An acquaintance who lives outside of Sarasota checked in, post-Irma.
Their property really suffered very little considering what they expected. They were able to restore power, so they are not deprived that way. Many old oak trees are on the property, around both house and barn; the trees, amazingly, still stand. Obviously a lot of branches are no longer on the trees, but the trees still stand.

Minor repairs are needed to the house and the property fencing.
The pet cats are well.
She says the bats are all right as well. Not sure, am I, regarding the bats: I suspect they are not pets, but that her property has ecologically approved bat-dwellings constructed, and that some bats have made themselves at home there.
And her colony of bees also survived.