Life Days After A Florida Hurricane and Why You Should Get Out Now

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I was researching the weather patterns around Hurricane Irma, and I didn’t see anything significant by way of steering currents, at least not yet.

While engaged in this pursuit I was reminded of those days in the Florida Keys, after Hurricanes George and Wilma, not to mention countless tropical storms. My worst memory wasn’t the storm itself, although that was bad, it was the aftermath, when the storm had moved on. It was the heat; the baking, sweating, boiling heat when there is NO POWER and no idea when it will be restored. I recall trying to sleep next to the front door to get some kind of breeze, albeit a hot breeze, because, contrary to the belief of some, ocean breezes in South Florida are warm, not cool.
 
I remember the mosquitoes, millions of them it seems, and the sweating, always sweating and irritable. So irritable. Daily ice runs, hoping the supplies weren’t already exhausted. Waiting in the ice lines. Wanting to get out, but couldn’t because I worked for the MCSO, and we had to work 12 hour shifts. Even if I could, and many wanted to, there was no way. The roads were closed. We were trapped in an indescribable hell.
 
This lasted for almost two weeks with Hurricane George. Almost two weeks. Had I been able to I would have gotten the hell out of there once the threat was identified, and remember George was only a Category 2 when it made landfall. I cannot imagine the horror following a Category 4 or 5.
 
So, if you’re on the fence about leaving think of that awful, oppressive Florida heat and the merciless humidity. Think of the swarming mosquitoes, and the irritability; the awful irritability. Find a hotel well away from there while you can and luxuriate in the AC, happily, until the power is restored.

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82andU
6 years ago

Been there with that now. Still never leavin again

Liam54
6 years ago

I was once lost in the desert. No shit. Awful hell. I get it.

Pete Selger
6 years ago

Whoa Mike. You put me there old man. Felt every drop of sweat and every irritable minute. Glad I left the Sunshine State.

Nancy Lynn
6 years ago

Great descriptions Mike. Made me feel like I had been there with you. Oh Wait! I Was LOL

Cheryl Anne
6 years ago

We lived through Wilma, with water everywhere, snakes, gators, bugs. Never again. We left the Keys and never came back, and don’t want to. We left Florida. Bye Bye in the Rear View. Hate ya!

6 years ago

I remember it with Matthew in August ’92. The storm was bad, really bad, but after, weeks after, the heat, flies, skeeters, no ice, no water, little relief. I remember it Mike.

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