“You know none of us was expecting this, and now we just got to get through it,” Benson said. The sudden strike of the storm seemed to catch everyone off guard. “There’s no possible way in the whole world that I can recover, and everything I worked for my whole life is gone,” Wiese said through tears. Neighbor after neighbor had tales of traumatic experiences and memories lost in the wreckage. It was a fraught experience as she described seeing the water level rise where she was staying as someone who cannot swim. Patty Benson stayed through the storm – not far from her home. She described the “horrible” stench of the shrimp boats piled up in their neighborhood.Įmotions ran high as residents were forced to literally pick up the pieces with little hope of a return to normalcy. Wiese and others were left to sort through their belongings – if they were even still there. Wiese drove down from Ohio to the home where she spends eight months of the year for the past 16 years and couldn’t believe what happened to what she described as her “happy place.” “It’s just the most horrible thing in the whole world really,” said Cheryl Wiese. | Fort Myers Beach is 'like a war zone'Īs Urban Search and Rescue teams surveyed the RV parks on San Carlos Island on Monday afternoon, the residents were left to deal with the wreckage of their homes and their lives a week after Hurricane Ian ravaged their community. “My name’s Bob,” Tabarrini told the hungry crowd as he sang and strummed from the tailgate of his SUV. Instead, he performed Monday in a parking lot near a line for free hot food at Cape Coral’s Torched Bar and Grill. But Bob Tabarrini has something that might make things a little better - if only for an hour or so. Times are hard in Southwest Florida after Hurricane Ian. l Cape Coral musician soothes residents by performing No one can stay overnight that 12-hour window is the only time people can be on the island and they must leave at 7 p.m. Starting Wednesday, documented property and business owners can take private boats to private docks on Sanibel between 7 a.m. | Property owners can take private boats to private docks on Sanibel
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