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

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Verizon. I drove around Sebring and there was service down Hwy 27 but not in most neighborhoods.

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Verizon took a beating ….i know this internally but also, look at that Gov’s calendar - he spoke to AT&T and TMobile but not Verizon - if we know anything about DeSantis, if you are in the doghouse with him, he ain’t talking to you for sure

Verizon had similar issues during Michael….but look at the bright side- if they respond like they did to Panama City, y’all gonna get 5G fast tracked lol

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I'm not sure that will happen with the mobile home parks in prime locations that were destroyed. There was one right on Bonita Beach road across from the Gulf. Developers are going to want that land for the big houses that dominate that stretch of road.

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Those large mobile home parks print money. 300 lots x $600 a month x 12 = $2,160,000 per year

My ex let a couple move in his house that he had just purchased in Orange Beach before Sally. They were supposed to help him repair damage. They moved in, didn’t do anything, wouldn’t leave and he couldn’t evict them because of Covid. I think it took over a year to get them out. It was a real nightmare for him.

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I'm not sure that will happen with the mobile home parks in prime locations that were destroyed. There was one right on Bonita Beach road across from the Gulf. Developers are going to want that land for the big houses that dominate that stretch of road. It is said that Elton John owns one of the huge houses right on the gulf. There's going to be a change in property types in some areas.

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I'll get downvoted for this and I apologize because its the truth. But the reality is that a lot of those crappy areas will be better off in 3 years for anyone that was median income for the area or better. As said a lot of that dirt just became more valuable now that people can start over from virtually scratch and re-plan the lower end parts of the community.

A lot of people will live in RV's or otherwise figure out ways to stay around until they can rebuild. The next 2-3 months are going to be very hard, but after that it will really start to change drastically.

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Not where my buddy lives. His seawall is about 30" (on average) above the water. His boat lift motors are about chest to head high from the dock and about maybe 4' to 4-1/2' above the top of the seawall/bulkhead.

He had his boat - about a 21 or 22' Bay boat - on the lift, hoisted to the max and tied to the pilings. It stayed in place.

His house is only 10' or 12' above sea level, so the water must have gotten uncomfortablely close to the house.

I would be worried about insurance across the board with new builds anywhere on the gulf coast.

If I’m building today it’s concrete and I’d be going well above flood zone elevation.

Some states are better than others as far as kicking squatters out goes. I’m happy to work in louisiana as far as that goes.

Before and after of the Fort Myers Beach Pier