Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian made landfall today, and the giant storm that was once forecasted to hit almost directly in Tampa veered inland south, near Fort Myers. As much as I feel for the people who were impacted terribly by the direct hit, I am equally as relieved that we didn't have to bear the brunt of this particular storm. We didn't receive any damage to our home, though the neighbors to the south of us lost some fence panels. There was tree limbs down in the neighborhood as well, but nothing too severe. We are definitely thankful, and counting our blessings.

Hurricane Ian - Riverview
		The neighbor lost some screening on the shelter in their back yard.
		Although hard to tell, the wind was really whipping through the trees throughout the neighborhood.
		Rain was as steady as the wind throughout the day as well.
		Thankfully there wasn't any major damage in our area, mostly a ton of leaves in the road and occasional branches on the ground.

Sunday, October 9th, 2022

Tara and I decided to drive down to our old neighborhoods in Venice today to see what, if any, damages occurred to our prior residences due to Hurricane Ian. Here are some of our pictures from our drive through Venice...

Hurricane Ian - Venice
		The Venice Theatre was definitely the most damaged building that we drove by today...
		...as the building was stripped bare at its highest level.
		A look at the trees down along West Venice Avenue heading towards the Gulf.
		The water near the Freedom Boat Club along Tarpon Avenue was filled with plants/weeds that were blown in during the storm...
		...and it looked like the boats were sitting on land.
		A quick break from the hurricane damage pictures as I share some photos of some brown pelicans that we saw at the South Jetty...
		...along with a picture of the beach - Tara thought that the water was still low from the storm (based on the big step along the beach), though I wasn't sure if it was just a low tide period.
		And now, back to the pelicans!


		Most of the damage that we saw today was roofing related, including the one of the Edward Jones building on the Venice island...
		...and the 7-11 building along US-41...
		...and the building that houses the Travelodge and Subway at the corner of US-41 and Shamrock Drive.
		It appeared as though the McDonalds next door lost their normal golden arches sign and instead had this temporary sign mounted.
		We also saw a lot of billboards that were missing their signage and leaning quite heavily, most in the southward direction.
		We noticed that the entry to Gulf View Estates, where our first Venice home is, had been repainted. The leaning signpost was only a warning of what was to come...
		There was a lot of brush along the roads in this subdivision.
		The trees along the retention pond were leaning a bit.
		We saw several trees down, many making their way to pool cages.
		Our old street, Tyler Street, along with virtually every other street, had the street sign down.
		A look down Tyler street with the brush piled up.
		Both ends of our former street were laying on the ground.
		We also saw several pool cages with large sections of screen missing.
		It appeared that a tree fell on the eave of the garage on this house.
		We're not sure if this was storm damage or eviction debris, but there was a lot of rolls of carpet and padding lining the streets in this sub as well.
		The middle house in this photo was our original Florida home.
		Another house with a tree on the pool cage.
		Our second subdivision, Woodmere Lakes, didn't have too much damage. The door on this house was boarded over, but it was tough to tell if it was due to the storm prep or damage.
		There was a lot of trees down along Jacaranda Boulevard as well...



		...as was what was left of this fence...
		...and a bunch of signage throughout all of Venice, including this 7-11 on Jacaranda Boulevard.

Hurricane Ian - Riverview

The neighbor lost some screening on the shelter in their back yard.

Although hard to tell, the wind was really whipping through the trees throughout the neighborhood.

Rain was as steady as the wind throughout the day as well.

Thankfully there wasn't any major damage in our area, mostly a ton of leaves in the road and occasional branches on the ground.

Hurricane Ian - Venice

The Venice Theatre was definitely the most damaged building that we drove by today...

...as the building was stripped bare at its highest level.

A look at the trees down along West Venice Avenue heading towards the Gulf.

The water near the Freedom Boat Club along Tarpon Avenue was filled with plants/weeds that were blown in during the storm...

...and it looked like the boats were sitting on land.

A quick break from the hurricane damage pictures as I share some photos of some brown pelicans that we saw at the South Jetty...

...along with a picture of the beach - Tara thought that the water was still low from the storm (based on the big step along the beach), though I wasn't sure if it was just a low tide period.

And now, back to the pelicans!

Most of the damage that we saw today was roofing related, including the one of the Edward Jones building on the Venice island...

...and the 7-11 building along US-41...

...and the building that houses the Travelodge and Subway at the corner of US-41 and Shamrock Drive.

It appeared as though the McDonalds next door lost their normal golden arches sign and instead had this temporary sign mounted.

We also saw a lot of billboards that were missing their signage and leaning quite heavily, most in the southward direction.

We noticed that the entry to Gulf View Estates, where our first Venice home is, had been repainted. The leaning signpost was only a warning of what was to come...

There was a lot of brush along the roads in this subdivision.

The trees along the retention pond were leaning a bit.

We saw several trees down, many making their way to pool cages.

Our old street, Tyler Street, along with virtually every other street, had the street sign down.

A look down Tyler street with the brush piled up.

Both ends of our former street were laying on the ground.

We also saw several pool cages with large sections of screen missing.

It appeared that a tree fell on the eave of the garage on this house.

We're not sure if this was storm damage or eviction debris, but there was a lot of rolls of carpet and padding lining the streets in this sub as well.

The middle house in this photo was our original Florida home.

Another house with a tree on the pool cage.

Our second subdivision, Woodmere Lakes, didn't have too much damage. The door on this house was boarded over, but it was tough to tell if it was due to the storm prep or damage.

There was a lot of trees down along Jacaranda Boulevard as well...

...as was what was left of this fence...

...and a bunch of signage throughout all of Venice, including this 7-11 on Jacaranda Boulevard.