I don’t even know where to begin. Hopefully this hotspot holds up long enough to transmit. Thanks Ad Rem for earlier.
First things first, myself and family are okay. We are blessed and fortunate. Thank you for all your thoughts, prayers and well wishes.
For those who are familiar with Hurricanes, Ian was unique; painfully slow and painfully unique. However, it had similarities to three previous storms, Frances (location), Michael (intensity) and Andrew (aftermath). What made Ian very unique was the duration.
Normally there is 1 hour scary, 1 hour hell, 1 hour scary. Soup to nuts three to four hours. For Ian, that was just the first half. With a start time around 1:30pm and a finish time around 9:30pm this one was brutal. That’s why so much infrastructure failure.
When I saw the search and rescue flight path overhead at daybreak this morning, I knew the barrier Islands were catastrophic. Indeed, Fort Myers beach, Sanibel Island, Upper Captiva and Pine Island all suffered topography changing events. People will reevaluate living on barrier islands.
The Sanibel Causeway is destroyed. The three spans still exist, but the spoil islands which held the road are totally wrecked. No way on/off the island by vehicle. The Pine Island bridge also failed. The only way to Sanibel or Pine Island is by boat. The dozens of air national guard flights today were all heading to those locations. Regional Southwest Airport (RSW) remains closed except for rescue flights.
Several major piers are also gone. Fort Myers Beach, Cape Coral, Pine Island. At this moment 98% of Lee County, Florida is without power and there are major utility infrastructure failures. Electric sub stations completely wiped out. Utility water pumping stations also ruptured and failed. Cell phone towers also wiped out.
The entire shrimp boat fleet docked at FM Beach was destroyed. Boats now sit on houses with trailers on top of the boats and mobile homes from somewhere on top of the houses, boats and trailers.
Most people are shell-shocked at the scale of the damage from this storm. Indeed, I doubt there is a community in Southwest Florida that not massively effected. Marco Island, Naples, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and all of the inland communities all feel the impact from a major hurricane evdident.
Locally, it’s even more stunning. We haven’t even left the neighborhood today and couldn’t even if we wanted to. Roads are blocked by trees and debris. When you think of debris, normally we think about small bits of stuff the size of a shopping cart or smaller. Ian moved debris weighing tons. Chunks of concrete from who-knows-where can be found randomly all over. Concrete slabs from collapsed seawalls are blocks away from the water.
Every direction of wind was just as intense as the direction before it and we felt every direction. As the front of Ian made debris, the backside then had ammunition for wind weapons of jaw-dropping scale. The sounds of that “stuff” slamming into homes was just incredible. Casa del Sundance has serious steel shutters with double drilled anchor bolts and several of my shutters were hit by something turning them into crash test discards. Just, well and unreal amount of wind power.
Like many others, we had our roof compromise in the second half of the storm. Massive trees that withstood Charley and Irma were no match for Ian’s rage. Thankfully, many people evacuated. If you are one of those people, stay put. Wait until after the weekend before making a decision to return home. Heck, there ain’t no power or water anyway – and word on the street is no gas for miles.
Like hurricane Michael, this was a storm of total utility failure. It could take weeks, depending on the neighborhood because the transfer and sub stations were hit hard.
Today was all about debris removal and that work will obviously continue. It’s easy to be overwhelmed, but industrious people doing the next step, then the next, is the way to get it done. How do you eat an elephant….. One bite at a time. Lots of bites to go.
As noted, the coastal areas took it worst. My gut tells me there are still places we have yet to hear about.
Another odd thing about this specific storm, an alarmingly fewer number of generators running. Easily 75% fewer generators running in the aftermath around me. Perhaps because the outcome was just too bad to try and inhabit while recovering; perhaps more evacuated this time; perhaps with the economy means fewer financial resources to try and cope. Regardless of reason, the drop in the number of people running generators is odd.
Tomorrow, we continue to put a few more layers on those callouses. After mostly securing the immediate homestead, we can now look to help others. This is going to be one long recovery effort.
