This edition of Around the Hood will cover the hours just after Hurricane Irma passed through the area.
The wind was still blowing but the rain had mostly ceased. My wife and I took to the streets of our neighborhood to see just how much damage had occurred. We were in an area that experienced steady 50-60 mph winds, with gusts to around 80. We also received about 10 inches or so of rain over the course of the weekend.
When the worst of Hurricane Irma was past us, I grabbed my camera and braved the 20-40 mph winds and remnants of rain that were bringing up Irma's rear. Here's what we saw...
The Local Shopping Plazas
At the local marketplace, we found a nicely secured grocery store. They may have been a little over-prepared, but they didn't appear to suffer any damage, so job well done.
Just outside the front doors was a different story, however. They escaped a near disaster.
(Do you see the lizard running for cover?)
The trash can down the strip was not so fortunate. Irma! What have you done with the lid???
Oh. Found it. Never mind.
Around the corner, the damage worsened.
The storm can be infuriating for many people. During the hurricane, this door was almost completely...unhinged.
Behind the building, the fences didn't stand a chance.
At an adjacent plaza, the conditions must have been catastrophic.
"Oh, the humanity of it all!"
Roads and a Housing Development
This was an absolute mess of trees and branches. It looked like at least two trees were taken down together here, right into the middle of the road and entirely blocking one direction.
The sign says, "No Outlet." It should probably read, "No Inlet."
Around the corner, a sidewalk was impassable. We were not affected by this. We went around it.
Into the house-lined streets, we actually found a home with some damage. This was the only one we saw ourselves that afternoon, which was a good thing. Not many homes or other buildings were damaged, other than a few gutters that were knocked down.
The water levels were a lot higher than usual but it didn't appear that any houses succumbed to the rising ponds.
The cut-and-toss crews seemed to be moving quickly. This tree was already neatly deconstructed just a few hours after the worst weather hit.
An Apartment Community
This place had a lot of trees down and there was various minor damage throughout.
The hurricane plot offered up a little...twist.
NO
PARKING
ON
GRASS
Unless you're a tree and you don't care.
No more cheap car washes for these residents.
Speaking of cars...
This one did not have a good time.
The tree mangled the fence, too.
This old car was a little luckier. That was a close one!
Broken trees everywhere.
A strong roof on this building, or a weak tree-falling?
It just wasn't his time. He found a friend for support.
The water here was pretty high as well. I don't think I'd want to sit on that bench right now. The ducks seemed to be enjoying the flood.
Silly ducks! Don't they know it's not time to play? There's lots of cleaning up to do!
Ending on a bit of a bright note...it wasn't all doom-and-gloom. Some lucky bike-rider will find a special gift from Irma in their bike basket. But from the looks of it, they don't ride much.
We Were Pretty Lucky Overall
Fortunately for us, we live in an area that really doesn't flood and we were spared from dealing with a Category 4 hurricane. There's plenty of debris and a lot of clean-up that needs to happen, but damages to structures and humans was light. During the storm, we didn't even lose power - and that was a great thing because I really wanted to watch the opening week of NFL games.
So...thanks, Irma. But tell your friends that we don't really want to see any of them soon.
Or ever.
*All images taken by me with my Canon 6D.
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Man, I feel so bad for those trees :(.
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Oh - just the person I wanted to speak with! Are you on Steemit.chat?
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Yes, but I don't use it, anyway, you can send me a message, I'll get notified!
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Yea, some areas got smashed up pretty bad while others are just fine. Didn't know you were from Florida to! The biggest issues we are having now is no internet, lte phone and traffic lights are out. Thanks for sharing.
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That's tragic. Those poor trash cans.
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Looks like the scene from TWD :]
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a little humour is a welcome relief especially when you escaped the brunt of that hurricane. Still, that was a surprising amount of damage and flooding. Glad you were safe...and, of course, got to see your game :)
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I loved how the ducks swam around in the flooded puddles, and probably quacking "what" "what"......
Really great images of the force of nature though. Thanks!
