#Sanibel Causeway After Hurricane Ian

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Fort Myers' Sanibel Causeway (road over the water to Sanibel island) was repaired in less than a week after hurricane Ian thanks to Gov DeSantis. He pulled out all the usual stops. It was damaged badly.

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Estero Island is a barrier island that contains the great Fort Myers Beach. Fort Myers Beach was and is a massive area for tourism and homes for thousands of people. It has changed over the years. The first video was a presentation by Mrs.Jo Hughes who was a lifetime resident of Estero Island. She talked about all the changes that have happened to Fort Myers and Estero Island over the years. Mrs.Hughes brought up the man made changes to the island and the impacts they have had on the area and the wildlife. She specifically mentioned how many more canals the island has (over 100) and the risks that the canals posed to the island. She showed the various brides that were made and destroyed to connect the island to the mainland. She made one point about how the Sanibel causeway and how it restricted the flow of water and that she thought it hurt the natural way of things and how a Hurricane could come through and wash it out. Little did she know that would happen a few years later with Hurricane Ian. My mom just like Mrs.Hughes was a life long resident of Lee County being born, raised, lived, and died here in Fort Myers. She always talked about how much things have changed and how built up it had become. One thing she always mentioned is how clear the water was when she was a kid in the 60’s just as Mrs.Hughes did. I wish I could see Fort Myers Beach decades ago when it was quiet and simple, not the built up overcrowded place it is today. The other video of interest was the aerial footage of Fort Myers Beach taken in October of 2022 right after Hurricane Ian ravaged the area. I got emotional seeing it just torn apart as I had spent many sunny days there having fun and eating and exploring. My mom knew lots of the area by heart, having been there thousands of times. The same channel had a video of more aerial footage taken in late May of this year. It's cleaned up compared to the video linked but it is still devastating with just how empty and different the space is. It is going to take years to recover. Once it gets built up again it’ll be nice to explore and see all that is different and all that had stayed the same. 

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Then and Now Images and Movies - Hurricane Ian

Then and Now Images and Movies – Hurricane Ian

Screenshot of slide-bar image: “Then and Now Images and Movies:” “Matlacha After Hurricane Ian,” eyeonlakeo.com, Todd Thurlow. Having grown up in Florida, my brother Todd and I both developed a reverence for the natural world. Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida on September 28, 2022. Today, I share Todd’s latest eyeonlakeo.com creation featuring jaw-dropping “then and now images and…

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Hurricane Ian, currently downgraded to a tropical storm (though still a very destructive one), is leaving Florida on a north-northeastward path with devastation in its wake.

but now it’s expected to make a second U.S. landfall, turning northwest along the coastline and possibly regaining Cat. 1 Hurricane strength, then going into South Carolina.

much of eastern Florida is still under watches and warnings. the coastline of Georgia and the whole of the Carolinas are preparing for the same tropical weather.

many heavily-impacted areas of Florida are still without power and communication, so until these areas are reached, it will take a bit longer to know the full scale of the destruction. a portion of Sanibel Causeway was washed away, cutting off access to the Sanibel and Captiva Islands.

I suggest reading this article from the Tampa Bay Times, it details some of the destruction very poignantly. much of it was caused by the record-breaking storm surge and high winds.

much of Cuba is still feeling the effects of Ian days later. at one point, the entire country was without power. around twenty Cuban migrants went missing after their boat sank off the Florida Keys, due to Hurricane Ian. some of Cuba’s most important tobacco farms were devastated.

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Bridge destroyed by Hurricane Ian reopens early after repairs

Bridge destroyed by Hurricane Ian reopens early after repairs

The Sanibel Causeway, a 3-mile bridge destroyed by Hurricane Ian, was reopened ahead of schedule (Pictures: Twitter/@GovRonDeSantis/AP) An important bridge that was damaged by Hurricane Ian has reopened early, officials announced on Wednesday. The Sanibel Causeway, a 3-mile long span of concrete girder bridges connecting Sanibel Island to mainland Florida, was heavily damaged when the category 4…

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I'll be disgruntled if we pay to rebuild their road and they ever once before or any day after this bitch about paying off people's college loans.

Sections of the Sanibel Causeway, which connects Sanibel Island to the Florida mainland, were washed away by Hurricane Ian. Many of Sanibel Island’s 6,500 residents evacuated before the storm, but hundreds who stayed were left stranded by the damage. Some have since been rescued by helicopter or ferry. Officials believe the entire causeway, which spans 3 miles (5 kilometers), will need to be rebuilt.

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Latest news: Hurricane Ian's aftermath in Florida

Latest news: Hurricane Ian’s aftermath in Florida

A week after Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida, residents of Sanibel island will be allowed back to view their homes Wednesday for the first time since the storm devastated the once tranquil community. Ian wiped out a portion of the causeway connecting Sanibel Island to the mainland, setting the stage for days of evacuations by air and sea as crews searched for those who were stranded. Sanibel…

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I have no electricity, no running water so I haven't showered since last Tuesday, and my cell signal is spotty. But that's the least of my worries.

Hurricane Ian was a freak of nature. It remained a category 3 hurricane long after it made landfall. Winds in my area were clocking 140 mph with gusts up to 160 mph. I could only sit and watch my neighbors trees, roof shingles, and solar panels blow away. Hurricane Ian basically wiped my hometown off the map. Ft. Myers beach, where I made so many memories with my friends and family was completely leveled in a matter of hours. The Sanibel causeway, which was rebuilt after hurricane Charley blew it down back in 2004, is now gone again. Pine Island and Matlacha were decimated. The flooding was horrible. And its still causing problems throughout my state. So many people lost their homes. And lives were lost; the death toll is slowly rising as search and rescue teams look through the carnage. It's unreal. It almost feels like a never ending nightmare. And the weirder thing is, it was absolutely gorgeous outside the day after Ian hit. Partly cloudy, 60° weather, breezy..

