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[kwhizz]

Nancy Gibb lost her house and everything....... Lucky she is O.K.

[Xplantdad]

Wow....glad she's okay. That's horrible that she lost her house.

[bergy]

glad at this point that we sold our house on Marco. Could have kayaked through the front door and out the back yesterday. So sad for our old neighborhood :-(

[Steve Shauger]

A friend recently retired and built a home in Naples 14 months ago. Looks like major destruction, but won't know the extent because no power or communication. He and his wife are in Maryland now.

[SS427]

Originally Posted by Steve Shauger

A friend recently retired and built a home in Naples 14 months ago. Looks like major destruction, but won't know the extent because no power or communication. He and his wife are in Maryland now.

Oh no! I forgot that they built in Naples. I pray it is not too bad as they have worked so hard to get where they were finally able to sit back and relax.

[Too Many Projects]

I'm sure the full extent of the destruction won't be fully assessed for a couple more days, but there will be thousands of homes that are uninhabitable for an extended time. Unimaginable to see where they will be housed, when the entire peninsula has been so devastated.

And the destruction continues. It would have been so much better for Ian to stay inland and weaken. Now that it has gained fuel from the Atlantic, Georgia, So Carolina and areas inland from them will be hit harder and deal with storm surge as well.

We have a 3 week reservation to a VRBO on Pine Island in Feb. Pine Island was the second barrier island to take a direct hit. It was an apartment on the ground floor of a 2 level, flood zone, home. Any damage to property and updates built on the ground usually isn't covered by insurance, so we aren't expecting the flood damage to be repaired by February. I told my wife that IF they are able to recover and make it safe, we could go down and volunteer to help with lingering cleanup.

[Vern B]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

I'm sure the full extent of the destruction won't be fully assessed for a couple more days, but there will be thousands of homes that are uninhabitable for an extended time. Unimaginable to see where they will be housed, when the entire peninsula has been so devastated.

And the destruction continues. It would have been so much better for Ian to stay inland and weaken. Now that it has gained fuel from the Atlantic, Georgia, So Carolina and areas inland from them will be hit harder and deal with storm surge as well.

We have a 3 week reservation to a VRBO on Pine Island in Feb. Pine Island was the second barrier island to take a direct hit. It was an apartment on the ground floor of a 2 level, flood zone, home. Any damage to property and updates built on the ground usually isn't covered by insurance, so we aren't expecting the flood damage to be repaired by February. I told my wife that IF they are able to recover and make it safe, we could go down and volunteer to help with lingering cleanup.

The bridge to Pine Island is down at Matlacha, haven’t seen any estimate yet of a date to have it open. With the massive amount of work to be completed it could be a year?? Obviously, accesses to Sanibel and Pine Island will be a priority and fast track, but things only go so fast.

My sister has a place that was damaged in Englewood, her insurance company told her today that repairs could be two years out.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Vern B

The bridge to Pine Island is down at Matlacha, haven’t seen any estimate yet of a date to have it open. With the massive amount of work to be completed it could be a year?? Obviously, accesses to Sanibel and Pine Island will be a priority and fast track, but things only go so fast.

My sister has a place that was damaged in Englewood, her insurance company told her today that repairs could be two years out.

Yep, I just read that a bit ago myself. Sad for all the people along that coast. Was just watching a drone video of Fort Meyers Beach and it's horrific. The still pics were bad enough, but a video of the carnage is sickening.
Sorry to hear about your sister's place. I can imagine it will be a very long time to get enough materials and labor down there to rebuild everything that was destroyed.

[Bill Pritchard]

30 years ago this month, my wife and I witnessed the destruction wrought by Hurricane Andrew over on the east coast of Florida. Very difficult to fathom that level of destruction without seeing it first hand.

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard

30 years ago this month, my wife and I witnessed the destruction wrought by Hurricane Andrew over on the east coast of Florida. Very difficult to fathom that level of destruction without seeing it first hand.

----Up till now Andrew was the worst I ever saw......Bill S