One year after Hurricane Ian, many displaced victims are still without homes, some stuck in makeshift lodgings, such as the El Rancho Motel.
and elsewhere, budget motels such as the El Rancho become sudden, lasting catchalls for climate refugees.
He owns a real estate business and has other ventures, so in his mind, his balance sheet stays even. The McGraths didn’t charge guests for a few weeks after Ian, when the El Rancho was still on generators, its property thrashed. Now, most of the hurricane guests pay $1,400 to $2,000 a month, unless they can’t, then Dana work something out.
If it wasn’t for the El Rancho, the McGraths ask, where would these people go? If they sold their motel to the developers who keep making offers, what would it become? And then there is the ultimate question:Dana McGrath likes to do and fix everything himself. He especially enjoys getting things unstuck, whether they be drains, generators or lives. He’s had a lot of experience.
Take the Lopez family. Dana tilts his head left, toward their packed porch as his phone, which rings hundreds of times a day, blares “The Washington Post March.” That family, he said, is the ultimate example of what thousands face: “What do you do?” and filled it with air mattresses, an AC unit, TV, video games and what possessions they could salvage from their crushed trailer, which a massive oak tree “completely taco’d.”
Not even a year later Ian crushed that stabilizing force in an instant, with the family still inside it. After a spat with the landlord, they were Logan, serious and always observing, knows the El Rancho isn’t a “home,” either, but he rolls with it. His football practice is down the street, and he can take the city bus pretty easily to school when his dad’s 20-year-old truck won’t start. He shares a tiny bedroom with his grandmother and 3-year-old brother. His parents sleep in a big bed, which Joe Fallon and Barbara Andrews gave the family to use, crammed in the living space. That’s where he likes to eat and watch TV.
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