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Nice shots , it is good that no big damage.
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Damn that affects are harsher than I thought !
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Good reportage. Not too bad, this bit.
All you need is better trees, not these cheap imports, and a few duck-crossing signs for the places where No Duck Had Crossed Before, and you're all set for the next time.
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Those import trees are the worst. We need some good ol' Made in 'Murica trees.
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Someone watches NFL and does not give a sh..t about what is happening outside. Eat that Hurricane Irma :))
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Wow! thanks for sharing this. I survived Hurricane Katrina... these pictures remind me of all the destruction it caused on the gulf coast.
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Interesting, I like the shots of the twisted tree the most, cool how the wood split in the twist.
Glad to hear for the most part the damage is just "clean up".
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Mannn it looks like you got lucky! ! Those first few pictures had me laughing inside a little but then stuff was messed up!!! Glad you're ok!
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I didn't know it was that bad, I just hope one day mankind will get the tech in the nearest future to make something like this look like a gentle breeze
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that's quite I report, so many photos. So how did you get so lucky that water did not touch you? Did you purchase your immovable property with the idea, that if something happens, we won't be flooded?
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From us there were the first floods and the first dead. Every time there is a red alert in terror ... Autumn is the worst period because it is the first torrential rains to make so much damage. After a long summer it will be hard ...
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it is absolutely crazy to see what destructive power nature has. Here in Germany there is something very rare. But oh we realize the weather changes.
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Damn Irma - what a toxic girl! Thanks for the report!
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So TOXIC! Someone should invite her to the price channel.
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Glad to see you and your family are safe and the damage was minimal (relatively speaking, I suppose)
Always a bonus to be able to catch the games as well.
It's eery to see the pictures even if the damage and all ain't so bad. Not sure why, but just seems so much more real than the news when you can see the personal side of it.
Thanks for sharing.
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Lol, yes.
Surprised at the lack of damage to houses in the area. Good to hear you guys came out clean and with electricity to watch the NFL games to boot.
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I was also surprised. There was a Nor'easter that came through right as the hurricane was approaching, so everything was pretty much saturated already. But there still weren't as many trees down as I thought there would be.
I was also surprised about the electricity. We got some flickers and I was fully expecting to lose our A/C and be miserable for a few days. But we were part of the lucky few.
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A little bit of tree "felling" by nature? A term in South Africa we use for the trimming down of trees
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Takes alot of energy to twist a pine tree, so much dried sap in the bark and wood, amazing power of a hurricane
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thx for sharing
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Good job
I like it ...plz vests send SBD ,steem n follow me @mudatnad
Thks u
Good luck today
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So sad to see it! Wish everyone is safe!
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Good job here is my upvote as a gift to you for your hard work
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WHAT A MESS!!!!
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Thats Great (ツ)
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Good repo!
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OMG, praying from Nepal.
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@ats-david Thanks for publishing this Charming instant in time for yourself..
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How terrifying. I am an African and have no idea at all what these hurricanes are. Your post was very insightful.
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force and all the people affected
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The horror! The devastation! The destruction! The Trash cans!
But seriously we have to keep safe and do the necessary things when these types of calamities arrive like panic buying and watching things fly by.
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Nice post
See this link ineed your advice @ats-david
https://steemit.com/photography/@muliadi/black-and-white-effect-2017915t21618298z
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Glad you escaped the worse of it.
That water though.... Much more and those house wouldnt have made it.
Cant believe no loss of power! Thats awesome!
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Nice shots. You always have many great shots.
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How many destruction! What a pity that people have not yet learned how to resist these hurricanes: (
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Irma did wrecked havoc, glad that you and your family were spared and safe.
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@ats-david I like your submit. I have followed you.
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the trash can lid that was missing and the lizard running for cover says a lot about life and nature
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Thank you to @old-guy-photos for the resteem. Nice collection of photos. Beware it's appears that Maria is following Irma's path. Sorry to say it's time to hunker down again.
Upvoted and following. Be safe.
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