re: Ian Observation Thread (Storm Track and Radar inside)

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Most of the people down there were working class or retirees and underinsured. So their 1970’s bungalow got wiped out and instead of retiring by the ocean they had to move because they couldn’t afford to rebuild with the new hurricane codes. Was really sad hearing some of their stories. A lot of what’s going up now looked to me to be out of state rental type houses, that town will never be the same.

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It’s already changed so much. My entire extended family goes for a few weeks every summer and this year, it’s just so different. We loved that it wasn’t touristy, you could just go chill and have an e enjoyable time at the beach and not sit in hours of traffic. Low key, family time. I honestly think it will end up like every other beach town in the panhandle now. I hate it for the working class that lost their dream, it’s going to be a wealthy playground now