For many Tampa Bay residents, it’s been nearly a month straight of cleanup— first, there was Hurricane Helene then came Hurricane Milton.
On Sunday, some of those homeowners in the Dana Shores neighborhood saw the first glimmer of hope that maybe they can finally begin to move on.
Residents said they’ve never been so happy to hear the sounds of excavators and dump trucks.
“Little bits of hope when the guys finally show up and start hauling this stuff away which has been sitting here for almost three weeks— you see little changes,” said Casey Lennox.
House after house, everyone’s belongings have been piled up on their front lawns from doors to mattresses to furniture to kitchen sinks— all of it destroyed.
Casey and Andrew Lennox have lived in this neighborhood since 2016. They said it’s hard to believe just 10 inches of water inside their home could cause so much damage, but that’s what happened during Helene.
“Anything that’s even close to the water as far as appliances, furniture, all of that is intruded and all of that has to be thrown out, so pretty much a total loss of everything inside,” Andrew Lennox said.