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Hurricane Ian Leaves Cape Coral, Florida In Ruins
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- čas přidán 28. 09. 2022
- FOX Weather's Will Nunley shows the extensive damage in Cape Coral, Florida from Hurricane Ian. #foxweather #weather #hurricaneian
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My parents rode out the storm in Cape Coral. There's a lot of damage to the house but all that really matters is that their ok. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone effected by this catastrophic storm.
Glad they're ok! 🙏
I’m so glad they are okay. GOD bless you and your family. I lived in Florida for 22yrs before moving to another state. These hurricanes always had me in a state of fear when it was hurricane season.
My dad rode it out in south cape
My prayers as well. 🙏
So glad your family is okay. We got word a few hours ago our family there in Cape coral is also okay but their homes are also a loss. Praying for everyone there.
My uncle and his wife live in Cape Coral. Finally got word a few hours ago that they are okay. The worst wait of my life. I continue to pray for other families who are still waiting to hear if their loved ones are okay.
So great to hear. Did all Cape coral have damage. Ik it sounds stupid question. But someone said they had zero flood o damage???
The posting of this video is the height of incompetence, and is total fake news. Not one second of this video shows Cape Coral. This video shows a small island community called Matlacha that was wiped out. I live about 4 miles away from Matlacha in Cape Coral. Cape Coral received a lot of damage, but nothing like the damage shown in the video. To show this damage and claim it is Cape Coral really does a disservice to the people checking on friends and loved ones that may live in the area. FOX should be ashamed of the fake news they are pushing.
I survived Michael in Panama City Florida and it really pains me to watch this video because it brings back so many memories of the suffering we went through and continue to go through four years later. My heart goes out to you all down south! I hope and pray you get better help than we did. FEMA really didn’t help that much and when they did they required payment afterwards. Be careful to check what they’re going to require from you a year down the road before you accept any help from them!
Damn
Is FEMA for profit?
@@MegaLola1972 Someone got scamed. FEMA does not ask for money. I just looked it up. I would post a link but everytime I do my post gets deleted. I must have been a bad boy on youtube some time ago.. Just search for FEMA wants money for assistance.
Exactly right. My sister-in-law had here roof destroyed from Michael. All FEMA would do was put her in touch with the SBA for a loan. She got maybe a few hundred bucks from FEMA.
Thanks. I don't think they help people that live in apartments.
I'm 1,000 miles away from this and it still hurts to watch. I think everyone has some friends or family living in Florida. No matter how far away you are, you just can't ignore it.
don't give up this to shall pass , prayed with you all from
Californians
Oh there is lots more to come. The planet is trying to purge itself of the human race.
@@carribgirl007 it don’t help we have the president and others actively trying to kill off the food chain. But please. We don’t need to politics.
@@trying3841 The comment had nothing to do with politics. The Bible talks about all sorts of disasters in the end times. God is hoping people will wake up and worship Him. Yes this storm is stretching people to their core. I pray that people will seek Him as the Lord's return is coming soon.
California will be on fire again, either later this month, or in November.. just you wait.
Thank you, Mr. Lopez, and God bless you.
Crazy to think just 24 hours ago there was a horrible storm and now it is nothing but blue sky and Destruction
This is so sad.
This is what the Nature Coast would have been like if Ian would not have turned.
It's very sobering.
Hello Debbie how are you doing
My parents are in their upper 70's and desperately needed gas. They are in Cape Coral, and I am in Brandon. Our highway was closed and while I was frantically trying to plan how to get to them, a miracle happened. A couple in Ft Myers, who lost their home entirely, offered to deliver them a 5 gal can of gas. Neither my family or myself know them. My boyfriend's brother saw them post their phone number on Facebook for anyone needing gas.
I've seen countless people here trying to debate God with suffering people, as heartless and stupid as that is to do right now. I don't want to hear anymore about God not being there. When you see things like that, people who lost everything helping and comforting each other, to me, God is there, too.
So. God bless Brice and his family for helping my parents. I pray you can rebuild quickly and that you know how amazing you are! Thank you, Brice. Thank God for you.
Our house in Matlacha is now in shambles. Im sorry to everyone else who lives on pine island.
My girls went to Pine Island Elementary. I drove that beautiful drive through Matlache every day for years. How horrible to see it look like that.
I'm so sorry you lost your home. But thank God you're alive. You will recover from this.
