Hurricane Irma Aftermath
Well, what can you say...after a week of 24/7 news coverage, endless doomsday pontifications, mass evacuations, and great hysteria...the storm is gone. Lots of regional flooding, downed trees and pow...
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We were originally in the direct path of Hurricane Irma until it turned west. We had Mandatory Evacuations in place days before the hurricane hit the Keys. The storm came through as a strong Tropical Storm with wind gusts up to 75 mph overnight Monday (Sunday into Monday). Our power was down for 3 days. Water was flowing, but the sewer system was not functioning for days. The sewer in our part of the county was finally back up at full capacity Friday morning. The rest of the county (with some isolated exceptions) were finally back up Friday evening.
Last year Hurricane Matthew came through and caused a lot more wind damage throughout the county. Matthew stayed off the east coast as it passed Brunswick, GA while Irma passed to our west. We (the county, not use personally) had a lot more water damage from Irma.
While driving around yesterday, looking at the damage throughout the county, I commented to my family that I couldn't imagine what would happen to Brunswick if a Category 3 or 4 storm hit us.
There are probably people in some areas of Florida that feel they dodged a bullet, but there are some areas of Florida that took a real pounding, especially the Keys. They will be rebuilding for months to come.
-Michael
Last year Hurricane Matthew came through and caused a lot more wind damage throughout the county. Matthew stayed off the east coast as it passed Brunswick, GA while Irma passed to our west. We (the county, not use personally) had a lot more water damage from Irma.
While driving around yesterday, looking at the damage throughout the county, I commented to my family that I couldn't imagine what would happen to Brunswick if a Category 3 or 4 storm hit us.
There are probably people in some areas of Florida that feel they dodged a bullet, but there are some areas of Florida that took a real pounding, especially the Keys. They will be rebuilding for months to come.
-Michael
