miltvill
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Hurricane Ian caused the Peace River to flood.
Peace River Campground
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Deb and Ed M
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That's just heartbreaking :-(
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wanderingbob
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We stayed there this summer , water was not that deep .Sorry for those people , most seemed like Snowbirds ! This loss will continue for years , RVs will avoid Florida because of lack of spaces !
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Lwiddis
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This is more terrible news. I'm so sorry.
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wanderingbob wrote:We stayed there this summer , water was not that deep .Sorry for those people , most seemed like Snowbirds ! This loss will continue for years , RVs will avoid Florida because of lack of spaces !
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The problem will be compounded by the 44000 FEMA and private contractors flooding into the area for repairs. A necessary evil. DeSantis may seek migrants to help with the repairs before it's all over.
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steveh27
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I've stayed further downriver at Deep Creek. I bet it also was underwater.
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Birdnst
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In the beginning of the video the guy says there was no time to evacuate.
This had been forecasted way ahead of time.
I'm sorry but failure to heed warning is somewhat irresponsible.
If you cannot take good care of what you have, you will not have anything good for very long!!!
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Scottiemom
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It's true, we knew the hurricane was coming. But all the forecasts and tracks had it landing further north in the Tampa area. Over 200,000 people there were evacuated, etc.. The storm just inched eastward with each update. They planned on a devastating storm surge in the Tampa area and as it was, the bay was basically drained prior to landfall further south. Where I live in central Florida east of Tampa we were forecast for 24 inches of rain. We got 2.4 inches. We still were in the path and got hit, but from a different direction and that made all the difference. As I watch the video of Peace River, I would guess most of those RV's were there permanently and people may not have had the means to move them. I haven't heard how many if any loss of life there.
It's easy to look back and say, "You should have done this. . . or that." How great it would be if we had that information sooner than later.
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Several things are abundantly clear. Boats are disposable. Trailers are not good hurricane shelters. Aluminum carports should be recycled into cans. People don't learn from the past and mistakes of others. When we are directly responsible for ourselves and it goes south we will blame others for our mistakes.
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