Florida reporter describes what it has been like to cover Ian's destruction: Areas are 'completely decimated' | CNN Business

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Daniel Glaun woke up Thursday morning not knowing whether his home had fallen victim to Hurricane Ian.

Glaun, a reporter at the News-Press, the broadsheet that services Fort Myers, Florida, had slept on a mattress cover inside NPR affiliate WGCU’s building, which has become a refuge for journalists in the region who needed a reliable internet connection and power. But instead of trying to find his way home to check on the status of his life possessions, Glaun set out to do his job.

The scenes were jarring. “Once you get within a couple miles of the water, it’s completely decimated,” Glaun explained. “There were boats that were thrown across the road. There were submerged cars. … We saw a neighborhood and the houses were totally wrecked.” But Glaun and his colleagues could not report any of this information in real-time. The storm had knocked out cell phone service in the area, making it hard for residents to communicate, as well as journalists to report from the field.

 

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