“Once I’d seen the boat five feet away from my window, it was — that’s when it got real,” the Fort Myers resident told News4JAX.
We’ve seen incredible video of the immense storm surge from Ian, and the flooding all up Florida’s west coast. Many things are getting washed away.
“Once I’d seen the boat five feet away from my window, it was — that’s when it got real,” he told us. Long explained that he can see the Caloosahatchee River from his balcony. He lives in Ft. Meyers’ River District downtown, but is originally from Georgia.
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