Massachusetts natives consider themselves lucky after Hurricane Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A central Massachusetts household who owns a house in Fort Myers, Florida is contemplating themselves to be fairly fortunate within the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Karen Hastie-Wilson, who’s the mom of Spectrum Information 1’s government producer, mentioned as quickly as she heard a hurricane was coming she booked a resort on the japanese aspect of the state.

Hastie-Wilson mentioned when she and her husband had been driving again to their home in Fort Myers on Saturday and noticed the harm close by, they did not know what to anticipate at residence.

“We had been fortunate,” Hastie-Wilson mentioned. “We had about two inches of sludge so we’re engaged on attempting to wash that up. We now have plenty of vegetation down, plenty of stuff to wash up. However we now have a home, we now have a roof over our heads. You will see in a few of the photos I’m sending, some folks do not have that. So we’re very lucky, very grateful.”

The Wilsons are nonetheless with out energy, however they do have water. Transportable mobile phone towers are arrange within the space so folks can contact their household and mates.

Anybody on the lookout for methods to assist the restoration efforts can discover a record of charitable organizations to donate to right here.