What It’s Like at Ground Zero: A Hurricane Survivor’s Story

Epoch Times reporter Jann Falkenstern and her husband, Pete, survey the damage to their pool enclosure at their Punta Gorda, Fla., home on Oct. 5, 2022, a week after Hurricane Ian thrashed their property. Courtesy of Jann Falkenstern

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–In journalism school, professors say, “Always report the news; don’t be the news.”

That all changed with Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28. I hated to disappoint my old professor, but here I am “being the news,” all thanks to Ian.