Florida boat captain Mike Staczek speaks to CNN correspondent Randi Kaye on how he managed to survive Hurricane Ian while sheltering in his houseboat. #CNN #news
Man stays in houseboat during hurricane. See where he ended up
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Johns facial expressions are priceless.
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Its ok Cpt Mike’s got money, no worries.
More money than brains, apparently.
Wow. The houseboats on land were one of the more impressive sights. I am glad he’s ok. Hope he can save his boats.🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻💋💐
1 Philoctetes Fuk what you saying it here 😠 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMO9A7yB1bQ
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 😠
5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😠😠
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What a lunatic. Who decides to ride out a hurricane in a boat?
Glad he’s OK, but I’m literally in tears laughing.
The Ultimate Florida Man.
@phriedokra61 it’s so crazy
To me, that man needs so help ASAP!
@Piccolo_sun awesome
@Andrew Pinson I used to read a lot about reclamation with purification, which ultimately led to reading everything I could about desalination. I’m no expert either, my info is old with a few new updated articles.
There isn’t enough fresh water in the west. That’s just a fact. If Southern California could make their own water, it would be cheaper and easier than trying to pipe it in from somewhere else. The cost to build and maintain such a pipeline would be too much. The aqueduct system is in place, but not adequate for the long term and the Colorado can’t be tapped for more water.
As Reginald said, there are no easy, or cheap, answers. But something needs to be done.
(3:33) Ah, yes. So many others are in the predicament of their million dollar boats being left on dry land and having to rent cranes. Those “poor” people. Our hearts go out to them. 🤪
Exactly. The majority of people doesn’t care about their loss of a boat
Yes it is tough seeing those who lose something whether it is an animal, house, vehicle or yacht. If you buy a bicycle or a yacht and have it damaged do you not have the right to feel a little sad for each. It is your money that bought them.
@CybershamanX You have not right to say that. This is a CNN network that made the choice to talk to him. He did not force the reporter to speak to him. So get off CNN’s back – they DO NOT EVER DO WRONG.
@Andrew Pinson My original comment was directed at what the anchor said at the end of the segment, making it sound like what this person was going through was somehow even close to being comparable to the many others. Trust me. This guy will be just fine. But saying this guy’s predicament is “just like so many others” who…I guess apparently all have giant house boats with generators and amenities/facilities to live in while having the money to rent a crane to put them back in the water? Wtf?
It’s not my intent to be sarcastic or mean spirited but I don’t understand why these boat owners don’t just sail a few hours away if they know a hurricane is coming because that seems more prudent and cost effective than riding it out and risk taking a total loss or a damaged boat.
@Kate EDid According to the National Hurricane Center, there is an average landfall error of 200 miles on forecasts five days out from when a hurricane is expected to make landfall. What direction should these boatowners have taken to be safe?
I thought that, too. Why nit just cruise up the coast.
Because by the time you know where it’s going to be it’s too late to avoid it. There are countless cases of weather forecast being wrong and ships actually sailing into a hurricanes path instead of out of it. Boats also travel much more slowly than cars and it takes much longer for them to move from one location to another and this storm WAS HUGE satellite photos showed cloud cover from the storm covering practically the entire state. When Hugo hit Charleston in 89 I lived on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and even though I was well over 10 hours away by car from the impact zone it still pushed up the most monstrous surf I’ve ever seen from a storm in my area and that includes direct hurricane strikes while lived there (smaller weaker storms than Hugo but you get the point I hope).
They knew it was coming up the gulf. He could have gone around to the east coast. We knew days before because my mom lives in fort Myers and i asked her last weekend if she wanted to fly out.
That wasn’t really good decision making skills. He could have been seriously hurt or worse killed.
Or he could’ve sailed his boat to a safe place a few days before.
It’s hard to feel sorry for people who chose to ignore the plea by the authorities to move out of the hurricane path one week before it hit
@GoldenClovds Not True.
And, I bet you believe in Electric Cars! You could never evacuate in a Electric Car.
@GoldenClovds I live in Canada and your Governments warnings reached us days ahead of time. They said do not come or get out now. I also work for the travel industry. We had plenty of warnings for our hotels and resorts on Sanibel and Naples. We allowed booking cancellations 5 days ahead of the hurricanes arrival just in case. .Airlines also knew and warned their customers. All of our resorts evacuated with lots of time to spare. There was sufficient communication for those who chose to listen and heed the warnings.
@Jake Mclain what if a rescue worker was injured or killed trying to get him out? Staying is selfish.
@Henry Hawkins actually they were in the cone but ok
Cruel as it sounds, for Public Safety, These people can be forced off.😔
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“It didn’t get really bad until the end.” – That’s what they ALL say. lol Good luck in your recovery and repairs. Glad you survived. DONT DO IT AGAIN!
