EXPERIENCING A HURRICANE IN CAPE CORAL, FL!

[@faith7820]

Thank you for this video. I plan on moving to Cape Coral in retirement (about 3 years). This video was very informative to see what it's like before, during and after a hurricane. Glad you and your family are safe and that you received minimal damage. God Bless!

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Thanks so much! I’m glad it was useful for you. I would love the opportunity to help you with your move here when the time comes. God bless!

[@jeniromero1949]

Thank God that you survived this terrible Hurricane 🌀. I thought that the way you shared your experience, and how you prepare for an incoming storm, was very thorough, and really informative. I also thought you have a beautiful family. Your children are really adorable 😍 😊best wishes to you and your family. God bless.

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Thank you so much for those kind words! God bless you too!

[@darleneshepstone1015]

Can’t imagine living in those conditions. We’ve been so Blessed .

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Thanks for watching!

[@geckster109]

Great perspective of going through something like this! Thank you for the video documentation.

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Thanks very much!

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

Thank you for this! We live in Clearwater, 5 miles from the beach, in a mobile home. Our area is way too expensive to buy a home, 600 sq ft "fixer upper" is 250K here, no where near the coast. We were flooded the very first time by Debbie and lost at least 5K of stuff, including heirlooms. Milton did us in. Of course we had to evacuate and came home to a war zone. Roofs, florida rooms, hurricane shutters were gone. Our shutter was 4 streets away. Our deck railing was almost falling off, we lost shutters, siding, part of the roof etc. We are devastated, my car is totaled.

[@CapeCoralDustin]

I’m so sorry that happened to you all. That’s just terrible. I hope you were able to get some aid from FEMA. All the best to you and your family.

[@Dqalex]

We use Water Medic too. I had the strap on for Ian and the cabinet still blew apart. I now use two straps. The one water Medic gave us for over the top and another one I wrap around the middle. We also called LCEC and had them install a surge protector on our meter. Since then we haven't lost another modem or computer board on our appliances.

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Those are good tips! Thank you! I didn’t show it in the video, but the doors on my RO cabinet came off in this storm. They luckily didn’t get far, and they just snapped back in, but I’ll definitely be wrapping one around the middle like that next time. Thanks!

[@LauraGuthrie-u3g]

Nicely done sharing your personal experience, not only riding out the storm, but the prep before and reflection on the aftermath 👍🏻

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Thank you!

[@renoflames]

COOL VIDEO

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Thank you!!

[@Dqalex]

I stayed up in the NW Cape. Quick silver lake. Scary for sure. We lost power around 10PM too.

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Yes, I think most of us lost power when those power poles on Burnt Store Rd went down. Pretty wild watching the sky light up whenever a transformer would blow.

[@Dqalex]

@@CapeCoralDustin It was a bright teal or bright purple color. It was something to see

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Definitely!

[@muskyful]

After 18 yrs in SWFL we have left for higher ground. I think the difference between hurricanes from 1990's and back, is they were typically wind damage events......our hurricanes now are also creating more dangerous surge & flooding as climate warming brings higher sea levels and more moisture.

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Thanks for watching and for your perspective!

[@jaydenstowe0813]

I live in Cape Coral too and my house is okay

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Glad to hear it!

[@BigBirdy100]

Your house is very low to the water, so at some point you can expect to be flooded. I'd be getting some polyethylene and some flexseal and sprayfoam and sandbags to wrap the house. I've seen it done and it works. Be prepared.

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Thanks!

[@Jdeneik]

I am staying at an Airbnb Jan 15-30th 2025 do you think the area will be rebuilt by then? Beaches? Are they okay. Not sure if I should cancel

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Hi! Hurricane Milton largely spared our area, so yes, most everything is already back open, and certainly by the time you arrive things will be back to normal for our busy season. Cape Coral had virtually no damage. The barrier islands got some water but nothing like Ian two years ago. Everything’s good and the beaches are open! Please come!

[@Randy-st9lb]

My first hurricane occurred 5 months after i moved here, Hurricane Ian. Like Dustin said not to minimize what anyone else may have gone through with Helene and Milton, but here in Mid Cape, i didnt even lose power with either one. It flickered during Milton but that was it. Hurricane Ian was awful. It hit and we were back to the stone age. No Water, No Electric, No Gas, No Restaurants, No Groceries for atleast a week. It killed everything, all the trees and even the grass went brown, I had never experienced anything like that, true natural disaster. So these two were nothing in comparison from my pov.

[@CapeCoralDustin]

Agreed! Thanks for sharing your perspective!

[@williambruton724]

No thank you

[@CapeCoralDustin]

lol, yeah, no fun.