
This one hovered over us for hours causing devastation everywhere.” “ Charley rolled through, but it moved quickly. Ray Rodrigues, a Republican who represents the coastal portions of Lee County’s hardest hit areas. “I have been in Lee county for nearly 30 years and been through a number of hurricanes, and this was unique because it just took forever,” said state Sen. But early assessments make clear that Hurricane Ian is the new answer to the question: “What was Lee County’s most devastating hurricane?” The region endured Hurricane Irma in 2017 and Hurricane Charley in 2004, widely regarded as the area’s worst in recent memory. “As of last night, the last communication I had with them is people from the neighborhood were huddled on the second floor just watching the water rise around them,” Roach said.

Spencer Roach, a Republican whose district represents a portion of Lee County. I have two pairs of jeans, four shirts and a pair of shoes to my name. Many who stayed behind huddled on the upper floor of his street’s only two-story home, just hoping the rising flood waters would not reach them. But he said he stayed in contact with his neighbors throughout the night as Ian destroyed his Waterway Estates neighborhood. Tuesday night to make the “white knuckle” drive to his brother’s house on Florida’s Atlantic Coast as the weather quickly deteriorated. Roach made the last-minute decision at 11 p.m. “I have two pairs of jeans, four shirts and a pair of shoes to my name.

“I lost everything I own,” said state Rep.
