Driving around RiverBend MotorCoach Resort near LaBelle, Fl. checking out the damage from Irma. Appears the Coach Houses held up good but the trees are a mess. These beautiful Royal Palms will come back but it might take a couple years.
Just a few videos and pictures from our previous home in SW Florida. Christine and I spent 13 years at this beautiful Motorcoach Resort on the Caloosahatchie River.
Looks like our old homestead survived the wrath of Irma.
The trees on this site are some of the oldest in the Resort and only lost some palm fronds.
This is for you Don and Judy. Look what a mess.
I feel an Assessment coming to the RiverBenders.....
Damage at Harder's Hideaway
This huge Oak tree in Mike's backyard went down, uprooted from the strong winds of Irma.
Massive amounts of rain in the last few weeks probably did't help this 100+ year old Oak either.
The ground was saturated even before Irma showed up.
Annie will miss this one, she could climb up it about 6 feet due to the fork near the bottom.
I was sure the glass would have been blown out along the back porch but not a one was missing.
The strongest winds came from the East and the porch is on the West side.
If it had been otherwise the entire porch would be gone....
The front took the biggest beating, leaving a tree leaning on the roof..
I think I made a wise decision to stay at Tim and Karens this time. The house held up very well but probably would have scared a heart attack out of me.
Gonna be several weeks of clean up.
This was the pump house where I had some things stored.
Well, the things are still there (some of them) but the pump house is long gone. Must be in the river.
That's my dingy trailer upside down and hung on the Orchard Pump.
Not a leaf left on the tree out front. Most all of the shrubs are damaged to some extent.
Feeling bad for the Harder's, they have worked so hard to make this place their winter home. Pat and Mike have got the interior just about perfect. Looks like a major overhaul for the exterior.....
Need Gas???....Get in Line..two stations at I-75 and Daniels Parkway.
The lines are long so be patient. Everywhere I traveled today was long lines at the stations that had fuel. Many closed. Sorry for the poor video but traffic was moving very fast. Seems everyone is in a hurry to get to their home or business.
More lines....
Most of these are probably getting fuel for their generators as power is out all over the city.
Luckily, the marina has power, probably because we are near downtown.
But my trip to Publix grocery was a circus. Shelves empty, massive number of people trying to grab anything left on the shelves.
More damage, this from behind the "Karles" house. Some more of our RiverBend friends that have purchased homes along the Caloosahatchie River near LaBelle.
While there I filled Bernerd's generator and restarted it to help keep the fridge/freezer going.
Few more trees down in the front yard. Looks like the Karles have a lot of yard work ahead of them when they return.
Right down the road is the "Kings" home.....Very little damage anywhere, storm shutters in place, trees trimmed back, they must have expected Irma long before anyone else.
Great job Steve.
A few more old Oaks bit the dust in Steve's back yard but other than that no big problems here.
Now I move on to the next one.
Checking on Connie and Paula's lot at RiverBend....All is good..
This huge Oak tree in Mike's backyard went down, uprooted from the strong winds of Irma.
Massive amounts of rain in the last few weeks probably did't help this 100+ year old Oak either.
The ground was saturated even before Irma showed up.
Annie will miss this one, she could climb up it about 6 feet due to the fork near the bottom.
I was sure the glass would have been blown out along the back porch but not a one was missing.
The strongest winds came from the East and the porch is on the West side.
If it had been otherwise the entire porch would be gone....
The front took the biggest beating, leaving a tree leaning on the roof..
I think I made a wise decision to stay at Tim and Karens this time. The house held up very well but probably would have scared a heart attack out of me.
Gonna be several weeks of clean up.
This was the pump house where I had some things stored.
Well, the things are still there (some of them) but the pump house is long gone. Must be in the river.
That's my dingy trailer upside down and hung on the Orchard Pump.
Not a leaf left on the tree out front. Most all of the shrubs are damaged to some extent.
The lines are long so be patient. Everywhere I traveled today was long lines at the stations that had fuel. Many closed. Sorry for the poor video but traffic was moving very fast. Seems everyone is in a hurry to get to their home or business.
More lines....
Most of these are probably getting fuel for their generators as power is out all over the city.
Luckily, the marina has power, probably because we are near downtown.
But my trip to Publix grocery was a circus. Shelves empty, massive number of people trying to grab anything left on the shelves.
More damage, this from behind the "Karles" house. Some more of our RiverBend friends that have purchased homes along the Caloosahatchie River near LaBelle.
While there I filled Bernerd's generator and restarted it to help keep the fridge/freezer going.
Few more trees down in the front yard. Looks like the Karles have a lot of yard work ahead of them when they return.
Right down the road is the "Kings" home.....Very little damage anywhere, storm shutters in place, trees trimmed back, they must have expected Irma long before anyone else.
Great job Steve.
A few more old Oaks bit the dust in Steve's back yard but other than that no big problems here.
Now I move on to the next one.
Checking on Connie and Paula's lot at RiverBend....All is good..
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