Thanks again for all the well wishes. Love to all,
Sundance
Thoughts and prayers are with you and all the others in the path of this storm. Right now we’re awaiting Ian at Holden beach NC. 15 miles north of North Myrtle beach. It’s raining heavy and the worst is to come in the early hours on Friday. We live on the Intercostal but our elevation is 21 feet. But we’ll have the winds to contend with. Heavy rain with high winds are expected throughout Friday. So greatful for the Treehouse and all who reside here.
Absolutely love Holden. Family friends have had a house there for years and summer trips were always a blast. Gorgeous and very little tourist buildup. Saying extra prayers that it misses you.
Good luck dad!
I replied (above), I used to reside in the area(s), When I commercial Fished.. Lovely area.. As I opined, I resided down Boonesneck Road (all the way) to the end, Where Oyster Harbor is.. (Lakeview drive). Also lived across the River in Sunset Harbor.. I, (Now), reside up here in Surf City. Got OUT of Wilmington (proper) as the city has fallen into a Liberal $hit Hole.. Patrick, ever wanna meet & greet for Coffee & breakfast, Hit me up.. Would love to Meet & greet another Treeper.
Whew boy are you right about Wilmington. I grew up in Carteret County and I love to vacation on Oak Island. Live inland now and Ian is rocking my house as I write this. Prayers to my hero SD and to everyone.
Patrick, I (Used) to reside in/around Holden’s Beach.. Off Boonesneck Road.. & Varnmun Town, Nice area..
Thoughts and prayers for you , yours and everyone caught in this storm’s path! 🙏🙏🙏
Speechless. Your resiliency and preparedness are so admirable. Can you recommend where we should send donations? God bless.
I’m going to presume the site tip jar will work for now.
I’m so grateful to know you and your family are safe. It’s been so long since I’ve shed tears. This did me in. I can’t know and will probably never know what this is like, in real life. Lord have mercy on my brothers and sisters in Florida. SD, you are so loved by so many. May God continue to bless you and your family.
Thank you Sundance, for giving us the first hand story. What the people of Florida have gone through in this storm is historic and you have lived to tell the tale. Mother nature can be quite a monster.
I am so glad you and your family are safe.
Goodness what a mess. Ma Nature can sure be brutal.
I’ve been really impressed by Floridians’ “We’ve got this” spirit, from the governor on down.
Thanks for the first hand reports, and stay safe.
Prayers up.
The Woketards in DC just can’t understand that, Rep Gov, or Dimm Gov, Florida has done this before.
Every storm is unique, but this is not Floridas first storm.
You betcha.
Thanks for the update and sorry to read you were in this mess.
Regarding the generators it could be that a lot of the newer generators are very quiet to operate.
Excuse the late posting….found in the bin. 🙁
I don’t think anyone thought it would be this bad. What a horrible, horrible thing.
Sundance I hope you know how many people are praying and I hope God gives you and everyone working to restore people’s lives the strength (and stomach) to get through it.
Help is on the way. You have armies of lineman, cooks, engineers, prayer warriors, and more headed your way. It may not be the same, but we will help rebuild. It’s the very least we can do.
Sending so much love.
Leaving my Engineering Project in Kentucky this evening, just inside Tennessee saw Electric Company boom trucks on the side of I-75, parked and getting naps.
They could be coming from KY or even Ohio.
Proud to see the response.
Praying for them too.
Glad you and family are OK Godspeed with cleanup and repair efforts.🇺🇸
Thanks so much for the update, praying for you all.
I want to thank God for keeping Sundance and family safe. Anyone who knows me, and my hesitancy to profess to any kind of religion or belief system, knows I don’t lightly say stuff like that. But I’m making an exception now. If God really is out there looking over us, I’m sending out a special thank you. Love you Sundance.
Hvala Ocu i Sinu i Svjatome Duhu. Amin Amen. Gospodi Pomiluj!!
Sure will put the fear of God in ya.
