He said he drove down from Sarasota to check on his 1968 Beachcraft Musketeer on Thursday morning. King's aircraft fared better with damage to the prop and right wing. The hanger doesn't exist anymore" he said. Robert Helmick joined a flying club three years ago that helps him spread the cost of a plane over several other owners.Īndre Ghawi, left, watches at Dennis King take a photo of his Grumman Cheetah in a hanger at the Venice Municipal Airport following Hurricane Ian on Thursday, Sept. You don't figure on something like this happening." Venice Municipal Airport, about half-mile from the mobile home park, had severe damage to several hangers. While the damage looked bad, with parts of the roof flipped back, Welch thought the majority of the roof held and expected that it wasn't too severe. "We know what mother nature can do with winds that high," she said. But on the ride over she worried that her property would be flattened. She said she weathered the storm at a friend's property about 10 minutes away. Cotton-candy pink insulation and twisted metal roof debris was strewn throughout the property.ĭoris Welch has owned a manufactured home in the park since 1997, but only owned the mobile home - where the aluminum roof was now peeled like an orange - since 2005. I watched roofs get ripped off." he said.Ī little farther south in Venice at the Municipal Airport Mobile Home Park, many trailers had extensive roof damage. "Three-quarters of the way thru, I was wishing I hadn't.
LeBlanc said he stayed in his trailer, in the background, during the storm. 29, 2022 at the Venice Municipal Mobile Home Park in Venice, Florida following Hurricane Ian.
Wayne LeBlanc pick up parts of his neighbors roof Thursday morning, Sept.
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