HURRICANE IAN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BEACH VIDEOGRAPHY

In response to Hurricane Ian, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection contracted for helicopter videography of the beach and dune system along the Gulf of Mexico from Pinellas to Collier Counties.  The state of Florida product and the flight lines may be shared: deliverables will be hosted at FDEP and available to the public without vendor limitations.  The video files can be downloaded to view from the link below by clicking on the three dots of the video when it is pulled up from the list of hyperlinks.  Please note that the videos are best viewed with a VLC media player.

THESE ARE LARGE FILES! DOWNLOADING MAY TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS IT TAKES TO BAKE POTATOES!

The area of Captiva Island, Sanibel Island, Ft. Myers Beach, Bonita Beach and Naples is file # 6 in yellow. This “L-H012-A001” file is likely the one that many will want to view.  Video # 6 is the largest compressed file and may take between thirty minutes and one hour and twenty minutes to download.

Click on the hyperlink below to view the videography files that were flown from Anclote Key in Pasco/ Pinellas County down through Cape Romano in Collier County. Videography was flown on October 1 (Anclote Key to Venice) and on October 2 (Venice to Cape Romano).  The video shows the time, coordinates and also in the upper right hand corner the nearest Department reference monument (R-mon). Note that R-001 will be the northernmost monument in a county.  The "V" series of monuments are virtual monuments used as a reference for shorelines that do not have established coastal construction control lines (CCCLs).

https://www.floridagio.gov/pages/video_hurricaneian