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[quote=Anonymous][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]
6700 people live there. It’s not all vacation homes.[/quote]

How many millions in tax dollars are you willing to spend to rebuild it? In 2004 the new bridge was built for 137 million(lasted what 8 years?), beach replenishment 6-10 million, rebuilt the road 3-5 million so 6700 people can live in multiple million dollar homes on a sand bar? No they have to pay for that themselves.[/quote]

Why did you deceptively state that it was all vacation homes? Why not be truthful? [/quote]

Whether it’s vacation homes or not should we really be rebuilding entire island communities every 20 years?  I love Sanibel but really question whether it makes sense anymore.  Not to mention all this hurricane-related debris and contaminants are terrible for the marine environment. [/quote]

You mean vacation homes are you inaccurately stated before. [/quote]

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