Surviving storms on the water has become an endless, exhausting cycle of frantic preparation, destruction and rebuilding. But rebuilding has already begun.
Beginning just after the storm hit Wednesday, many of the 580 residents were at work mucking out and rebuilding, a routine that’s come to feel inevitable in recent years as massive storms slam the Gulf.
As much of the state responded with relief that Idalia’s death toll and damage had not been worse, the people of Steinhatchee were left to manage the ruins of their lives and find a way to recover. They had to do the same thing almost exactly seven years ago, after the town was last thrashed by a hurricane, in that case Hermine.Then and now, the hurricanes’ timing was terrible for Steinhatchee.
“I would love to have a job,” said Katie Cole, 18, who wore a mud-spattered Sea Hag Marina T-shirt, shorts and rain boots as she swept mud from the office where she normally staffs the counter. Many ate at a makeshift kitchen set up across from the marina, where Skyler Hanna, a dental office manager, assembled hot dogs while her fiancé Bradley English flipped burgers on the grill.
A local elementary school teacher had rented the house across the street, however, and his mother said she didn’t want to displace her. But she was tempted.
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