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I'm sorry to hear about your situation. I lived in Homestead through Andrew. It's a difficult experience. Unfortunately the rain from most hurricanes as they come ashore is not "fresh water". We saw that evidence with our air conditioner compressors over the couple of years that followed after the storm. Mine survived the storm ( I was about miles inshore) but they were clearly salt damaged.
I would "spritz" and wipe the equipment with distilled water a couple of times. Then I would go about dehumidifying them. I had friends north of us - outside the storm path that had power etc afterwards. I took everything a couple of days later - after I got my bearings (tv's, computers from my business, anything electronic) and we put them into one of their spare bedrooms with a electric room dehumidifier and let it run for a couple of weeks (he closed the ac vents into the room). I did NOT try to power up anything until afterwards. All of the equipment that I got there survived to serve me a normal life. I wish you the best. Try to be patient and keep your perspective going forward.
A bit of friendly advice from Hurr Andrew, be very careful of unlicensed and unscrupulous contractors. They will show up everywhere. They will come from all over the country, especially with the current slowdown in construction. I can't tell you how many strories there were of people that were taken for huge amounts of money, sometimes most or all of their insurance claims. If you need to do any work to secure the property (e.g. drying in you roof), that you want to try to salvage and you can't wait for inspections, make sure to thoroughly photo-document what you are doing meets code, so you will be able to get an architect or engineer to certify towards an after-the-fact permit and certificate-of-occupancy later. Most areas that go through this end up accepting private inspectors at some point, due to the volume.
Mark
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