So sorry to hear that! I lived in St. James City but after Irma in 2017 I moved out! My sister still lives there though! Have you heard anything about the bridge there? I haven’t been able to contact them! I believe the cell phone towers are down too! Last we heard they where ok but luckily they live in a stilted house! I wish they would have listened and left there before it came!
🥺❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hard to get news out of there. Any news on sw 14th terrace?
@@sandrasheppard1508 I have family off of Country Club and off Santa Barbara. Both homes got trees down, some water damage, but nothing like some other places. I used to live close to that street, but it depends on each homes elevation, as far as flooding. It's odd, but some homes are much higher than their next door neighbor. From what I hear, I would think it's similar to what my family are dealing with. Prayers for your home and family. 🙏
That's Florida for you. Don't underestimate hurricanes. Think twice before moving to FL!
At this point FLs value has plummeted. Houses are about to get real cheap.
You mean lots???
I’ll take the snow and winter any day.
This was the most insane storm ive seen in florida in 30 years and I been through several hurricanes but nothing like this
Michael in PCB was pretty bad. It's just less developed and populated area.
Just south of Ft Myers here, we had around 3 hrs of cat 1 winds in the afternoon and at the very least tropical storm winds from dawn til dusk. Neverending it seemed. Hard to imagine what people experienced with cat 4 winds.
Wait till 2024
Then you only got sideswiped by the rest, Michael and Andrew made this look like a thunderstorm.
This is Matlacha (west of Cape Coral). Pine Island Road leading to Pine Island, which is now cut off from Mainland
That’s not Cape Coral, that’s Pine Island. It’s connected to Cape Coral by a 2 lane road/bridge. I hope nobody tried to ride it out on that island.
I'm sorry my Heart is broken. I hope everyone there are able to recover some things lost. I swear this storm pissed me off. Hopefully the sun comes out tomorrow and the rest of the week. Love from Melbourne FL.
MY PRAYERS FOR MY FELLOW FLORIDIANS.
Prayers?
Any of them? The pedophiles too?.... wow 👌
Fellow NYers? Most Floridians have left.
This is not technically Cape Coral. Small island of Matlacha right near there though. Looks like its completely wiped out... RIP Berts...
Matlacha will rebuild. That's my favorite place in SW
Barrier Islands should only be used as picnic or camping spots in good weather not crowded with wood framed houses or worse mobile homes.
Yeah too many mobile homes. Then add some additions on them and pay lot rent…what do you really have? A tin frisbee. I hope the animals are being taken in if they got left behind. I know they must’ve been scared to death bc I was during George and Katrina hearing trees breaking and such loud winds. Very scary.,✌️❤️🙏
I agree, they're stunningly beautiful places but called barrier islands for a reason. I love Sanibel/Captiva. Nice place to visit but every time I went South so did the hurricane right along with me. My nickname became Hurricane, my customers would approach me as they were scheduling their vacations to find out when I was going on vacation and never choose those dates.
@@tinawindham6958 : I moved out of Florida in 2020. I miss the beauty, birds, wildlife, friendly relaxed people but I am in NC now. I went through some hurricanes in the 20 years I was there and you are right it is scary stuff. Katrina must have been a nightmare.
I really love Cape Coral I hate to see this happen to such a great little city
Cape Coral has been home for so many of my family members, since 1974, Sanibel, Ft Myers too. I cringed when I saw the ferocious storm barreling down on them!😰
That video did not include one second of video from Cape Coral. It is Matlacha Island, and it was wiped out.
Little ciry? Our population is 250,000
@@joedanis2889 I was about to say....I live in Cape Coral, and almost all the homes here are concrete block, but all the ones in the video were wooden homes on stilts that you'd see on Pine Island or Matlacha.
@@tomsurges7973 yup..little city ..that's what I said and I meant it
Those poor people especially the ones who moved there to retire, I guess I’ll never see Sanibel the way it was , sad😢
Living out on these barrier island areas is always a risk and sooner or later your luck will run out.
no kidding...did you figure that out all by yourself?
Sanibel has been a paradise for our family since 1974.😰
@@sandrasheppard1508 It was beautiful but most of the public didn't get to see it, it was only for the rich.
Maybe Ukraine can send us some of our money.
NICE TRY IVAN.
Almost $100 Billion Ukraine stole from us. Could have used some of that here instead.
