![]() With the major search for victims over and a large swath of Florida’s southwest coast settling in for the long slog of recovering from a rare direct hit by a major hurricane, residents are bracing for what will be months, if not years, of work. “Everybody says, ’You can’t save everything, mom,’” she said. READ MORE: Lack of flood insurance leaves families with broken homes following Hurricane Ian Sorting through soggy old photos of her kids in the shaded ruins of her carport, Palmer couldn’t help but cry. Yet turning on the lights in a wrecked mobile home that’s likely beyond repair and reeks of dried river mud and mold isn’t much solace to people who lost a lifetime of work in a few hours of wind, rain and rising seawater. ![]() ![]() ![]() By the government’s count, she and her husband Ralph are part of a success story. (AP) - An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. ![]()
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