TAMPA, Fla. — An elevated view of Tampa Shores following Hurricane Idalia’s storm surge is a memory Jeff Stampfli says he won’t soon forget. 

He’s part of a Facebook group where homeowners are sharing pics from the damage left behind from flooding.

“It kind of tears, tears at a lot of emotions because you're really concerned for everybody, you know?" Stampfil said. "And some of us stayed, some of us left. So it turned out just turned out OK for us. But that was some scary moments for sure.”

He’s got plenty of pictures of his own as well. While others had their docks float away, Stampfil’s dock in his own backyard was shattered into pieces by the storm. 

Stampfil docked his boat higher in anticipation of a 10-12 foot surge that he says would have left homes in this community underwater. 

“The worst damage we've ever experienced are from the storm surges," he said. "And the same thing here was the storm surge that caused the issue. This is what's left and so you can see it's going to need to be rebuilt."

He estimates that fixing the dock could cost thousands of dollars. It’s a financial hit he’s willing to take by rebuilding the dock on his own. 

“Other folks got it a lot harder than us,” he said.

Stampfil says it’s a small inconvenience compared to what residents in Florida's northern coastal region are dealing with. 

“It's hard to complain,” he said. “You know, when your houses are damaged, you just have this minimal damage here. I mean, it's quite a few thousand still, but it's, you know, compared to what other people are experiencing, I have nothing to complain about.”

He says his is a tight-knit community that stayed in touch with each other throughout the storm, and those who evacuated were able to rely on neighbors for updates on how their homes were doing during high tide times.