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Is not true. It was already bad before the Hurricane had even touched ground. Flood started early. I am sure there are hundreds dead. People got conformable when they said it was going west to Tampa. I never believed it. I was prepared sense last Saturday. Is sad but most people didn’t prepared. Even the stores were empty with no people. The gas station didn’t run out of gas until after the storm.
Fema will pay him tho
Everything is fine until it’s not fine anymore
I’ve been in three major (one direct hit) typhoons and two gulf hurricanes (Grand Isle Louisiana) in my life and stand amazed and shocked that anybody could be that nieve and stupid. I mean really STUPID.
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Starting with Donna, the first one I remember, until this this storm spawned a tornado two miles from me, I have never evacuated from any hurricane including Andrew. Sheltering in place means you have everything you need to protect yourself. Throughout my life living near on on the water, as my dad would say, you really need to get OFF of the water during a hurricane. Every couple of years we’d have to move the boat inland to protect it from storm surge. Captain Staczek took a risk, he understood it and seemed rather nonplussed by the whole thing.
yes, their is a lot of destruction and it is in your mind how you handle it…..@f whot u always sayin 🙃 what is u on bout now?
Capt Staczek was almost Capt Sharkfood. Stupid guy. He could’ve taken those boats to Pensacola and been perfectly safe.
The way you used nonplussed, as if the non has negative meaning 😂
#Idiocracy
@Seitan Beats Your Meat >>The way you used nonplussed, as if the non has negative meaning 😂
#Idiocracy << His use of the word was absolutely appropriate for the context.
Oh wow…..thought he could “ride out” a CAT 4, almost a CAT 5 hurricane in a boat? With a direct hit on the area he was in? And only had insurance on one of the boats? And he thought tying two boats together would be a good idea? He’ll be lucky if his insurance covers him after pulling that stunt.
I live in The Bahamas 🇧🇸, and I have never heard of anyone who lives on a boat ever deciding to ride out a storm in their water home. In case people are unaware, hurricanes are extremely dangerous and are responsible for many deaths and lots of destruction. Some years back, I don’t remember which hurricane it was, but that storm literally brought 2 huge metal hulled ships and deposited them both on the beach across from the station where I worked. It was amazing to see that. I never knew that it was possible, but there they were, sitting on the beach for a few weeks before they were finally relaunched. Hurricane Dorian, that hit the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama took many lives in this country. It stayed over the island of Abaco for a long period of time just beating up that island. Do not take hurricanes lightly. They are a force to reckon with!
I grew up on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and have been through multiple hurricanes myself and I’ve heard countless accounts of people riding out a hurricane on their boat. It happens far more often than you seem to realize…
There are many vids of people riding out hurricanes on their boats. People have been doing it for years
@BeardlessGuy thank you!!! Some people are so ignorant!
When your house is on a beach or sand dune, one foot above sea level, and you are surprised when a storm hits, seems strange.
Nature takes its course, building houses in the beach where water/hurricane naturally comes around eight times annually. It’s like building a house in receded river, you know it’s going to fill up sooner or later. They love the beach view on a good day and I love it under water. No one should build one kilometre where the water shore ends. If they did that none of these houses will be there, and that’s the be best way to save lives and property, but people are greedy.
Absolutely right 👍💯
Yep, they know the risks they take choosing their house.
Oh my word….l am from Jamaica…my condolences to the families who have lost their family members…..we got to in the end remember that material things are replaceable but lives are not….hurricanes are very dangerous.
This is unreal. It makes you want to cry. It is so important for those who take the lead show a brave face. To rebuild and to be positive. It is a lesson on pulling together and stop with the politics. What we all have in common. Human. Love. Compassion. Caring. Giving. We pull together. It nothing we can’t do if we work together to accomplish a goal. Set our sight on the goal of rebuilding. It can be done, when we come together. We can be a force (like that wind) that can propel us to unheard-of heights.
1 Serena Warren Fuk what you saying it here 😠 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMO9A7yB1bQ
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 😠
5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😠😠
Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖
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Thank you. People always need someone to blame! The storm was out of everyone’s hands, it’s nature…but what is in their hands is to all come together to rebuild and reunite!!
Where there is a will,there is a way…just pray..
That poor mailman is gonna have a tough time figuring out where the houses went to deliver their mail!
1 Plodus Fuk what you saying it here 😠 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMO9A7yB1bQ
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 😠
5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😠😠
Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖
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Going to visit the ocean is awesome. Having the ocean come visit you, not so much.
1 Matter Fuk what you saying it here 😠 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMO9A7yB1bQ
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 😠
5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😠😠
Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖
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Not to be unsympathetic to those who have invested their lives into living on that Island. But at this point I feel very strongly that the best course forward is to make Sanibel Island a nature preserve. We are seeing barrier islands that have been inhabited for years, generations even, sinking and becoming uninhabitable. My heart breaks for the friends and familys of the 45 lives lost to this storm. May God be with them during this very difficult time of grief.