Matlacha Isles and Matlacha Shores together make up the smallest census community in Lee County, a couple of hundred residents on the east side of Matlacha Pass, a fifth of a square mile of canal lots.
It sits directly in the path of what Ian did to this area, six to nine feet of surge with the only road out washed away. The housing is small, waterfront and salt-exposed on every side, and it is exactly the kind of place that struggles to get a contractor to turn up.