Roughly three dozen pastel-colored cottages line the only road to Pine Island, the largest island along Florida's Gulf Coast where Hurricane Ian made landfall.
To get to Pine Island from mainland Florida, drivers must first go over a bridge and through Matlacha, an island community of about 600 people -- many are commercial fishermen. Residents there live at the foot of another bridge to Pine Island that was devastated by Hurricane Ian last week and serves as the only connection to the mainland.
The sea wall, which used to keep the waters at bay, has now partially collapsed. If it's not repaired, he said, his cottage will wash away with the tide. & Grill in Matlacha that was damaged by the storm. "I'm looking for that sense of urgency to stop it from getting any worse." Most of the cottages were built in the 1940s or the 1950s. They boast sweeping views of the water and docks for skiffs.
As Ian barreled in on southwest Florida last Tuesday night, Lynch and his family evacuated to Cape Coral, a city on the mainland, where he had worked as a fireman for 20 years. As soon as the sun rose on Thursday, he hitched a ride on his neighbor's boat back to Matlacha.It "was like a foreign landscape. I couldn't landmark things because the landmarks were gone," he said.
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