For weeks, I’ve been showing you how Lochmoor Waterway Estates was hit by recent hurricane storm surge, and now some homeowners are working on a fix – several homes in the neighborhood are being lifted right now.
As Fox 4’s North Fort Myers Community Correspondent, I work in this area daily, so I got a chance to see this process up close and talk to the homeowner about what this means for him. Watch my report here…
‘Today’s a win’: NFM homeowner takes flood prevention into his own hands with a home lift
Crews were hammering away, tunneling beneath the house to place hydraulic jacks that will raise the house inch by inch. Homeowner Scott Sorensen’s house was already lifted more than six inches on Tuesday, with a target height of eleven feet. He said it’s lifting his spirits right along with it.
“Today’s a win. I’ve been waiting to go up. I can’t wait until I can actually see some daylight through the other side, you know, literally see some light at the end of those tunnels,” said Sorensen.
Austin SchargorodskiSorensen said he never expected to lift his home to avoid storm surge, despite living so close to the Caloosahatchee. “I’ve been here for 24 years and never had any trouble. Some people have been here way longer than that and say it’s the first time in 100 years. Then, we get two in less than two years, then two back-to-back within a week – it’s hard to wrap your head around,” said Sorensen…