After relocating to Florida, author Rebecca A. Keen lived in a condo on Charlotte Harbor in Punta Gorda, a small community north of Fort Myers. On September 28, 2022, as the eye of Hurricane Ian barreled toward the harbor, she waited in terror.
Initially predicted to make landfall farther north, many had ignored the evacuation warnings, and all across southwest Florida, residents sheltered in place. Then, this unpredictable Category 5 hurricane unleashed a 500-year record storm surge, decimating entire towns. Nearly one year later, on August 26, 2023, Hurricane Idalia, a Category 4 storm, struck the Big Bend area of the state, causing chaos and destruction to its victims.
In The I of the Hurricane, Keen visits the towns and beaches where each storm made landfall. Through weather bulletins, text messages, and personal accounts, she shares meaningful insights and inspires hope in the face of the unimaginable. This narrative includes her personal, firsthand experience in the storms as well as stories from some of the survivors. She tells how families and entire communities united through the complete devastation of both Hurricane Ian and Idalia.
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978-1-6657-6152-9 (9781665761529)
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On September 28, 2022, Rebecca sheltered on Charlotte Harbor in Punta Gorda, Florida, as the eye of Hurricane Ian moved directly overhead. The storm brought a new purpose: to document what happened when Ian and then Idalia struck the Florida Gulf Coast.
Hearing the stories of storm survivors firsthand, she was compelled to capture their harrowing experiences and resilient spirit. Her book honors the survivors and victims of these historic hurricanes.
Rebecca grew up visiting the beaches of Florida and lives with her husband, David, in Punta Gorda. She holds a bachelor's degree in marketing and business communications from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. She contributes a column called The Places of Punta Gorda to Isles Life magazine, which is published in her Florida community. In the I of the Hurricane, Hope after Historic Storms Ian and Idalia is her first book.
