How SERVPRO of Sanford responded To Hurricane Ian

10/31/2022 (Permalink)

This local Pizza company is expected to open the weekend of Halloween, now that the owner can finally access his building safely.

Hurricane Ian, made landfall in Florida on September 28 as a Category 4 Hurricane. As Floridians were evacuating,  SERVPRO prepared to head to Florida. Our teams from all over the country had vehicles loaded up to stand by homeowners’ sides to help, when called upon. 

Our team here in Sanford assisted with local businesses and homeowners with storm damage. As flooding took over the streets in Historic Downtown Sanford, businesses had to board up for weeks, some over a month. Our team worked with a popular restaurant in the area to get it back open and operating as quickly as possible. Once the storm passed and it was safe to return to most of downtown we filmed the damage from an aerial view, watch this video we made to see how high the water got. 

This local Pizza company is expected to open the weekend of Halloween, now that the owner can finally access his building safely. Employees have been without jobs for almost a month and counting. The owner of this business has been operating out of a tow behind pizza oven to help local families impacted by Ian.

Now over a month after the storm, our teams are finally catching up to normal, but the storm damage doesn't end here. For months after the storm, SERVPRO teams will be getting calls about mold damage. Mold damage occurs from water intrusion and moisture in the air. Most of the time this happens when people didn’t realize they had water damage from the storm.