Irma

That said, because the experts missed it by quite a bit on this one, I bet more people are likely to dismiss stern warnings next time around.  People are stubborn.  

Great F'in plan. Evacuate old people and make them stand in a sweltering parking lot. Idiots!

Huh?  I'm a pedophile lover?  Hahaha

Not sure where Boy Scouts motto of "be prepared" is a "freudian slip" of pedophilia but ok.

Headed to Publix for some cold Heineken & some steaks. Thanks for the kind wishes.

Capping football & ponies were the farthest thing from my mind. I never thought that was capable. could ever happen for such an extended period of time.

During a disaster like this you learn which corporations are nimble enough to assist & others that just don't care. It's something I'll never forget & I'll share these experiences once I get my head straight again.

Here's an example of the pompous attitude of FPL (Florida Power & Light). Prior to the storm they encouraged customers to use their website to report outages, get updates for repair dates/times & other storm related information. Well of course the # of inquiries crashed their website & if you were able to access the website, you got the message that repair trucks were in route to your location. That same message has been up on there website for the past 5 days. A spokesman for FPL (I wish I had got his name & title) came on the radio to tell customers to stop using the website & to stop calling FPL because We know You don't have service. He didn't tell us when the website would be fixed or another avenue to get updates. He was actually blaming customers for crashing their website!

The 3 trucks contained 3 different FPL departments: the power pole, the wiring & transformer groups & remember 9 workers. They were there to ascertain the damage not so start work fixing the problem.

I asked them a simple question. "Why did FPL send 3 separate trucks from 3 different departments instead of 1 truck with 1 member from each department on the truck?" This would have allowed 2 other teams to visit other areas of the city to ascertain damage & triple their efforts. No one could or would answer our question. We walked back down the street & by the time we reached our homes, all 3 trucks were gone.

I wasn't mad at the dudes who showed up. I was mad that FPL management would use their resources so poorly.

    

The first report of looters was Saturday night when the storm was just arriving. Any guess what type of store was first looted?

Simon's Footwear in Sunrise Florida had freaking sneakers stolen.

Kudos to Publix Supermarkets for staying open late & opening up asap after the storm. No wonder they are rated the 2nd best to Wegman's  in the country.

Kudos to CVS for giving away free water to customers after the storm.

Kudos to our local police department that worked extra shifts to maintain the curfew & security of our homes. 

That was a bold face lie! This "residents pass" was/is absolutely worthless. They were not allowed back into to salvage what was left of their homes & possessions. 

This is absolutely outrageous. 

My updates are minor annoyances compared to what people in the Keys are experiencing. I know some are asking "why didn't they leave like others?" Well I would imagine you may have never been to the Keys & met these folks. They dance to a different drum beat that most of society & that is just one of the reasons why these Americans are so special. They are some of the most kind hearted people I have ever met who welcome all people from anywhere. Help them if you can.