Only a couple of years ago, I was much like you in regard to professing religious beliefs, being a hard core scientist/engineer. I claimed to be agnostic.
I got over it.
There is zero incompatibility between the belief in a higher being/purpose in life and science. In fact, if you research/analyze it, there is an argument to be made that science points toward the existence of God.
Like you, I prayed for Sundance and his family before Ian hit and continue to pray for him in the aftermath.
Well Spoken ruth. God’s Blessings to All who have been impacted.
Psalm 31: 23-24
Truth…
Does anyone have information re Crown Colony Golf Club in Fort Myers?
Thank you for the LOVELY & INSPIRATIONAL photo!!!!!!! 🙂 How does one post a photo here at CTH?
Trying to be short. Find a photo already on the internet that you can left-click, ‘copy image’ and then paste into this reply box. It will post if it has .jpg at the end of the link.
Or one of your own pics from a phone or computer needs to be uploaded to a photo-hosting internet website. Imgur.com is one. Opening an account is easy.
Upload the photo from your computer onto your new account, click on the photo in your account’s library, select copy ‘Direct Link’, and paste into the reply box here or most any other blog site. It, too’ must have a .jpg at the end of it!
Blessings! It might take a few tries.
Wow, COOL; thank you! 🙂
PS not sure if you are left or right handed! Click the opposite on your mouse for the prompts!!!
Thank you! 🙂
SD, echoing everyone here–praying for you and glad to see you handling things as well as could be expected.
May God bless you and yours Sundance. We pray that He give you the physical and mental strength to handle the enormous task set before you. We pray that He steady your hands, strengthen your back and relieve your aching muscles. We ask that He heal your heart and mind as you seek to help your family, neighbors, community and fellow Floridians through this catastrophe. In the name of the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit we ask these things. Amen.
Having gone through a number of lesser hurricanes and Andrew in Louisiana, I know how it feels to be without power and water for a week. That is nothing compared to the complete devastation I’m seeing in the coverage. A few inches of water in a pot and a sponge bath is such a blessing, not to mention ice and a hot meal. My heart goes out to all in the path of this storm. We are truly praying for our fellow citizens who are suffering.
Joining you in prayer. Amen Amin!!
My family has a vacation home on a channel off Charlotte Harbor near Port Charlotte. After seeing drone footage of the flooding and damage of the area it sure did not look good. The hurricane shutters were down but they do nothing to stop flooding. The place has a pool right in back off the lanai. It has an overflow but if the overflow went underwater then obviously it would do no good and the pool would overflow and flood the house.
We got a report from a neighbor that walked around the house checking it out. His report is very encouraging. The water never topped the channel wall. The pool cage is gone. Part of it in the pool and part of it on the roof of the house. But the roof, put on new this spring, appears intact. No other damage visible. Final assessment awaits the arrival of my nephew next week to check out the inside of the house and to get things cleaned up.
The neighbor across the street had their front window blown in and damage to the garage. One house down from then lost part of their house.
Far more important is the report my girls at Daytona beach rode it out successfully. The water came up to their garage door and was not expected to recede until the St. Johns river starts draining after high tide tonight but as of last report. But the NHC was indicating that Ian would move out a bit further east before heading north than was first projected and that should help. They have not power now. The wind took down a big palm across the street from them. But everyone was OK as per the last report.
So my two girls, youngest Granddaughter and their two dogs and hairless cat are all OK. It was my Granddaughters job to keep the dogs calm. Gave her something to do.
OK, so who was protecting the cat…the dogs???? Did the cat have hair PRIOR to the storm?
Oh…/s!
No it is a hairless cat. My daughter loves cats but is allergic to cat dander even if the cat is an inside one it really gets to her. So she got a hairless cat!
Yes, I figured as such, yet your comment left open the ability to snakily respond!!!! LOL!!!!
The cat is an ornery little sucker to.
HA!!!! Never met one at a cat show ever got friendly with!
