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Debbie Elliott

More than a week after Hurricane Ian, the shock of what's ahead settles in for people

Jake Day cleans up part of his home that was damaged in Hurricane Ian on Little Gasparilla Island, Fla. (Saul Martinez for NPR)

LITTLE GASPARILLA ISLAND, Fla. — John Day and his 17-year-old son Jake loaded up their Carolina Skiff this week with a case of water, and other essentials at a marina near Englewood, Fla., to make the short boat trip to their home in Little Gasparilla, a two-and-a-half mile barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico.

They're just starting to assess Hurricane Ian's impact more than week after the storm made landfall south of here.

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