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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, so sad. My parents are Sanibel snowbirds and always drive down from NY the second weekend in October. (That's obviously not happening this year.) It is our family's happy place.

My parents knew people who did not evacuate and those people are going to have to be evacuated by boat or air because that causeway is the only way onto the island by land.

It's very early in assessing damage, but I've seen some comments from people saying it may be a total loss. Too many sections damaged, and what is still intact probably can't be trusted. It's going to be ferries for several months at least.[/quote]

Why should the bridge and road be rebuilt for vacation homes? It looks like the island is cut in a few places and they lost a lot of sand/beach. I wonder are the sewer and fresh water systems still intact?  They will have to totally rebuild the island’s beach. It will cost millions and there is no guarantee another storm will not take every think out in a year or two.  I really hope the federal government does not paid for the rebuild of the island. [/quote]

I'd imagine it's up to insurance companies - if nobody will insure new builds there, it won't get rebuilt.  [/quote]

This is a huge problem in FL. They keep losing insurance companies who are willing to keep insuring homes in the state. My MIL had her insurer stop doing business in the state. She then had to scramble to find a new one and that company insisted that she replace her roof before they would insure her.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/30/ian-florida-economy-insurance/[/quote]

So are a lot of people just uninsured? It seems like that shouldn’t be allowed.[/quote]

There's a reason the lender-placed insurance market in Florida is one of the largest in the country.  [/quote]

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