Anna Maria Island Sun October 5, 2022

AMI dodges Ian’s direct aim

Storm damage from Hurricane Ian relatively light on Island

Much of the Island was still without power Saturday morning.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Hur ricane Ian inflicted significant damage on some mobile homes in Bradenton Beach, but Anna Maria Island as a whole survived the hurricane without the wide spread devastation many feared.

On Monday, Sept. 26, Manatee County ordered a mandatory evacuation of all three Island cities, to be effective the follow ing evening. A drive around the Island just before sundown on

Tuesday evening revealed many boarded-up businesses and homes and a mostly deserted and evacuated Island.

Residents, business owners and others were allowed to return to the Island at 10 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Manatee County restored water and sewer service to the Island on Friday morning, but as of Saturday morning, much of the Island was without electrical power.

In Bradenton Beach, power was restored to the Bridge Street area and the residential area south of Bridge Street on Friday night. The power in those areas went out again Saturday morning and

was then restored to some loca tions.

Bradenton Beach Police Chief John Cosby said the power out age that occurred after the power was initially restored was due to a switching device catching fire and needing to be replaced.

With the power partially re stored again, the Drift In bar in Bradenton Beach was the first Bridge Street establishment to reopen late Saturday morning.

“With everything that’s hap pened in the past few years, including COVID, my team needs to work,” Drift In Manager Do reen Flynn said shortly after the

Hurricane Ian, a day at a time

Hurricane Ian caused a burst of activity and emo tion on and around Anna Maria Island last week.

On Tuesday, the storm was projected to make landfall here, but by that afternoon, new projections had it veering slightly south, where it made landfall the next day at Cayo Costa. Local residents were left feeling both relief and distress over the misfortune of their southwest Florida neighbors, a bit of survivor’s guilt, and more than a little apprehension about the next storm.

Here’s what happened while thousands prepared to either face or run from the disaster.

Sept. 25 – City leaders in Anna Maria declare a local state of emergency in preparation for Hurricane Ian.

Sept. 26 – City leaders in Holmes Beach and Bra denton Beach declare a local state of emergency.

Sept. 26, noon – A mandatory evacuation of zone A, including Anna Maria Island, Cortez and parts of unincorporated Manatee County is issued, effective at 8 a.m. on Sept. 27.

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Boats were left high and dry at the Bradenton Beach Marina on Friday, thanks to tidal action created by Hurricane Ian.

Turtle Watch assessing storm impact to nests

BY LESLIE LAKE SUN CORRESPONDENT leslielake@aol.com

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ISLAND - The loggerhead sea turtle population on the Island was having a record-breaking year prior to Hurricane Ian.

A record 35,850 hatchlings exceeded the prior number of 35,788 set in 2018 and the number of hatched nests reached 453, edging out the 2018 record of 447.

But Ian may have stopped more records from being broken this year. Anna Ma ria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volun teers have not yet determined what impact the storm has had on the nests still buried in the sand. When covered too long by salt water, hatchlings in their eggs can drown.

The storm also postponed the annual Turtle Watch Wednes day fundraiser scheduled for Sept. 28 at Hurricane Hanks in Holmes Beach. A new date has not yet been determined.

Turtle Watch volunteers mourn death of director

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch volunteers are regrouping after the unexpected death of Turtle Watch Director Suzi Fox on Sept. 30 at HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton. Fox, 65, died from complications follow ing an accident, her family said. Visit amisun.com for the full story.

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Sea turtle nests may or may not hatch after Hurricane Ian caused beach flooding.

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Turtle Watch Director Suzi Fox led the organization for more than 30 years.

AMI withstands Ian’s punch

On land, Hurricane Ian knocked down trees and signs on Anna Maria Island last week. On water, the storm battered boats. But overall, damage was light. Power was slow to return to the Island’s three cities, with only Bradenton Beach and Holmes Beach partially restored at press time.

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Hurricane Ian upended this pine tree on Avenue A in Bradenton Beach.

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A sailboat sank in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian last week in the Intracoastal Waterway in Bradenton Beach.

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Ian tossed signs around all over the Island, including at this real estate company in Holmes Beach.

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Ian tore down Australian pines at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.

Piney Point inspected following hurricane

BY LESLIE LAKE SUN CORRESPONDENT | leslielake@aol.com

PALMETTO - Following Hur ricane Ian’s Manatee County visit on Sept. 28, concerns about dam age and overflow at the Piney Point site mobilized the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to conduct in spections the following morning.

