Florida members ...

[Too Many Projects]

Dang, wish there was something we could do to help you people survive this train wreck barreling down you.

Batten down and prepare as best you can, but please be safe if sheltering in place. You are all in our thoughts for a safe outcome.

[Xplantdad]

Amen...lots of car loving folks live there :(


Hope everyone weathers the storm...:beers:

[Steve Shauger]

Prayers for all those Floridians affected by this devastating hurricane. 🙏

[A12pilot]

Markinnaples…..Check in please!!!

Cheers
Dave

[BJCHEV396]

Good luck down there.

[carnut4life]

[QUOTE=A12pilot;1601261]Markinnaples…..Check in please!!!

Ryanchevelle is in the Naples area too. Thoughts and prayers to everyone down there dealing with the hurricane.

[Too Many Projects]

Anyone watching the live feeds from Naples will know, no one is going to be checking in. No power and 6-8 FEET of water in the streets and buildings. All we can hope is that they are all in a shelter or multi level, concrete building where they can get above the water. Even the fire departments are flooding waist deep.
Fort Meyers, Cape Corral are even worse. Homes are being swept off the slabs and are floating down the streets.

Gut wrenching to watch the destruction.

[Too Many Projects]

https://www.facebook.com/CityofNaplesFireRescue/videos/2080690292318979

[Xplantdad]

Wow... :(

[carnut4life]

Ryan texted me a couple hours ago and said he and his family are safe, they just don't have electricity. Some of his friends closer to the coast weren't so lucky though so they definitely need our thoughts and prayers.

[kwhizz]

Nancy Gibb lost her house and everything....... Lucky she is O.K.

[Xplantdad]

Wow....glad she's okay. That's horrible that she lost her house.

[bergy]

glad at this point that we sold our house on Marco. Could have kayaked through the front door and out the back yesterday. So sad for our old neighborhood :-(

[Steve Shauger]

A friend recently retired and built a home in Naples 14 months ago. Looks like major destruction, but won't know the extent because no power or communication. He and his wife are in Maryland now.

[Too Many Projects]

I'm sure the full extent of the destruction won't be fully assessed for a couple more days, but there will be thousands of homes that are uninhabitable for an extended time. Unimaginable to see where they will be housed, when the entire peninsula has been so devastated.

And the destruction continues. It would have been so much better for Ian to stay inland and weaken. Now that it has gained fuel from the Atlantic, Georgia, So Carolina and areas inland from them will be hit harder and deal with storm surge as well.

We have a 3 week reservation to a VRBO on Pine Island in Feb. Pine Island was the second barrier island to take a direct hit. It was an apartment on the ground floor of a 2 level, flood zone, home. Any damage to property and updates built on the ground usually isn't covered by insurance, so we aren't expecting the flood damage to be repaired by February. I told my wife that IF they are able to recover and make it safe, we could go down and volunteer to help with lingering cleanup.

[Bill Pritchard]

30 years ago this month, my wife and I witnessed the destruction wrought by Hurricane Andrew over on the east coast of Florida. Very difficult to fathom that level of destruction without seeing it first hand.

[SS427]

A friend recently retired and built a home in Naples 14 months ago. Looks like major destruction, but won't know the extent because no power or communication. He and his wife are in Maryland now.


Oh no! I forgot that they built in Naples. I pray it is not too bad as they have worked so hard to get where they were finally able to sit back and relax.

[Bill Pritchard]

My wife showed me a picture on the internet this morning, of the rear half of an orange Plymouth Superbird upside down, resting on the roof and the top of the rear wing :shocked: Hope the owner has good insurance. And my youngest brother has contracted to build a house about 20 miles SE of Fort Myers :confused2:

EDIT: Superbird picture now here: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=173224

[olredalert]

30 years ago this month, my wife and I witnessed the destruction wrought by Hurricane Andrew over on the east coast of Florida. Very difficult to fathom that level of destruction without seeing it first hand.

----Up till now Andrew was the worst I ever saw......Bill S

[Lee Stewart]

----Up till now Andrew was the worst I ever saw......Bill S

I too saw the damage wrought by Andrew. Unfortunately a lot of it was shoddy workmanship on the homes hit by the hurricane. Entire roofs came off in a single piece.

After Andrew, Florida made massive changes to it's building codes.

But the worst I've ever seen was Katrina.

[Vern B]

I'm sure the full extent of the destruction won't be fully assessed for a couple more days, but there will be thousands of homes that are uninhabitable for an extended time. Unimaginable to see where they will be housed, when the entire peninsula has been so devastated.

And the destruction continues. It would have been so much better for Ian to stay inland and weaken. Now that it has gained fuel from the Atlantic, Georgia, So Carolina and areas inland from them will be hit harder and deal with storm surge as well.

We have a 3 week reservation to a VRBO on Pine Island in Feb. Pine Island was the second barrier island to take a direct hit. It was an apartment on the ground floor of a 2 level, flood zone, home. Any damage to property and updates built on the ground usually isn't covered by insurance, so we aren't expecting the flood damage to be repaired by February. I told my wife that IF they are able to recover and make it safe, we could go down and volunteer to help with lingering cleanup.


The bridge to Pine Island is down at Matlacha, haven’t seen any estimate yet of a date to have it open. With the massive amount of work to be completed it could be a year?? Obviously, accesses to Sanibel and Pine Island will be a priority and fast track, but things only go so fast.

My sister has a place that was damaged in Englewood, her insurance company told her today that repairs could be two years out.

[Too Many Projects]

The bridge to Pine Island is down at Matlacha, haven’t seen any estimate yet of a date to have it open. With the massive amount of work to be completed it could be a year?? Obviously, accesses to Sanibel and Pine Island will be a priority and fast track, but things only go so fast.

My sister has a place that was damaged in Englewood, her insurance company told her today that repairs could be two years out.


Yep, I just read that a bit ago myself. Sad for all the people along that coast. Was just watching a drone video of Fort Meyers Beach and it's horrific. The still pics were bad enough, but a video of the carnage is sickening.
Sorry to hear about your sister's place. I can imagine it will be a very long time to get enough materials and labor down there to rebuild everything that was destroyed.

[markinnaples]

Good morning everyone. Honestly, not sure what to say except that we're good, but as you've seen, our area/state, is not. The devastation is real, and a lot of people have lost everything, some have lost a lot, and some have lost their lives. I've lived in Naples and SWFL for almost 25 years now and the storm surge has been the worst by a mile. A friend owns a classic video game store that was on Bonita Beach Road, just north of Naples and his entire store was underwater and he lost everything. I know people will state that insurance will cover a lot of it, but there is a lot more lost than just things that will be paid for by insurance. I thank Jesus that our family and most of Naples is pretty well at this point, but we also ask for His Blessings that those who have been affected by this storm are restored. Below are some pics you may have seen already, but I wanted to share. Also, I'm on Facebook if you want to connect (Mark Jackson) where I've shared some more pictures posted by others.

[markinnaples]

A few more pics

[Lee Stewart]

https://i.postimg.cc/3r0nDYW3/tampa-bay-surge-irma.jpg (https://postimages.cc/)

Photo of Tampa Bay right before the storm surge. TB is a shallow bay. That's why the water receded before the surge. The same thing happens when a Tsunami hits.