Edison Home in Ft. Myers FL

[dennis]

Any report on how the Edison and Ford homes fared in Hurricane Ian?

[52089]

Not specifically, no, but the news reports I saw used the word "devastated" when reporting on Ft. Myers. The initial predictions were that Tampa was going to be hit hard, but it seems that the storm turned inland a bit farther south. Between wind damage and flooding, it's not looking good for that area. Residents are under curfew to allow emergency responders to assist as needed.

[Garret]

The homes survived, per some photos on Twitter, but they are absolutely surrounded by downed trees.

[melvind]

Here are a couple of pictures from the Palm Beach Post.

[gunnarthefeisty]

That's a shame. I hope the gardens survived, they were rather beautiful when I visited in the spring. At least the homes and museums survived!

[JerryVan]

I hope the banyan tree made it!

https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/92761

[VanEpsFan1914]

That banyan tree is built pretty solidly with all those little roots or trunks going down to the ground--I don't think I've ever seen a tree like that!

So thankful to hear the museum and homes survived the storm; I heard that a lot of people were killed and that a lot of houses were destroyed. It's sad news whenever one of these big storms comes through.

Charles

[gunnarthefeisty]

I hope the banyan tree made it!

https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/92761

I doubt it's down. If the house is still up, the banyan is going to be.

[JimN]

Update on the Edison Ford museum

Jim Nichol

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tho ... 16281.html

[AmberolaAndy]

What a mess. At least they faired though it quite well, unfortunately many other places didn’t.