No damage to the compartment systems was discovered, and no other water management con cerns were identified, according to an FDEP press release.

Hurricane Ian passed through the Piney Point site on Sept. 28, producing 6.74 inches of rain and strong winds. Prior to the hur ricane, the site had a capacity for approximately 24 inches of additional rainfall.

The preparations leading up to the storm included staging backup pumps, securing heavy equipment and construction

Stormwater from Hurricane Ian was a concern at Piney Point, where two gypsum stacks hold lined ponds full of phosphate process wastewater.

materials and adjusting water management levels in the ponds to ensure the site could endure tropical storm force winds and rain. Generators were also made available to safeguard against

potential power outages, accord ing to FDEP.

Piney Point has received ap proximately 49.2 inches of rain since Jan. 1.

Surf’s up

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Waves break against the shore north of the Anna Maria City Pier just after Hurricane Ian blew through Anna Maria Island.

Donate blood to hurricane victims

Though Manatee County was largely spared from Hurricane Ian’s wrath, other communities around the state weren’t so lucky. OneBlood is asking for dona tions from all eligible donors to help those injured by the storm. All donors must provide photo identifica tion and all minors must be accompanied by their parents or guardians to donate blood. Donors receive a free wellness checkup and a $20 e-gift card. For donation locations, visit www.oneblood.org.

Cortez fishing fleet unscathed following Ian

BY LESLIE LAKE SUN CORRESPONDENT | leslielake@aol.com

CORTEZ - The commercial fishing fleet docked at A.P. Bell Fish Co. escaped damage during Hurricane Ian.

“Because the (Sarasota) Bay got real low, the boats got bogged down in the sand and that’s what protected them,” A.P. Bell owner Karen Bell said.

Bell said that the company pre pared as best it could before the storm.

“We moved some boats around, but there’s not really much you can do to prepare for something like this,” she said.

Bell said that damage could have been severe if a storm surge came from the south.

“We just got very lucky,” she said.

On Wednesday, Bell posted the following on the fish house’s Face book page:

“Tide rolling out of bay… A.P. Bell boats that remained at fish house have their sterns out of the water.”

A.P. Bell, a wholesale seafood

dealer located on the northern edge of Sarasota Bay, has a fleet of more than a dozen boats.

Next to the fish house is Bellowned Star Fish Company retail sea

food market and restaurant, which also escaped damage.

“The only thing that got dam aged is that we lost an awning,” Bell said. “That was it.”

Bad berth

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The Cortez-based A.P. Bell Fish Co. commercial fishing fleet escaped damage during Hurricane Ian.

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A sailboat broke free during the storm and came to rest under the Cortez Bridge.

Ian sideswipes siding in Cortez

Preserving history

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Above, a worker at the Florida Maritime Museum in Cortez installs metal storm shutters before the arrival of Hurricane Ian.

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Above, a storage building on 124th Street in Cortez sustained siding damage. Below, Fisher men’s Hall in Cortez sustained minor siding damage following Hurricane Ian.

IAN: AMI dodges hurricane

FROM PAGE 1 reopening. “I feel sick thinking of all those people who were not as lucky as us.”

As of late Saturday afternoon, several other Bridge Street businesses remained without power or closed for other reasons.

Assistant General Manager Shannon Dunnan said the Bridge Tender Inn & Dockside Bar had power and hoped to reopen early Sunday afternoon.

Island Time General Manager Michael Davis said they did not yet have power as of Saturday afternoon and hoped to have a soft reopening on Monday and be fully reopened on Tuesday.

Bridge Street Bazaar owner Jake Spooner said his business remained closed on Saturday afternoon because there was no power. The Daiquiri Deck also remained closed on Saturday.

BRADENTON BEACH

On Thursday morning, Bradenton Beach Police Chief John Cosby provided The Sun with a damage assessment.

“We started operations at 3 o’clock this morning and we had the team fully opera tional by 5 a.m. We did good. The only real damage we had to our city facilities was the police department roof was leaking. The worst damage is in the two trailer parks where some roofs and carports were blown off. We also had some damage to a condo on the 600 block,” Cosby said.

Unlike past storms, none of the liveaboard boats south of the Bridge Street Pier broke free and struck or damaged the pier or floating dock.

