The neighbors in the 55-and-older community are pulling together to get homes rebuilt now and in the coming days.Ĭity of Palm Coast telephones came back up Tuesday morning. “It has the rubberized roofing which is supposed to last forever, but then the wind got hold of it and peeled if off like a banana.” “It looked like the whole front had caved in, but it was the roof (that) had come over here and was laying in the ground," he said. Panels and awnings torn off, pieces of glass and metal scattered through yards, the sides of some houses leveled.Įd Noack said he imagined the hurricane was going to be bad, but seeing the reality of the force of its winds is unbelievable. Street after street, it was the same scenario. "If it had been 150 miles an hour, I don't think we would even be here right now." "It could have been a lot worse if that hurricane would have been inland a little more," Hudson said. His next door neighbor's carport was ripped off. "Driving around today, it would skip a couple of homes and then the next home, the fronts are demolished, the roofs are gone, you can see through the homes," Morgan said. Morgan said it looked as if the winds played hopscotch with the hundreds of houses throughout the neighborhood. “We cannot have people going through intersections without checking for traffic coming from the opposite directions,” said Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney. Inoperable stop lights must be treated as four-way stop signs. There was damage to the Flagler Beach Pier, but there's no specific assessment yet.Ī husband and wife had to be rescued from their home, but no deaths or injuries were reported. The damage was heaviest in the northern section, in Marineland Acres. I feel very blessed by God."Ĭombee said she realized she was lucky after choosing not to evacuate from Beachside because of her cats. "It's unbelievable what nature can do," storm survivor Cheryl Combee said. Most of State Road A1A in Flagler County is undrivable, with long sections of the highway washed out by the storm surge. There will be a limited supply of water and ready-to-eat meals distributed from this location.Ĭhurch on the Rock is at 2200 N.
The Palm Coast Branch of the Flagler County Public Library will be open from noon until 5 p.m., with limited services available. “It’s important for her to be open to serve the voters.” “Given that it is so close to the general election, Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart wanted to go ahead and open her office,” Flagler County Administrator Craig Coffey said. The Flagler County Supervisor of Elections offices reopened Monday. We haven’t begun the cleanup efforts at the beach and we want people to be safe.” “Unfortunately, we have to close the beaches. “We want people to come to beach and enjoy the restaurants,” Doughney said. That debris includes wood from the pier that was partially destroyed, roofing nails, and both metal and wood from the dune walkovers, which have also been left unsafe for use. “But the beaches just aren’t safe because there is so much debris in the water and on the beach.” “The problem is that schools are closed until Wednesday, (and) families and kids are going to want to come to the beach,” Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney said. “This would bankrupt Flagler Beach and the county to restore this."Īnother topic that came up at the news conference was the safety of the beaches.įlagler County's beaches will be closed until further notice because of safety issues. "We're going to work with the governor and the mayor and others and the county,” Mica said. Both men said they will work on preparing contracts to begin the work, then work on a preliminary design. Scott said the state will be working with the federal government for funds, as well as the Army Corp of Engineers. Looking at the damage, Scott and Mica determined that the cost to fix the road will be very high. Mica said the damage to A1A caused by Hurricane Matthew is the worst to the state's transportation system.
They did say it’ll be a project that will take several months. Scott and Mica said they can't say for sure when the project will start. They said the next step is starting a restoration project.
John Mica toured the damage of a one-mile stretch of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach where a large portion of the road was washed away when Hurricane Matthew lashed the area. That’s the name of the game in Flagler County on Monday.
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