So, down here in Ft Meyers with my tree service company.....

One of the perks of living in WV is lack of natural disasters. Flooding rarely and very rarely a tornado.

The strength of these storms around the globe has been increasing over the years steadily, almost like you could set your watch to it. I would definitely be moving to a higher elevation if I lived in a costal area

Just move, natural disasters are terrible, I' love watching weather, but states I will never move to, FL is on the list, seen it all my life...

I'm in the desert south west, lived out here most of life, the house I'm in built in 59, but we may have few earthquakes from time to time, but in all reality it safe..

No wild fires, no hurricanes, no tornados, no floods, sunny over 300 days a year,no bugs mosquitoes, no lakes or rivers to drown in, if you really want an boring life with no weather problems so to speak... The desert so west...

Water really is no problem either, dig an Well.. Water for life...

Get out of areas that can kill!

If that la Palma volcano ever went, the whole state of FL will be... Gone...

Praying for you sister and her horses.

fuck florida.


more shitheads there than many blue states.

the gov is a rino as well, in the mold of trump

like i said..fuck florida

dude you dont get it ah? this has to do with humans not politics or blue white yellow black red.... jeeeez

and animals!!!

May God bless you, your wife, and your clean up team OP.

I too am deeply saddened by what happened to our area. I have lived all over the country and Florida, by far, is the best state I have ever lived.

Thank you for cleaning up, providing tons of emotional support and who knows what all !!! and for providing jobs too!!!

Your behavior is that of a TRUE AMERICAN CITIZEN!!! We obviously need more of you!

Honestly, I am not in Florida but I thank you for all of your efforts. Your efforts go far beyond those attached to any regular job.

People like you are a plague on this planet.

Sending you love and strength. It's a rough job, especially witnessing the trauma day in and out.

Thanks for the mention of pet food.

Prayers for you, your wife and children. (Though you are always in my prayers.) God bless.

Bump.




I'll send some frebreeze!




And gummy bears!

I'm in New England. Seeing lots of Florida plates. They came early this year



Goodluck and Godbless

Better than the asshole sitting behind a computer screen doing absolutely nothing but adding more negativity to the world.

God bless you just passing through..I live here and the devastation Iis unbelievable.

Our home escaped damage and flooding but some homes in our community were damaged and we have no power. Our side of 41 escaped the storm surge flooding but the west side of 41 wasn’t so lucky. Right now I’m at a friend’s house who does so I can shower and use internet.

I’ve been volunteering doing wellness checks rather than sitting around. There are many elderly around here who are alone, cell service is very spotty and works only occasionally. Their cars are destroyed so they can’t drive anywhere. Family who are out of town haven’t heard from many and are worried.

Today I’m going to help a friend whose restaurant was destroyed by the storm surge. There’s mud even in the ovens. Many restaurants right on the gulf were gutted. Imagine heavy restaurant equipment just washed away.

Hurricane Irma was bad but this is on a whole different level. Storm surge is like a tsunami. The front end of the hurricane pulls water from the bay and the shores, the back end dumps it all back and it comes rushing back with incredible force.

Before you think people somehow deserve this for living here, if they didn’t you’d have nowhere to staay, eat or recreate if they didn’t. You wouldn’t have Gulf fish to eat. People here work hard so vacationers can enjoy these things. They’re not rich but work hard for what they have. Don’t vacation in these types of places if that is how you feel. And many do not have the means to leave before the storm.

OP, I think the auto auction is on Alico?

Floridians come up to North Carolina and fuck everything up. They are mostly old boohmars that don't like our way of life but they love the "views".

I don't wish destruction on them, but yeah. Most Floridians are assholes. Just facts.

Opie just fictionalized him/her being there. You can tell by the writing style inflection and age. I think it's funny. Sad and immature, yeah but, funny.

I just created this account, I was the AC who posted the above.

Billions of Dollars going to Ukraine could have really helped Florida out in the time of Crisis, our tax dollars so many of us work for are not taking care of devastating situations like this in a timely manner.


Yet not a peep on the media about comparing money being sent to Ukraine for an unsanctioned war in a country vs the need in Florida right now. :(

But WV has a lot of poverty. Not a good place to live for many.

I applaud any act of genuine kindness.

But no rebuilding (homes, cities, utilities) should be done on the purse of anyone by the homeowner (for individual buildings) or city/state for government items) and companies (where they own the assets).

The options should be:

1. People build sufficiently high/strong on their own dime
2. People build disposably on their own dime
3. People don't build

If the southwest lost power many would die from the heat and no water. You need electrify for those wells.

Exactly. If people want to badmouth Florida and the people living there then they should never visit Florida. Stay away.

You sound like one also. People from Florida are from all over the place. Not a lot born and bred there. Hope you just stay in your neck of the woods and never visit Florida. Or anywhere else where people will hate you.

Electricity.

Bless you OP

If anyone is going down there, where should they bring supplies to? I have a friend going with a trailer next week

Here’s a link to the distribution centers for relief, they can go to any of these places:

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I'm in Estero, on the west side of 41 snd about 1.5 miles from Estero Bay and about 3 miles as a crow flies to Fort Myers Beach. Our homes are in a gated community all survived, but most have shingle damage and soffit tiles out. Our homes with the exception of a group of condos are built with concrete block. My house was built in 1999 and was one of the last built here. I took a bike ride down Broadway which runs parallel to the Estero River, and the 2 trailer parks had major damage. Down at Estero River Heights which is basically on the estuary, all homes were flooded. Even the newer million dollar+ homes were hit by the storm surge. Saw a pontoon boat sitting in front of a nice home right up against front stoop. I happen to know the lady who sold that home about 6-7 years ago after her husband died, and she moved into my community and lives directly across the street from my brother. She had gone back there too to look at the devastation and make sure her friends made it through, but shed a lot of tears seeing her entire neighborhood destroyed. It was surreal seeing people just dragging all their possessions out to the curb. So many trees were down and all street name poles bent over or sign gone, that I didn't even recognize the landscape and even lost my bearing for a few moments. There were green truck, which were suspect to me as they said something like Rosie's Cleaning Service and had a magnet saying "A partner of FPL. They were all Hispanic only speaking Spanish, and I could hear a lady riding in the passenger seat giving orders to some younger man about what to pick up. On my way back home, I saw a few Lee County Sheriff Vehicles heading down there. I hope they got these scumbags that are trying to take advantage of those that just lost all their belongings.

The thing the last few days, it smells terrible outside due to all the stagnant lakes that can't run the aerators or fountains that keep the water moving. I'm sure the death count will be going up drastically in the next few days.

I have my two adult kids staying with me as I have power and wi-fi since Saturday. My daughter is a senior at FGCU which will re-open for classes on October 10. My son, who is an accountant for a company out of Raleigh, had relocated here a year and a half ago, and working remotely now. He's worn out as he has a second job working Publix at night, and did two 10 hour shifts Saturday and Sunday. He told me yesterday that so may of the customers were nasty rude. They had limits on # of cases of water a customer could buy (2), and some lady tried buying 5 cases. My son said he was proud of his manager (a lady) who walked up to the counter and said "Don't be so selfish!" and took 3 cases away.

If this is your beloved city learn to spell it. It will make you look more credible. It is Fort Myers capiche?

What route did you take down? My parents lived on Matlacha right over the bridge. I want to help. I’m in Clermont but I’m concerned about the route to get there since Arcadia is flooded.