and as you would expect, time is running out to get to them. there are also questions about what officials should have done before the storm, and regrets from those who stayed. we were just about ready to take her out. and you so don t want to see this. you re right. you re right. three days. three days. the water came up to me on here. and when it got to there, the way they were saying on the news, i thought it was going to eventually go over our heads. i called my daughters and said goodbye. it was very traumatic. i actually, i went into the water and saved three people, and i lost one friend, i couldn t save her, she got washed away. the devastation is unbelievable. you know, i was a paramedic fireman for 25 years, and it s just devastating. the confirmed death toll is 88. state medical examiners say many of ian s victims were older than the age of 60. bodies in flooded cars and inside destroyed homes. the president will see all of this with his own eyes on w
Given the recent releases from Lake Okeechobee, a Sanibel City Council member joined more than 50 other elected officials from around the state calling on Gov.
County Commissioner Dr. Christopher Constance, Dana Carr and Sean Doherty. COURTESY PHOTO Dana Carr was inducted into the Charlotte County Tourism Hall of Fame during the annual Tourism Celebration in May at Twisted Fork in Port Charlotte. The Hall of Fame was established in 2014 to honor those who have had a substantial and longstanding
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in, you knew from the south, the people in the south were going to get a huge storm surge, with that counter-clockwise rotation, and the people in the north were going to probably sort of skir the bullet and that s what happened. and irma passed to our east, we got very lucky with tree damage, four years ago, and power lines down, that s about it, and having to restructure that way. so we really can t tell, you can t evacuate half the state so you say there are hurricane watches and hurricane warnings and it is approaching and take the right precautions. if you think you can shelter in place because you have a hardened facility, make sure you have enough water and food for three days and so forth, but most folks have gotten good at this and they know if they re in a weakened structure or something that can t take the wind, don t take the chance. get out of there. look in farther. and a little higher, too. make sure you re not on the first floor. for storm surge. christopher constance