For Anne Hasler and other neighbors in the Caribbean Isles, life is pretty quiet and peaceful. Well, it was until Hurricanes Helene and Milton came and turned their world upside down.
Hasler said Milton caused wind damage, and Helene caused major water damage.
“The water came in,” she said. “Like above my knee.”
As you can imagine, her stress level is through the roof. But she said it’s not just because of the storms or the damage.
“FEMA has caused me more stress than the two storms put together.”
She claims that since Helene, she has spent hours on the phone trying to get information from FEMA and an inspector out to see the damage. She said it’s been a nightmare; however, many of her neighbors have already seen inspectors for both hurricanes.
“When you call them, they say they have no control,” she said. “I did not get assigned an inspector for Milton until the first of November, and I filed on the 12th of October. I didn’t get assigned an inspector for Helene until the 3rd of November. and I had filed on the 29th, so it’s almost six weeks.”