Photo taken by our pool cleaner of a pool he had serviced near our neighborhood. |
Even though my neighborhood is only 2 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and is only 12' above sea level, we had no flooding or storm surge. We had a bit of rain and wind. Didn’t lose power, didn’t have to shut off the sewer system the way some places had to, due to old pipes not being built to withstand a storm of this magnitude. (Yes, yuck.) No road flooding. No trees downed. No houses destroyed. No deaths.
I have to watch the news just like everyone else, since I didn't see anything personally, to learn what this storm has done. Apparently due to some geological/geographic/meteorological or whatever combination, this one small neighborhood was not effected. BTW, the news media refers to my area as "Pinellas County" and "Tampa Bay".
We count our blessings and make our donations to the Red Cross and other charities to help the first responders.
Dog owners place the collars of their deceased dogs on the railing of this bridge--the "Rainbow Bridge"-- in NC. Unfortunately the bridge was washed away in the storm. |