News-Press from Fort Myers, Florida • Page 47

NEWS-PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1992 iH5 mmmimsm win mMMMjMmm Myers HENDRY TEXAS LOUISIANA I GALVESTONi- island COLLIER COUNTY: Naples I Gulf of Mexico WVf COLLIER Marco tf Island kt 7Q (41) rglades 1 Oc MONROE GULF OF MEXICO Everglades City and Chokoloskee fl Roofs were torn off houses and businesses, several mobile homes were destroyed and a few recreational vehicles were blown over. Roads in downtown Everglades City were flooded with more than 18 inches of water. Marco Island Few lanais and pool enclosures remain intact after high winds either removed them or left the screens in tatters. Trees were uprooted, and other plant debris littered parking lots. Pieces of metal from lanais and mangled carports were wrapped around fire hydrants and poles.

Several boats were sunk, overturned or damaged. At Marco River Marina, a sailboat severed a pier in half. At Marco Bay Resort, a large section of pier was missing and all that remained of a sailboat was half of the hull sticking out of the water. On the beach, many of the high-rises remained intact, although a few windows were blown out and storm shutters destroyed. Naples High winds caused an electrical short in an outside power box, which sparked a fire that destroyed an unoccupied home in East Naples.

At least a dozen mobile homes in East Naples were damaged, including one trailer in Moorehead Manor that had its roof peeled off. ft THE GULF OF MEXICO: Hurricane Andrew headed into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday afternoon with 140 mph winds. Its current path is taking it toward New Orleans. Warnings were posted from Pascagoula, Vermillion Bay, La. to if Hr fV igi.

-f. AZJT 1 r- ti 7 A I I A 1 IX. 14 t' 'I, 1 17 A 1 -oww -( g. "1 zz 1 Af 1- 3 i x. II i- JOHN SEVERSONNews-Press Facing fierce wind and rain from Hurricane Andrew, Red Cross volunteer Cecilia Jackson carries two children into the emergency shelter Monday morning at Lely High School in Naples.

BRUCE FINENews-Press Diane Schmoker, owner of Frame It Yourself in Fort Myers, peers at a billboard after it flew apart Monday. 1 i I i 1 y7 3 TOM KANENews-Press An American flag on U.S. Highway 41 in Naples shows signs of wear at 9:30 a.m. Monday. '7: 1 THOMAS A.

PRICENews-Press MARK PREUSSSpecial to the News-Press Louis Geremonte, left, and John Cullen take advantage of Hurricane Andrew's Ian Johnstone of Fort Myers takes his sailboard airborne in the chop off winds to propel them along Northeast Van Loon Terrace on Monday in Cape Coral, the Sanibel Lighthouse late Monday afternoon. Hurricane Andrew was a boon to board sailors throughout the area..