Guys chill...the Fed will just print some more. 💸 💸
Nope, America will just price gouge it's citizens and spend our national tax income on saving other countries first.
@@jeffs4483 You mean they were given by this administration - when Trump had a question about giving Ukraine money the Dems impeached him
Imagine this was the disturbance that passed over our country Trinidad 🇹🇹 and it grew into this monster. 😳
We lived on Davis Islands in Tampa Bay for nearly 20 years. You live with the possibility of a hurricane when you CHOOSE a location like Cape Coral. I feel great compassion for those who have lost their homes and business but hurricanes are a regular occurrence.
Incredibly distasteful comment. There's a time and place for points like this and it's not directly after a disaster like this.
This video isn't actually Cape Coral. Almost all the homes in Cape Coral are concrete block, and sustained minimal damage, as they're built for hurricanes. This video seems to be Matlacha / Pine Island area.
Keep strong people I Florida it's hard yes but it take a lot of heart to start over...along as you have family u can do it
I’m good lol thx doe
My family is there...safe but wow. Lord have mercy 🥺
Prayers to all of Florida. Best wishes to you and yours !
People don't know what it is to be in your shoes unless they have been there! But I have many times! Try to be patient !
Atleast you have a wonderful governor a true leader! Many wonderful people working with him ! People who truly care about Florida!! Prays to you all!!
God help all your children going through this🙏my heart hurts to see you all go through this, but God will never leave nor forsake us.
Praying for strength to pikup the pieces watching from. Capetown
To the people that have to say why would you live there I say it floods all over the United States and or you have dangerous blizzards or you have wild fires come on now please be nice to everyone it would make it better for everyone bless all people and thank you for the caring agency's and responders that came to help
Leave the coastal areas now. It is only going to get worse.
...said every climate change activist that was wealthy enough to buy beachfront property....and did so after saying it.
Prayers for Florida. Love the state but don't want to live there. Hurricanes really scare me.
Hi there,how are you doing
Technically, this is Cape Coral, but Matlacha is an island community completely exposed to wind and water from the Gulf of Mexico and the bays and estuaries in the area. A friend who lives in the Eastern part of the city right near the Caloosahatchee River had water almost to their home but the damage was much less than you see here. These homes are mostly manufactured and mobile homes.
How ironic that a couple of years ago I was seriously considering moving to cape coral...
I was seriously considering it in February just passed! Beautiful place. 😍 Hope you guy's come back strong. The 🌎 sends 🫂 n 🙏 🇮🇪 💚 🇺🇸
NYC Mexicans thank Desantis for flying them North
Praying 🙏for everyone safety don't give up God is with y'all
God SENT the storm. He thinks it's funny.
@@uprightape100 Clearly, you know nothing about God.
Your God is too late. He would have been more helpful preventing this.
When you live on or near the beach you have to accept the risk. I lived on the North Shore HI...And was quiet aware a rogue wave could take me out. If you can't endure mother nature...move.
Just heartbreaking.
My heart is so broken for them down there
Everybody loves Florida, so take it with love
I fail to understand why people build with wood? Concrete people
With that amount of storm surge concrete is no match. Lots of video of concrete building collapsed.
Wood construction makes zero sense in hot, humid climates. I guess some people never learn.
Building house with just oak.....only.
Literally, concrete would solve this so easily
Absolutely agree. That sh1tty construction standards are beyond embarrassing
Maybe they shouldn't build there anymore, ya think?
I hope a speedy rescue and revival of those poor cities. Bless everyone there
Люди, я очень вам сочувствую, желаю скорейшего восстановления города, сил и терпения вам!
Я в шоке от этой стихии!
Thank you much
Hello Larisa how are you doing
спасибо, сестричка, и да благословит тебя бог
I bet Ron Desantis would like to have some Imigrants now, cleaning up and rebuilding will take years.
He has nothing against immigrants but illegal ones...🛑
Nature undoes in minutes what man takes a century to build...
I doubt a century and I doubt minutes
More like days to undo what takes us months and years, unless you are talking about the entire state of Florida or something cumulative
Agree!! Yes
Katrina tore up my beautiful yard in Slidell, La. you can rebuild a house but oak trees and all the plants, flowers, fruit trees…..I was heartbroken but my daughters and dogs were just fine❤️
@@tinawindham6958 but then again it will eventually grow back but yeah oak definitely is slow
@@jayasmrmore3687 No, I'm talking about instances where structures built years ago get destroyed in minutes...You may not know this but; there are MINUTES in an hour...But; it's SECONDS that destroy something...
