on the island of santibel rescue teams search for survivors: “Hello,” shout volunteers at a request for help written in the sand on the beach. This team arrived shortly following the hurricane And they keep looking for people.
One of them is Betty Reynolds, the old woman had to climb to the first floor to escape the flood. She claims that she hates leaving her house following 47 years living there. “The people we rescue, they don’t know where they are going. They are homeless people, refugees in the state of Florida,” says Bryan.
“I should have left”
The teams mark with a cross the houses that they have already checked, but the work is enormous. So far they have been Some 4,000 people rescued throughout Florida. But there are still many flooded areasinaccessible to equipment bailing out. And with the water have come alerts for alligators.
Four days following the hurricane, more than 10,000 neighbors still remain in shelters. Many others have decided to stay home still in fear. “I should have left,” says a Fort Myers resident, “if I had to do it over once more, I wouldn’t stay.”
The neighbor South Carolina He has had more luck even though there are boats, like this one, that have reached the same beach. In North Carolinathe storm has left more than 280,000 people without electricity.
