Ian arrived in the area yesterday. Just a bit of wind and hardly any rain so far. Guess it was raining harder west of us. Probably shouldn’t complain.
People in FL are still trying to comprehend what happened to them. Sanibel Island is decimated and cut off from civilization, parts of Fort Myers Beach have been reduced to piles of matchsticks. There’s video of a normal looking street at the beginning of the storm and then sometime later when the 15-FOOT STORM SURGE arrived– at sea level.
Seeing something like this, one might figure folks down there have made peace with playing the percentages, figuring it won’t happen where they are, intent on enjoying the sand and surf and lifestyle while a near-Category 5 isn’t wreaking havoc on all that’s been built in a place where it probably shouldn’t have been built.
When the freakish thing happens, there’s not much to do except sift through the wreckage and decide whether to stay or to say “the hell with this.”
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