Wow so glad I sold my house on Big Pine back in 1999. It had termites too. Hurricane Floyd hit there just before I moved out and that was a cat 1 then and that was no picnic either.
So Sorry for all that lost their lives and their loved ones 🙏 and of course the animals who died. Prayers with friends (and all) who remain there. God bless you and yours in Jesus Christ name 🙏
My brothers place is in Eden Pines on Fern just south of the Watson bridge, he got about 2 feet of water in the enclosed storage area under his house (he's on stilts). It seems there was less surge as you go West and more as you went East across the island. The Avenues and areas over by No Name got around 6-8 feet and many of those houses were a total loss. We got in the day after they opened the Overseas Highway and for the most part Eden Pines fared pretty well. Lots of trees down and screened in porches blown out. Good Luck.
Kurt Buesching / Thanks for the vid. Can you tell me about Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge and how did they fare. On the gulf side. MM 32-33 . Likely the rentals did ok yet they are on a dead end canal. Ty
From what I could see driving by the buildings looked like they were intact although I'm sure they took in water and sand on the lower level. There were a lot of trailers/boats piled up on the far end so anything that wasn't bolted down got washed away. Here's an aerial view if you haven't seen this already - storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/irma/index.html#19/24.64743/-81.33090 - will give you a pretty good idea of what it was like a few days after the storm. I don't know if you were familiar with the Old Wooden Bridge Marina across from No Name Key - it was completely wiped out.
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Wow so glad I sold my house on Big Pine back in 1999. It had termites too. Hurricane Floyd hit there just before I moved out and that was a cat 1 then and that was no picnic either.
So Sorry for all that lost their lives and their loved ones 🙏 and of course the animals who died.
Prayers with friends (and all) who remain there. God bless you and yours in Jesus Christ name 🙏
Glad your house and your boat made it!
I own property on Pine Ave. Not a stilt house, just 3 blocks above grade. From the satellite, it looks fine. Did Eden Pines get storm surge?
My brothers place is in Eden Pines on Fern just south of the Watson bridge, he got about 2 feet of water in the enclosed storage area under his house (he's on stilts). It seems there was less surge as you go West and more as you went East across the island.
The Avenues and areas over by No Name got around 6-8 feet and many of those houses were a total loss. We got in the day after they opened the Overseas Highway and for the most part Eden Pines fared pretty well. Lots of trees down and screened in porches blown out. Good Luck.
Thanks for the response
Kurt Buesching / Thanks for the vid. Can you tell me about Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge and how did they fare. On the gulf side. MM 32-33 . Likely the rentals did ok yet they are on a dead end canal. Ty
From what I could see driving by the buildings looked like they were intact although I'm sure they took in water and sand on the lower level. There were a lot of trailers/boats piled up on the far end so anything that wasn't bolted down got washed away. Here's an aerial view if you haven't seen this already - storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/irma/index.html#19/24.64743/-81.33090 - will give you a pretty good idea of what it was like a few days after the storm. I don't know if you were familiar with the Old Wooden Bridge Marina across from No Name Key - it was completely wiped out.