Thank you so much for your report. I have your “girls” on my Ian prayer list. I will make a note that they’re okay.
Water did come in their garage but they had everything up on blocks. It is now receding but Laura took a walk out towards the main road and the water was up to her waste there. It is going to be sometime before they dry out. This morning, because they have no power they were using buckets to get the water level in the pool down so it does not overflow and come in their home.
Thank you for the details. I’ll continue to pray for them.
I am a pilot watching all of this safely from my grass trip in Wisconsin. I flew one of the first flights into Florida after Charley swept through, we snuck around behind him carrying a bunch of very terse people in and very scared people out. I was watching on FlightAware and saw Kermit flying around IAN and wondered what the flight conditions were. You guys have one heck of a job ! Prayers and thanks for doing a fantastic job for all of us. Glad you are all safe.
Interesting.
I have done a lot of flying doing testing of special imaging equipment. I have experienced worse turbulence than these guys in the hurricane hunter plane in clear air over California. The accelerometers in the system measured up to 1.4 G’s in various directions.
Most of the passengers in the hurricane hunter didn’t even have their restraint harnesses on. I would likely have been severely injured if I hadn’t been securely fastened to my seat.
I hit my head on the ceiling (about 3″ above my head when buckled in) and anything not tied down hit the ceiling/walls and was broken. There were keyboard keys all over the floor.
This guy hasn’t experienced diddly squat in terms of turbulence in his career, if he thinks this was bad.
Call The River Church Tampa Bay (813) 971-9999 Food trucks with supplies are already south of Tampa in the hardest hit areas, (Sundance named them). Someone there can tell you where there might be help in your area..
God bless each and every one. The world has been praying for you. Our church held overnight prayer meetings and daily prayers.
My heart is with you.
My Grandson is on his way there now with a tractor loaded with supplies. Hope he can get thru. He said he will one way or another. We will keep everyone there in our prayers.
Mental and Emotional
Fortitude ..
.. Sundance Essentials and Distinguishing Qualities .
Prayers for All 🙏
Thank you for being the best news source on Ian. No other source comes close. Best of luck. Be well.
We are glad you and family are well Mr. Sundance.
As usual, sensible reporting without overdone emotion and some subtle humour.
Always highly interesting to read based on syntax and diction alone.
(Sorry for the critique but after seeing those twits in raincoats reporting in their fake-concern, BS way as usual…)
Sundance, words fail me in expressing my appreciation for you and the CTH. I’m relieved to here the Casa del Sundance survived with only glancing blows.
I so appreciate your description of conditions there. My brother (single Dad) and his 7 yr old son are in Ft Myers. By the grace of God, his house was spared. Prayers answered! He evacuated to a hotel before the storm but had to leave there this morning because they were out of power and running water. He made it back home and surprisingly found his house intact. No power, but intact. Thank you God!
Given the descriptions of the amount of infrastructure damage I’ve heard, it sounds like they may be weeks without power. I’m planning to get there somehow and help him and my nephew. It may be wise to secure the house best we can and just get them out of there for a few weeks at least. Sounds like people will be surviving like third worlders for quite a while…no power, waiting in long lines for water and gas. (I’m sure the supporters of WEF would be pleased at the thought).
I don’t know how soon RSW Airport will open for regular flights. I may have to fly into Tampa, rent a car, load up with gas and supplies, and drive down to Ft Myers. (Scenes from Road Warriors just flashed through my brain). May be the best plan anyway since they will have more supplies available there. (My Mom near Clearwater dodged a bullet when Ian took a turn to the south).
Sundance, again, thank you for all you do! Please stay safe. We Treepers are holding you up in prayer for safety and endurance for the weeks ahead. Perhaps we shall pass one another on the streets of Ft Myers. ❤🙏
Make sure you have a place to stay- any operating hotels will be full of responders. No power means no water, sewer, or AC. Post hurricanes is usually brutal with humidity and no wind.
