“I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?” went the well-known Creedence Clearwater Revival refrain, sung by a local guitarist perched on his stool inside MudBugs Cajun Kitchen on Sanibel Island, Florida.
For the first time since Hurricane Ian made landfall, dignitaries and community members from Sanibel Island watched the Sanibel Lighthouse illuminated on Feb. 28, 2023, five months after the storm. The landmark, which was lit for the first time in 1884, lost one of its four legs during the near Category 5 storm but remained standing.
Cabbage Key, its restaurant, inn and cottages sustained minimal damage from Hurricane Ian due to natural protection from mangroves and higher elevation, seen March 2, five months after the storm.
Ian has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, but Florida will take possibly years to recover. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
For the first time since Hurricane Ian made landfall, dignitaries and community members from Sanibel Island watched the Sanibel Lighthouse illuminated on Feb. 28, 2023, five months after the storm. The landmark, which was lit for the first time in 1884, lost one of its four legs during the near Category 5 storm but remained standing.
Cabbage Key, its restaurant, inn and cottages sustained minimal damage from Hurricane Ian due to natural protection from mangroves and higher elevation, seen March 2, five months after the storm.
