Hurricane Ian: My Story

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  @floridamanwx · 7 months ago · pinned

  Were you also impacted by Hurricane Ian? Be sure to comment your story down below!

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  @sarahmae48 · 7 months ago

  Cape Coral resident here! This was my first ever hurricane that I went through. I moved down here in 2018, and I remember hearing about Irma happening in our area the year before, but this one was different. You’re absolutely right when you said people just knew this one was going to be rough. We’re still recovering in some ways, but if anything good could come from this, it’s the storm that made me decide I wanted to actually study meteorology! Should be graduating with my degree in about a year 😌<br><br>Thank you for sharing your story about this storm!

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  @claytonwoolfe · 7 months ago

  Fort Myers resident here, have never left for a hurricane cause we’re in a “safe” area but driving around the next morning to go help folks this one definitely hit different. Been here for ever storm since 1990 and this one was actually here for us it felt like

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  @mrblondeheart9562 · 7 months ago

  I&apos;m a lineman and this was the first storm I ever worked. Literally 2.5 weeks into linework and I was headed to Florida. Riding in on the hurricane as it ran across the state. &nbsp;My crew worked along the beaches of Flagler and Daytona before moving to Fort Myers. When we showed up to Fort Myers there was only a couple working stop lights... Thank god for the kind everyday people checking in on their neighbors, running food / water pop ups and protecting one another. Watching a community come together and show such kindness to us restored my faith in humanity. Sadly, we watched as recovery crews retrieve peoples bodies out of creeks and destroyed homes... This storm forever changed me and showed me a lot about life. I hope everyone stays safe and prepared for storms to come!

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  @Univoano6 · 7 months ago (edited)

  Me and my family had our fair share of hurricanes in the past, growing up in New York City, we lived through Hurricane Irene in 2011, then Sandy a year later in 2012, by that time we were okay, but we did lost our beach house that we’ve rented somewhere in Seaside heights, New Jersey, which we had an amazing time there for many years, it was just completely gone.<br><br>Now me and my family moved here in Florida in June 2022 after I graduated high school just a few months prior to Hurricane Ian, we lived not far away from the Tampa Bay region, thankfully not close enough to be impacted by the storm surge, but I’m not going to lie, seeing the forecast cone of Ian close to the region where I lived at first had my heart racing and didn’t know what to expect. But I’m so glad that it hit further south, we still had moderate tropical storm conditions where we lived from the hurricane, but thankfully nothing to crazy in the end.<br><br>After Ian we did felt the effects of Hurricane Idalia in 2023, then 2024 by Debby and Helene, thankfully we only felt minor to moderate effects from those storms too, nothing to crazy, until Hurricane Milton in October, me and my family barely got into the fringes of Milton’s eyewall, somehow the power in our apartment stayed on throughout the entire duration of that storm, and our apartment only received minor damage from the storm. But man, seeing the damage as soon as the storm passed, I was astonished by it, but overall we were completely unharmed, although pretty shaken up by Milton, something I haven’t felt since Sandy. It was really quite the tremendous experience for me.

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  @CatatonicCat-y6g · 7 months ago (edited)

  Central Florida here. &nbsp;We weren’t heavily impacted by Ian. &nbsp;We lost power of course, but little permanent damage. &nbsp;Of course people nearer landfall had it much worse than we did. &nbsp;I lived through Sandy in 2012 in New Jersey, and nothing was as terrifying as that, because our homes were not built for those winds. &nbsp;My house shook for six hours in the dark, and I was nowhere near the Jersey shore (about 65 miles inland). &nbsp;I will never take ANY storm warning for granted.

