Missourian
Diamond Member
Folks were insured by UPC, who fled the state after Ian clobbered them with a CAT 5. That was Sept 28th, 2022. They just received their last payment on the new roof two weeks ago.I'm in Tampa, in the hurricane right this minute, it's latitude even with us. Lucky for us, the eye is far enough out in the Gulf, that we're only getting tropical storm force winds (40-60 MPH). Ton of rain. Tomorrow though, we will be getting about 6 foot storm surge (very dangerous for people in evacuation zones A-C).
Also tomorrow, the storm is expected to make landfall in the Big Bend area as a major category 3 or 4 hurricane (120-156 MPH wind). This the strongest storm to hit this area of Florida in 70 years. Extensive structural damage is likely.
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They are on Citizens (State of Florida backed government property insurance) now.
Citizens need a few hurricane free years to build up a reserve. I don't know how this is going to play out.