After Hurricane Ian hits Fort Myers, Black neighborhood residents say they aren't counting on much

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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Shannon Tolbert and her cousins had no power two days after Hurricane Ian made landfall, so they cooled off in the shade of a compact SUV trunk Friday afternoon in front of the house.

They live in Dunbar, a historically Black area of Fort Myers that also houses a growing Hispanic and Latino population. Lining the roads were uprooted trees, straggled power lines, piles of fence remnants and storm debris from Ian’s Category 4 winds.

“Every time we have a storm, we’re the last ones to get power,” said Tolbert's cousin, lifetime Dunbar resident Valorie Simmons, a steel factory worker. Simmons' daughter Cherell Lindsey nodded along with Tolbert's daughter, who was lounging in the SUV's back seat.

“It’s expected," Simmons said. "Where it's Black and brown people ... we get it last."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-hurricane-ian-hits-fort-myers-black-neighborhood-residents-say-they-aren-t-counting-on-much-help/ar-AA12uKFJ

[Deep State Witch]

1. It is ever thus

People with million-dollar homes get first priority. F*ck the poors that do their landscaping, clean their million-dollar homes, and take care of them when they're sick.

[Hortensis]

2. As reported in MSN, USA Today, NPR, etc so far. In spite of the

theme the author chose, there's some assertiveness going on in East Dunbar. East Dunbar's historically a very, very black, comparatively very low income, inland, county neighborhood -- without the amenities of being part of a town.

It's however now been annexed into far wealthier Fort Myers, which should bring all kinds of changes, not all welcome, and attention. Of course the people there want all the services those in the rest of Fort Myers have, without the increasing property values, etc, negatively impacting continuation of what's special to them in their old neighborhood.

Supposedly @66% of Lee County residents are white, but that's way low -- white Hispanics are another 15%, so 80%ish to un-warp the racial data. White Cuban Americans even more than in most other Hispanic groups tend to consider themselves white.

Non-white Hispanics are another 6.5% and black are @7.9%, way below the national average. That last isn't numerically great leverage of course.

Hopefully this article results from East Dunbar leaders taking advantage of national and state attention to their devastated county -- as extremely important midterm elections fast approach. Federal money should normaly be more available based on need than DeSantis/FL legislature money.