Thanks for the response. Once I land in Tampa, I can lay over at my Mom’s while loading up on supplies before driving the 3 hours to my brother’s. I will stay at my brothers house with him while we strategize our next steps. With the gas shortage, he may not have the ability to leave Ft Myers on his own. I can’t imagine being on his own in his position with a young child. He did all the preps he could afford to do before the storm. I just want to get him back to as comfortable a place as possible. What a mess!
Thank you so much for reporting in about your brother and family. They were on my list of people to pray for and check up on after the storm.
Wonderful news that you and yours are safe! God is good. It amazes me that you still have humor left – the callus building efforts. Stay careful and safe.
Prayers. My friend and her husband are on Pine Island. I offered her my place at Ocala on Tuesday and she declined..last we heard she was huddled in her upper bedroom under a mattress, lower house and pool were flooded..it took her 24 hours to make contact with family..they are ok, house is destroyed..they are stuck on the island but in good spirits.
So glad they survived. Must have been terrifying. Bet she wishes she’d taken your offer. Hope they are able to get to dry ground soon.
My husband and I are keeping you and your family in our prayers, thank God you are all ok and we pray that you all stay safe. 🙏🏻
Thank you for the update also.
The American Psychological Association has some recommendations for Floridians coping after Ian.
Just a question. Isn’t the American Psychological Association completely taken over by leftist woke nonsense? I would take the advice of any unwoke source over that one any day, perhaps a Christian oriented one?
Sundance, willing to go down with a fully-prepped ship rather than evacuate? I resemble that remark …
God Bless and prayers from Northern AZ … and we have a couple of friends (one in St. Pete and one in Sanford) in our thoughts & prayers.
Thank you for the firsthand update of the situation. From reading all the responses to your story I can tell that there are a lot of people hoping and praying that you and your neighbors will come out of this stronger and that we should put things in perspective to what is really important in life. Things can be rebuilt but lives lost cannot. Stay safe and hang in there.
Amazing description of present reality for all of you.
Yesterday, it was obvious (again) that the purpose of the media is not to provide objective and useful information. They jump from one dramatic bit to another.
Small bloggers and websites were providing analyses and real-time feeds. I found those to be the most informative.
Anything you can provide over the weeks to come will be a significant contribution to the thousands and thousands of people who have family and friends throughout Florida…it may give them something to piece together with other bits they may find even though you are describing one region.
I’m looking forward to seeing the swarm of trucks and helpers moving in from the staging areas, which will be awhile – –
They hype. They all do and that includes NOAA.
There was a distinct lack of good data from buoys and surface stations this time. But the very fact that several of the anemometers at the land stations were taken out by this storm speaks volumes to me. Sometimes if you cannot find the data for faster wind speeds then the measurements were not being taken at the right place.
For Irma there seemed to be far more buoys and land stations that were in the right places that made me sure that it was not a CAT III but a middle of the road CAT II before it came ashore on the Florida mainland near Naples.
But this time was a different matter. Sure you can say what you want about what metrics you have or don’t have. And you can point out that hurricanes are graded based on 1 minute sustained winds taken by an unmasked station 10 meters above surface level as per the classic Saffir-Simpson criteria.
But I also judge a storms power based on things like surge and damage, allowing for the circumstances of terrain, development, etc. IOW something like what Joe Bastardi calls his “impact scale”. And based on that no one is going to convince me that Ian was less than a top end CAT III if not a CAT IV when it made landfall in Florida.
That being said the 155 mph data coming from hurricane hunters is not necessarily an accurate windspeed. Based on observation and comparison of actual direct measurements from surface stations and buoys I believe that the windspeeds from remote sensing and calculated from dropsone sensors and put through a mathematical formula to get a value are inflated.
But there is no doubt Ian was a major hurricane. I mean that storm went over Cuba almost like it wasn’t there and came out the other side with the eye every bit as much defined as before it went in. And it went through an eye wall replacement cycle the night before landfall. From what I have learned only healthy storms go through eye wall replacement cycles and such a cycle means that the storm is growing including the eye diameter and outside wind fields. Often pressures remain steady or increase a bit during an eye wall replacement cycle but this time they actually continued to drop.
