Irma News from Cape Coral, Florida
My wife's sister and her husband live in a Cape Coral home right across the street from the "Hootchy-Kootchy" river. They evacuated to another house on higher ground before Irma hit. This morning, they drove over to their own home. No water damage at all. No roof damage, either, from the high winds. The only damage that occurred was to their backyard fence, which was lifted up in one section by the roots of a fallen small tree. There is also a rather large rain puddle in the backyard.
Cape Coral is just to the west of Ft. Myers, in Lee County. Apparently, the storm surge was not high enough for the river to rise enough to reach their home. It's good news for them, and they expect power to be restored sometime today. Irma jogged over to the East, just enough to spare Cape Coral from greater damage. I do not have any information about Ft. Myers to the east, however.
That's one good news story from Florida. I know there are many stories that are not as good, and I hope the recovery throughout that region goes smoothly, but I know that many will return to severely-damaged homes and businesses.
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I'm glad your family made it through OK.
I think the surge was a lot higher in Miami having to do with tides and wind direction. On the news I saw water about 5 feet deep in the city streets.
