In late September 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall on southwest Florida. As meteorologists monitored the story, they had predicted it would land further north, in the Tampa / St. Pete area. Thus many residents in Fort Myers and Naples were underprepared for the category four hurricane which devastated the area with 155 mph winds and unrelenting rain and storm surge. Capt. Bill D'Antuono, a lifetime Naples resident, made the tough call to leave his home and head to higher ground. As the storm receded, Bill went into recovery mode, helping his neighbors as he rebuilt his house. About five months later, Bill is just starting to run fishing charters again and he's already seen how the storm changed the bottom topography in the areas where he fishes and dives in the Gulf of Mexico. This is his story.

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