Florida Members

[kayentaskier]

How are our Florida members doing?

[Croc]

Just want to wish our Florida members all the best as they deal with the aftermath of this storm. 

 

The only ones I know off the top of my head are @Anaximander and @jeffs - hope you guys are doing ok?

[Anaximander]

Thanks Mike,

 

We were 1-3 hours North of the devastation and did not suffer any damage except a few small pieces of trees that needed to be shaken out anyway. We had a tree company trim all of our large trees and removed 4 that were potentially threatening the house in hurricane strength winds about a year ago. However, we have lots of friends/acquaintances that really got hammered (one in particular on Sanibel Island and they have no idea yet what has happened to their "dream home"). We sold a property in Port Charlotte last year and have not yet heard from neighbors what kind of damage they sustained. When will we ever learn that barrier islands are meant to be barriers to the mainland?  When you build on them, you not only put a structure out in nature to be taken away but you reduce the land friction that the barrier island was created for to reduce the wind/water impacts to the mainlands. With the rising sea levels all over the world, people need to get a bit smarter about where they buy/build these days.  

 

Bob

Edited September 30, 2022 by Anaximander

[jeffs]

Yeah, all is well here.  Ended up being far enough outside the path that it wasn't much more than a couple of soggy/breezy days.