Ian destruction

And that us, the living, learn to evacuate when asked by emergency workers.

I have not heard from my grand children yet. 2 in Tampa and 2 in Orlando. Hope its lack of electric.

I agree prayers for all. I don't know if it will make you feel better but I have friends from Indiana who had booked a vacation for Indian Shores for this week. He was sure they would have to cancel, but they said to come on everything was fine.

Sanibel, Captiva and Fort Myers were our favorite place to vacation before getting a motor home. So sad to see it all destroyed.

ferndaleflyer wrote:
I have not heard from my grand children yet. 2 in Tampa and 2 in Orlando. Hope its lack of electric.

I have a brother in the Tampa bay area and he said it wasn't that bad there. Hope you hear from them soon.

ferndaleflyer wrote:
I have not heard from my grand children yet. 2 in Tampa and 2 in Orlando. Hope its lack of electric.

Well, I am almost 100% sure that's what it is..... the destruction is well SOUTH of there.. Yes, there was state wide flooding from heavy rain, but the damage from Ian is south..( with the exception of a Tornado)

A good friend of mine lives in Tampa and he did not even lose power, another in Clearwater lost power for a few hours.

We have friends in Sarasota/Bradenton and just lots of rain, and friends 10 miles from landfall who lost everything.. it will be weeks before some get power..

Tampa is fine. Orlando got hit worse, but not anything like Ft. Myers and that area. I am 40 miles from Orlando, and people are still without power. That is probably why you haven't heard anything.

Dale

My son lives near Deland. His electric went off thur nite and back on sunday evening.
We stayed in contact by texts although he had periods of no cell service....no internet...no satellite service. He has 17 acres with no structure damage but lots of tree damage.
Gotta' feel for those that lost everything and a loved one.

heard from from kids in Tampa this morning. Their electric came on last evening but no cell service till this morning. Good thing was no damage other than trees. So I guess some parts of Tampa were worse than others.

ferndaleflyer wrote:
heard from from kids in Tampa this morning. Their electric came on last evening but no cell service till this morning. Good thing was no damage other than trees. So I guess some parts of Tampa were worse than others.

Glad they are ok.... Nothing from the ones in Orlando yet?

Heard on the news last night that residents in those hard hit areas are being asked to evacuate; I’m sure some have insurance for that, but some do not. After a diligent search and rescue effort, room has to be made for all the FEMA-supplied trailers to house people from FEMA itself, Corps of Engineers (levee just broke somewhere around Sarasota and, of course, bridges), Red Cross, feeding stations, etc. If residents stayed during Ian, they will not want to leave their property after Ian, but it is the best thing to do in order to repair the entire infrastructure. If residents want to stay in Florida, I hope there will be enough shelter available farther north, say around Tampa and Orlando. But money will be made available by FEMA to purchase and stay in RVs in northern Florida by residents who are uninsured.