this damage is from storm surge combined with high tide.
if the CAT-4 winds they were advertising were at ground level, there would’ve been nothing left of the surrounding neighborhoods but piles of lumber
You are correct. Media, self interested local politicians and the rat establishment all work together to generate a hysterical ‘oh the humanity’ narrative to feed local politicos hope for a big payday from the state and DC while the climate change racketeers want to jack up the hysteria and cheap bathos to feed their narrative. Watch for the first weeping ‘senior citizen’ on TV.
There are plenty of obliterated houses, you just aren’t looking at the vids. A lot of older homes blown apart, looks like Joplin.