Fort Myers, the city home to the Boston Red Sox spring training facility, took a direct hit from Hurricane Ian on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the city was reeling from the storm, among the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall in the United States. Wind speeds topped 150 miles per hour when the storm came ashore near Cayo Costa, a barrier island west of Fort Myers. In some areas, the hurricane generated a storm surge over 10 feet high. More than 2.5 million people were without power in…