county, which took a direct hit from hurricane ian, has been a boom town. this is the housing density in and around lee county around 1970. back then the county was home to just 100,000 people, and as of the latest sentenced sentences more than 760,000 people live. they re there even similar boone s up and down the coast, up and down south florida where. this means is that when hurricane luckier make landfall, the question isn t if they were hit the population center, the question is which one they will hit. but even still, where hurricane ian hit was particularly bad. last year the epicenter of the damage brought by the storm was the ninth fastest growing county in the united states. joining us now from fort myers beach florida the shoreline of the county, is carey ruston, correspondent for the nbc s the news, with chef smith. thanks again for joining us these evening. i know you have spent a few days now in some of the hardest
change. but another reason is simply that there was more in the way of the storm. than any that have come before it. more houses, more people, lee county, which took a direct hit from hurricane ian, has been a boom town. this is the housing density in and around lee county in 1970. back then, the county was home to just 100,000 people, and as of the latest sentenced sentences more than 760,000 people live there. and there even similar booms up and down the coast, up and down south florida where. this means is that when hurricane luckier make landfall, the question isn t if they were hit the population center, the question is which one they will hit. but even still, where hurricane ian hit was particularly bad. last year, lee county, the epicenter of the damage brought by the storm was the ninth fastest growing county in the united states. joining us now from fort myers beach florida the shoreline of
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