“The pier and floating dock did good,” Cosby said. “We’ve got two boats missing, one boat down and one boat – we don’t where it came from – leaning against the bridge. There’s no damage to the bridge and FDOT’s been notified.”

“The cell tower is damaged. It got hit by some flying debris that left some good-sized

dents in it. I don’t know if it’s operational or not. Our cell service is terrible right now, so it may have been disrupted,” Cosby said.

Cosby said there was a lot of tree and landscaping debris to clean up, but the main roads had already been cleared by the city’s public works department.

“We had no major power lines down, so that should make it quicker to restore power. Right now, we do not have any power, water or sewer; and we have no idea when those are coming back,” he said Thursday morning.

Cosby noted the county and FPL were dealing with significantly worse damage in eastern Manatee County.

“The east side of the county got de stroyed. When the storm went over that way, it was a Cat 2/Cat 3. They were rescuing people off roofs this morning,” he said. “The county’s got a lot to take care of. Hopefully, we can get the utilities up as fast as we can, but I think it’s going to be a while,” he said.

When asked about the city being reopened to those who wished to return, Cosby said, “We’re allowing them to come back. If they want to stay, they can, but there’s no power, no water and no sewer.”

HOLMES BEACH

When contacted later that morning, Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer said, “We had minimal damage – some trees and limbs. Power’s out. We have no water yet. We have no Spectrum connec tivity.”

He also said, “Full access to Holmes Beach through Manatee Avenue was opened at 10 o’clock this morning. Once the Island was deemed an evacuation zone, we limited the number of people that returned to public safety personnel, but we never raise the bridges and we never stop people from leaving the Island.”

Tokajer reflected on what could have

been had Hurricane Ian not taken an unexpected turn to the south, including catastrophic damage to the Fort Myers/ Sanibel Island area.

“We were truly blessed. The damage and devastation we’re seeing to the south is what we were expecting as a direct hit to our area. It’s truly daunting to see the dev astation that happened down there – and to see what a true storm surge looks like in real life, instead of just projections,” he said.

On Friday, traffic coming into Holmes Beach on Manatee Avenue was being de toured south on East Bay Drive because a fallen power pole was leaning on the metal pole that holds the traffic signal.

ANNA MARIA

When visited in his generator-powered city hall office early that afternoon, Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy said, “We did good. We didn’t take a direct hit. If we had, it would have been devastating for our city. We had a lot of trees down and several wires down, but we have most of that cleared. The city’s without power and wa ter. I have no idea when utilities are being restored. People can come back but it’s not real comfortable without water and power.”

The exterior skin of the Anna Maria cell tower had a large tear in it, but Murphy said

he wasn’t aware of any significant struc tural damage that occurred within the city, other than one home having its front door blown off.

“The only significant problem I see is turned over port-a-potties at construction sites. Several contractors picked theirs up, but one contractor didn’t bother to tie them down or pick them up. That’s a problem and a health hazard, and that’s something we put in our construction checklist,” Murphy said.

In 2017, the damage inflicted by Hurri cane Irma led to the City Pier being closed and later replaced. When asked how the new pier fared during its first hurricane, Murphy said, “Our new pier held up fine. There’s no structural damage at all. It was built right. I was concerned – like a father whose daughter goes on her first date.”

Anna Maria residents JoAnn and Antho ny Manali chose not to evacuate and rode the storm out at their home and business, Captain Anthony’s Stone Crab Store.

“I was scared and I’ll never do it again. It was worse than I could have ever imagined,” JoAnn Manali said of that experience.

As of Sunday morning, power was being restored in Bradenton Beach and Holmes Beach, to be followed by Anna Maria.

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This mobile home in the Pines Trailer Park in Bradenton Beach suffered significant damage.

Holmes Beach parking lot floods

This parking lot in Holmes Beach was among the few flooded areas on the Island after Ian.

City Pier escapes damage

The new Anna Maria City Pier suffered no hurricane damage but remained closed on Thursday.

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High winds blow down signal

Ian visits Sandpiper

The message remains

Ian damages mobile home

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The crosswalk signal pole near the Sandpiper Resort in Bradenton Beach fell during the storm.

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Hurricane Ian inflicted damage on this mobile home at the Sandpiper Resort in Bradenton Beach.

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This mobile home in the Pines Trailer Park in Bradenton Beach was damaged.

