I’ve an old friend who worked for FEMA. Planning is most of what they do.

I was also impressed by the big box retailer’s response. They had fans and shop vacs and anti-fungal solutions by the truck load in three days. It’s almost like they were paying attention to the forecast several days ahead.

This happens so often in this state there is a pre-existing infrastructure and culture, both private and governmental, to clean up the mess. Its all
gone after just a few weeks.

Heard from our friend who lives along a canal a bit inland in Ft Myers. Her house escaped damage and flooding, just lots of debris around.

And that’s the new problem. Where does all that debris go, and how does it get there? That alone becomes a huge logistics problem. I witnessed it first hand nine years ago after our floods and the front yard was a pile of soggy carpet and drywall. I paid a couple of guys a C note to load it into the truck they rented to haul it do a nearby park, where the city had placed dozens of those big construction dumpsters. Eventually, the city sent out dump trucks with big claw arms to pick up more debris on the side of the roads. It took me two months to just clean out the damage in our basement. Just me. Every contractor in this state and the adjoining states were booked for months. Nine years later and the county is still rebuilding roads and bridges.

My heart goes out to everyone down there.