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HOMEOWNERS SAID THEY HAVE HAD TO

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REBUILD, TWO, THREE, EVEN FOUR

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TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS

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SITUATION.

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FLORIDA THIS MORNING REELING AND

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COLLECTING ITSELF AFTER

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HURRICANE MILTON TORE THROUGH,

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UNLEASHING 38 CONFIRMED

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TORNADOES, HEAVY WINDS AND

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DRIVING RAINS, PROMPTING

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HUNDREDS OF WATER RESCUES.

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THERE IS ALSO DAMAGING FLOODING

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FROM STORM SURGE, INCLUDING IN

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THE STATE’S BARRIER ISLANDS.

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A LINE OF CARS WAITING FOR HOURS

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ON THURSDAY FOR THE SLOW DRIVE

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THROUGH FORT MYERS BEACH.

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THE BARRIER ISLAND DEALING WITH

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STORM SURGE AND DAMAGE.

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>> I THOUGHT THAT BY BOARDING IT

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UP, EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE STAYED

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INSIDE.

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>> BUT CRYSTAL, WHO MOVED FROM

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RHODE ISLAND YEARS AGO HAD LOST

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A PREVIOUS HOME DURING HURRICANE

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IAN WAS IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING,

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WITH MILTON TEARING OFF HER NEW

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ROOF.

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>> WE ALL HELP EACH OTHER, AND

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THE FACT THAT WE ALL LOVE IT

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HERE SO MUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE

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JUST KEEP DOING IT.

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YOU KNOW?

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>> Reporter: WE TOURED THE

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ISLAND WITH THE MAYOR OF FORT

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MYERS BEACH.

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YOU HAVE SEEN A PANDEMIC AND HOW

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MANY HURRICANES?

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>> THIS IS OUR FIFTH ONE.

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>> Reporter: HE SHOWED US THIS

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HOUSE THAT WAS BEING REBUILT AND

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THEN LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION.

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CAN YOU SALVAGE WHAT YOU’RE

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LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW?

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>> I DON’T KNOW.

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IF YOU LOOK, EVERYTHING IS

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LEANING TO THE RIGHT.

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I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS

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GOING TO BE SALVAGEABLE.

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>> Reporter: NEAR BY, LINES AND

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CHECK POINTS FOR RESIDENTS EAGER

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TO SEE HOW THEIR HOMES FEARED.

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THAT ISLAND RUPTURED TWO YEARS

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AGO BY IAN.

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THIS IS THE HARSH REALITY OF

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LIVING IN A SEASIDE PARADISE.

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IT IS A RISK-REWARD TRADEOFF

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THAT SOME RESIDENTS ARE WILLING

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TO LIVE WITH.

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>> YOU LIVE HERE WITH PARADISE,

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BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS BAD.

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THIS HAS BEEN A STRING OF BAD

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LUCK, JUST A STRING OF BAD LUCK.

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>> Reporter: NOW HURRICANE

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MILTON BECOMES THE FIFTH

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HURRICANE TO MAKE LANDFALL THIS

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YEAR.

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THAT TIES IT FOR SECOND-MOST

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ALL-TIME.

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TRAILING ONLY TO 1886 WHEN THERE