Is Captiva connected by the Sanibel Causeway?
Prayers up for your family, Aspie. My daughter and family are in Florida and faired well and they back up to a canal. My youngest granddaughter was oblivious and spent the day running around the house in a ballerina costume.
You can think you’re prepared to ride out the storm but are you ready to go weeks without a single grocery store being open because the trucks with supplies can’t get there?In Fort Myers, a woman named Halle B. stood outside her wrecked and flooded home and told ABC News' chief meteorologist Ginger Zee about the terrifying ordeal she and her cat, Maui Maui, endured.
"I'm the stupidest woman. I'm from Florida. I went through (hurricanes) Andrew, Irma. I decided to stay. I did not know it was going to be a (Category) 4 ... and a tidal surge," Halle B. said.
She said she and her cat initially took shelter in her bathtub for three to four hours.
"And then the water just started coming into the front door and then it just exploded," she said, adding that her refrigerator floated away in the tidal surge from the Gulf of Mexico a little over a mile from her home.
She said that as the water got higher, she and her cat fled the bathtub and got onto her sleigh bed, which started to float.
"We floated on the bed up to the ceiling," Halle B. said. "We only had a foot of air left."
Those who didn't evacuate Hurricane Ian describe what it's like to ride out storm
Some Floridians have decided to ignore the state’s evacuation orders and ride out Hurricane Ian at home, which made landfall on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm.abcnews.go.com
Hoping all are safe and they get in touch with you soon and relieve your concerns.
A ballerina costume? She sounds like my kinda gal. I’m a child at heart, and surprisingly I get along well with kids and teens. Better than I do with adults. I’m sure that it’s because I really am young at heart.Prayers up for you family, Aspie. My daughter and family are in Florida and faired well and they back up to a canal. My youngest granddaughter was oblivious and spent the day running around the house in a ballerina costume.
This was her Hurricane Update earlier today:
For those wondering - we’re all safe and sound. Storm eye just passed right over us and it’s now downgraded to a tropical storm. Rainfall was not as significant in our area as initially expected. Minimal damage to small trees etc but everything structural in the neighborhood looks fine. No power out yet! Today will be windy as we get the back side of the storm but hopefully the worst threats are over. Hope everyone to the north of us stays safe
We visited Sanibel Island years ago and stayed at the Sundial Resort. Really enjoyed the island, hate to think about the devastation caused by Ian.
YesIs Captiva connected by the Sanibel Causeway?
It is also destroyed. Pics here.
Hurricane Ian devastates SW Florida: Sanibel Causeway will need to be rebuilt, governor says
Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, leaving behind a partially collapsed Sanibel Causeway. The Lee County sheriff said while he doesn't have any confirmed figures, he believes the 'fatalities are in the hundreds.'www.fox13news.com
IMO, Miami herald is infamous for click bait
This is so sad. I had to stop reading.
‘No reason to come ... there’s nothing here.’ Florida residents in shock at devastation left in Hurricane Ian’s wake — South Florida Sun Sentinel
On Florida's southwest coast, residents returned home to devastating losses in the wake of the catastrophic Hurricane Ian.apple.news
It's shocking and horrifying to see the photos of the damage and destruction---what a nightmare! Praying!‘No reason to come ... there’s nothing here.’ Florida residents in shock at devastation left in Hurricane Ian’s wake — South Florida Sun Sentinel
On Florida's southwest coast, residents returned home to devastating losses in the wake of the catastrophic Hurricane Ian.
