after Irma
The day after hurricane Irma. In my seaside neighborhood, still extremely windy and debris everywhere, many huge trees were knocked down and blocking the roads. Amazingly we didn't see any that landed on a house, they all seemed to fall into the street. We were among the 16 million people in Florida left without power. With no power, no phones, traffic lights not working, schools and businesses closed, people were urged to stay off the roads and stay home. Irma was such a huge and slow moving storm that we had a full 24 hours of hurricane conditions and we needed to get out of the house. We walked to the beach as that seemed like the only place to go.
The beach was technically closed as well as the pier but that didn't stop some people from getting onto the pier or trying to surf. The two seated men are not checking out beach babes, they are watching to see if a couple of surfers are bold enough to go in. Most of the surfers I saw, checked the conditions and decided not to enter the churning sea.
The friendly chatter at the beach was all about Irma. People shared stories about what the storm did to houses, who had power, who had phone service, who didn't and the question of the morning was: where did you get that coffee? It turns out the lucky coffee drinkers had a generator. It wasn't me.
Seventeen thousand power company workers were borrowed from 30 states to help Florida get the power back on. They were here before Irma even arrived ready to work. We were lucky to get our power back on after a day, though many are still without. Now the cleanup begins.
We're here - Chaos
ODC - noisemakers
after Irma
The day after hurricane Irma. In my seaside neighborhood, still extremely windy and debris everywhere, many huge trees were knocked down and blocking the roads. Amazingly we didn't see any that landed on a house, they all seemed to fall into the street. We were among the 16 million people in Florida left without power. With no power, no phones, traffic lights not working, schools and businesses closed, people were urged to stay off the roads and stay home. Irma was such a huge and slow moving storm that we had a full 24 hours of hurricane conditions and we needed to get out of the house. We walked to the beach as that seemed like the only place to go.
The beach was technically closed as well as the pier but that didn't stop some people from getting onto the pier or trying to surf. The two seated men are not checking out beach babes, they are watching to see if a couple of surfers are bold enough to go in. Most of the surfers I saw, checked the conditions and decided not to enter the churning sea.
The friendly chatter at the beach was all about Irma. People shared stories about what the storm did to houses, who had power, who had phone service, who didn't and the question of the morning was: where did you get that coffee? It turns out the lucky coffee drinkers had a generator. It wasn't me.
Seventeen thousand power company workers were borrowed from 30 states to help Florida get the power back on. They were here before Irma even arrived ready to work. We were lucky to get our power back on after a day, though many are still without. Now the cleanup begins.
We're here - Chaos
ODC - noisemakers