I don't think people who live outside of hurricane infested states understand how devastating these storms are. I've lived in Florida my whole life. I was here to witness hurricane Charley, Wilma, and Irma, the worst 3 hurricanes to hit my area. But none of them compared to Ian. This was the first hurricane where I was legitimately worried for mine and my family's safety. And I know some people will ask "Why didn't you evacuate?" Well, some can't and some won't. I worked up until the day before Ian made landfall. Some can't afford to leave. Others have disabilities that would make it hard to travel, like my partner, he has kidney failure and taking his dialysis machine and all the accessories that go with it is a pain. People could have pets, and traveling with pets can be hard.

But most people don't want to leave because this is our home. And nobody wants to leave knowing that they may not have a home to come back to.

And please, to any northerners who come to Florida every winter, please stay home this year. Let us have our home for once. Let us rebuild what was lost. Let us grieve what we lost, because we all lost a lot.

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You Loot We Shoot: DeSantis Warns Criminals

By Tom Ozimek Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has warned opportunistic thieves to not goal residents or ransack properties within the wake of Hurricane Ian, telling a press convention that Floridians are well-aware of their Second Modification rights whereas noting a boarded-up enterprise signal studying “you loot, we shoot.” DeSantis issued the stark warning throughout a number of press conferences on Friday, together with one in Fort Myers, the place he remarked about seeing the signal directed at would-be looters displayed at a enterprise in close by Punta Gorda. “They boarded up all the companies, and there are those that wrote on their plywood, ‘you loot, we shoot,’” DeSantis stated. “On the finish of the day, we aren’t going to permit lawlessness to make the most of this example.” “We’re a law-and-order state, and this can be a law-and-order neighborhood, so don’t assume that you just’re going to go make the most of individuals who’ve suffered misfortune,” the governor added. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Surfside, Fla., on July 03, 2021. (Michael Reaves/Getty Pictures) Throughout a press convention in St. Augustine later within the day, DeSantis reminded reporters that Florida is a “Second Modification state” and that thieves seeking to ransack individuals’s properties ought to beware. “You by no means know what could also be lurking behind any individual’s house,” the Republican governor stated starkly. “And I’d not wish to likelihood that if I have been you—on condition that we’re a Second Modification state.” Florida has so-called “stand-your-ground” and “fort doctrine” legal guidelines on its books, which permit individuals who really feel an inexpensive risk of dying or bodily damage or who confront house invaders to reply with drive slightly than retreat. ‘Florida Will Not Tolerate Looters’ In a put up on Twitter, Florida’s Legal professional Common Ashley Moody shared a video displaying a bunch of individuals being arrested for looting. “Florida won’t tolerate looters profiting from Hurricane Ian to prey on susceptible Floridians. They are going to be arrested and I’ve requested state attorneys to hunt the longest pretrial detention doable to maintain them locked up so they can not commit new crimes,” Moody stated in a remark. Individually, a senior Florida official warned that scammers and con artists typically attempt to make the most of determined individuals following main pure disasters and referred to as on residents to be vigilant within the wake of Hurricane Ian’s destruction. “You might have these predators that can are available, and they’ll go door-to-door canvassing neighborhoods that they see the harm and they’ll signal over their [insurance] claims to contractors or they may have unscrupulous public adjusters … which might be going to wreck your skill to get made complete any sooner,” Florida Chief Monetary Officer Jimmy Patronis informed Newsmax Friday. After pure disasters like Ian, dangerous actors “present up in droves,” Patronis warned. In case you are a “policyholder” and suffered harm, “name your agent, name your provider, or name my workplace,” he added. “This will probably be the easiest way to make sure that your declare is being dealt with correctly, and my workplace, we love dealing with individuals’s claims, we do an ideal job at it,” he continued. Hurricane Ian made landfall close to Sanibel Island and Fort Meyers on Wednesday as a robust Class 4 storm with winds in extra of 150 mph. Over 10 ft of storm surge inundated these areas, leveling whole neighborhoods and even destroying a big causeway bridge that connects Sanibel to the mainland, pictures present. The pinnacle of Florida’s Division of Emergency Administration stated Hurricane Ian left at the least 21 individuals lifeless within the state, though that determine is predicted to climb as search and rescue efforts proceed. Jack Phillips contributed to this report. //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Originally published at San Jose News HQ Originally published at San Jose News HQ

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US island with 7,000 residents cut off after Hurricane Ian destroys bridge

US island with 7,000 residents cut off after Hurricane Ian destroys bridge

Hurricane Ian tore through the only bridge to Sanibel, an island off the coast of Florida (Pictures: AP) An unknown number of people have been left stranded on an island after the only bridge was partially destroyed in Hurricane Ian. A large section of the Sanibel Causeway collapsed as the storm hit, bringing devastating floods and storm surges across Florida. Between 50 and 65 feet of the bridge…

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Sanibel and Captiva islands cut off from Florida mainland after Ian's storm surge washes away three parts of Sanibel Causeway | CNN

Sanibel and Captiva islands cut off from Florida mainland after Ian’s storm surge washes away three parts of Sanibel Causeway | CNN

CNN  —  At least three sections of the Sanibel Causeway were washed away by storm surge from Hurricane Ian, according to video from CNN affiliates WBBH and WPLG, severing the Sanibel and Captiva islands’ only connection to Florida’s mainland. The videos from the causeway show two portions of the ramp to both bridges washed away, as well as a stretch of roadway that crossed an island in the…