes the water east of there junk but if you go just to the west from Mexico beach west its excellent.

Disaster Capitalism they buy low and sell high, seen it growing up in the FL Keys after Irma and helping clean up Dads on Pine Island.

Reminds me of the Jersey shore a couple of years after Sandy. As for the water, is there red tide?

But over two story high

If they do that they should remove parking meters and add more beach front parking. But I still won’t spend $15 to come and go

Florida has alway been home of the Newly wed and Nearly Dead…When I was a kid and I’m 72, Miami Beach was where the kids sent Mom and Dad to die, 1970;I was working for Westinghouse, making Appliances Deliveries and nothing but old people sitting in chairs with Saliva Dripping and hanging out of their mouths as their heads would hang with sleep… they were near Death till the Gays took over and saved Miami Beach….

Storm surge went INLAND 9 miles !! Crazy. *Recent Lake O discharges after all that recent rain. NASTY TOXIC stuff in that water like vibrio (often) 🤢

We left for Homestead from Zephyrhills during IAN because it was first predicted to hit Pasco County.

A toll? Are they kidding.... No one would go there more than once... They implemented paid parking downtown FM and it cut visitors by a third and put a hardship on all the employees who work there... The city just relented and give free parking after 5 pm and on Sundays so at least they are realizing it was a bad idea...No one whats to spend money to go spend money..... If FM beach was smart they would do a deal with a couple of the businesses on the land side like the KW Express and build them a huge parking structure then run a free bus to a few key spots or even a boat that takes visitors to the island every half hour or so for a a small fee..... This would cut down on traffic for sure.....

people need to boycott that place. their gov. is getting out of hand. look at how sanibel island has quickly recovered

It takes a long time to rebuild!

I kinda quit watching your videos if you're going to make them like this one .I'm coming back more now

Looks like crap

stop calling it a hurrican. you know dam well it's cloudseeding stimulated events..