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prepared by the Indian River County Coastal Engineer <br />defined damages as being consistent with what FDEP <br />defines as major dune erosion. Indian River County was <br />declared eligible for FEMAs Individual Assistance program <br />and 634 requests for FEMA assistance were submitted and <br />99 applications were approved with a total award amount of <br />$191,945.03. The Indian River County Building Department <br />issued 60 building permits. Repairs included <br />repairing/replacing: meter mains, meter cans, roof shingles, <br />weather heads, drywall, docks, insulation, electrical, etc. <br />Indian River County's preliminary Request for Public <br />Assistance was $15,985,721.76. <br />Hurricane Irma (September 10-11, 2017). Category 3 <br />Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples during the late <br />afternoon of September 10. Irma then moved northward across <br />west -central Florida during the evening while weakening to a <br />Category 2 hurricane approximately 95 miles west of Vero <br />Beach. A long duration of damaging winds occurred across <br />Indian River County, with a period of gusts to hurricane force. <br />A preliminary report indicated 72 structures with minor damage <br />and 6 with major damage. The total estimated damage cost <br />was $1.5 million. Damage generally involved roof <br />shingles/tiles, soffits, awnings, and pool enclosures. A few <br />houses, condos and businesses lost portions of their roofs, <br />primarily along the coast, with additional damage due to water <br />intrusion. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. With <br />torrential rains, water intrusion into structures also occurred. <br />For many years, the risk of significant loss of life and property <br />due to hurricanes seemed small. Many, if not the majority of <br />existing homes and business along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf <br />Coasts were located there during the 1970's and 1980's, a <br />period of relatively inactive hurricane formation. Most of the <br />people currently living and working in coastal areas have never <br />experienced the impact of a major hurricane. Hurricanes that <br />impacted Florida during the 1970's and 80's were infrequent <br />and of relatively low intensity. Homeowners, business interest, <br />and government officials grew to regard hurricane risk as <br />manageable by private insurance supplemented occasionally <br />by Federal disaster funding and subsidized flood insurance. <br />The hurricane risk did not seem sufficient to warrant increased <br />investment in mitigation. Two major hurricanes, Hugo in 1989 <br />Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 26 <br />