Hard to keep my anger at this storm under the covers. Its personal and political all at one time for me. Reminds me of what President Trump has said: they are after you, and I am only standing in their way. And now it is seems pretty clear the Ron DeSantis is in their way as well. .
https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/florida-sheriff-believes-fatalities-hundreds-hurricane-ian-wreaks-havoc
So now they are targeting ANYONE who disagrees with their agenda to rule. Utter insanity.
Tucker did a good job last night scolding the Pravda-media hyenas for politicizing the wind.
God bless you Sundance and everyone affected. We’re praying for everyone.
Long time follower, but I don’t talk much. Thank you for all you do.
Much love to the CTH family. Be safe, well and under Gods protection!
God bless and good luck to you all Sundance.
Maybe I will put some business cards for painting as the rebuilding goes.
Gotta go where the work is now.
I have been on that causeway many times hard to wrap my brain around the disaster that occurred Sundance I hope you have help with recovery efforts. It’s sort of weird to have an online family of thousands who would do anything to help you but can’t. Would funds help thru the donation portal??
I’m sure they would be greatly appreciated julie. The insurance companies are going to be dragging their feet big-time on any and all payouts.
Someone suggested the “Tip Jar” at the top of this page
If there’s anything we can do to help, please let us know.
God bless.
May the Lord bless and keep all of you who have suffered damage and trauma from this catastrophic storm. I’ve been through several major hurricanes in NC, but thankfully none as devastating as Ian. I can only imagine what you are experiencing now and send my love and compassion to Sundance and other treehouse friends.
Glad you are OK!! I worked Andrew in FL and Katrina in Waveland, MS. In MS there wasn’t a blade of grass left for 5 miles from the 24 Ft wall of water that came inland and we were pulling bodies out of busted trees. Those communities are still not back to where they were. Tainted forever. The stress levels will only get worse as dealing with the agencies to try and rebuild lives will be met with almost immovable bureaucratic force. I was once actually told by the FEMA rep that my losses were my fault because I chose to live there. They have become way worse since Obama. The illegal benefits for certain ethnic sets is so wrong while elderly and vets got nothing.
Hopefully under DeSantis that kind of malarkey will be minimal.
Stay strong- hug your love ones- pray daily for strength and understanding. He – Dear God and Jesus- will overcome all.
I remember Katrina well. People seem to only focus on NOLA (As you know, Katrina actually jogged to the right of NOLA and the devastation there was due to flooding when the levees broke) and forget how hard hit Ms was. Towns on the coast were wiped away. Millions of trees were uprooted and snapped. The timber industry will take decades to recover fully. I live in Jones County, which, besides the Gulf coast, was one of the hardest hit counties and we are 100 miles inland. Laurel looked like a huge bomb had gone off, power poles snapped and tossed around, and power lines and thousands of trees were down across roads, and on houses. Cell towers and communication towers twisted and mangled. It was surreal for weeks after that. 100-degree weather and no power, no water for weeks. We only had news from one radio station, no cell service, and no idea what was happening in NOLA with the flooding. Standing in line for water and ice: food rationed at the grocery stores when they were finally able to open some. In line for 2 hours waiting to get gas and then to have them say they were out. But people pulled together and the help from other States was overwhelming. A Baptist group from NC worked on clearing my street to make it passable. Trees on houses had to wait until FEMA could come to survey the damage and that was several weeks later.. I remember breaking down in tears when the first big beautiful power trucks from Ga and Ohio rolled into town. My heart goes out to Floridians as they deal with the aftermath. The stress and emotions will be overwhelming at times. Prayers continually for all affected.
Up here in New England Katrina itself was far from us.
But I do remember one of the storm nights well, because my acoustic band was playing in a local hotel lounge. It was usually pretty sparse, but that night it was crammed to the gills with guys from their trucks, I think mostly power linemen, awaiting instructions on their trip down south to help.
