After Ian: Updates for Monday, Oct. 31 - FOX 4 News Fort Myers WFTX

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Information we person astir important betterment efforts, alleviation hotlines and much volition beryllium posted here.

PHONE NUMBERS TO KNOW:

Scripps Howard Fund Hurricane Ian alleviation drive: Text STORM to 50155 or click here to marque a contribution.
FDEM Crisis Cleanup astatine 1-800-451-1954
Operation Blue Roof: Call 888-766-3258 oregon sojourn Blueroof.us
FEMA Assistance Hotline: 1-800-621-3362 (click here for much information)
Insurance fraud/unlicensed contractor hotline: 1-239-533-1342
Legal assistance hotline: 1-(866) 550-2929 oregon click this link.
Visit http://www.iandebriscleanup.com oregon telephone 1-850-961-2002 to study titled spot (vehicles, vessels) that look displaced.

Fort Myers Beach residents: Click here for betterment accusation compiled by your metropolis leaders.

RECOVERY CENTERS/SHELTERS
Disaster Recovery Centers, which supply a multitude of services including accusation connected betterment programs and assistance are unfastened daily:

Charlotte County - Tringali Rec Center 3450 N. Access Rd. Englewood, FL 34224
- Open 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. daily
Collier County - Veteran's Community Park 1895 Veteran’s Community Drive Naples, FL.
- Open 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. daily
Desoto County - Brewer Sports Park 1347 SE Hargrave St, Arcadia, FL 34266
- Open 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. daily
Hardee County - Wauchula Civic Center 515 Civic Center Dr. Wauchula, FL 33873
- Open 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Daily
Highlands County - Highlands County Extension Office 4509 George Blvd. Sebring, FL 33875
- Open 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Daily
Lake County - First Baptist Church of Astor 24731 Ann St. Astor, FL 32102
- Open 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Daily
Lee County - Lakes Regional Library 15290 Bass Rd. Fort Myers, FL 33919
- Open 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., Daily
Lee County - Joseph P.D Alessandro Office Complex 2295 Victoria Ave. Fort Myers, FL 33901
- Open 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., Daily
Lee County - Beach Baptist Church 130 Connecticut Street, Fort Myers Beach FL 33931
- Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Daily
Lee County - Santini Marina Plaza 7205 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach FL 33931
- Open 24 hours a day
Sarasota County - Shannon Staub Public Library 4675 Career Lane North Port, FL 34289
- Open 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Daily

Lee County shelter has moved to Del Tura Plaza astatine 18900 North Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers.

POWER OUTAGES
LCEC has temporarily suspended precocious fees and disconnections for non-payment.

The City of Cape Coral has physics instrumentality charging stations located astatine City Hall, Police Department Headquarters, and Fire Department Stations (with the objection of Fire Station 10) disposable daily, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Charlotte County Utilities Department is temporarily suspending precocious fees and h2o shut-offs for non-payment until further notice. For Hurricane Ian information, telephone the Charlotte County Emergency Operations Center astatine 941-833-4000 oregon 941-743-1320.

INTERNET OUTAGES
Much similar powerfulness outages instantly aft Ian, restoring the Internet volition necessitate the introspection of hundreds of thousands of miles of cabling; some overhead, underground and successful immoderate cases, underwater — and checks of idiosyncratic homes volition beryllium likely. Service providers are besides reporting hurdles specified arsenic recently laid cablegram being accidentally recut by different crews which are adding clip to restoration. We person reached out to the area's main work providers asking for much transparency astir the process.

As with the powerfulness outages, your ISP knows that your net is out. Estimates fixed by providers should beryllium taken arsenic conscionable that —estimates— and not a warrant of reconnection time.

Click here for Verizon's captious effect updates.
Verizon is operating 2 exigency connection centers astatine the pursuing locations:

Port Charlotte Town Center Mall, 1441 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte, FL (open regular 10:00am - 6:00pm)
2525 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, FL (open regular 8:00am - 5:00pm)

Click here for Comcast/Xfinity's captious effect updates.
Xfinity provides escaped WiFi astatine Veteran's Community Park from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. — 1895 Veteran's Park Drive, Naples

CenturyLink/Quantum Fiber are offering the pursuing escaped WiFi hotspot locations:

Captiva Fire Department Station 181, 14981 Captiva Dr., Captiva
3445 Sanibel Captiva Rd., Sanibel
906 Country Club Blvd., Cape Coral
4001 Palm Tree Blvd, Cape Coral
4195 Kings Hwy, Port Charlotte
10546 Tipton Dr., Bokeelia (Pine Island)

Mobile Wi-Fi stations and laptops for nationalist usage are disposable at:

Ann & Chuck Dever Regional Park, 6791 San Casa Drive, Englewood, (near the skate park), 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Mid County Regional Library, 2050 Forrest Nelson Blvd, Port Charlotte, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

HELP WANTED
CareerSource Southwest Florida volition person a afloat staffed mobile portion disposable to assistance with catastrophe unemployment assistance and impermanent enactment for recovery. The mobile portion is stationed astatine the Walmart astatine 3451 Tamiami Trail E successful Naples, Friday done Sunday from 10am-6pm.

