FL Streetrodder

Ian rattled our cage Thursday night and caused us to add a little color to our roof, but nothing like the destruction and misery along the Southwest Coast! We only lost power for one day but were without internet access until this morning and only regained our landline today at 3:45 this afternoon and are still without cell phone coverage.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Sanibel and Ft. Meyers got completely clobbered! (Among other places.)
A portion of 46 near Sanford is still underwater.
St. Johns is at flood stage there last I saw.

I went through Charlie, Frances, and Jean in 2004. Charlie clobbered the crap out of Central Florida.
Been through well over 30 of them when I lived there.

They can be nasty storms...
You look like you made out decently.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Glad you surrvived with so little damage.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Glad you're okay.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Florida is so unusual - being so flat and the fact that we had a lot of rain before Ian and the ground was saturated, water is still a problem - the St John's River will be at flood stage at least until the weekend. We were also here for Jean and Frances, which were prolonged wind events, leaving most of Central Florida a sea of blue-tarped roofs. The worst devastation here I suspect will be the flooding - and so many folks, I am afraid, not living in a flood plain (and because gee, "this is a 500-year event"), do not have flood insurance. And a lot of folks still do not understand that their homeowner's insurance does not cover flood damage. And most of the FEMA help is in the form of loans, so if you are already making a mortgage payment on a destroyed home, that just isn't going to help. Any homes built here during the last 15 years have been built with the newer codes - and so fare much better in high winds. But floodwaters - not so much. And homeowner's insurance, which has been averaging $4200 per year here, will be going up even further - IF you can get it. Many policies have been requiring homeowners to replace their roof before they can buy a policy. We may start seeing an exodus from Florida. SO many folks have been getting by on their retirement income, but this resets everything.

Also - people do not realize this so much - after Jean and Frances it was almost impossible to find building supplies, contractors, roofers, etc, for many months - more than six months even. No plywood, No wallboard. No shingles. I knew a family that lived in their RV in their front yard for a year as they rebuilt their home. Things will be tough for a while.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Glad to see you had relatively minor damage compared to many FL Streetrodder.
We just had a new roof put on about 9 months ago. Called for them to come out and check for damage. No human to speak to. Recording said they are only handling previous customers and that it would be weeks before they could do that.
Glad you and yours are safe!

Don

GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

Happy to hear that you suffered minimal damage. Looks like the repairs should be relatively easy to do.

lnl Loc: SWFL

We’re among the lucky ones in SW FL (Rotonda West). Many lost pool cages and shingles. We only lost the ridge caps and screens on the pool cage. Well, a bit more damages but overall really fortunate.
Water out 3 days, power out 4 days. Friends just got power Saturday so 10 days without power. Finally got internet back last night for the first time. Catching up on old UHH stuff.