Resident: Sanibel Island will rebuild after Ian (Video)

(3 Oct 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT CITY OF SANIBEL / PART MUST CREDIT CHUCK LARSEN/SANTIVA CHRONICLE.COM CITY OF SANIBEL - MUST CREDIT CITY OF SANIBEL Sanibel, Florida - 28 September 2022 1. Street flooding caused by Hurricane Ian's heavy storm surge HEADLINE: Resident says Sanibel Island will rebuild after Ian ++SHOT #1 COVERS SOUNDBITE #2++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Orlando, Florida - 2 October 2022 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Larsen, photographer and Sanibel resident: "It's devastated. The surge from the hurricane came through. I was staying in a condominium on the Gulf and the surge through our area, through our units, was about nine feet." ++SOUNDBITE #3 PARTLY COVERED BY SHOT #4++ 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Larsen, photographer and Sanibel resident: "We had glass windows, slider windows on the Gulf (of Mexico) that were rated for 150 miles an hour. So I have to tell you, I felt fairly safe going into this. But when the glass blew out and started shattering inside, when the second set of slider windows that was the second barrier inside from the lanai, when those blew out, I realized this was a problem. It initially had seemed like just a storm of strong winds and a lot of rain. But when the glass sliders blew out, it changed the whole thing. The destruction was water and wind inside. There are 30 units in our complex. 22 suffered the same fate." VALIDATED UGC - MUST CREDIT CHUCK LARSEN/SANTIVA CHRONICLE.COM ++USER GENERATED CONTENT: This video has been authenticated by AP based on the following validation checks: ++Video and audio content checked by regional experts against known locations and events ++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting ++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by content creator Chuck Larsen Sanibel, Florida - 28 September-2 October 2022 4. Various, video showing Hurricane Ian's winds and storm surge ASSOCIATED PRESS Orlando, Florida - 2 October 2022 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Larsen, photographer and Sanibel resident: ++SHOT #6 COVERS SOUNDBITE #5++ (On the decision to stay on Sanibel through the storm) "Before the storm hit, one of the biggest concerns a day before it hit by city government was that if the winds reached 45 miles an hour of sustained speed, they would have to close down the causeway and not allow anybody across until the storm passed and they could reopen it. So turned out the storm closed the causeway. It was it was much bigger than we had anticipated. So I think it would have been a different decision had we known." ASSOCIATED PRESS Ft. Myers, Florida - 29 September 2022 6. Drone aerials of collapsed Sanibel Causeway ASSOCIATED PRESS Orlando, Florida - 2 October 2022 7.  SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Larsen, photographer and Sanibel resident: "Originally it was headed more toward Tampa. We thought we'd have some high winds and some some rain and maybe a few trees down and some power lines down. And then it kept edging further south down the coast. And by the time you fully realize that you're going to be right in the middle of it, it's too late to evacuate. Early warnings are something that people should heed." 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Larsen, photographer and Sanibel resident: "Sanibel Island is a very cohesive community. It will rebuild. It won't happen immediately. I think it will probably happen faster than most people might think. But it will need a complete rebuild: electric grid, water systems. It's going to take a lot of work. But it will come back. I have no doubt about that. It's that kind of a community." ASSOCIATED PRESS Sanibel, Florida 30 September 2022 Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f117248668ff4df0af62908a1c50fd5a