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Last picture before Hurricane Irma arrives
Nearly done boarding up the windows for Hurricane Irma's arrival tomorrow. The news is not good here, as the eye of the storm is supposed to go directly through my town here in Florida. We are exhausted, nervous, and stressed to the max. Hoping that we still have a home next week. You have probably seen the damage that Irma has created in the Islands out in the Atlantic, so you can understand why we are worried. More than 6 million people have evacuated, the most in United States history. Because of the changing paths I decided to stay and ride it out, and now its too late to leave because the roads are packed and no gas for the car left all throughout Florida. Sorry I had to rant tonight. Take care
UPDATE: So we finally got power and internet back. Still in the process of cleaning things up and getting things back in order. Growing up in Florida I have gone through my share of hurricanes, but this storm felt different. Irma was the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic. It had 185mph sustained winds and gusts of over 200mph when it hit the islands. 90% of the homes in the Florida Keys are damaged, and 25% of those are completely gone. My area dodged a major bullet. The eye of the storm was forecasted to go right through my area, but it moved east about 25 miles. The winds were bad, but nothing like it could have been. So now the cleanup continues. The link should show photos of the damage posted at ABC news.
abcnews.go.com/International/photos/hurricane-irma-threat...
Last picture before Hurricane Irma arrives
Nearly done boarding up the windows for Hurricane Irma's arrival tomorrow. The news is not good here, as the eye of the storm is supposed to go directly through my town here in Florida. We are exhausted, nervous, and stressed to the max. Hoping that we still have a home next week. You have probably seen the damage that Irma has created in the Islands out in the Atlantic, so you can understand why we are worried. More than 6 million people have evacuated, the most in United States history. Because of the changing paths I decided to stay and ride it out, and now its too late to leave because the roads are packed and no gas for the car left all throughout Florida. Sorry I had to rant tonight. Take care
UPDATE: So we finally got power and internet back. Still in the process of cleaning things up and getting things back in order. Growing up in Florida I have gone through my share of hurricanes, but this storm felt different. Irma was the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic. It had 185mph sustained winds and gusts of over 200mph when it hit the islands. 90% of the homes in the Florida Keys are damaged, and 25% of those are completely gone. My area dodged a major bullet. The eye of the storm was forecasted to go right through my area, but it moved east about 25 miles. The winds were bad, but nothing like it could have been. So now the cleanup continues. The link should show photos of the damage posted at ABC news.
abcnews.go.com/International/photos/hurricane-irma-threat...