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  @bluebugg1 · 7 months ago

  South Venice here, I moved here with my parents from the northeast and attended my senior year in early July of 2022. Really unfortunate that less than 3 months later we had a major hurricane heading right towards us, and we didn’t take it too seriously here. As you said in the video, we just didnt understand how bad it would really be. Really lucky to only have little damage on the house, if I could do it again I’d def evacuate being less than 3 miles from Manasota key. No power for 2 weeks, a giant pine tree landing on the roof, and not being able to get food or drive/go anywhere (due to debris) for the first few days was awful. Really grateful to get out of that unharmed. Thank you for sharing your personal story, this was an extremely dangerous storm and you help bring awareness to how dangerous and life threatening these storms can become.

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  @JohnMiranda-cb7dv · 7 months ago

  We experience &nbsp;100 plus &nbsp;miles winds &nbsp;for &nbsp;several &nbsp;hours &nbsp;and &nbsp;received &nbsp;more &nbsp;than &nbsp;20 inches of rain. &nbsp;We were &nbsp;without &nbsp;power &nbsp;for &nbsp;eight &nbsp;days , without &nbsp;internet &nbsp;for &nbsp;two &nbsp;weeks , and &nbsp;under &nbsp;a &nbsp;9 pm &nbsp;curfew &nbsp;for &nbsp;10 days. &nbsp;We survived &nbsp;the &nbsp;storm &nbsp;of a lifetime &nbsp;❤

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  @coreypannier2589 · 7 months ago (edited)

  Omg sat and ready.<br><br>Always love your videos.<br><br>Can&apos;t wait to finish this one<br><br>Omg CJ I was on the verge of tears on this one.<br><br>I have never seen such a personal amazing telling of this storm.<br><br>Thank you for sharing and giving such an amazing insider info for this storm.

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  @ameliajade7942 · 7 months ago

  its horrifying to hear the amount of fear residents in the direct path dealt with. im glad you and your family were able to make it out alive.

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  @brooke8362 · 7 months ago

  Hurricane Helene and Ian completely changed our town for generations. My grandparents’ house had 5 feet of water in the entire thing, thank god they listened to the weathermen and evacuated, but it will never be the same. Driving through neighborhoods with sand mounds so high it looked like a blizzard, where you could see through the house to the gulf with no walls in between was an experience I’ll never forget. At the same time, the plumbing and electricity still works, we still have the fridge from 1955 in the garage with our spare drinks in it, the same log as a doorstop for the lanai. It’s amazing that things have come back to normal as much as they have, but we can’t pretend we can just move on an de change nothing. We NEED to take climate change seriously and start making meaningful policy changes to protect our communities and our planet.

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  @call07thevo1d · 7 months ago

  hello!<br>i&apos;ve been watching your content for quite sometime now, and while i always knew it was good, this time you&apos;ve really outdone yourself. As someone who doesn&apos;t live in an area with hurricanes and has never had personal a personal experience with them, they fascinate me but it&apos;s always something that can be pretty hard to imagine living through. This video really helped with that, it&apos;s been eye-opening and makes you think of some of the difficulties that you wouldn&apos;t think could occur without living through them; you&apos;ve made it very humanising. I&apos;m not someone who cries often, but with this video i&apos;ve had tears in my eyes half of the time. I&apos;m really sorry for the experience you&apos;ve had to go through, I&apos;m sure it must&apos;ve shaped you in a way i can&apos;t even imagine and something that will stay with you forever, but your way of sharing your story is something i&apos;m sure will stick with a lot of people and reach them in ways you might not expect. I&apos;ve heard of Ian and have done my own research countless times, but this video made me think of it like nothing before, and i&apos;m sure the long-term effects of a hurricane will always be something i&apos;ll think of more because of you. It&apos;s been really nice watching you grow as a creator, accepting criticism and putting the effort in to make it better next time, it&apos;s really shining through! I don&apos;t tend to comment often, but I&apos;ve felt it&apos;s really necessary this time, this was an amazing tribute and I hope you&apos;re proud of it. I&apos;m pretty confident your channel will gain way more popularity in next few months, the quality of your content just gets better and better, it&apos;s amazing to watch! Take care and I hope you&apos;re doing okay! Raven :)

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