Horrible situation. My heart goes out to everyone that has gone through this.
Wow. I wanted to buy that big brown house like 15 years ago. It had a spiral staircase and you can still see where it came up through the roof. It had a beautiful dock that reached far into the bay. Old house, but beautiful with stunning views. I can't believe it looks like that now. Heartbreaking.
Hello Lisa how are you doing
It is definitely water front.
@@michaelschloosman I'm fine. I moved a bit south of Tampa a few years ago, so I expected a bigger hit here. My parents and sister are in Cape Coral, and they are all ok. But they have property damage. I thought they were out of the hurricanes path, then it turned. Pine island was always my favorite place. The little artists shops along "matlache, where the dolphins play", was the most amazing drive. Are you in that area?
@@lisab7798 Good morning Lisa,I reside in Jacksonville,how about you?
I would love if we talk better on a texting app(not here) I do use use Google chat, we can communicate very well on there,what do you think.
Can you timestamp which house
I wouldn't rebuild there.
I'm sure things will get worse with rising temperatures.
Sad
Things have not gotten worse with rising temps
What a mess
At this point, I do not believe that people should build on the Florida coast or islands. But, they will.
Everywhere has some natural disaster or the other in the end
Thanks stay away. Cheaper land for me.
@@rickybobby7276 I will.
@@jayasmrmore3687 Not really. NM does not have natural disasters. You all are in denial.
@@martensdcm wrong. Wildfires is what they have. There was one in June this year.
8 inches above sea level in an area that is 100 % sure to have hurricanes, the perfect place to build. It's like building a house on the side of a active volcano. What could possibly go wrong.
@@kevindoran4938 listen and learn grasshopper
This is not Cape Coral it’s a small village on Pine Islamd
You know what doesn’t look like this? Martha’s Vineyard.
Ya know what didn't look like this a week ago, Nova Scotia. What's your point?
@JonathanAliff...Pretty sure the news has been covering the shipments of migeants from states like Florida to Democratically run cities, including locations like Martha's Vineyard....
Put 2 and 2 together...
@@codymoe4986 sorry bud, your expectations are just a little too high…
@@codymoe4986 =keep adding migrants and give it a few years, you won't be able to tell the difference.
My daughter and her boyfriend live in Cape Coral. They left during evacuation. They returned yesterday and are helping people with downed trees and debris in their neighborhood.
I know 3 11 2011 in Japan was way more massive and even more destructive an tragic. But the aftermath of this looks a bit like the carnage after that title wave.
Hang in there, southwest Florida. Help is coming. God bless you and our volunteers.
There are no Gods, especially not for warmongers.
Build a house directly on the coast of the gulf, where some of the biggest storms on the planet occur yearly, and then act surprised when your house gets destroyed by said storms.
No sympathy for people living in dangerous places.
Great coverage. Horrific damage!
Property developers destroyed natural wetlands, built flimsy housing in its place, and sold the housing knowing the terrible dangers they were putting people in. No doubt, governments were also complicit in approving a clearly unsustainable development. Those developers and bureaucrats are to blame for all of this.
Cape Coral has been home for several generations of my family. For homes to withstand that long & that ferocious of a storm, with roof remaining, should be given kudos.
Nope... but nice story.
Capitalism. They don't care about us. Just like Sanibel and their hurricane meeting in June that Wapo did an article on. Planting mangrove trees in pots to protect the island during a Cat 4 hurricane. They died in the pots. I laughed so hard I started coughing. They said, they were going to use bigger pots next time. Wanted an all natural way to thwart rising water levels. Good grief.
People are dumb for even living in coastal areas like that. Make dumb decisions you have to take what comes with it.
Your parents were dumb for giving birth to your stupid a$$
Exactly.
I’m curious where u live ? Idk where there is no weather ? No earthquake? No danger ? Just sayin maybe not ‘stupid ‘ just th luck of th draw ..people died tho ..sad maybe..I wud not say stupid but that’s me ❤
That would be 80% of human civilization, but you do you.
My brother and a friend rode out the storm in Cape Coral. He’s alive but that was the only message we got.
This video isn't from Cape Coral, it's from Matlacha. Cape Coral homes are mostly concrete block and built to sustain hurricanes. Cape Coral had its share of damage, but nothing like what is shown in the video.
