Trip to Naples, FL - should we cancel?

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Anonymous wrote:How is this a serious post.

Right? lol

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this a serious post.

Right? lol

It scares me that there are people in the world like OP, if this is a serious post

[Anonymous]

Cancel

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100% cancel, or move the trip to a different area. Sanibel, Naples and Ft. Meyers are DEVASTATED right now.

[Anonymous]

cancel

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Anonymous wrote:You could go as a humanitarian effort and help hand out food with the American red cross!

Ridiculous idea. The last thing they need is additional untrained, outside people arriving, trying to be of "help."

We volunteered post Hurricane Michael. They actually did hand us (untrained, outside people) chainsaws and we spent the day cutting downs trees from houses in residential neighborhoods. All of the utility trucks you see on the news heading to the effected area are focused on clearing roads / highways / government / business and commercial areas. The smaller neighborhoods could wait weeks for tree removal. Better to bring your own chainsaw, and coordinate with a local volunteer group.

30+ days after a hurricane, when it has faded from the news, is when locals really need help. The whole world has moved on, and they are still living in a house with a hole in the roof and no power, all of their clothing and belonging lost. And the kids continue to go to school and the parents go to work.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I'd cancel. I have a trip to Sanibel scheduled in December and I'm wondering if we'll need to cancel.

You absolutely need to cancel. There is nothing left of Sanibel. It’s 95% under water.

I wonder if they will ever rebuild once the water recedes. If it fully recedes. . In-laws go there every February but even they realize that’s not going to happen this year.

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please cancel but don't get a refund so you can support the local businesses

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Anonymous wrote:please cancel but don't get a refund so you can support the local businesses

Yeah ok

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Hi OP. I’m in Florida. Please plan on canceling. It’s pretty awful here right now. More people coming into the state just creates more issues.

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Anonymous wrote:We just got news that our place in Naples, very close to the beach and in the red zone, had no water intrusion. The streets around our development had 4-5 feet of water at one point but the houses were built up a bit. Power should be restored in the next few days.

I'd probably still cancel for next week, particularly if staying on or near the beach but some areas, especially to the east of 41, may be okay.

Wow you're optimistic. Get some perspective

np.

Nah. I think it's the people making blanket statements that hurricane recovery is going to take "years" need some perspective.

I'm an emergency manager so I know first hand that in some cases, full recovery takes years. It was not a blanket statement. We responded to Katrina, and all the other storms that year. Homes had blue tarps for years. Infrastructure took a very long time to repair. What I said was that the recovery will take weeks, months and years - that is the truth. Have you seen the Sanibel footage? How long do you think those bridge repairs will take? Residents will be impacted for a very long time. That does not mean that tourists should stay away for that long. That being said, it's incredible selfish for the OP and others to be worried about a vacation. It's almost unbelievable they would ask.

[Anonymous]

Op here. We did cancel. Didn't mean to offend anyone, and it was a serious question. After seeing all the footage/news, I see that it's obvious. I know that it can take a while to recover, but was just not sure what the aftermath would be like and how long visitors should stay away. Thanks everyone for their input.

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After Charley (which this is worse than but had a similar path), our school was closed for two weeks. People had tarps on their roofs for a solid year.

And I lived in Orlando, well away from the coast.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just got news that our place in Naples, very close to the beach and in the red zone, had no water intrusion. The streets around our development had 4-5 feet of water at one point but the houses were built up a bit. Power should be restored in the next few days.

I'd probably still cancel for next week, particularly if staying on or near the beach but some areas, especially to the east of 41, may be okay.

Wow you're optimistic. Get some perspective

np.

Nah. I think it's the people making blanket statements that hurricane recovery is going to take "years" need some perspective.

I'm an emergency manager so I know first hand that in some cases, full recovery takes years. It was not a blanket statement. We responded to Katrina, and all the other storms that year. Homes had blue tarps for years. Infrastructure took a very long time to repair. What I said was that the recovery will take weeks, months and years - that is the truth. Have you seen the Sanibel footage? How long do you think those bridge repairs will take? Residents will be impacted for a very long time. That does not mean that tourists should stay away for that long. That being said, it's incredible selfish for the OP and others to be worried about a vacation. It's almost unbelievable they would ask.

Oh these area are republicans areas. They will get so much federal aid money they will not be able to spend it all. DeSantis and Marco Rubio will not vote against this money. Let’s get those bridges to sand bars rebuilt so we can rebuild all the houses(roads and sewers) out there pronto! Also maybe the federal government can take over the state insurance program. The state and private insurance companies do not want anything to do with it.

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Has anyone seen a map that shows where the flooding or storm surge hit? We just bought a house in Naples, would be nice to know if it's still there. Or if we now need scuba gear.