Storm Surge Quotes

“2022 was the year Florida educated the world on how dangerous storm surge can be!”
― Steven Magee

“Some Florida beaches were regarded as hazardous after hurricane Ian.”
― Steven Magee

“Being miles inland in Florida was no protection from the Hurricane Ian storm surge and river flooding.”
― Steven Magee

“Some Florida retirees were financially ruined by hurricane Ian.”
― Steven Magee

“Stray pets were a problem after hurricane Ian.”
― Steven Magee

“Do not confuse truth with conspiracy.”
― Steven Magee

“The bulk of hurricane Ian’s deaths were drownings.”
― Steven Magee

“It is clear many Florida residents did not perceive the fatal threat of hurricane Ian.”
― Steven Magee

“Poor Florida!”
― Steven Magee

“The statement ‘We will rebuild’ can be a form of insanity.”
― Steven Magee

“It is likely I will never go to Florida again.”
― Steven Magee

“There was so much government controlled news coming out of Florida during the hurricane Ian disaster that I had to open up my mind to 9-11 not being accurate!”
― Steven Magee

“So many dead!”
― Steven Magee

“If I had stayed working in Florida, there is a high probability I would have died in hurricane Ian.”
― Steven Magee

“Honesty, that would be nice!”
― Steven Magee

“Is the government honest? The Florida hurricane Ian disaster answered that question.”
― Steven Magee

“Learn from Florida’s mistakes!”
― Steven Magee

“History is repeating itself in Florida.”
― Steven Magee

“If you want to disappear bodies, you bring the military in.”
― Steven Magee

“18 Feet of storm surge is super scary and so dangerous!”
― Steven Magee

“A lot of people are going to get rich from rebuilding Florida after the hurricane Ian disaster.”
― Steven Magee

“Mail boxes were a mass casualty event in hurricane Ian.”
― Steven Magee

“Loadsabodies?”
― Steven Magee

“Florida roads were littered with sinkholes after hurricane Ian.”
― Steven Magee

“Twitter traffic on #HurricaneIan had significantly reduced four weeks afterwards.”
― Steven Magee

“In one of our visits, I met a fourth-year high school student, who was three months shy from graduation. Before Yolanda hit, he was studying for his exams with his girlfriend. It was supposed to be the last Christmas they would be dependent on their allowances.

They dreamed of traveling together after college. It was going to be their first time. They never had money to spare before. But in three months, they thought, everything would be all right. They only had to wait a few more months. After all, they had already waited for four years.

What he didn’t expect was the fact that the storm would be so strong he would have to choose between saving his girlfriend and her one-year-old niece. For months, he would stare longingly at the sea, at the exact same spot he found his girlfriend, with a piece of galvanized iron that was used for roofing pierced through her stomach.

It was a relief that one of the first projects we started under DPWH Secretary Mark Villar was the Leyte Tide Embankment, a storm surge protection structure that would serve as the first line of defense for residents of Tacloban, Palo, and Tanauan in Leyte should another typhoon hit the region.”
― Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo , Night Owl: A Nationbuilder’s Manual