If you don't have a job I bet I know where you can get one.
Shhhhh. Libs don't want to hear that.
That’s not Cape Coral that’s Pine Island!!!!
This is so sad to see, Matlacha was such a nice and beautiful area. I hope they are able to rebuild
If they hurry they can finish before the next one!
@@aholejoe5594 More hurricanes can still hit them yet this year. I was in the eyewall of Hurricane Charley, not fun!!! We had 2 more hurricanes hit us that year. There were people near me that didn't have power for a month and that was in August. At least it is October now. They will just be sweating a little bit now and not dying from the heat.
I just got out of Cape Coral today. I left this morning and finally reached the Tampa area around 10 pm. There is no information getting in or out of Cape Coral. We have no internet, no power,no water, we haven’t showered for 4 days. Sewage is backing up I the streets with no garbage pickup and gas lines that are 1 mile long. Radio said near impossible to leave and people are stuck in traffic for 5 hours and running out of gas. I filled my tank and got out in an hour and it was like I drove into an alternate reality. In my opinion, they had planned on this hurricane heading north and are completely unprepared and have no clue what they are doing in Cape Coral and they want to keep people from letting others outside of the area know what’s going on. After the hurricane the weather has been cool and people are still kinda numb to the reality. I had the worry of what happens when it’s almost 90 again tomorrow and still no food, water, or electricity. Better to take my chances leaving and now I see that I literally know more now than I did 12 hours ago when I was actually in the cape.
Wow, thank you for sharing! I'm glad you're safe!
I heard gas stations 60 miles north of Tampa are out of gas. Gas is going to be very hard to come by. This is very normal after a major hurricane. I was in the eyewall of Charlie in 2004 in Davenport, Fl. I would go out to my road and the stoplight didn't work for a month. There was a policeman there for a month. If I turned left, they had electricity that way. If I turned right the electricity was off and it was a dead zone for 30 miles I think. I never went down in what I called the dead zone. People died in the heat during Hurricane Charley. One man went out to his car to sit in the air conditioning and had a heart attack in his car. It is very bad. What you describe in Cape Coral doesn't surprise me at all. It will be like that for several months probably.
Question is human beings are so clever why do they live in areas that are prone to floods and huge winds
Why they keep building wood roof in this places
because beaches and warm weather are desirable? if you don't live by a beach in Florida you are dealing with hot sticky weather most of the year with little benefit. streams and lakes have alligators so few swim in them.
Why do people build homes in a California forest?
Hurricane affected me with only slight damage two times in 35 years. That only being some branches and power outage 4 years ago. Other than the hot summers, now is the best time to be here. 70's and cooler nights.
Why is New Orleans built FIVE FEET below sea level? SSTTUUPPIIDDIITTYY
These property owners should all have flood insurance to recover their losses.
Very sorry for those whose homes were damaged or destroyed. But most of the scenes in the video seem to be of ocean-front or ocean-view vacation rental properties. Not people's actual homes. Wish they would show more inland images of the damage, not just the tourist beachfront rental properties.
I have a friend in Cape Coral that Nobody has heard from yet. No activity online since the last post of flooding in her house. She has children with her too. Called safe zones and nothing yet.
Roads aren’t even accessible 🤕
That's gonna suck to clean up
1:28 DAYAMN, that's a close one right there as the Ford Focus dangles between the concrete and the grass :O
So very sad to see all the destruction. I bet after it's all said and done, they will end up saying this was possibly a mid CAT 5 storm.
And, of course, blaming it all on global warming.
Completely heartbreaking such a beautiful area
What's shown is Matlache, on the way to St. James. This is not the Cape. Looking for video on Cape Harbour, Tarpon Pointe and those areas around the beach. Haven't seen anything. Seems odd.
Why insurance is so expensive in Florida.
Ending private banks and only allowing state banks, *public-banking,* to operate where the billions in profits are used to help the state's people not to enrich the top 1%. Is how we finance free dental and healthcare for all Americans.
Poor animals and wildlife and stray pets. So sad!
So sad to see what these people are going through
Thats Matlacha (pronounced Matt-la-shay)
Where is the military ? National guard ? This damage is comparable to a war zone. Military needs to be deployed in an emergency situation such as this.
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Florida's insurance industry is going to implode.