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Hurricane Hanks in Holmes Beach was boarded up with the same message for Hurricane Ian that it had for Hurricane Irma.

TIMELINE: Ian, a day at a time

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Sept. 26, 2 p.m. – Manatee County schools, libraries and The Center of Anna Maria Island announce closures effective at the end of the day. Trash and yard waste collection cease.

Sept. 26, 5 p.m. – The latest Hurri cane Ian update from the National Hur ricane Center shows the storm taking a turn for Tampa Bay.

Sept. 27, 8 a.m. – Evacuation of zone A goes into effect. Manatee County shelters open at local schools. The projected track of Hurricane Ian takes a turn for a direct hit to Anna Maria Island.

Sept. 27, 11 a.m. – Manatee County leaders issue mandatory evacuation or ders for zone A and B with a voluntary evacuation for zone C.

Sept. 27, 5 p.m. – Water and sewer services are turned off to Anna Maria Island. Traffic to the Island is limited with Manatee Avenue and Cortez Road traffic limited to eastbound only. Anna Maria Island is placed under a flash flood warning. The Island, Cortez, Perico Island, Flamingo Cay and parts of coastal unincorporated Manatee County are placed under a storm surge warning. Manatee County is under a hurricane warning. Hurri cane Ian is expected to come onshore near Port Charlotte and hit Manatee County around 2 a.m. Sept. 29 as a Category 1 storm.

Sept. 28, 10 a.m. – Hurricane Ian is upgraded to a Category 4 storm. Manatee County is already experi

encing high winds and rain from the hurricane.

Sept. 28, 3:10 p.m. – Hurricane Ian makes landfall as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 mph at Cayo Costa, near Captiva Island and Sanibel. Manatee County is under a flash flood warning and storm surge warning.

Sept. 28, 5 p.m. – Manatee County lift stations have lost power and water treatment facilities are near capacity. Three potable water main breaks have been identified and two have been fixed. Residents are asked to limit water usage.

Sept. 29, 10 a.m. – Manatee County evacuation orders have been lifted and shelters are closing. Utility crews are assessing system damage. Access to Flamingo Cay and Perico Island is reopened.

Sept. 29, 10:20 a.m. – Holmes Beach police announce that Anna Maria Island is reopened to residents.

Sept. 30, 5 p.m. – Water and sewer utilities are returned to Anna Maria Is land. The Island is under a 48-hour boil water notice. Some electrical utilities have been restored, then lost again.

Oct. 1, 5 p.m. – Electricity has been returned at 90% to Anna Maria Island, Perico Island, Flamingo Cay and Cor tez. The Center of Anna Maria Island is expected to reopen on Oct. 3 along with county beaches, parks, libraries and other amenities. The weather is sunny and cool, with no storm in sight.

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Where’s Esther?

Esther weathered Hurricane Ian off the coast of Boca Grande as she maintained ninth place in the 2022 Tour de Turtles. The loggerhead sea turtle was satellite tagged on Coquina Beach on June 20; her nest hatched in August. Esther has traveled 420 miles since the start of the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s 13th Annual Tour de Turtles race on Aug. 1. She is one of 15 turtles competing in her division with the title going to the turtle that travels the most distance between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31, the end of turtle season. Esther is competing to raise awareness of light pollution, and is sponsored by Waterline Villas & Marinas and Mainsail Vacation Rentals.

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Recycling service paused for debris collection

Recycling collections in Manatee County have been paused indefinitely to allow for debris pickups in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Recycling collec tion sites are being set up for residents at Bayfront Park, 310 N. Bay Blvd. in Anna Maria, Manatee Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach, and Coquina Beach, 2650 Gulf Drive S. in Bradenton Beach. The collection sites will be for recycling materials only, no trash or storm debris will be ac cepted. All cardboard must be clean, broken down or flattened to be recycled. All materials, including recycling, can be dropped off at the Manatee Coun ty Landfill, 3333 Lena Road in Bradenton. Trash and yard waste pickups were expected to occur as usual beginning Oct. 3. Storm debris can be put out for collection as yard waste if it is properly bundled or bagged. Unprepared debris will be collected by contracted removal companies as scheduling al lows. To arrange for the collection of a refrigerator, freezer or other appliance, call 941-792-8811.

Winding down

Storm-weary residents relax after Ian’s departure at the Drift In on Anna Maria Island.

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