October 26, 2005
I'm Alive and Well
This is your Babalu weather correspondent checking in to let everyone know that Wilma decided to leave me intact instead of taking me with her. It was quite a storm, definitely not the monster Andrew was back in 1992, but a larger storm that affected more people. I was at work (weather people don't get days off when bad weather's coming) and could hear the wind blowing fiercely on the roof at around 8 AM.
My house suffered no structural damage, but lots of shingles blown off, a 30-foot Traveler's Palm uprooted which took a portion of the fence with it, a 12-foot branch from my neighbor's Mango tree inside my pool, and mangled shurbs everywhere. All in all, could have been MUCH worse. Best of all, I got my power back at exactly 6:34 PM this evening, much sooner than I had expected. This storm was stronger than Katrina two months ago. Not a lot stronger, but stronger nevertheless. Thank God for the cool weather we've had in the wake of Wilma, I didn't even mind taking a cold shower on a cool 54-degree morning today (well, I'm lying...that was no fun).
I hope the rest of the South Florida Babalu contingent is safe and sound, and that we get back to normal very soon.
Posted by Robert M at October 26, 2005 08:33 PM
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Good to see you back in action, Robert! Take care!
Posted by: A.M. Mora y Leon at October 26, 2005 09:15 PM
You should see Boynton and Pompano east of the intracoastal, it was lots worse. My sister has a 20 ft chunk of a phone pole in her living room that was sheared off by a 16 ft by 12 ft chunk from the roof that desintegrated of a house across A1A. The parent pole was over 50 fy away, Other pieces broke a bunch of her and the two houses next door's front windows. It missed her husband by about 30 seconds.
Posted by: cohetedude at October 26, 2005 10:39 PM
