[JPrzybylski07]

I’ve lived in SWFL for roughly 8 years but currently reside in the Orlando region. It’s absolutely sad to see what Ian has done to that region down there.

Of course the economic damage will be immense but I can’t help and really think about the environment disaster this will be as well. Think about the enormous amount of debris that will settle to the bottom of the Gulf Of Mexico, Estero Bay, Caloosahatchee River, Charlotte Harbor, Peace River, Cape Coral Canals, and etc.

Also, unfortunately I’m predicting horrible red tide for the 2023 summer season. After Irma in 2017, 2018 was one for the record books. It was horrible living through that. There seems to be a correlation with red tide the year after a hurricane.

How are we actually going to clean the bottom of our waterways after this? In Lake Tahoe for example, they have to have an organized scuba diving event to clean up the trash on the bottom of the lake. I can’t even imagine the amount of debris from this hurricane below the surface scattered everywhere throughout SWFL waterways.

My friend reported the day after Ian from Del Nor Wiggins State park in Naples that it looks like large debris like mattresses and furniture actually came from Cuba!

This hurricane will no doubt leave a big psychological scar in many people for a lifetime. The thing is we play the victim card to Mother Nature, yet we are the ones who ripped out hundreds of miles of shoreline mangroves, built on barrier islands, etc. We try to live and be harmonious with nature in sensitive areas like SWFL, yet we do far greater damage then good.

Are we going to use this disaster to actually learn some lessons and change our paradigm of thinking or are we just going to update some building codes and call it a day?

[luvmyhoss]

Probably update and call it a day.

Too many people affected