Hurricane Irma Aftermath

We actually found ourselves watching Weather Nation and local news broadcasts more than anything. Once in a while, we'd flip over to the Weather Channel if we needed to lighten the mood a little. One of my favorite moments was watching some woman broadcaster on scene in Tampa before the storm hit, and she was showing a repeating loop of a flimsy roof that was getting blown off some sort of shed or parking structure. She kept saying that she didn't know the age of the roof, condition of the roof, who it belonged to, the type of roof, the type of structure, etc. And then she finished with: "that was during the daylight hours, and now this is night time" (as she was standing in the dark). Well duh. Another good moment was a male broadcaster standing on the beach in a full rainsuit while holding onto a rope tether. There were teenage looking boys in the background frolicking around trying to get some camera action. Just love it.

Yes, FL dodged the bullet that was forecasted 5 days before the storm. They were reporting that this could potentially be a CAT6 hurricane, but as days went on, it became apparent that it wasn't going to be as bad as the weather people were hoping. So I don't really believe we dodged anything...because we got what we were going to get anyway.