HURRICANE IRMA
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JOANN FRANCES-BLYDEN
A large boat lies half submerged at a pier near the Jensen Beach Causeway.
PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF DAMAGE
Indian River County: 72 structures with minor damage, 6
with major damage, estimated damage cost $1.5 million.
Martin County: 180 affected structures, 192 with minor
damage, 1 destroyed, estimated damage cost $4.3 million
Okeechobee County: 556 affected residential structures,
226 with minor damage 99 with major damage, 8 destroyed,
estimated damage cost of $157 million.
St. Lucie County: as of 9/22, still being estimated according
to their spokesman.
shelter, said county spokesman Erick Gill, but part of the
roof collapsed. The civic center was demolished and the
Fenn Center was used in its place this year. The county livestreamed
its briefings for Matthew last year and Irma this
year from the Emergency Operations Center to Facebook
where TV stations could pick it up. The briefings had a sign
language interpreter and were also given in Spanish and
Creole. “I know our reach (for Irma) was more than 300,000
people,” he said.
MANY TOOK TO SHELTER
The City of Stuart’s Facebook page reported more than
500 people sheltering at the J.D. Parker Elementary School.
Martin County reported 1,978 residents in its shelters.
People were more prepared but so were their governments.
Flescher said Indian River County had a new Emergency
Operations Center replacing a leaky old EOC and the agencies
involved were well coordinated. Howard Tipton said St.
Lucie County’s agencies coordinated well and noted that it
isn’t easy to find a way for so many agencies with so many
different missions to pull together as one unit.
Fort Pierce was “very prepared for this storm,” Mayor
Linda Hudson said. Structural damage was limited, compared
to the destruction of Frances and Jeanne when many
building roofs were covered with blue tarps, courtesy of the
Army Corps of Engineers Blue Roof Program. That program
is back and available if roof leaks are discovered. >>
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