I just talked to a guy that just left there he said they are evacuating people off Sanibel and Captiva by boat and helicopters. I got lucky, we only lost part of the roof on one of our condos but had no water damage
Hurricane Ian
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Love the Nature Coast area. We've been going down there every Feb. for a week.
It is a very different Florida from the miles of resort hotels and Disney World. I enjoy the marshes and the fishing and hunting it provides. Plus the population is just small town America and mostly rural.
Thanks for visiting us.
I am so thankful Ace. So thankful. Yes I understand there are 28 helicopters moving people in addition to the boats. This is quite an undertaking. Building back that bridge will take a long time. I imagine it will be demolished or made into a fishing pier the way they did the Sunshine Skyway Bridge when it got knocked into the bay.
Yep, right up our alley. Hiking, kayaking, seafood, and sunsets on the small beaches. I take fishing equipment every year, but end up never taking the time to fish.
Have you kayaked the Weeki Wachee or been over to Ozello? They have a great seafood restaurant over there. So many to list.
Yes & Yes, but we haven't eaten at the big place there. We talk about it every year, but haven't done it yet. I'll get back with you the next time we go down and get some ideas on fishing, etc.
Just watched some videos and photo montages from Fort Myers Beach. I spent a LOT of years vacationing down on that beach and also working in the area. My Ex-wife's parents have a place down there. My kids grew up going down there almost yearly. Fort Myers Beach is obliterated. It's going to take years for them to recover. Many of my favorite places to visit and eat on that beach are literally gone. like nothing left. Junkanoo is literally a patch of ground where a building once stood. Hooters is obliterated. The Pier is wiped out, the whole Times square area is flattened. any home that wasn't on stilts or elevated is literally washed away. Fortunately my Ex In-Laws house was on stilts, hopefully it survived with minimal damage. The Whale is still standing, for the most part but the lower level is wiped out. just devastating all around. Lots of memories down there washed away.
Yes I have. Kayaked the Weeki Wachee last summer.
Heard from Gassy. They are okay.
Other brother in Orlando lost power overnight. Still not yet restored.
Other brother in Orlando lost power overnight. Still not yet restored.
Florida Disaster Relief Fund is a great way for people to help.
The Ft. Myers area and surrounding towns are rubble. Truly awful and years of recovery ahead.
I have a friend in FM who lives on a coastal waterway that leads to the gulf and he lost 2 cars, major flooding in his home, and his boat is currently upside down in his swimming pool.
Daytona/New Smyrna/Ormond....massive flooding damage.
SC coast getting hit today.
I have a friend in FM who lives on a coastal waterway that leads to the gulf and he lost 2 cars, major flooding in his home, and his boat is currently upside down in his swimming pool.
Daytona/New Smyrna/Ormond....massive flooding damage.
SC coast getting hit today.
One of my co-workers was going to stay at her friend's place in Daytona and ended up going north of Tampa to her daughter's house. The friend's house in Daytona, right on or near the beach, got about 3 feet of water in it.
If they are in the island I bet they did. Atlantic plus IC rising and adding in 3’ of fresh water. Has to be devastating.
So it seems there is confusion on the possible 100's dead. Still haven't had a chance to dive into that but DeSantis isn't convinced that there have been that many fatalities and said maybe that was information gathered from 911 calls. Either way, would be a good prediction to be wrong on and hopefully it was just a miscommunication and the storm spared those lives.
In scared to hear the damage totals. This one is gonna be really bad.
Glad to hear your condo had minimal damage. My house in port charlotte survived but lost my pool cage/dock/boat lift. All in all nothing that can’t be replaced. I have 4 paint stores in charlotte and Lee county one right across from sunseeker and amazingly they all seemed to have also pulled thru with minimal damage. The cranes at sunseeker evidently just hammered the buildings. 41 from kings Hwy to Marion is closed now also bc of sinkholes. I rode it out in ft Myers and had to go rescue my sister at her house right off Sanibel yesterday they had a close call had water up to 8’. I got them in my pickup yesterday the water on the road was almost to the hood of my truck. It looks like a war zone in Sanibel/ft Myers beach.
Was down in Venice today. Hit badly. Real effing bad. Debris everywhere. Bad flooding. North even worse. Can’t imagine what Cape Coral/Ft Myers is going through
Worst story. Talked to woman today. She just got back from Iowa on Monday from her baby brother committing suicide in front of his ex wife and two children and then she lost her home to Ian.
Numbing.
Worst story. Talked to woman today. She just got back from Iowa on Monday from her baby brother committing suicide in front of his ex wife and two children and then she lost her home to Ian.
Numbing.
That’s terrible I’m up in venice for work quite a lot. Have many friends in the area. Haven’t talked to many of them but the ones I have all seemed to have pulled thru ok thankfully.
I don’t know how someone even deals with a situation like that lady had to endure. That’s unimaginable. If someone wants to commit suicide, whatever, but why do it in front of your kids man? Had to have serious mental issues obviously.
All things considered that's a pretty good report. Saw the pictures of Sanibel and the causeway that was destroyed on the news - looks like it was hit with a cluster of 500 pound bombs. When I lived in Ft. Myers back in the 90s I used to go to Sanibel once a week. I saw a picture of what use to be the pull-off right before the causeway where I use to park and go wind surfing. All that gone now
Stay safe down there.
selfish act. I feel bad for her. She lost her brother and now from the hurricane has no home. Just awful.
It’s super nice to text and check on your people but coming from experience try not to text anyone that’s going or just been through an event like this. If they don’t have power the only resource they have left is their cell phone battery and every text sucks a little more out.
Look for them to mark themselves safe on social or wait for them to text you.
The Governor says it's going to take a MINIMUM of 2 years to repair the Sanibel causeway. My friend made it to Fort Myers yesterday, said both of his homes are destroyed, A tree crashed through one and 5 feet of water in the other.
A young guy I know lives on the 4th floor of a really nice condo building said he looked outside after the hurricane and his two month old 60 thousand dollar car was just gone. He has no idea where it is. Stuck in a tree somewhere probably.
We still have no power at our places. My neighbor contacted me and said he turned on his shower and the water come out black.
Lee county has a boil water advisory, how do you boil water when you have no power? But I do realize they have to start somewhere.
My friends that are there tell me the video we all see on tv doesn't do justice to how bad it is when you are there. Boats and cars in trees, piled on top each other etc. We are at our home in WNC and comfortable, so I feel very fortunate that we have another place to go to. So many others don't
A young guy I know lives on the 4th floor of a really nice condo building said he looked outside after the hurricane and his two month old 60 thousand dollar car was just gone. He has no idea where it is. Stuck in a tree somewhere probably.
We still have no power at our places. My neighbor contacted me and said he turned on his shower and the water come out black.
Lee county has a boil water advisory, how do you boil water when you have no power? But I do realize they have to start somewhere.
My friends that are there tell me the video we all see on tv doesn't do justice to how bad it is when you are there. Boats and cars in trees, piled on top each other etc. We are at our home in WNC and comfortable, so I feel very fortunate that we have another place to go to. So many others don't