Hurricane season starts on June 1, and it’s been eight months since Hurricane Ian hit.

Seminole County officials said there are still 31 households with “unmet needs” after that destructive hurricane.

County officials said unmet needs include debris removal, tarps, cutting down trees and muck outs. They also said their long-term recovery committee, Seminole Heart, uses volunteers from nonprofits and faith-based groups throughout the community work to fulfill these needs.

The list of needs also includes requests received from people that FEMA or homeowners’ insurance do not cover.

Cynthia Connors told Spectrum News she still can’t live in her trailer home because of the mess Hurricane Ian left behind.

Because of a combination of the lake in front of her home and the rain, some of her belongings were damaged and made the trailer unlivable.

On November 2018, Connors said she bought the trailer and leased the property it sits in, in Casselberry. Eight months after Ian, she still hasn’t recovered from it. She said hurricane season for her is a nightmare.

“I get the shakes even when it rains now. It’s terrifying, it’s scary,” said Connors.

Connors said she lost her haven and everything inside of it is ruined.

“It was just water, all the way across the streets. There were cars flooding in the street,” she said.

She said she’s not giving up on her trailer and said life since Ian has been difficult.

“It’s just hard because I can’t get things put back together, and get back to where I’m supposed to be,” said Connors.

Connors said FEMA hasn’t been much help because there was a previous claim on the property from Hurricane Irma in 2017.

She has a personal attachment to her home, but money is why she can’t fix it.

“And I never anticipated being out of my house for this long. Just repairing the trailer isn’t going to fix anything because I still don’t have the seawall,” she said.

Connors said she’s not happy about hurricane season starting, and she fears being in a worse situation. She’s stayed at a friend’s house since then.

“I’m stuck. I’m caught between a rock and a hard place,” said Connors.

The clock is ticking before the next hurricane hits, but she’s still hopeful, waking up every day and waiting for some sort of resolution.

“I can’t, I won’t give up on that,” she said. “Keep your head up, I know it seems tragic, but I’m still alive. I’m breathing.”

Connors said even though she’s not living here, she’s still paying rent on the property the trailer sits on because she doesn’t want to get evicted.

She said she can’t rent an apartment because of the costs of the first month, last month and security deposit for rent.

There are 31 households with unmet needs in Seminole County.

Lake County said it’s still managing 15 households with unmet needs.

Osceola County said it's managing 120 individuals.