Future uncertain for Fort Myers Beach
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Published 2022-09-30
Times Square in Fort Myers Beach, a popular beachfront shopping and dining district, had businesses that were there for generations. They were shattered after Hurricane Ian.
A day after Hurricane Ian made landfall as a category 4 storm, the road to Fort Myers Beach is littered with debris, buildings blown apart, and boats stacked on cars.
In one spot, a rope from the back of a boat was still attached to a piece of the dock. You can still hear alarms going off inside one of them.
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All Comments (21)
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I went through this after Hurricane Katrina here in New Orleans. It’s going to take work and patience but you guys will get through this if you stay strong. Rely on each other and come together as a community. Be wary of contractors, make sure that they are licensed and check them out. Especially the out of state storm chasers. Get on Fema and don’t let up; don’t take the first no from your insurance company. The red cross will also help, contact them. Good luck, you got this! 👍🏻🙏🏻
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Worst possible case scenario, fema predicted over a decade ago, a cat 5 will enter there and would create 100 billion dollars in damage.
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Unfortunately this area will not be the same for a very long time. Took 5 years to recover from hurricane Andrew. My prayers are with everyone. Just a heartbreaking mess to see that once beautiful area like this.
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Everyone never knows the day it all goes fast in any state all over the USA. Always be ready for everything. No one is safe today. Blessing to you all and healing, RIP who died.
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This was my childhood home, I visited every year, even moved back after I got married and raised my children here. I’m crying over this
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From Tampa Bay, our prayers are with you. We are working to send supplies and help as quickly as possible. Stay strong Ft Myers!
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Fort Myers is my second home. My people are strong. We will rebuild and be better than ever before. A piece of me is broken, but healing happens with time.
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As someone who lost my house in a tornado, I emplore everyone to check your homeowners policy and make sure you have guaranteed replacement.
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So profoundly sad that most didn't take Ian seriously, as the man in the glasses admits. Heartbreaking.
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My heart breaks for everyone affected humans and animals..
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Its heartbreaking to see what Ian did to this beautiful place. I spent my last vacation day in Florida at Fort Myers beach enjoying the sundowner at the pier...my heart is bleeding, i felt in love with this area. My prayers are with all Floridians 😭❤️...i am from Germany and my heart was deeply touched by the friendly people over there
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Prayers from Southeast Louisiana as this was us just last year! Long hard road to recovery!
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I was flooded in sandy ten years ago. I fixed my house and then lifted it The town changed. Rich builders bought up property from older people who could not keep up. Property value was low Work was slow. I couldn’t keep up with the cost of repair and lifting. Had to sell at a loss after years of struggling. That’s what is going to happen to these people in florida
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One thing to learn is evacuate even if you are not sure about if it will be cat 3 to higher. I feel like people underestimated the fact that it could strengthen fast the way it did from cat 3 to almost cat 5 which came as a surprise to most. Sending prayers to people in florida and everyone affected in this 🙏❤.
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I am sad for people who lost their lives and those who lost everything near and dear to them.
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Sending my prayers to the whole of florida
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I’m so sorry this happened I was watching everything unfold on the tv in shock. I love Florida so much it’s my favorite place wonderful people my heart breaks for you Lauren-NJ
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Such utter destruction, I feel for those people who lost all, I hope they get the proper assistance from the government and their insurance agency, FT. Myers looks like a war zone, god bless those people.
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This absolutely shatters my heart! This was my home away from home and fell in love with FMB. I was there last June and last December and it was hard to look at this place. May God bless that land! 💔💔💔
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You haven’t lost everything. You are ALIVE! Already a good reason to be grateful!
