SOUTH OF WHERE TONY IS RIGHT NOW AND MARLENE MARTINEZ IS THERE TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH WHAT SHE IS SEEING AND HEARING MARLEY TODAY HOMEOWNERS WORST FEARS CAME TRUE AFTER HURRICANE. NICOLE CAME BARRELING THROUGH WE ARE STANDING AT WILBUR BY THE SEA AND WE WANT TO SHOW YOU CLOSE UP THE DESTRUCTION. WE HAVE SEEN ALONG THE COASTLINE. WE JUST SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF THIS HOME RIGHT HERE ALONG A1A AND SIEGEL AVENUE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BACK HALF OF HIS HOUSE IS NOW GONE HAS FALLEN ONTO THE BEACH. KEN MEISTER LIVES HERE. HE’S BEEN LIVING HERE FOR FOUR YEARS. AND THIS WAS A PASSION PROJECT THAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR MONTHS NOW THE BACK WHAT YOU SEE THROUGH THIS OPENING NOW IS HIS LIVING ROOM, BUT NORMALLY THEY’RE GLASS WINDOWS GLASS DOORS THAT LEAD OUT TO HIS BACK PATIO TO HIS FURNITURE TO HIS GRILL, AND NOW ALL OF THAT HAS JUST COLLAPSED DOWN ONTO THE SHORE RIGHT ALONGSIDE THAT THAT BUILDING YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. THAT’S HIS MASTER BEDROOM AND HIS DAUGHTER’S BEDROOM FROM MY VANTAGE POINT. THERE IS A CEILING FAN THAT’S NOW TOPPLED ON SIDE, THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHAT WE’RE SEEING ALONG THIS LONG STRETCH OF COASTLINE. SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A REALLY CLOSE-UP VIEW. WE WERE STANDING HERE LAST NIGHT SHOWING YOU THIS VIEW WHEN JUST A FEW HOURS AGO THE BACK PORCH WAS THERE NOW IT’S GONE AND IF WE CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE COASTLINE, YOU’LL SEE THIS IS NOT THE ONLY HOUSE THAT SAW THIS KIND OF DEVASTATION. WE’VE BEEN SHOWING YOU THESE IMAGES ALL DAY LONG SOMETHING THAT’S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SHOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY BECAUSE THERE REALLY ISN’T A BASE TO STAND AND BRING YOU THOSE IMAGES WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THIS DRONE UP, BUT ANOTHER THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH KEN IS HOMEOWNERS EFFORTS TO TRY TO REINFORCE THEIR HOME AS YOU’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL DAY. SO MANY OF THESE HOMEOWNERS AFTER HURRICANE IN A MONTH AND A HALF AGO TRIED TO DO WHAT THEY COULD TO REINFORCE YOU. SEE YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. THIS ALL USED TO BE NATURAL DUNES THAT WOULD EXTEND AND PROTECT THE HOME. SOME FOLKS HAVE SEAWALLS OTHERS. DON’T CAN AT HIS HOUSE. HE HAD A TEMPORARY ONE NOW. HE’S TRYING TO GET A PERMANENT ONE. BUT AT THIS POINT THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO TO SALVAGE THEIR HOMES, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DESTRUCTION HERE ALONG THE COASTLINE. WE WERE OUT HERE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN VOLUSIA SHERIFF AND DAYTONA BEACH SHORES PATROL WENT OUT THEY WENT DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING ON NOW 16 CONDOS AND HOTELS FOR FEAR OF COLLAPSE. AND NOW AS YOU LOOK CLOSE UP AT THESE HOMES, YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY HAD THOSE FEARS. THIS IS HERE ALONG A1A AND THE FOUNDATION OF THESE HOMES. IT’S JUST IT’S GONE EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH JUST WASHED AWAY AND THIS AREA HAD THEM MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. WE WERE HERE ALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT, AND WE DID NOT SEE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES THE LIGHTS WERE OFF CARS WERE NOT IN THE DRIVEWAY PEOPLE DECIDED TO LEAVE, BUT YOU SEE THERE’S A POOL RIGHT THERE AT THAT HOUSE THE ONE TO IT. IT’S ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A CLIFF BUT THAT USED TO BE SOMEBODY’S BACKYARD AND AS WE CONTINUE GOING YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DEBRIS THAT ROOF JUST DESTROYED YOU KEEP GOING HOUSE BY HOUSE. AND THIS ISN’T THIS ISN’T JUST WOOD AND FURNITURE. THESE ARE PEOPLE’S MEMORIES. THESE ARE PEOPLE’S HOMES PHOTOS AND YOU KEEP GOING DOWN HERE. YES AS WE AS WE GO NORTH UP THE COASTLINE. WE WERE ACTUALLY YOU SEE THIS YELLOW HOUSE AT THE END AND THE ONE BEYOND IT. WE WERE STANDING RIGHT THERE. LOOKING AT THIS YESTERDAY AND ALL OF THAT WAS STANDING WE WERE SENT AND YOU LOOK AT THIS THIS THESE HOMES ARE GONE. IT’S JUST IT’S A HEARTBREAKING SCENE TO LOOK AT INSIDE. YOU GOT CLOTHES. I MEAN YOU HAVE PHOTOS. I MEAN YOU CAN SEE RIGHT INSIDE THERE INSIDE THE CLOSET. PEOPLE’S CLOTHES ARE STILL ON THE HANGERS AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO COME OUT YET BECAUSE THAT’S THE POINT VOLUSIA SHERIFF AND VOLUSIA OFFICIALS SAID EARLIER DO NOT COME OUT HERE IF YOU DON’T NEED TO BECAUSE IT’S NOT SAFE. YOU SEE THIS SECTION HERE. THIS ISN’T THE ONLY PART THAT’S BEEN WASHED AWAY BY THE BATTERING WINDS AND THE RAIN AND THE SEA SURGE THAT’S BEEN COMING IN. IT’S ALSO A1A THAT WASHED AWAY. AND SO THIS REALLY GIVES YOU AN UP-CLOSE LOOK AT WHY OFFICIALS EVACUATED THOSE BUILDINGS WHY THEY’RE TELLING PEOPLE TO SAY IN THEIR SAFE SPACE? THIS POINT WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR BUILDING INSPECTORS TO COME OUT AND CHECK OUT WHEN IT IS SAFER PEOPLE TO COME HOME ALL UP AND DOWN A1A TODAY. THERE WERE 16 CONDOS AND HOTELS PEOPLE WHO LEFT LAST MINUTE EVEN TODAY WHEN THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WEATHER THIS STORM. AND THAT WAS THE THING TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT HERE. THEY SAY THEY WERE IN DISBELIEF THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A TROPICAL STORM BY THE TIME IT REACHED HERE AND THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MANY HURRICANES BEFORE BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THIS IS WHAT’S LEFT BEHIND LIVE A