Cape Coral is hiring debris removal monitors/contractors. Call 1-866-960-2325 (option 2) for much details.

Tetra Tech is present hiring for Debris Monitors successful aggregate counties crossed the authorities of Florida. Apply present to get hired and beryllium the archetypal called upon to commencement enactment successful your section region area. Call 866-960-2325 Option 2 oregon click present to apply.

VOLUNTEERS
Statewide, those funny successful helping successful the Ian betterment effort tin sojourn http://www.volunteerflorida.org to motion up.

Those wishing to assistance retired successful Sarasota County tin taxable a signifier of involvement by clicking here.

Harry Chapin Food Bank needs volunteers. Those funny tin click present to register and prime a clip to help.

The Charlotte County Volunteer Reception Center needs volunteers to assistance with the catastrophe response. To registry and person an duty with an bureau that needs assistance, sojourn 227 Sullivan St., Punta Gorda, FL 33950, unfastened from 7–11 a.m. daily. You tin besides registry astatine coadfl.org.

DAMAGE/REBUILDING/INSURANCE
To use for FEMA assistance, visit this website.

A FEMA idiosyncratic assistance registration tract opened Tuesday astatine the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center, 75 Taylor St, Punta Gorda, FL 33950. The tract volition run from 8 a.m.- 6 p.m., 7 days a week.

FEMA has deployed a Mobile Registration Intake Center (MRIC) to the City of Marco Island to assistance residents with the archetypal registration and exertion for FEMA assistance. They volition beryllium astatine Mackle Park from October 27th – 31st from 9:00am – 5:00pm.

Help Charlotte County successful reporting damage: click here to capable retired a form.

To assistance the residents of Fort Myers Beach, the Board of Fire Commissioners and Fire Chief Ronald R. Martin are suspending each occurrence inspection and permitting fees. This suspension of fees volition statesman connected Monday, October 17, 2022, and proceed for 90 days.

Marco Island City Council unanimously voted to temporarily waive metropolis gathering licence fees for definite Hurricane Ian-related repairs, done December 28, 2022, successful residential and commercialized districts.

The City of North Port Building Division: Permits to repair harm caused by Hurricane Ian are being expedited. Permit applications for extortion repairs whitethorn beryllium submitted online astatine NorthPortFL.gov/Building oregon successful idiosyncratic astatine City Hall, 4970 City Hall Blvd., and are being issued wrong 24 hours.

Initial Payment Centers person been opened from 8am-6pm regular astatine the pursuing locations:

Port Charlotte Town Center, 1441 Tamiami Trail
Lakes Regional Library, 15290 Bass Road
- You tin besides get escaped c monoxide detectors astatine these locations.

Lee County has announced the opening of an office for peculiar rebuilding permits for operation and good h2o systems. The City of Fort Myers has waived licence fees associated with rebuilding arsenic a effect of the hurricane done Dec. 29.

Cape Coral permitting: Hours of cognition volition beryllium Monday - Friday from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.

City Hall, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd.
Art Center, 4533 Coronado Pkwy.

The City of Punta Gorda Building section volition beryllium unfastened during mean concern hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). The inspection petition enactment and online services for scheduling inspections are presently live. All authorities and section contractors indispensable inactive registry and get a licence for immoderate roofing enactment performed implicit 3 (3) squares (300 sq ft) successful the City of Punta Gorda. Please telephone (941) 575-3324.

Bonita Springs is waiving fees for occurrence inspections and permits starting Friday, October 21.

CURFEWS
Collier County: The mandatory region curfew is successful effect from midnight, 12 a.m. to 6 a.m., for each areas westbound and southbound of U.S. 41, and from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for residential areas successful the City of Naples.

The City of North Port's overnight curfew is successful effect from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m.; The lone objection is enactment commutes.

Captiva Island volition stay nether the 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew until further notice.

Bonita Beach country curfew, including the areas successful Big Hickory Island and Little Hickory Island, is inactive successful spot from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 am.

WASTE MANAGEMENT/DEBRIS
Debris removal from Charlotte County waterways volition statesman connected Monday, Oct. 31. Boat ramps volition beryllium occupied portion debris is offloaded. Patrons are advised to usage caution astir the area.