We conferred quickly and played “Who Will Stop the Rain” by John Fogarty for them shortly before they all left – I think they got a kick out of it.
As you know… adapt, improvise, overcome.
Bless from Colorado
Thank you for the personal, thoughtful and detailed update. I use to work for FEMA and was there for other hurricanes and am aghast at the devastation from this one. You and all are in our prayers. Keep us updated when you can, people tend to hop to the next news within a week and for get about the long hard road that you all are facing.
Julie Mmm
Thanks for the update. I definitely can relate after having lived through Hurricane Hugo, Cat 4 almost 5, decades ago in SC. We also had tornadoes which cut trees in two like toothpicks and it sounded like a locomotive coming through the front door. I thought I was going to die. Power was out a week, stores were closed nearby and empty anyway. No gas because no power for the pumps. No cellphones back then, no personal computers. But, the community all came together and we survived. Amazing how much you don’t really need. The thing I missed the most was a good warm shower! Anyway, hang in there, the recovery will take time but worst is over!
My place is 3 miles from the causeway pictured. I’m not down there but have a neighbor going in Saturday to assess damage. To those of you down there, San Carlos Dr. Is open and dry near Summerlin.
God bless you and your neighbors. Having lived through several rough hurricanes, I am so sorry to hear about this damage. The pictures are devastating.
Praying for you and other Floridians. We’ve contributed to Samaritan’s Purse but please post if you know of other reliable options for donations.
The Donate button at the top right will go a long way to helping Sundance & family with what they need. Insurance companies and other forms of relief are slow getting into the hands of people. Sundance is also generous to help other Treepers and those he can help there.
Please consider giving here also.
God bless all of Florida and Georgia and South Carolina tomorrow.
Thank you Sundance for the update, happy to hear you and family are okay. I have an email friend in Cape Coral who let me know her high rise building survived but the damage was incredible. I sent her your article. Like you, her deep Christian faith will carry her through this tragedy. Sending you and others in the path of this storm many, many prayers.
Prayers from PA. God keep you all.
Today the Senate passed a stopgap spending bill which included over $12 Billion for Ukraine. It’s hard not to think how handy some of that $65-85 Billion allotted for Ukraine – so far – would have come in helping Florida recover. The timing is in-your-face taunting and cruel.
But why should this stolen regime care anymore about Florida than it does the border states?
Good thing those Floridians with toxic masculinity are willing to do for themselves, one wouldn’t want to be totally dependent on the American version of the CCP.
Some family stayed in Ft. Myers Zone A this time around as they didn’t like the shelter experience with Irma and it turned out to have been unnecessary. Seeing the pictures, I think they wish they had left this time. No idea on status yet, they’re in a residential subdivision so it may take some time.
I am relieved that you have survived, Sir. Floridians SHALL survive. Americans always survive. They are obstinate people!
I had plenty of friends along the shore in NJ who had their houses destroyed during Sandy. It looks pretty decimated down there right now but the community will come together and rebuild things. The clean up is the toughest part. Reconstruction will happen . Keep your faith right now. It will get better.
Here’s another way to help: Donate blood. I’m going to donate next week.
Not to put a damper on your idea, but right now there is great concern over blood donations being tainted with Covid mRNA vaccine. The Red Cross claims there is no chance the blood will be tainted but that has not been proven yet. The parents of an ill newborn just had their baby given blood without their consent and the baby died of a massive blood clot. The parents believe the mRNA tainted blood was the cause. I would say donate blood for sure if you have NOT been vaccinated.
May each bite of the elephant go down well and keep you motivated. How devastating. I am sending prayers and much love to you and yours.
My sister has two time-shares, one on Ft. Myers beach and one on the intracoastal there. I know the area somewhat. It’s a lovely place. I pray all are able to recoup at least some of what they have lost, and I am so glad your family is safe. Thanks for the update. I have passed it along to my sister.