Until a couple of weeks ago, the biggest claim to fame for the city of Fort Myers, Fla., was that Thomas Edison and Henry Ford spent their winters there, brainstorming about ways to make a better world.

Actually, the only reason I know that bit of history is because of another important personage who lives in the same neighborhood where those two luminaries had their winter homes — my brother.

I should say “lived” instead of “lives” there, because his house is probably pretty much ruined by

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