Hurricane Damage in my county last week
By Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
October 15, 2016 12:31pm CST
Yesterday on the way to my doctors appointment, my husband and I took a ride along the coast of our county in Florida. Hearing about the devastation and seeing it are two different things.
According to the reports in the local newspaper, over 1390 buildings were damaged.
We were surprised to see boats on their sides in the water. Some people couldn't even use their docks as they were under water too. Trees were all uprooted and here it is days later and all the branches are still laying all over the grounds. We still have a big pile in front of our house.
So far in my county, the estimated damages are 24 million dollars.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
15 Oct 16
@ramapo17 So much damage.There is a vast difference between hearing about the damages and seeing directly with your own eyes.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
15 Oct 16
It's so sad how much damage was caused. =( So many people's homes were destroyed.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
15 Oct 16
@ramapo17 Yeah we have seen a lot of it too and it's awful. I thank God all we had was a tree take out our power lines and we lost power for 4 days. I consider us very lucky.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Oct 16
@LovingMyBabies I am glad you were okay too. I am sure you have seen a lot of storms down here as I think you have been here for awhile.
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Oct 16
@LovingMyBabies You are so right. It is one thing to see it on tv or reading about it in the newspapers but to see in right in front of my eyes really got me emotional.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Oct 16
@story07. I can understand that. I think every part of our country has some major weather related issue we have to deal with. I cannot even picture dealing with tornados or the fires in California. At least growing up in New Jersey and living many years in Pennsylvania, I knew I would be safe as we had time to prepare and get out of the area or get the food in that we needed until the hurricanes stopped or the snow stopped. We never had a serious issue.
@moffittjc (118827)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Oct 16
It's going to take a while for everything to get cleaned up. Plus, FEMA is going to have their hands full since the hurricane did so much damage up and down the eastern seaboard. I know it's pennies compared to your county and other coastal communities, but Gainesville had $900,000 in damage that was submitted to FEMA for reimbursement.
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@moffittjc (118827)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Oct 16
@ramapo17 I'm sure it's avery cumbersome process for FEMA. In our case, the $900,000 I mentioned was how much direct costs the city and county governments have incurred as a result of the storm. Since Florida was declared a disaster area, we are eligible to get fully reimbursed by the federal government for any and all expenses related to storm cleanup. I'm not sure how private citizens and private homeowners go about submitting claims to FEMA. Maybe they have to work through their homeowner's insurance company, and then whatever insurance doesn't cover will get billed to FEMA?
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
16 Oct 16
@moffittjc We put a claim in for the food in our freezer that got ruined for no power. We haven't heard anything yet. When we were in Pennsylvania we lost a big freezer full of food, a tv, computer, ceiling fan and a few other things. We collected on all of that.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
16 Oct 16
I can't even imagine how FEMA goes about that whole process figuring out the costs. Imagine Haiti. There is nothing left there. I remember many years ago being in St Thomas after a hurricane and all we saw was blue tarps over almost every building.
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
18 Oct 16
I am sorry for the huge loss of your country caused by the latest hurricane. Natural disasters cause numerous damages to people's life and propertities and natural environment. It is so scary when disasters happen. I hope people get to know much earlier about the coming of a certain disaster so that they can try their best to prevent as many damages as possible ahead of time.
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