Waste Pro (Cape Coral) customers who request replacement containers tin fill retired this online form.

Remember to support piles distant from mailboxes, powerfulness poles and hydrants.

Links to discarded absorption updates: Lee County | Cape Coral | Charlotte County | Collier County

HYGIENE
Procter & Gamble's "Tide Loads of Hope" mobile laundry units are operating from 9am to 5pm astatine the Walmart Supercenters astatine 19100 Murdock Circle successful Port Charlotte and 11225 Tamiami Trail N successful Naples.

Fort Myers Beach

Toilets, showers and laundry services are disposable astatine 7205 Estero Blvd and 2555 Estero Blvd

FOOD AND WATER
Fort Myers Beach

Water is disposable astatine 1035 Estero Blvd
Meals Ready to Eat and h2o are disposable astatine 7205 Estero Blvd
Prepared nutrient and h2o are disposable astatine 2555 Estero Blvd

St. Matthew's House nutrient distribution: Paradise Coast Sports Complex (Naples), Monday 10am - Noon

Catholic Charities is distributing food, h2o and different indispensable supplies successful Bonita Springs. 28360 Beaumont Rd. Tarps are besides disposable for the community. M-F 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm.

Harry Chapin Food Bank volition person a impermanent mobile nutrient pantry astatine Jesus The Worker Catholic Church successful Fort Myers, 881 Nuna Ave, each Thursday from 1 - 3 p.m. until further notice.

DONATIONS
Ocean Church astatine 2016 Kismet Parkway successful Cape Coral is simply a FEMA postulation site. Diapers (adult and infant), babe wipes, formula, tarps, cleaning supplies, state cans, portable grills, and propane tanks are successful highest request astatine this time.

CAN Community Health holds a donation thrust starting astatine 10am astatine Edison Mall (between Macy's and Dillard's) - water, canned goods, cleaning supplies, babe needs, and overmuch much accepted. More info astatine http://cancommumityhealth.org/hurricane-ian-assistance

The Dawn McKenna Group (DMG) has coordinated an ongoing donation thrust to payment St. Matthew’s House and the Humane Society of Naples. Donations tin beryllium dropped disconnected astatine 550 5^th Ave. S., Naples and volition beryllium accepted done the vacation season.

TRANSPORTATION
Lee County volition resume mean toll operations connected 2 of its 3 bridges (Cape Coral and Midpoint) opening astatine 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. No tolls volition beryllium collected connected the Sanibel Causeway until further notice.

The authorities resumed mean toll collections connected each different roads Oct. 25.

Uber volition beryllium offering escaped round-trip rides, up to $30 each way, to and from the state-approved Disaster Recovery Centers.

LeeTran has resumed mean operations with an abbreviated docket for work to Fort Myers Beach. Click here for afloat details.

RECREATION
Recreational onshore managed by the South Florida Water Management District successful Lee and Collier Counties reopened Oct. 26. Those successful Glades and Charlotte Counties reopened connected Oct. 13.

In general, boaters are advised to enactment disconnected the h2o and beachgoers retired of the h2o until further notice, owed to the imaginable for unsafe blooms of assorted bacteria and different toxins.

Check with your section parks and recreation section for updated information:
Lee County | Cape Coral | Charlotte County | Collier County

MEDICAL
A impermanent exigency country is present unfastened astatine 6890 Estero Blvd. The exigency country is unfastened 24/7 for anyone successful Fort Myers Beach requiring contiguous aesculapian care. Emergency country unit volition cod wellness security info on-site, nevertheless they volition not measure for services.

MISCELLANEOUS
Charlotte County Community Organizations Active successful a Disaster is launching a long-term betterment survey for residents that experienced harm and fiscal nonaccomplishment arsenic a effect of Hurricane Ian and are struggling with unmet needs.

The Charlotte County Emergency Management Operations Call Center volition proceed operating with caller hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. telephone astatine 941-833-4000 oregon 941-743-1320.

Wyndham Rewards members tin donate their points to the Hurricane Ian alleviation effort betwixt present and November 6. All points donated volition beryllium converted to charitable donations to Save the Children and volition beryllium matched by Wyndham. wyndhamrewards.com

Licensing connected Wheels, a work to get escaped replacement operator licenses, ID cards, and titles, is unfastened from 8:30am-4:30pm 7 days a week astatine these locations

Lakes Regional Library, 152900 Bass Road, Fort Myers
Port Charlotte Town Center, 1441 Tamiami Trail
Hertz Arena 11000 Everblades Parkway, Estero

Goodwill is offering individuals and families who suffered a nonaccomplishment of idiosyncratic items a $25 voucher (maximum of 4 per family) from 10am - 4pm astatine the pursuing Goodwill retail stores and Community Resource Centers: