JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Hurricane Irma was not a welcome customer for Raymond Lutzen, who is owner of Sherwood Liquors.
Four feet of water had to be flushed out from his San Marco business.
“Throughout the whole building to the point where we had to gut the whole building and redo it,” he told First Coast News.
He survived Hurricane Dorian last year pretty much unscathed, and this time he isn't planning to use sandbags.
Lutzen has generators should he need to use them, but he's taking his chances based on what's he's seen so far with Isaias.
"We are vigilant. We've got a kit together for water intrusion and stuff like that,” he said.
Lutzen is counting his blessings, having been through hurricanes and lucky enough to recover while some of his neighbors did not.
"A lot of them did not come back from it. We did. We were fortunate,” he said.