Already was imploding, the state needs to deal with rebuilding, not invidual insurers.
Its called Eminent Domain, state, clears the land, the land owners/debtors land is siezed, with any debts forgiven, and large chunks are then granted to banks who can then sell larger areas to developers who can rebuild the area to CAT 5 standards. At least on paper that's better then everyone making individual claims to an insovent fund. Insurance should be for minor things; government for disasters like this
Not really. For that to happen it would require a state-wide event. Much of the state of Florida is "ok" although parts were devastated.
Scott started it, DeSantis finished it hard. Crist is the best of the 3 but he's too nice a guy. FL needs a hard-core leftist powerhouse to be in office.
Wondering why this hurricane is so special when compared to the 100's that came before, without an insurance implosion.
They already imploded. Many have left the state due to insolvency.
*Use unused telephone cable conduits to run all electrical infrastructure underground* _where it cannot be broken by falling trees limbs._ 97% of the telephone conduits are available to carry electrical power underground to *floating cities anchored on land to house the homeless.* Fiber optic cables are only 1 inch thick and use only 3% of the underground telephone cable vault's conduits.
This bring back memories from Katrina disaster in New Orleans. Keep strong. Help is coming.
In a week
@@McRemmyBaby Yes but then you get Bono too.
A lot of rebuilding to do. I hope it can get done before cold weather sets in.
rofl, that destruction takes multiple years to recover from
It doesn’t really get very cold there but thanks for the sentiments !
@@ButterfatFarms your trolling comments are all over the place! You must lead a boring life.
I am looking for Hank and Lotte Heerlyn from Cape Coral. Can anyone tell me if they are safe?
Prayers
Horrible. All those homes - right after the prices went sky high last year. Already shortage of homes now this.
yo the wind is nk joke prayers go out to the people of florida
Thank god we have insurance. They should cover everything, right? Right?!? RIGHT?!?!?!?
Yeah...considering Westin Wind Storm Insurance in Florida went bankrupt about 3 months ago....I doubt it.
classic hurricane damage but you know the news needs their clicks!
When hurricanes do as much damage compared to Katrina, better yet andrew . id like to know.
How the fishing tho
Jesus where did they go?
These scenes were not of Cape Coral, but instead of Matlacha.
No insurance on flood zones
Floridians need to ask themselves a big question now: is Florida (at least near the coast) even habital anymore with storm intensity increasing? What's the point in building back over the next two years only to have another storm surge wipe everything away again. You CANNOT defeat or deflect mother nature's power and ferocity. Everyone wants to live by the sea, but it really is time to rethink the basic question about just how viable coastal habitation is anymore in Florida and possibly elsewhere. There is a reason the native Americans didn't choose to settle in Florida. That reason is hurricanes.
Native Americans did live in Florida. The Calusa Tribe was huge in most of south Florida, including the area where Ian hit. Actually, Ponce De Leon was killed by the Calusa tribe in the area that is now Cape Coral. Seminole Tribe was farther north. The Miccosukee tribe still lives in the area near the Everglades. The video shown is of Matlacha which is a historic fishing village area to the west of Cape Coral. Cape Coral itself is a newer area, and like most new residential areas in Florida, has homes built to sustain Cat 5 hurricanes. That's why Cape Coral itself sustained minimal damage despite being in the eye wall of the hurricane for nearly 8 hours straight.
Reminds me of what Andrew did in South Florida
Andrew did not really hit Sanibel and Captiva at all because I was on a miserable vacation. We went to Tampa for fear of it hitting the island. Helped his family in North Miami, drove back to Sanibel and he bitched all the way back to Sanibel. Returned to slightly damp towels that I placed at the sliding glass doors. What a lovely vacation in 1992. Dumped him after we returned home.
What's most important during this storm is where can I charge my electric car and did you get vaccinated?
Devastation so bad for all the people
*Paragraph 8 of 66.* _Florida governor Rick Scott bans Florida officials from using the phrase 'climate change'_ Last year, the federal _National Climate Assessment_ said *Florida is vulnerable.* "There is an *imminent threat* of increased inland flooding during heavy rain events in low-lying coastal areas such as southeast Florida, where just inches of sea-level rise will impair the capacity of stormwater drainage systems to empty into the ocean," the study said. The Washington Post, CNN and other media have picked up on the story about the Florida ban, spreading the word about how climate change is likely to impact Scott's state.