"It’s better than the cardboard box I’ve been sitting on."

Brian Vest didn’t need much time to test out a sofa he wanted Friday.

“It’s better than the cardboard box I’ve been sitting on,” he said, giving it his post-Hurricane Irma seal of approval.

Vest, of Big Pine Key, is among Florida Keys residents who continue to struggle rebuilding their homes — and their lives — 11 months after Irma roared ashore as a Category 4 storm.

Big Pine Key and Marathon were among the hardest-hit spots in the Lower and Middle Keys.

Read more at the Miami Herald.