Hi, and thanks for your concern.
Yesterday morning the National Hurricane Center released a path in the morning that would have had the eye go right over our house. We decided that was enough to evacuate.
It’s amazing how much these models can change in just 24 hours. The eye is coming ashore far enough to the south of us that our house “should” (I pray) be ok. Just put up a new fence, got a new roof and a new Insurance company. I don’t say that lightly though, because I know my “luck” means it will be devastating for others. So, I don’t take a lot of solace in that.
My nephew lives in Fort Myers, he just recently moved. I am glad to report he heeded my warning and went to Deerfield beach the same morning we did.
I got another buddy, who loves to fish and spends winters down here who just built a house in Englewood. He’ll probably need to cash in his ins and get a new boat. He’s a native, but his wife is from New Hampshire, so he’s up there with family.
I get an ache in the pit of my stomach watching the footage. We were on Fort Myers Beach and Captiva just a couple months ago visiting my nephew. I also visited a month before that. He lives on a golf course and the ponds have tarpon, snook and bass in them, but it’s against the rules to fish, so we hit it at night. I told him those ponds are getting restocked now.