By TomL
Governor Ron DeSantis Issues Updates on Hurricane Ian Recovery
If anyone ever doubted Governor Ron DeSantis capabilities, they can lay them to rest. I don’t know of one Governor in office today that do a better / faster / more efficient job than Ron DeSantis. He had his list of priorities and made them work. I’m sure he help save lives of some people that tried to ride out Ian but it was a mistake. All of the first responders save lives, there probably were a few that lost their life while saving others.
The Hurricane center seemed to be ahead of the storm but a friend of mind was watching the satellite imagery and she said it did a Zig Zag before hitting land. Warning was an hour to late to let the public know. It did not come ashore where the weather bureau predicted. I guess they have to fly an airplane through the Hurricane to confirm what it was doing while we were watching it from satellite imagery. We need to rely on the new technology more. Some of those people could have left had they been notified of the change. Not DeSantis’ fault!
I lived in South Florida in my early days and went through some devastating Hurricane and our family experienced loss and damage. As I grew I realized that they were building homes in the Everglades where water was standing all year round. The builder developers would dig a canal to put in a road then they would dig more canals to fill the land to build a WATERFRONT HOME! The canals did not go anywhere, there was no water flow. I guess it is a good thing that Ian did not hit further south. I saw a tide surge within the city limits of Dania Florida now call Dania Beach, salt water on the Dania Bank sidewalk which was one mile from the beach. So maybe we a lucky it did not hit further south. As a boy I remember staying at the school in the hallways with bedrolls while the parents worked to block the windows with desk.
Of course the Turnpike would have cut off the water drainage from going east, during Ian Hmmmm maybe??? Most people don’t realize roads stop drainage on a catastrophic flood. Once the water go over the roads then it will begin to drain, The Turnpike is build up. I hope we learn from this storm. There are lots of Hurricane picture online just ask for them. I was talking to a friend that had a house down there, she said she was lucky she has a place to go but there are a lot of people who have no place to go! Maybe they can do the mobile home thing, temp housing while they rebuild.
