We asked. You answered.
Saturday (Sept. 28) marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Ian, a devastating and powerful Category 4 storm that caused historic damage and killed more than 100 people.
Ironically, a commemorative ceremony scheduled for Saturday on Fort Myers Beach was called off because of what Hurricane Helene did this week to that community − storm surge, wind and flooding. Not nearly the same as Ian, but enough to be an unwanted reminder and enough to label this weekend as another “recovery.”
Regarding the Hurricane Ian anniversary, a week ago we asked our audience: How did Hurricane Ian change your view about living in Southwest Florida?
Not surprisingly our email inbox was flooded with your replies this week. We also noticed a long list of comments on our Facebook pages for The News-Press and Naples Daily News. The answers ranged from deciding to move away or thinking about it, to insurance woes and the general storm high-anxiety this time of year.
There were some of you who said Hurricane Ian didn’t change a thing.